sucks having technologically adept parents.


why are you still living at your parents?

>>53904456
You mean inept.

>>53904456

I don't, I sometimes go there for week vacation when uni gets to much.

My father sometimes drops video game news on me before I even get it.

So I'm definitely not in your league.

In 10 years children will laugh how technologically impaired you are.

After getting a virus on my computer:

It's all those vidja games you have on it clogging it up!

>Bring up newly released Mario game to mother and ask her to buy it.
"Don't you already have Mario?!"

inb4 /v/ agrees with her since all Mario games are rehashes.

Dont use the remote control so much. You'll break it.

"WHY DID YOU LEAVE THE COMPUTER ON OVER NIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO KILL IT!"

"What's that? Your computer crashed? Sounds like a virus. Let me ding around with it for hours on end because I totally know what I'm talking about."

Turns out it was a bad driver.

>parents
UNDERAGEB&.

>you're not hooking your xbox to the new LCD, I heard about people breaking them with the controller

Stop clicking so often.

I once had a babysitter who smacked my hand because I touched the keyboard.
She said I'd break the computer if I did that.
Funny how I knew more about computers than she did, even at that time.

>>53904554
>Implying in 10 years people won't have to pay Kotick MS Points in order to have a child.

A couple of years ago, after my 360 RROD, my mom asked if I could play my games on her DVD player.

>Playing your xbox on your computer monitor is too much for your computer's graphics card.

my cousin thought she downloaded bluetooth onto her ipod touch.

>>53904788
Having parents makes you underage?

Also my dad thinks that internet cookies give you viruses.

What's worse than the technological impaired parent, is the inept over cautious parent.

"I heard gaming damages TVs"

"Linux is free? Sounds like a scam to me..."

"Internet banking lol I don't want hackers".

>play online
>Parent asks you to pause it

My mom thinks minimizing a window is the same as closing it.

My dad thinks that anything downloaded from the internet (even just a saved picture) is virus ridden.

"DO YOU EVER STOP PLAYING THAT GAME"

When playing videogames
When browsing the internet
When watching tv
When doing uni work
When listening to an MP3 player

>why do you play the vidya all day long?
they then proceed to watch tv for another 8hours
>my face

My friend friend about 8 years ago used to think that a virus from your pc could infect all the appliances in your house through the electrical cables.

>>53905110
Does she own a Mac?

My computer wasn't connecting properly to the network at home once, something about not being able to set an IP.

So I get my brother to have a shot at fixing it, as I wasn't very tech-savy at the time.

My father somehow managed to work his way into the room, and wondered why my internet wasn't working. I told him not to worry and my brother would fix it.

He gets frustrated and tells me he will have a look at it.
He says "Where is internet explorer?"
"Nah, I actually lost the shortcut.. just open firefox"

"WELL NO WONDER YOUR INTERNET ISNT WORKING YOUVE CHANGED THE WHOLE FUCKIGN COMPUTER YOU ARENT EVEN USING THE SAME INTERNET AS US NOW YOU IDIOT YOUVE CHANGED ALL THE SETTINGS WHY WOULD YOU CHANGE YOUR INTERNET LIKE THAT FFFF"

Me: "Sigh..."

>>53905095
THIS. FUCKING THIS.

It's just an advert that came up by itself

>>53904362

"he bought a plasma"

>>53904362
>>53905009
Your parents are correct. Stop playing consoles.

>>53905095
Every fucking time. It's like they cannot comprehend that thee are other people on the internet.

"Hey click the X on that box that popped up and close it."
"That's, er, a fake popup. It's an ad on th-"
"MOVE OVER~!" *CLICK* *CLICK* *CLICK* *CLICK* *CLICK*

ARE YA WINNIN' SON?

>>53905309
You do know that plasma televisions are probably the best for gaming. 600hz refresh.. Fucking idiot.

>>53905095

This.

I just got back from college and every time I decide to play a game online she's like "pause it I need you to do something". I attempt to explain it cannot be paused and she says "you say that about every game I don't believe you"

Can't wait to get out on my own again. Just a few months more until november

my friend's mother though connecting a PS2 eyetoy to your PC would give it a million viruses.
and also thought downloading flash player would break her screen.
I have distanced myself from her.

>>53905330

I told my aunt that once. She was all smug like "you know it's not real people" then I told her all about online play and it blew her fucking mind

"WHAT IS THIS FIREFOX YOU DOWNLOADED? SOME KIND OF VIRUS?"
>I tell them it's a fast browser
"WHAT THE FUCK FIREFOX IS FUCKING SLOW WHY'D YOU BREAK THE INTERNET CHANGE IT BACK"

"The house is coming down with consoles! You don't need another one!"

i only like had a playstation, snes, gameboy, ps2, n64, xbox, and all i wanted was a fucking gamecube

GOD SAKE DADDDDDDDDDDDD

>waahmbulance.psd

>>53905376

A THOUSAND TIMES THIS FUCK.

