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Posted on 6/4/21 at 11:38 am to Indiangensing
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Kids that age don't shower after gym class anymore either. My cousins kid told me that nowadays you are the weird one if you do practice good hygiene.
This was definitely the case when I went to school. We had the showers and they were cleanish, I guess, but nobody used them.
The first day we dressed out in PE my freshman year, I went into the shower to clean up real quick after we came in to dress in and everyone looked at me like I was an alien. frick all that noise. Not only did I smell fresh and clean next to those wildebeest, it's a great way to cool off when it's September and you just ran a mile. My gym teacher was a goddamned demon. He was the football team's conditioning and endurance coach and the track team's cross-country coach. I pulled the last hour of PE before the athletes would start rolling in for final hour PE, so that sumbitch was already in full-on pain mode. I'd talk to some of my buddies who pulled morning PE with the fat-arse basketball coach and those guys were doing shite like volleyball, whiffleball, stretching, and shite like that once the mandated curriculum was done for the week. Not us. Coach was out there trying to kill us. The shower was definitely welcome.
By the end of the year, there were a handful of guys who would clean up after gym, but it was still the minority. I never understood why showering after gym went away.
This post was edited on 6/4/21 at 11:48 am
Posted on 6/4/21 at 11:39 am to LouisianaLady
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Our friend told us the other day he bought his 17 year old son a Jeep and told him all he has to do is get a part time job to pay a portion of the insurance, but the kid doesn't want to so the Jeep just hangs out at home uninsured. That's wild to me.
That sums up that generation perfectly. They’re pathetic.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 11:42 am to madamsquirrel
quote:This.
because we wanted to go see our friends and be seen
They do that now on insta and it is harder to constantly post when you are the one driving.
TL/DR- they can't drive and be glued to the phone screen at the same time
We created a generation of anti-social tech-addicts.
Scruffy will once again reiterate his stance that social media is the most destructive invention in human history.
And, yes, that includes TD.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 11:43 am to Wtodd
My daddy used to let me drive to the store alone when I was 13 and I got my DL on my 15th bday.
My kids are 22, 20, and 17.... all 3 got their permit at 15 and DL at 16. Mine couldn’t wait to drive.
My kids are 22, 20, and 17.... all 3 got their permit at 15 and DL at 16. Mine couldn’t wait to drive.
This post was edited on 6/4/21 at 11:44 am
Posted on 6/4/21 at 11:46 am to Indiangensing
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It might be cheaper... but, they are robbing their children a sense of independence and coming of age
I agree with this. Being a strong driver and knowing your way around is a valuable skill.
I won't even double up and ride in someone else's car on a group vacation. I don't like being without my own means of transportation should I not like the schedule the other people I'm with are on.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 11:47 am to The Third Leg
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My freshman year the football coach held a wrestling tournament and made the females all wrestle one another.
It wasn't bc he wanted to get them in shape tho
Posted on 6/4/21 at 11:50 am to Scruffy
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And, yes, that includes TD.
TOO FAR! YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR!
Posted on 6/4/21 at 11:51 am to tgrbaitn08
quote:You pay for your son's Uber and Waitr? If not how does he get to work to pay for it himself?
They get rides with older friends or they Uber everywhere. They also don’t have to leave the house for food. All that gets delivered.
Just curious, maybe you mean your son's friends. An arrangement like that just seems odd.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 11:51 am to LouisianaLady
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Our friend told us the other day he bought his 17 year old son a Jeep and told him all he has to do is get a part time job to pay a portion of the insurance, but the kid doesn't want to so the Jeep just hangs out at home uninsured. That's wild to me.
It’s not the entire generation. My daughter worked 2 jobs her Sr yr of h.s. and she saved $6k cash to put down on a new Nissan Rogue for college that she pays the note on. I was in complete shock when she carried a huge wad of cash in the kitchen and asked me to double count it. My dad co-signed for the new car to help her get a lower interest rate bc he was so proud of her.
