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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/06/dont-call-us-snowflakes-damages-mental-health-say-young-people/

 

Being called a "snowflake" is damaging to mental health, young people say. Figures show that the majority of young people think the term is unfair - and even more think it could have a negative effect of its own.

 

The "snowflake generation" is a disparaging term now commonly used to refer to young people, who are perceived to be over-sensitive and intolerant of disagreement.

 

But research by insurance firm Aviva found that 72 per cent of 16-24 year-olds think the term is unfairly applied, while 74 per cent think it could have a negative effect on young people's mental health.

 

The figures also show that young people are more likely to have experienced stress, anxiety and depression in the last year.

 

Almost half of adults between 16 and 24 said they had experienced stress or anxiety, compared to just over a third of all UK adults.

 

Young adults were also more likely to be uncomfortable talking about a mental health problem, with one in three saying this compared to 27 per cent of all adults.

 

13 per cent also said they were experiencing a problem but had not sought help, compared to seven per cent of all adults.

 

The firm's medical expert, Dr Doug Wright, said the term could cause problems. Our findings suggest that young adults are more likely to be experiencing mental health problems, so using a phrase which criticises this age group could add to this issue.

 

"Any term used disparagingly to a segment of the population is inherently negative.

 

While young adults in particular appear to take offence to the snowflake label, the majority of adults agree that the term is unfair and unhelpful, so its important that people consider how such labels are used, and the cumulative effect they could have on their recipients," he said.

 

The phrase, which originated in America, has particularly come to refer to universities and students who use "trigger warnings" to alert readers or listeners to potentially distressing material, and "safe spaces", which are meant to be free of certain opinions or ideas.

 

It is also used to imply that young people are less resilient than older generations and quicker to take offence.

 

It is thought to originate with US author Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 book Fight Club, which contains the line "You are not special. You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake".

 

In an interview earlier this year he took credit for the term, adding: "My friends who teach in high school tell me that their students are very easily offended."

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Here's to growing up in the 70's...survival of the fittest, no bicycle helmets, having to dodge real lawn darts, and we only got to go out for pizza if our team won.

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Here's to growing up in the 70's...survival of the fittest, no bicycle helmets, having to dodge real lawn darts, and we only got to go out for pizza if our team won.

 

Don't forget no seat belts.

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Don't forget no seat belts.

Seat belts? Sh!t, we could ride in the bed of the truck and use the wheel well as a seat.
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Seat belts? Sh!t, we could ride in the bed of the truck and use the wheel well as a seat.

Don't forget riding in the back seat of the Ford Station wagon, facing backwards watching every car appear to be coming to crush you at every stop light. And with the window open slightly, the added bonus of long-term carbon monoxide exposure from the exhaust wafting up into your seating area.

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Here's to growing up in the 70's...survival of the fittest, no bicycle helmets, having to dodge real lawn darts, and we only got to go out for pizza ice cream if our team won.

 

This went for normal kids.

 

I could score 3 goals, in a 3 to 1 win. My father would drive by McDonald's as I begged and he'd say "we can't afford it"

 

Fock you mom,. why didn't you have a job :mad: I hate you!

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This went for normal kids.

 

I could score 3 goals, in a 3 to 1 win. My father would drive by McDonald's as I begged and he'd say "we can't afford it"

 

Fock you mom,. why didn't you have a job :mad: I hate you!

 

What are these "goals" you speak of?

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Don't forget riding in the back seat of the Ford Station wagon, facing backwards watching every car appear to be coming to crush you at every stop light. And with the window open slightly, the added bonus of long-term carbon monoxide exposure from the exhaust wafting up into your seating area.

Carbon monoxide mixed with the waft of Pall Mall 100's smoke from the front seat so reminds me of childhood.

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Don't forget riding in the back seat of the Ford Station wagon, facing backwards watching every car appear to be coming to crush you at every stop light. And with the window open slightly, the added bonus of long-term carbon monoxide exposure from the exhaust wafting up into your seating area.

:doublethumbsup:

 

 

Good times.

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Don't forget riding in the back seat of the Ford Station wagon, facing backwards watching every car appear to be coming to crush you at every stop light. And with the window open slightly, the added bonus of long-term carbon monoxide exposure from the exhaust wafting up into your seating area.

Can't remember the make but my stepdad had a car that was so big he took the family(8 of us) on vacation and when one of us kids got tired we'd climb up in the back window area and take a nap.

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My parents driving me home from the hospital as a new born riding in my mom's lap in the Ford Pinto, windows rolled up while they are smoking a joint

That actually explains a lot. :lol:

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We could go back to calling them fuckingpussies

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Carbon monoxide mixed with the waft of Pall Mall 100's smoke from the front seat so reminds me of childhood.

 

Yep. Our wagon was an Oldsmobile with fake wood paneling, and my mom smoked L&Ms, but otherwise dead on. My dad traded in what I heard was a sweet TBird for that POS; I'm guessing a part of him died that day.

