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Burruss Writer
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Burruss Writer

1000% this... As example...

There was a bruhaha in East AJ my freshman year (1990) regarding a t-shirt one of the floors made that riled up a number of the ladies ("Don't wrap it..." IYKYK). All of EAJ had a MANDATORY meeting to discuss the "callous depiction of women" and "inviting rape". Died down after the meeting and they agreed to turn over the shirts. No parents were ever the wiser regarding the incident and everyone went on their merry way. Today, that would be top of the page news across all social media and my parents would have been calling about the protests outside the dorm before I even knew anything about it.
Posted: 09/05/2025 at 10:27 AM ET
(In response to this post by Late 80s Hokie)

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How did the ultimate free-range kids of Gen X and early Gen Y
Tafkam Hokie • 09/04/25 05:01 PM ET
Probably because those parents remember what they did as kids during that
89HOKIE • 09/05/25 06:13 AM ET
Many years ago while at Freshman
skautdog • 09/04/25 10:47 PM ET
"My parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio."
KCHokie2 • 09/04/25 10:04 PM ET
The world is much more negative/evil than decades ago**
astrohokie • 09/04/25 08:20 PM ET
Is it?
vthokieq • 09/05/25 08:13 AM ET
This. We're just more connected than we were decades ago
Beerman • 09/05/25 12:00 PM ET
I think it IS much more negative insofar as the negative information gets
Late 80s Hokie • 09/05/25 08:36 AM ET
1000% this... As example... ◄
Burruss Writer • 09/05/25 10:27 AM ET
Yeah, by any objective measure, living in the US is WAY safer now vs.
Tafkam Hokie • 09/05/25 08:56 AM ET
I think it's because the world is so different from the one we grew up in..
MP4VT2004 • 09/04/25 07:58 PM ET
i’ve seen the same happen with free-range chickens. they henpeck kids **
squarerootofone • 09/04/25 06:32 PM ET
When I was around 12, I decided to never have kids. When I met TSO,
PhotoHokieNC • 09/04/25 06:06 PM ET
Oh boy**
turkeywinghokie • 09/04/25 06:17 PM ET
Parents have become wildly protective and seeing goblins in every corner.
ColoVT82 • 09/04/25 05:50 PM ET
(not math)**
PhotoHokieNC • 09/04/25 06:07 PM ET
^^^whistling awfully close to the graveyard^^^ **
Burruss Writer • 09/05/25 10:32 AM ET