This post was edited on 6/4/21 at 11:54 am
Posted on 6/4/21 at 11:55 am to Wtodd
I pushed my 16 year old to get his DL. He said no- why would I want to drive when I can be chauffeured around? That was the day I quit hauling him around. He got his DL later and admitted he wished he'd done it sooner.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 12:03 pm to The Third Leg
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Jesus Christ, what the frick is wrong with your school? They made you go do physical activity and didn’t allow you to shower? We were required to shower, and I grew up in a trashy little town with trashy people.
I graduated from central in 91 and we didn’t have showers after PE.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 12:03 pm to roberma
That's how it needs to be done. Parents are just as part of the problem, as the children. Probably bigger. Make them, don't tell them.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 12:06 pm to LouisianaLady
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I don't even think they had showers at my schools.. If they did, I think it was only in the weight lifting/football locker room. St. Alphonsus, Redemptorist, Starkey, and Central High
We probably know each other or the same people. I went to St Alphonsus, Redemptorist and Central. Graduated in 91.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 12:07 pm to TigerstuckinMS
you don't understand finance and Time value of money.
1 year of not getting driver's license and riding with friends has no bearing on future uber rides. (which will increase in time because of inflation)
The future value at 7% of that 25 dollars 60 years from now is 1448.
Now if you want to do a cost outlay of Uber rides they might take in year 1 of not having a DL we can do that.
1 year of not getting driver's license and riding with friends has no bearing on future uber rides. (which will increase in time because of inflation)
The future value at 7% of that 25 dollars 60 years from now is 1448.
Now if you want to do a cost outlay of Uber rides they might take in year 1 of not having a DL we can do that.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 12:07 pm to Wtodd
I don’t know the license meant freedom, liquor, and chicks.
15 yrs old I was there at the DMV waiting for it to open.
That allegedly some cool dude might have bought my friends and I beer & wine coolers for the ladies that Friday.
Good times good times.
15 yrs old I was there at the DMV waiting for it to open.
That allegedly some cool dude might have bought my friends and I beer & wine coolers for the ladies that Friday.
Good times good times.
This post was edited on 6/4/21 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 6/4/21 at 12:11 pm to jimbeam
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Pretty simple. Kids used to get cars to go see their friends. Now those friends are online
I understand what you’re saying but the fact remains that they still have to get to school and mine couldn’t wait to have cars and drive to school.
Posted on 6/4/21 at 12:14 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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By the end of the year, there were a handful of guys who would clean up after gym, but it was still the minority. I never understood why showering after gym went away.
You notice this at the health club. The younger guys don't shower--never. Then you have the old boomers who like strut around naked and like brush their teeth, comb their hair, and shave completely naked in front of the sinks and mirrors. They you have the guys like me who are in between who shower but wear a goddamn towel, when we are not in the shower.
In high school some of the freshman who hadn't sprouted yet wouldn't shower and no one cared if they were freshman and didn't shower. It could be intimidating if you're still a puppy and next to you is some 17 year old senior and black dude with a scholarship to some mid-major to play basketball.
This post was edited on 6/4/21 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 6/4/21 at 12:15 pm to LSUAngelHere1
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We probably know each other or the same people. I went to St Alphonsus, Redemptorist and Central. Graduated in 91.
I was born in 90, so I might know your kids
Kidding. You'd have to be a young mom/dad for that. This post was edited on 6/4/21 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 6/4/21 at 12:15 pm to Wtodd
When some of us were teenagers if we wanted to see our friends we had to drive to see them and we wanted the freedom to not have our parents monitor our every move so we wanted to drive.
Now kids constantly use Insta/Snap chat and take selfies and they are glued to their cellphones. And their parents follow them non-stop. There's no motivation to drive anymore because teenagers are in constant contact with their friends via cell phone & social media.
Now kids constantly use Insta/Snap chat and take selfies and they are glued to their cellphones. And their parents follow them non-stop. There's no motivation to drive anymore because teenagers are in constant contact with their friends via cell phone & social media.
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