Today, I actually heard my 14 year-old son muse to himself, "If I can drive drunk in Grand Theft Auto, how hard could it be in real life?" FML
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Today, I let my 19-year-old son drive my Lexus to his date. At 11:00 p.m., I watched him pull into the driveway with a broken taillight, marks and scratches all over the car, the front bumper missing, and him being nearly passed out because he's so drunk. FML
Today, I came home to find my 14-year-old son attempting to get drunk off aftershave. FML
Today, my 15-year-old son was waiting in the car for me after driving around to build up hours for his permit. He then decided it was a good idea to quickly drive over to catch a Pokemon nearby. He didn't count on getting pulled over for texting and driving while underage without an adult though. FML
Today, I let my son take my car out for a spin, since he just got his licence. He didn't make it out of our street before totaling it. FML
Today, I caught my 14-year-old daughter stealing alcohol from me. After berating her for half-an-hour I finally said, "At least you're not doing drugs." She gave me a guilty smile and sheepishly said, "At least I'm not a prostitute?" FML
Today, thanks to Grand Theft Auto, I found myself seriously thinking about holding up an armored bank truck when I saw it in traffic. FML
Today, I picked up my idiot 20 year-old son from a party. He was shit-faced drunk and managed to drop his vape out the window as I was driving. He tried to open the door of the moving car to get out and look for it, and I had to grab him and pull him back in. Legally, this moron is an adult. FML
Today, I had to bail my son out of jail, because he's a wimp and wouldn't last a night in there. His crime: pissing through the open windows of passing cars after losing a bet with his friends. I feel like if he gave me grandkids, they'd be born with half a brain. FML
Today, my 14-year-old daughter told me she's pregnant and plans on dropping out of school to live a life on the road with her boyfriend. FML
Today, I found out that my 16-year-old son bought a huge amount of grape juice, because he thought he could store it under his bed and wait for it to turn to wine. FML
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docscientist 10
The influence of things on stupid people.
Cmliedtke 0
just about every teenager I know has been playing M games since they were like 10... I guarantee you 85% of all Call of Duty players are below 18..-_-
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Scooooooter9978 0
This is why parents should talk to their under 17 years of age kids about the games they allow them to play that are mature rated. Not all kids are smart and are able to tell the difference between real and fiction when it comes to video games. Especially since there are people in the world who are just like characters from GTA. Kids think to themselves "Well everyone else is doing it so I'm going to avoid all common sense and try it" or "This game is so awesome, I must try this in real life. Whats the worst that can happen?" Parents just blindly buy their kids these games and don't bother actually talking about how the things in the game can turn out if it were real life.
Taylorrrrr 0
When I bought Black Ops, the guy knew I was underage and scanned his coworkers ID instead:) It's not hard to get away with that stuff!
oliveindamiddle 0
GTF yeeaaaaaa!!!!
that_is_Nathy 9
He's 14 years old. By that age he should know better. If he was 4, alright, but 14? Everyone blaming the videogames on that has no idea. Those games consider that, by a certain age, our brain already has the function to seperate between reality and fantasy appropiatly and not putting it on the same level. Your son is definately NOT able to, so I assume you have a job to do there, or he's ending up doning...I don't even know all the possibilities, GTA alone has many of those, leave alone other games or movies, books, or simply stuff he heard about. I can't decide wether this is your fault, for having been unable to teach the kid his lessons or wether it's a FYL because you have to go to your teenage kid, teaching him the lessons of a 3-year-old.
angieintn 1
He'd lose badly lol
Hockeyboy4280 18
Wow. I actually played this game last year when I was 14 too (the one with Niko Bellic, I think it was IV) anyways, it made me want to become a New York city cop. I started studying criminal law, criminal justice, politics, criminal history, famous criminals etc... I can now also relate To New York because GTA gave a very informative layout of the NY parts (EX:Hove beach=Brighton Beach, Russian Mafia HQ) I didn't know that before. So I learned GOOD stuff from the game also. You wouldn't believe how many laws I learned (Grand Larceny, Racketeering, etc) all because crime was the focal point. And when people say,"It's the video game's fault!" That's the equivalent of saying it's McDonald's fault because you're obese. It's the kid's fault for being impressional off such an unrealistic just like it's the person's fault for eating McDonald's all of the time and becoming overweight.
Hockeyboy4280 18
*Unrealistic *game*
francisw93 3
MA 15+ is for Australia
staciieee_x3 0
Wow. Just wow! Hahaha.
julian24245 0
Why'd you give him a game like GTA then?
sxcsatan999 2
has anyone else picked up on the fact her 14 yr old son was drunk!!! u day she is a bad mum for letting him play a video game what about allowing him to be drunk at 14!!!!!!!
sxcsatan999 2
say**
Hockeyboy4280 18
There's no way he was drunk because if he was, he wouldn't be so confident driving let alone walking at that age. The kid was insinuating and assuming that it's easy because he saw it on a video game. A. The kid had all of his senses when he played the game. B. It's a ******* video game. You can outrun 15 police cars, 6 armoured trucks, 2 helicopters, and 10 unmarked cars all at the same time if you're good enough. Try that in real life. C. You can get shot like 20 times before dying. This game wasn't made to be realistic. Sadly, the vast majority of my generation and teens these days are so influential by whatever they see on the TV, the music they listen to, the games they see etc... Having sex, getting drunk, breaking laws, and being lazy are the most popular topics on TV today. and if kids are being influenced by this... well, you probably see where I'm going with this I started to lose my hope in humanity when all of my classmates talked about how Jersey Shore was the perfect life and the greatest show. I officially lost hope when everyone tried to mimic the characters on that show. I fear the future...
sxcsatan999 2
ur completely spot on. I personally loved every word of your rant... today's society has fallen through and that plus this new found tv influences have shaped the teens and kids of this generation into fake violent and most of all completely disrespectful to adults!!