# Ask the male teenager **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2003, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777 "2003-03-16T09:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/141 "2003-04-04T07:17:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by if you don’t know i won’t tell \* > \*\*LOL nice response. That’s unusual, which is why I tend to stay away from guys my age, they think they’re all… as you put it, bling bling. I have a question though. You had said you liked comic books, what’s your favorite series? \*\* That is a hard choice. Mainly, 1- **Watchmen** : I know that every fan raves and raves about how good it is, well I would say it doesn’t deserve it’s legendary hype that it has around it. Interesting spin on a world with superheroes that have no super powers and alternate history. Reccomended. 12 Issues, collected in TPB. 2- **Astro City** : I’ll admit, some of the concepts are a blatant rip off of other superheroes, but this series explore superheroes with more realism; Well, as realistic as you get get when the hero’s jumping around in purple tights and beating up elemental based villians. Astro City: 6 issue mini series 1-??? Regular series(Don’t know what it got up to, think it got discontinued then brought back) All collected in TPBs 3- **Marvels** Now, this deserves the hype that Watchmen has. It’s ultra realistic\*, told from the perspictive of photographer Phil Sheldon, who witnesses the coming of the ‘marvels’(superheroes) throughout his life. Reccomended. 4 issues, excellently painted by Alex Ross. **Avoid the sequel!** \*See previous sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/142 "2003-04-04T07:18:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by if you don’t know i won’t tell \* > \*\*Oh, and what on earth are you doing up so late? \*\* It’s not really that late here; 11:30, but I’m cursed with insomnia. Damn you, internet! ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/143 "2003-04-04T07:26:24Z")
Ah. I am too… I’ve recently become extremely interested in foreign relations and such (and yes, by recently I mean pre-9/11 and pre-Iraq war part 2), but most of my friends who are well versed in the subject, are insomniacs, which works for me, but it means sitting here at 2:30 am wrapped in a blanket staring blankly at the computer screen while reading about Syria. ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/144 "2003-04-04T07:44:51Z")
I have to admit I haven’t heard of any of those. The closest is Marvel, I used to read Marvel comics when I was younger. Superman, Batman, the rest. Superwoman 😃 😛 My brother used to pretend he was Superman, and fly around the house wearing a cape. :wally ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/145 "2003-04-05T23:05:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aslan2 \* > \*\*This applies to both: Indicate that you would be there if he had any concerns, because he’s able to say something without being asked, if that makes sense. I myself would rather my parents(they have told me this) say “If you have questions about sex/relationships/life, you can talk to me. I wouldn’t laugh.” or something like that. > Hope that helps. \*\* I gotta question related to this. If you did go to an adult with a problem, or a “question about Life” kind of concern, would you appreciate it if they started telling an anecdote about their own self? Or would you rather they just listen to you and stop projecting their own experience onto yours? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/146 "2003-04-06T00:06:32Z")
Another question: You’re kind of old for this now, but have you, or any of your friends, ever stuck your head out of the school-bus window to trash-talk someone in another vehicle, or a pedestrian? If so, how did they respond? (Guys in my school did this for a while, until the driver announced that anyone who got threatened with an ass-kicking would be put off the bus by him and left to his own fate.) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/147 "2003-04-06T19:22:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CanadianVampyr \* > **How can you tell that a teenage guy is intrested in a certain girl? And if they are, how come they can never make the first move? Sorry, I’d just really like to know.** As someone else already said, it’s fear of rejection. Don’t teens these days know the proper procedure? It’s predicated on the idea that everyone has a best friend. If you’re sweet on someone and want to know how that person feels about you, you have your best friend ask the other person’s best friend. I love the phrasing of these inquiries: “Does she like me like me or LIKE me like me?” Though these days, I wouldn’t know how to interpret the answer: “Well, she’d go down on you, but she wouldn’t swallow.” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/148 "2003-04-06T19:33:16Z")
Dear Male Teenager, Are you actually a 42-year-old woman? Yours sincerely, **Just Checking** ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/149 "2003-04-06T22:01:23Z")
LOL@“Well, she’d go down on you, but she wouldn’t swallow.” as a female teen, I should probably object to that, but… just kidding. It depends on the teen, the situation, blah blah blah. Sometimes, at least with my experience, one is afraid that their friend likes the girl too, and will insert themself into the situation in a non-relationship friendly way. That’s happened to me before (only with a guy, of course). The social scene at most high schools is scarily dramatic, which is why I opted out. The drama, in it’s various forms, makes asking a girl out quite complicated. You have to worry about tons and tons of things. I’ve never really had a problem, but I’m not shy, and I don’t really obsess over what others think, so I just go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/150 "2003-04-08T23:23:10Z")
