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by oljames3
Mon Jun 25, 2018 7:27 am
Forum: Never Again!!
Topic: NV: 16 year old dies playing Russian roulette
Replies: 17
Views: 7217

Re: NV: 16 year old dies playing Russian roulette

Noggin wrote: Sun Jun 24, 2018 10:36 pm
oljames3 wrote: Fri Jun 15, 2018 2:14 pm
Odinvalknir wrote: Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:15 pm
OneGun wrote: Fri Jun 15, 2018 11:15 am It is really sad that kids today think they are invincible. They have no concept of their mortality and a significant reduction in their morality.
It is sad, kids today are constantly numbed towards life and mortality even further with all that goes on in their tiny little bubbles. I bet however the other kids involved in this are WELL aware of mortality.
Kids lacking an understanding of their own mortality is nothing new. I distinctly remember being immortal and invulnerable. Late teens and early twenties especially, 1960s & 70s. I'm raising my boys with a thorough understanding of risk analysis and the rules of stupid.
I don't think I ever thought I was invincible when I was in my teens but of course my generation was one of the last that grew up in a time before you could "Load Saved Game". I sometimes wonder if modern kids forget that in real life you cannot go back to the last save point.
Interesting, Noggin. Do you think this is individual or more an expression of cultural differences between our native countries? I did not see a video game until I was attending the US Army's Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course in 1981.
by oljames3
Fri Jun 15, 2018 2:14 pm
Forum: Never Again!!
Topic: NV: 16 year old dies playing Russian roulette
Replies: 17
Views: 7217

Re: NV: 16 year old dies playing Russian roulette

Odinvalknir wrote: Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:15 pm
OneGun wrote: Fri Jun 15, 2018 11:15 am It is really sad that kids today think they are invincible. They have no concept of their mortality and a significant reduction in their morality.
It is sad, kids today are constantly numbed towards life and mortality even further with all that goes on in their tiny little bubbles. I bet however the other kids involved in this are WELL aware of mortality.
Kids lacking an understanding of their own mortality is nothing new. I distinctly remember being immortal and invulnerable. Late teens and early twenties especially, 1960s & 70s. I'm raising my boys with a thorough understanding of risk analysis and the rules of stupid.

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