FreeCashFlow t1_iua6l74 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 7:28 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Two Teens Charged in Shooting Outside of Pittsburgh Church by Urbanette

Uh, 19 year olds are teenagers. You stop being a teen when you turn 20.

CallMeCappn t1_iuaaw3e wrote on October 29, 2022 at 7:59 PM

You’re not wrong. It’s semantics really because you’re also an “adult” at 18.

jetsetninjacat t1_iualnrc wrote on October 29, 2022 at 9:15 PM

Legally you're an adult. By definition you are still a teenager...

CallMeCappn t1_iuanc7r wrote on October 29, 2022 at 9:28 PM

And still an adult.

just_an_ordinary_guy t1_iuaw52x wrote on October 29, 2022 at 10:35 PM

And still a teenager, which is the word used to describe a nineteen year old that the original commenter is caling "cringe."

CallMeCappn t1_iuax56t wrote on October 29, 2022 at 10:43 PM

Whenever “teen” is used in a headline without the race specified regarding something abhorrent It usually means only one thing. I think that’s what he was getting at,

just_an_ordinary_guy t1_iuaxfb1 wrote on October 29, 2022 at 10:45 PM

It usually means that they are a teenager. Because that's what the word means and it's used quite appropriately to refer to a sixteen and nineteen year old.