Pitfall Harry never induced me into taking Cymbalta or killing myself

January 8, 2009 · Posted in Featured, Funny and Odd, Rant, Social Issues, Society, Things to think about, Topic Blogs · 1 Comment 
Get a clue and a life

Get a clue and a life

I love video games.  They are interactive, they’re colorful, they promote hand/eye coordination…BUT they don’t run your life!   Jesus Christ, another story of some poor kid who’s mere existence is defined by his addiction to a godforsaken video game.  Even if the kid was joking, this is pathetic, sick, and just plain…I don’t know what to call it. 

When did parents quit teaching their kids that there are things you can say around people and things you can’t?  Oh wait, this isn’t the parents fault because this is the day of the “me generation”.   The kid who is raised to get everything they want, when they want it, and not have to work for it.   They are tech savvy, media whores, myspace junkies, and afraid to get a job.  Was that too harsh?  Based on that, I can assume that this generation IS able to read…wheeew!  I was worried about that one.  

Do you hear the lack of empathy in my typing voice?  You bet…hey kid, you’re being locked up for being stupid, for being immature, and for thinking the people on the other end of that phone can be treated like you treat your own mother.   Speak up young people and let your voice be heard. 

Are video games defining you as a generation?   I’m convinced there has to be a subset of young people out there who are driven and have a little more common sense than this monkey does.   I admit, young people probably get too much bad press and negative attention from their elders (or stupid bloggers like myself).  Maybe we see too much of the dumb stuff you engage in and not enough of the really good things you do as well.   I know that teenagers are actively involved in charity work , community service projects, etc…but – it never gets the publicity.   Heck yeah, I was a idiot when I was younger, we all were.  We didnt have the cool toys in the late 80’s early 90’s, but damn it we had Guns & Roses, cheap Milwaukee’s beast 12 packs, and half beaten down cars that we drove around in all night.   Don’t lose yourself in your iPod, your Wii, your Play Station, your XBox 360, or your iPhone – lift your head up on occasion and look at the world around you.  The world doesn’t exist on an LED screen with cool emoticons, chat windows, text boxes, gas masks, abandoned warehouses with snipers hiding in them,  or half naked Anime chicks talking dirty to you telling you to do bad things to her with the click of a mouse (however, I think that’s kinda cool myself).  Point being- get out the fantasy world for a little bit and don’t ever inform tech support that you plan on killing yourself.        

Young people – keep doing the good things, respect your parents even though they bug the hell out of you, and do something cool like say hello to an old lady in Walmart (if she ignores you then flip her off), drop off a huge box of your old clothes at a thrift store, or wave to the trash guys as they pull up.   Be the teenager that others talk highly of.   Besides, that old lady at one time might have been smokin’ hot and you’d be texting her all night if you had known her.  Actually, you’d be writing her a sweet handwritten letter, asking her dad permission to see her, and maybe getting a peck on the cheek on the first date- and you’d like it!

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