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woo545 t1_ivdmauw wrote

Reply to comment by Bass_is_UVBlue in Thank yous by shaneroneill

It's not necessarily doing stuff to be an asshole, though. A male's frontal cortex doesn't finish developing until the late 20's. This results in teen boys doing incredibly stupid, impulsive things and not realizing what they've done until after the act has been completed (if at all). It's exponentially worse with each teen boy added to the mix.

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-zero-joke- t1_ivdz1r3 wrote

I'm a high school teacher in Philly, I see a lot of kids. I've taught in urban, suburban, rural, public, and charter schools. Never private. The type of kid that would do this is exceptionally rare. The kids are by and large mostly alright.

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cherryreddracula t1_ivejxp7 wrote

Agreed. I did stupid shit as a young male, but I think most peers who saw someone do this would be thinking something's loose in their head.

This is some anti-social shit.

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woo545 t1_ivgek0y wrote

I'm just saying that boys just do the dumbest things imaginable when left to their own devices. Things where you just like, "really?! wtf were you thinking?" Most of those things, you snicker behind their back. Other times, you get angry about how callous they were. When in the end, they weren't thinking.

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