Was my high school clique an anomaly, or are teens really this horrible?

I think one of the real messages about this movie was that, in this social media world, you never really know what your friends are doing behind your back.

Remember when Blaire tells Laura that they are good people, and Laura says "are you? Lets find out."





"Luke Skywalker has vanished."

I think drew makes a good point. Social media's effect on things like peer pressure and bullying is like throwing gasoline on a fire. Throw in stuff like the need for attention (ie: getting "likes" on photos and posts), the ease of anonymity and connectivity, lagging laws and many ignorant parents/guardians/law-makers and it is kinda scary in itself. Plus, in an always connected world, it is much harder to escape to safe havens; stuff doesn't always stay at school like it would maybe even 10-15 years ago. In a way, I'm envious of all the cool stuff to which today's kids have such easy access. On the other hand, I can't imagine how different it is being a teenager these days (and I say that as a guy only a few years younger than you, haha). I play basketball sometime with high schoolers and early 20-somethings and some of the stuff that comes out of their mouth just makes me shake my head. That's getting older for you though.

The kids in this movie were completely unlikable and shallow, so I wouldn't indict an entire generation based on these a-holes. Kids today are pretty much the same as kids 20 years ago only with more "on-demand" expectations/outlook and a much, much greater access to information, ideas, people, etc. I suppose you could argue that this does make them fundamentally different, but in terms of problems, insecurities, fears... I think we're not all that dissimilar. Just my opinion.

They really are. I think bc its easier to spread rumors etc due to social media... hell i think our generation has jumped on that bandwagon of being little aholes as well bc its so easy bc of the internet.

Movie was dumb. She killed herself bc she got drunk *beep* her pants and the vid went viral, where in turn everyone who hated her got a good laugh and told her to kill herself, including her "friends". Horrible. But dumb reason to kill yourself. Unfortunately kids now a days get bullied for anything and these unhinged folks think its okay to tell someone to go jump off a bridge. I think a simple solution is to get off the internet and to fine these "bullies" with a harrassment lawsuit. Case closed. Dumb movie.

If i was her I would've been like, one hell of a good time, I even *beep* my pants! That's what's up. Lol

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

They were privileged teenagers. Every era, every generation Has teens that grow up to be *beep* later on.

A lot people want to write the film off as a dumb gimmick meant to appeal only to, well, shallow teenagers. On the surface it may be that, but I'd say it's more of a cynical indictment of the very audience the film was marketed towards.

People keeping saying Laura had a "weak" reason to kill herself. Well, to her it wasn't a weak reason and I don't think it's fair to suggest that a person needs "better" reason to kill themselves. I'm not condoning suicide, but if a person feels that pain enough to actually go through with it, be a bigger person and try to understand that they weren't in a good place.
I was bullied heavily in middle school by the very kids I grew up with. Why? Because after gym one day I had my first case of body odor ever. I was just beginning puberty and that part of it hadn't reared it's face yet. It pickled the most unfortunate time. For the REST of my time at that school (it was a small private school) I was bullied about being smelly, stinky, disgusting, filthy, a pig. It quieted down after a time and became more of a random occurrence when someone felt like being a dick (this was both boys and girls), but for that whole semester and the following one it was non-stop. I was never driven to the point where I wanted to physically harm myself...but my self esteem was non-existent, I would fake sick so wouldn't have to go to school, I withdrew into myself after school in my room, and when my mother finally dragged it out me, what had been going on, I broke down into a puddle of tears and demanded to be taken out of the school I had be going to since pre-k. These kids succeeded in making me hate myself. I started to believe what they were saying. I went from being angry to accepting. Hey, they keep going on about how smelly and gross I am, I guess I deserve it right? To this day, I still struggle with self-esteem issues.

So knock it off with this "it wasn't that big of deal" bullsh!t. Because until you're on the other end of it, you have NO clue what you're talking about.

I think this film nailed almost everything it aimed for. The actors felt like real kids, the recreation of internet vocabulary felt organic, and overall it felt real. I've seen kids be that horrible to each other, and it's ugly. This is a damn good modern ghost story.

I personally didn't get close enough to people to find out. I was always a loner and sometimes went an entire school day without saying a single word. People left me alone for the most part as though I didn't exist. But I would overhear conversations they would have about each other behind their backs. Some of it was similar to the cruel jabs in this movie so I wouldn't be surprised.

im 37 now. I got friends that teach and friends with kids these ages, and yes, they can be cruel. whats so bad is its easier for them with the technology. that exact party could've happened in our high school days. difference is no one carried 35mm cameras, or flashlights, to parties like that, so at most, itd be word of mouth, which gave us plausible deniability to any embarrassing movements. chances are one of her friends would've helped clean her up and get her home, vs every high school in the school district and more watching videos of it over and over. but there is the element of kids just being downright crueler these days, technology or not...