What was your mom-and-dad-are-arguing vidya?
>Super Mario RPG
They argued almost every day and they are still arguing to this day so every game I ever played while I lived with them
>>3268212
>>3268212
All games, my father hated video games and resented my mother for buying them, he also hated computers and mobile phones, basically all the things a kid my age wanted growing up.
>>3268554
My father hated them because they thought Id played them too much and would led me to be a failure in life
He was right
Mom and Dad, always on a united front to undermine any relaxation time.
To this day they have no idea why I went into residence when my university was less than 20 minutes away.
>>3268607
Eh when you die nothing matters anymore anyways. At least you're enjoying yourself rather than being a wage slave
>>3268212
All of them.
My parents very rarely argued.
Last I remember was maybe 11 or 12 years ago, I was playing Warcraft 3.
My teenage years are very blurry.
The folks split before I remember playing vidya much.
>>3272006
>devil machine
That's what my great grandmother called computers
>YOU STILL PLAYING THAT DARN DEVIL MACHINE?
>THAT'S ALL THEY ARE, A DEVIL MACHINE
And an unrelated story
>she's eating those black liquorish candy babies
>leans forward from her rocking chair, raising the bag of them toward me
>"YA WANT A NIGGER?"
>mfw
>>3271643
Oh fuck that was how it was for me. Right down to the pothead brother.
>>3272017
We are talking proper licorice, right? Not the disgusting knockoff you get in America right? We're talking bassets-quality black licorice, right?
Hell yeah grams I want a nigger.
>>3268212
They were never home.
Anyway growing up I only had famiclone with few games since we were poor and by poor I mean broke 24/7/365 even though my mother was a nurse and my father dentist.
Living in an ex-communist country did that.
They were arguing always when they were home and I just got beaten up and yelled for playing video games.
had a rough childhood even at school so that put nice mental scars.
>>3272028
Yeah, proper black licorice. Unfortunately these days it's hard as fuck to find around here unless you go to one of those huge Candy shops in a city.
>>3272045
Poor you, I can buy them from any corner shop. The look on an American's face when they taste proper black licorice is glorious.
Damn, this is a depressing thread.
Can't really participate since my dad left when I was very young...not sure if that's any better.
>>3272174
>>3272048
You act like North America doesn't have it at all. Everyone knows what red and black licorice taste like here, you aren't part of some secret licorice-hoarding society, m8. Both are widely available.
>>3272190
Bonus points for not painting him black.
>>3272215
I've been to America, when I tasted your "licorice" I spat it out like the poison it was.
>>3272174
The worst part of having a messed-up home situation is when you grow up feeling like it's perfectly normal, but then you visit someone else's house (who has family who care about them) and you get a small inkling for what you missed out on.
My mom was a chronic weed smoker, though sometimes she'd sober up just enough to tell me what a disappointment I am. Her only "friends" are people who sell weed, why form meaningful relationships with other people when you can just get high?
I feel like I've become her, and it sickens me. Sometimes I wonder how much her smoking has affected my brain development. She smoked while she was pregnant even, so I've literally been smoking weed since before I was born.
>>3268212
all of them. parents fought a lot. video games were my escape as a child.
>watches the intro of THPS2
>ready and excited to play
>pic
>go to room and listen to music with low volume
>>3268212
>>3271643
What the fuck how did you get that picture of my house
My parents argued a lot but I never really cared all that much, I lived in a world of my own and I cared more about that world than my parents arguing over stupid things.
I was glad when they got a divorce though because I knew it was best for both of them and I still got to see both of them on different days.
I don't really remember what I played when they argued.
>>3272287
Man people are really miserable aren't they?
narcisistic baby boomer parents: the thread
>>3272308
>>3272017
>>3272625
You're just mad jealous I was the kid with all the new video games due to my parents desperate to buy out my love from the other.
>>3272625
Who's the rightmost bespectacled cutie?
>>3272301
looks p comfy
wait... i thought we all liked old games because we just want to be nostalgic and remember the good times when we were young and before we got older and depressed and everyone we loved died...
>>3268212
Nothing, because my parents actually loved each other.
>>3272758
both sadly. good memories and bad.
>>3272758
No I like old games because they're fun. If I wanted to escape a shitty life I'd just resort to alcohol.
>>3268212
I'm not a walking talking white suburban stereotype, so my parents never argued.
>>3272017
PORKY STOP PLAYING WITH THAT DARN DEVIL MACHINE
>>3268212
Parents never argued and I was always left to do what I wanted for the most part.
Even if they did argue I never heard them beacause my setup was always in my room.