>you're still into these video games? we thought you would have grown out of this by now
>we're off to watch the football game

>>53905382

you do know they become useless faster than an xbox 360

>>53905330

>implying games no less than 6 years ago were all online all the time

I once had a 45-minute argument with this 40-year-old dude about how to get music from a flash drive on to his computer.

>my face when my religious aunt convinced my mom the internet was invented by satan

It could be worse. Don't let them know you know more about computers then they do, Or you'll need to visit them every time a video doesn't play, Windows Blue Screens or the keyboard comes unplugged.

>I deleted steam and blocked it on norton because its probably full of viruses
>I also deleted your online games to speed up the internet

Why do parents always fucking think they know more about technology than you do.

"Hur durr I'm an adult your a child"
"I'm 21 mom"
"HERRP DERP"

>>53905665
>665
Goddommot.

"You can't play games for the whole of your life"

Fuck off Mum.

>my dad sees me playing darksiders
>playing for an hour and he is watching
>get stuck
>decide to check a walkthrough on my pc
>dad:why are you playing the game on the pc now?

>>53905440
I bet the expression on her face was hilarious.

/r/ing fat kid explaining anime to his dad.

>>53905611
Hrm, that is why you just take out the extended on it for four years. Not getting the extended on any flat panel TV is just fucking retarded anyhow, most televisions, be they CRT, LCD, etc, don't have much more than a four year shelf life.

>acquaintances can't get printer to work
>call me over to fix it
>turns out it's not plugged in
>get 20 euro for my trouble anyway, fuck year.

>>53905602
>>53905209
fuck em

>>53905665

>>53905719
>turns out they just deleted the icons
>resume gaming

>They still ask you to plug in the A/V cables.

>me playing Game Boy
"Playing your nintendo?
>me playing Sega Genesis
"Playing your nintendo?"
>me playing Xbox
"Playing your nintendo?"
>me playing 360
"Playing your nintendo?"

etc.

I don't have a problem with it because I'm a programmer, they know they don't know shit compared to me. That's just as bad in the end because they refuse to do anything for themselves.

>thunderstorms a comin' better shut down all your games and computers

Thing is I still kind of believe it now. It's almost superstitious at this point.

>>53905857
Fucking.
This.

>>53905809
>wish that was true
>cry

"Stop scrolling so fast!"

>>53905484
One console is too many. Burn your impure house and start over fresh with a PC.

LCD FTW

>>53905637
underagedb&

>>53905877
it could be bad if you don't have a surge protector/it isnt working correctly

>>53905917

FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

>>53905382
Lol, it technically can't have a Hz refresh rate.
Oh and why would it matter as none of your games will go over 60 fps on a console?

>>53905857
My grandmother is the same way with cellphones. Every fucking device, even a DS..

Is that a blackberry?


Fuck I hate Sundays..

>>53905877

how is it a superstition? It's common sense

computers don't handle power surges or sudden power loss very well.

>>53905125
>>53905125
>>53905125
>>53905125

OH GOD SO FUCKING THIS

>son, playing games until 3am again huh?

>was actually watching movies, and HE COULD SEE ME LYING ON MY BED, NOT TOUCHING THE MOUSE OR KEYBOARD, WATCHING IT

god damn...

mom knew that she knew nothing about technology, and dad's been doing hardcore programming since the days of punch cards

they don't say stupid shit

My mom used to refuse to switch from Norton. So I uninstalled it, installed another AV, changed the desktop icon to Nortons and she still doesn't know.

>>53905780

> Implying my 32" CRT SDTV hasn't lasted 11 years/

>Can't let you do that Star Fox.

MY NAME ISN'T STAR FOX MOM!

if you were as good at school as you are at videogames you could be [insert successful job here]

>>53906008
PCs have measures to prevent such things you know.

*Im playing Pokemon on an Emulator*
Dad: Destroyin' the universe? Hahahah.
:l

friend's mom:

>"Nope, printer doesn't work."
>"What? It does it's printing out something right no-"
>"THE PRINTER DOESN'T WORK I'VE TRIED IT!"
>"We just need to use it for a sec-"
>"LISTEN KID, IT'S MY PRINTER, AND I KNOW IT'S BROKEN! I'VE BEEN PROGRAMMING COMPUTERS SINCE BEFORE YOU WERE BORN!"

>>53906086
Talking HD, you know, something that is actually good for gaming. I do enjoy a nice picture.. Then again.. you probably own a 360, so it doesn't matter.

>>53905955

unless it's a decent UPS I'd still err on the side of caution

trusting a surge protector to be 100% effective is like those people who click on email attachments and wonder why their antivirus doesn't catch everything

>>53905917
Oh god this, its like they think I don't know what I'm looking for. Also "you must accept blah blah to continue" wait, I want to read this. >:l

>> Parents call me up to fix their TV
>> They are trying to get HD
>> No HDMI output on cable box
>> AV cable tiem
>> they never know
>> Get paid 50 bucks

>>53904977
it makes you under the age of 70 :p

>underage faggots who have to listen to their parents

>>53905719

>sharing a computer with your parents

ohshitniggerwhatareyoudoing.jpg

>>53905440
My mom is fully aware that there are real people on the internet, as she will only mouth words whenever she sees a pair of headphones on my head until I confirm that nobody can hear her or it's just my cousin.

