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Low-Key Lyesmith (monkeywrench) wrote in otf_wank,
@ 2005-08-13 10:30:00

Microscopic wank on metaquotes.
Do I think angry music and games like Grand Theft Auto contribute to the downfall of society? You bet I do.

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sorchar
2005-08-13 04:41 am UTC (link)

Mm, I love it when people who don't even have kids try to tell other people how to raise theirs.

If, that is, "love" means "loathe with a fiery passion." I don't even like it when other parents try to do it. Every kid is different, as is every household. Yeah, there are a few things that are absolutes (feed it, wash it, love it, teach it, don't hurt it) but other than that, get out my face, yo.

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somnambulicious
2005-08-13 05:13 am UTC (link)

And if I ever had children, they would not play those video games, and they could listen to that music all I wanted so long as I never, ever saw or heard it.

Ah, even without the "if I ever had children," it would be blindingly obvious that she doesn't. My oldest isn't even four years old, and I already know better than to say things like "they would not play those video games."

And on another note, making sure you don't hear what music your kids are listening to is a SPLENDID idea.

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	chaimonkey 2005-08-13 06:04 am UTC (link)
	What I love is that these violent video games do have age ratings, yet parents buy them for their kids anyway. Sorry, I was going to write more but Starbuck is so very, very hot. Omg boobies. O.O (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sashenka 2005-08-13 06:44 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I know. It's not like a 6-year-old is going into the store with $50 and buying Grand Theft Auto when their parents aren't looking. And if they are, then there are other parental issues that may need more attention than buying innapropriate things for your children... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sorchar 2005-08-13 06:45 am UTC (link)
	Our kid plays GTA. So far the only problem we've had with him has been video games in general, as in, he'd rather play games than do his homework, which is normal. He's a kind and thoughtful kid. It depends on the kid, really. If there was a problem with GTA making him violent or aggressive, however, he wouldn't be allowed to play it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

chaimonkey
2005-08-13 07:02 am UTC (link)

And that, my friend, is called Good Parenting.

The kids I worry about (which I will now extrapolate upon now that Starbuck's boobies are outta the picture) are the ones whose parents "just want to be their friiiiiends," who are too lazy to parent and would rather blame their kids' faults on "society" - aka those who would are just wishing they'd never bred at all.

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sorchar, 2005-08-13 07:12 am UTC

chaimonkey, 2005-08-13 07:47 am UTC

Going off on a tangent... -

monkeywrench, 2005-08-13 09:12 am UTC

Re: Going off on a tangent... -

chaimonkey, 2005-08-13 09:15 am UTC

Re: Going off on a tangent... -

sorchar, 2005-08-14 03:14 am UTC

(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-08-13 11:43 am UTC

aerobot, 2005-08-14 12:58 pm UTC

sadisticferret, 2005-08-16 01:51 am UTC

aerobot, 2005-08-16 06:39 am UTC

	sashenka 2005-08-13 07:31 am UTC (link)
	Ahh! It's a good parent! give you a box of cookies and runs away in surprise (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sorchar, 2005-08-13 07:35 am UTC

azhidahaki
2005-08-13 05:03 pm UTC (link)

>>>he'd rather play games than do his homework<<<

Ha ha! Mine too! A promise of no games or tv or friends over for a week and he's off to do his homework like a good boy though.

I let him play stuff like Resident Evil, GTA, etc. He's not aggressive or violent. At his worst, he's chronically forgetful...which he gets from his father... ;p

Besides, he knows games are just make-believe, since I actually took the time to teach him.

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sorchar, 2005-08-14 03:11 am UTC

funwithrage, 2005-08-14 10:05 pm UTC

	the_wanlorn 2005-08-13 06:59 am UTC (link)
	And he talks pretty! hopes you're watching the new one, not then old one (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

chaimonkey, 2005-08-13 07:46 am UTC

the_wanlorn, 2005-08-13 08:04 am UTC

panthea, 2005-08-18 04:53 pm UTC

the_wanlorn, 2005-08-18 04:57 pm UTC

amxjm
2005-08-13 06:59 am UTC (link)

I don't think video games affect children as much as some think. If they did, Pac-Man would have us running around a dimly lit room, listening to repetitive electronic music and popping pills... crap, I forgot about the ravers. Okay, bad example.

Seriously, though, I grew up playing my fair share of violent video games, both of the cartoonish and "realistic" (as "realistic" as one could consider Mortal Kombat and Grand Theft Auto anyway) varieties. I still play Perfect Dark and GTA2 with some regularity, in fact. And you know something? I deplore the thought of violence in the real world.

...hm, come to think of it, maybe all the overblown violence I saw in games actually turned me off to real violence somehow? Heh.