Would have liked a little more guidance instead of the total laissez faire attitude but it looks like my life was pretty gud in comparison to some of these posts, jesus christ like.
>>3273024
Jani-kun if you're gonna delete more than half a thread you may as well prune the whole thing in general.
>>3273034
Hahaha.
I definitely wouldn't class myself as normal, but who really is?
>>3268607
Games aren't what made you a failure.
>>3273034
Like and share if you agree!
1 like = 1 amen
1 share = ten amens
Let's just say I had it good and still do :)
>>3272006
>>3272017
>always hear about crazy religious parents
>my grandpa was a theology professor who specialized in postmodern biblical criticisma few Wikipedia articles reference him
My mom was still crazy about vidya time and violence (she had a device called the "TV Allowance" to ensure we only used it a certain number of hours), but that was secular over-protectiveness.
>mods delete posts where Australia-kun got BTFO over licorice
>leave his posts alone
>delete a bunch of other off topic shit
>still leave his retarded licorice posts alone
Oh GODDAMMIT one of our mods is an Australia-kun
>>3274486
Are you telling me that one of those two retards arguing over bullshit is a mod?
wew what a world we are living in
>>3273034
Okay, have fun pretending that "normal" is even a thing.
>>3274534
White, Christian, Heterosexual is normal.
>>3274486
what thread?
aussie-kun's shitposts were deleted on the CV thread
>>3274547
In the US, yes. In much of the Middle East, brown, Muslim, and heterosexual is considered normal. In Japan, Asian and non-religious except on holidays, births, and funerals is the norm. There is no one singular "normal" anything around the entire world.
>>3274551
nevermind, this one. I didn't bother to read through it.
>>3274560
Why are you linking that here? I'm straight, but I don't see any point in being proud of it. You are who you are.
Also, you're fucking nuts if your definition of "degenerate" is "not American", and you probably think Trump's wall is a good idea that Mexico will TOTALLY pay for. True, many countries outside of the US are very backwards in many respects (see my earlier example of most of the Middle East, where "brown, Muslim, and heterosexual" is enforced by law and violations of that are punished by death). But there's also several aspects in which we are not so good ourselves (for instance, the fact that religious fundamentalism is on the rise, and it wants to turn America into the Middle East, except replacing "brown" and "Muslim" with "white" and "Christian").
>>3274576
>>>/cucks4bernie/
>>3273034
>Christian
>normal
>in current year
Maybe in the deep south US
>Play video games growing up.
>Dad walks in.
>Says a couple of words, hangs their with complete disappointment, and walks out.
Mom didn't like it either, but she at least didn't think it was a particularly unique vice or anything. Some people get wasted as fuck on their time off, others spend it all partying, I just happened to spend mine in front of a computer. Same failure, different drug.
>>3274576
Lemme guess you think Islam is peaceful don't you? I am so tired of cucks demeaning the US. Perhaps move out?
>>3274690
>Lemme guess you think Islam is peaceful don't you?
Where are you getting that? I specifically say in >>3274576
>most of the Middle East, where "brown, Muslim, and heterosexual" is enforced by law and violations of that are punished by death
Islam is peaceful only where and when its practitioners don't have absolute power, just like every religion ever. Where Islam is violent now, so too was Christianity hundreds of years ago, before the notion of "separation of church and state" was a thing.
I'd rather we get rid of religion altogether, but I'll gladly settle for letting people worship whatever made-up deity they like in exchange for not letting their religion have any legal power (and yes, this includes not being able to break the law simply because their religion says they must do something that society deems illegal, so ISIS-style beheadings, underage marriages, and honor killings should be illegal even if your religion says you have to do them).
>>3274690
>cuckstianity
>le turn the other cheek
you're one to talk m8
>>3272287
>not turning off the NES and giving your bitchy sister a good dicking
You failed as a brother.
>>3274827
>THPS2
>NES
>>3273034
Do you think the fact that you need to inform others that you are successful might show that you yourself have some insecurity about it?
>>3274803
I'm sick of you PC faggots so.much. stop strawmanning you dumb fuck. I didn't even bring up Christianity idiot
>>3274506
You can tell he's lying because first he says America doesn't have black licorice, then says he has tasted American licorice (that's also probably a lie.)
I'm surprised I haven't been banned yet for calling out the mods, I've been banned for less here. I'm probably already pushing my luck, so if so, I'll see you on desustorage.
