Anyone else see the irony?

[Sabretooth]

Adults hate videos games but have no problem actually teaching kids how to use a real gun. Inspired by my father forcing me to watch Yellowstone...

[FunkyMonkee]

If a robber breaks into your kid's house when he grows up and has a place of his own, what's he supposed to do, run for the Game Boy and show the crook his skills at scoring points?

[Sabretooth]

yeah... not like like they won't get get older.

[Sabretooth]

yeah... not like like they won't get older.

[FunkyMonkee]

This means what?

[Sabretooth]

that you have plenty of time to teach them before they get their own place. way you make it sound is that they are born then, moves out.

[FunkyMonkee]

Why wait? Teach them young when they have a greater ability to learn and, how do you know you won't be dead by the time he grows up? At that point,. it's too l;ate to teach him! Why is it okay to teach him to get heavily into video games when he's still sucking tits, but not to teach him how to deal with real life?

[Sabretooth]

for them to enjoy their childhood. it's never too late to learn. for one, thing, no one's really dying and you can still teach kids in a safer way.

[FunkyMonkee]

Lots of hillbillies learn to shoot guns when they're still in diapers! They also don't have video games! Learning to use a gun as that age never seems to bother any of them!

[Sabretooth]

until they are killed or kill someone else by mishandling them: injepijournal.biomedcentral.com/.../s40621-015-0057-0

[FunkyMonkee]

But, cars and drunk drivers are okay when it comes to killing people and LOADS of people mishandle those every single day!

[Sabretooth]

that is why we have laws... and, why we don't let kids drive. sadly, we don't have the right people who will enforce them -- but, has to do with policy. even so, in 2020, more than 11,000 people died in alcohol-related crashes. That same year, some 45,000 people died in firearm incidents. This means that over four times as many people died from firearms than drunken driving.

[FunkyMonkee]

I got a feeling kids would make better drivers than most adults! Between cell phones, being drunk and self-centered, adult drivers are a dangerous bunch!
Give us a breakdown of those "incidents".
How many were accidents, how many were cops shooting at criminals, how many were jealous hubbies shooting wives or their boyfriends, how many were mass-murdered?
Also, how many people died in car crashes because of cell phones, bad weather, had choices or other reasons besides booze?

[NathanDavis]

the majority of people who play video games are actually adults... and not kids

and the average gamer's age is in the 30's... and not 13

[Sabretooth]

Things must have really changed from when I was a kid.

[NathanDavis]

they sure did... when you were a kid, you could play a whole of games with 500 dollars

nowadays, you need to spend around 600 and that's just so you can turn on a console... you still have pay the internet, the subscription, the game... and then a whole lot of micro-transactions if you want to enjoy as much as anyone else

[Sabretooth]

I don't even buy games on the pc.

[NathanDavis]

piracy?

[Sabretooth]

consoles and roms.

[Anonymous]

Who says adults don't like video games and what is ironic about that? Yellowstone is in Montana where everyone has a gun.

[Sabretooth]

it just seems very strange to me. I don't wanna be pollical, but it really starts to be a talking a talking point for conservatives, but have no issues with giving their kids guns like with shooters like Chumley and Rittenhouse

[exitseven]

It is responsible to teach your kid haw to safely use a firearm. My father taught my brother and me how to shoot. We did not do it much and we never went hunting but my father wanted to teach us gun safety.

[Sabretooth]

think it's a bit much to teach a child.

[exitseven]

We were probably 12 years old.

[BCA6010]

No, because there's nothing "ironic" about that, and the two aren't even related.

[Sabretooth]

Pay attention to what conservatives say during the next mass shooting.

[JoeMichael67]

Spoken like someone who grew up in a middle class neighborhood. The whole country isn't Pleasantville ya know.

[Sabretooth]

Don't ever try a career as a gypsy... I grew up in a home a drugs and alcohol. Another with a drunk, abusive and manipulative grandmother. Another with an emotionally abusive stepfather.

[JoeMichael67]

I'm talking about rural communities, where hunting and protecting livestock is a way of life.

[Astarlessnightsky]

Is it?

I love video games and would never hand a gun to a kid.

[gorydetails]

Your dad was desperately trying to turn you into a real man.

[Sabretooth]

anyone can shoot a gun. and if that's all that you have to show how tough you are... you probably have a lot to confiscate for, besides, that kinda insult over something like this doesn't bode for your point.

[gorydetails]

Aw, cupcake. Don’t be mad.

[Sabretooth]

nice boyhood, you got there.

[gorydetails]

I can see why he’s disappointed in you.

[Sabretooth]

I figured that would fly over your head. that was an insult, fool. notice that that I said 'boy'' and not ''man''.

[gorydetails]

Here’s the thing, a little manlet like you can’t insult me. How does it feel to know your dad is more proud of your sister than you?

[Sabretooth]

He's probably a lot more proud of me than yours is of you... Given the pathetic way that you've chosen to conduct yourself. It's also an poor picture that you're presenting to us as this is the only way that you can get any attention.

[gorydetails]

I doubt he is, otherwise he’d not be so desperate to make you be a man.

[Sabretooth]

at least that would've been an attempt.

[gorydetails]

But you’re used to being a disappointment to him. I feel sorry for the guy.