Teenage Wasteland: Twitter account reveals drunk and naked antics of Long Island teens
@LIPartyStories posts uncensored photos of teens surrounded by alcohol, throwing up and fighting. The owner of the account, which boasts 25,000 followers, enjoys the publicity and defends the feed as something to ‘have a good laugh’ at.
BYIrving Dejohn
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, March 21, 2014, 8:45 AM
@LIPartyStories/via Twitter
A twitter page account called @LIPartyStories features photos of Long Island high school students engaging in underage drinking
Long Island is a teenage wasteland — if you believe this shocking Twitter account.
The handle @LIPartyStories exposes unabashed and smashed youths in various stages of undress, chronicling every embarrassing moment of their drunken reveling — to the horror of parents and advocates.
@LIPartyStories/via Twitter
This unconscious girl had a sign posted in front of her advertising free sex acts with her.
“Listen, we simply made this page for something kids can look at and have a good laugh,” the unknown account owner told the Daily News via direct message on Friday. “The pictures we post are pictures we are being sent.”
@LIPartyStories/via Twitter
The photos are submitted via direct message.
The account also makes veiled references to rape and sexual assault on several occasions, including one image of an unconscious girl with a sign advertising free acts with her. The account was inspired by @SUNYPartyStories, which makes the Long Island version look tame in comparison.
@LIPartyStories/via Twitter
Advocacy groups have raised concerns that the damning photos could harm job prospects or college aspirations.
“We aren't promoting anything,” the owner said flatly regarding the questionable material.
@LIPartyStories/via Twitter A twitter page called LIPartyStories features photos of Long Island high school studnets engaging in underage drinking.
The administrator would not reveal if the Twitter feed is being run by single person or a group of people — or if they are adults or fellow high school students.
@LIPartyStories/via Twitter
The page was inspired by @SunyPartyStory.
The account has a cult-like following on Twitter: @LIPartyStories collected 25,000 follers since it launched in late December.
@LIPartyStories/via Twitter
An unconscious teen on a refrigerator.
“Kids do stupid things. We’ve probably all done stupid things, now you’ve got social media to be able to publish to the world how dumb you are forever,” Peter Winick, a Port Washington parent,told CBS New York.
@LIPartyStories/via Twitter
The page has 25,000 follwers.
The violent and sometimes dangerous moments — including blacking out to the point of needing a stomach pump — have advocates up in arms.
@LIPartyStories/via Twitter
The page owner vowed to up the ante now that they are in the spotlight.
“These kids are literally taking their life in their hands, clearly they don’t know that,”Marg Lee with the nonprofit DEDICATEDD told CBS. “Often times when a kid drinks too much his or her friends will leave them and the kid will die from alcohol poisoning.”
The teens add fuel to the firestorm by submitting photos from their wild bashes — all of the racy and startling photos were sent via direct message, the administrator said.
“If kids had a problem with these photos they wouldn't of sent them to us, and if they did they should of contacted us,” the owner said, noting that they honor removal requests.
Instead of buckling underneath the outrage — the account’s unknown administrator have vowed to up the ante.
“The news articles and reports have gained us 8000 new followers in the past 2 days. We are promising that we will not stop,” the person wrote. “Every teenager across long island looks forward to our posts, we are not promoting anything bad, we simply post pictures.”
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