We discuss why I hate buying things for my son. Namely his new laptop, which he managed to spill chicken noodle soup on it after only having it for 7 days (today).

We managed to power it off and take the battery out, and it's now laying at a 90 degree angle on the bed to let it continue draining/drying out.


FFS, he punched his first laptop and destroyed the screen...now this?

Apparently though I'm supposed to not be a jerk about it. GAH.

age ?

if its anything less than 16 he's too young for that shit

Birthday: May 22 1979

just realized you're old

next time youre going to have a kid knowing its going to have down syndrome, abort it

awwww shit son

I BLAME KARMA

if it is anything more than 16 he's too old for that shit

too young to understand the value of a dollar

too young to appreciate personal property

damn kids

shoulda bought him a mac

justsayin

macs are waterproof

undeniable

11.

This is what an unfunny poop looks like. Joking or not, if you had been in front of me and said that I would have punched the shit out of you.

http://us.getac.com/products/V100/V100_ove...CFRLxDAod0DEbfA


Just sayin'.

How many Macs taken a bullet for their owner....and kept on working?

was totally gonna tell an "i can relate" story about my exs 8 year old getting a ps2 for christmas

but when i think about it i feel like a huge grinch / terrible parent

because after all, shes 8

I just wish he'd actually use his head once in a while. I just don't get it. I know part of it is Tabitha's (and my) fault, because we tend to spoil him....but still.

I'm hoping we caught it in time.

only childs have the curse of never having to watch the "other one" get something that they did not get. its not about what you do and dont buy them (kinda), its more that they dont have to not get something someone else does get, then have to take care of it because having it is more important that it.

if you can find a way to make an only child appreciate "it" over "having it" then you win

didnt' read loool

make him work for the stuff so he realizes that some things have value

my kid (8) decided he wanted to slam his nintendo ds over his knee like 2 yrs ago, he lost everything in his room for 3 weeks.
Last xmas he got another ds and this xmas he got a DSi. He has had a ps2 and tv in his room since he was 5.

When he starts getting "unresponsible" we just take all his shit away for a few weeks and he learns real quick that he has to take care of it.


You are allowed to be a jerk about it. It is your right as a dad!

my parents still won't let me have a computer or tv in my room

they're okay with me using my laptop in there but i could never move my desktop in

i've never had a tv in my room
maybe i will if i get a summer job :3

true actually

i can put my penis in a mac and it feels like a woman

LOL'd


and just beat your son, i would if i was you and that spoiled little prick fucked his shit up

My parents could never take anything away cuz I bought it myself

I was a toughguyyyyyy

My parents would yell at me for like 3 hours every time I even scratched anything I owned when I was 11. If I dropped a nintendo controller on carpet, they would have been like take care of your shit or you're never getting anything else.

i never had shit until my parents got divorced then they tried to buy my love

cake

I feel that way too, most of the time. I didn't really yell at him too much for this, mainly because I know he was feeling pretty terrible about it.

I tried taking it apart last night...got all of the screws out that I could see, but the bottom casing still wouldn't come off. So it's still sitting upside down at a 90 degree angle on a desk. I'll either try to power it on later on tonight or tomorrow morning.

lol'ed

The time I broke my ps2 back in the day, my mom just looked at me and said 200$ and then she said get the fuck out of my face. But then she got real pissed when I traded my gameboy all of my gameboy games and all my pokemon cards and 10 ps2 games and 50 bucks I had saved up for another ps2. She came in the room and saw me playing the ps2 and literally freaked out. But she realized it wouldn't matter what she would of done, I would of just found another way to get one.

Often my Dad would try and validate beating me with the fact he'd buy me stuff from time to time. Was a n1.

ofc, it is the ultimate machine

Perfect for rich lazy white americans.

Pretty sure that was the point of the poop

shit just got real

Understood, however joking that my son has downs = nn. I don't have much of a sense of humor when it comes to making fun of him (directly or indirectly).

I wish was rich.

And lazy.

And white.

Wait...

another comment tho, if u remember when laptops/desktops were new 5 years ago, they were all about 900 bucks for any decent pc, well macs cost that much now and yea, they are a bit more but if you all had computers 5 years ago u can afford a mac

Why pay extra for something that seems to be more about looks and less about performance? My computer cost ~540 before tax and software upgrades brand new, and does well more than I'll ever need it to.

That reminds me; I need download orbiter SIM again and play with the thrust ratios for the Saturn V's.

It's about as close to a HLV as I'll be able to get to in this country now...thanks Obama.

Learn from you mistakes, get insurance on it.

valencia oranges - they pack a hell of a wallop and don't leave any bruises

i donno man i see ur point, but ive used both and i just like the mac interface enough to pay more. i dont give a shit if the computer looks like a concrete brick if it runs as well as this

Update: Computer is working just fine. Kid lucked out.

i wish i liked macs interface

My computer runs perfectly well, and again, from a pure performance standpoint better than the average Mac, at a fraction of the cost.

I'm not saying Macs aren't nice; I'm saying they have their place....and that place isn't at my house.

pretty much

same