28-03-2015, 11:36 PM
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What's wrong with these kids?
Is this bizaare or is it me?Now that young Zayne wots-his-name has walked away from 'One Direction' some of his young fans have gone a bit funny in the head, I think.
"Apparently, on hearing the news that Zayne had left the world's biggest band, Twitter was avalanched by 4,600 distraught tweets a minute with 'Directioners,' unhinged by sadness, urging others to self harm as a sign of their misery."
W-H-A-T ??
Yes, I was young once, but NEVER was I as weird as that over a school girl crush.
but that was never the same as encouraging people to 'self harm.' 
29-03-2015, 01:54 AM
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Re: What's wrong with these kids?
Originally Posted by Anita
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Oh I don't know, remember all the screaming and hysteria over the Beatles, David Cassidy in the 70s etc. Its just that a lot more 'stuff' is instantly all over social media and things that nobody knew are public property.
29-03-2015, 08:53 AM
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Re: What's wrong with these kids?
Originally Posted by Anita
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Oh I don't know, remember all the screaming and hysteria over the Beatles, David Cassidy in the 70s etc. Its just that a lot more 'stuff' is instantly all over social media and things that nobody knew are public property.
it happens to some extent with members of each generation but with the advent of social media there is a greater opportunity for contagious mass hysteria ...
29-03-2015, 08:58 AM
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Re: What's wrong with these kids?
Originally Posted by Meg
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I think this is so it happens to some extent with members of each generation but with the advent of social media there is a greater opportunity for contagious mass hysteria ...
It certainly has a lot to answer for
29-03-2015, 09:14 AM
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Re: What's wrong with these kids?
I can remember when Robbie left Take that I thought we might have to call a doctor to Tasha she was bereft and wouldn't eat for nearly a week ! Her friends all the same. They got over it though and eventually all we heard were sighs and if onlys. Each generation has had it's distressed teens I can still remember how I felt when bay city rollers split - threw all my tartan away in a strop
Difference now is parents seem to be unable to cope with their teens and let them get away with stuff previous generations didn't hence the self harming etc.
29-03-2015, 09:17 AM
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Re: What's wrong with these kids?
Originally Posted by Julie1962
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I can remember when Robbie left Take that I thought we might have to call a doctor to Tasha she was bereft and wouldn't eat for nearly a week ! Her friends all the same. They got over it though and eventually all we heard were sighs and if onlys. Each generation has had it's distressed teens I can still remember how I felt when bay city rollers split - threw all my tartan away in a strop Difference now is parents seem to be unable to cope with their teens and let them get away with stuff previous generations didn't hence the self harming etc.
Theres a big difference now - parents didn't have to put up with the influence of the internet - more powerful than anything else - I feel for the parents having to cope with it all .....
29-03-2015, 09:22 AM
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Re: What's wrong with these kids?
Originally Posted by Patsy
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[/B]Theres a big difference now - parents didn't have to put up with the influence of the internet - more powerful than anything else - I feel for the parents having to cope with it all .....
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