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In the years when teenagers really need to be connected to somebody, they aren't; especially in small towns where kids are bored and look for something to get them going.

— Dash Mihok

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Teenagers aren't loyal to much of anything - especially Internet stuff.

— John Battelle

Teens find out a lot from other teens.

— Ally Condie

I know that youngsters want to find something in common with each other and feel closer to each other ideologically through bridges such as the Internet.

— Shakira

Adolescence is a difficult time at the best of times, and especially in a smaller town - there's all these different energies going on.

— William Kircher

In small towns, bored teenagers turn their eyes longingly to the exciting doings in the big cities, pining for urban amenities like hipster bars and farmers' markets and indie-rock festivals. Like everyone else, they want the vibrant and they will not be denied.

— Thomas Frank

Teenagers try to hide what's really going on in their communication online.

— Ethan Zuckerman

Teenagers ultimately don't mind belonging to a group, because there's always the opportunity to eventually become someone new. The elderly, by definition, are running out of opportunities for reinvention.

— Charles Duhigg

Being a teenager is as difficult as living with one. And we've all been there. Perhaps that's the reason we're so hard on them.

— Melvin Burgess

✗Opposing Perspectives

Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.

— Zelda Fitzgerald

We've seen that there are a lot of people out there - teenagers in Topeka, housewives in Long Island, millionaire Internet start-up moguls - that all want to connect with each other about what it is to be human.

— Rainn Wilson