There were like 2-3 kids at my high school who wore tails. Frequently, random kids would pull them off, and the tail-wearers always flipped the fuck out.
That's what you get for wearing a tail in a warzone, etc.
Why aren't jocks doing their civic duty and beating the shit out of these kids daily? I got in fights weekly for having dyed hair. MADE ME A MAN! /hairychest
Man, middle and high school fights were the best. Teachers would have to run through 20ft of jam-packed kids to break it up. So many memories /sigh.
Another fad that will pass. Who cares though, surprised they decided to do a silly news story about it. This isn't anything new, and it pops up every generation lol.
Kids dressing like werewolves pops up every generation?
Really?
I'm pretty sure that wearing a pink shirt in the late 90's while having a penis got you a broken arm. Not advocating that it's a correct way of thinking, but if you think kids today don't have it super lenient then you're full of shit. Everyone's just too afraid to beat the shit out of the scary vampire fags because they'll probably go shoot up the school after writing an emo scree all over their xanga or livejournal or whatever the fuck they use now.
RAGE.
It's the same way of thinking that screwed up an entire generation already. "Every child is special!" No, every child is not special. In fact most children are fucking idiots who grow up to be fucking idiot adults. I think Carlin is the one who did the logical "if every child is special then doesn't that mean that every adult must therefor be special too?" rant and it was glorious. Now we have, "Oh, my Billy is just being creative." No, your little Billy has a very loose association with reality and will probably overdose on alcohol and pain meds at age 19 when his "one true dracula love" dumps him for some other fag with a motorcycle.
Fucking kids I swear to christ let's just start neutering people.
I meant fads, they pop up every generation/all the time. I don't see them doing much harm... most just grow out of it, its just a phase kids get into. I would definitely say a lot of them have it easier nowadays, and that isn't a bad thing. I think a lot of people have been taught that diversity is something that is common and expected. Sure they will get made fun but it isn't like how it was in them old days. You really liked having someone getting beat up because of a way they choose to dress? I would hope we have, at this point, evolved past silly things like that and accepting people can be different.
There's a world of difference between wearing a Bad Religion hoodie to school and pretending you're a fucking werewolf.
If it was just dress I'd have no problem. Many people around here know that when I was younger I had a very large, dyed mohawk which was a degeneration from 11 inch liberty spikes. I grew up going to basement punk shows in the mid to late 90's around Boston when starting when I was 11.
There's a difference between dressing some way and associating yourself with a fad and then carrying around the skull of a dead fucking dog because you believe it intrinsically gives you werewolf powers. Or truly, truly, truly believing you have vampire power just because you thought Twilight movies were A+.
I'm not saying these are the majority but they do exist and in terrifyingly large numbers. The reason it's so much more prevalent today is because we're all so "accepting." Sure for many of them it's just a cry for attention, whatever, but there are kids out there fucking killing dogs and shit (I followed the story on /b/ when it was actively ongoing but I don't remember the resolution I just remember reading the AIM convos from the people involved and they were fucking NUTS) and that's crossing the fucking line. The parents justify it by saying that "they aren't hurting anyone and they're just expressing themselves!"
Make-believe is fine and dandy. It's the actions I'm worried about. Even something as innocuous as walking around school drinking fake blood (tomato juice) is just downright fucking unacceptable, honestly. I couldn't even have soda in school because it was "bad for the kids" but this shit is A-OK? There's tolerance there is stupidity. I think we all know what I consider this.
So fucking true.
Ic... I haven't read too deep into this whole thing lol. I assumed it was some furry fascination or w/e and kids were dressing up as animals with dog tails, which I have seen around. I didn't know it went to that extreme. Of course that is something that shouldn't be tolerated, beating them up isn't a good option but it all lies in their parents. Most of these people are just your average teenager angst trying to express themselves or get attention, although the ones going to the extreme need some intervention.
Pretty sure the dog got hit by a car and she basically took the skull and cleaned it up, and didn't actually kill the dog. Apparently she does taxidermy as a hobby.
Also i think the fact that she has tourettes* and it causes her to yelp is also one of the reasons she is so into believing the fact she is part wolf.
She actually has it, or at least that is what they said in the news report i watched, she pretty much had a host of problems which is why she was 18 and still only 2nd year in highschool.
I don't think the jocks and bullies are any more accepting of these new fads and dumb shit these kids are doing. As was stated earlier, I think they are just scared of getting fucking shot up by these kids. Last thing I would want to do is beat the shit out of the emo fag who brought a dog skull to school. This kid might ragequit life and take me with him.
Also already has a prior conviction of taking a knife to school.
Fuck you, I'm a werewolf.
Eh, it's just another stupid fad that they'll grow out of and eventually be embarrassed about 10 years down the line. They're kids, they're supposed to have active imaginations and want to live in a fantasy world. But of the whatever amount of kids go around claiming to be werewolves, there's probably only like 1% of them who actually believe it and need help.
While I certainly don't agree or understand what they're thinking (it took all of 30 seconds for me to want to slap that first kid they interviewed in that video), I'm not gonna condemn them all as crazy future serial killers just yet. Kids do stupid things, it's why they're kids.
As for the one who started the whole thing, it's very clear she has mental and emotional issues right from the start, I don't even think she'll deny that much. But other then cleaning up roadkill, it's not like she did much wrong.
Also, in before doggie style.