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An 11-year-old found meth inside a copy of Grand Theft Auto V
- Thread starter tauroxd
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I traded some stuff in over the past few months during promotions and more than half the time they didn't even open the game case.
WiseguyMVP
Member
Seeing as most of the people that play GTA Online are on meth, this seems perfectly acceptable.
GlitchyDegree
Banned
Wait is that advertisement actually in the game?As advertised...
Yeah I am sure if an 11 year old watched pornographic material it would be the end kf the world... oh wait. Billions already do it and have done it for decades. Except instead of pornhub on phones, it was some uncle's vhs tapes or playboys hidden in bushes... kids didn't become rapists or deviants and an 10-11 year old playing GTA V won't mean he will go and carjack the next guy he sees.
tauroxd
Member
ClosingADoor
Member
Of course it doesn't mean that. Still, I'd not buy a game like GTA V for my 11-year old if I had one. Just like I won't bookmark good porn sites for him.
SolarMystic
Member
How many GTA games allowed you to bang hookers in first person and torture people in 1080p?
I hate these sorry, thoughtless excuses to allow little kids to play modern GTA.
Okami Haundo
Member
11-year old getting a copy of GTA V...
My mom wasn't a gamer in any way, shape, or form but she would have never bought me a game that was over my age limit.
My mom wasn't a gamer in any way, shape, or form but she would have never bought me a game that was over my age limit.
Fair enough. I haven't played much of V yet, and your spoiler sounds incredibly brutal, far more than what's shown in VC. I see your point, and it'd probably be better to go with games that are more appropriate for that age.
DarkConfidant
Member
This why I hate buying digital. I miss out on all the good deals. Sometimes you just want to feel like you own the game. And get meth.
Bloodborne is more likely to give the kid nightmares. Knowing drug lingo wont hurt anyone. GTA will probably be better drug education than the kid will get in school anyway.
infinit777
Member
I definitely did.
So, still not getting the point, alright.
Short version : parents should be parents, not trying to be best buddies with their kids by providing them "cool" violence and porn. What the hell.
I swear the parent/nerd generation is the worst.
More important than sheltering your kid to never see or hear anything problematic/unpleasant is to talk about these things with your kid when these come up. I agree that parents should be aware what their kids are playing/watching etc. So they can have discussions about these things.
Immaculate
Banned
My mom let me play vice city all the time when I was 8-12 ,she just said I wasn't allowed to go in pole position. I don't even think I knew what it was at the time lmao
Goldenroad
Member
Ummmm...what?
I feel bad for letting my 7 year old play GTA5. I know I shouldn't but the game gives him so much joy. I normally wouldn't but he's a bit different in the sense that the game hasn't changed his cheerful innocent outlook. He never curses and IRL I don't see any negative side effects. We even play it together. And I am amazed how good he is. Like legit good. Maybe one of the best 7yr olds playing the game. He kicks my behind all day.
The best part about this thread is how people seem to think getting a blow job is the most problematic part for children in a GTA game.
Who hadn't killed a hooker or two by the time they reached the double digits?
Raven117
Member
Boom goes the dynamite.
Netherscourge
Banned
/dead
SolarMystic
Member
AGAIN.
Vice City is fucking nothing, not even remotely like GTA V.
Letting your kid see nudity or sex in movies and shit while explaining to them what it is, taking away the perversion most Americans instill in children about sex, is one thing.
Explaining to your kid why that teddy bear is soaked in cum, what waterboarding is and getting explicit first person interactive blowjobs by hookers is completely another.
Vice City is fucking nothing, not even remotely like GTA V.
Letting your kid see nudity or sex in movies and shit while explaining to them what it is, taking away the perversion most Americans instill in children about sex, is one thing.
Explaining to your kid why that teddy bear is soaked in cum, what waterboarding is and getting explicit first person interactive blowjobs by hookers is completely another.
SwipeLeftHoney
Banned
I'd rather my child have a little nightmare and develop a bit of courage than learn how to go about acquiring drugs and being comfortable in that criminal element. There's a time and place for these type of things. 11 is too young IMO
DeuceGamer
Member
Can't say I'm surprised. When I went in to pay off the rest of my Switch and get my receipt for midnight release the person in front of me picked up a glass meth pipe and handed it to the cashier. It was apparently laying in front of the counter.
The truth is, drugs are everywhere and addiction affects almost everyone (either directly or indirectly). People are going to get high and forget where they put stuff leading to this type of stuff.
The truth is, drugs are everywhere and addiction affects almost everyone (either directly or indirectly). People are going to get high and forget where they put stuff leading to this type of stuff.
Oh, I agree with this. I'm not talking about sheltering them from anything. But for example, when I see people here proudly say that they watch horror movies with their 7 years old, I think that no discussion would make it okay. And we always have a tendendy to think that our kids are perfect and can handle everything better than the others. Also, some kids won't say that something make them uncomfortable because they don't want to seem lame. At least, I didn't tell my brother that Nightmare on Elm Street wasn't my cup of tea when I was a kid lol (I love it now though).