Sorry all, I’ve been sick for the past few days and did not have access to the computer. It’s probably that cold I talked about earlier in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/151 "2003-04-08T23:26:41Z")
Feeling better I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/152 "2003-04-08T23:27:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*I gotta question related to this. If you did go to an adult with a problem, or a “question about Life” kind of concern, would you appreciate it if they started telling an anecdote about their own self? Or would you rather they just listen to you and stop projecting their own experience onto yours? \*\* I would rather hear anedote, because that shows they know what the person is experincing. It makes them sound more knowledgable(which hopefully they are) about the subject, not like they’re just ad libbing it or something. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/153 "2003-04-08T23:36:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*Another question: You’re kind of old for this now, but have you, or any of your friends, ever stuck your head out of the school-bus window to trash-talk someone in another vehicle, or a pedestrian? If so, how did they respond? (Guys in my school did this for a while, until the driver announced that anyone who got threatened with an ass-kicking would be put off the bus by him and left to his own fate.) \*\* Actually, I’ve never been on a school bus other than for field trips, where even if people were trash talking it wasn’t likely that they were gonna ditch someone on the road. I believe that any school buses relatively near to me were out of me catchment(sp?) area, which is the amount of distance that’s allowed for you to be able eligible for things like school buses. I’ve never gone to school on public transit either. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/154 "2003-04-08T23:38:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jr8 \* > \*\*Dear Male Teenager, > > Are you actually a 42-year-old woman? > > Yours sincerely, > > **Just Checking** \*\* No. ps. A/S/L? U a hotie? u got a pic? wanna meet? plz? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/155 "2003-04-08T23:41:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by if you don’t know i won’t tell \* > \*\*Feeling better I hope. \*\* I guess. I’ve missed the last 2 days of school, and I missed meeting up with some other B.C. dopers because I was too sick because what I had was likely contagous. ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/156 "2003-04-08T23:43:58Z")
Blagh. I’ve been sort of fighting a head ache- clamp on my brain sort of thing, but I think it’s just because I’ve been stressed. I always hated missing school, because teachers were always looked at me like I’d skipped or something, even if it was excused. I hope your teachers are nicer. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/157 "2003-04-08T23:52:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by if you don’t know i won’t tell \* > \*\*I have to admit I haven’t heard of any of those. The closest is Marvel, I used to read Marvel comics when I was younger. Superman, Batman, the rest. Superwoman 😃 😛 My brother used to pretend he was Superman, and fly around the house wearing a cape. :wally \*\* Cool. 🙂 Warning: If you read Watchmen, there is a little graphic content. Nothing really bad, though. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by if you don’t know i won’t tell \* > Blagh. I’ve been sort of fighting a head ache- clamp on my brain sort of thing, but I think it’s just because I’ve been stressed. I always hated missing school, because teachers were always looked at me like I’d skipped or something, even if it was excused. I hope your teachers are nicer. The thing with the people at my school, either they don’t remember me calling and they send a message saying “your child was away for one or more blocks”, basically a message for skipping, or they don’t tell my teachers, which they are supposed to. ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/158 "2003-04-08T23:54:46Z")
Yeah they do that here too, it’s quite silly- when I went to sign out to start homeschooling, they had 40 “unexcused” absences! 40! I’ve never skipped, and every single one of my absences had been excused and they knew it, somehow it just didn’t get into the computer. So now I have that on my record, because they aren’t allowed to change it after 3 days of the occurence. ??!!! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/159 "2003-04-09T00:42:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aslan2 \* > \*\*Actually, I’ve never been on a school bus other than for field trips, where even if people were trash talking it wasn’t likely that they were gonna ditch someone on the road. I believe that any school buses relatively near to me were out of me catchment(sp?) area, which is the amount of distance that’s allowed for you to be able eligible for things like school buses. > I’ve never gone to school on public transit either. \*\* Okay. Well, since you like anecdotes, here’s one from my youth. When I was in grade 11, the same scene played out at the bus stop every day for the first week. The middle school bus would trundle past while we were waiting, and pause at the stop sign long enough for a window to be lowered and a shrill voice to declare, _“Ya suck, Copeland!!”_ Copeland would growl a rejoinder such as “Yeah, study hard, Lawrence!..Get stuffed, Lawrence!..Eat me, Lawrence!” Presumably, during the first weekend, Copeland and Lawrence settled their differences, but in the meantime, I was highly amused. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-male-teenager/161777/160 "2003-04-09T16:08:50Z")
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