I think a lot of my generation (born '71) has mild brain damage, and aggression issues, due to being exposed to leaded gasoline and paint. Known symptoms of lead poisoning. The little metal Army men we played with were made of lead, and painted with lead paint.
Being a teenager in the mid to late 80’s, EVERY male was going to get into a fight at some point, voluntarily, or not. At least, where I grew up in the rural South. It’s just the way it was. Especially at a party. A lot of guys got set up to get their asses beat that way.
I went to high school from 86 to 90 in Oklahoma (so south-ish.) I’ve been pushed and shit, but I’ve never thrown a punch or had one thrown at me. It was less luck than just not being a very violent person (not wanting to hurt other people as much as not wanting to get hurt.) Also I got picked on a lot as a kid so I learned to have a foul mouth and a rather sharp sense of humor as a means of deflecting or defusing situations that might’ve otherwise led to fights.
I fully realize that I’m the exception though, fights were pretty common when I was in school, but I just attributed that to being high school cause I’ve seen like 3 actual fights in the ~35 years since then.
There is no think. One of my jobs deals with lead exposure data and education data and demographic data and general political data.
There is absolutely a correlation between lead exposure and red counties. I’m not saying it’s a direct cause, but there is definitely an unavoidable correlation.
I grew up in the 70s and 80s when leaded gas was still common, and I’m about as far as one can get from conservative without falling off the edge of the political spectrum.
It’s statistics, so it doesn’t mean everyone shows lead-poisoned characteristics to the same degree. We’d probably be better off if we hadn’t breathed so much lead though.
Not as far as I know? I was always pretty liberal, and then in the last 10 years or so I’ve slid sharply to the left as the bullshit in the world has increased. shrug
My ‘extremist’ views are a rather late development, in the last 10 years or so, so that seems suspect as well. shrug Maybe I’m just a special snowflake or whatever.
I think there’s a significant correlation with lead poisoning due to leaded gasoline, too.
I think a lot of my generation (born '71) has mild brain damage, and aggression issues, due to being exposed to leaded gasoline and paint. Known symptoms of lead poisoning. The little metal Army men we played with were made of lead, and painted with lead paint.
Yep, looks about right. Fistfights were extremely common in my youth, much more than today.
I am staggered that my kids don’t have more horror stories from school and I am starting to think our generation maybe went through a special hell.
Yep, I don’t have kids, but I’ve noticed these last couple of generations are nowhere near as casually violent as mine was.
But then, we didn’t have school shooters, either. Just knuckleheads who liked to fistfight for fun.
No. I was bullied as a kid. I’ll say this, life is harder for kids today in so many ways.
And social media is the new ring of preference for bullying and torment
Yup, I’m right in the middle of that peak, but I’ve never been in a fight in my life, so… exception that proves the rule?
You’re lucky.
Being a teenager in the mid to late 80’s, EVERY male was going to get into a fight at some point, voluntarily, or not. At least, where I grew up in the rural South. It’s just the way it was. Especially at a party. A lot of guys got set up to get their asses beat that way.
I went to high school from 86 to 90 in Oklahoma (so south-ish.) I’ve been pushed and shit, but I’ve never thrown a punch or had one thrown at me. It was less luck than just not being a very violent person (not wanting to hurt other people as much as not wanting to get hurt.) Also I got picked on a lot as a kid so I learned to have a foul mouth and a rather sharp sense of humor as a means of deflecting or defusing situations that might’ve otherwise led to fights.
I fully realize that I’m the exception though, fights were pretty common when I was in school, but I just attributed that to being high school cause I’ve seen like 3 actual fights in the ~35 years since then.
In my rural Southern state, it was different. It would find you.
You left put endless second hand smoke from parents that smoked in the car with the windows up
There is no think. One of my jobs deals with lead exposure data and education data and demographic data and general political data.
There is absolutely a correlation between lead exposure and red counties. I’m not saying it’s a direct cause, but there is definitely an unavoidable correlation.
There is for me, I’m no expert. Glad to have confirmation from one, though.
Certainly can’t help.
I grew up in the 70s and 80s when leaded gas was still common, and I’m about as far as one can get from conservative without falling off the edge of the political spectrum.
It’s statistics, so it doesn’t mean everyone shows lead-poisoned characteristics to the same degree. We’d probably be better off if we hadn’t breathed so much lead though.
Sure, I realize it’s not universal, I’m just saying counter-examples exist because I am one.
I’m also a pretty non-violent person, I’ve never been in a fight or thrown a punch in my life, even as a kid. But yeah that’s probably not the norm.
Some people come out of it better than others. You likely overcame a significant challenge in becoming so.
Not as far as I know? I was always pretty liberal, and then in the last 10 years or so I’ve slid sharply to the left as the bullshit in the world has increased. shrug
Maybe it just provokes extremist views.
My ‘extremist’ views are a rather late development, in the last 10 years or so, so that seems suspect as well. shrug Maybe I’m just a special snowflake or whatever.