What an idiot. Ill admit, I've wanted to duct tape my nephews mouth shot on no less than 569 occasions but you need to be half retarded to do it.
Guy Ties Up 4-Year-Old So He Can Play Videogames
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Okay, while this isn't -particularly- serious (I mean, couldn't you imagine an older sibling tying their kid brother or sister up as joke) in this case, it doesn't have that feel to it. It's got more of a feel like that scene in "Casino" where the Rodert De Niro comes home to find his daughter locked in her room and tied to her bed because her drug-addicted mother went out to get stoned.
It's especially telling when the girl says it's happened before AND she's got ligature marks (aka bruising) from it. Overall, this sounds like one of those domestic abuse cases that you dread hearing about because not only is it disturbing by itself, you have to worry about people drawing connections between it and gaming.
It's especially telling when the girl says it's happened before AND she's got ligature marks (aka bruising) from it. Overall, this sounds like one of those domestic abuse cases that you dread hearing about because not only is it disturbing by itself, you have to worry about people drawing connections between it and gaming.
Haaaaaah! I see what you did there!Grey Carter said:
But more seriously, this is only really related to video games in a fairly passing way.
Must be a slow news day or something.
Yeah, you need too. Luckily I have an understanding wife, so when I want to pop in a game and kick back (Usually now reserved to the weekends) then she will keep an eye on the kiddo and gimmie an hour or so after work. Same with her, if I see she needs a break I take the baby. It's all about teamwork and communication and smothering the kid (With love of course!).=y said:
My game time has went from around 30-40 hours a week to 10 and that's mostly when she's asleep. The great thing is, games last a hell of a long time. I haven't bought a new game since Skyrim!
I find it crazy that parents make priorities and it's that gaming is still the number one after having a kid. It makes me realise that gaming addiction is very real and just as damaging as raising a kid around alcoholics or drug users.
I don't know whether to think that people think I lack a sense of humor and am taking other people's jokes too seriously. But I put a "sigh" at the end or something. Or that I have an overly twisted sense of humor and therefor don't have a good one, continuing on such a darkly humored joke. Or that people don't get that we're joking.
My joke was probably pretty lame. But it should be pretty obvious that Sarah was making a joke and I was making a lame attempt to continue. There we go, that's the joke. Always explain the joke, that makes it funnier.
I'll admit, even though I may come off differently, I am capable of joking about some pretty messed up things. I think people take me overly seriously sometimes.
My joke was probably pretty lame. But it should be pretty obvious that Sarah was making a joke and I was making a lame attempt to continue. There we go, that's the joke. Always explain the joke, that makes it funnier.
I'll admit, even though I may come off differently, I am capable of joking about some pretty messed up things. I think people take me overly seriously sometimes.
I'm not being elitist when I'm saying this, but. FOR GODS SAKE PEOPLE
BE SURE when you're ready to have children. They are not some play thing that you can have whenever you want. "OOO look how CUTE IT'D BE to dress them in' NONOONONO NO!
It's the same with puppies. You get them; they're cute. oh wait, no they poop, they pee, they bark, they need discipline, they chew. Oops. N/m. Send them to the pound to die.
*facedesk*
BE SURE when you're ready to have children. They are not some play thing that you can have whenever you want. "OOO look how CUTE IT'D BE to dress them in' NONOONONO NO!
It's the same with puppies. You get them; they're cute. oh wait, no they poop, they pee, they bark, they need discipline, they chew. Oops. N/m. Send them to the pound to die.
*facedesk*
Thought 1: Think you're using the term gentlemen a little too loosely there buddy.Grey Carter said:
Thought 2: If I ever become the supreme overlord ruler of the planet, remind me to disallow idiots from playing video games, and/or baby sitting - especially baby sitting.
Thought 3: It's a webzine about video games. Of course the article posted is related to it. I would be more surprised if The Escapist posted an article saying "Guy Ties up 4-year-old So He Can Look at Porn". We should at least take some relief that we as a video game community are outraged by his actions.
There's nothing more gentlemanly than tying up a 4 year old girl so you can go play your luxury items.
