Biggest Threats to America’s Youth
Biggest Threats to America’s Youth
[according to mainstream news]
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This just proves my point about our media.
What point is that?
media says videogames, internet, and gangs are bad
media rarely reports bad parenting or selfesteem issues
The media is retarded, but still most people follow it. I’m sorry for taking such a philosophical approach but the media should report news, not its own opinion
very true
Amen brother!
yeah, this is so true…
Trust me, Living in a rather scary town, Gangs needs to be higher on the list than self esteem issues.
We would not have a gang problem if we had better parenting
Or low self-esteem.
This is the adverse of the actual threat.
First, you probably mean “inverse”, and second, that’s kind of the joke.
Someone should send this to congress.
They would just say: “See, the internets agrees.”
That’s if they actually replied. Come to think of it, the Grammar would be slightly better as all of the actual reading and writing is done by their aides LOL.
If you capitalized the G in “Grammar” intentionally, you win five Internets.
I would say poor parenting is the biggest issue. So many people have kids now-a-days that are not ready for it financially or mentally. The media has no idea what they are talking about.
I think this is satire..making fun of the fact that the Media blames everything on video games, and not bad parenting. We’d rather blame an object rather than the real cause. Just saying….
Oooohhh…
I just got that the graph was sarcastic.
Thanks!
My video game playing has NO affect at all on my offline life lol Neither does the Internet
MY mom certainly wasn’t ready for kids, but thank goodness I realized it before it was too late. Otherwise I might have turned out horrible -_-
Subliminal message in this graph…. the media are gay
And have good cell phone coverage?
WIN
Thank you captain obvious. Care to drop another bomb?
Its not obvious, I didn’t notice the rainbow colours till he mentioned it.
You forgot “OMG GAY MARRIAGE WHICH WILL CORRUPT OUR CHILDREN AND TURN THEM ALL GAY !!1!”
judging by the color scheme it was not forgotten but is subliminal. if it was out there in front it would make the children think about gays and then that would make them gay. we have to be very careful.
Ah I see I’m not the only one who noticed the subliminal message…
Yeah, totally forgot to mention the gays. I was really expecting to too.
And no mention of Jack Thompson, if that’s his name?
People stopped caring him when he was disbarred (Lawyer talk for permanently fire) last year.
do you think that instead stereotyping popular video games you take a look that kids live in a world screwed up by the older generation
Jebus H Kristo… did something happen overnight to suck the humor/satire/sarcasm out of today’s posters? FFS, I wanted the Packers to beat the drama queen as much as anyone, but come on…
they are just looking for a scape goat. if they blame parents the fat guy on couch will take another sip from his bear, and say “how dare them peoples tells me how to raise my youngings, im never watching this again. honey wheres Jed, ive not seen him for two days.” they are to worried that they would lose ratings plus they can make a storm of controversy faster so even more stuff to film and then show the ignorant masses.
you speak in truthitudes! Keep em’ scared & stupid, that is how we will keep our audience. I’m remnded of the scene in “Scrooged” when Bill Murray is showing the trailer for the x-mas special he is promoting “The Day The Reindeer Died” and the commercial basically shows all the horrible things that could happen if you go outside instead of inside where it’s safe with your T.V.
Can I take a sip of some bear?
win
I didnt even know you could drink a bear… also, listen to heavy metal (music) best in the WORLD
The real issue is, that children cant tell there parents about bullying. Bullying is like, torture practice
I suppose it’s just a fundamental misunderstanding about cause and effect. It’s not 1 action yields 1 result, it’s the sum of all actions yield 1 result.
Everything else on that graph should be a subheading under “Poor Parenting” because everything else can be PREVENTED by proper parenting.. but I’m (hopefully!) stating the obvious.
Yeah, only the first (lowest) three are true dangers anyway.
I would say that the most pressing issue IS poor parenting, because you’re the parent, why are you worrying about the games your kids play? Make sure they are games that you approve. You are the parent, you make the rules, not them. This country is made up of nothing but bad parents. If all parents were good, and I mean really good, then I would bet my life that crime would be almost nonexistent, gangs would be the same, and you wouldnt even have to worry about their self esteem because being a good parent, you make sure to tell them that they are super smart, a super good athlete, the nicest person ever, etc… It all boils down too good parenting or lack thereof
“This country is made up of nothing but bad parents”? I’ve never seen a more ignorant statement on these comment boards.
