People have been talking crap about younger generations for decades and it's not something that is ever going to change.
One generation was books. Another was comic books. Another was radio and now it's the TV. Actually the TV it's fairly arguable because kids watch less and less of it now. It's been replaced by the internet and video games.
Every generation has their own slang. There's a reason no one uses Old English anymore. Language evolves and always will due to each generation creating their own slang. Deal with it.
If you actually think people of your parents generation weren't screwing around with each other at 13-14 years old you're clueless. They just don't talk about it because it was a long time ago so they probably don't remember a single person who had sex at 13. I'm 26 and I remember a bunch of people who were getting handies or blown at 13 but I probably can't name who. Sure you could argue that 10-11 years old is young but those are exceptions and there are always exceptions to everything. Also even if I were one of those kids, I'd never tell it to my own kids. It's normal to be protective of your own kids because we now know how dangerous sex can be and you don't want to see your children doing it unprotected.
You're probably one of the good kids and that's fine. There are good kids in every generation but even then you probably did some stupid stuff while growing up. Some of the stuff you do right now might not be stupid to you but once you reach 25 years old and look back you'll probably realize it then. I felt like you too. I thought the younger kids were stupid and then I looked back and when I was 14 years old and holy **** did I deserve a huge slap in the back of my head way too often. I realize some of the really stupid things I did that I thought were cool could have injured me pretty bad. Just looking at my parents. My dad will soon be 55 years old. Back when he was younger he and his friends would race on the freeway while drunk with a beer between their legs just because it wasn't illegal yet. My dad almost died because of it due to his car doing a barrel roll and I would have never been born.
Being stupid is part of growing up. No one is born wise with life experience. I was stupid back when I was 16 and when I reach 36 I'll probably say I was stupid when I was 26. Also you're going to have to get used to the fact that kids will not enjoy the same things you do. My grandparents had different hobbies and didn't understand the fascination my parents had with their hobbies. My parents are technologically illiterate and don't understand why I love video games, the internet was listened to punk and metal while growing up. Now it's my turn to say that I don't understand the fascination kids have with mainstream music and that swag crap. Does it mean they'll never grow out of it? Of course not... though that doesn't mean some won't. I know a lot of people who still act like when we were 14 and at this point it's unlikely they'll ever change. I just take pride in the fact that I now have a successful career while they're working retail to pay for the alcohol they drink every night and probably other drugs too.
Being trained is meaningless if you're overwhelmed. Also knowledge of the territory will beat out trained soldiers any time. The Vietnam war has proven this. Highly trained soldiers with top of the line weapons and equipment got beat by civilians with cheap weapons, sticks and rocks because the soldiers knew nothing about the jungle. If the US were to attack China, China would win for sure. The opposite is also true. Anyhow all of this is meaningless. Today you can take down cities at a press of a button. So it's only a matter of who presses it first.
Irony is bliss
First America wouldn't be here if Japan won the World War two war and heck America even signed a Peace Treaty that demonstrates 'lets not fight anymore and become friends now'. Japan dispices America though and America is piss sacred of Japan because they got lucky with that 'lie-ful tactic'. Though I'm no 'hater' I see facts and I know America isn't all that cracked up to be. Yes, the Freedom to do whatever you would like to do is kind of right; however, people are like children really (they all like to take current events OVER THE LIMIT). And where's authority? Laughing. As well it's not technology no it is not, it was a promising tool but at the same time mankind destroyed their wonderful invention through 'freedom this and that' and America in general once more.
Second, Japan is the smartest country in world and China is the largest population and yet, they keep complete balance, why? Well, they limit things to show in their country, instead of just 'saying they want to keep their country strong' 'they show and present it each and every time' their rules are STRICT, they put fear in people which is how things need to be (everyone needs fear in-order to complete tasks some are just 'wonder people' in general. They show RESPECT to their family/loved ones/themselves. They even show RESPECT to RANDOM people.
Also, I do not believe for a second they were just intelligent because they're 'Asians' they struggled for years to decades(they busted their ass to get where they're at today).
America had everything but blew it because they honestly have no boundaries to withstand on top of the foundation. You can bribe authority with finical income, teenagers (make me cringe towards actions now than before), and finally our proud 'strong and faithful' government.
Lastly America is all a lie, they bully other nations and then oh look 'we give them money now and everything is great'. Now America is the one that will be repaid the favor. The only reason why America isn't annihilated yet is because they're the country that is the largest in trading but not anymore, Canada is now number one with three hundred and sixty two billion.
And America? Oh ' just paying off this easy debt of oh just twenty trillion that's all'.
So, I worry about what secret things the government is hiding from us and what we 'Americans' do not 'don't worry'. Hmm, I wonder where it got us? Mm, here this present 'recession' and the true irony is this isn't the first time this happened.
And America may have the strongest military force but if Japan gets involved towards America 'America is screwed'. Hopefully they don't mess up their only knowable resource which is the military of course but I fear that will come to an end very soon. Oh yes the 'oil' that may be true but how long can we truly live of off oil?
And rumors say that America will file Bankruptcy and live of off the oil. Good luck dealing with the other countries that will let this slide like a Slip and Slide.
And it's not the Teenagers fault, it is the system that updated in a bad way the way teenagers and people are in general. And for the non lazy Americans that do take action and ADMIT there needs to be work and a CHANGE. Respect to you and hopefully I will be wrong towards America (hopefully).
Face it, America is lost and it's all thanks to brainless, and spineless people that dare trust their beloved congress and their faithful decisions that will better our country and our non-lazy citizens. We have a poor education system, people in general.and lastly everyone doesn't want to admit nothing (as if they're changing anything but writing in big words to show everything is fine or will be, imo). I will 'always worry' and 'cringe' towards America's responsible actions towards people in general that will furthermore dig us more deeply in the Great *Depression and barbaric catastrophic chaotic choices and change.