South Brookline teenagers and the law
By adamg - Wed, 02/27/2008 - 11:53am.
You know that teenager charged with drunkenly smashing into a woman in daddy's SUV in the Back Bay the other night?
Interesting discussion over at the Tab (down at the bottom, takes awhile for the comments to come up) about him, the woman he allegedly sent to Mass. General in a coma and teen culture in "Sobro" (so no, the kid was not from what passes for mean streets in Brookline).
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SoBro?
Is there some hidden block of hip artists' lofts and jazz clubs down there?
Sobro
Not to be confused with Nobro, you know, that area down by the docks north of Rte. 9.
Me? I prefer to call it Putterham. Sounds much more propa.
SoBro?
I thought it was out in Central Mass near NorBro, WeBro and MarBro.
No such thing as HoBro
You never put Hoes before Bros.
Hardly
"SoBro" is more commonly known as 'that suburban part of Brookline that doesn't have public transportation, good restaurants, sidewalks, theaters, etc.' Which is probably why this kid was driving around drunk in the middle of the night in Daddy's car... instead of just walking down the sidwalk drunk like a normal kid.
Aw, come on
They do have Cheryl-Ann's and Mandarin Gourmet :-).
Ugh
After reading the comments from the teens I weep for the future.
Also, take a freaking English class and learn how to spell kids.
I thought SoBro was the
I thought SoBro was the poorer section, because it is closer to Roslindale and West Roxbury. Then again, you never hear people complaining about lack of public transit there; just about being too close to Dedham.
I've always heard
Jamaica Plain jokingly referred to as South Brookline, especially Pondside.
Hrm, that's kinda like
Hrm, that's kinda like referring to Everett as the Gateway to Saugus.
my fave comment so far "HE
my fave comment so far "HE IS NO WORSE THAN ANY OTHER DRUNK DRIVER"... because drunk drivers are somehow good?
a condo in Sobro?
holy crap... it's (semi) official:
http://www.chobeehoy.com/brookline/
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sobro
Can something be really sad and hysterical at the same time?
On the one hand, somebody please slap Chobee Hoy now. SoBro? Capitalizing the B? Oh, lordy!
On the other hand, I love the definition in which a kid from our Sobro meets a kid from the South Bronx.
ooops... SoBro
I forgot to capitalize the "B"
Repulsive behavior by these kids from "Sobro"
It's a shame "Sobro" isn't some kind of shorthand for "sobriety". Browsing Mr. McGrath's friends on Facebook is really revealing as to what these "great kids" are up to when nobody is looking but other friends and their cameras.
Alcohol at every party. One underage girl is pictured proudly drinking down a can of Natural Ice behind the wheel of her car. Her friend is pictured in the backseat visibly inebriated; another friend commented on the picture about how messed up she appeared as if it were humorous or honorific. One underage boy captioned a number of his pictures of beer pong and the like as "another night of plastic cup politics". It was actually harder to find a set of photos without someone drinking in it than the opposite and none of these people were over the age of 21 in any case.
This description of this "good kid" with a "good GPA" and being characterized as "just made a mistake" is a front. His parents probably don't attempt to control or improve their son's behavior (it took me all of 15-20 minutes to find out what he and his friends do at parties, so any interested parent could have done the same if they had no idea what he was up to). A lot of "good students" are also screw-ups. I'm not sure that a single one of them is going to see the cautionary tale this kid's screw-up created.
How'd you get access to his
How'd you get access to his Facebook page (w/o being his friend)?
You don't need to be his friend
You don't need to be his friend to see who his friends are. Then you just browse his friends list until you find one that has an open profile. Open profiles mean you can see everything, including what pictures on *other's* accounts have the person you're looking at in.
If Dave is friends with Tom and Tom has an open account, then I can see pictures on all of Facebook where someone said Tom is in the picture. If Dave is also in the picture, then I'll now see that picture of Dave. If Dave, Tom, and 40 other people are always in the same picture sets and all of these picture sets include beer cans, bottles, ubiquitous red plastic cups, beer pong, and in a few cases extreme examples of stupidity...AND Dave, Tom, and all 40 other people are not over the age of 21, well, I guess we can figure out just what kind of persona these people have when they're not in front of their parents, teachers, or a judge.
Kids, let this be a lesson to you
Now even fuddy-duddies like me can look at photos of you on Facebook. If only I had more time instead of these darn meetings to go to ...