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- xerus, on 12/07/2007, -4/+230Yeah, I like to make up stories like this too when selling things on eBay. You get a lot of attention.
- ghee, on 12/07/2007, -3/+214Oh that's just great! Now the kid is going to buy Heroin Hero to get back at his dad.
- otakugeek, on 12/07/2007, -1/+99Why does it link to a comment?
- sat0shi, on 12/07/2007, -2/+72Sounds like all my weekends back in college.
- tjasond, on 12/07/2007, -2/+71I remember this auction last year where a father was auctioning off an empty Wii box. He went into this story about how the year before, his kid had been such a brat all year but desperately wanted a Gamecube for Christmas. Apparently his wife was a big pushover and wanted to get him the Gamecube regardless. So the dad buys a Gamecube, shows it to his wife to appease her, takes the actual system out of the box and sells the system on Ebay (sans box). On Christmas morning, the kid got a weighted down, but otherwise empty Gamecube box and was devastated. Apparently the lesson worked so well, that the kid was on his best behavior for the next year, so the father bought him a Wii and was auctioning off the empty Wii box for any parent that may want to teach their kid the same lesson. I'm not sure how far Ebay archives their listings, but it was definitely here on digg last year (and the link went to the Ebay listing).
- yourmightyruler, on 12/07/2007, -1/+66You never catch the dragon. :(
- TheRemoteViewer, on 12/07/2007, -2/+67More like a creative gimmick to make money on eBay. After about the third or fourth one of these auctions that got high bids people started getting ideas.
- JPDyno, on 12/07/2007, -3/+59or maybe kid starts selling pot, makes enough money to buy new Guitar Hero 3 + Extra Guitar
- innocentsinner, on 12/07/2007, -9/+64This is basically spam
- teddyrux, on 12/07/2007, -5/+55Someone should buy it from the dad on ebay and mail it to the son.
- KyleMistry, on 12/07/2007, -2/+46Make him watch A Clockwork Orange or Pink Floyd's The Wall while he does that. That'll screw him up more than anything.
- Key2gb, on 12/07/2007, -0/+40Hah are you serious? That would be better than any Christmas present. A free zip? Are you looking to adopt anytime soon?
- xM55, on 10/02/2009, -6/+38NOTE TO EVERYONE READING THIS: This digg submission isn't about the dad and the kid and the pot and what not... It's about a comment someone made on the issue. I can already see many of you completely ignoring that. Click the link, let your browser take you where it's being told to go, and read.
Cheers. - andregriffin, on 12/07/2007, -2/+33Are you the "Mooooom, I want some ***** chocolate milk!!!" kid?
- thebellmaster1x, on 12/07/2007, -2/+26That father is a legend among men.
- inactive, on 12/07/2007, -2/+26yeah, great idea, all that hot boxin would get you super high as well dude
- Mononuclear, on 12/07/2007, -4/+27There is a difference between being thrown in jail for drug possession and a parent exercising their rights as parents. Even if it was legal a parent has every right to tell their kids they can't do it. It's called parenting and I am glad there are some parents out there that still do it. They pay attention to what their kids do and they take action instead of letting them do whatever they want.
- Doomsan, on 12/07/2007, -1/+232006? he must have a time machine.
- bwtaha, on 12/07/2007, -0/+21obviously you have never smoked pot before andrew, if you'd like to sit me down and make me smoke an ounce so i can see how bad it is, i'm all for it as long as you foot the bill
- wontstoptalking, on 12/07/2007, -9/+30I was wondering "Wait...!! His dad caught him smoking pot and all he does is take away his video games? And he's a school teacher!" But them I read that he lives in Canada.
- SuperCujo, on 12/07/2007, -0/+20And then if he cancels the auction, putsome bad feedback against him :)
- FredSpeaking, on 12/07/2007, -4/+24Oh, how about that; alchemizem just registered today and has no activity aside from the submission of this advertisement.
- Ru55, on 12/07/2007, -0/+19I've almost caught the dragon! ... just a few more hits....
http://www.gamegum.com/game/1857/heroin-hero/ - andrewcsayer, on 12/07/2007, -29/+48I would have sat my kid down forced him to smoke an ounce of weed in one session. Trust me, after that - he won't go near it.
