"Perhaps I'm getting too old to understand but it seems to me that most young people today go out of their way to look ridiculous. Perhaps they just don't like themselves. How else can you explain the tattoos and body piercings? Why else would they dress in the style of convicts, hardened criminals or extras from a horror film? As for music, the most popular types seem to celebrate negative or anti-social behaviour: violence, drug abuse, suicide, self harm and anti-materialism. Is it all the fault of the older generation for bringing up youths who just reject society's values"
This quote is showing a negative approach towards youth culture and the subcultures which have become popular. I'd assume the writer of this comment is an adult as they are talking about how they don't understand the trends that 'young people' follow which would suggest that they're older. They state that people go out of their way to look ridiculous which shows a negative view towards the culture but I think this statement can be true for any style, not just youth culture. For example there were a range of subcultures around in previous decades that aren't present now and all of these had styles that could be considered ridiculous so it isn't just youth culture that is responsible for this. They begin to question why teenagers
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