Handheld Gaming Propels Boy Onto Subway Tracks
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For some reason, when I read the title, I thought this would have something to do with magnetism (I mean, really? HOW DO THEY WORK?). Then I read the article and realized video-games are still being blamed for peoples' inherent stupidity/lack-of-common-sense.
And where were the kid's parents in all this? They probably carry more blame than him, in that they haven' taught him how to pay attention to his surroundings.
And where were the kid's parents in all this? They probably carry more blame than him, in that they haven' taught him how to pay attention to his surroundings.
10 years, this boy has. Attention, his parents pay not. Though I suppose he could've been going to school alone. But aye, keeping your attention on a handheld device of any kind (I've seen this done with phones a lot more often than PSPs and the like) while moving is not a good idea, especially not in a subway/on the street and such. Glad the kid's ok, hope it stays as a lesson to him (though not an overly traumatic one)imnotparanoid said:Common sence, the boy has none
All you guys arguing over natural selection and Darwin awards and was he too stupid to live and where were the parents, etc, are clearly missing the obvious point here. The PSP MEANT this to happen.
Well think about it! So you're a PSP, just chillin' and doin' yo thang (yeah, I don't know why I've suddenly lapsed into ghetto-speak either), when some kid comes along and starts playing with you ALL. THE. FRIKKIN'. TIME. Pushing your buttons, smudging your screen with his grubby fingers. Shoving headphone plugs into orifices that headphone plugs should definitely never be shoved. (The microphone jack?)
Anyway... for months the PSP was probably shocking the kid with extremely subtle, almost imperceptible electric shocks. Y'know, just to get him used to the sensation. He probably noticed a twitch or two but just put it down to standing still holding the thing for too long. Then when the time comes and the kid is in a vulnerable position, WHAM. Full-on jolt to the leg muscles that sends him tumbling over. PSP clatters harmlessly onto the floor, where it's too small for the train to hit it; kid hits the electric rail, and all traces of the crime are instantly covered up. And it nearly worked.
Who'll suspect the PSP? Well, clearly it had all of you guys fooled.
Well think about it! So you're a PSP, just chillin' and doin' yo thang (yeah, I don't know why I've suddenly lapsed into ghetto-speak either), when some kid comes along and starts playing with you ALL. THE. FRIKKIN'. TIME. Pushing your buttons, smudging your screen with his grubby fingers. Shoving headphone plugs into orifices that headphone plugs should definitely never be shoved. (The microphone jack?)
Anyway... for months the PSP was probably shocking the kid with extremely subtle, almost imperceptible electric shocks. Y'know, just to get him used to the sensation. He probably noticed a twitch or two but just put it down to standing still holding the thing for too long. Then when the time comes and the kid is in a vulnerable position, WHAM. Full-on jolt to the leg muscles that sends him tumbling over. PSP clatters harmlessly onto the floor, where it's too small for the train to hit it; kid hits the electric rail, and all traces of the crime are instantly covered up. And it nearly worked.
Who'll suspect the PSP? Well, clearly it had all of you guys fooled.
Damn kids, look up! I stopped playing my GBA back in 2003 and it is sitting on my desk because I pulled it out just to see if I could remember how enthralling it really was... It will never compare to Fallout: New Vegas.
Are all kids idiots these days? I'd like to think its confinded to Bieber and Twilight fans, but reading stuff like this makes you wonder about the future of humanity.
I suppose the media will use this to enforce the idea that games are evil. Good work to the guy who rescued that kid though.