- noots, on 12/07/2007, -0/+18to add insult to injury he's making a profit.
- jjremy, on 12/07/2007, -0/+18I'd guess his mother smacked him across the face before the 'it' made it out.
- sjm20k, on 12/07/2007, -6/+23why is it bad for kids to smoke pot again? the valedictorian at my school was a pothead.
- alchemizem, on 12/07/2007, -3/+19douche. i just learned about digg yesterday.
- hadimirza, on 03/26/2008, -2/+18the son should buy it. then go to his dad and say...
HA! - Y0tsuya, on 12/07/2007, -0/+15"I don't think a Christmas gift (or the withholding thereof) is what should be used to punish something"
Are you familiar with the concept of leaving coal in the stockings instead of gifts, you know, to punish the naughty? It's supposedly an age-old tradition that I've never seen anyone practice. - thebellmaster1x, on 12/07/2007, -1/+16Yeah, how dare parents attempt to discipline their children.
...? - jmp478, on 12/07/2007, -5/+20He linked the original Auction on the post. Stop busting his balls.
- D3koy, on 12/07/2007, -2/+17Damned kid, I behave and I don't get guitar hero...The dad should just give it to me....
- tacom8, on 12/07/2007, -0/+14One movie and one movie alone will fix that kid: "Requiem for a Dream"
- jdeane, on 12/07/2007, -2/+16Make him watch any Kubrick movie straight. It has the same effect.
- Niffer, on 12/07/2007, -0/+14Actually guys, if you really want to freak the kid out, get really baked and watch this series of YouTube videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDa5G0czkTY
It will make you reconsider the meaning of life and existence in a very powerful way, and confuse the kid. He'll remember it every time he gets high. A wheelchair bound paraplegic who likes ice skating? WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?! - PhillyMJS, on 12/07/2007, -0/+13Obligatory Super Troopers quote: "Now to teach you boys a lesson, Officer Rabbit and I are going to stand here while you smoke this whole bag!"
- tizz66, on 12/07/2007, -3/+15Great post! You're an idiot.
Whether you support it being illegal or not, it IS illegal and no 15 year old should be taking part in it. Drinking isn't illegal, but still no 15 year old should be taking part in it, and I'd hope an appropriate deterrent would be applied in that case too.
Goddamn potheads on the internet drive me nuts when they can't see past their own agenda. - swazo, on 12/07/2007, -2/+14if i were the kid i'd buy it from him off ebay.
- Wander2000, on 12/07/2007, -2/+14This guy has to be a scammer. 10% of his feedback is negative. And he's charging $40 shipping. You'll see at the end of the auction it will 'sell' for $1,000 or something like that, from someone who registers an eBay account just to screw around.
- Zarokima, on 12/07/2007, -3/+14Damn good question, but it is a great comment.
- D3koy, on 12/07/2007, -1/+12In such a hurry you can't press the space bar?
- airiox, on 12/07/2007, -2/+12"UPDATE: I showed him the listing... at first he didn't believe what he was reading, but once the truth hit him, he was not amused!"
- DigDugDigger, on 12/07/2007, -0/+10...which will also be sold on eBay.
- u2wedge, on 12/07/2007, -4/+14I call it creative eBaying...
- IndigoMoss, on 12/07/2007, -3/+13For a 15 year old? I'm sorry, even though I think pot should be legal, I'd be pissed if my kid was smoking it and I'd punish him. Kudos to the father, glad to see some good parenting after that horrible parenting I saw on the Maury clip on the front page earlier.
- boombye, on 12/07/2007, -0/+9He wasn't even sure if it was illegal or not either.
- BingoPower, on 12/07/2007, -6/+15My mother tried that with me when she caught me (regular) smoking with a friend. Bought us 20 smokes each and told us we had to smoke the lot.
My only reply was, "any chance of a case of beer to go with?".... - xtc46, on 12/07/2007, -0/+9buy it with the money he raised selling pot!
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