Listen up, readers. Let's stop debating how hot I am (yes, I /am/ better looking than R.D. Jr., move on) and remember something. You lot aren't quite adults. At best, I have /a/ reader who's going to college. Which is /not/ adulthood. The majority of us aren't even that close. Most of you are freshmen. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, I'm just saying that we need to remember that we're still kids (except AJ, he's a man.)
We kids aren't supposed to be debating healthcare. Put down the pitchforks and torches and *listen*. We're 15. We should be laughing at each other's jokes and going to parties and mark should be discovering what his penis is /really/ used for. (zing! :D ) I'm well aware that it seems I'm defending ignorance here. I'm not. What I'm doing is proposing an alternate list of priorities, in which issues that affect adults (and us, admittedly, but there isn't much we can /do/ about it) are left to be debated by adults.
Look, I really have no problems with anyone who knows what they're talking about arguing a point. But that's the point. None of us know what we're talking about, and I'm honestly fine with not knowing for once.
This is getting horribly off message. Let's fix that.
What I'm trying to say in this apparently confused article is this: stop arguing. We're kids, hold on to that, and go and enjoy life. The best part of being our age is that we don't have to care about this, why should we try to? I, for one, am going to let the healthcare bill do its thing and go to someone's house to drink soda and play video games /like a kid should/.
I'm not saying you should be ignorant, I'm saying big issues shouldn't be a regular part of our lives. They should be there, they're important, but stop talking about them like it's all you have to do. I promise you, it isn't.
Look, what I'm trying to say is this: we're kids, stop worrying for a little while each day and try to remember that.
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Amen to that brotha. Feel the same way.
Aha! That relates to what I suggested (In my head anyway...). Good post, and it's true. It annoys me how people, no, /students/ get into arguments over things that we shouldn't be quite so bothered about (i.e. healthcare, Obama, why the war was started for /real/, etc.) because when we act like that, it seems as though the world gets a bit darker, at least for everyone around the two holding the argument. In a way, I think by worrying too much about things that are over our heads to begin with, we're pulling more responsibility, responsibility that /we don't want/, onto ourselves, and we're taking our friends down with us! Uncool! =o Again, good post. Sorry for the long comment. I needed a rant-ish bit haha!
I think there needs to be a bit of both. You can't have a SUPER strong opinion on any adult topics such as healthcare, because we have no say in it.
However, it is important for us to get somewhat involved. A lot of these topics DO affect us in the future, and at that point MAY no longer be up for debate and would be very hard to change. It's important to show your own opinion, even if it's children our age, it can still help adults make their own decision.
Also, it's good practice. Don't expect people to be able to jump right into being adults as soon as they are able to be considered as such.
@ Ian Glad to see someone agrees. I was worried someone would be all, HOLT SHIT WTF YOU SUCKKKK! For the first comment, which would kinda ruin things.
@Halley First off, venting is a great way to write. And vice versa. I agree completely, though it seems that my overuse of /forward slashes for emphasis/ leaked into your post.
@Conor I get the feeling you almost wholeheartedly disagree, but are trying to word it nicely because you're my friend.
I'm not saying we ignore these issues. I'm saying we push them to the back of our minds once in a while so we can enjoy being kids for some of the time that we, ya know, still are.
the only thing i disagree with here is the assumption that we have to give that childish wonder when we grow up, we dont. thing's like enjoying life, making the best of what you got, seeing things the way they are and even tolerance arent things to be tossed away just because youve gotten wrinkles and a saggy flap of skin under your jawbone. these are the things we are born knowing that, when growing up, most of us forget to do and spend the rest of our lives figuring out that /that/ was how we're supposed to live.
What im trying to say is, who says teenage self discovery cant be as fun as debating healthcare? it's all about where you invest your values, teenagers do reckless things like racing cars and "experimenting" before their time because all outside influences tell them that's what they /should/ be doing. but why does that mean a teenager shouldnt have strong opinions about healthcare? why does that mean a teenager shouldnt think or be aware of the world around him? you dont lose the "childish wonder" i mentioned earlier just because you take an interest in the world and with your place in it. you do lose that "childish wonder" when your values begin to reflect those of a screaming conservative whose more concerned with keeping his financial superiority than helping his fellow man.
to summarize that unintelligible heap of bull i just finished and don't feel like editing, you never have to take life seriously, why does everybody think that growing up means you do? i sure didn't.
Random Asian! I'm glad to see you still read this thing. :)
I agree completely with that. Upon rereading my post, it does appear that I'm saying you have to grow up and lose that "childhood wonder". You're completely right in saying we don't, but I'd like to (respectfully) submit that an adult has to take things a little more seriously than a kid does.
haha i had a feeling that wasnt the bias you were trying to convey. agreed, but i would suggest that such maturity only comes from having more closely observed what does and doesn't produce desired results. such maturity then only reflects one's natural ability to function properly within their society and not necessarily whether or not they've lost what makes them a kid inside.
That's an interesting (and, I'd like to theorize: true) standpoint. Being only 15, I can't /quite/ attest to that, or refute it, but I'll take your word for it. It seems to hold true with what I know.
If I'm getting what you're saying, that is. I assume you're saying is that immaturity is almost a misnomer, as maturity and what makes you a kid inside are not mutually exclusive?
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