When your parents are on the phone, how often did you just start staying stuff for attention (or because you're bored)?
13h 2m ago by piefed.ca/u/WongKaKui in asklemmy
Idk why I always feel like there's a atmosphere/vibe where I always feel like I could just start doing annoying stuff...
Like when they're on the phone, they avoid yelling at me because of "face culture" or whatever.
Like for example: If they start talking about thinking of travel/vacation, I just be like "CANADA" and annoy the shit out them xD
I feel like the answer to "how old are you" is going to add a lot of context to this question.
- Try to stop me, you old brittle bitch.
Its a reflective on memories... since like this shit is so fucked... I mean we only get like... what... 50-100 years here and forever die?
So yeah, idk why I asked this question...
Honestly when you get an existential crisis... the idea of "cringe" and "shame" doesn't even fucking matter anymore...
You cannot avoid death...
Embarassing moments and stupid quesrions doesn't matter.
Memories are already fading away, and nostalgia is just reliving moments in space time that can not truely be re-lived again...
Sorry if I sound cringe af, but the male brain doesn't fully develop until 25, so I got like over a year before I could even scientifically considered "mature" or whatever that's supposed to mean...
TLDR: Just remembering childhood moments... the adult world is cruel, wars, oppression, corruption, injustice... don't mind me, feel free to ignore this post.
I feel you homie. But honestly 50-100 years is plenty, that's a long time to be alive. Based on what you said, you understand that this shit gets exhausting after a while. But then again, sometimes memories can be more enjoyable than the actual experiences. It's very common that we experience things in life and don't fully appreciate them until we look back in hindsight.
Mainly if you are physically healthy and able to live comfortably in society, you should enjoy it as much as you can, because most other people don't have it as good and they still find a way to make the most of it.
To answer your question, never. I just wanted to do my own thing and read or play video games, it seemed better to avoid my parents' attention rather than seek it out.
I might have been doing that when I was really young, but learning not to interrupt other people while they're having a conversation is something you should learn quite early. It's just basic manners.
I’d never even considered interrupting my parents. Because of violence.
Damn y'all have even more fucked-up parents.
Like every time I feel frustrated with my relationship with my parents, I go online and read the internet about shitty parents, and I always felt a relief that like at least my shitty parents are so much nicer variant of shitty
I think they were joking but they might just be old. Smacking the shit out of your kids used to be normal not so long ago.
Yeah, I wasn’t joking. Therapy having a negative association until recently is one of the more major failings of previous generations
Indeed, sorry to hear that
Yup. Pain is a deterrent.
I can't recall ever deliberately acting like an asshole toward my parents. I mean I did stupid kid shit and got into trouble, but deliberately antagonize them? I never even considered it.
Never? Or at least, never during a period where I was old enough to retain memories. Maybe I did as an infant; I don't remember. 🤷♂️
Never, that's rude and disrespectful. Not sure why you'd want to do that to your parents
I leave them alone when they're looking at their phone, unless it's context specific like my dad browsing it while we're sat down for a meal together - this means he's open to conversation.
My mum however is insane about phones and puts on a big act of ignoring everything around her and then when she snaps out of phone time she fucking goes over to whoever last spoke to her snd interrupts what THEY are doing to ask "what did you say to me earlier". Ridiculous.
I think people of our age are more capable of talking while phone-using or pausing what we're doing to chat.
I remember when I used to be around 3-5 years old I would act that way if my mum was talking on the phone for too long when I needed something or was bored. So this tracks.
My kids do the same, even when I talk longer with my partner in person.