[yongelee]

This is pretty stupid. Teens aren't the trendsetters, they're the early adopters. Teens follow their older siblings who are the true trend setters. There's no way a 13 year old determines whats popular, it is older 18-30 cool people who are the true trend setters. Rappers and pop icons for the most part, there are no 13 year old pop icons.

[zodPod]

This was my thought the whole way through.. He's treating this teen like he needs to be more like her. It sounds like she's wasting her life while simultaneously wasting her friends' lives. There's no gain to this..

[daeken]

> It sounds like she's wasting her life while simultaneously wasting her friends' lives.

It sounds like you spent more time writing this comment than she did to respond to all of her friend's snaps from the night before. Heroin is a waste of a life; Snapchat is just a distraction, and a minor one at that.

[freshhawk]

A distraction where continued use is necessary for your friendships to remain in place. That mediates social status among young people. While they learn how to interact with other people in social situations.

So ... no, not just a distraction. Just a new thing we haven't seen the outcome of yet (besides some evidence of a large increase in narcissism and a drop in empathy).

[zodPod]

She clearly says that, given free time, she does nothing but snap chat. Not sure how that's a minor distraction.

[vehementi]

I don't think you can say with a straight face that the girl's usage of snapchat is a minor distraction.

[fein]

At least heroin lasts longer.

[ferrari8608]

Reminds me of my AIM, MSN, and IRC days, except I actually remember some of those interactions.