So how did your parents interfere with your video games, Zig Forums?
>be in highschool
>father works for intelligence agency in undisclosed country, ex military too
>think your alphabet soup agency with a shady mission statement and you've got it
>It's a friday
>really don't feel like going to school that day
>live on a beach city and it's pleasantly warm, so pack Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, some water and some sandwiches and decide to read a bit by the beach, have a picnic of sorts
>school goes from 0700 to 1300, fridays and wednesdays have extracurricular shit that goes all the way to 1600
>completely forgot about the extracurriculars, go home
>get there at 1320something
>go inside
>father's home
>dead silence
>"how was school?"
>"it was fine"
>he just looks at me and nods as I go back to my room
>start playing some San Andreas on the PS2
>20 minutes later, father opens the door and sits by my bed
>"So I called your school and they said you didn't show up."
>"well I uh"
>"If you're going to lie, at least do it properly."
>gets up and walks out the door
>"Oh, and enjoy your video game because this is the last time you'll ever play it in my house."
>He's saying this in the calmest, softest voice I've ever heard him speak in
>oh no
>continue playing gta, dreading the next day
>sure as shooting, the following day the PS2 and my game collection aren't in my shelves anymore
>Dad calls me outside
>see all my games and ps2 on the grass
>he hands me a hammer and says if I don't do it, he will
>break all my games and console while he watches like a fucking hawk
>"Today, it's your father breaking your games. Tomorrow, it could be your life, by someone else's hand. This wouldn't have happened if you told the truth. Or were better at lying. Keep that in mind."
>Literally didn't play video games for the next 5 years because "I said you wouldn't play video games in my house and I mean it", no matter how much my mother pleaded him, he was adamant about it
Was he right?
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Well, you did lie to your father OP. And from the greentext it doesn't look like you were sorry. So yeah, it was a good lesson for you.
sounds like the biggest moron ever, its just one fucking school day jesus
didnt read lol
wtf based
The dad is based and, most importantly, doesn't go back on what he said
>no vidya ever
>doesn't allow his shithead son to play games 2 weeks later
Anyway it's about the principle of the thing
'Course not.
get fucked, when I'm a dad I'll do something similar
>>"Today, it's your father breaking your games. Tomorrow, it could be your life, by someone else's hand. This wouldn't have happened if you told the truth. Or were better at lying. Keep that in mind."
Is he implying that you could die because you skipped school? Even if so, why does he then say that you should have told the truth or lied better? Seems like a retard overall, (ex-)military guys always have a hard on about "teaching a lesson" by forcing a bad experience
your dad sounds like a nigger.
Lying (improperly) could get you killed
>nigger
>around to raise his children
lmao
based.
bottom line is he failed so still a nigger kek
Jesus
I only had my vidya taken away from 12 to 17 due to bad grades, but I'd sneak them because they were hidden in obvious places most of the time
Then I dropped out of HS, started wageslaving, and got my own apartment at 18. Played all the video games I wanted, also the first time I had unlimited internet access so that's how I also discovered this shithole late 2007
Just don’t be an absolute beta and let games control your life. I always knew when to put the controller down for when I wanted to get shit done in life.
>Skip school to read a book
>Lose video games for it
Your dad sounds like an ass
Your dad sounds like a faggot lol. Are you black?
Who else was in the "alcoholic parents who bought us games so we'd stay in our rooms" gang?
>mom, grandma, aunts, etc all hate games
>"user can't keep playing all these games. He's going to turn into a murderer it says so on TV!"
>most of the men in my family play video games and they turned out just fine
based
but not you, so they were right
Should've struck him with the hammer
For me, it was vidya so we wouldn't get too lonely while parents were at work. Playing through Umineko at the moment, and in the fourth chapter, one of the characters went through that in the 80s and I never realized how bad it could have been for ostracized kids who don't even have vidya for enjoyment.
>parents get pissed at me and “take away my video games”
>take away my phone and my computer’s power cord
>don’t take my laptop
>don’t take my ds
>I had another power cord for my computer
Having dumb parents is the absolute best
Muslim parents tried to get me to stop playing Pokemon because "it's satanic"
I have memories of sneaking my ds under the covers to play diamond
Hey, your dad gave you a good lesson and I bet you didn't skip school and lie to him from then on. Losing video games isn't a particularly bad punishment for getting your whole life on track.
>mom hated seeing me play vidya all the time
>would "accidentally" lend them out to neighborhood kids or ground me for a stupid reason
>would still buy me a game whenever I asked
>probably wasted tons of money taking me out to Blockbuster only to ground me for a week as soon as we got home
Was it autism or a power thing?
not right, that’s just weird dude.
>Was it autism or a power thing?
Yes.
This, a real man with a spine. You don't see them around these days, too much onions in modern men's diet
>break a bunch of games and console that you paid for because your son skipped school once
user, I think your dad might be retarded.
Is lying a skill parents should teach their children?
my parents banned video games except on days they also got off work, which meant I never really got to play games because they always wanted to do family stuff on those days
jokes on them because I wasn't distracted in school and got good grades and a scholarship and make lodes emone and don't return their phone calls because fuck them for raising me right I just want to play video games alone until I die
Your dad was based. I'd really hate if my dad did that but it would definitely shape me into a stronger person. You skipped school and lied to your dad—I bet you thought twice before doing that again. Assuming this isn't a larp can you tell us anything about your dad's work? Working for an intelligence agency sounds really interesting. Did he just apply for a job or was recruited, or was a promotion thing?
Yes, but not intentionally.
>forgot about highly inconsequential responsibility once
>suddenly have to live in fear of household authority taking away your comfort indefinitely
This guy is a straight sociopath, I'm all for making sure your kids don't grow into lazy pieces of shit but that's just borderline abusive
lmao
I probably would have struck myself with the hammer
Yes, learning to lie is a normal part of development.
goodtherapy.org
>Lying is developmentally normal for children of all ages, even when a child lies frequently. Lying allows children to test the boundaries between fantasy and reality, to protect themselves from the consequences of their actions, and to better understand how other people think.
But on the other hand, parents should also teach their kids to keep their lies believable and not to let them snowball out of control.
>Working for an intelligence agency sounds really interesting
It's not, but that's the point.
Live in fear or overcome fear, you wouldn't know anything about it because you were raised by soys.
>works for an intelligence agency
It's even worse than that, he's a glownigger.
>Assuming this isn't a larp can you tell us anything about your dad's work? Working for an intelligence agency sounds really interesting.
I'd really rather not. The bits he told me aren't really that interesting but I doubt he tells me the interesting bits
Also to whom it may concern, we have a decent relationship nowadays. I even asked him about the video games thing and he said if I had told him the truth he would probably just have grounded me for a day or two, the thing that set him off was telling such a weak lie and thinking it'd be enough.
I did skip school after that though but I never forgot what time I was supposed to be back home again though lol
Based user, learning one way or the other.
Holy shit this. My parents were cool with it but SOOOO many of my friends would have their parents buy them a bunch of games and the newest consoles but would NEVER let them fucking play them. What sort of level of parenting autism is that?
99% of people are idiots who don't think shit all the way through.
Bitch I are so many slaps across the face in my childhood for trying to pull shit you have no idea what you're talking about, I just wasn't raised by people who educate through psychological manipulation
you grew up into a frogposter so your parents failed anyhow
the frog is to get people posting in my thread
thanks for the contribution