We also had a good laugh when his mom called her up, very distraught that her son was "talking to the computer" and very worried for his mental health.

>>53906239
you're a fucking genius

>grandmother sees me reading a magazine about videogames
>i see you are pationated with book.am sure you will become a great doctor
>my face

>>53906099
>i have a 3.8 mom

>>53904554
>implying i won't be the cool dad that knows everything about new technology

>>53904362
>"What's this game about?"
>"Sounds violent, your vidya games are all the same"

>>53906273
>implying all of the above events took place today

>>53906239
So what cables did you hook up?
AV Cables could be anything.

>>53905877

If you don't have voltage peak save electrical sockets then a thunderstorm can kill your electronics even if it is very very unlikely

>>53906099

Fucking. This.

>>53906122
jesus, I lol'd

>>53906124
>printing out something for a cousin
>first page comes out blank at first since it's only like a paragraph long
>IT'S NOT WORKING
>mashes every button on the printer
>printer goes apeshit and refuses to do anything for the rest of the night

I STILL don't know what the fuck she did.

>Year is 2005
>Own computer is broken, don't have the resources to fix it, must use mom's computer
>Decide to download Firefox
>Mom sees it
>"wut is firefox lol"
>Tell her it's a browser that's safer
>She decides to stick with IE
>Finally able to fix computer, do so
>Mom's computer starts fucking up months later
>She blames Firefox even though it hasn't been run for years
>Deletes it
>Same thing happens when I decide to visit my grandma on vacation for a few days

"Well I guess it's great that your education allows you to be good at a mario game"

>>53904977
It does on /v/.

My dads a game developer.
My moms an IT teacher.

:I

>> At parents house for christmas
>> Playing UT2k4 lan party with bro's and sis
>> Mom in other room doing internet shopping
>> shes turning on the computer
>> HAY U GUISE ON THE INTERNET...THIS COMPUTER IS TAKIN LOTSA TIEM TO BOOT UP

>mom says she bought a netbook
>turns out it was a chinese piece of shit with Windows CE

Install one small program on their computer, suddenly that program is responsible for everything that goes wrong in their lives

>>53906574

> Implying IT teachers know anything about computers.

>Step mother's icons get moved around on desktop.
>She uses system restore to make them go back the way they were.

And then this happened too.

>Stepmother's PC breaks
>They pay $150 to have some guy tell them it's the PSU that is fried
>Tell her I can fix it for free
>She says she'd rather have a professional do it
>She buys a laptop instead
>Laptop runs slower than my Netbook

>>53906574


lucky faggot.

>>53906122

HAHAHAHAHA Pokémon faggot. Serves u right.

>>53906695
Also
>woman

>>53906695
haha so true

dad:dammit,son.stop playing those violent videogames.they earn you nothing.try to become more like your friends
>does not know that all my friends are raging wow nerds

>>53906667

Show nan strictly come dancing on iplayer playing on my iPhone

WITCHCRAFT

I still remember my parents coming over and telling me that "I wasn't fooling them pretending I was playing video games on my computer. Everybody knows games can only be played on the consoles. Naughty boy..."

Play an FPS
>that games so violent, ugh its disgusting
Play mario galaxy
>why won't you grow up?

>>53906111
Tell that to my first computer. Just a bright flash and a bang and the motherboard was completely fried.

I stopped getting the "WHY DO YOU PLAY GAMES ALL DAY LONG, DO SOMETHING ELSE" when I patiently told my mum exactly what I was doing on the internet. Had to do this a few times, actually, but it worked.
I even got my parents to use Firefox.

>>53906297
>My mom is fully aware that there are real people on the internet, as she will only mouth words whenever she sees a pair of headphones on my head until I confirm that nobody can hear her or it's just my cousin.

I used gTalk once on my laptop at my mom's. Now any time I'm on a computer she does the same thing, mouthing "Can they hear me?"

NINTENTO

>>53906852
Then you should have got a better PSU, not to mention have used a surge protector power strip.

>>53904362
>Turn on iphone because mom needs to see something on it
>Safari comes up with copius amounts of my porn displayed
>I tell her it's a popup
>She believes me

>>53904362
damnit, happens to me all the time. and they have no problem using the blu ray or singing karaoke on it for five hours straight

"You're buying another game already?! You just got one a month ago. Why can't you be happy with the games you already have?! You should be studying so you can get good job, and then you'll be buying COMPANIES!"

I can already picture what things will be like then:

>20 Years Later
"Sir, your mother is on Line 1."
"Thanks. Hello, Mom?"
"I JUST READ TODAY'S PAPER! WHY ARE YOU BUYING ANOTHER COMPANY ALREADY? YOU JUST BOUGHT ONE LAST MONTH! WHY CAN'T YOU BE HAPPY WITH THE COMPANIES YOU HAVE ALREADY?!"

> my mother takes her PS3 on vacations and eyechats with the family.

