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CallMeCappn t1_iuaaw3e wrote

Reply to comment by FreeCashFlow in Two Teens Charged in Shooting Outside of Pittsburgh Church by Urbanette

You’re not wrong. It’s semantics really because you’re also an “adult” at 18.

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jetsetninjacat t1_iualnrc wrote

Legally you're an adult. By definition you are still a teenager...

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CallMeCappn t1_iuanc7r wrote

And still an adult.

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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."

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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,

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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.

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