Twitter, now the equivalent news source of your mom calling to say “Did you hear so-and-so is pregnant?”, informed me today through a grassroots campaign to “Save 10 Things” that the ABC Family teen sitcom 10 Things I Hate About You was possibly on the chopping block. Here’s what that’s a bad idea.

It’s unlikely that the teens of Hughes’ films could exist today. Being stuck in a school library on a Saturday for detention wouldn’t be quite the same punishment – between iPhones and Blackberries they’d never actually have to talk to each other. Ally Sheedy would be updating her Facebook status and posting to twitter about how bored she was while Judd Nelson texted Molly Ringwald something creepy. The nerd would probably be in the back creating a new app.

Those teenagers existed in a snapshot of time – the 80s – but the essence of the characters remains relatable for anyone who’s been through it.

See what the Twitter world is saying, after the jump.

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Multiple sources are now confirming that the director John Hughes has died of an apparent heart attack. Hughes arguably set the gold standard for teenage flicks with such classics as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, as well as writing Home Alone and Pretty in Pink. Some Hughes highlights.