1. Daddy, what’s a harlot?
2. Daddy, can I get a tattoo?
3. Daddy, what is “Strutter” really about?
4. Daddy, what’s “Heart-Shaped Box” really about?
5. Daddy, what’s “Cherry Pie” really about?
6. Daddy, what does “FTK” stand for?
7. Daddy, what are suicidal tendencies, and what does it mean to be institutionalized?
8. Daddy, does Zack De La Rocha really mean to suggest that every single time a white cop shoots a black person it’s racially motivated, rather than the cop just doing his job?
Yes, I know, the original Guitar Hero also had songs of questionable moral fiber like “Infected”, “Fat Lip” and “I Wanna Be Sedated”. But GH2’s track list skewed much more mature…and I know if I buy it Megan’s going to want to play it. And yes, I’m in control. I could buy it and tell Megan that she can’t play it and she would abide by that…but I don’t think she’d really understand. It would seem unfair.
So I can’t buy it.
Maybe I’ll be able to buy 80’s Edition, should it ever show up.
When is your birthday, dude? 8)
Frets on Fire it is for you, then.
Good for you. And if she obeys you as well as you think (not that I think otherwise, but I do know my parents never had a clue) it’s in large part because you pay attention to things like this “I don’t think she’d really understand. It would seem unfair.”
Irwin1138: My birthday is 3/6. I will be 36.
GB: Honestly, Frets on Fire is a terrible game. It just doesn’t feel right. I know everybody’s going nuts over it ’cause it’s the closest thing to a PC Guitar Hero we’ve got, but it just doesn’t do it for me.
Delve: I am aware that she has been exposed to things I would rather she not be. But I think she does understand that when I tell her she’s not ready for something that I’m not doing it to keep cool stuff from her.
And I’d be willing to bet that your parents had more of a clue than you thought, but did a cost analysis of alienating you versus allowing you to do…whatever it was you were doing 🙂
I want to know the answer to questions myself.
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No, seriously.
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Actually that’s pretty nice of you, denying yourself fun for the sake of your daughter. I hate parents that just tell their kids no just so they can do something that’s not for kids. I know a couple that are like this. “We’ll just tell them to go to bed” while they go watch an rated ‘R’ movie or whatever. And they’re not even bad people.
Kudos
All I wanted was a Pepsi. And she wouldn’t give it to me!
80’s ed? are you serious? you know that every time they use the word Love in the 80’s, it doesn’t actually MEAN that, right? it took me 25 years to get that though.. maybe your daughter’ll be that lucky (???)