My Thoughts on Spring Break Mess in Florida

[discocrisco01]

So I heard about the news a lot today about rowdy spring breakers in Miami doing all kinds of rowdy things that have serious adverse effects.
The question is that this behavior considered typical behavior, but aggravated due to the pandemic. Or there is far more serious mental health issue is not being addressed
To me, they are dumb entitled college idiots. But, I am also interested in the psychology of this behavior and whether there is any deeper problem that the media is not reporting.

[Skittles]

1. college kids partying and thinking they're invincible - WHEN DID THAT START???

I honestly don't blame these stupid kids, I blame the fucked up Greedy Old Pig "LEADERSHIP" in Florida that makes greed and ignorance the overriding factors in COVID policy.

[LakeArenal]

3. Parents funding spring break are to blame to me.

[JI7]

2. Most is typical young people stuff. But add in the fact that they probably

feel they have been prevented from their usual partying and other things they enjoy becsuse of covid .

[SoCalDavidS]

4. Oh Poor Babies. Nobody Else Missed Things They Enjoy The Past Year. Fuck Them.

I really hate a lot of the people in this country. Pathetic.

[Skittles]

6. agreed

I think a lot of people forget what it was like to be that age, how much more important things seemed.

[sheshe2]

7. Sorry.

I disagree and frankly I never disagree with your posts.

They are greedy and selfish with no care of their own family and friends. The virus is a death sentence to a half million. First responders, and my niece is one, put their lives on the line for these people. She worked ICU without the necessary protective gear. Eighteen hour shifts to care for these people who couldn't be bothered to protect themselves and others. Our hospitals can no longer handle needed care due to the overwhelming influx of COVID patients.

My four year old great niece has more sense than these people do. She wears a mask and has for over a year.

[JI7]

8. Most young people are selfish. This is why we need elected officials

to help keep things safe by putting in place safety standards which the Florida governor refuses to do.

[sheshe2]

11. Okay.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. "Mental health issue"? WTAF?

[Meowmee]

9. Just a bunch of assholes as usual

Narcissists raised to be that way... only ah go to sprink break in the first place. The fact that they don’t care about covid and killing people is not a surprise to me. There were already large parties when some colleges started opening up early on. People like this are in large part why we are in this mess for the last several years.

[Mariana]

10. I think it's likely that most of them have Trumper parents

who think Covid-19 is no worse than the flu, who refuse to wear masks, won't get the vaccine, and have told these kids hundreds of times that the restriction are ridiculous.

[Hoyt]

15. Probably right about "most." But like 53% are trumpster kids.

The breakers seem diverse politically, stupidity of youth is problem.

[Mariana]

16. Where did you get that figure, 53 percent? nt.

[Hoyt]

17. We used to call them "Rectal extractions." Where do you get your estimate?

My guess, from looking at the crowds now and remembering what people were like when I was a teenager, is that there are a lot of kids who are “liberals” or from liberal families having fun a spring break.

I don’t think 100% of kids from “liberal” families are sitting at home because of CV19. Not saying the should not stay home, they just aren’t..

[Mariana]

18. I didn't estimate anything.

I speculated, and I very clearly indicated that I speculated.

[George McGovern]

12. spring break

Stupidity. Reckless idiot selfish behavior, which just might catch up with them someday.

[bahboo]

13. I did a lot of remarkably stupid shit at this age...

I wouldn't be doing this....

[Rustyeye77]

14. OMG...WOW

Yes they are dumb. Not entitled.

I’ll tell you the psychology...

Add the sense of invincibility
Add hormones ( yes hormones are normal)
Add Alcohol
Maybe some cannabis and other possible meds
And friends who influence you

Now you know the psychology

We were all 18 to 21 once.
Thankfully we survived that time.


What could possibly go wrong....in a pandemic ?

[Raine]

19. I would say that they're sick of being lock up for a year but

I doubt that very few of them actually did what they were supposed to do. They've probably been running around and ignoring safety precautions since last year. Spoiled brats is what they are!

[no_hypocrisy]

20. To them, it's going to a place where they are deluded into thinking they're "safe"

from the Virus. They look around and see other young, healthy, laughing people who aren't worried, unlike their everyday experience.

They want to be part of that, if even for a week to ten days.

[Klaralven]

21. Over 2/3 of high school graduates go to college -- college students are pretty average

Plus, I'd bet there are more than a few non-college 20-somethings in the crowd.

[tavernier]

22. CBS this morning video... all blacks in the streets.

I live close by so this was local Miami news. The crowd scenes that they showed did not have one white person. All people interviewed were black and older than what I would think are students.

I’m confused. Are there honestly no people of other races involved in this, or is the reporting one sided on purpose?
And from what I observed, there was dancing and partying and laughter... not anything remotely resembling what happened at the Capitol on January 6. Yet the town was was closed down very quickly.