I absolutely loathe teenage boys.... and this is just another reason why

[Ava]

first of all let me apologize to any teenage boy who may actually be a civilized human being. unfortunately a majority of your peers are not. x(

so last night I didn't get home from spring break at the beach until later in the evening, so after unpacking i had to make a late night run to walmart(yes the *evil walmart*.. chastise me for that later please) for easter basket supplies for my little sisters. i get what i need, leave the store, and pull out. i am then passed but a pickup truck full of teenage boys and two of them proceed to stick their asses out the window and "moon" me. i pulled away and attempted to not vomit while they "mooned" several other vehicles.

now i am stuck with this question. what, pray tell, is so funny and hilarious about showing people your ass?

and to think people ask me why i don't do the teenage dating thing. :eyes:
rednecks and idiots like that are why i really really can't wait to go to college and get away from here. :mad:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. I am 27 years old Ava and the one thing that I have learned is ...

boys don't stop behaving like teenagers.Especially when they are around their assholes friends.

[DarkTirade]

12. As a 26 year old, I have to say you're pretty much right.

[Lorien]

85. I'm 42. Most of them start to grow up between ages 35-40

40 being the new 30, and 30 being the new 21...you see where this is going. Sadly, some never grow up at all!

[Fox Mulder]

86. Actually, some of us don't act like teenagers around our friends.

I'll be 26 and I stopped acting like a teenager when I turned 20.

[siligut]

2. I am sorry, Ava.

I really am sorry that you became upset. You did the smart thing, as it seems you tend to do.

I might be the worst influence because that stuff makes me laugh. It is this time of year that everyone is coming out of their shell, and those guys did it with gusto.

I am an old married woman and damn if those young males aren’t looking at me like they want to cozy up. Young males have so much energy and much of it is directed below the waist.

[Darth_Kitten]

6. Oh guy was hooting and hollering out a school bus at me the other day...

geez, I'm 39, not 19. :)

But, mooning? that's just WEIRD.

[siligut]

13. It does seem like misplaced energy, but that is guys.

I would be bothered if they were being destructive, but mooning, and mooning everyone they passed, that is hilarious.

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. Yup

But, y'know, girls don't do it.







http://www.moonamtrak.org/

[siligut]

24. Okay, now that tickles me no end.

Mooning Amtrak!?!?

People astound and amuse me everyday, you included.

I saw a few rather feminine looking front sides in those photos, so maybe girls do moon.

Come to think of it, I have seen a girl moon and it was fun too.

Ava knew we would be amused, she came to share, I like that.

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. I think I've probably seen more trou dropped from feminine buttocks

than from masculine. I certainly remember my first view of an arse-airing, some 35 years ago. That fundament was decidedly female.

[Darth_Kitten]

29. I suppose.....but mooning in this day and age? just still seems odd.

:)

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. Why?

Mooning is a time-honored way of conveying disdain, displeasure, etc.

One of the first known examples happened in 1346, when several hundred Norman soldiers mooned their British foes during the Battle of Crecy.

Of course, that proved to be tactically unsound. :)

[Bake]

81. Didn't they do that in Braveheart?

:rofl:

Bake

[laylah]

39. That is EXACTLY

what my nephew said when I did it the other day :P

[tigereye]

3. I didn't know people still did that -

at least they don't do it here in the city! Well, it's also winter here. :P




rest assured some of us are raising our sons so that they won't do that.....

[Blue-Jay]

4. I'll moon ya!

[tigereye]

11. yeah, I know you will!

:hide:


You'd moon a snowman! :P

[lightningandsnow]

5. I know what you mean.

Hate to break it to you, but most teenagers in general are idiots. (Not us, of course! ;))

A good chunk of my friends are in their 20's and 30's.

I can't wait for university, either.

[DarkTirade]

18. I hate to break it to you...

but most people in their 20s and 30s are idiots too. :P

But if you're willing to keep an open mind and meet interesting people you're bound to meet the good ones eventually.

[ghostsofgiants]

42. That is an understatement.

People in general tend to be idiots...but then I might be a bit of a misanthrope at times, haha.

[DarkTirade]

65. I'm the same way.

I like some people. But in general I'm a misanthrope. Because most people suck. :P

[Maraya1969]

61. I hate to break it to you......

but most people sitting on my couch right now are idiots.


Oh wait.......nevermind

[DarkTirade]

67. ...

:spray:

[Swede]

7. You haven't seen the Springbreak and Girlsgonewild ads,have you?

These are college kids doing the same thing.

[Ava]

10. unfortunately

however, when i leave to attend a university at least there will be some people my age that give a damn about current events and the world around them. i don't have that here in my small town.

[tigereye]

14. there is life after small town, trust me

:hi:


and I'm betting it won't be long before you are off on your college journey!

