A mom unplugged her son's PC to stop his gaming. It backfired for two months straight.

A guy recounts his mom's war against his gaming, from unplugging his PC to secretly joining him online.

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You should ask yourself if you're actually sensitive about gaming. Okay, so here's how we talk to our sons — watch.

내가 게임에 대해서 예민한지 안 예민한지 한번 돌아보시면 좋을 것 같아요. 자 우리가 아들한테 이렇게 얘기하는 거예요.

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That day I had to game at home.그날 어쩔 수 없이 집에서 게임을 했죠. 또 오기가 있기 때문에

Stubborn: 'What crime did I commit?'‘내가 뭐 죄 지었어?’ ‘뭐 잘못했어?’ 더 호기롭게

Two months later, she found me gaming again.두 달 만에 아들 봤는데 또 게임하고 앉아 있으니까

Her passive-aggression: stomping, water, slamming.엄마의 수동공격. 뒤에서 막 (쿵쿵쿵) 물 쭈르륵 타악. 하다가

Footsteps stopped behind me.이 발자국 소리가 제 뒤에서 멈췄어요.

Tense, unfocused, all energy on her.저도 긴장이 되고 엄마가 나를 공격할 것 같고, 게임은 하고 있지만 집중은 안 되고 모든 에너지가 엄마한테 쏠려 있었죠.

I don't know why I said this.그때 제가 왜 그런 얘기를 했는지 아직도 이해가 가질 않지만 제가 이런 얘기를 던집니다.

"Mom." "Wanna try it?"“엄마” “해볼래?”

She hated it. "You'll addict me!"엄마가 되게 싫어하셨어요. “너 엄마도 중독 시킬라 그래!?” “엄마는 절대 안 해!”

Weirdly, I wanted to convince her.이상하게 그 때도 엄마를 설득시키고 싶은 거예요.

"Like gems? Tons here."“엄마 엄마 보석 좋아하지?” “여기 보석 되게 많아”

"Click left while I'm gone. Keep collecting."“나 화장실에 갔다올 동안 왼쪽 버튼 누르면 줍는 거야” “이거 줍고 있어줘”

Back—she was still collecting. It hit me.갔다 왔는데 줍고 계신 거예요. 그날 깨달았어요.

Maybe mom could game with me.어쩌면 엄마가 게임을 나와 함께 할 수도 있겠다.

I made her account—a warrior like her.그날 제가 아이디 만들어 드렸거든요. 엄마닮은 여전사 캐릭터를 만들어 드렸어요.

Next day, she was shooting arrows.그리고 다음 날 학교 끝나고 집에 왔는데 어머니가 활을 쏘고 계신 거예요.

Suddenly, we started healing.그리고 나서 갑작스럽게 우리 사이는 회복되기 시작했어요.

We talked again. Quit gaming in 4 months.대화가 시작이 되더라고요. 그리고 나서 한 제가 4개월 만에 게임을 끊었던 것 같아요.

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The 'addiction' she fought by unplugging him spreads to her, and that's what finally ends their war.vs. US: parent grounds kid over TikTok, then gets hooked on it too.Klore note

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4 top comments on the original thread, translated
  1. Anon· on the original thread

    My dad literally threw my PC out in middle school and dragged it to the living room in high school. Now I'm grown and collecting every console there is.

    내가 중학생때 아빠가 컴퓨터 집어던지고 고등학생땐 거실에 컴퓨터 빼버렸는데 나이 쳐먹고 콘솔 전기종 수집중

  2. Anon· on the original thread

    The more you ban and control gaming as a kid, the harder you fall into it once you're grown.

    어릴때 자꾸 금지하고 통제할 수록 커서 게임에 더 크게 빠짐

  3. Anon· on the original thread

    Games and smoking are both bad for you sure, but quitting cold turkey just starts a war. You gotta cut back gradually instead.

    게임이나 담배나 백해무익한거 맞는데 둘다 한번에 끊어버리면 그게 싸우자는거말고 더 되냐? 나날이 줄여가는 방법을 택해야지

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  1. Anon· on the original thread

    Back in medieval times when monks wrote warnings about gambling board games, nobody argued because nobody thought those games were art or had cultural value.

    옛날 중세시대 수도사가 도박용 보드게임에 대해 경각성을 경고하는 글을 싸지를 땐 그 누구도 도박용 보드게임 따위를 예술이라고 생각하거나 인문학적 가치가 있다고 생각 안해서 그 누구도 반박하지 않았음

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