Today, my mom caught me playing Mortal Kombat and had a fit about the violence, saying she read violent video games turn young people like me into mass murderers. I’m 29 years-old with my own flat and she still tries to treat me like a dumb impressionable teenager. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my father told me I was becoming violent because of the video games I play. I was playing Minecraft. FML
Today, I was playing a video game that required me to hunt a few animals. My mom walked in, saw what I was doing, then went into her psycho vegan mode and started yelling at me. She basically grounded me for "murdering" pixels on a screen. FML
Today, my mother and I got into an argument, and she told me to go to my room. I refused, prompting her to slap the shit out of me. I'm 29, and she was visiting me at my own house. FML
Today, my mom tried to ground me, even though I moved into my own flat to escape her. I told her 'my flat, my rules' so she tried to confiscate my Xbox because 'she’s the boss of me.' The look on her face as the cops took her away was worth the shouting match we’ll have when she makes bail. FML
Today, I had to pick my daughter up from pre-school because she repeatedly hit another kid with a stick. Apparently, my parents have been letting her watch violent action movies again. FML
Today, I was lectured by my mom who saw me trying to play on my Switch during a weekday. The thing is, she doesn't even give me any time to play in the week, and then calls me out whenever I try to get a few decent hours on my Meta Quest and Switch during the weekends. Stop dictating me; give me a goddamn break. FML
Today, I wanted to spend some time with my daughter, since I work all the time and hardly ever get time off. She wanted to play Minecraft, so played it with her. Have you ever been killed over and over in a video game by an 8 year-old? I have. FML
Today, my mom laid into me, calling me a selfish bitch, blaming me for my dad not being around and finally that she should’ve aborted me. All because I couldn't get her booze from the neighborhood market she’s been banned from. I’m not even 21. FML
Today, my mom got mad at me. She told me that the neighbor was stupid for letting their kids play all over the street alone. I said it was fine, because the mom walked right next to the daughter as she played on her scooter. She argued, “Why do you always have to disagree with me?” FML
Today, my mom stopped playing badminton with me because she claimed I was too aggressive. Apparently winning, playing by the rules, and smashing is considered aggressive. FML
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tounces7 28
You're an adult, you can tell her to **** off now.
Charlie Given 28
Ask her was the article from the 1980's or Facebook either way it's bullshit
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Charlie Given 28
Ask her was the article from the 1980's or Facebook either way it's bullshit
tounces7 28
You're an adult, you can tell her to **** off now.
RichardPencil 32
Having your own place is no proof. How many people have you killed? If it's only 2-3, you're hardly a "mass" murderer. You need to step it up.
spinspinsugar 12
are you an only child? cuz i feel like i got treated the same way before i moved outta state
juggalo2 22
Why do you care? Tell her the conversation is over, and if she won't drop it, tell her to leave. If you're independent, her opinion doesn't matter.
Chazzster 32
OP, If you have your own place, how did Mom “catch you” playing a game? Were you visiting mom and got bored or did Mom drop in on you?
JasonThorn 23
"Mom, this game has been around for 30 years, people have been murdering each other for over 6,000. I DOUBT the game is the issue."
Taurus_ChicKa 37
People like her piss me off. Violent video games do not instantly cause one to be violent. I know, because I played Duke Nukem 3D when I was like four or five, have played it for years (I'm now 33), and I won't even touch a gun because I don't like them. Playing violent video games has nothing to do with if someone turns into a killer or not - it's purely coincidental.
DarkAngelsBlade 25
Almost as dumb and impressionable as a 55ish year old woman believing every article she reads on the internet but only the first one she reads.