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Kid asks for a ps4 and gets more than he bargained for

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eyekantspele said:
Lesson Here: Always expect appointment.
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I fucking better, they gave me one and everything! :-P

But yes, expecting disappointment, while a rather sad outlook, might be what he does from now on

Zen_Arcade said:
I would say getting bad grades is bad behavior. It's pretty much your main responsibility at that age and he's obviously not doing a very good job at handling his responsibilities.
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There are far too many things that could cause bad grades for me to go that route.

Here, I'll give a totally anecdotal example (not the norm or even anything beyond a blip on the radar)

So in Kindergarten, my teacher wanted to hold me back, her reasoning being I could not cut anything with scissors in art class, kind of like a no motor skills thing. Problem was, I'm left handed and didn't know how to use scissors with my right (which she forced).
 
op_ivy said:
Can you please show some proof of these claims you make?
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I thought it was clear that I was making an opinion given that the term "better" is always an opinion.

Whereas saying something isn't effective can be shown to be correct or incorrect.

BronsonLee said:
Why on earth do you think I would want to do that? I have no interest in conversing with you on this subject considering how you've treated others here. Go bother someone else. We both know most evidence is totally anecdotal anyway. A complete waste of time.
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How I've treated others here?

OK there crazy.
 
I wonder if this kid got the ps4 afterwards, but it was broken and then made a thread on GAF crying about not getting a free game from support
 
bud said:
because he probably doesn't know any better.

can you really blame him? his own family put this humiliating video on the internet. he comes from a lousy family.
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Jimmy Fallon (or the other white guy) would approve of the video. surprise he didn't tell parents to all buy ps4 and remove it and say they returned it.
 
Petrie said:
Saying something is better than something else is never fact.

Saying something is more or less effective though can be shown to be. Science can back that up.
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Because research done on Christmas Day is very abundant right? If you want proof then you're going to have to broaden your perspective which I'm sure a quick google from you can show you there are better ways than humilation to raise a child.
 
BumblebeeCody said:
What a spoilt shit. You did bad in school and expect good rewards? Ha no.
This thread, yo. Saying the parents are bad over a spoilt kid prank. Wow.
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How old is the kid? I can't watch the video.

But if he is in elementary/middle school I'd say that if his grades are bad his parents are bad. You can make a kid study and help them study at that age. And if the kid still doesn't do well then he may have a learning disability in which case you're a bad parent for expecting him to get good grades on his own.
 
CornBurrito said:
How old is the kid? I can't watch the video.

But if he is in elementary/middle school I'd say that if his grades are bad his parents are bad. You can make a kid study and help them study at that age. And if the kid still doesn't do well then he may have a learning disability in which case you're a bad parent for expecting him to get good grades on his own.
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The kid in the video looks no older than elementary school.

And you're absolutely right.
 
CornBurrito said:
How old is the kid? I can't watch the video.

But if he is in elementary/middle school I'd say that if his grades are bad his parents are bad. You can make a kid study and help them study at that age. And if the kid still doesn't do well then he may have a learning disability in which case you're a bad parent for expecting him to get good grades on his own.
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I'd say 5 to 8.

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The adult in the video is acting like a child, whereas the kid is taking it fairly maturely, considered he's a little kid.
Ironic.
 
Petrie said:
Saying something is better than something else is never fact.

Saying something is more or less effective though can be shown to be. Science can back that up.
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How does that even work? They can mean the same thing. Saying that for example "Chemo is better for treating cancer than sugar" is exactly the same thing as swapping better with more effective.
 
Hey Petrie. I guarantee you Ryan Davis would have thought this was a dick move.

Anyway I'm just going to hope this was a well done joke video, because I hate to think that any parents would really do this to their kid. If a lesson needed to be taught they could have explained to the kid in a reasonable way why they weren't getting him the system, off camera, preferably before the holiday.
 
The uncle is kind of an asshole, but the video is still pretty funny. I'm surprised that some people here are legitimately upset for the kid. He'll be bummed about it for a little while and then get over it. Maybe if they promise him a PS4 for real if they get his grades up, it'll even cause an academic turn around.

The other video someone posted with the 360 was more sad to me. That was just a prank for no specified reason. And the kid was all soft spoken and shit, too.
 
SamVimes said:
How does that even work? They can mean the same thing. Saying that for example "Chemo is better for treating cancer than sugar" is exactly the same thing as swapping better with more effective.
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I suppose it's about context. When I say they are better parents, that's clearly an opinion based on how I'm using the word. You are correct that there are other definitions for the term better, but those aren't relevant here.

SlickShoesRUCrazy said:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/12/affluenza-defense-probation-for-deadly-dwi_n_4430807.html
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I don't see any data or relevancy here.
 
I would do this to my brother. But my brother is 27. And as I'm not horrible, I'd have the PS4
already hooked up to his TV.
 
I hate these types of videos so much. If you want to teach your child a lesson, fine, but why exactly do you need to upload your kid in emotional distress for the entire internet to see? It makes you look more like an attention whore than a good parent.
 
Karma will be coming for those parents after their kid gets a little older.

I'm all for the occasional good-spirited prank. I might've found it funny if the PS4 box contained a Wii U, but this...this ain't cool. The kid will not get over this for awhile and he may never forget it. It's not so much the empty box, it's the parents' gloating that makes this really bad. That shows that they don't give a shit about their kid. That is much worse than any bad grade.

If the kid's grades are bad, why not just take constructive steps to help him improve? A tutor. Being more involved with his school. Motivating him (in positive ways) to put forth more effort. Something.

This stunt just makes the problem even worse, and putting it online exacerbates it even further. Expect many of that kid's classmates to see that video and give the kid grief for it.

I'm all for punishment when a kid does something truly shitty (and bad grades doesn't qualify), but not like this. Those parents clearly aren't ready nor mature enough to be parents.
 
yea that's some fucked up shit. I agree with whoever said just tell them they aren't getting one because of their grades and be done. To humiliate the kid at Christmas is just mean and cruel. Then these assholes go and post it on the net to humiliate the kid even more. That's just mean as hell.
 
There's a whole lot of assumptions being made in this thread. If they get him the console down the road when his grades go up, then great whatever. This thread seems super salty though with a ton of armchair parenting. Coming from a gigantic family that never fails to drop a joke gift or three during Christmas, this isn't too terrible. Only thing I'd argue is that we don't know anything beyond this video so whatev.
 
Merry Christmas.

A real gift would be sending social services over to take him away from that abusive family
 
PsychoRaven said:
yea that's some fucked up shit. I agree with whoever said just tell them they aren't getting one because of their grades and be done. To humiliate the kid at Christmas is just mean and cruel. Then these assholes go and post it on the net to humiliate the kid even more. That's just mean as hell.
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Telling a young child "just bring your grades up if you want a reward" is bad parenting. If your child is young, and his grades are bad, why not be a parent and help the child? Study with them, get them a tutor, something. What if the child has a legitimate learning disability?
 
I remember one year my dad gave me and my mom same sized/shaped presents. We opened them at the same time. She got the Sega Genesis I wanted and I got the underwear and lingerie my dad got her. He thought it was funny and while I remember being sad at first it was obviously a joke and got my Sega right afterwards from her.
Kinda shitty what these parents did though, definitely just gonna make him act out more.
 
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