Adolescence on Netflix

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not condoning the boy but kindness goes a long way. Has the girl been kind and rejected him kindly, she probably wouldn’t die.

You just condoned it.

Women don’t need to be nice to creeps who won’t take a hint. No one should be murdered for “not being nice enough”. Gfy.

Wow, you sound mental. The kid asked her to go to a fair. Why does that make him a creep? No wonder teen boys don't want to date anymore. She had every right to reject him but she could have been kind about it. The world would be a better place if we were all a little bit kinder to each other. I was asked out all the time in HS. If I wasn't interested I was direct but kind about it. There is no reason to make someone feel bad.

Kid waited until she'd been shamed, participated in the shaming (he looked at her pics), and then thought he could pick her up because she was vulnerable... and you want us to think about HIS feelings?

The problem. You're part of it.

Exactly this. He even said he thought she’d be an easy pickup.

[Anonymous]

The show is entirely fictional. Nothing like it (cute, polite white boy randomly stabs classmate) ever happened in the UK. The show is slander against boys.

What it does capture is a real phenomenon where boys are increasingly rude to their female teachers, as expressed in this NYT op Ed:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/opinion/adolescence-misogyny-schools.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Schools have been hell for boys for too long to count. Girls are doing better on most every measure of academic success. Is it any wonder boys are opting out or lashing out? Schools are no longer set up for them. Adolescence is anti boy propaganda that will only make the problem worse by instilling a false sense of righteousness in the female educational establishment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The show is entirely fictional. Nothing like it (cute, polite white boy randomly stabs classmate) ever happened in the UK. The show is slander against boys.

What it does capture is a real phenomenon where boys are increasingly rude to their female teachers, as expressed in this NYT op Ed:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/opinion/adolescence-misogyny-schools.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Schools have been hell for boys for too long to count. Girls are doing better on most every measure of academic success. Is it any wonder boys are opting out or lashing out? Schools are no longer set up for them. Adolescence is anti boy propaganda that will only make the problem worse by instilling a false sense of righteousness in the female educational establishment.

People always say this, but my question is when were schools EVER set up for boys? When my father went to school, teachers smacked him with rulers. They had to be obedient and quiet. They had leadership positions and got the best grades and went on to college. Girls were not encouraged to go on to university.

Nowadays, it’s flipped. Classroom rules are very loose. Students are allowed to do anything. Chat, walk around, call out, use their phone. It’s a disruptive environment.

I disagree that classrooms favor girls these days. I think they favor boys and yet they’re still doing poorly. Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not condoning the boy but kindness goes a long way. Has the girl been kind and rejected him kindly, she probably wouldn’t die.

Blatant victim blaming. WOMEN DO NOT NEED TO BE KIND IN ORDER TO NOT BE ABUSED OR MURDERED.

Also the whole thing is that the reality is that teenagers are cruel - a story as old as time - and parents have no clue what's going on. That cruelty is amplified and made even more public with phones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not condoning the boy but kindness goes a long way. Has the girl been kind and rejected him kindly, she probably wouldn’t die.

You just condoned it.

Women don’t need to be nice to creeps who won’t take a hint. No one should be murdered for “not being nice enough”. Gfy.

Wow, you sound mental. The kid asked her to go to a fair. Why does that make him a creep? No wonder teen boys don't want to date anymore. She had every right to reject him but she could have been kind about it. The world would be a better place if we were all a little bit kinder to each other. I was asked out all the time in HS. If I wasn't interested I was direct but kind about it. There is no reason to make someone feel bad.

Kid waited until she'd been shamed, participated in the shaming (he looked at her pics), and then thought he could pick her up because she was vulnerable... and you want us to think about HIS feelings?

The problem. You're part of it.

Men's biggest fear is a woman laughing at them

Women's biggest fear is a man murdering them

[Anonymous]

Stephen Graham (who played the father) was interviewed on Fresh Air today.

https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2025/03/31/fresh-air-for-march-31-2025

And the audition tape for the boy who played Jamie is making the rounds of Instagram.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not condoning the boy but kindness goes a long way. Has the girl been kind and rejected him kindly, she probably wouldn’t die.

Blatant victim blaming. WOMEN DO NOT NEED TO BE KIND IN ORDER TO NOT BE ABUSED OR MURDERED.

Also the whole thing is that the reality is that teenagers are cruel - a story as old as time - and parents have no clue what's going on. That cruelty is amplified and made even more public with phones.

That's part of the story, but not anywhere near the "whole thing". You might need a rewatch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stephen Graham (who played the father) was interviewed on Fresh Air today.

https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2025/03/31/fresh-air-for-march-31-2025

And the audition tape for the boy who played Jamie is making the rounds of Instagram.

Why am I not surprised this utter-garbage series is being praised by npr?

[Anonymous]

I’m genuinely sad at the appalling reaction to the show by posters like PP. Graham isn’t calling all white boys potential killers. He isn’t criticizing you. You’re personalizing this and being soulless and ugly because of you, not due to any show.

[Anonymous]

Terrible show. Have no idea why people think it's realistic. Was completely unbelievable from beginning to end. Acting was not good.

[Anonymous]

The storyline was just ok, but the acting and the camerawork were phenomenal!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The show is entirely fictional. Nothing like it (cute, polite white boy randomly stabs classmate) ever happened in the UK. The show is slander against boys.

What it does capture is a real phenomenon where boys are increasingly rude to their female teachers, as expressed in this NYT op Ed:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/opinion/adolescence-misogyny-schools.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Schools have been hell for boys for too long to count. Girls are doing better on most every measure of academic success. Is it any wonder boys are opting out or lashing out? Schools are no longer set up for them. Adolescence is anti boy propaganda that will only make the problem worse by instilling a false sense of righteousness in the female educational establishment.

People always say this, but my question is when were schools EVER set up for boys? When my father went to school, teachers smacked him with rulers. They had to be obedient and quiet. They had leadership positions and got the best grades and went on to college. Girls were not encouraged to go on to university.

Nowadays, it’s flipped. Classroom rules are very loose. Students are allowed to do anything. Chat, walk around, call out, use their phone. It’s a disruptive environment.

I disagree that classrooms favor girls these days. I think they favor boys and yet they’re still doing poorly. Why?

Failed parenting. Jamie’s parents didn’t fail him in all of the small common ways we live with. I’m aware of parents who let their kids at this age do whatever they like online, who don’t take bullying seriously if the other child isn’t severely physically hurt, and so forth. It’s partially a shift in mores but there are a lot of overly indulgent parents who think they’re “gentle” when “neglectful” is more accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The storyline was just ok, but the acting and the camerawork were phenomenal!

+1 the acting was fantastic. I don’t really get the hype otherwise. (And I have a 14 year old boy.) Granted, I was not giving it my full attention while it was on. But I feel like I missed something. A lot of things, really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Terrible show. Have no idea why people think it's realistic. Was completely unbelievable from beginning to end. Acting was not good.

I don’t think you watched a single minute of the show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The storyline was just ok, but the acting and the camerawork were phenomenal!

+1 the acting was fantastic. I don’t really get the hype otherwise. (And I have a 14 year old boy.) Granted, I was not giving it my full attention while it was on. But I feel like I missed something. A lot of things, really.

You didn’t ‘miss’ anything. You resist anything it depicted, and that’s a willful mindset.