>>3274772
You're right. If Christianity/Judaism were followed orthodox-ly/fundamentally by the majority as is more close to the case with Islam, you'd understand it to be just as bad. If you read the Torah/old testament, the first, like, four or so books, are just the Jews wandering around and the irascible, petty Yahweh (acting like he's got the emotion of a human) making one tribe of Israel kill the other for any sort of minor infraction, full of verses like "And God said to the Hedditcites, 'Go into their city and slaughter everyone you see brutally. Kill the men, do not spare the women or children. Gore the babies from womb with thy sword, for they dishonored the lord with their graven image."
>>3273034
>I don't listen to foreign music
haha what the fuck
My mom would always get very pissed because she'd always have to drag me to the dinner table. She gave zero fucks about my games though, she even thought it was fun when I tried to run people over in Driver.
>>3268615
>3.2 GPA
>bad
>>3272030
What country? A nurse and dentist would be rolling in money in the US, too bad you couldn't move. Hope things got better.
>>3274940
Balkans,Macedonia to be exact.
Things are not changed and there are too many things to explain why.
I am thinking about moving somewhere to europe and actually doing some work that will allow me at least to pay the bills,not starve and have a social life.
I keep telling myself since half Africa already moved in Europe maybe they will have place for one more.
>inb4 how do yo pay for internet
I steal wifi
>hurrr how did you buy PC
its $200 acer laptop that I saved 5 years for to buy.
>>3274914
How is a 3.2 GPAin college?
>>3275019
Fine unless you're going to grad school. Reminder that C's get degrees.
>>3274858
kek
>>3275019
Oh christ, this was high school, mang. In university I did much better.
>>3275019
Sounds perfectly normal. Actually it sounds above average. 3.2 out of 4 is still 80% which is a B overall.
I didn't have one, since I didn't live in a white trash broken home.
>>3275139
I was actually the opposite. I had a 3.6 in high school, but I had back to back 2.7's freshman year of college. After that though I worked it back up to end with a 3.2 for my Bachelor's. I'm still undecided whether or not I should go for my Master's.
On point with the thread though, I would just escape into my room and play Pokemon and Mario Tennis on my Game Boy Color.
>>3275209
>playing Doom on console
I laughed at the kid playing an unplugged controller though. Reminds me of the times at arcades when little kids would think they're playing and it kept saying INSERT COIN on screen.
>>3273034
This is the Midwest
>>3275238
Depends, Masters in what? I know someone who went $90,000 in debt for his and the job he got only pays $6,000 more a year than the one he had pre-Masters. He'll be paying this off forever.
>>3274862
He isn't actually successful.
what's it like to have parents who don't constantly make you feel bad about everything?
>your grades
>your friends
>your hobbies
>your haircut
>your favorite TV showson the rare occasions when you were actually allowed to watch TV
>your clothes
>your music
NOTHING IS EVER OKAY. EVERYTHING MUST BE CRITICIZED AT ALL TIMES.
>>3275325
>EVERYTHING MUST BE CRITICIZED AT ALL TIMES.
They were just preparing you for 4chan.
>>3274576
>Trump's wall
>Not working
>>3268212
>>3275161
I'm an engineering major, so I guess that makes things a little better?Mechanical, I like thermodynamics and SOMEHOW aced fluids but fuck material deformations.
>>3275058
I'm actually leaning that way, no way I'm pulling an Ivy but maybe I pull Wisconsin-Madison since my brother went there?I also have a looooooooooooooooong shot at Stanford because my grandpa got his masters and doctorate there.
If I can pull Carnegie Mellon and do robot shit I'll be hype as fuck.
>>3275325
Parents really weren't all that restrictive except for vidya, and even then I could have M-rated games with some restrictions (no GTA or other "really bad" games) at 13 1/2. I'm a fucking square, though, I probably would've gotten a few talks if I blasted Marilyn Manson CD's or something.
My always had to be careful about screaming on TV, my mom made me fast-forward through Itchy and Scratchy.
>>3275325
They just want you to achieve better. Like that comic of the artist who takes a portfolio to his professor and even though it's really good the teacher says it's shit. The guy is then encouraged to work even harder and ends up making true works of art as a result.
>>3275310
Oh I know. I just wanted to remind him that he knows.
>>3275470
This is true because an artist is incapable of nurturing another human being.
>>3275408
If you wanted to into robotics, you shoulda gone EE.
>>3275674
I went in wanting to do airplanes, and am still interested in that, though I did develop an EE interest my sophomore year and am minoring.
>>3275680
Just join the air force or something. It's free to join and they pay you to do plane stuff.
But you have to live where they tell you and you can't quit.
>>3274862
like degenerates aren't talking about their fetishes 24/7.
get jelly, reject.
