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The teen pregnancy rate has been decreasing before the show sixteen and pregnant began. The show really is a shanfreude wrapped up in shock value. If teen girls actually need a show to tell the or convey that simple message that its not a good idea to have kids at sixteen, then were officially screwed.
@jimbrown257 it is clearly a joke you bafoon
that show is only watched to give people (mostly women/teen girls) a cheap thrill at watching drama. nothing else
“THERES THE ANNUSSSS…”
@jimbrown257 Man, she is not lying. That was from a long time ago. Once in a while she plays. doesn’t grab the latest of games or search every day for video game news. I am exactly like her except I am a guy.
@MrGish1
Go find that video; it’s one of the “TYT reviews” and it says something about video game in the title. It was clear in the video she didn’t know anything about video games. The one thing she said in the video amounted to “So when you push the buttons in the thing you hold, the thing that connects to the box, it makes the character on the screen move or do something, right?”
Again, I usually like Ana, it is just that one ad that really bugs me.
@jimbrown257, I’m not trying to dump all this on you but I’ve started searching for an athiest on YouTube who would have a debate with me about creation/evolution but the attitude all athiest I have met on YouTube respond to creationist with absolute hate and that concerns me. A lot of Christians feel deeply that we are on the verge of brutal persecutions here in America and the thoughts of athiest I’ve seen here is definately that kind of deep hate.
@jimbrown257, before I was spoken to like I’m a lower life form here on youtube because I just can’t put my faith in the knowledge of men I spoke politely to people mostly. I’ve never felt I had the right to talk to or treat anyone disrespectfully. I don’t have any admiration for any little twit that uses YouTube to persecute people. If I was a child abuser I’d deserve hatefull comments but being hated because I believe there’s a God is a Hitler kind of hate.
@jimbrown257, and after they themselves die theese athiest must have a defect in the area of the brain that produces the things like faith, hope, imagination, the area that keeps us from takeing the notion that we have a creater off the table. I just don’t know how else a person could honestly say to themselves and others we’re 100% certain there’s no God unless they have been able to build an earth just like ours in their labs.
@jimbrown257, I have been called a TROLL maybe 30 or so times. The 1st time I was called a troll I thought ” that’s childish” then they started calling my God a spaghetti monster and at first I thought WTF so after 10 or so comments from self professed athiest I realized that maybe since they think it’s foolish for adults to have hope in something wonderfull happening after they bury their lived ones (continue)
@jimbrown257, believe it or not NO I do not know any athiest personally. I live in a small country town deep within the bible belt. Some folks here live like the devil but if you ask anyone here if there is a God your gonna get a yes 100% of the time. But I have met a lot of athiest here on YouTube and all I have to say is I believe in a higher power and I will be verbally persecuted in 100 different ways. (continue)
@jimbrown257 Jeez man. She has a boyfriend. Once in a while she plays. Thats cool. Underground gaming.
@jhartist123
“I’m a Christian and I know this guy and gal is not, so I’ve been watching them thinking oh their gonna stand for some of the bad things in our society.”
…Do you not know any nonbelievers? I realize many religious people who don’t know any atheists sometimes have ridiculous notions about them, like they are Satanists. If you know any atheists, you would know that they are the most reasonable and educated portion of society. Less than 2% of prisoners identify as atheists.
@MrGish1
“What if she is an underground gamer? Is that too much for you to handle?”
…It’s possible that it might prove too much for me to handle. However, that is irrelevant as Ana is not an underground gamer, or an aboveground gamer for that matter. A few months ago, they had a guy on who reviewed one of the big new video games and she didn’t know anything. Not that she was supposed to, the guest was discussing the game but it was clear she had never played any video game in her life.
@jimbrown257 What if she is an underground gamer? Is that too much for you to handle?
I’m a Christian and I know this guy and gal is not, so I’ve been watching them thinking oh their gonna stand for some of the bad things in our society. But WOW, I am loveing their shows. I also think it’s stupid to expect that teens want have sex. So I’ve allowed mine to take birth control. Their take on most all issues is the same as mine. Thanks to you guys I love your show.
@kuunami
“The people who criticize the show HAVE NEVER WATCHED IT!!!”
…Which is virtually every conservative that posts here. How many times have you seen this:
“All TYTs do is praise their Messiah Obama. They’re afraid to criticize anything he does!”
…And when was the last time they actually said anything positive about Obama?
@Sneezlebob
“Teen that get pregnant without using protection are retarded.”
…One the bright side, we got that abstinence-only federal program for the low low price of $170 million dollars; so some kids have their lives ruined. Remember, in conservative America life is only sacred up until the moment it leaves the womb.
@TonPappa
I’m not complaining about there being an ad there; it’s that specific ad that is annoying. Granted most ads are pretty annoying but that ad is the worst.
Sometimes I watch the clips while I am working out and it comes on before I can get up and switch to another video. I understand they have to plug their sponserors, I just wish they would redo that one. The others, like the “Check out Net Flix…” one isn’t bad.
If there are girls who honestly want to get pregnant just because of those MTV shows and they think they can be reality stars too, then I can’t even blame the parents for that mess. Those girls are just idiots.
@CHAOSoriginal Ew.
Abstinence only education leads to *ding ding* => More STDs and Teen Pregnancies!
Btw, TYT leads to less STDs, Teen Pregnancy, and stupid conservatism