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humor The Daily Mash 2026-05-29

Parents yearn for son's beer-fueled adolescent rebellion, not Sontag.

These parents are tired of their teen's sophisticated discourse on Bauhaus and colonial literature. They'd much rather he projectile vomit on public transport and discuss football like a normal, less-intellectual teenager. Apparently, Susan Sontag is the new vaping.


THE parents of a teenager who opines on Bertolt Brecht and Brutalist buildings wish he would drink cider and vomit at bus stops like his peers. <p><strong>THE parents of a teenager who opines on Bertolt Brecht and Brutalist buildings wish he would drink cider and vomit at bus stops like his peers. </strong></p> <p>Martin and Sue Cook hoped their 15-year-old son Julian, who refuses to be referred to as ‘Jules’, was only going through a phase when he began blasting Shostakovich’s 7th through his s...

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