>>3275296
That's the thing, I don't even know. I would just get it to help get a better job, not because I actually want to learn more about something.
>>3275720
I really don't go out of my way to inform people about myself. That seems like a mental illness. You shouldn't be telling people things if they're not asking questions.
everytime he comes home... it's peaceful and quiet when just me and my mom are inside and my mom doesn't give a crap about anything so
>>3268212
Pick up Teddy bear and bury your face in her shoulder because your senses are hurting you and you want peace and you're too mute to ask for headphones: 1996 edition.I don't know how I functioned with my brain issues as a kid. At least I had a kickass teddy bear.
>>3273034
This was a funny "fuck you" to STEM majors but then it turned into tumblr asspain
>>3271643
>everyone else is terrible except for me
Yep that's autism alright
>>3276225
The point is that people do it anyway and no one ever complains. The only time people complain is when someone throws around buzzwords that trigger overly sensitive liberals
>>3276725
>This was a funny "fuck you" to STEM majors but then it turned into tumblr asspain
>but then
but then what? The more tumblr asspain the better
>>3274656
>>3276183
masters doesn't automatically equal better job though. My boss has one and she only makes 35k. My old lab instructor got one and last I heard he was part timing at a truck stop gas station.
>>3268212
I watched anime like a real homo
>>3276986
Nothing means better anymore. You have to get lucky or know someone. A degree doesn't mean shit anymore
>>3277186
If you have to go through some level of HR screening your degree probably won't matter nearly as much as how well you can endear yourself to the interviewer.
>>3276795
Or when somebody bitches about that and sees fit to inform others of their worthless opinion
>>3275408
No way, you can totally land an Ivy; I got in with a 3.0 GPA (Quantum Mechanics kicked my teeth in). You never know until you go for it.
this thread is gold
>>3277262
>not secretly watching while you rub one out
What are you, gay?
True story. I love you, Mom.
>>3277262
I hope this isn't based on a true story.
>>3277290
Cannot unseen now.
I always did homework to look like I was being productive if parents got angry
>>3271468
JUST
>>3277193
I have trouble in interviews because I always treat people as equals
especially when it makes them angry
>>3275376
You got my mom to a T. I think she just wanted me to do something constructive and would invent chores on the fly and I'd end up moving one pile of shit across the yard into another somehow superior pile.
>>3273034
>Don't listen to foreign music
You will also never see me watching a foreign movie! Subtitles are the devil's work! Dubs are evil!
>>3275209
That stove is way too close to the sofa, anon.
What was your "dad came home drunk and is beating up mom" vidya?
All of them, because they literally haven't gone a single day without a shouting match since the fucking '80's.
Why they are still married to eachother, I have no idea.
>>3278646
Because of you, probably.
>>3278608
>>3278656
Nope, I'm almost 30 and moved out years ago.
>>3278684
I repeat, because of you.
>>3278684
They're so adapted to each other that fighting is all they know. Anything else would be too drastic a shift from normal so the cycle continues.
>>3278689
Upvoted and reblogged
>>3278836
They're probably just fans of psychological sadomasochism.
My parents divorced when I was less than a year old, and I was raised by my super liberal mom.
Love her.
>>3280345
>super liberal
I'm so sorry.
>>3268212
Life was strange
>>3277287
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westermarck_effect
>>3277215
>got into an Ivy with a 3.0
Tell me your secrets, anon.
>>3280919
Be a visible minority, disabled, or have community organizer accomplishments (ie found a charity in your teens, run an actual successful startup business, etc.)
>>3280995
I fucking hate these people who ride to success on their minority status. Work hard to achieve it like the rest of us dammit.
>>3281037
Working hard is for chumps. Unless it's for something you really believe in or helping others don't bother working hard, life is too short. You're really not helping anyone or anything by being a part of the rat race, just upping the level others like you need to work. Every time a technology progress is made they'll fix it again so you have to do the same amount of work. I'm not saying don't work, I'm saying don't work hard and don't think doing so is an "achievement" any more than some dumb videogame one.
>>3281037
Autist here, I completely agree. I've pushed my boss into writing people up and even suspending people for even acknowledging my spazziness.
Hard mode doesn't unlock a hidden ending, crips.
>>3274656
Dude, you had graves in your house? That's pretty awesome. Best Halloweens ever, I bet.
>>3281138
He must live in Paperboy's neighborhood.
>>3280562
get triggered, trumpcuck
>>3272017
my father still calls them nigger babies
>>3281650
looks like you're triggered already based on that ad hominem there