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jaseroque
2005-08-13 10:49 am UTC (link)

Hah, and I am kind of the opposite to you (aka. has seen lots of violence and is hence turned off it). I'm an old-school anime fan, and when they brought my favorite series over here, they slaughtered it, removing all the violence. Now, before that happened I was quite blase about violence -- liked a well-choreographed fight scene, but I wouldn't go out of my way looking for it so much. These days I just about ricochet out of my chair when something cool and violent happens, and I blame it entirely on the censorship, because I got obsessed with, well, basically violence being where it should be in a story.

(I still don't like excessive violence, but that's a whole 'nother issue, I think.)

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moonjaguar
2005-08-13 08:05 am UTC (link)

That person on metaquotes would get along good with the goobernor of my state. In fact, she and her buddies sound like the women who got the sale of water yoyos banned ~~so I have to smuggle them over the border~~. With the bill he signed making selling violent video games to kids punishable by fine or someshit and going on about what misinfo he had about GTA wtf, I wonder what's next.

(can I take my vote back?)

~~how come those damn kids can find a working copy of GTA and all the ones I find are duds?~~

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	drworm 2005-08-13 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	Wait... water yo-yos? What's bannable about water yo-yos? What are "water yo-yos"? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

feloniousfeline, 2005-08-13 06:43 pm UTC

monkeywrench, 2005-08-13 07:56 pm UTC

scootermcgaffin, 2005-08-14 05:23 am UTC

	papervolcano 2005-08-13 12:56 pm UTC (link)
	listens to Iron Maiden watches civilisation collapse Well, that was novel... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	monkeywrench 2005-08-13 01:49 pm UTC (link)
	Wait, I thought the recipe for the downfall of society was angry music and violent videogames, 'cause I was listening to Scandinavian death metal while playing Solitaire, and civilisation only wobbled a bit. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

papervolcano, 2005-08-13 01:55 pm UTC

nebbieq, 2005-08-13 09:36 pm UTC

	made_by_kali 2005-08-13 10:54 pm UTC (link)
	pops Mortal Kombat: Deception onto the PS2, opens up both her Mortal Kombat websites and a kinky porn site, puts in her Kill Bill DVD, pumps up the Marilyn Manso and waits for the Civiliation! to implode (Reply to this)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2005-08-15 12:04 am UTC (link)
	So it's YOUR fault my Civilisation game on the computer won't work! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

made_by_kali, 2005-08-15 12:55 am UTC

	adora_spintriae 2005-08-14 02:02 am UTC (link)
	Awhhh, who's a widdle wannabe Frederic Wertham? (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2005-08-14 10:04 am UTC (link)
	I was 15 and my bro was 12 when we played GTA for the first time. Also Resident Evil and Doom. Somehow, we never turned into Bonny and Clyde. Gasp. (Reply to this)

	aerobot 2005-08-14 01:02 pm UTC (link)
	Look, is it violent video games or is it gay marriage that's gonna society? Make up your mind, people! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	aerobot 2005-08-14 01:03 pm UTC (link)
	*gonna destroy society. Dammit! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

scootermcgaffin, 2005-08-14 02:36 pm UTC

(Anonymous)
2005-08-14 04:10 pm UTC (link)

http://gr.bolt.com/articles/violence/violence.htm

as a side note, I didn't play videogames until I wast 14, and didn't own a console or computer for gaming until I was 17 going on 18.

I was born with a hearty violent streak, but you know what, my parents actually raised me rather than just have me as a fashion accesory. Consequently, I rarely initiated any fights, and never shot up or bombed a school despite how much it deserved to be turned into a smuldering hole in the ground.

The moral, parent's need to get back into the habbit of teaching responcibility, and self control.

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	dark_puck 2005-08-14 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	Mousie? Are you me? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

(no subject) - (Anonymous), 2005-08-15 08:47 am UTC

phosfate, 2005-08-15 03:39 pm UTC

dark_puck, 2005-08-15 08:23 pm UTC

	mastervex 2005-08-15 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	likes the mousie (Reply to this)(Parent)

(Anonymous)
2005-08-21 03:50 am UTC (link)

Dude, if your kid doesn't know the difference between fantasy (video games) and reality (teh worldz0rz), that kid has bigger problems than 0mfg i bougt hem geeTeeay n its VYLIENT.

Playing video games that showcase violence do NOT make you want to blow people up. They make you want to blow VIDEO GAME people up.

and oh dear god, I won't even get started on the whole Hot Coffee deal

bljabjasdjfsklfjas. Someone please make the stupid go AWAAAAYY

- kei who does not have a journalfen

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