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    The Lamest Teen Moral Panic Ever

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    Image of GoldenShowersFillYourEyes GoldenShowersFillYourEyes
    05/28/09

    In reply to The Lamest Teen Moral Panic Ever
    This is it.


    This is the dumbest thing I've ever read in a newspaper, ever. And I read the newspaper every day. My local newspaper. It's terrible. This is like a bad April Fools joke.

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    Image of drinkyrose drinkyrose
    05/28/09

    @GoldenShowersFillYourEyes: It sounds like an Onion article.
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    Image of DeltaGuy DeltaGuy
    05/28/09

    @drinkyrose (the commenter formerly known as rose0red): And yet it is on page A1 of the Times. Front. Fucking. Page.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    05/28/09

    In reply to The Lamest Teen Moral Panic Ever
    As an official old, I'd just like to say that I find this hugging nonsense just strange. We never hugged one another, whatever for? There was just waayyy too much body odor happening during those pre-teen and teen years, we knew it, our parents and teachers knew it. During the warmer months the kid whose seat was by the window would get the nod from the teacher, and it was his cue to crack it open to let the confined, hormonally charged, stink out the room. I mean really, there was gym class (wherein no one showered after, because really the gym teachers all wanted to touch your insides), sub sandwiches with onions for lunch, copious amounts of hair spray and teen ball sweat, and the kid that ostensibly smelled like pee and eggs, there was no way we were touching one another. I can't think much has changed in the last twenty years. So, my response to the hugging thing is a wholehearted, "What? Why? Ewwwww!"
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    05/28/09

    @Spirit Fingers: When do you become an official old? Does 46 qualify?
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    Image of BullfightsOnAcid BullfightsOnAcid
    05/28/09

    In reply to The Lamest Teen Moral Panic Ever
    Hey, this is America! Arms are for killing not for hugs.
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    Image of cdmunch cdmunch
    05/28/09

    In reply to The Lamest Teen Moral Panic Ever
    We had a "three feet on the floor" rule for when boys and girls were in the same room together and "3/4 open" rule for doors during the special 2 nights a week of "interdorm visitation," ie. when boys and girls were allowed to visit each other's dorms when I was in high school.
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    05/28/09

    @cdmunch: So no lifting your GF into the air while you're hugging her?
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    05/28/09

    In reply to The Lamest Teen Moral Panic Ever
    The appearance of this "trend" in the Times is confirmaion that it's so over already.
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    Image of IceCreamIsAwesome IceCreamIsAwesome
    05/28/09

    In reply to The Lamest Teen Moral Panic Ever
    This is NOT new dammit, back in 1997 when I was in Jr High everybody did the, "OMG I haven't seen you in forever (like last class period)" HUG HUG HUG!!!! Meeting at the movies, meeting at the mall, meeting at tennis practice, meeting at church, meeting at laser tag, HUG IT OUT!! I'm so sick of these trend pieces that are not trends, if Gawker keeps posting these I'm going to end up like my old as hell bitter neighbor with the three cats who lives all alone and ignores the nice young lady who was just trying to be polite and wave hello what the hell is up her ass!?!?!?!
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    05/28/09

    @IceCreamIsAwesome: And how about when a Bridge & Tunnel couple meet another B&T pair on the street in Manhattan? Looks of happy disbelief, "ZOMG, howa r UUUUuuuuu," kiss, kiss, hug, hug, blocking the sidewalk, "I can't believe this, running into each other on the street in Manhattan, totally amazing [even though they only live across the river], etc., etc." Get off my lawn!
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    Image of NeverEnough NeverEnough
    05/28/09

    In reply to The Lamest Teen Moral Panic Ever
    This just happens to coincide with the new Obama administration. He's leading our impressionable youths straight to hell, people!
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    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    05/28/09

    In reply to The Lamest Teen Moral Panic Ever
    This doesn't seem all that weird to me compared to most teen behavior, but then again, I work in show business.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    05/28/09

    In reply to The Lamest Teen Moral Panic Ever
    Additionally, as happy as I am to see sparklies on my screen without having to enter the Konami Code, why do those bears have matching, stitched forehead wounds?
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    05/28/09

    In reply to The Lamest Teen Moral Panic Ever
    I would have never survived high school circa 2009. I find hugging unnecessary when a wave or a simple "hey" will suffice. It's far more efficient.
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    05/28/09

    @misslinda: Whose concerned about being efficient in high school, unless they suffer from OCD?
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    05/28/09

    @bytememehard: I was being sarcastic, I guess it was a fail. But I do really despise obligatory hugging and I fear what will happen when these huggers enter the workforce.
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    05/28/09

    @misslinda: Workplace hugging is the WORST. Awkward!
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    05/28/09

    @Lizawithazee: These kids are done for. I imagine them walking into a business meeting and going around the table giving everyone a hug and a "Hiiiiiyyyyeeee! OMG! I loooooooove your lipgloss!!! Is it flavored? Can I taste? Yuuuuuummmmmm!"
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    05/28/09

    @misslinda: You must have been a 90s slacker or something. In the 70s, we didn't even look at each other.
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    05/28/09

    @Lizawithazee: Let me quality that: workplace hugging is not the WORST. The shooting sprees are worse than the hugs.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    05/28/09

    @HurtsSoGood: Nope, 80s underachiever. The 70s sound divine.
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    05/28/09

    In reply to The Lamest Teen Moral Panic Ever
    What happened to finger banging behind the bowling alley?
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    05/28/09

    @resipsaloquacious: RSI?
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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    05/28/09

    In reply to The Lamest Teen Moral Panic Ever
    It's time.


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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    05/28/09

    In reply to The Lamest Teen Moral Panic Ever
    The only truly proper way to greet somebody is to smell his or her business card.
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    05/28/09

    @Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: did you mean to add "card" to that sentence?
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    05/28/09

    @bytememehard: Yes. Jump to about 6:45.



    + Watch video
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    Image of NerD: Blattella NerD: Blattella
    05/28/09

    @Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: OH Jeebus I'd forgotten about this sketch.


    True brilliance.

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    Image of lawyergay lawyergay
    01/14/09

    In reply to Amusing Folks Now Eating Raccoon!
    Genuine Kentucky free-range raccoons--or "night sheep"--can be purchased by calling or emailing Senator Mitch McConnell at (502)-458-8400 or contact@teammitch.com. Go team Mitch!
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    Image of VoxPopuli VoxPopuli
    01/14/09

    In reply to Amusing Folks Now Eating Raccoon!
    If squirrels are Cajun spiced, what flavor should the British raccoon potato chips be? Curry? Jalapeño? Marzipan?
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