>>53905877
One of our computers broke down from a thunderstorm.
It was probably only the PSU that broke but the PC was old so we trashed it.

>>53905917

FUCKING THIS OMG
I hate when my dad says this shit. "but dad it's down the whole screen" "WELL I CANT SEE ANYTHING CAUSE YOURE SCROLLING TOO FAST HURPDRURP"

>>53906927

HAHAHAHAHA ,oh fuck, THIS.

Works like a charm.

>>53906909
Just saying, thunderstorms can be quite dangerous to your electronics.

>>53906927

She doesn't believe you to this day

>>53904362
>Be 5 years old
>Try to play Super Mario World
>DERP no you don't the geameboy breaks the TV's buttons
>Even as a 5 year old, realize this makes no sense
>Too young to argue

>>53907018
and it will go on and on:

"you should save your money, then you'll be buying third-world countries"

"oh my god, don't you have enough 3rd-world countries already?"

that's moms for you

>Parent calls me over
>Ask them what the problem is
>Tells me to look at the screen
>It's a fucking installation wizard

WHAT PART OF HIT "NEXT" OVER AND OVER DON'T YOU GET

>Mom buys Wii Fit
>Played for two weeks, never touched again

What do you people who dont live with there parents do for a living? I have a job and go to college but I am stuck living with my parents because its fucking expensive to rent a apartment.

>PLAYING DAT GAEM TOO MUCH WILL GIVE YOU CARPAL TUNNEL

10 years later no hand injuries

>PLAYING GAMES TO MUCH WILL GIVE YOU CARPAL TUNNEL

>>53906672
FUCKING THIS

mIRC back in the day
>mIRC IS RUNNING AGAIN?
>IT USES UP ALL OF MY COMPUTER'S RESOURCES
>YOU DON'T REALIZE THE KIND OF SHIT MY COMPUTER HAS TO GO THROUGH TO RUN IT

>>53907236
>implying we can't talk about shit that happened years ago

" Internet Explorer is better than Fire Fox since more people use it and it comes with the computer.Also it's safer and faster.Mozilla has more virus's"- My entire family.

>it's summer and i have to go with my parent's to my grandparents for a week or two
>take my ps2,two controllers and tekken 5
>play tekken with my cousin
>grandpa:you are playing yer violent games again,kids?why don't you go outside or something
>avoid to explain anything about games
>3 days later am playing tekken alone
>grandpa sees me,crabs my controller and asks me:how did you do that?
>explain him how to play
>he beats me on 2p several times
>he won't let me take my ps2 back
>oh god what have i done

"That game you installed on the computer gave it a virus!!!".

Mother: "Oh god I broke the browser, help me!!!"
>Facebook is no longer homepage due to update
*She cries*

>>53906927

well played sir

>>53907176
Oh GOD. I refuse to help anyone over the phone any more. A few months of phone jockeying tech support was enough for that. "Now on the screen below the world "Advanced," tell me what it says."

"Well, at the very top of the screen....."
>proceed to read the entire goddamn screen to me. EVERY. FUCKING. SCREEEEENNNNNNNDFOHFOHWGFEOHSWFGOHS

>I need to install this norton for me

Put the disk in and hit next

>ummm

Put the disk in your computer

>uhhhh

I live a half-hour away jesus christ. I ended up going over there, installing it and typing a few numbers

>>53907113
>>53904362

I hate this shit. I mean whatever brand it is wouldn't put the fucking inputs on it if they knew it would break it

>>53907125
And after third world countries comes.....STATUES.

>>53904891
Did she punish you by putting you in diapers?

>You should not play so much on your PC because it emits large amounts of radiation

>>53907236
I produce a local newscast. But that's neither here nor here.

>>53907326
fucking awesome

>>53906716
>They pay $150 to have some guy tell them it's the PSU that is fried
>Tell her I can fix it for free
>She says she'd rather have a professional do it

God don't you just hate that shit and the sad part is that you can probably do a better job then the so-called "Professional".

Not at my actual PC right now so no trip. ;_;

>>53904362
God dammit, if I had a nickel every time I have to make a new playlist for my mom's piece of shit iPod mini.

>"Mom, you just press the plus button on the bottom to make a playlist, then drag and drop!!"
>"do it for me, it looks too complicated"

Commence scrolling through the entire library as she picks the songs she wants.

>>53905209
They have their own home, family, and careers and have established themselves. You are a kid who sits around and wastes precious time playing video games when you could be using this time to ready yourself for college and your own future.

>Sound goes out on TV
>Parents freak, get a new one
>Dad puts TV out with trash
>Bring it inside to see if I can fix it
>Check up maintenance routines online
>Turns out all you had to do was unplug it and plug it back in for the sound to come back
>Free 19" flatscreen

>>53907366

>proceed to read the entire goddamn screen to me

Just hit next

>wait a second, "THE INSTALL...LATION IS COM..PLETE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESTART THE COMP-

just hit no

>WAIT..."WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESTART THE COMPUTER, YES OR NO"

hit no

*hits no*

>THE INSTALLATION IS NOW COM-

just hit ok

>WAIT "THE INSTALLATION IS NOT COMPLETE"...hit ok?

