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qballtoday at 5:16 PM3 repliesview on HN

Everybody hates teenagers, so yes.

It's not really about protecting them; people that claim this is the case are generally doing so to launder that hatred.


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JoshTripletttoday at 8:20 PM

They're not hated, they're just treated as non-entities that aren't assumed to have or need any agency.

People under 18 are the largest disenfranchised block of citizens.

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eimrinetoday at 8:06 PM

Brilliant observation! I would like to make the statement more precise: not hate/hatred but jealousy.

AlexandrBtoday at 6:25 PM

This is the kind of thing I would have posted while in High School.