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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here.

I have seen horrible "jokes"/references to incest (apparently so "funny" that the posts get reposted over and over,  very crude sexual remarks about 12/13 year old girls,  posts about other "tragic classmates" who should "just do everyone a favor & kill themselves",  accusations of girls being sluts, homophobic slurs that get "liked" by all the kids.

I'm fairly liberal but these themes seem super ugly.

I've halted social media because I can't control what other kids post.   Texting is still not great b/c these kids "group text".     
Too bad the phone is so useful for communication (sports/bus, etc).

I just don't remember kids being this ugly/cruel.

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I am 40 and yes, I think you are just forgetting what it was like at 12/13.

We used to have SLAM books (equivalent of a Burn book) n Jr High Catholic School and mean, nasty stuff was written in them and the book passed around for everyone to read. It was "anonymous" in the sense you didn't sign your name but you could easily figure who wrote what.[/quote]

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