AfterTheFall
Member
Sounds fitting for GTA.
Not too sure who is at fault here. I would say "Why did someone sell GTA V to an 11 year old?" but then I can also question why the Gamestop employee failed to not only inspect the copy, but failed to realize that there was Meth in there.
Honestly, my opinion on Gamestop probably differs from most since I do still enjoy doing business with them and those who I have worked with, I like to think that they do take care of me whenever I make purchases with them. Just to check though, was there a lawsuit filed here? Can't imagine that the worst thing that happened here was a shrug and a slap on the wrist...
Honestly, my opinion on Gamestop probably differs from most since I do still enjoy doing business with them and those who I have worked with, I like to think that they do take care of me whenever I make purchases with them. Just to check though, was there a lawsuit filed here? Can't imagine that the worst thing that happened here was a shrug and a slap on the wrist...
UserNotFound
Member
Do you supervise him playing? That's one step further than most parents go when it come to T-M rated content and underaged children.
There are a ton of absentee parents who buy GTA or other violent games just to shut their kid up and play ignorant to the content known in the series. That is bad parenting. That is irresponsible parenting.
Anyway I'm not a parent but I'd like to think I wouldn't fall into the trap of trying to be my kid's buddy.
Thank you for that contribution.
You didn't even make an obvious joke about dealing meth elsewhere or anything!
Yeah this is very true. It can be hard to have a relationship where kid is 100% honest and can talk about things without getting embarrassed. And while I think that these age restrictions don't need to be followed strictly. Giving something rated R or adults only to a little kid, like a 10 year old, is very questionable. And I don't think stuff with fantasy gore and frightening images should get a pass either.
BebopMcJigglypuff
Member
Maybe learning to deal with being uncomfortable, without turning it into other people's problems, is what it means to not be lame. Additionally, if anyone's likely to abuse the knowledge of the things that make you uncomfortable, it's your older brother.
No you're still not getting it. Parents should be parents yes. But acting like she committed the gravest of sins because she bought her son a copy of a game all his friends are or already have played is nothing. What the hell I swear the puritanical pearl clutching generation of yours is the worst. 'Won't someone please think of the children'. This is no different than parents buying their kids Mortal Kombat, Doom, GTA 3 almost 15 years ago. Childrend turned out alright. Do you know what kids are upto these days. If he is at home playing GTA online with his friends, it is better than a myriad of things.
This isn't even inherently new. Every generation is like this. Pretending now somehow that GTA V is the straw is crazy. 10 years from now when people are playing GTA VII, we will have people say the same and peolle will say I played GTA V and was okay.
My 15 year old was playing online in GTA V last weekend and he called me in to hear how young two of the kids he was randomly matched with were. One of them was reluctant to reveal his exact age but he was willingly to say he was younger than 8 and later that he was between 7 and 10 - lol. The other kid wouldn't reveal his age at all but, if anything, he sounded even younger.
It's the same for most of the popular, "mature-focused" games from what I've seen. Terrible parenting obviously.
SilverArrow20XX
Walks in the Light of the Crystal
11 is around the age most kids start middle school. I know I was playing M rated games and sneaking into R rated movies all the time with my friends starting at around that age. I was 12, but my friends were all 11. I wouldn't even blink at a 12 year old playing GTAV. The culture they live in every day at middle school is a lot more vulgar than elementary school, and they're more than ready to consume most "mature" media.
A fine first post. Bravo.
Velcro Fly
Member
Florida Man forgets meth inside of video game case he pawned to get money to buy more meth.
Bloodporne
Member
"Florida"
I mean come on...how did I know.
I mean come on...how did I know.
SystemUser
Member
I think it is that some people view all video games as children's toys. It is similar to how some people think that all cartoons are children's programs. Tons of parents think South Park is a kids show because it is a cartoon and the main characters are kids.
moozoom
Member
Yeah, sure.
Don't know where you were raised as a child, but at eleven I hadn't fucked prostitutes and killed them to have my money back. Also I wasn't planning on stealing money, cars and killing people randomly. I also didn't torture people with electricity, and did not extract their teeth with pincers.
Opinions, forum, you know. This works that way.
Mister_Ruck
Member
I mean, there's shit in GTA5 that made me uncomfortable as a goddamn adult. I'm not sure I'd let my kids play out scenes of literal torture. but you do you
And the other.
Story doesn't make any sense. 6 grams of any powdered substance is going to make a substantial bulge in a video game case. Is meth that much more dense than coke? 6 grams of coke would be at least ping pong ball sized.
What person who possesses 6 grams of meth pawns their copy of GTA V? What dealer is pawning games? What meth head is losing 6 grams to go pawn a game after when they're already holding?
Where is video games journalism when we really need it?
What person who possesses 6 grams of meth pawns their copy of GTA V? What dealer is pawning games? What meth head is losing 6 grams to go pawn a game after when they're already holding?
Where is video games journalism when we really need it?