It is. Parents that don't or can't buy their kids a PS3 should be locked up.

My kids have a Sega Genesis and an SNES, and they LIKE IT!

Yawn, every generation says the same stuff about every generation that follows it. Turns out kids are kids and they want, want, want shiat.

Hmmm... Parents? Rampant Consumerism? The Media? Which entity can we blame on this? Probably all of them.

Troggie42: Hmmm... Parents? Rampant Consumerism? The Media? Which entity can we blame on this? Probably all of them.

Parents.

I LOL'd, when I looked down at the burn scars on my arms left when my Mum decided I would work as an ashtray....

Ikimasen: Yawn, every generation says the same stuff about every generation that follows it. Turns out kids are kids and they want, want, want shiat.

this.

Ikimasen: Yawn, every generation says the same stuff about every generation that follows it. Turns out kids are kids and they want, want, want shiat.


We need to stop the madness.

Time to put the kids out to work in the fields again so they can start to appreciate the little things in life.

Subby's headline (while I agree with the sentiment) had very little to do with the actual point of TFA.

Ikimasen: Yawn, every generation says the same stuff about every generation that follows it. Turns out kids are kids and they want, want, want shiat.

This bears repeating.

Hell, Socrates was executed for corrupting the minds of the youth.

It's just part of the human condition; no matter who you are, you'll see the next generation as a bunch of "spoiled brats" and "precious snowflakes", and you'll look for someone to blame for them getting that way. And it goes as far back as recorded history.

Our children? More like your children.

marksman: Ikimasen: Yawn, every generation says the same stuff about every generation that follows it. Turns out kids are kids and they want, want, want shiat.


We need to stop the madness.

Time to put the kids out to work in the fields again so they can start to appreciate the little things in life.

That my first job was bailing hay for two pennies a bale I'm getting a kick out of your comment. Oh, and all I could eat at the table for two meals a day.

Eh. I stopped Christmas spending years ago.

Maybe I'll pick it up again if kids come in to the picture, but adults can buy things for themselves.

Came here for "Won't someone think of the children" reference. Left dissapointed...

/slashy

The main thrust of TFA was not about spoiled kids, but about how we have built our economy on consumer debt spending--how we have overbuilt stores, and what a mirage this whole thing is in terms of real prosperity. We--all of us, of all ages-- are spending money we don't have on stuff we don't need.

Of course, this is FARK, so it turns into an attack on teh snowflakes.

flsammyfm: I LOL'd, when I looked down at the burn scars on my arms left when my Mum decided I would work as an ashtray....

flsammyfm: I LOL'd, when I looked down at the burn scars on my arms left when my Mum decided I would work as an ashtray....

Way to be a Debbie Downer.

/I'd offer you a Yuengling, but.... internet and all, ya'know?

N64!

gadian: Troggie42: Hmmm... Parents? Rampant Consumerism? The Media? Which entity can we blame on this? Probably all of them.

Parents.

Well, yeah. I put them in descending order. Parents become consumer whores and the media pushes what toys are "hot" this year. Case in point: Those demonic hamsters. Who would actually have bought one if they didn't know it was supposed to be "the next tickle me elmo?" My opinion is that the parents are the biggest problem, but you can't blame it on just one factor.

And, yes, I have dealt with screaming biatching kids who want what they want. It isn't THAT hard to ignore if you have enough patience. Or earplugs. Those could help if you are low on patience.

ciocia: The main thrust of TFA was not about spoiled kids, but about how we have built our economy on consumer debt spending--how we have overbuilt stores, and what a mirage this whole thing is in terms of real prosperity. We--all of us, of all ages-- are spending money we don't have on stuff we don't need.

Of course, this is FARK, so it turns into an attack on teh snowflakes.

Then there's the 20-somethings who were just as spoiled as kids, and now feel like everything is an entitlement, so they're liberals and expect nanny government to do everything for them.

HeartBurnKid: This bears repeating.

ciocia: The main thrust of TFA was not about spoiled kids, but about how we have built our economy on consumer debt spending--how we have overbuilt stores, and what a mirage this whole thing is in terms of real prosperity. We--all of us, of all ages-- are spending money we don't have on stuff we don't need.

Of course, this is FARK, so it turns into an attack on teh snowflakes.

Don't you know that headlines, not articles, determine the course of Fark threads?

glassa: ciocia: The main thrust of TFA was not about spoiled kids, but about how we have built our economy on consumer debt spending--how we have overbuilt stores, and what a mirage this whole thing is in terms of real prosperity. We--all of us, of all ages-- are spending money we don't have on stuff we don't need.

