Entries Tagged as 'kids today'

sheena is a paintballer

July 9th, 2008 · 178 Comments

where do you suppose this “anomous” tampa, florida resident stands on the whole nature-vs.-nurture debate?

interested? here’s a free preview!

related: your to lazy

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Tags: "helpful" advice · CAPS LOCK · crazypants · dubious scientific claims · exclamation-point happy! · florida · gloriously redundant · irregular capitalization · kids today · moms & dads · neighbors · spelling and grammar police · tampa · the lawn · unnecessary "quotation marks"

grimace and the fry kids

April 23rd, 2008 · 123 Comments

the school in l.a. where anna works is under renovation, so a lot of the kids cut through the library on their way to and from the cafeteria. recently, one of these fine young scholars spilled an entire basket of fries…and kept walking. one of anna’s coworkers picked them up, but he missed one. another [...]

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Tags: food · kids today · library · mcdonalds

facebook schoolyard smackdown

April 1st, 2008 · 102 Comments

“vet school is a sea of studying, testing, drinking and most of all: DRAMA,” reports an anonymous vet-to-be in ames, iowa. (in other words, it’s just like gossip girl.) of course, as new york magazine reports this week, facebook is taking run-of-the-mill classroom sniping to a whole new level of micro-bitchiness. if you have the [...]

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Tags: facebook · iowa · kids today · saga

but who’s counting?

March 16th, 2008 · 74 Comments

writes an anonymous new yorker: “our neighbors hate us because we are the youngest in the building. thus, any malfunction that occurs in the building results in notes directed towards us. and yes, this note was a follow-up to another note (seen at left) also directed at us.”

happy st. patrick’s day, kids!
related: infinite note project

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Tags: "helpful" advice · a little patronizing · kids today · neighbors · new york · opening/closing

wrath mat

October 10th, 2007 · 161 Comments

writes an anonymous submitter in new york city: “so, my mom bought me this doormat that says ‘leave.’ ya know, haha, funny joke, like the ones that say ‘go away.’ well, apparently my neighbor didn’t find it too humorous.”

adds our submitter: “some back story: the woman has lived in the apt across the hall for [...]

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Tags: CAPS LOCK · a matter of taste · etiquette · kids today · more aggressive than passive · more like crazy · neighbors · new york