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  • #31
    Quoth blas View Post
    Next thing ya know, someone will be whining that they were asked to leave a strip club because they wouldn't take their baby out of it's little front of your shirt carrier for the lapdance.
    DON'T GIVE THEM IDEAS!!!! Seriously, Blas, some damn fool SC might not have thought of that yet. [EXTREME SARCASM!]
    I'm trying to see things from your point of view, but I can't get my head that far up my keister!

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    • #32
      I would have told him to GTFO after threatening to sue. I don't tolerate legal threats from people.

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      • #33
        Quoth Racket_Man View Post
        That is almost as bad a one "father" who took his 7 year old son to see a MIDNIGHT showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show complete with full shadow cast performing, a full audience with FULL knowledge of all of the callback lines (and most are NOT G or PG), and people dressed out in various Rocky and non Rocky costumes (some are VERY R rated).

        this man then writes a VERY nasty letter to the local BIG city newspaper complaining about everything and I think demanding that the show be shut down.

        The cast used to have a copy of the letter on their website.
        Seriously?! I bet he spent the entire show yelling, "Would you idiots shut up, I can't hear the dialogue!"
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        • #34
          Ever seen one of those old cartoons, where someone wanders into a building under construction, they're blindfolded, sleepwalkng or otherwise oblivious, and everytime they start to step off into thin air a crane shifts a girder to give them footing, so they make it thru the site with something miraculously appearing to prevent harm as they go?

          I think that's akin to how some SC parents expect life to be when they go out with their kids - that no matter where they take their kids, it will suddenly become kid friendly/safe as they set foot into it with their kids, no matter what it's normally like. The world just magically changes as they go to accomodate their kids. Or at least, it should, in their minds.

          Madness takes it's toll....
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          • #35
            Quoth Rainman View Post
            "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy"


            "He doesn't like you!"
            "Sorry."
            "I don't like you, either!"
            "Hey, you know what? You don't even KNOW me!"
            "You know what? That's fair... I'm pignose and this is my cousin Scott."
            "What's the deal with calling it Hoth? I think we should call it Coldth."
            "Calm down, Scott."
            "I'm on after the band."

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            • #36
              One more case of underagers in the theater...

              When I went to see the South Park movie for the second day in a row (brought a lady friend with me the second time), we sat waaay up top at the back. Not long after we got there, the next row down filled up...With one guy (presumably a dad) and a dozen twelve-to-thirteen year old girls. >_< I really wonder if he knew what he was in for going in. It was only the second day it was out.

              The friend cracked up alongside me for the entire film, and soon had taught her parrot to say some new vocabulary. Namely, "Uncle F***er!"
              "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
              "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
              "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
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              "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
              "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
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              • #37
                Quoth EricKei View Post
                Not long after we got there, the next row down filled up...With one guy (presumably a dad) and a dozen twelve-to-thirteen year old girls. >_< I really wonder if he knew what he was in for going in.
                Maybe he did, and maybe he didn't. I took my son to see Clerks 2 when he was 12. The difference is that I did know what it was about going in. I had "the talk" with him when he was 10, and once that was over with, it didn't seem like a big deal to let him watch pretty much whatever, drawing the line at porn, of course. We had watched a lot of "inappropriate" stuff together -- Porky's, the other Jay and Silent Bob movies, etc., and we had a good laugh together.

                I'm sure the people in the ticket office thought I was the worst dad in the world, but he and I had a good time. Of course, I had to explain the "Silence of the Lambs" reference, because he had never seen it.
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                • #38
                  Reminded me of this mother
                  http://www.stfuparentsblog.com/post/...#disqus_thread
                  Got pissed because she was kicked out of an adult store for bringing in her children.
                  Sure the kids were young, but seriously? What the fuck was she thinking? I certainly don't want to be looking at sex toys while a kid is playing with the dildos.

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                  • #39
                    Quoth MadMike View Post
                    . Of course, I had to explain the "Silence of the Lambs" reference, because he had never seen it.
                    I can just see the reaction of a kid that age to an explanation of SotL... "Ewww, he EATS people?! That's Gro-o-o-o-ssss!... Can we go see it? "
                    "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                    "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                    "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                    "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                    "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                    "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
                    Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
                    "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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                    • #40
                      Quoth blas View Post
                      But, to a lot of people with kids, their kids should be welcomed anywhere and everywhere they go.

