Exclusive insights into the life of a teen.

[PiscisTerra]

I'm gonna answer the questions about the newest generation which baffle you the most.

[HairsprayBabe]

Lol these threads always go down well...

[rogueantimatter]

Okay!

Why do some teenagers get nose rings?

[Chocolate123]

Their right to entitlement for everything? I know nothing they know it all? Should I keep going???

[HairsprayBabe]

Why does my 17yo brothers room smell like a wet dog?

[PiscisTerra]

rogueantimatter. It really does just look cool to some people. No hidden meaning

Chocolate. Teens feel entitled to things because for a lot of them we just assume that everyone is entitled to it. They take many things as a given, even if it isn't consciously done.
Know it all behavior comes from wanting to be better at something than their parents. If there's something to be better at, the chance is taken.
Keep going if you'd like.

[PiscisTerra]

Hairspray. He probably keeps old clothes somewhere that he's forgotten about. Potentially a few "odd" socks

[HairsprayBabe]

Gee you are right I never would have thought of that with out you

[rogueantimatter]

What percentage of teens in your opinion/experience like jazz?

[FurryDogMother]

Why do teens seem to think that they have more experience of being teens than their parents do?

[PiscisTerra]

Rogue, it's a pretty low percentile. I'll be nice and say about 15%
But only about 10 would actively listen. It's lost relevance

[GetAHaircutCarl]

Why would any teen want to hang out on Mumsnet?

Why is he/she not busy playing FIFA (whilst watching a YouTube clip of someone playing FIFA)? Or watching Friends for the eleventy millionth time? Or looking pitifully in the fridge for something 'good'? Or going to that popular destination 'out'?

[PiscisTerra]

Why be on mumsnet?
Because it's a slow work day and I felt like it.
There's more to life than FIFA

[HairsprayBabe]

I think it is half term in some places atm Haircut explains a lot of the nonsense on here recently...

[PiscisTerra]

Wouldn't know. You get to be this thread's top fassio though. So that's good

[rogueantimatter]

Lost relevance ? Jazz relies on improvisation and is frequently fused with rock/electro acoustic/orchestral/hip-hop/rap and /or trad music. Sax has become an extremely popular instrument to learn.

Why must music be 'relevant'? What should it be relevant to?

[rogueantimatter]

What's a fassio?

[PiscisTerra]

It's just not relevant to the new generation.
Nobody is interested anymore. Feels bad man.

[PiscisTerra]

Fassio is Jamaican slang. Basically means a bitch

[NovemberInDailyFailLand]

How old are you, Piscis? ;)

[FannyFifer]

Are you from Jamaica?

[PiscisTerra]

November. Why does it matter
Fanny, nah. But "yutes" love to incorporate it into speech

[rogueantimatter]

My teenager loves listening to and playing jazz. Hard bop, fast bop, funk, big band. It's very relevant to him and (some of) his mates.

Do you like Christine and the Queens?

[PiscisTerra]

That's good. You keep your teen into that kinda stuff and maybe they'll do the same one day.
And I can't say I do Rogue

[NovemberInDailyFailLand]

It matters because I find the spectrum of teenage-ness to be rather wide. Are you, for example, 13, or closer to 19?