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Is it funny when teenage girls do it?

[Ava]

9. i have never even heard of a girl "mooning" someone

but if they have then it is just as immature and stupid.

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. Well, you're young, yet

[ScreamingMeemie]

75. I haven't either Ava..and I'm not "young yet".

I'm sorry you had to deal with that.

[Ahpook]

76. Go to Bike Week in Daytona one year:D

Anyway, i wouldn't let it get to you. It's stupid but harmless.

I wish the biggest problem in America was people hanging their arse out a car window:)

[meow2u3]

78. But I did hear of stupid girls flashing their boobs

just to get attention. Mooning is the immature male equivalent of the immature female's boob flashing.

[Connonym]

105. You ever see the show Arrested Development?

they frequently referred to a series of videos obviously meant to mock "Girls Gone Wild" but it was called "Girls With Low Self-esteem" Which sums it up pretty nicely I think.

[LSdemocrat]

16. Funny how total jerks have a knack for getting noticed, while nice boys (and girls) tend not to

[Ava]

17. i have tried dating some of those nice guys in my small town

problem is that they turn into jerks too

i've just given up on the dating thing until i get out of here :shrug:

[DarkTirade]

21. Try to avoid the self-proclaimed 'nice guys'

because 95% of the time they're the ones who are only nice because they want something. :P I.E., jerks without the confidence to act like a jerk.

[ghostsofgiants]

43. Or jerks smart enough to know that some girls are looking for nice guys.

[DarkTirade]

66. No, if they were smart they'd openly be jerks. :P

Jerks get laid more often than nice guys. Mostly because women tend to go for men with confidence, and jerks have it.

[Oeditpus Rex]

68. Jerks *fake* confidence

If they had real confidence, they wouldn't need to be jerks.

The women you mention apparently can't tell the difference, or have such little self-esteem that they don't care.

[Darth_Kitten]

31. They NEED to get the attention........

in order to know they exist, I suppose. :)

[meow2u3]

77. Here's why jerks get noticed all the time

They go out of their way to seek attention. If they can't get positive attention, they'll do dumb stuff like mooning strangers just to get the attention they crave. They think, "Better bad attention than no attention at all."

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. Surprisingly, college will be much of the same.

Boys are weird that way.

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. Surprisingly?

Alcohol is far more readily available on college campi. :shrug:

[Rabrrrrrr]

28. Surprisingly for Ava.

[Oeditpus Rex]

30. Ah

Point taken.

[Rabrrrrrr]

32. Thanks! Mine was, I admit, a very poorly worded and not very intelligable post

in terms of getting across the point that I wanted to get across.

I think I'm just tired.

[Ava]

48. for the love of god, chill guys

i wasn't saying that only teenage boys are assholes and idiots. what i was saying is that the teenage boys in my small town are. i know that there will be a fair share of then when i get older, but considering that i plan on attending college in a place with a larger population, i make the assumption that there will be some non-idiots there both for companionship and for friendship(teen girls around here are pretty damn immature too).

[trof]

20. Miz t. got mooned at a Harvard-Yale football game tailgate.

I believe 'adult beverages' may have been involved.
She couldn't stop laughing for 10 minutes.

[EstimatedProphet]

23. I hate teenagers of all sorts.

[Pierre.Suave]

37. Of course you do...

[Shine]

40. Do you have any?

:D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

44. People who have teenagers hate us all the more.

:evilgrin:

[Oeditpus Rex]

47. Some of ya

You, I'd probably just sort of tolerate.

:P

[WritingIsMyReligion]

59. Oooooh---tolerance.

:rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

63. Yup

It's a lib'rul concept. :D

[WritingIsMyReligion]

73. Damned furriner.

:evilgrin:

[Shine]

69. Not me.

most teenagers outgrow their obnoxious-ness.....most of 'em, anyway.

:evilgrin:

[EstimatedProphet]

54. Nope

[Blue Diadem]

25. Be aware you may see the same thing in college.

I do hope your college experience will be better, but don't be disappointed if you see much of the same.

It takes a while for some males in our society to mature.

[Solon]

35. "It takes a while for some males in our society to mature." Yeah, When they qualify for Social....

Security. :P

I can say that, I'm a guy. :)

[Blue Diadem]

41. .

:rofl:

and some of them never do. I knew one that was still dropping his drawers in his 60's! All it took was a few beers and he'd be sure to moon ya.

[kineneb]

72. still waiting for Mr. k to mature

and he is 61... think you may be right, Solon.

[ThomCat]

34. too bad you can't keep darts on hand

just for occastions like that. Those big asses make good targets! :P

I'm sorry you have to deal with that kind of behavior. Were they at least cute asses worth looking at?