Of course, this is FARK, so it turns into an attack on teh snowflakes.

Then there's the 20-somethings who were just as spoiled as kids, and now feel like everything is an entitlement, so they're liberals and expect nanny government to do everything for them.

*groan*

Remember kids! Sony the Tiger says

"If you don't have at least one Sony (tm) electronic products under the Christmas tree, your friends will laugh at you and you will never be popular. Remind your parents, caregivers or state issued guardian that you have to have a Sony electronic product. Here's how you remind them:

November to December 1: A gently reminder three times a day. Be sure they are sober.
December 1 to December 15th: One loud scream: "If only I had a Sony Electronic my life would be full filled and I could concentrate on school!" They can be drunk or stoned but not passed out.
December 16 to December 24th: Combine the two above and enlist your friends in cross talk. Using the telephone, call your friend and in the presence of a credit card holding adult have the following conversation: "Everyone is getting a Playstation3? Wow. They have parents who really care. I would so like to have a Sony electronic entertainment system as well. I does everything and I would like my dad watch his blue ray porn on it too."

After December 25th it is never too early to start working on them for next year. Be generic as we plan on rolling out lot of other stuff. Be sure to complain that the Sony electronic product you did get was not the item you actually wanted.

Remember kids! Sony the Tiger says "Those dead beat parents have 12 months to pay this stuff off. Go for the top dollar Sony products. Don't go down without a fight!"

Troggie42: Hmmm... Parents? Rampant Consumerism? The Media? Which entity can we blame on this? Probably all of them.

Hmmm. If only we could have another 'stimulus package' cuz we just ain't spendin' enough.

ciocia: The main thrust of TFA was not about spoiled kids, but about how we have built our economy on consumer debt spending--how we have overbuilt stores, and what a mirage this whole thing is in terms of real prosperity. We--all of us, of all ages-- are spending money we don't have on stuff we don't need.

Of course, this is FARK, so it turns into an attack on teh snowflakes.

Fish in a barrel, my friend.

It is a sad condition, though, people sacrificing even the important stuff, health insurance, repairs on the house, to keep up with the Joneses or at least what we think the Joneses are getting for Christmas.

I don't how it is everywhere else, but we have a farkload of stores that are closing all over the DFW area. In just about every stripmall or large shopping center, there seems to be at least one in three stores with a big "for lease" sign in the window. Not that I've really measured, but there appears to be a glut of franchises that are having "going out of business" sales and run offs.

My husband and I have tightened our belts considerably, and it's just the bloody two of us. I can't imagine what it's like for couples that have a few kids or mom living with them. But then again, some people seem to be oblivious to it. The couple that lives to our north gets all sorts of assistence from the government, but yet they thought it prudent to go out and buy a parrot that was worth $500.

/gah

Maybe that's what it's like in the author's pansy house, and all their loser wimp friends.

Grownups say NO.

My wife and I decided last year that we're just going to buy things for the house at Christmas. I give cash and cheap stuff to everyone else. I think last year I spent maybe $150 on everybody, then my wife and I went out the day after Christmas and got a few hundred dollars worth of stuff off of Clearance racks for about a hundred bucks.

Fark the American Christmas. I don't mind getting together and having drinks and food and all that, or even exchanging small gifts, but this bullshiat where people are spending hundreds of dollars on each of their kids every Christmas, or rushing around fighting over imported electronic trash, is retarded, and I'm going to leave it to the retards.

Why the hell do people go out shopping for crap on Black Friday?

Just how much crap do you and your kids need anyhow?

I wonder what would happen if next year everyone decided to forgo shopping on Black Friday.

stazz: Troggie42: Hmmm... Parents? Rampant Consumerism? The Media? Which entity can we blame on this? Probably all of them.

Hmmm. If only we could have another 'stimulus package' cuz we just ain't spendin' enough.

Oh wait!! I know this one!! ummm.... if only... we hadn't spent all that money on the banks... we could have had 50 grand a person for free from the government!! YEAH, that's it!

/I think I went full retard...

stazz: Troggie42: Hmmm... Parents? Rampant Consumerism? The Media? Which entity can we blame on this? Probably all of them.

Hmmm. If only we could have another 'stimulus package' cuz we just ain't spendin' enough.

Nah, the only GOOD way to waste trillions of dollars is make up lies about another country and go invade them and bomb them until they love us.

LordPomposity:

Wow dude, did you get a little excited with the cut-and-paste keys?

