Jingle's Sensitivity Awareness, Part 1. Thin Skin - Page 4

On October 10 2012 07:00 Joedaddy wrote:
Specific Example question:

I knew this guy who was a stay at home dad. This guy spent a ton of time on the internet blogging, posting, and gaming. Time that could have been used to spend with his toddler son. I liked this guy, a lot. So, I felt like an intervention was needed when he asked me what I thought about his idea of getting his pre-school aged child into gaming.

I told him that instead of spending a huge chunk of his day on the computer, while his wife was working hard to provide for their family, that he should spend that time:
1) working towards a goal that ended with him being gainfully employed. Your wife should not be left to carry the financial burden alone.
2) save his computer time until after his kid was asleep (the time spent interacting with strangers on the internet can and should be spent with his kid)
3) make damn sure he spent more time with his wife and kid than he did with his games and internet sites
4) kids need to be outside. running, playing, using their imaginations etc. rather than letting the tv and computers babysit them while their parents invest their time into anon. internet forums/games/etc.

I mean, I guess I was kind of mean when I told him he was a crappy dad. I could have left out the part about how his wife was eventually going to get tired of her husband putting more time and energy into his internet activities than their own child.

Anywho, needless to say, he got really_really mad at me after this conversation. I didn't know how I should respond. He was ready to fight, almost (but he's a really scrawny stereotypical nerd who never threw, or took, a punch in his life). So, I told him that if he didn't want my honest opinion, that he shouldn't have asked.

Maybe he was being sensitive? How should I have responded? If he wasn't being sensitive, then where is the line between "thin skinned bitch" and legitimately upset?

On October 10 2012 07:23 kollin wrote:
Did you register just to post those two comments?

On October 10 2012 07:27 Merikx wrote:


Yep i stopped using my other account named Merik

On October 10 2012 07:31 kollin wrote:


Why, it had 0 posts?

On October 10 2012 07:33 Merikx wrote:


No, why?

On October 10 2012 07:34 JingleHell wrote:



If this is really the case, read my blog post "Gaming and the Stay at Home Dad", or maybe "Crohn's, Life". The ones where I talk about being a Stay At Home because I'm medically retired from the Army, with Crohn's disease (Nasty pre-existing condition, getting a job could cost me my free insurance from being medically retired, and it leaves you scrawny.)

That said, that kind of situation might require actual abilities with tact, which, if you missed the OP, I tend to throw out the window.

On October 10 2012 03:33 DigiGnar wrote:
Since you're so edgy, OP, can I use you to edge my lawn? It's getting pretty bad...

On October 10 2012 03:33 Whatson wrote:
Omg does this have something to do with KwarK?
If it does <3

On October 10 2012 03:39 kollin wrote:


*Offhand comment about your mother*

Please evaluate my life! :D