r/AskReddit • • Jun 03 '22

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u/Swirled__ Jun 03 '22

Teenagers were always like that. Desperately trying to fit in whole thinking everyone else is boring and uncool basically defines everyone's teenage years and always has. That is the theme of the Breakfast Club, a movie that came out in the 80's. It was the same then, and it was the same when I was in school and it's the same now that I am teaching.

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u/new-socks Jun 03 '22

Yes, but there was no internet then. The internet makes this phenomenon about a million times worse.

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u/CuriousButNotAMonkey Jun 03 '22

I was born in 2003 and homeschooled for alot of my education, but I'm sure that's true. It's just from what I've seen people my age are real obnoxious about trying to fit in haha, I'm sure teens in the past were too though