Well, recently, I've noticed the habit, or rather, trend of lately coming to great popularity in my school: 2 liter soda bottles. And it isn't to share. Its for one person. They'll drink it in one sitting. Or carry it around... It's disgusting, and unhealthy. And ever since Coca-Cola has redesigned its bottle to be a giant version of its smaller serving, it is even easier for them to carry around. Please. It is Disturbing.

Anyone else noticed any disturbing trends or habits? Keisha fans playing her music on the bus for example...

Well I drink 2 litre bottles of soda throughout a day sometimes and water :shrug:

I find it disturbing that even at 17 people are still making your mother jokes and perverted immature jokes, I honestly feel like punching some people.Also annoying is the fact that I am always told to turn my music down in public, fine imo it shouldnt bother others...Yet no one says anything about girls playing justin [censored] bieber on the bus.

That's nothing, 2 summers ago, I went through 12 2 liters in a week. That was a ridiculous amount of sugar, and I hate drinking too much pop now.

A dangerous habit I've noticed is how high people listen to music in their headphones. The kids at school blare it so loud you can hear it halfway across the room. People are going deaf around here, its stupid.

I disturbing habit you say? The fancy trend of picking on the youth, easy target though they may be.

Yeah, those never stop. Ever.

This isn't exactly a "new" trend, but it's something that bothers me to my core. People that leave the house in their pajamas. Another one that bothers me is seeing people in shorts and a Tshirt in the dead of winter. I kid you not, I saw a guy walk into a convenience store in shorts a Tshirt and a pair of sandals last month when we had 2'+ of snow on the ground. Where did you just come from? A goddamned idiot convention? I hoped his car got stuck in a snow bank and he had to walk home in that ridiculous attire.

What the stupid unfunny jokes ? I hope your kidding.
I am also sick of people complaining when I say family guy isnt funny, please say that most mature people think family guy is unfunny ?

Your mom thinks that isn't funny.

I hope that answers your question.

Haha, good examples. I also hate how dirty and perverted younger kids are becoming. I mean, what happened to the innocence of youth!!

Or the tendency of people to hate on WoW gamers and then crush a night. Like ALL night, on CoD 2 and not stop to think they might have something in common...

In general, lack of walking. Not an issue everywhere, but people just don't seem to walk much anymore.

:sadvaultboy: That was harsh man.

Anyway another few example the news makes damn sure everone one knows is

The amount of people binge drinking increasing.
The amount of people losing respect for their elders and eachother.
The amount of people who just dont care about the law anymore.
The numer of teens getting pregnant.

Nothing that effects me personally but its still a bad sign.

Not claiming maturity here, just good taste. I find Family Guy's comedy to be obvious, and therefor not funny.

Different tastes for different people, nothing to do with being mature if you ask me.

Something disturbing I've noticed (albeit most likely not so recent) is people, particularly teens, openly talking about how much of an illegal substance they consumed. This doesn't happen very often where I live, but on my trip to Chicago last year it seemed commonplace.

Being casually judgmental and/or plain hateful toward things that people do which have no impact on anyone else's life and of which the person is almost guaranteed to have a parallel behavior. Hardly a recent thing, but certainly a trend as it never goes away.

That goes up and down with each generation actually.



This I have noticed as well.



Again, I've noticed the same thing.



That goes up and down depending on the generation.

If it weren't for double standards, some people would have no standards at all

A lot of the popular kids think it's cool to get bad grades, get in trouble a lot, do drugs, drink alcohol, and a bunch of other bad things. Pisses me off.

I disllike the trend where people get upset over things that are none of their business and whine about things that don't effect them.

Thanks for mentioning that, it reminded me of a story.

Today, I was walking into town to get some Job app.s and I saw some cars passing. I was on a sidewalk next to a semi-major road for the area. Well, at one point, a pick-up is heading towards me, and I notice that it is full of kids from my high school. And one is CASUALLY leaning out of the window smoking a cigarette. and he doesn't even look like an advlt. I mean, he dresses, talks, and acts like a teen, so I assume that anywhere up the road, if there was a cop, they'd get pulled over. I hope that punk gets it. Openly smoking. The only issue is he probably wont get caught...

The lack of respect and no fear of law seems like a problem happening all over the world (excluding places with insanely strict laws or places that dont care about human rights)
Maybe but the pregnancy thing seems kinda creep especially when its happening to people around the age of 14/15.
I dont know much about the alcohol but I only recently hear about kids getting alcohol poisoning, alcohol is made stronger and becoming cheeper, so it will likely get worse.

-The appaling increase in teen pregnancy.
-The "school is for fools" mentality.
-General disrespect for elders and the perversion of our children.
-The rise of general apathy.

Unfortunately these things do affect everybody, someone doesn't fear getting in trouble for doing drugs, they lose fear of the police, then they rob/murder/who knows what. I also hate with a passion the kind of attitude in the quoted post that so many people have adopted.

I think it's a good thing in most cases. Not to bring politics in here, but there are some absurd and irrational laws in the US. People are just expressing their disapproval of mandates forced upon us.

Things I Have Been Noticing in Myself:

- I take a nap every few days. I used to only do that on Sundays. I might kinda have an excuse, though; I usually have to stay up quite late to talk to my boyfriend.
- I tend to sleep in until 11 AM or even noon (I know a lot of people do that, but I like waking up in single digits). It might also not be my fault. I sleep on a bunkbed with my sister (with each bed being a full bed), the bars are very angular, and it's extremely hard and painful to get out of bed, so I like to wait until I am fully awake to leave my bed so I don't fall off and break a bone.
- I don't work out as much as I should, though I've started changing that this last week.
- I don't read or play games as much as I used to. The games will change as soon as I get my desk tomorrow.

All of this should straighten out once I start working in a week.

Things I Have Noticed in Other People:
_{Disclaimer: I am not a faultfinder; or I try not to be.}

- People generally whittle away their time with an overabundance of useless pursuits. These are mostly good in moderation--like watching TV, using the computer, playing games, and stuff--, but bad if all of your time is spent that way. I love doing those things, and I try to make sure my time is balanced. My sisters are obsessed with watching MTV, E!, and other garbage like that, and it just kills me.
- This doesn't affect me, but I just get kinda sad and worried when I see that ignorance and an unwillingness to learn seems to be the norm now in people (not just teens and youth and general, but full-blown advlts as well). As I said, it doesn't affect me--I just worry that people live such insular lives and it only hurts them.
- EDIT: Also, I've noticed especially recently that people are extremely selective about the people they're nice to and associate with. I see this in places where we're taught to reach out and be kind to people. I always try to be friendly to people, especially when I'm meeting new people, but I've been rejected time and time again. I've found some friends, but for the most part, there's this cancerous tumor of a group that only sometimes grows and makes sure they're very selective about people who are 'privileged' enough to talk to them or associate with them. It's really sad to see that.
- Teen six and pregnancy (even preteen), and the attitude that these girls are out to prove something to their parents by taking care of the child. Obviously, all cases are different, but if you're in school and are nowhere near being stable enough to raise a child, you shouldn't be selfish and keep the kid if the kid is going to see how unstable and afraid you are. That can be pretty traumatizing to a kid.

Both of these, I just dont understand how people think its good to do bad in school and end up in a dead end job.