Submitted by Urbanette t3_yglsb8 in pittsburgh
[deleted] t1_iua5nb1 wrote
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FreeCashFlow t1_iua6l74 wrote
Uh, 19 year olds are teenagers. You stop being a teen when you turn 20.
CallMeCappn t1_iuaaw3e wrote
You’re not wrong. It’s semantics really because you’re also an “adult” at 18.
jetsetninjacat t1_iualnrc wrote
Legally you're an adult. By definition you are still a teenager...
CallMeCappn t1_iuanc7r wrote
And still an adult.
just_an_ordinary_guy t1_iuaw52x wrote
And still a teenager, which is the word used to describe a nineteen year old that the original commenter is caling "cringe."
CallMeCappn t1_iuax56t wrote
Whenever “teen” is used in a headline without the race specified regarding something abhorrent It usually means only one thing. I think that’s what he was getting at,
just_an_ordinary_guy t1_iuaxfb1 wrote
It usually means that they are a teenager. Because that's what the word means and it's used quite appropriately to refer to a sixteen and nineteen year old.
JAK3CAL t1_iubatgm wrote
Nine….”teen”?
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