I bought a house just a couple of months ago and I have let my boys know that this is a priority in life - not getting a bunch of stuff they ignore in six months.
I refused to go through the insanity of black Friday and let them know that they wouldn't be getting a ton of stuff under the tree.
After all, my concerns are staying ahead as I start 2010 - not going broke buying them electronics.
They get plenty of goods from their dad's side when they go to his house over the holidays. They, certainly, don't go without.

Knucklepopper: LordPomposity:

Wow dude, did you get a little excited with the cut-and-paste keys?

WOOOOSH.

LordPomposity: HeartBurnKid: This bears repeating.

damnit.

marksman: Time to put the kids out to work in the fields again so they can start to appreciate the little things in life.

I am in favor of this. Children should be working as soon as they can walk. Simple things, obviously. This attitude that childhood is a time for play and pleasure is a curiously modern invention.

I've met children in college who have never actually held a job. I mean, seriously?

ciocia: The main thrust of TFA was not about spoiled kids, but about how we have built our economy on consumer debt spending--how we have overbuilt stores, and what a mirage this whole thing is in terms of real prosperity. We--all of us, of all ages-- are spending money we don't have on stuff we don't need.

"Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shiat we don't need. (...) We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off."

Or how about

"There's the television. It's all right there - all right there. Look, listen, kneel, pray. Commercials! We're not productive anymore. We don't make things anymore. It's all automated. What are we *for* then? We're consumers, Jim. Yeah. Okay, okay. Buy a lot of stuff, you're a good citizen. But if you don't buy a lot of stuff, if you don't, what are you then, I ask you? What? Mentally *ill*."

Hagbardr: My kids have a Sega Genesis and an SNES, and they LIKE IT!

How DARE you waste classics like that on them!?!!

Troggie42:

/I think I went full retard...

ghare:
Nah, the only GOOD way to waste trillions of dollars is make up lies about another country and go invade them and bomb them until they love us.

No, I guess I didn't go full retard after all.

HMS_Blinkin: Subby's headline (while I agree with the sentiment) had very little to do with the actual point of TFA.

It was a quote from the article, and had to do with the "whys" regarding the rest of the article. This was more article-related than some of the others.

ghare: Maybe that's what it's like in the author's pansy house, and all their loser wimp friends.

Grownups say NO.

Just spent a day with my brother-in-law's kids, and was appalled by the way he and his wife kowtow to their screaming. Had to leave the house several times to keep myself from screaming.

The pussy legacy lives on.

An article decrying conspicuous consumerism at Christmas. Edgy.

"Free to shop till we drop."

consumerism as "democracy."

ciocia: The main thrust of TFA was not about spoiled kids, but about how we have built our economy on consumer debt spending--how we have overbuilt stores, and what a mirage this whole thing is in terms of real prosperity. We--all of us, of all ages-- are spending money we don't have on stuff we don't need.

People of present generations are neither as disciplined nor as deserving as people of previous generations.

/whoopdee doo

Troggie42: Troggie42:

/I think I went full retard...

ghare:
Nah, the only GOOD way to waste trillions of dollars is make up lies about another country and go invade them and bomb them until they love us.

No, I guess I didn't go full retard after all.

You did, but ghare didn't. He spoke the truth.

One look at today's "parent" is enough to understand why today's kid is a fark up.

/duh

Horsesh*t...

These bitc*es can't *WAIT* to tell you of the trials and tribulations of just HAVING to have the NEWEST (insert Chinese, digital wankbox here) for their little nosepicker and oh they're just OH SO DEMANDING - my precious, spoiled rotten, little, useless sh*ts. SURELY you feel my pain as I sit here on my ever widening, vain, "Look what I do for my BABIES!" ass, can't you?

Blow it your ass, mom.

NObody but nobody is interested, impressed or gives a William or Nilliam f*c k. You wanna impress us, alpha mom? Teach the little prick some manners.

Zanysportslady: I bought a house just a couple of months ago and I have let my boys know that this is a priority in life - not getting a bunch of stuff they ignore in six months.
I refused to go through the insanity of black Friday and let them know that they wouldn't be getting a ton of stuff under the tree.
After all, my concerns are staying ahead as I start 2010 - not going broke buying them electronics.
They get plenty of goods from their dad's side when they go to his house over the holidays. They, certainly, don't go without.

You are a good parent. Keeping a roof under your house is much more of a priority than the latest electronic device. Your kids might not like you now for it, but they'll respect you for it when they have to do the same.

GoSurfing: Keeping a roof under your house

Err what? I mean roof over your head. hahah roof under house. Jesus