>son im having an issue with my ema-

NO DAD. THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR USING VERIZON'S EMAIL AND OUTLOOK. BOTH ARE BULLSHIT. JUST USE GMAIL GOD DAMN.

>>53907265
>>53907265

laughed and spit my cherry coke out and it got all over the place, thanks

>Buy new LCD TV, don't bother with warranty
>shit is so cash
>breaks after 3 years
>take it back, quote the Consumer Guarantees Act, TV expected to last over 5 years
>TV replaced at no cost.
>Fuck I love New Zealand

>Parents say that the Console is a FAMILY gift.
>You're the only one that will ever use it.

>>53907554
fuck year cherry coke

Jesus, you lot are some short-tempered motherfuckers.
Educate, don't patronise.

>sit down to play vidya
>parents come home late for whatever reason
>"Been playin those games all night huh?"
>"No, I just started-"
>"I DON'T CARE GO TO BED YOU AND YOUR DAMNED VIDEOGAMES PLAYING THEM INSTEAD OF DOING THIS THAT ETC ETC BLAH BLAH"

>>53907366

This

I work in IT and had to help a lady for over an hour to link her outlook to her new email because she had to read every single thing.

Otherwise, my parents aren't too bad. My dad trusts that I know what I'm doing, so he just listens to me. But my mom still doesn't trust anything that I do. Even though, as I said, I work in IT. She tries to tell me all these things she figured out or read about that I tried to teach her months ago, ugh.

>>53905801
>1536x1225

>>53907454

>implying you need to spend every waking second studying to sit in a cubicle for 8 hours like the rest of the world

I can't be the only faggot who doesn't need to study to get good grades around here. Didn't have to in high school and don't have to in college.

>53907265
>Soulja Boy !TELLEMwtLs
I don't like you already, go back to whatever board you came from.

>>53906716
Hoho, atleast she knows how to use System Restore.

Anyway:
My mom put a USB cord into an ethernet outlet

>buy computer with your own money
>parents say that everyone can use it because they're family and families have to share

if my brother wants to use the damn computer he shouldve shelled out some cash when i bought it.

>>53905378
THIS
THIS
THIS

>> Why are you always on the Computer?
>> Why do you always play video games?
>> Come spend time with the family
>> go spend time with the family
>> All they do is watch TV and not talk to each other
>> They still bitch'd at me for not Spending time with them.

>>53907519
FUUUUUUUUUU

>>53907706
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE

>leave mother to talk with her friends on messenger
>a message appears saying:you computes has finished the updates etc
>mother:i think you got a new mail

Long ago in a time most of you weren't either born or cognizant:

>going to the video rental store to return movies/games

"Don't forget to rewind your 'Intendo tapes!"

Not parents related but I remember when I was in high school I overheard some younger kids talking about a "hacker program called Kazaa" and how you can "hack" music with it.

>>53907499

Even if the sound was still broken.. who the hell uses the speakers that are built into the TV???

>>53907783

>You, a kid, bitching about established people who take care of you and what they do with their own free time while you haven't even started your own life.

>>53907888

I do because I'm not a picky brat who needs a 40" monitor and a razor mouse

>>53907811
It's funny because it fits.

>>53907888

Jippos.

>Girlfriend get's new laptop for Christmas
>Loads a video on Facebook
>Video starts to make really weird noises
>Video was just shitty quality
>She panics and shuts down her computer
>Starts freaking that she's broken her computer
>Tell her it was just the video
>She doesn't calm down for an entire hour...
>Pic is my face...

>>53907706

THAT'S THE THING THEY WON'T LEARN. THEY NEVER LEARN. EVEN AFTER I TELL THEM 100 TIMES.

AJADRIOFHER$QVUIWGECFIOA ETMVSIERHT

>>53907778
Because Itagaki

Families sure are a load of fun.

"Turn off that playstation!"

>playing anything but a playstation

>>53907888
I have my shit hooked up to my 9 speaker surround sound in my living room.

>>53904675
>Ask mother to buy it.
Holy shit, easiest underage b& I've ever seen.

Also, doesn't really relate, but

>Playing PC
>Family checking out new apartment
>Parents go out, but I'm sick
>Look at TV, 9 yo brother playing NSMB Wii
>Says the game

>Playing KOTOR for the first time after I got it on Steam

>Dad sees me playing it and says "HEY GUESS WHAT YOUR CHARACTER IS REALLY REVAN

>DAAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDD

>>53907783
>cubicle
My mom won't accept anything less than doctor, sorry.
Also, she had to study every waking second when she was my age, so that means everyone must have to.

>>53907865
I remember my mom asking my dad how to rewind a laser disc. :|

>>53907961

Dude I use a 19" 4;3 monitor and even I wont stoop to using in built speakers, they have little to no bass response.

>>53907954

I'm not bitching about anything. I'm just wondering how doing this you enjoy is somehow wasting "precious" time.