 

Gee, I used to get car sick all of the time, I wonder why? :lol:

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The left always wants to manipulate / control speech, they outlaw words, shame you for not complying, publicly flog you even if you fold. The term snowflake is spot on, own it, love it, live it.

 

Before you know it it will be known as "the S word" and if you live in California you'll be tossed in jail for using it. :doh:

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Here's to growing up in the 70's...survival of the fittest, no bicycle helmets, having to dodge real lawn darts, and we only got to go out for pizza if our team won.

 

:first:

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My dad traded in what I heard was a sweet TBird for that POS; I'm guessing a part of him died that day.

 

 

My Mom had a '65 Mustang convertible that she loved. One day my dad comes home and tells her he traded it in on some POS. She never forgave him for that. I think it had something to do with them getting divorced. When I bought my Stang last May she still brought it up like it was yesterday.

 

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We could go back to calling them fuckingpussies

:lol: :lol:

 

I thought 'snowflake' was the nice word.

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Irony.

 

I know right?!

 

 

The "snowflake generation" is a disparaging term now commonly used to refer to young people, who are perceived to be over-sensitive and intolerant of disagreement.

 

But research by insurance firm Aviva found that 72 per cent of 16-24 year-olds think the term is unfairly applied, while 74 per cent think it could have a negative effect on young people's mental health.

 

 

:lol:

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My Mom had a '65 Mustang convertible that she loved. One day my dad comes home and tells her he traded it in on some POS. She never forgave him for that. I think it had something to do with them getting divorced. When I bought my Stang last May she still brought it up like it was yesterday.

 

:(

When my dad graduated from law school and got his first lawyer job, he bought a 76 VW karmann ghia.

 

Theyd had it for a couple of hours when mom asked him to teach her to drive a stick (How the fock did you not know how to drive a stick in the 70s?).

 

So a little while later, shes driving. She goes to go around a turn in a country road, goes to tap the bake to slow down. Hits the clutch instead, and thinks the breaks dont work. In classic mom style, she turtles up in the console, over the parking brake.

 

Dad manages to reach over and grab the wheel, and try to make the turn at speed.

 

Car ends up spinning out and hits a concrete bridge support ass end first.

 

Car was totaled. Five hours after they drove it off the lot.

 

Dad still b!tches about that thirty years after the divorce.

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When my dad graduated from law school and got his first lawyer job, he bought a 76 VW karmann ghia.

 

Theyd had it for a couple of hours when mom asked him to teach her to drive a stick (How the fock did you not know how to drive a stick in the 70s?).

 

So a little while later, shes driving. She goes to go around a turn in a country road, goes to tap the bake to slow down. Hits the clutch instead, and thinks the breaks dont work. In classic mom style, she turtles up in the console, over the parking brake.

 

Dad manages to reach over and grab the wheel, and try to make the turn at speed.

 

Car ends up spinning out and hits a concrete bridge support ass end first.

 

Car was totaled. Five hours after they drove it off the lot.

 

Dad still b!tches about that thirty years after the divorce.

So what did dad learn from this?

I'll tell you what he learned...Divorce is cheaper in the long run.

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So what did dad learn from this?

I'll tell you what he learned...Divorce is cheaper in the long run.

Well, that was his first of four wives (at last count, I havent talked to him in a decade) so he obviously is a slow learner.

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ahh the Karmann Ghia and the Pinto, two of the worst cars ever made....mentioned in the same thread

 

who had a Gremlin as a kid?

I did. Vega, Comet, Nova and many Dusters too.

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I did. Vega, Comet, Nova and many Dusters too.

I call bullsh1t.

The wheel wasn't even invented yet when you were a kid :thumbsdown:

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Back to the original topic...

 

I love How for months we heard republicans lecturing democrats that name calling politics is why they lost. Calling republicans stupid, racist, hillbilly, etc.

 

Wonder why they think calling half the country poosay snowflake crybaby loser commie etc. will work any better.

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I call bullsh1t.

The wheel wasn't even invented yet when you were a kid :thumbsdown:

Lol. But the best of the bunch was the Datsun b-210. Not bad for a family of 7.

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Back to the original topic...

 

I love How for months we heard republicans lecturing democrats that name calling politics is why they lost. Calling republicans stupid, racist, hillbilly, etc.

 

Wonder why they think calling half the country poosay snowflake crybaby loser commie etc. will work any better.

Because theres some inherent truth to it. Liberals often tend to be ineffectual losers.

 

Thats why I appreciate LBJ as an historical figure. Flawed as he was, he was a g0ddamn fighter.

 

That said theres inherent truth to the criticisms of the right but theyre generally too focking stupid to see it. Liberals internalize sh1t

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That said theres inherent truth to the criticisms of the right but theyre generally too focking stupid to see it.

Ya but we got all the warriors and will beat your effeminate smart kid asses.

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