[lwhi]

I think it's foolish to take the position of spokesperson for a generation.

Talk about yourself and your own group of friends by all means, but don't speak for everyone your age. It's not realistically possible to speak for the majority without a lot of research.

[yason]

The author had apparently just earned his/her 5th age bit. When you're sixteen you don't necessarily have many things about which you can speak with authority, if you wish to do that. Your peers probably come closest.

(The fifth bit is the one that turns black and white into shades of grey. The sixth bit will bring colors. I don't know about the seventh bit yet.)

[lwhi]

I think the seventh brings bitterness and resignation ;)

[huherto]

3D? :) That is a nice metaphor.