ok the dangerous teenage hug epidemic - another important new york times trend piece

> “Bromance,” which is now a widely used term for affection between straight male friends.

Easily as widely used as "man-date"!

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#4 was actually kind of good. It trailed off when the auth had to decide what point he was making, but it didn't suck.

I thought the internet was going to put an end to human contact

actually thought this article was interesting. I grew up in jersey, where eye contact with strangers was considered verboten and acquaintances who wanted to hug you were to be eyed with deep distrust and suspicion. the point made about the virtual world causing an unusual overcompensation in the physical world is an interesting one, as is the point about parental overprotection and playgroups encouraging trust among youth. interesting enough that I wish there were more exploration of the implications than the standard "kids say no big d, parents freaked", and maybe some examples from somewhere else besides montclair and manhattan (nyt travel budget haw).

glad you guys are wringing lols out of it tho

edward you sound kinda bummed about this, maybe you need a hug

touch me and I'll shiv you

Hugging - the new "electronica"

thinking about my own social circle, I hang with people ranging from early 20s to early 40s and I have to say hugging is much more predominant among those on the younger end

also more predominant among the drunks

So that's everyone then.

drunks with hugs

I mean everyone I know.

While social mores may shift rapidly in our modern "hookup culture," etiquette dictates that hugging is the preferred method of greeting at a "rainbow party"

At a more formal "pharm party," however, you should simply introduce yourself via text

actually laurel I classify my friends as the drinkies, the drinkers, and the drunks

drunks are a very special and rarefied breed

tbh i find it genuinely disturbing that ANYBODY is getting worked up about hugging

what if yr having a particularly intense hug w/someone you kinda "like"

then they can usually tell, if you're a dude

(boner)

this is why dudes never hugged in jersey

hug-n-tug

lb I find it disturbing that you are disturbed

- teenage hugidemic - give me some space plz

haha yeah, the first thing in my head when reading this story was that there are surely

(a) a group of popular kids whose hugging is most noticed by staff/adults,
(b) a second tier of less-popular kids whose hugging rarely overlaps with the popular huggers, and
(c) a bunch of kids who NEVER GET HUGGED BY ANYONE

http://www.cnn.com/US/9802/13/hugging.ban/

^1998

a good reporter would have pulled a quote from that last group, because I would find it super-informative as a reader to see a news story containing genuine teenage sneering about this issue, and in general about who thinks they're so cool with their stupid hugging but really they're just dumb jerks

aw

: /

maybe you need a hug

― dulce est desipere in loco (Euler), Thursday, May 28, 2009 6:44 PM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

they are all on e

http://www.mystcommunity.com/board/style_emoticons/b/hug.gif

they are all on e

― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, May 28, 2009 3:24 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this happened to me in hs

hug ep-E-demic

someone please update the nyt via comment

If my junior high students represent the next shock troops of the hug-a-bunch offensive, then it will peter out. btw, let's hope there is never a peter-out offensive.

there was a few months during my sophomore year of high school that i was all about hugging people, including acquaintances i wasn't even that close with. of course there was no trend at the time so it was really just inappropriate. :\

it all ended when my older bro yelled at me to stop hugging people in our (same) chemistry class and i was overcome with shame. :( :( :(

i won the chemistry award that year but i'm pretty sure it was not for all the hugging i did.

tell me he was wearing protective goggles at the time

it's possible because i think i was hugging my lab partner at the time

there was a few months during my sophomore year of high school that i was all about hugging people, including acquaintances i wasn't even that close with. of course there was no trend at the time so it was really just inappropriate. :\

^^^ my best friend in HS went through a very long phase w/this

i've been hanging out with a bunch of mfa grad students and they are huggy as fuck

Important: which discipline?

i met my girlfriend's friend's boyfriend the other week--he goodbye-hugged me after coffee. i was a little surprised tbh.

were you all http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5673/fgulls527.gif

I am huggy if you're already a friend and if I really like you. What gets me if when people I've met once and don't really know at all start hugging me goodbye and stuff. I'm not so into that. We just met - we're not at the hugging stage yet!

i met my girlfriend's friend's boyfriend the other week--he goodbye-hugged me after coffee. i was a little surprised tbh.

― hugging used to mean something (call all destroyer), Thursday, May 28, 2009 3:42 PM (42 seconds ago) Bookmark

YES - EXACTLY!!

at what duration does a *hug* become a *cuddle*

Don't cuddles have more hand action?