<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>ben_w</author><text>When I was a teenager I didn’t think further than 5 years ahead. I did however write goth poetry, become Wiccan (and thus got all mopey about being at a Catholic school), get upset how &lt;i&gt;unfair&lt;/i&gt; it was that UK law looked down on my sexuality (it had not yet equalised the gay and straight ages of consent), and frustrated how &lt;i&gt;ridiculous&lt;/i&gt; it was for the Prime Minister to veto every EU thing he could in protest against the BSE-related ban on British beef. Ended up writing loads of letters to newspapers about politics of the day before internet comments were a big thing, then going to university really worried if my student loan would cover everything.</text><parent_chain><item><author>wutbrodo</author><text>&amp;gt;  the realities of student loans, an out of reach housing market, devalued college degrees, the gig economy, promises of no retirement, etc.&lt;p&gt;Have you ever met a teenager? Almost literally zero percent of them think (or need to think) about this stuff, with the possible exception of some of the very oldest teenagers (ie, people in their first or second year of college who are starting to think about the details of the start of their careers).</text></item><item><author>purple-again</author><text>Except from 2010 - 2015 many teens did feel a crushing sense of economic dread as they dealt with the realities of student loans, an out of reach housing market, devalued college degrees, the gig economy, promises of no retirement, etc.&lt;p&gt;The article just skims over it with a quick this is why economics couldn’t have been the reason.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, there’s a likely culprit</title><url>https://theconversation.com/with-teen-mental-health-deteriorating-over-five-years-theres-a-likely-culprit-86996</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>bduerst</author><text>Yeah, I feel like there&amp;#x27;s some projection going on with GP and those issues.  Teenagers don&amp;#x27;t stress about mortgages or retirement.</text><parent_chain><item><author>wutbrodo</author><text>&amp;gt;  the realities of student loans, an out of reach housing market, devalued college degrees, the gig economy, promises of no retirement, etc.&lt;p&gt;Have you ever met a teenager? Almost literally zero percent of them think (or need to think) about this stuff, with the possible exception of some of the very oldest teenagers (ie, people in their first or second year of college who are starting to think about the details of the start of their careers).</text></item><item><author>purple-again</author><text>Except from 2010 - 2015 many teens did feel a crushing sense of economic dread as they dealt with the realities of student loans, an out of reach housing market, devalued college degrees, the gig economy, promises of no retirement, etc.&lt;p&gt;The article just skims over it with a quick this is why economics couldn’t have been the reason.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, there’s a likely culprit</title><url>https://theconversation.com/with-teen-mental-health-deteriorating-over-five-years-theres-a-likely-culprit-86996</url></story>