Today, we got my dad an iPad for his birthday. I had to repeatedly reassure him that he could in fact touch the screen without being shocked. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my dad borrowed my new iPad to amuse him while he was in the shower without my knowledge. The iPad is now completely ruined, and my dad is refusing to buy me a new one. He says, "How was I to know that it wasn't waterproof?" FML
Today, I found out my dad bought an iPhone. I've spent the better part of the last six months teaching him how to check his email and online newspapers. FML
Today, I was shopping when I overheard a woman telling an employee that she was buying an iPad for her 5-year-old son. Annoyed, I turned around and ranted about how he should have more age appropriate toys. Then she explained that her son is autistic and will be using the iPad to communicate. FML
Today, after saving up for weeks, I bought myself an iPad. Because mine is better than the one my parents bought my ten-year-old brother, he got pissed and threw it into our pool. I'm now grounded for getting angry and calling him a bastard in the aftermath. FML
Today, my parents bought my 11-year-old brother a MacBook for my birthday. FML
Today, the whole family came over to celebrate my 18th birthday. My grandfather bought me a giant mathematics book. Apparently, he didn't want my 16 year old sister to be "jealous", so he got her the new iPad. FML
Today, my dad forgot it's my birthday. When I told him about it, he accused me of lying and threatened to ground me for a week. FML
Today, my dad gathers so much static electricity from almost everything that he does that I've become paranoid and scared to touch him at all. He thinks I hate him now. FML
Today, I was looking at some cellphones with my dad, when an assistant asked if we needed help. My dad said, "Yeah, does this have parental controls? My son watches some freaky stuff, some damn freaky stuff." I don't watch anything weird, but thanks for humiliating me, dad. FML
Today, while mopping the kitchen, I ended up slipping and and knocked over the table that had my mom’s iPad on it. The screen shattered; I sprained my wrist. I asked my mom to take me to the ER. She called me "selfish" because her iPad screen repair would "cost more." FML
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lishajoy777 14
play a lot of trick on him do ya?
worldclassrager 41
Get him a stylus...
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Comments (63)
perdix 31
He is right. It's just that the current is so small, it is completely safe. If he's not comfortable with it, I'd selflessly and courageously take that death trap off his hands. We old dudes need to look out for each other.
Aussieinusa 5
I got. My mum an ipad for her 50th when she come to the US to visit me. It was the greatest feeling in the world seeing her face light up. She had always wanted one, but they were so expensive in Australia at the time, I got her one here.
Amizee 12
The older generation with technology... Awww
jsc9306 14
That's funny.
DanniNell 13
My grandpa thought the iPad mini was a phone! XD
mulumequitem 6
My 89 year old great uncle has an iPad and he uses it better than my 50 year old mom can use her computer.
ThedaRose 15
Doesn't really sound like he's too technological. Perhaps an iPad wasn't the best gift??
burritosrgood 12
Old people are funny...
AlonMower 9
That's a great present though!
ebrainer1 9
Awwww, older folks are adorable around technology. Wonder if it was this way even in the renaissance. "Yes, dad, you really can kill things with this musket and not get burned by the handle."