To my fat, lazy, geeky son

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ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

Kid is 13 and already becoming fatass with no friends, he's on track to grow up on wizardchan. Seriously, the longer you wait to develop healthy eating/excercise habits and a healthy social life the harder it gets. This kid is about to spend 4 years in highschool being a virgin who's only other friends are also asocial nerds and then be a bitter weirdo throughout college who's resentful of normal people if something isn't done pretty much right now.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 20:37

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# ¿ May 12, 2024 12:26

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

Venom Snake posted:

You know college exists so bitter weirdo's can get laid right?

Yeah I mean college is where I turned my poo poo around I'm just saying that most of my high school friends (who were in a similar boat as this kid when we were all 13) didn't. One of them literally just sat in his dorm and played wow for his entire university experience. If you don't develop these skills early it's really hard not to just go the path of least resistance and never work on them, sometimes even if you're willing to change it can be hard because the easiest way to make new friends is to already have a good social life. From the health perspective pretty much every study that's looked into it ever points to being fat as a kid making it harder to not be fat as an adult, so that's also a totally legitimate observation. From a career perspective being the kind of person who wants to stay home all day and play video games rather than progressing in a hobby with challenge/difficulty is how you end up with underachievers who can't ever seem to find jobs.

Dad is totally right in seeing that his unambitious, passive, lazy, and asocial 13 year old is going to struggle with life.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 20:49

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Venom Snake posted:

Actually playing video games all day is fine if you go to college and get good grades and an internship. I don't think a single Comp Sci major Iv ever met was anything but a turbo nerd who watches you know what but they still got laid.

What comp sci department did you go to? My brother was comp sci and he said pretty much all the guy in his department were as nerdy as him and no one was getting laid.

Besides though the kid is also getting bad grades and not coding in his spare time. My brother was a giant asocial nerdlord but he programmed for shits and giggles in his spare time because it was something outside video games and anime that interested him. Kids like the one in the OP are more the type to go into comp sci because they like computer games and then drop out when they realize the material requires effort.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 20:57

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Venom Snake posted:

You probably need to either be celibate, or look like that dude from the goonies to not get laid as a nerd in college.

It's something like 25% nowadays actually, surprisingly high.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 21:03

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Venom Snake posted:

What's wrong with being sensitive? Is being autistic and unable to read peoples emotions considered a good trait now?

By sensitive he meant the kind of person who breaks down in difficult situations rather than sacking up and waiting till you're through it. You really can't crack easily under pressure if you want to get anywhere in life, it's not about not showing your emotions it's about understanding that sometimes they can get in the way of poo poo that absolutely needs to be done right now.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 21:14

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Venom Snake posted:

Not when were operating on this level of hyperbole.

The dad clearly outlined what he was talking about dude. The kid breaks down and cries about stuff he's too old to be breaking down and crying about. That's obviously a somewhat subjective metric but you would have to be autistic yourself to not understand what he's trying to get at.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 21:19

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Dyna Soar posted:

he doesn't hate his personality, he's worried about him. he says the kid is getting into taek wan do and feels bad about not making him do sports earlier, so according to op he's actively trying to make his son move more

Yeah he also mentioned he was resentful his parents forced him into teamsports so he was hesitant about trying to make his kid more active.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 21:26

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Business Gorillas posted:

what's wizardchan? is that 4chan but everyone's a virgin?

basically

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 21:32

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Zombies' Downfall posted:

"A man should be strong, self-reliant, and physically active", the man said in a distraught open letter to his own son on Reddit

Yeah we've had a bunch of people point out this as if they they don't realize there'd be people complaining about him being an overbearing parent trying to live vicariously through their kid rather than letting them do what they want if he actually did force him to turn off the minecraft.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2015 22:27

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To be fair to people leaping to the conclusion the kid is depressed or has anxiety issues I behaved exactly like that kid when I was 13 and was depressed and had anxiety issues, therapy isn't a bad call.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2015 01:08

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Methanar posted:

Why does the dad brag about being brought home by the police and sound so disappointed the son hasn't followed in his footsteps. Also don't send your autistic son to space camp or whatever and then say he's spoiled while lamenting about being poor.

He's saying his kid is boring and so uninterested in everything that he is unwilling to take risks to get what he wants. It's not that getting into trouble is a good thing necessarily, but creative and enthusiastic people are often a bit mischievous and he's trying to articulate he doesn't see that in his kid at all.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2015 01:38

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# ¿ May 12, 2024 12:26

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icantfindaname posted:

ahahahhahahahhaha look at this dude's other posts on reddit or don't because it's depressing as poo poo to think of how this dude abuses his son

http://np.reddit.com/user/bobroland

http://np.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/2e63j4/redditors_who_have_caught_their_so_cheating_on/cjwgunw

yes indeed his divorce was bad and he's an abusive misogynist rear end in a top hat

https://np.reddit.com/r/sex/comments/2dfkyt/questions_about_my_sons_pornography_habits/

his son is big into anime porn and the dude spies on the kid's habits

Im not going to bother to dig through his posts in general but the two you linked seem pretty mundane? The first one was about him finding out his wife was having an affair and how he handled it, he was perhaps a bit over the top "ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN MWUAHAHAHAH" but all he really did was set up an exit strategy for when the marriage fell apart so whatever? I dunno where you got abusive misogynist from "my wife cheated on me so I squirreled away money for a new apartment and then got a divorce with even terms"

The second one is him monitoring the internet activity of his child that's not even in high school (perfectly normal) and asking the internet for advice on whether his son's budding interest in hentai is unhealthy. I mean it's admittedly a weird situation but it looks like he's trying to be there for his kid and it's kind of ridiculous to call that "spying".

# ¿ Jan 29, 2015 02:58

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