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There's a statistic that says in the US teen pregnancy rates have actually fallen since the 50's, the rates were a lot higher in that decade. But people weren't as open about it and it was still treated as a scandal in the family if a girl got pregnant.

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Ugly, usually mis-worn, but they are sooo warm. And they're also the inspiration for the shape of the 2nd and 3rd generation Toyota Prius if you ask me...

I'm bisexual and have talked with other bi people in my area. The main reason bi people call themselves bi is because they don't see themselves as gay, nor do they see themselves as straight.

Definitely agree on excessive swearing and eyeglasses with thick frames.

Not to mention Crocs and Uggs.

I'm pretty sure it's been rising the last few years thou. It defiantly is in my area. My mom's a pre-K teacher & every year more of her students were born to teen parents

Fads I'd like to go away...

* All the Dead Rising craze. Seriously, Dead Rising is a LOUSY zombie game! People make fun of Left 4 Dead, but at least it's actually scary and doesn't have ridiculas crap like cross-dressing and placing lego heads on zombies.

* All the recent Obama hate coming from conservatives determined to prove he's really an evil secret Muslim plotting to destroy our country's great democracy like all evil liberal beatnick commies.

* The poofy hairstyle for boys. I thought that hairstyle went away after the 70's? It was ugly back then and it's ugly now. I'm sorry if that sounds offensive, but nothing is attractive about a boy with messy hair bigger then his face. Especially when they wear those ski caps.

* Crappy remakes of good movies. Like the old saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!", it seems like every movie that comes out now is a remake. They're even remaking movies that aren't even that old like Nightmare on Elmstreet. Why can't they ever just make creative, original movies anymore?

* The 2012 nonsense. Everything I see on TV now is based on that half-baked theory about the world ending in 2012. I swear people who spread these rumors about the world ending need to be arrested. Some people actually believe this crap and commit suicide over it.

Thought of another: flip-flops. I hate those damn things. Now Jerusalem cruisers, A OK USA.

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I think teen pregnancy rates in the U.S. were actually higher during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and have since decreased, only to see a slight increase in recent years.

According to Wikipedia:



And here's the article itself:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescent_sexuality_in_the_United_States#Pregnancy

I never understood why so many young people feel the need to broadcast their personal lives over the internet. All of the technology evangelists say that the world is becoming more connected than it has ever been. What about too much connectivity? I saw a recent OnStar commercial advertising their new Facebook app. It shows a guy drop a woman off at her house after their first date, and five minutes later as he's driving in the car he activates his OnStar and asks it to look up the woman's Facebook status update because he wants to know how she felt about him. Are people really that insecure?

Cell phones have become so distracting that they can put their users' lives in danger. People would get into car accidents when they were just talking on their phones, and then even more people got into accidents when texting caught around. And now we have these smart phones that can access the internet and play movies/TV shows. Yeah, this is not going to end well.

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I've changed a lot over the past 24 months.

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R&B music
Emo music
Emo haircuts
Skinny Jeans
Converse shoes
Man bags
iPhones
Monster & Relentless energy drinks

Ridiculously oversized purses, the kind that you can fit a good sized piece of luggage in.
I had a customer at my register once open her purse and proceeded to pull out yet another purse in which she kept her belongings in. Ridiculous!

Checks! Fine for paying bills but unnecessary when out and about. If you need to log your purchases, do that. But you don't need to write a check to track that. But, I do understand the desire for not having your purchases electronically monitored. And if that's you, write a check. But, Grandma... get with it!

I didn't know the grunge look was still around; it's not in my area. I have seen the grange look some thou but I'm in the south

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Everything's in style in my part of the world.