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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:35 AM Original message |
15 Percent Of Teens Think They'll Die Young |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. I used to think that |
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WillParkinson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Same... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Me too! I figured I'd be gone by 16 |
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Psychic Consortium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. Our children have been contaminated by the nasty and difficult environment |
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DoctorMyEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Are you serious? |
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Psychic Consortium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Some is normal. Some is not. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. It's the social systems kids are indoctrinated into, not a natural 'condition' of youth |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. I think you both have valid points. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Agreed. |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. While I agre that it has to do with the state of the planet... |
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Psychic Consortium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yes. We must all work to change the future. It will happen. nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Excuse me for just a bit... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Um, no. |
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Psychic Consortium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Our children have been affected in part by the sociopathy and greed |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. What is the normal baseline rate for this kind of adolescent belief? |
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Psychic Consortium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Consulting the adolescent psychology literature is a good idea. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. Most think 30 is old too....I don't see this as breaking new ground. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. Did the poll ask them what they thing "young" means? |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm only 24 and I feel the same, but I've always been sickly. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
8. As a civilization we've been circling the drain for decades. No surprise they sense impending doom.. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. I'd bet that 15% figure was very stable across time. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. excellent point |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
11. Adolescent melodrama - I used to think the same thing. Fortunately, the drama fades quickly |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. Non- story. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. How accurate is their prediction? |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. For a person born in 2004... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Those numbers are basically bullshit.. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. I guess if you are REALLY expecting... |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Had the same idea. I'm 53. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. Alternate headline: "85% of teens think they'll live long, happy lives" |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. What percentage of people actually do "die young"? |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. 2.23% before age 30 |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Alternate alternate headline: "100% of teens are naive." |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. Hope I die before I get old |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. Only 15? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
28. When I was a teen I thought the same thing |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
29. That's all? |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. I never thought I'd see 21. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm amazed it's that low. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
35. Nothing new. |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
36. Seemed like it was higher when I was a teen |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. Only the good ones think that. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-29-09 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm very close to sixty, it never even occurred to me that I would become a father.. |
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