10 amazing truths you already suspected, Mark Morford

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10 amazing truths you already suspected
Volume III! Muslim punks, lonely Chinese, very pink labia
By Mark Morford

Did you already know? I bet you already knew. Or at the very least, had a sneaking suspicion ...

(Volume I here, Volume II here)

1) Did you already know about those damn kids these days, what with their heaps of stress, anxiety and depression, who suffer from upwards of five times more mental issues according to one study than their same demographic during the Great Depression, back when the boys were grumpy, girls wore burlap underwear and the Wi-Fi totally sucked?

What the hell's wrong with them? Too many Facebooks? Sextings? Drugs? Standardized tests? Unrealistic dreams of fame and wealth, beauty and popularity? Well, yes. It would appear they're sort've prematurely wiped out, overloaded with too much external stimuli, educational pressure and that pesky burden of, you know, figuring out how to save the overheated planet. Same as it ever was? Sort of. Only worse. ...

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(Full URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/01/27/notes012710.DTL&nl=fix)

[Auggie]

1. Morford should still be in print

The San Francisco Chronicle no longer includes this column in their regular paper. Cowards.

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2. Kick