Then the years go on, the kid becomes an adult and begins cooking for themselves. The first meal they make for someone else they realize (1) how difficult it is to estimate when a meal will be done (2) how much work goes into cooking, especially for a whole family and (3) how hurtful and disruptive it is when the person you're cooking for decides they'd rather eat your food when it's cold and gross and everyone else has already finished eating and are trying to clean up. And that's not even incorporating the social elements of family dinner time the kid is eschewing. I didn't understand as a kid why my parents were so adamant about family dinner, but as an adult it's something I'm really glad they enforced.
You're right, but also remember to say it out loud.
Communication is so underrated but I guarantee most people would listen and be willing to accommodate you more if you just bring it up casually, instead of waiting until they discover it for themselves or until you blow up from being frustrated and underappreciated
I've cooked for others at home before. I do not care what they do after the meal is ready.
Yeah well there's cooking as in purely functional preparation of nutrients, and then there's cooking as in a process of caring for others by creating a worthwhile experience of food that is needed, engaging, and delicious. The downside is this experience usually has a time limit dependent on time and others' availability (eating hot food together). It's sad for such effort to go to waste. The alternative extreme to this kind of nurturing is abandoning the idea that family time over meals is worthwhile and just shitting out nutrient bricks so the children don't starve. I don't think anyone really wins in the long run with that.
Exactly! When you're a teenager it's hard to appreciate these things. I know I definitely took it for granted but I at least respected my family enough to not start an online game around dinner time.
I disagree with (1), especially for parents that cook the same 10-20 meals over and over. Even if the time it takes to cook a certain meal on your kitchen is different than the one stated at the recipe, you can note it down and get a reliable average after 5 tries.
It's annoying that some parents can't even do that to minimize the fights around dinner time and shift all the blame to the kids.
At least offline games can be saved anytime nowadays. I remember so many screaming matches with my parents having to explain that I need to find a save point first.
I looooove that I can save my game in BG3 at basically any time, and I love even more that I can walk away from the game for a minute, even mid-combat, to do something.
The first handheld that shipped with the ability to suspend was a gamechanger for me as a kid
Me when My Summer Car:
Mom: I told you 20 minutes a go to get down here. You: It's the same match. Mom: The matches have a time limit of 5 minutes.
The people who grew up having to explain games that don't pause are old and have kids now.
It's just a pity he's too young for Disco Elysium. Oh well, at least he's enjoying Chrono Trigger.
lol, and the kid starts a new match anyway.
Games need a 'this is the last match for me' switch. The number of times I've reflexively requeued (or been auto requeued) when I meant to do something else is a large number.
Yeah, ditto..."Ok, just one more match..."
I'm 40 and grew up gaming. Your mom is probably younger and also grew up around games. Online gaming has been a thing since the 90's. Your parents aren't like my parents were. They won't call your Playstation a Nintendo.
How old is your mom, 80? People in their 40s and 50s played Atari and are pretty familiar with video games. This joke is dying quickly.
Although that is true, they might not be as familiar with the concept of online multiplayer games, which rose in popularity much later. The odds of someone's parents having played, for example, Quake or Unreal Tournament in their childhoods are considerably lower.
Quake was released in 1996, 27 years ago. College students likely played Quake at the time.
"Mom" likely knows her shit.
I'm 46. Quake came out when I was 19. Of course I know about Quake.
Who do you think was playing Quake and Unreal Tournament if not the parents of today's youth?
My wife of a year younger than me is the mom in the meme. I'm 35. The joke is still alive!
If you ever played an Atari 2600, you understand the concept of an unpauseable game you play at home.
