hey i remember The Neverhood
All i had was vague memories of it, until i found the disc in a box of my old things and reinstalled it recently
it's so good
i remember my mother being fucking mindblown at the simpsons
it was the first time in her entire life that the idea occurred to her that something that is animated was not necessarily appropriate for small children.
years later
she still has issues with the idea
her primary beef with shows like South Park aren't that they are tasteless and offensive and profane
but that they are tasteless, profane, offensive and cartoons
My mother still limits our viewing/gaming time if we are at their house...
also, they have the computer now stationed in the breakfast room (which is used all the time for eating/doing homework/etc.) so that my parents can view the screen at all times
made chatting to Alex when I lived with them for two months last year rather awkward
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I remember getting a cat around that time
that's about it
in one part a girl says she wants to put a guy's dick in the meat grinder
I had to put the book back in my backpack for a while
Fortunately the D&D group was a terrifying group of individuals so I never became quite that nerdy in junior high.
But still. The risk was there.
which i read at my father's behest
i think i was 8 or 9?
something like that
my father's a gigantic sci fi nerd and made sure his kids were too
he showed me the one with bulma in the shower and I really flipped my wig
well it wasn't so much a RPG as a big list of 'weapons' and 'skills' and shit like that
but it was still awesome
i wasn't allowed to watch the simpsons for the longest time, because it was "too adult"
All i had was vague memories of it, until i found the disc in a box of my old things and reinstalled it recently
it's so good
it was the first time in her entire life that the idea occurred to her that something that is animated was not necessarily appropriate for small children.
years later
she still has issues with the idea
her primary beef with shows like South Park aren't that they are tasteless and offensive and profane
but that they are tasteless, profane, offensive and cartoons
and cartoons are for kids
just ain't right
etc
so she was in another part of the state during the week
it was kind of like having divorced parents
how many poker chips did you earn the day your dad found your knitting needles?
ever in my entire life
i don't recall a single instance of being told i couldn't watch or play something because it was inappropriate or whatever
yeah me either
you know he's sorta got a point
sorry
i am not trying to make fun of you TFS
it was just such a bizarre and absurd situation i can't help but find it somewhat amusing
obviously since it happened to you, you probably don't find it as funny
but c'mon
"THESE AREN'T FOR BOYS!"
it's like he's a cartoon character
look you're the expert here not me
The only times I remember was Predator ("Full of gore") and The Mask, when it came out in cinemas.
The Mask.
What was it rated? PG, or M? I was too young for it apparently, and I was so disappointed because it looked awesome.
Anyway otherwise that sort of thing was generally controlled through strict bedtimes.
big ole bong rip
we used to play street fighter
he was pretty good!
also, teefs, I don't know that story, please tell it
cameron diaz gave me my first on-purpose boner
we had one of them boxes you could acquire quasi-legally that gave you all the cable channels
including all the PPV channels
and those PPV channels showed straight up porn after 11 or so
that was my first experience with non-magazine pornography
that was quite a thing
actually watching people fuck is way different than some playboy spread of a girl's titties
also, they have the computer now stationed in the breakfast room (which is used all the time for eating/doing homework/etc.) so that my parents can view the screen at all times
made chatting to Alex when I lived with them for two months last year rather awkward
which honestly, even when I was a dumb teenager I thought of as bullshit
I would probably be pretty fuckin' scared to walk down a street if every woman acted like a pornstar
my mother disclosed to me a conversation she had with a friend of hers when i was like 13
i had recently gotten my own computer with my own internet connection in my bedroom
and my mom's friend was like "that's a stupid idea, he'll look at porn!"
my mom's like "so?"
"so, he'll sit in his room masturbating to porn!"
"...so? he's a thirteen year old boy. they do that."
"well, you shouldn't let him have a lock on his door. then you can just walk in"
"and catch him masturbating? what the fuck?"
my mom was pretty horrified
she didn't understand parents who didn't respect their kids' privacy
and she was pretty creeped out hearing about other parents who would actively try to catch their kid jerkin it so they could give them shit
my mom doesn't like porn but she did understand that I would inevitably look at it and gave me privacy
So it might be a little irresponsible to let your 13 year old download porn all day
How do you even remember stuff like that! I don't recall ever saying to myself "Whoa, what's going on down there!?"