Comments on: Words that frighten youth today

By: bully

bully — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:52:35 +0000

lol you got beat up

By: Lolover

Lolover — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:34:04 +0000

Don’t insult the 5th graders!

By: Nikki

Nikki — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:54:14 +0000

Homework and lack of internet access do suck. Nothing wrong with that part of the graph.

By: Games4me

Games4me — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:28:21 +0000

I can still hear the screaming when I close my eyes…

O_O

By: Alejandro

Alejandro — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:22:56 +0000

well he said “in my country/region” he obviously isn’t from the US or probably not from Europe, therefore his english is OK

By: ErmineStoat

ErmineStoat — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:48:35 +0000

Didn’t you know? Firsting is a time-honored tradition here at GraphJam.

By: nathan

nathan — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:33:09 +0000

you just displayed a retarted fact too. crap. I just did it!

By: quarlos

quarlos — Wed, 12 May 2010 23:11:30 +0000

yes but have you ever been laid? no didnt think so

By: Saige

Saige — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:38:41 +0000

I’m 13 and I take offense to this also. I pay much attention to war and violence. And I also really pay attention to scandals and such. And the recession? I follow all of that stuff…so watch what you say and how you group people in with each other..

By: uglytruth

uglytruth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:20:44 +0000

what?? this is a kindergarten brawl

By: Girl you will never know

Girl you will never know — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:50:29 +0000

Who’re you fooling? You know you’d go nuts if there was no internet xD
Being a youth myself, I know I would.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:49:08 +0000

I’m 12 years old and I find this slightly offensive. I do my homework with no problem (Yes, I’m a boy who’s not gay) and don’t find either of those things frightening whatsoever.

My brother on the other hand… but he’s just like the rest of the online gaming teenagers-

Oh. I’m an idiot, that’s what they meant by youth.

God, I don’t look forward to being a teenager..

By: A PERSON

A PERSON — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:22:27 +0000

Plus, you should know that resident doctors only make an average of 40k a year, so your “dream salary” is not going to happen in 5 years buddy.

By: A PERSON

A PERSON — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:21:24 +0000

Too bad medical school interviewers tend to strongly dislike arrogant assholes that flaunt themselves to a fault

By: whoaoohoh

whoaoohoh — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:56:14 +0000

i resent the last “no internet” thing. honestly, you’re going to generalize and say that ALL youths (including me) are shallow dumbasses? please, i like the internet, but im not obsessed with it. i think quite a few youths are more capable than you think. yeah, there are ones that are like that, but dont project that image onto ALL of us. i might be scared of homework though if it was a particularly large assignment.

By: Evan W.

Evan W. — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:03:05 +0000

I am proof of that. I was beat up near daily but in 5 years I will work as a vascular surgeon and make from 500,000 to 10,000,000. Just to let you know I am only 17 but have an IQ of 170.

By: Kindra

Kindra — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:32:25 +0000

you’re not your. retards.

By: lala

lala — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:46:15 +0000

AMEN

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:27:39 +0000

Good one, I should’ve put it on there (damn it!)

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:25:56 +0000

There has never been a perfect society and never will be. People today don’t have any easier or harder than anyone else. The difference is the challenges we have, not how hard they are.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:22:34 +0000

I made the graph and I’m a teen. (I know it says source unknown, but I forgot my password). The internet can be a good way to communicate. Too bad Twitter exists

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:21:53 +0000

worse than “no internet” is “dial-up” :O

that shizz is not even funny… i rather have no internet than dial-up, kill me now!

By: A Winner

A Winner — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:37:04 +0000

oh gahd there comes the homophobes

By: A Winner

A Winner — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:35:29 +0000

smart kid needs to know that most people do aren’t as great in life as you are, send me some money if you get some btw.

By: A Winner

A Winner — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:34:08 +0000

anti ditto. If you did not care about the internet you wouldn’t have made your post

By: A Winner

A Winner — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:32:30 +0000

bumpin up ringtail, rofl @ holyhell

By: Whales

Whales — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:11:37 +0000

Double ditto. And the ADULT who made this graph would prolly freak out if there was no internet >.>

By: Dfrtbx

Dfrtbx — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:44:36 +0000

Oftentimes, while trying to complete homework for teachers that gleefully give hours upon hours of homework a night, I get lost and seemingly perpetually stuck in the realm of cyberspace, chatting with friends and raising crops in some ethereal place called “Farmville”. Once, I literally did get stuck; my monitor sucked me into my computer and plopped me down in the center of the Internet: Al Gore’s virtual house. He had expected me, and thus had prepared several “dungeon wisdom tests”, wherein I had to give the names of several mythical creatures. I passed all of them, and Al Gore was kind enough to send me back through my monitor and right into my desk chair.

By: chris

chris — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:30:17 +0000

rofl holyhell got pwnt

By: Ringtail

Ringtail — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:18:22 +0000

Wow, really? Unless there is another Oscar-award winning movie that has popularized the word “yoots” that I am unaware of, she was referring to “My Cousin Vinny.” And anyone that has seen this movie knows this classic scence – Vinny begins by asking the witness “Is it possible that the two yoots–” to which Judge Chamberlain interrupts him, repeatedly asking “What was that word you said? Two what?” Vinny then sarcastically responds, “Oh, excuse me, your Honor. Two YOUTHS.”

So please enlighten me how my answering a “name that movie” question with a direct, notable quote from said movie is an example of no functional litercy?

By: holyhell

holyhell — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:55:44 +0000

Graph should contain functional literacy as the least important thing. The best example for the lack of functional literacy would be ringtail, who appears to be unable to identify a reference to a piece of work in comments like LadyCallahan’s.

I agree with LadyCallahan about the importance of cell phones in our lives (not only young people’s lives but everyone’s). Too bad there are too many places in the US where there is no service at all. I have never met this problem in Europe unless I was in a wine cellar.

By: QWERTYCommander

QWERTYCommander — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:11:31 +0000

I’m 13, and I do care about recession. But yeah, I do hate homework. And since my parents are so awkward, the internet is the only place to go.

By: Someone

Someone — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:15:21 +0000

Wow, at 15 you would think that if you can spell “delude” you could spell “about” and “hunger” correctly

By: Ringtail

Ringtail — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:13:29 +0000

Oh, excuse me, your Honor. Two YOUTHS.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:12:52 +0000

boys boys boys. let’s not act like 5th graders at recess. using the word retard is demeaning and offensive and you both know it. enough.

By: Rathx

Rathx — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:54:02 +0000

“no homosexuality”? how long have YOU been alive??

By: names are for whores

names are for whores — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:55:23 +0000

you win.

By: Evan W.

Evan W. — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:50:46 +0000

Thank you very much but as I am still a minor (17), I am grouped in with the youth category. I am sure that my I.Q. of 170 allows me to write much more eloquently than I would without it.

By: Radar

Radar — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:49:45 +0000

You Ms/Mr McStabass have summed up my thoughts perfectly,
The youths that cared for the “important news issues” at that age were most likely the boring ones.

By: Ferdbags

Ferdbags — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:34:34 +0000

Your fact has nothing to do with the graph, all your fact does is displays the fact that you’re retarded. OMG’s fact was directly related to the topic at hand i.e. your being retarded.

By: Jonesty McStabass

Jonesty McStabass — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:23:55 +0000

Oh, those youths these days, because back in my day, youths cared about nothing but politics and work. We were a very serious bunch, but we got the job done. No tv? No radio? Bah! We scoffed at them. No destractions means more productivity. There was also no such thing as drugs, crime, teen pregnancy, homosexuality, violence, divorce, terrorists, cell phones, or mp3s. In fact, things were worse before and after I was a youth, but everything everywhere was perfect when I was young.

By: Rathx

Rathx — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:15:38 +0000

sadly, thats true, i am 14, and everything but the Election scandals and Homework scare me

By: C.S.

C.S. — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:02:13 +0000

I consider myself a to be youth (15) but i dont “freak out” abaut such things. War, Unger and all those things are really importante and so is homework and i can live without internet and phone.

Lol i almost deluded myself there

No interwebz no wai! i dont give **** to war and i dont care abaut recession unless it affects me.

I’m a internet addicted!! Also phone is’nt that important. At least in my country/region.

By: buc

buc — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:05:36 +0000

the word that scares youths of all ages is pregnancy.

By: bobzmoose

bobzmoose — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:29:42 +0000

Ditto.

By: bobzmoose

bobzmoose — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:29:14 +0000

You’re definitely not a “youth”. You type so eloquently.

By: Evan W.

Evan W. — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:12:06 +0000

I apologize but as I am currently technically a youth, I am not afraid of any of these things. If I have to ally myself with any of these, I would have to say that I am afraid of recession, as it shows that money still holds value.

By: Copper

Copper — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:43:14 +0000

Ugh, don’t group me in with those assholes. Please.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:14:58 +0000

I shuddered myself when i saw “No Internet”

By: Gikki

Gikki — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:29:13 +0000

Ya pretty much works like that. I don’t mind admitting that, either.
I’m not ‘frightened’ by recession and war, because I’m currently unaffected by it. Homework? Yeah- I tend to freak out about getting into college, keeping up grades and such. While internet is huge, and I would be pretty pissed off if I lost it. (Though might be a good thing)

Election scandal? Yes because that matters very much to todays youth, who cannot even vote yet. (“But it should!” you say? It doesn’t.)