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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I started dating my wife when we were both in high school so I'm lucky that I never had to try to start dating in my 20s. But when I was in high school asking out a girl was as simple as walking up and saying "do you want to go out with me?"

I asked out girls that I KNEW there was a 99% chance they'd say no, but I asked anyways. The worst they ever said was "no". Nobody ever laughed in my face or told all their friends or spread rumors about me, they just said no thank you and I moved on.

This was like 2009-2013 mind you; I think young people are a lot more cruel now than they were then.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Young people were every fucking bit as cruel back then. Source: same age bracket as you and was bullied nearly to suicide

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

+1. In addition, schools frequently side with the bully because it is easier to deal with a victim's parents than a bully's parents.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Also bullying is an informal form of social control they don't have to do themselves nor take responsibly for unless it involves serious physical violence.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Trash social media has connected the worst sort of people and given them a platform to share their toxic traits.

So cruel, but uncreative people now have wider options to be shitty.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

People say kids these days are somewhat nicer than generations past.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Nobody ever laughed in my face or told all their friends or spread rumors about me, they just said no thank you and I moved on.

I was in college by the time you were in high school, and I totally had friends who had that happen. I don't know if kids are more cruel now or if you had an exceptionally kind group of peers.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

It's because n=1 in either case doesn't speak for the average or general picture of what happens. Both your posts are just anecdotes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

I'm their age and I've seen it observed that that time block was about the nicest high schoolers have ever been.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Okay, they were laughed at. Then what? Did the guy blow it off and try with someone else, or never try again? It's not how many times you get knocked down...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Get knocked down 10+ times and you just don’t get back up again.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was in High School in '93-'96. I graduated a year early. The kids were, if anything, worse back then. Y'all are much more empathetic over all, than the kids I went to HS and University with.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because we were raised by Boomers, the least empathetic generation in modern history.

The inertia of fucking Boomers is an unwelcome gift that won't go away for years to come.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

It's the 1% vs the working class, not generation vs generation.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

Nobody ever laughed in my face or told all their friends or spread rumors about me, they just said no thank you and I moved on.

Lucky you, I asked a girl out once in HS, got denied, afterwards she and her friends would often look at me and giggle during classes or breaks and avoid any contact with me. Later, through a friend, I learned they came up with the nickname "priest" for me (as in catholic priest, who has to vow for celibacy), as that was the "obvious career choice" for me

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I think young people are a lot more cruel now than they were then.

Its more of a human thing actually. I always find anti bullying measures kind of a waste of time. Adults will bully you way more. It just isn't a swirly.

it's making you fill out an application on a job prospects website even though the info is on the resume.

It's every month when we pay rent.

It's every paycheck we receive that doesn't include our surplus labor value.

It's a overdraft fee from your bank.

It's ComcastXfinity purchasing your local government and ensuring you have no alternatives for an ISP.

It's the "unprecedented call volume" you wait through that happens because the customer service phone line is purposely understaffed.

It's your health insurance denying your claim.

It's everywhere. Just because we hide it behind a curtain of the economic system doesn't mean it changes the nature of these interactions.

Besides, don't you want your kid to be successful? Bullies are successful as fuck. Every parent should be teaching their child to be the biggest asshole douchebag bully ever.