The poll currently stands at an overwhelming 114 to 12 in favor of keeping our useless teenagers, but that said, I think people came up with some ways to couch it that convey the humor implied behind it a little better. Don't worry, it's still there, just made a few changes.
And I added a few more links and clarifications that people suggested. Anything else missing (gah, it's times like these that I wish LJ was more wiki-like)?
Also,
astrogeek and
goose_entity have expressed interest in creating a parallel UK-->US post, if anyone else would like to contribute. I think the way we've been doing this as a group effort thus far has been really helpful, so I'd suggest we do the same for their version.