[Ava]

46. bwa ha aha ha hah

:rofl:

and no. quite frankly i am not amused by asses. ;)

[JTG of the PRB]

49. Well then what on Earth are you doing hanging about the Lounge on Democratic Underground?!

We're ALL a bunch of amusing asses here! Ha!

Get it? Because the Democratic Party symbol is a donkey, and donkeys are called asses, so we're ALL asses in a sense! Ha! Ha ha!

Okay, I'll be quiet now.

:hide:

[Ava]

50. hardy har har har

hilarious :P ;)

[JTG of the PRB]

51. Just trying to do my part and be an ass.

Ha! Get it? GET it?!

:hide:



:P

[Ava]

52. an ass you are

:P

[JTG of the PRB]

53. Hey! I resemble that remark!

:rofl:

[Ava]

55. yeah, i know you resemble it

:P

[Jamastiene]

91. I am a Genu-ine Grade A smart ass.

:thumbsup: You pretty much summed up the Lounge in one single post.

[Pierre.Suave]

36. Newsflash...

those boys will act the same in college. They do not magically become more mature when they get to college, infact, I think it is more likely that they get less mature with the drop in whatever parental supervision they had before.

[Ava]

45. i didn't say those boys would

however in college there may be some who don't ;)

in my small town there isn't :rofl:

[Sock Puppet]

80. Have you figured out where you want to go to school yet?

[Shine]

38. Unfortunately, teenage-hood and bad judgement go hand in hand.

I have a 14 yr old son and I know of what I speak. :D The good news is, most of them outgrow it.

MOST of them, not all.

[Cabcere]

56. I have bad news for you, Ava...

...some guys in college still engage in that kind of behavior. :eyes:

Luckily, though, it's a much smaller percentage, as most of the guys I've met here have grown up at least a little. ;) It gets better, for the most part (I hope!). :hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

60. You go to a college founded by and named for

a British king and queen. Ergo, students there do not "moon;" rather, it's referred to as "lunarising" and is performed with two empty halves of cocoanut.

[Cabcere]

62. Ahahahahahaha!

:spray: :rofl:

"You're using coconuts!" :rofl:


hahahahahahaha. OMG, Oedi, you are priceless! :D :hug: :hi:

[Maraya1969]

57. I don't know the answer but it is bad that I am laughing?

B-)

[soleft]

58. No one moons at NYU

[Maraya1969]

64. Member that lady that was mooning the bottom of her toilet bowl for

days on end and they had to take her to the hospital with the seat stuck to her butt.

I bet that toilet bowel was none too happy.

[Jamastiene]

92. She sat there for like 2 years, didn't she?

:wow: I consider myself a Queen on my Throne, but even I get up and do other stuff for a while in between my reigns.

[Maraya1969]

101. I tried to explain the seriousness of mooning the toilet bowel while

not 100% at the top of your game. Apparently no one gives a shit if you end up mooning your own damn bathroom walls.

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7590827


(I have the most amazing bruises from that attempt at a Darwin Award btw)

[philosophie_en_rose]

70. Mooning is pretty unpleasant.

But it's a fairly typical shenanigan (wait until college - even liberals get drunk and stupid sometimes).

[Jamastiene]

93. Sometimes?

Drunk and stupid? :rofl: We are the MASTERS of it. :P

[XemaSab]

71. Hate to break it to you:

they never grow up. :(

[RadiationTherapy]

74. "They". Butt gurlz grows ups really fast likes.

Girlz ar so smahrt and teh koolz.

[Popol Vuh]

79. I am now 41 but still remember those days

and I agree with you 100%.

Now here's an observation from an older guy if you don't mind. Boys seem to act like that because not many girls respond to boys who act mature and nice. The old adage "nice guys always finish last" didn't become an old adage for no reason.

There are plenty of us guys and boys who don't and have never acted stupid like that, but, regardless of how attractive we might look we've always nevertheless watched girls only give their attention to the boys you described.

The quiet type (quiet not in a creepy way) is what I've preferred in the women I take out. When I was your age, that was almost none existent.




Good luck to you Ava.

Peace.

[Bake]

82. Fortunately, Ava, my son survived his teenage years

And has turned into a kind, gentle, respectful 20-year-old. So there is hope.

Yes, teenage boys suck. On the other hand, I vaguely remember mooning a cop car many decades ago ... it was glorious!! I also remember water-ballooning a cop car (hmmm, is there a pattern there?).

Best regards,

Bake

[Orrex]

83. Maybe they were turning the other cheek?

Besides, they probably showed you their better sides, from which you'd likewise likely get more intelligent conversation.

