Give people unlimited power they’ll abuse it, especially on the people they knew.

Jorge is adding nuance to the story. On one hand, you’re right, ICE is not a rampant army of Caucasian KKK members bent on racially purifying a country they think belongs to them. On the other hand, you can’t account for how many of these agents may have been born from undocumented parents or have undocumented…

I admit I’m not a golfer, but... I’m 37 and thought that really IS how it’s pronounced. My world view is kind of shattered right now.

In some cases, maybe, but it’s not that simple.

1. Doctrine of Laches - if you fail to go after an infringer for an unreasonably delayed amount of time and then try to go and pursue that same infringer you will/may be barred from obtaining equitable relief.

2. Abandonment of Mark
This is the main issue and has been…

Now if we can only confirm that guys behind the “Co-ed Naked” shirts are ok, I can rest at ease

Someone had the same thought when Zillow sent a C&D to McMansion Hell. They knew they didn’t have a winnable case, but they needed to go after a high-profile user of their intellectual property so they could bolster their case against actual copyright violators.

This doesn’t fall under faireola use?

Sorry for the poor quality, I looked for a better one but couldn’t find it.

I just got anxious thinking of all the times I’ve had a kid relative come round at Xmas time only to have my parents set them up on my game console to keep them busy and then proceed to destroy multiple game saves. Maybe I’m too close to see the humour but it’s definitely a contributing factor to not wanting kids.

That kinda sounds like emotional abuse. Put him on blast if you still can.

Oh i know. He’s getting worse by the day. He thinks it’s funny to press the outlets like they’re buttons. When I tell him no for things, he knows what it means, and sometimes he gets upset, but other times he’ll turn and point at me, smile, and then go back to trying to do whatever i just said no to. He’s gonna be a…

My nephews frequently ruin movies for me. It’s super frustrating but I’ve learned to just let it roll off my back.

That and I ask them politely to not talk about it because I haven’t seen it yet. They never listen. A 6 year old just doesn’t understand how not to gush about something he’s excited about I guess.

I’ve…

That’s nothing. I introduced my dad to Diablo and he got so into it he spent all his time on the computer in the attic and even started playing sometimes at work. It was so bad that my mother was getting frustrated with him not spending time with the family, doing chores and so on and they were fighting all the time.…

Super common. Video games are an aspect of / variation on the “party parents” who treat their kids like an especially needy and annoying member of their party crew.

He’s kidding, dude. It’s a pitch perfect delivery of the feelings parents go through in situations like this.

My son is only 8 months old and I’m already double-checking the locks on the door to the room with my unfortunately large collection of Transformers....

Yeah, you gotta have a kid to understand it fully. My kid does amazing things at 10 months old, and yet he can also frustrate you. But those things that frustrate you are just him learning, and then when he figures out what he’s doing, it makes it okay again. It’s definitely a roller coaster. And roller coasters are…

He doesn’t want to say no. He wants his kid to have fun playing a video game. And he wants that more than he wants a bunch of cool video game swords.

That’s pretty awful, to tell a kid they ruined something for you is super shitty. I can understand his frustration, but taking it out on an 8 year old is horrible :/

Sounds like your dad inadvertently scarred you pretty hard there. Did you ever bring it back up with him? Just curious.