The 53 Year Old Online Gamer's First IRL Meet-Up - Ch. 42

[MangaDex]

 

[Maverun]

oh boy.

 

[Lobo]

motherfucker

 

[EmiYusa]

ultimate parenting 😫

 

[Jamussor]

motherfucker

I mean.............
Quite literally, no?

 

[Lobo]

I mean.............
Quite literally, no?

You get what I mean though

 

[Laparoscopic]

Okay, this is not good parenting.

 

[HelioCesar]

"To buy a new one for me and you! You think this Makoto guy is the only old man who plays!?"

 

[pink_rabbit]

That kid is never going to talk to his dad once he turns 18

 

[killercool]

I mean, as the audience, we know that the fifty year old man is just lonely, and has no nefarious purposes in befriending this preteen boy.
But as a parent, would you be able to trust a complete stranger - an adult, an old man, even - who is both regularly messaging and has already had a couple of real life meetups with your kid?
Unless this goes in a completely different direction, and the dad is upset simply because the kid is invested in his gaming, my first reaction is "The dad found out his boy, a literal child, has had meetings with an adult that nobody else knows."

 

[HaikenEdge]

I mean, as the audience, we know that the fifty year old man is just lonely, and has no nefarious purposes in befriending this preteen boy.
But as a parent, would you be able to trust a complete stranger - an adult, an old man, even - who is both regularly messaging and has already had a couple of real life meetups with your kid?
Unless this goes in a completely different direction, and the dad is upset simply because the kid is invested in his gaming, my first reaction is "The dad found out his boy, a literal child, has had meetings with an adult that nobody else knows."

I mean, throwing out the computer (an expensive piece of hardware that has uses beyond gaming and online interactions) is still a major overreaction. This is where you'd sit down with the child and have a conversation about stranger danger and grooming, not throw out what's basically an educational and productivity tool.

 

[Acrelorraine]

This dad can go the way of our old man’s wife. That’s a massive waste of money and isn’t going to solve any issues. Kid can meet people in person now.