"Frumpy Mom" Says Videogames Made by the Devil
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Oh yes, because religious extremits think about the Universe... I thought all of that was already "explained"?Greg Tito said:
Greg Tito" post="7.165933.4386407 said:
It's funny how she talked about the apple falling out of the tree, causing Sir Issac Newton to develop the theory of gravity, because THAT NEVER HAPPENED. 
Well, that never actually happened. It was an anecdote to describe how it worked or something(rather unnecessary IMO) and it somehow got so deeply embedded in history that people think it's true.TooMiserableToLive said:
Psh. Everyone knows that videogames are made my Voldemort, not Satan.
If only Momma Frump wold learn.
If only Momma Frump wold learn.
Well of course Isaac Newton wouldn't have cared about the apple. He would have probably been working on a physics sim for the DS instead.
I learned to read from Pokemon games.
I learned to read from Pokemon games.
Misses bringdown responed with this.
Well played. But the point is it's just a tad ridiculous to pin videogames in a corner like the "Satan" column does. Assuming I'm talking to the same person that wrote said article.
Firstly, I have played videogames all my life. As a matter of fact, my first game I ever played was DOOM for the PC if your familiar with it. I was 3-years-old. I have been am avid videogame player since then. I'm 14 now. And yet, somehow, I manage to get A+'es on my report card. So I'm not an idiot AND I get to have fun the way I want to. A big blow to you purist conservatives I bet. So now that I've got that out of the way, let's touch on that article of yours, shall we?
"My anti-video game attitude was only reinforced recently, when I read a story in the Boston Herald about a mom who was so frustrated by her son?s obsessive video gaming that she finally called 911.
Apparently, her 14-year-old had become so fixated on "Grand Theft Auto" that he refused to stop playing it. The trouble in her house started after she woke up at 2 a.m. and found her son playing the game on his bedroom computer."
Some children have mental issues. That is quite a weak excuse to give, especially when I have no stats to show or sources of such to back them up even if I did. Though if her mom really had to call the cops, that whole situation was her fault. No matter how much you ill-informed moral panic voice wants to scream "VIDEOGAMES ARE EVIL POKEMONS ARE HELLHOUNDS AND GAMERS RAISE THEIR SWASTIKAS IN PRIDE SIEG HEIL", you have to admit to the fact that no-one is really that spellbinded to videogames and your called upon my the cops. Even if it's a game as incredibly fun as Grand Theft Auto. The mom isn't powerless. Most moms would probably just slap them for not listening the first time. But anyway....
"On one horrible afternoon that scarred me for life, I even saw a kid walking out of the public library playing a Nintendo DS."
I was one of those kids. I wouldn't be caught dead in a library without my GameBoy Advance (that's what was popular at the time), because I didn't read books. To me, books were for nerdy kids without games. This is obviously not the case now, as I have developed a fond appreciation for books, but that's not the point. I STILL turned out ok. I don't get into trouble, I make decent grades and I still get to play games. People always want to come over to my house and play Halo 3 and Rock Band. And I love Pizza Pockets.
But that's the thing. It's all YOUR opinion. And that's fine. Someone. though, needs to let someone know when fallacies are evident sometimes.
But congrats to your son though, asking for a Wii and all. It's babysteps, but he's getting there...
Sincerly, Codey Prince.
P.S. I understand if your offended by the Nazi reference. I obviously don't care too much, but oh well.
And I retorted with this.Marla Fisher said:
Well played. But the point is it's just a tad ridiculous to pin videogames in a corner like the "Satan" column does. Assuming I'm talking to the same person that wrote said article.
Firstly, I have played videogames all my life. As a matter of fact, my first game I ever played was DOOM for the PC if your familiar with it. I was 3-years-old. I have been am avid videogame player since then. I'm 14 now. And yet, somehow, I manage to get A+'es on my report card. So I'm not an idiot AND I get to have fun the way I want to. A big blow to you purist conservatives I bet. So now that I've got that out of the way, let's touch on that article of yours, shall we?
"My anti-video game attitude was only reinforced recently, when I read a story in the Boston Herald about a mom who was so frustrated by her son?s obsessive video gaming that she finally called 911.
Apparently, her 14-year-old had become so fixated on "Grand Theft Auto" that he refused to stop playing it. The trouble in her house started after she woke up at 2 a.m. and found her son playing the game on his bedroom computer."
Some children have mental issues. That is quite a weak excuse to give, especially when I have no stats to show or sources of such to back them up even if I did. Though if her mom really had to call the cops, that whole situation was her fault. No matter how much you ill-informed moral panic voice wants to scream "VIDEOGAMES ARE EVIL POKEMONS ARE HELLHOUNDS AND GAMERS RAISE THEIR SWASTIKAS IN PRIDE SIEG HEIL", you have to admit to the fact that no-one is really that spellbinded to videogames and your called upon my the cops. Even if it's a game as incredibly fun as Grand Theft Auto. The mom isn't powerless. Most moms would probably just slap them for not listening the first time. But anyway....
"On one horrible afternoon that scarred me for life, I even saw a kid walking out of the public library playing a Nintendo DS."
I was one of those kids. I wouldn't be caught dead in a library without my GameBoy Advance (that's what was popular at the time), because I didn't read books. To me, books were for nerdy kids without games. This is obviously not the case now, as I have developed a fond appreciation for books, but that's not the point. I STILL turned out ok. I don't get into trouble, I make decent grades and I still get to play games. People always want to come over to my house and play Halo 3 and Rock Band. And I love Pizza Pockets.
But that's the thing. It's all YOUR opinion. And that's fine. Someone. though, needs to let someone know when fallacies are evident sometimes.
But congrats to your son though, asking for a Wii and all. It's babysteps, but he's getting there...
Sincerly, Codey Prince.
P.S. I understand if your offended by the Nazi reference. I obviously don't care too much, but oh well.