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Originally Posted by jswinden
Thankfully I never earned a Darwin Award, though I probably should have at least a few times. Teenagers, especially boys, are rather stupid what with all the hormones pumping through their bodies, and their false sense of immortality, and quite frankly because they haven't lived/survived long enough to NOT be stupid yet. There is a reason why we old guys can start wars but manage to send our teenagers to fight them for us. If we had to fight them ourselves there wouldn't be very many wars! I remember a few times, okay several, when as a stupid teen I drank way too much then drove home very impaired. I'm extremely grateful I never had a wreck or killed or hurt anyone. My cringe factor with that period (late 1970s) is very high. The stupidity factor was off the scales! Thankfully we grow up eventually and become less stupid over time.  |
Wasn't me, but as a teenager a friend drank nearly a pint of everclear. This probably prevented a bigger stupid since the everclear was being used in a bong. (Early 80's)
*do not try either of these at home.
And our kids and grandkids wonder why they can't get away with anything.