The most annoying thing about living in the 'burbs is the abundance of lame teenagers.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those old folks who wants everyone to get off my dam lawn -which my landlord is currently trying to whip into shape and I am reluctant to help with. It's the kids that have something to prove that bother me, they always have. When I was in high school, we'd all sit on the bus on the way home, talking to the person next to us or listening to out walkmans (yeah I'm that old kids. . WALKMANS). We didn't scream across the train station that someone was a slut, swear the top of our lungs in the hopes that someone would notice and think we were badass, or talk about how drunk we were last night. Everyone had been there the night before, as everyone got drunk and got laid by a strangers, and some of us did boatloads of meth or coke. You see everyone knew so we had no reason to reiterate it on public transit.
But today I was taking the bus home, when these kids start going off about the "baller sweet cribs" and "ghetto ass shacks" that their friends live in. They talk about who's getting pregnant because of who, and how much weed they've smoked. All that followed by tales of talking back to their parents and "slapping them up" because of the fact that locking the front door of your house apparently isn't cool. Then they proceed to get off the bus, in Calgary Alberta mind you, in Edgemont estates. The yuppie as hell mass produced suburban monstrosity sitting atop a massive hill overlooking my house. These kids are growing up with more money then I'll ever see in my life.
Jesus, am I ever thankful to be poor.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those old folks who wants everyone to get off my dam lawn -which my landlord is currently trying to whip into shape and I am reluctant to help with. It's the kids that have something to prove that bother me, they always have. When I was in high school, we'd all sit on the bus on the way home, talking to the person next to us or listening to out walkmans (yeah I'm that old kids. . WALKMANS). We didn't scream across the train station that someone was a slut, swear the top of our lungs in the hopes that someone would notice and think we were badass, or talk about how drunk we were last night. Everyone had been there the night before, as everyone got drunk and got laid by a strangers, and some of us did boatloads of meth or coke. You see everyone knew so we had no reason to reiterate it on public transit.
But today I was taking the bus home, when these kids start going off about the "baller sweet cribs" and "ghetto ass shacks" that their friends live in. They talk about who's getting pregnant because of who, and how much weed they've smoked. All that followed by tales of talking back to their parents and "slapping them up" because of the fact that locking the front door of your house apparently isn't cool. Then they proceed to get off the bus, in Calgary Alberta mind you, in Edgemont estates. The yuppie as hell mass produced suburban monstrosity sitting atop a massive hill overlooking my house. These kids are growing up with more money then I'll ever see in my life.
Jesus, am I ever thankful to be poor.
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really, is nothing sacred? sure, there were knife fights at school on the occasion [it was a regional public school, that was ATTACHED to a french high school WTF were these people thinking???????] but there was very little bragging about it.
it wasn't even that long ago - i only graduated hs in 2003. we're in the same generation, kids are just effin nutso?
Media and technology are ruining the children of today, especially since most parents don't care enough to take a stand.
P.S. I had several Walkmans.