What for? For revenge? Seems pretty pointless to me.RT-Medic-with-shotgun said:
I think it's enough to give the child a better home and make sure that such idiots can't tie up any more people.
This story shouldn't be on this sight for one simple reason.
If this "Howe" guy tied up a 4 year old girl so that he could go crochet a wool hat would it have ended up on The Escapist.
NO!
So why is it here now?
We see this a lot. Like the guy who killed 77 teenagers and all you could say about him is that he played Modern Warfare and WoW, or the guy who shook the baby to death so it wouldn't cry over his cutscenes.
We already have the "real news" to demonize videogames we don't need it to spill over to the Escapist.
If this "Howe" guy tied up a 4 year old girl so that he could go crochet a wool hat would it have ended up on The Escapist.
NO!
So why is it here now?
We see this a lot. Like the guy who killed 77 teenagers and all you could say about him is that he played Modern Warfare and WoW, or the guy who shook the baby to death so it wouldn't cry over his cutscenes.
We already have the "real news" to demonize videogames we don't need it to spill over to the Escapist.
It's to answer the inevitable question of "Well why did he tie her up like that?" Whether he was read, watching TV, or whatever, the reason for him tying her up is listed purely because people are going to ask anyway. People need to stop with the knee-jerk "Oh they only mentioned the reason because it's video games" reactions to these. They don't mention the video games just for the sake of placing blame, they mention why he tied her up because they know that people reading the article are going to be asking themselves why he tied her up in the first place.Buretsu said:
OT: I really hope that Tiffany isn't their friend anymore. I know that if I had to call the cops on a friend for negligence on that level, I wouldn't be able to look at him/her the same way again. Maybe after some time apart to get over it, but even then, every time we'd meet-up, I'd just be thinking to myself, "I can't believe how he/she was treating his/her child."
The term is "site", as referring to a location.Mikeyfell said:
Because plugging our ears and yelling "LA LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU" over and over again isn't going to make a problem go away. I can assure you that any hobby site that talks about news talks about parenting mishaps within their own community. And why? Awareness. If we ignore a problem and pretend it isn't there, it can only get worse.
Depending on what game this is, the kid might not be able to play the game (both for content and complexity reasons). Anyway, if this 4-year-old is anything like my niece, I can see how he might get bothered having her in the room while he's playing the game. Kids that young aren't known for being quiet, even if she was "amused by what's going on", she'd still be making a lot of noise. That said, anyone who's SO bothered by a noise a kid makes that he feels obligated to tie her up in another room (not to mention other horrible things parents have done), then that person has no right being left alone with a child. Ever.Caramel Frappe said:
Howe could he do such a thing?
That's really fucked. The mother should also be prosecuted. Poor kid.
As for the people acting as though this has nothing to do with video games; video games can be addictive and offer an escape. If the man had tied her up in order to gamble or take drugs, no one would be saying the author of the article is unfairly demonising these things. Yes, you need to have some sort of psychological problem in order to get addicted to these things in the first place, but to act as if the drugs or the casinos are blameless when they are designed to be addictive, is ridiculous. Would any sane person do this? No. But the gaming habit is more than tangentially related. To leave it out of the article would be more absurd than to include it.
That's really fucked. The mother should also be prosecuted. Poor kid.
As for the people acting as though this has nothing to do with video games; video games can be addictive and offer an escape. If the man had tied her up in order to gamble or take drugs, no one would be saying the author of the article is unfairly demonising these things. Yes, you need to have some sort of psychological problem in order to get addicted to these things in the first place, but to act as if the drugs or the casinos are blameless when they are designed to be addictive, is ridiculous. Would any sane person do this? No. But the gaming habit is more than tangentially related. To leave it out of the article would be more absurd than to include it.
Oh I agree, completely. Hence the entire second half of my reply. He wants to game while keeping an eye on the kid, then that's fine, but the kid comes first. If she's being loud, then either put up with it, or play the game later when she isn't around and/or sleeping if you really don't like background noise while playing. But we could write a whole novel about this... in fact, I'm sure plenty of people already have. So 'nuff said.Caramel Frappe said: