Its always been that way man. Even when my parents went to school, there has always been that labeling crap. Sasquatch does have a point though. Stereotypes do exist for a reason and they're not created out of thin air. They put organization to our society to the people we hang out with. Its normal. We're humans.Originally Posted by Meier Link
The whole "emo, goth, gangster, jock" thing in my opinion is ridiculous. However, labels like this are created by peoples interests in clothing, music, sports, literature, and so on will never end. Also by the media is another thing to add that. But, the people that are "followers" tend to go a little far with labels.
And if you affiliate yourself with a label, you follow what the definition of the label is. The music, the typical behavior of it, things that I've mentioned earlier in this post, is adopted to who you are. There are followers who do that just to be cool or just to fit in and feel some sort of acceptance from their friends where there are other people that do their own thing and are just trying to be themselves and not follow a particular trend.
The problem I see with the bad rep of youth today is mainly the media and all the mainstream stuff going on. Rarely, do you see old celebrities without their panties or going to rehab where you see more of the younger and popular celebrities doing that. The media itself is the "Hollywood of Highschool" and this I believe, plays a big role on today's youth.
And if you've seen the news recently, more teens are getting knocked up then ever. On top of that, you hear about these dumbasses who end up putting their baby in an oven or in a microwave. A while back, I heard a girl about year younger then me, killed her mom and two brothers because she wanted to be with her 19 year old boyfriend.
There is obviously a psychological connection there. The way the youth is exposed to stuff such as drugs, alcohol, guns, things like that is a big factor in it.
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