Adolescence on Netflix

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I didn’t like it nor understand it. What is the message here? I thought the Dad was a pretty good dad. He hugged his son and believed him. Never once raised his voice to his kids. I have two teens and I just dint think I know any 13 year old who would murder in a rage because he’d been bullied online with emojis. I also thought British schools were stricter than here but the whole thing seemed unbelievable. Also don’t understand why everyone let Jaime deny his guilt with such obvious evidence on film. Weird show.

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Is it weird that I watched the whole show and didn’t know what an incel is? Is this a commonly used term these days. I have two teens and had never even heard of this phenomenon!

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Anonymous wrote:No. I don’t think it would benefit them.

They are the ones who need to benefit from it mode dude.

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I want to watch it but the actor who plays the main character looks so much like my similarly aged son that I don’t think I can do it.

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Can confirm, British schools are really that s***.

Yeah I was wondering. Seem worse than American public schools. I kept wondering how the school demographic looked like it was a good school but it was bad!

ugh-yes, its the teachers. In the US, teachers are paid nothing and are away more invested and kinder- they truly love their jobs. Teachers elsewhere are just the same grumpy, obnoxious teachers that most of us had growing up.

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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.

its not just that she wasn't kind- she realized that she could refocus the rest of the kids attention to "incel" Jamie instead of slutty Katie and did so. American schools might not do a good job in academics but they do drill kindness/anti bullying stuff in schools that are the demographic of this school. Kids overseas are little a-holes and bullies. ask anyone who's done an expat stint and had to send their kid to a smaller or local school instead of the premier intl. schools.

[Anonymous]

This patronizing series features more virtue-signaling than a Coachella land-acknowledgement.

Hard pass.

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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.

So what would he have done?

Oh okay, bye!

She assaulted him first by pushing him. If he did only that to her, it would’ve been seen as assault. I think his friend Ryan convinced him to take the knife and threaten her, but when she pushed him down and laughed and probably called him a wimp/or p word, he lost it.

The show doesn’t make the girl look good. This show is just as much a lesson to girl parents as it is boy parents but Western media will only paint the “toxic masculinity” angle and not discuss the girls. In reality, middle school girls are vicious even to each other and are far worse than boys. Girls mature faster than boys

The Trumpists and boymoms detest this show, which proves it is really onto something.

I have 3 girls and think boys these days are way more toxic than millenials were as teens but I also agree with this take. these kids are ALL pretty morally bankrupt, male and female. They have no actual goals for what how they want to affect change or do anything constructive with their lives. they are so materialistic and even the good ones who worry about the poor/trans kids etc are so so confused and are y outside of the mainstream who are just trash in general, they have no manners and are the blind leading the blind and most parents are content to l et them lead these peer oriented lives with zero guidance or instilling of values after kids go into middle school.

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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.

So what would he have done?

Oh okay, bye!

She assaulted him first by pushing him. If he did only that to her, it would’ve been seen as assault. I think his friend Ryan convinced him to take the knife and threaten her, but when she pushed him down and laughed and probably called him a wimp/or p word, he lost it.

The show doesn’t make the girl look good. This show is just as much a lesson to girl parents as it is boy parents but Western media will only paint the “toxic masculinity” angle and not discuss the girls. In reality, middle school girls are vicious even to each other and are far worse than boys. Girls mature faster than boys

But meanness by girls doesn’t cause stabbings and murders, while toxic masculinity absolutely does.

That is the difference. That’s the whole point t of the series, in fact.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t like it nor understand it. What is the message here? I thought the Dad was a pretty good dad. He hugged his son and believed him. Never once raised his voice to his kids. I have two teens and I just dint think I know any 13 year old who would murder in a rage because he’d been bullied online with emojis. I also thought British schools were stricter than here but the whole thing seemed unbelievable. Also don’t understand why everyone let Jaime deny his guilt with such obvious evidence on film. Weird show.

You sound thick. Most people understand the things you don't. You just made me realize the wide discrepancy in intelligence and comprehension.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:
Can confirm, British schools are really that s***.

Yeah I was wondering. Seem worse than American public schools. I kept wondering how the school demographic looked like it was a good school but it was bad!

ugh-yes, its the teachers. In the US, teachers are paid nothing and are away more invested and kinder- they truly love their jobs. Teachers elsewhere are just the same grumpy, obnoxious teachers that most of us had growing up.

Interesting that you think that. Why do you think that?

Reality is our crappy teachers here are just as crappy as the teachers in the UK. They are very equivalent in being crap. Our good teachers here are fantastic, same in the UK. Most good teachers here and in the UK can be found in private schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t like it nor understand it. What is the message here? I thought the Dad was a pretty good dad. He hugged his son and believed him. Never once raised his voice to his kids. I have two teens and I just dint think I know any 13 year old who would murder in a rage because he’d been bullied online with emojis. I also thought British schools were stricter than here but the whole thing seemed unbelievable. Also don’t understand why everyone let Jaime deny his guilt with such obvious evidence on film. Weird show.

I had high expectations so was disappointed by some plot gaps, how odd the police interrogations at the school went, and how poorly the state school represented was. It wasn’t in London but up north but still.

The psychologist did very well.

The parents were conflict avoidant for a very long time.

Unclear what the lawyer strategy was. The parents didn’t even call the solicitor or attorney at the end to discuss anything.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it weird that I watched the whole show and didn’t know what an incel is? Is this a commonly used term these days. I have two teens and had never even heard of this phenomenon!

Not common.

Common with adults but it’s flipped around quite a bit (as maga, as living at home, to oneself, as an insult).

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Anonymous wrote:This is an extremely well written, well acted (esp the young male actor playing Jamie and the father), and well directed series. That said, people are getting caught up in the faulty notion that working class white tweens are out there stabbing girls over Andrew Tate stuff. That just isn't happening, nor is it a real threat on any broad scale.

True.

Cyber bullying is real. Though 13 yos calling 13 yos incels is not. That was a stretch.

The chaotic school culture and community was rampant with cursing and bullying. Yes some schools are out of control like that. Parents shouldn’t keep their kids there.

Going online all night is toxic. Nothing good comes from tween group chats or social media or surfing the web. Unplug the router after 8pm.