I need help convincing my parents.

[Ziadaine_v1legacy]

you just cant. trust me, I've been doing it for 6 years now and he still thinks games are a stupid, waste of time and money.

 

[meticadpa]

You won't win.

The only way you'll do well is to get perfect grades in school, have sex with your girlfriend very loudly, participate in every sport you can competitively and you should also never be in the house.

 

[Mr. Gency]

Pick up a hobby that doesn't involve the laptop or Xbox.

This is a fun idea. You can sneak around the house or school/work. Or you can try something that won't make you look suspicious.

Spoiler: Like making stuff out of pipe cleaners

Snake? Snake!? SNAKE!

 

[Mr. Gency]

You won't win.

The only way you'll do well is to get perfect grades in school, have sex with your girlfriend very loudly, participate in every sport you can competitively and you should also never be in the house.

Yeah, stick to handhelds and Starbucks.

 

[Axzarious]

I would recomend going outside. Meeting up with some friends, hanging out somewere for a few hours doing something physical and not game related.
Or if all your friends are lazy, at least go to a movie. Maybe get a girlfriend too. I haven't been told I was anti-social since I have been in a relationship.

Honestly, nothing computer related will show you are not dulled. Do something in real life, outside. Have fun. Take pictures. Show your parents.

But outside is BORING! Anything exiting outside offers (Like taking a grizzly down with your fists) would most likely have you end up in the infirmiry for several months if you scew up.

I resent that statement. Tell me, is a date with your girlfriend boring? I don't find it boring in the slightest. Or take a "safe risk" as those school posters call them. Go skydiving, white water rafting. Hell go to the amusement park with a group of friends. I find those all fun.

Unless this was all a joke and then I just made a fool of my self on the internet. I will never live down the shame...

It was a joke, but there was a grain of truth to it.

For instance, I dont really find sports all too amusing, and white water rafting or skydiving dont really sound like my kind of thing anyways. As for amusement parks, they are seasonal events I do often go to with my friends, but im liable to get bored halfway through. As for a girlfriend, I dont have one. I am rather antisocial, as most people tend to irritate me for one reason or another, or sometimes, no reason at all, despite having many things in common. Even when i'm with my friends, I sometimes suddenly find them mildly irritating as well, or just get bored. Although, this can happen with anything, but there are far more things that I can do that amuse me inside than outside.

 

[MegaManOfNumbers]

Prove something like that to your parents? Impossible. I've tried for years, and it's not happening. You have to live with it.

I concur, convince your parents? HA!! parents these days are fucking retarded. they won't believe anything their children says even if it were true.

I. AM. NOT. JOKING.

 

[Anti-gravity]

Ask him that if they're making you so "dull" why he can't play any of them.

 

[meticadpa]

I'm having extreme Deja Vu again...

Not related though.

But really, a girlfriend is the best way forward. My dad thought I was a "geek" when I built my computer until I told him I had a girlfriend, and he met her.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

Snip

Ok, I quoted you so you'll read this. This is a far less traditional way of convincing someone. Instead of trying to convince him, I'd do this. First, wait for him to go to sleep. Then move something (keys, sunglasses, a hat, whatever). Continue this with all kinds of things. He'll slowly start to think he's losing his mind. Do it more, but make sure not to get caught. Sooner or later he'll check himself into a mental hospital, making it so he can't effect you anymore.

Wait, what? I know you're joking, but even so... That's just a little bit wrong, according to my moral-o-meter. Also, it's affect, not effect.

OT: Not a hope. Unless he has something he spends as much time doing, then point out that you simply have a different hobby to occupy that time.
When I had this discussion with my step-father, I pointed out how much time he spent watching sport on TV, and the fact that that was more time than I spent gaming.
"Yeah, but it's sport."
"But you're not playing it. And you're still in a room by yourself for hours on end. More hours, as it happens."
A transcript of the end of the conversation

I wasn't joking, and it's not wrong as he deserves it.

....OK? We may have to agree to disagree on that one. Anyway, your grammatical error still stands.

 

[UncleScar]

I'm now a grown man, but when I was young, I never had this kind of issue, I'd spend countless days/weeks cooped up in my room doing nothing more than playing games/chatting etc.

I think the difference was I had friends and still went outside (rarely, but I did!) or we'd all get together and throw LAN parties (using a crossover cable and 2 pc's, how epic!)

So long as you have a healthy social-life you should be fine, dialogue and discussion also go a long way.
The most important thing to remember is that he cares about you and he's no doubt just worried that you're not getting out enough, or that you don't have enough friends etc.

Don't hate him, that's the worst thing to do, resenting your parents should only be done in cases of extreme douchebaggery.