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2009-01-15 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by gorb 2009-01-15 05:30|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Now that's horrible---the end of the World is near.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-01-15 06:18|| 2009-01-15 06:18|| Front Page Top

#2 g(r)omgoru, I take it you don't have a daughter who's been stalked for months as a result of something stupid she did at 15.

Posted by lotp 2009-01-15 06:47|| 2009-01-15 06:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Kids are stupid and horny now, kids were stupid and horny long ago, kids will be stupid and horny in the future.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-01-15 07:24|| 2009-01-15 07:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Take away the phone and they'll just strip off in each others rooms.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-01-15 07:57|| 2009-01-15 07:57|| Front Page Top

#5 wow..
everyone always seems to be so surprised that teens when unsupervised and left without guidance act like horny heathens.

who would have ever thunk it

Posted by Abu do you love 2009-01-15 08:04|| 2009-01-15 08:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Shame works.

Dear Step-daughter's (16) pic of her upper 'half-monty' from her phone was shown around the dinner table by her mother.

Horrified looks all around. My sons didn't know whether to scream or pass out.

Her mom goes through daughter's pics and texts every day - we are pretty sure the problem has gone away.

Note to self - do not cross swords with her mom.

Posted by GORT 2009-01-15 08:23|| 2009-01-15 08:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Spoiled kids acting that way. I had to discuss with 2/3rds of my daughters what they were not permitted to post on their Facebook pages, and why. Then I monitored for a bit, with their knowledge. I like gorb's "friends in the CIA" idea, too -- the daughters think I am about as naively innocent as a human can be and still walk upright, but they believe I have interesting friends in odd places. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-01-15 08:35|| 2009-01-15 08:35|| Front Page Top

#8 "Teens here are taking nude photos of themselves or others..."

Hopefully their not doing it in front of thier kids.

Posted by DepotGuy 2009-01-15 08:42|| 2009-01-15 08:42|| Front Page Top

#9 TW, you do have friends in odd places:)

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-01-15 10:05|| 2009-01-15 10:05|| Front Page Top

#10 Funny till this happens. Know of any DA with a lack of a sense of perspective or running for reelection?

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-15 10:23|| 2009-01-15 10:23|| Front Page Top

#11 TW - I would even go so far as to say you have odd friends in odd places :).

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-01-15 11:21|| 2009-01-15 11:21|| Front Page Top

#12 Dude, am I the last person on earth who does not own a cell phone, and has no intention whatsoever of getting one? Even for the nudie pics, which should tell you how little I want one.

Posted by anonymous5089 2009-01-15 11:46|| 2009-01-15 11:46|| Front Page Top

#13 Kids do not need cell phones. Young people can have cell phones when they are able to pay for it themselves and are old enough to legally sign a contract.

Posted by Spats Unorong5280 2009-01-15 12:15|| 2009-01-15 12:15|| Front Page Top

#14 My 5 year old doesn't want a cell phone yet but has asked for a subscription to Playboy.

Posted by Jack is Back">Jack is Back 2009-01-15 12:40|| 2009-01-15 12:40|| Front Page Top

#15 I must say, a Frenchman using the word Dude has made my day a brighter one.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-01-15 12:41|| 2009-01-15 12:41|| Front Page Top

#16 Cel phones are not the problem. Kids left unsupervised is the issue here. Kids used to sneak off to spin the bottle, truth or dare, and moms nightmare, 7 minutes in heaven! Now its half monties and text sex. What next! No matter what it is, supervising kids, holding them accountable, and teaching them what is not acceptable is the answer.

My 12 and 14 year olds both have phones. I make them carry them every time they leave the house, they answer when I call or get grounded for a week. We monitor their texting, pictures, facepage, youtube, emails, and computer games. They keep all their passwords in a list for us, or the electronics go away. My kids think I'm over the top and a Nazi about it. I tell them its good parenting and they will understand when they are older. I find myself sounding more and more like my dad.

Posted by 49 Pan 2009-01-15 12:51|| 2009-01-15 12:51|| Front Page Top

#17 Kids, they're so immature. At 30 I find myself annoyed when I get booby or other such pics. The first 3 were sufficient. I get the point.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-01-15 13:18|| 2009-01-15 13:18|| Front Page Top

#18 Heh. Now if I could pictures of some steak and taters, I'd immediately drop what I was doing.

That's what this culture needs, a disturbing new trend of females sending pictures of home cooked meals.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-01-15 13:21|| 2009-01-15 13:21|| Front Page Top

#19 For older folks, getting pics of actual home cooked meals would be torture. For most of these youngsters, their parents feed them out of boxes, so home cooked meals would be alien to them really.

Home cooked meals are the best though.

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2009-01-15 13:31|| 2009-01-15 13:31|| Front Page Top

#20 anonymous, i also do not own a cell phone. and i'm only 30. I t always seemed too wring when i was about 40 foot in the air on top of a house so now it is Lake Keowee in SC. gOOD RIDDANCE AND IT WAS LIKE DROPPING A DRUG HABIT

Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-01-15 13:44|| 2009-01-15 13:44|| Front Page Top

#21 @ #15 Mike N.

Next to come : dudette! Then, I'll stop.
I guess you have to blame 1) Jeff Bridges and 2) even before that, Steve "The Dude" Rude, the best Jack Kirby-like the 90's could give to us comics geeks.

Posted by anonymous5089 2009-01-15 13:49|| 2009-01-15 13:49|| Front Page Top

#22 "TW, you do have friends in odd places"

And the TD have met some of them. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-15 14:34|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2009-01-15 14:34|| Front Page Top

#23 Speaking of the Dude, and his bowling friend the sex-offender Jesus...

Since many of these kids are below 18 but some are above the line at some point an over-eager adult will get involved and someone is gonna get branded for life as a sex criminal. Crazy and over the top but i think it's a matter of time. Perhaps that will put an end to this nonsense.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-01-15 16:53|| 2009-01-15 16:53|| Front Page Top

#24 Hmm..rj..if you click on the link in #10, it's already started.

Never ever get a phone with imagery capability, if you're taken down for any reason, it just takes someone else to 'send' one to your device for your life to be significantly altered when they 'accidently' access it during a ~~shakedown~~ interrogation.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-15 17:38|| 2009-01-15 17:38|| Front Page Top

#25 "Teens here are taking nude photos of themselves [and] posting them online"

Don't worry - they'll soon see the error of their ways.

When they start applying for jobs.... :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-15 18:57|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2009-01-15 18:57|| Front Page Top

#26 What!? No tantalizing pics or links? How unRantburg like.

Posted by Cromong Turkeyneck3690 2009-01-15 20:06|| 2009-01-15 20:06|| Front Page Top

#27 Barbara, exactly. When the hiring manager says "I don't recognize the face but the ... rest of you looks familiar"

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-01-15 21:05|| 2009-01-15 21:05|| Front Page Top

#28 Where was this when I was a teenager? Then again, if you knew the right people you got it live and in person.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2009-01-15 21:16|| 2009-01-15 21:16|| Front Page Top

#29 DB - if you want, I can send you a pic, so you won't feel left out? You'll just feel....disturbed. For a long time. Email me your cell #, LOL

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-01-15 21:45|| 2009-01-15 21:45|| Front Page Top

#30 Frank put the camera down and back away slowly. We dont want Deacon falling off Ace tonight.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2009-01-15 22:54|| 2009-01-15 22:54|| Front Page Top

#31 Lol! You got a date Wednesday, Baby! Whoo!

Posted by Mike N. 2009-01-15 23:48|| 2009-01-15 23:48|| Front Page Top

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