                      This includes, and is not just limited to.....action movies (yeah, whoever you are that brought your baby to Avengers...you should be shot)
                      Try the parent that took their little kid to Journey to the Center of the Earth (with Brendan Frazier) and then had the audacity to berate the kid for crying when the 3D Special Effect of a t-rex head the size of a Volkswagen Beetle comes off the screen and snarls and snaps at what seemed to be roughly three feet from our faces.

                      That's a parent that needs to be cattle prodded in the nards.
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                      • #41
                        Quoth Duncan MacLeod View Post
                        in the USA at least "R" only requires a parent to be there, and it is 17+ otherwise. NC-17 is the only one that is truly restricted.

                        R — Restricted. Children Under 17 Require Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian.
                        To clarify, the person you quoted is from Australia (as am I). We have a slightly different rating system down here.

                        G-General Admission.
                        PG-Parental Guidance for children under 15.
                        M: Mature themes, parental guidance recommended for children under 15.
                        MA/MA15+: Restricted, you have to be 15 years old MINIMUM, but if you're under 18, you need to be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
                        R: 18+ only. If you're not 18, you can't enter.

                        The M rating USED to be M15+ and you had to be 15 to see those films. They lifted that restriction sometime before 2002 as my sister and I were allowed to see Austin Powers Goldmember without hassle. (I was 12, she was 9. We both turned out fine )
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                        • #42
                          Quoth fireheart View Post
                          To ... We both turned out fine )
                          Oh? You did?
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                          • #43
                            Quoth Mongo Skruddgemire View Post
                            That's a parent that needs to be cattle prodded in the nards.
                            That's a movie that needs to be made. I wonder what rating it would get?
                            "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

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                            • #44
                              Quoth fireheart View Post
                              To clarify, the person you quoted is from Australia (as am I). We have a slightly different rating system down here.
                              This actually makes me wonder how the game ratings work there in Oz (and elsewhere)....

                              In the US, they're done like this:

                              eC - Early childhood. 3 and older. Almost never seen, as these games don't sell very well, so very few tend to get published.

                              E - suitable for everyone 6 and older. The default if the ESRB can't find anything particularly objectionable. Quite common. Equivalent to US G.

                              E10+ - for everyone age 10 and older. Reasonably common.

                              T - Teen. 13 and older. Equivalent to US PG-13. Very common.

                              M - Mature. 17 and older/with parent's permission. A thorough investigation of buyers on this one, laws involved, et al is probably better off over on Fratching ^_^ Equivalent to US R. Reasonably common.

                              AO - Adults Only. Just what it says on the tin. Equivalent to US NC-17 (formerly X). No game store company in their right mind will knowingly carry these. Anathema to a game dev who was not intentionally making an adult game.

                              RP - Rating Pending. Just what it says on the tin. Never used on something that has actually been released.
                              "For a musician, the SNES sound engine is like using Crayola Crayons. Nobuo Uematsu used Crayola Crayons to paint the Sistine Chapel." - Jeremy Jahns (re: "Dancing Mad")
                              "The difference between an amateur and a master is that the master has failed way more times." - JoCat
                              "Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgment!" ~ Carl Jung
                              "There's burning bridges, and then there's the lake just to fill it with gasoline." - Wiccy, reddit
                              "Retail is a cruel master, and could very well be the most educational time of many people's lives, in its own twisted way." - me
                              "Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down...tell you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens...makes her a home." - Capt. Malcolm Reynolds, "Serenity" (2005)
                              Acts of Gord – Read it, Learn it, Love it!
                              "Our psychic powers only work if the customer has a mind to read." - me

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                              • #45
                                Quoth Ironclad Alibi View Post
                                That's a movie that needs to be made. I wonder what rating it would get?
                                I say it would get an "FH" rating. You know...Fucking Hilarious

                                As for South Park, my dad and I watched that flick in his living room. He thought the Uncle Fucka song was hilarious! My mom...not so much. Even though we were all adults, she couldn't understand why anyone would want to "watch that trash." Yes Mom, the movie has lots of cursing in it. That's the damn point!

                                I do admit, that I have a *very* "colorful" vocabulary at times. Don't believe me? Come over when I'm working on the MG, and you'll hear some very interesting phrases. However, I usually keep that in check if I know there are children around. Why? I really don't want to hear "Mommy, Protege called someone a 'twinkle-toed fuck pixie.' What's that mean?" I don't want to have to explain it, nor do I want to possibly get my ass beat for using that phrase when kids are nearby
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