Damn girl! Step away from the Keyboard and go outside! (you well and truly earned it).

Eh. She's average. I swear the internet lowers people's standards. Go outside.

OK,

So I don't promote or tolerate these kind of tantrums -at all.
But that being said. I really feel bad for this kid.

It seems kids are beginning with computers from the time they learn to click the mouse. It's what they know as a constant reality in their world. They are are being raised on it - it's like air. Their brains are being programed to exist almost symbiotically with the computer. When they are left unchecked, separating them can be mentally traumatic for them.

This kid is fairly young. It's almost like it's an animal response. It's up to parents to keep this type of tool from kids and monitor it's use. It's harder than it looks. I know If I separated my child from his computer, he wouldn't act like this, but I interact with him and we set limits on a regular basis. Now if I flat, went in and deleted his user ID and everything he had, ya, he'd be undeniably upset. Wouldn't you?

Only you and I have relationships outside of the computer world (I hope) so we all have something to fall back on partly because some of us remember not having the computer to start with.

Again, I don't condone the reaction, but I do understand it and I can't help blaming the world around us for the situation we are in. Computer games and websites are, in their design, addictive, they are meant to be, that's how they are designed. That's how they make their money.

It's not the child's responsibility to separate and educate himself against the onslaught of techno. His parents, his family, teachers and friends should get in on the solution.Us parents are a huge part of the problem. Kids don't even go outside to play anymore unless the parents set up a "Play Date" or a "Hang Out". Remember when we used to go outside and just knock on a door and say can Johny come out and play?" That doesn't happen any more. Kids just sit there on the computer waiting for the parents to initiate play time.


OK, I'll end now, but you see my point right...??

>> ^Unsung_Hero:

Congrats! You finished scrolling through all the comments. Now go outside or read a book!!


The problem with making a statement like this is that I can't stop people from posting after me.... yet.

Congrats! You finished scrolling through all the comments. Now go outside or read a book!!

Whoa, Hodor's wife.. Put down the twilight and twinkies, and go outside.

This just felt fake due to the fact that the brother and the dude looking at this at the computer get outside and stop the car from taking off in about 12 seconds--maybe a touch less than that. First, typically you go to the program and look at what is happening, this would take you atleast 5 seconds unless you have it ON SCREEN, READY TO GO!

Next, you have to tell your brother and start to go outside to the car--I'm going to guess this might take anywhere from 5-10 seconds depending on where your brother is at. THEN you have to get to the car outside, the quickest part almost, about 5 more seconds.

Seemed fake to me.

I mean, is their house robbed every other weekend or something? Why the hell are they on adrenaline when it comes to "getting someone" for house property or maybe a robbery related issues. Nobody I've ever known has been that paranoid and I've known paranoid people. The viral-video/commercial line seems like what this is to me (maybe even a straight up one to some degree, because of the username... connection).

I'm sure you have your own point of view that sees things a bit differently. From my personal experience as an immigrant minority, I feel that cops treat everyone fairly and only use force when they are called upon to stop people from violating the law.

I also do not live my life assuming that cops attack a group of 'peaceful' protesters for no apparent reason. You may have personally experienced or second-handedly heard of cops mistreating civilians for no apparent reason. I have never been unfairly treated by the police during my lifetime and I believe that the second-hand reports of mistreatment often depend on the context of the situation. Sometimes we are right to claim injustice, sometimes we are not. We are right to punish those who practice injustice, but those rare cases of injustice should not overshadow all of the police force that consists of good officers who have done their job well.

Personally I do not worry about police officers cracking my head open when I go outside to watch the Olympic torch runners pass by, because I feel safe to be with a crowd of people who are cheery and supportive. But I will definitely be afraid of being near a group of rioters engaging a riot squad.

I believe that everything has a reason and just cause. You may hold a different belief about our society and authority figures, and that's your way of seeing the world. I would not argue that your way of living is the wrong way to live just because it is different from mine. We each have different life experiences to example our view about the police and authority figures, and it is unfortunate that we do not see every matter the same way.

Wow my aunt has a cat that looks exactly like that but bigger, he makes us do all the tricks though heh. Like give me food, give me water, get me some grass. Stupid cat loves grass but he's afraid to go outside lol.

I got suspended a few times from school...I guess I can't go outside today for fear of getting shot. Oh wait I'm white! So I can do whatever I want...and thus we reach the truth of the matter.

^
@_@

You should go outside.

I can't vote for this right now. I need to go outside and throw branches on the power lines.

The singing birds get me. I watch and listen to birds when I go outside to destroying my lungs, this just reminds me of like being in a hammock in the Forrest ( with no mosquitoes around) just chillin.

It's a mood lifter thats for sure.

Maybe you should stop letting your cats go outside if they keep wandering off and not coming back? I've had nothing but indoor cats all my life, and none of them seemed particularly unhappy, or showed any real desire to go outside. If they've never been an outside cat, they'll never know what they're missing.