2.26.2007

Whenever young people are allowed to indulge in something old people are not allowed to, it makes us bitter. What did we have? The mall and the parking lot of the 7-Eleven? It sucked to grow up when we did! And we’re mad about it now.” -- Excellent New York magazine piece on today's uninhibited young people and "the end of privacy" thanks to the online lifestyle. I personally think that not too much has changed -- the things kids post about themselves and others online, we used to pass back and forth in notes, whisper in the hallways, and gossip about for hours on the phone. Plus slambooks! Except for the fact that all that dirty laundry is now trapped in online amber and fully Googleable by future mates/employers, ne plus ca change...

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