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Re:Family instability fuels rising nihilism among young men by Taek on Thursday September 10, 2020 @11:18PM (#24438846)
When you are a teenager you feel invincible and you value life much less. It feels more expendable while also feeling more robust.

Have you spent time with kids? They love kicking eachother in the balls well past the age of toddler.

Things that seem obvious to adults are not obvious at all to 16 year olds, and often even counterintuitive.

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Re:Family instability fuels rising nihilism among young men by lotsofpulp on Thursday September 10, 2020 @11:50PM (#24439019)
Yes I have, and I remember kicking each other in the balls too. But kicking each other in the balls does not have a high probability of life long or any major injury (as a small child).

My original point is still that a twisted nipple or graffiti or egging a house is not in the same class as racing black out drunk and shooting pellets at people on bicycles.

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