>>53908076
>HERP DERP 10 YEARS AGO NEVER EXISTED.

I should archive this thread.

Mainly so I can answer "educated" people's question of "why the fuck would you wanna go to a technical college for IT? You'll never be able to do anything with it. You can't make any money after going to tech school. You need some university!"

>use my email for something
>mom: ARE THEY GOING TO CHARGE MY CREDIT CARD?

When I was 12 or so, me and my cousins were really into Diablo 2. We would constantly go onto Open Battle.net and trick people into giving us their black/white armor or other hacked items. Obviously, they'd get pissed, and we'd get the usual I HACK UR PC FEGIT response. We thought nothing of it, since we had more than enough sense to take them seriously.

One day, I went over to their house, and my aunt started saying I owed them a new computer. Apparently, she had tried using their computer, and when she found that it was acting slow, she questioned my cousin about. He told her that people from Diablo 2 were hacking it because I scammed them out of items.

>>53908196

things*

Also who are you to decide what an "established" life is?

>>53908132

Trolldad is successful

>>53907783
I would get middle As to high Bs on everything and I never studied. I would do better then the people who would bitch about the 3 hours of studying they did last night.

>>53905219
Why on earth would that make a difference? It's not the same thing on OSX either.

I used to watch my father play Starcraft/Age of Empires. My mom always asked if I was playing online when she needed help.
You people have such silly parents.

God, this... Gave me a fucking headache

>>53908139

Fag. Tell your mother you understand why she forces you to study n all that, but to kindly shut the fuck up and leave you to your own shit.
I'm pretty pleased with where i;ve gone in life after I did that.

>>53907706
I try to, I really do, but it's like they actively seek to repel the information. I had to tell my mother how to scan something five times before she even attempted to do it herself and she will still occasionally call me with questions about things I've instructed her how to do several times throughout the years.

>Playing worms in the middle of a thunderstorm fuck yeah
>Lighting HITS THE FUCKING HOUSE
>POWER CABLE FUCKING EXPLODES HOLY SHIT MELTED PLASTIC FLYING FUCKING EVERYWHERE
>"I told you those video games were bad for the computer! You aren't allowed to put any more on!"

'No you can't plug your console into the new TV you might brake it.'

with every tv we used to get. I just waited till they left and plugged my ps2 in, when they came back and realised the tv magically still worked they left it alone. They also refused to listen to music on the playstation 1 as they thouht it would destroy the disc.

i work in game part time (ukfag here) and so many parents come in and say

'hi i need a game for the nintendo'
'which console the DS or the Wii'
'the mario one'
'but was that for the ds or wii'
'the nintendo'
¬.¬

that or

'i need a game for the dsi'
'*insert ds game recommendation here*'
'does that work on the dsi? because i need one for the dsi not the ds'
'the dsi is just a newer model than the ds, it plays all ds gaems'
'oh really?!?!?!?!?! -MIND BLOWN-'

> Mom watched 2 3 hour long blu-ray movies
> I want to game for half an hour
> NO GAMEZ THEY RUIN TV
> Explain how those blu-ray movies are just as likely to damage the TV
> NO INTERNET SAYS GAMES RUIN TV

Why are you buying more games? Don't you have a lot as it is?

>begging parents to buy me a ps2
>they finally buy me one so i can stop bitching
>play everyday and parents complain
>10 years later i buy a ps3 with my very own money
>parents:ZOMG YOU SPENT YOUR MONEY ON THIS PILE OF SHIT.JUST BUY SOMETHING MORE USEFULL
>expain it plays great games,can surf the internet and watch blue ray movies
>they still don't get it

>parents' computer stops booting up properly
>open it up, power supply is buggered
>"Can we use it without one?"
>"No."
>"Oh. Can we just leave that one in there?"
>"Yeah, but it won't boot up if you do."

WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT IT WILL WORK WITHOUT ONE WHEN IT WON'T WORK WITH ONE THAT'S DEAD YES DAD THE COMPUTER WILL RUN ON DREAMS AND UNICORN FARTS IF YOU TAKE THE POWER SUPPLY OUT YOU SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER IT IT IS MORE ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY

Give the computer a rest its tired

>> Little sister get's a shitton of consoles
>> won't let me play them and begged Dad not to let me buy them since she want's to have something thats her own
>> she never plays them and rage quits a lot
>> My face

>>53907818
This is why nobody can bring take-out to my Nan's place.
Everyone is going to want some, and you can't say no.

>"Uh, I think I got a virus on my computer. This thing poped up saying I had 5000 virus so I downloaded it. It seems like my computer got worse..."
>Fix it.
>Explain the dangers of popups and how not to tell the difference between a popup scam and their antivirus in detail so it doesn't happen again.
>They do the same thing the next week

>>53908293
Because on OS X when you close a window the application still runs.

