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Friends Without Benefits

by fanboy123 on 9/26/13, 7:05 PM with 11 comments

• by jchonphoenix on 9/26/13, 8:21 PM

  Except, I don't believe a minute of this. I have sisters and cousins.

  This is blowing things far out of proportion. It's like watching Mean Girls and then assuming all of high school is like that for every single student.

• by JackMorgan on 9/27/13, 7:11 AM

  As a former middle school teacher who taught in two very different schools: it depends a lot on the parents and location. One school I was at was nothing like this, the other just like this.

• by anigbrowl on 9/26/13, 7:44 PM

  One of the best articles on this topic I've seen...pity it sank like a stone as it's pretty much a summary of what's wrong with existing social media.

• by alex_c on 9/26/13, 9:13 PM

  While reading this article, keep just one thing in mind: think back to every "teenagers these days" article you saw back in your teens, and how closely it actually reflected your own experience as a teenager.