[quakerboy]

84. As I recall it

College was just slightly more educated idiots. I saw more mooning there than in HS, by a long shot. The dorms were a place of decorated Peni, many wearing oversized sunglasses, or so my memory would lead me to believe.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

87. I'm sorry you had a bad experience Ava

Actually those boys sound pretty juvenile and childish. I've always had a very low opinion of mooning

But, as someone who stopped being a teenaged boy almost a decade ago, I'd caution you against stereotyping teenaged boys. Sure there are a lot of juvenile and immature ones but I also think of many of the ones I know

I think of my cousin's teenaged son. Polite, respectful, tactful and diplomatic to a fault, very educated and knowledgeable on world events and someone who is at equally at ease with conversing adults and supervising younger children

I think of all the teenaged boys in the Church youth group that I help supervise here in Australia. Polite, well-educated, very open-minded and liberal in their beliefs and values and very knowledgeable about the world -in fact one of them probably knows more about America than most Americans do despite being Australians

I think of all the teenaged boys who marched in protest against the Iraq War through the streets of Sydney four years ago, despite facing disciplinary action from their schools for doing so. I think of the teenaged boys I saw in the newspaper last year seeking to develop a greater understanding and tolerance of the Islamic faith and culture through engaging in interfaith dialogue with their fellow Muslim students

I think of the teenaged boys I know who are political activists like yourself. Those I know who traveled for hours on end to attend political conferences and meetings. Those I know who spent last year balancing their school work with campaigning for the election of a progressive country in our country and who spent hours on the campaign trail playing a key role in making the difference in key seats where the results were agonizingly close. Those I know who make fiery and passionate speeches about progressive causes at party conferences that I've attended. And yes, I was a political activist who helped out on election campaigns and wrote a report for my local MP as a teenager

Unfortunately you've probably only predominantly had exposure to one of the types of teenaged males that exist in our society. But don't let that make you cynical about teenaged boys in general. There are good and bad in every age group and I wish you luck in finding the good in that particular age group

[Ava]

99. i was more joking and venting than being serious

and i really didn't know it would be taken this seriously. i know not all teenage boys are bad.

quite frankly though, i think all in my town are :rofl: ;)

[CreekDog]

88. they had to express themselves

perhaps they can't write a poem or paint a picture. :shrug:

:rofl:

[calimary]

89. Ava! They're not all like that! THESE are cute (one of 'em is my kid!):

http://www.acidicsounds.com

or their Myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/acidicband

If you go to the Myspace page, my son's song starts playing. I'd love to know what you think.

They're NOT rednecks OR idiots! Guaranteed!

Hugs!

[Ava]

98. very cool

love their music! really.. reminds me of greenday but heavier(which i like).

i just added their myspace as a friend.

[calimary]

102. THAT is EXCELLENT!!! Thank you, Ava!

Did you leave a comment, I hope?

If you like, please go check www.michaelgossard.com. That's more of him in detail, and some fun photos - including some of his musical/concert/event adventures. He wrote that stuff you hear on the Myspace. AND he loves Green Day! I have photos of him where he looks very much like Billie Joe Armstrong. He's one of Mike's heroes. In fact, at the battle-of-the-bands they entered last September, the magazine reviewer referred to him as "a Billie Joe Armstrong for a new generation of rockers."

I'm so glad you like it! He writes and plays stuff for other people's projects, too.

Thanks for checking him out, Ava! It means a lot coming from you!

[Ava]

103. i'll leave a comment as soon as my friend request is approved

i can't leave one until then.

yeah, they remind me of a heavier greenday meets queens of the stone age. i really like the songs that are playing on the myspace page.

[Jamastiene]

90. I hate to be the one to break this to you, but

once you get to college, you'll see them acting that way 24/7. It doesn't get any better. You just might meet one who acts a little more mature, but always remember, I said "acts" more mature, not is more mature... :eyes:

[crim son]

94. I have a teenage boy and so my house is full of 'em, all the time.

Watching their antics from a parental perspective is much easier than dealing with them as a young woman. All you need to know is that teenage boys are really eight-year-olds with a bit o' facial hair and an attitude. They expose their asses because they're hoping you have a diaper on hand. :P

[datasuspect]

95. i graduated from mooning to philandering and structuring shady business deals

so it's not so bad

[qb]

96. The spike in male hormones combined with poor role models

turns boys into morans.

[Iggo]

97. I used to be a teenage boy...

...and all I can really tell you is that the dumber it is, the funnier it is.

As to when we grow up? For the men in my family, it seems to be right about the time our girls become teenagers. What we thought was effin hilarious when we were kids all of a sudden ain't that funny anymore.

[LynneSin]

100. Ava - I mooned what I thought was a car full of boys...

turns out it was an undercover PA state police car.

It's just something we do when we're kids.

[HughBeaumont]

104. My friend got shot for doing that in 1994.

Luckily the slug that hit his arm missed the major cables.

I mean, being stupid is being stupid, but does anyone need to pay for it with their life?