Spoken like a true non-parent. And in fact, someone who has never dealt with kids before. Or even tried to lead a bunch of adults.
Telling anyone constantly that they are great is a terrible idea. It makes them self-centered and think they’re better than they actually are. Reinforce good behavior, not arbitrarily. Jeez, I don’t even have a kid and I know that.
Ummm, to judge from the spelling of “non-existent”, I’d say education was an enormous worry.
oh my god someone misspelled a single word by one letter
we must overthrow the government
Awesome. I think that comment was improved by the total lack of punctuation too.
Dude, you win.
I AM FROM THE INTERNETS!
I WILL EAT YOUR CHILDREN! LOCK THEM AWAY!
…But even I fear the immense, unforgiving jaws of the PACMAN!
And Space Invaders!
cant forget the Halo! thats like, the worst thing a kid could play! (obviously sarcastic)
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Agreed, completely. The news media has turned into something reminiscent of Fahrenheit 451: appease the masses while telling them how to think exactly what you want them to think (by using “experts”). It’s the video game’s fault that a parent can’t read the label and see the large ESRB rating box printed in black and white on the front and back of every game. It’s the internet’s fault that parents aren’t monitoring the sites their children visit and haven’t nurtured good values in a respectful way so that their children won’t *want* to go look up porn. Of course, it’s not the parent’s fault… certainly not…
Yes, agreed 100% with the sentiment of this graph (at least the printed one, anyway – the subliminal one… that’s another topic entirely).
~Quag
This does seem to be true.
I did see a commercial a week ago about a program to help girls with poor self-image though. :3 Now let’s see one for poor parenting (and none of that ‘gays shouldn’t raise kids’ nonsense).
+6 points for the rainbow colors.
It’s so weird though, the submitter was all straightedge about capitalizing “Internet,” but can’t spell “existent.”
maybe he was implying that bad parenting can also lead to bad spelling, as well as much needed therapy lol
The reason I capitalized Internet was because it looked so weird in lowercase for some reason.
This is BS. It isn’t video games’ fault. If you think that a game is bad, don’t let your kid play it. Otherwise, you’re a bad parent looking for a scapegoat
Get your sarcasm meter checked
You lose the Internet. Turn in your computer now.
Anyone who uses common sense knows that the biggest threats to America’s youth are as follows, 1 being the most threatening: 1.Poor Parenting 2. Street Gangs 3. low self esteem…
See above re: sarcasm meter.
when i saw the colors i thought they were going to make jokes about warning our youth about gays xD
My choice of the rainbow colors didn’t really have anything to do with the gays, but rather because I wanted the last color to be red and then have the others be, well, not red. I already used the red to yellow to white cycle on another graph, and besides, who doesn’t love rainbows?
As for misspelling “existent”, that was merely a slip-up on my part. Don’t pretend it doesn’t happen to you too.
Normally I’m a very good speller, (trust me), but I’m just too used to the FireFox spellcheck, which doesn’t work in the graph builder.
Lock your children in your home because of the internet, yeah “That’ll work!”
Forgot the pedophiles. Of course, there’s not so much in the news about them since Micheal Jackson died…
I think that runs under the Internet.
According to the mainstream news, I suppose it does, but back in my day (like… err… ten years ago?) it was still creepy old men in trenchcoats (or sequined vests and white glove[s]?) with offerings of candy, NES games, or Pokemon cards, as the internet proper didn’t really exist yet.
I find it morbidly hilarious that parents worry incessantly about internet predators when, statistically, they should be more worried about their own brothers/sisters.
Forgot about the biggest threat of all – the mainstream news!
ummmm someone needs to fix this graph it looks like it should be backwards with the inclusion of fox news
I read – based on colors – that the media thinks the gays are the biggest threat. Way too funny.
wow more media scare tactics, this graft is backwards
Nice graph, but you missed heavy metal and other “violent” music genrers
You forgot TEH GAY
You forgot Bears!
you forgot pig death.
It’s actually the exact opposite…
And we all love the rainbow. Is there a pot of gold at the end?
You forgot Chuck Norris.