>>53908409

>Visit Grandfather
>Want to finish kingdom hearts
>Play for 15 Minutes
>DON'T PLAY ON THE BIGSCREEN TOO LONG, IT'LL MESS UP THE TV

at least she proved that she played pong

>The laptop lid is closed and in a hybernation mode, basicly its off, parents think it is still using internet
>Science Fiction video games make people go crazy and become murderers while other games based around a more current time period (such as GTA or BC2) are less likely to.
>Parents dont understand I cant ask the 19 other people I am playing online with to stop everything for 5 minutes while I do something that MUST be done right now.
>Dont understand some programs (such as limewire/utorrent) are still active even after closing the window.

>>53908374
Well... I wouldn't let anyone play my music CDs on a Ps1 either.

>Internet slows down
>Mother: fucking viruses

>>53908339
"DON'T TALK TO YOUR MOTHER LIKE THAT. NOW GO STUDY."

My dad taught me to program simple games on the BBC Micro when I was a kid. Dad was awesome.

>>53908440
Stop living with your fucking family then, goddamn. This is also the answer to most all of the gripes in this thread, too.

I can't wait until my, and all of your, parents are dead.

>>53907818
This shit was terrible before I moved out. Bought myself a Wii and several games. I'd come home from work to find my brother had played them despite my telling him he couldn't (it was hooked up in my room), and he would NEVER LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE. Always thought I needed "help" in a game. Not to mention the computer I bought with money I'd saved up (in my first year of high school) suddenly became the family computer, despite, again, being hooked up in MY room.

>>53908660

FUCK OFF, I STUDIED LAST WEEK

>>53904362
When my mom talks about stages and points on a fucking RPG/other games that don't revolve around "getting points or going to the next stage"

Also I find lovely how my parents keep saying "HURRDURR LAY OFF THE VIDYA" when playing the vidya is the thing I end up least doing when using the computer or being at home.

talking to friends=vidya
watching videos=vidya
listening to music=vidya
browsing a forum=vidya

Christ. Also they say I don't read enough. Jesus christ I read more on the internet than I would read anywhere else.

>On Skype with some guys I know.
>The youngest is 15.
>Playing a game.
>All of a sudden, from 15 year old's mike: "WHAT THE FUCK BRANDON. THAT'S A GODDAMN VIRUS." "But Dad it's just Sky-" "I DON'T WANT TO FUCKING HEAR IT. NO XBOX AND NO COMPUTER FOR A WEEK."
>Sounds of child abuse.

I laughed

ITT: Angsty Teens that cant buy their own shit or live on their own.

It's a good thing that my dad is great with computers. Otherwise, my mom would be even more of a dumbass with them than she already is.

Kind of a funny moment.
I was playing CoP and I was really into.
I didnt notice my dad sneak up behind me.
He waited until a bloodsucker attacked me and he grabbed my shoulder quite hard.
I screamed "FUCK ME!!!" really loud and fell off my chair.
He walked out the room laughing his head off, I looked up and saw that I had also been killed by a bloodsucker.
Fucking dad

>>53908756
That's why you set a password on your account.

>>53908819

>Jesus christ I read more on the internet than I would read anywhere else.

the other day I realized I had read basically the equivalent of my high school library on this website jesus christ

>>53908734
>This is also the answer to most all of the gripes in this thread, too.

>Implying these stories aren't from when they were kids.

>>53908844
>ITT: Angsty Teens that cant buy their own shit or live on their own.

They're teens. That's perfectly fine you faggot.

>>53908880
Your dad is fucking awesome.

>>53908756
>Brother got a console
>It looks so fun
>Brother won't let me play
>Tries to play it through several "tricks"
>No success...
>Sad...

>>53908844
Most of these stories are from peoples childhoods.

>>53908734

Most of these stories are from the past. As for the recent stories it seems to show that they already are living away from their parents. Read the thread next time.

My pops @ 65 has been hitting /v/ every once in a blue moon after I told him I frequent the board. He has given me the coolface twice, once after he stole a chicken strip off my plate. He's the coolest dad ever.

>>53908898
I did, but then it became TAKE THE PASSWORD OFF OR NO COMPUTER FOR A WEEK

Really, mom? You mean the computer I bought with my own money? I thought you had your own? And a laptop? Why do you specifically need MY computer?

Someone post that comic that has the kid's parents make him go out and have social interaction but then he realizes vidya is better.

It has a girl complaining that she needs a new iPod because hers is ugly.

>>53908819
The reading thing, Jesus Christ.

YOU DON'T READ ENOUGH BOOKS FAGET.
Luckily that stopped after they saw me on tvtropes.

My parents actually suggested me to get a PS3 when they saw how shitty the wii looked on our TV.

>>53908844
>I can't tell stories about the past

>>53908984

oh god no

>playing vydia
>mom tells me she has to leave and will be back in 3 hours and she tells to do my homework
>home alone
>doing homework for about 2 hours
>get back to vydia
>mom comes home
DIDN'T I TOLD YOU TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK???

>>53908880
Your dad sounds awesome.

my parents think that if they leave their modem on when they arent using the internet viruses will get on their comp while they arent there

>>53908946
He also told me to talk to nimble to get a better gun.
He can be a dick but I love him.

