I have three children.
They were all preteens at some point.
They all bridged the gap to 13.
This last one – the youngest, of course – is the pinnacle of teenage
lunacy. She talks roughly 1000 miles per
hour. All of her stories have a 100-1
ratio of words which are irrelevant to words which are necessary. While I
definitely want to hear what’s going on in her life, I just wish we could
eliminate all the unnecessary verbiage and get to the god damn point.
My (totally un-expert) opinion is that she is a victim of
the 21st Century. All of the
short attention span bullshit that happens inhibits her ability to articulate clearly
and concisely. Young people are more
likely to say a bunch of meaningless shit than actually possess (and
subsequently utter) coherent thoughts.
In an age where a six-second Vine is the entertainment norm, it’s not
necessary (apparently) to make any sense.
The Shovel Girl video is a perfect example of this short attention
span phenomenon. I’ll admit … I’ve
watched the youtube video and subsequent Vine.
Rather than being amused, I was totally appalled. The fact that these two stupid little bitches
planned a fight, fixed their hair in the middle of said fight, and had “friends”
recording the entire thing makes me physically ill. What the fuck were they all thinking?! Why is a girl-on-girl fistfight something to
encourage and record? Why the hell would
a person go retrieve a SHOVEL and throw it at another person’s head?!
Civilized society is apparently dead.
All I really want is for my (beautiful, intelligent)
children to take their fucking faces out of their screens and LIVE. Life is so much more than what other people
post on vapid social media sites. And
when my youngest tells me a story, all I hear is OTHER. Her personality evaporates into a constant
stream of online bullshit, leaving me to wonder what I’ve done wrong as a parent. She
has potential which is being sucked into the online vacuum of useless
group-think.
READ BOOKS. HAVE
HOBBIES. CREATE SOMETHING.
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