>a windows program screen appears
>only option is to hit "Okay"
>SON COME DOWN HERE WHAT DO I DO

and similar to the OPs
>dad buys an LCD TV, he's excited to see HD, but doesn't have the cable box yet. Try to create a father-son moment and do something together for once.
>"Hey dad, lets hook my PS3 up and go get a blu-ray or something."
>"The guy at ABC warehouse told me those things ruin flatscreens, no way."

>playing Metro 2033 in the archives
>in dark with headphones on
>pursued by several Librarians
>father creeps behind me and grabs my shoulders
myface.jpg

>>53909098

tough break man

I feel sorry for you Americans and your goddamn ignorant excuse for a set of parents. With such fucking stupid examples to guide your life it's no wonder there's so much frustration. I always rejoice when I hear about parents who actually give a damn about their child's interests (like mine). But those seem to be the exception over there in 'murka.

Some of you need to just get up and confront your parents over it. And don't go telling them they should listen to you more (to a parent, that sound fucking ridiculous). Instead, tell them they need to show some more genuine interest in the life of their son.

>playing just cause 2 on ps3
>dad asks me:what movie are you watching?seems great

>Brother tries to conserve energy in house
>Goes to computer room while i'm playing vidya online
>Asks if disconnecting the yellow wire would do anything
>Disconnect from game
>My face

*Playing Cave Story on my laptop before class begins*
Female classmate comes up to me.
>Are you playing Mario?

>brother gets virus that redirects all Google links to a different site
>"I just don't know how I got it!"
>do research on it, find out this virus comes from 2 or 3 specific sites, clean it out from his computer
>"Don't go to any sites on this list."
>he gets the same virus again the next week
>installs "aimbots" he finds on various sites
>wonders why his Steam account keeps getting hijacked
>spends hundreds of dollars on points for temporary weapons in shitty "free" games, and wonders why he can't afford new games

my mom learned how to use the scanner

seriously, i try to teach her to do some more important, easier things on her own, and she still doesn't get it after millions of tries. she watches me use the scanner _once_ and she's got it down pat. what the fuck

>>53909223
>implying everyone here is American
>implying only America has bad parents
Subtle troll is quite subtle

>>53909261

did you tell him "I ain't gotta tell you shit"?

just cause?

>>53909223
>selfish crybaby who demands attention and obviously does not care about his parents wanting some relax time after busting their ass working and supporting a whole family

YOU UNDERAGE FAGGOTS.
I NEVER HAD PARENTS.
I WAS BORN AS A FULLY-GROWN 21 YEAR OLD MAN WHO ALREADY HAD MY OWN CAR, APARTMENT, AND JOB.
I KILLED MY PARENTS RIGHT AFTER I WAS BORN AND WENT HOME TO GO POST ON /v/.

THIS SHOULD BE EVERY /v/IRGIN'S LIFE STORY. IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD CONTACT WITH YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE PREMANENTLY UNDERAGE. GET OFF OUR BOARD.

>>53909223
Britfag with a technologically inept mother here, it's not limited to just America, stop being such an elitist prick.

>>53909290
Well, Quote _does_ wear a red cap...

...then again, people never notice the fucking gun in his hand. I say that because a similar event happened to me, with the same game.

> Go round parents house for weekend
> Still awake at 3am
> "Get to bed!"
> "I'm 20"
> "My electricity"
> I'm on a laptop

>>53909290

Yes I'm playing mario, and it looks like I have a mushroom to share

>>53909404
Goddamn bear GTFO /v/

You know what's funny? You guys make fun of your parents for not understanding you or your hobby, and the resulting ignorant statements they make.

But how much do you really know about your parents? Do you even know what kind of work they do, other than superficially? Can you name one of their colleagues? Does your mom or dad have a special interest they spend a lot of time on? Why is that? In fact, even if your parents watch TV 8 hours a day, there's usually a certain pattern to the things they watch. You can learn about their interests from there. But you didn't bother, did you?

Shame on you, you hypocritical, egocentric, self-righteous children.

My parents divorced when I was about 8ish. My younger brother and I spent every other weekend with him, and he hated how we brought our consoles. Eventually he got over it, and being a poor bachelor, he realized it was cheap fun for us if he just rented a game. He did the best with what he had. I love my father.

Then, when I was 13, we discovered Aerobiz Supersonic for the SNES. His eyes glazed over, and he would kick our ASSES at it, and me and the brother were happy about this; he was showing interest in something WE liked, and not just dragging us to car shows and shit we didn't care about.

I love my dad.

>>53909223
>>53909486
Samefag troll
Much less subtle this time around

>>53905125
>>53905125
>>53905125
>>53905125
>>53905125

THIS GOD FUCKING DAMMIT, spent 5 hours studying and I'm finally finished for the day, boot up my game and before i can even join a match "haven't you played enough video games today", or "don't you ever get tired of playing those games"

and that happens all the goddam time, most of the day im studying or doing homework, and as a Computer Engineering major i spend alot of time behind a computer or my desk

>>53907888
Almost everyone in the world (who have TVs)