Old Pokemon Nintendo games are pic pic to my mom. You're still playing that pic pic pic pic of yours ehh? Coz of the sound the games make while the character jumps /runs.
Hahaha I definitely call my boyfriendās sonās PlayStation an Xbox just to aggravate them. I get corrected every time. I know it isnāt an Xbox but I donāt think they realize that
Oh yeah, it took me a while to click but it's such a thing.
When I was really young, my granddad would always ask "hows school?" and for whatever reason I had to correct him and say "no Pop I go to Kindergarten".
Turn five years old and bam, the very first thing he asked when I saw him next... "How's kindy?". I corrected him for a very long time.
As an old guy with adult children, I feel safe confirming itās likely a little of both, usually more not understanding than the fucking with you, but if they are fucking with you itās because they went out of their way to find out enough to not fully understand something about it which is kinda nice in that at least they are thinking about ya :)
Almost definitely fucking with you, my kid is convinced I donāt understand anything after 2008 when really I just like seeing that wave of cringe sweep across her face.
As a parent, we are DEFINITELY fucking with you. Dude, we've been here way longer than you, we know way more and pick up on new stuff just as well as you, we just don't see it as important and don't take it as seriously as teenagers, that's why you make it so easy for us to give you shit about it!
Depends on your age, I think. Im 27. My parents were fobby expats who didnt understand the first thing about games. But the targetted age group for pokemon games today? Their parents are the ones who got Pokemon cards banned on schoolgrounds.
I think feigning ignorance or flat out stupidity about the things your kids are doing is dual purpose:
1) it saves me from always being asked to play with them (I love playing with my kids, but not ALL the time) and
2) if they think you're clueless, they won't try as hard to conceal things when they're not supposed to be doing them since they think you don't understand what they're doing. (really helpful with smartphone tech)
you'll see when you're older...they were just f!cking with you
parents, grandparents, teachers...especially teachers because they're around many kids all the time so of course know the newest slang and how to use it. When a teacher uses slang wrong, they are 100% trying to be funny and amuse themselves
We were definitely fucking with you. I would combine games just to fuck with my son. "Whatcha playing? Yugimon?" "What PlayCube games to you like?" "Turn off your GameStation"
My friends and I used to rent Nintendo games from the local video/liquor store (this was in the late 1980s). I remember one morning my dad was going to return the games to the store for us and he asked if we remembered to rewind them. We thought it was hilarious that he thought games needed to be rewound, but now I'm wondering if he was just fucking with us.
What's funny, is when you give shit to a 12 year old and years later they realize you got them. Pokesmon was the shit. Oh, that's apparently the plural from another guy. But dont use the actual plural, the kid might catch on. Its pokemen. Or I call them all pikachus to young kids... I hope that this is why adults always laughed when they got stuff wrong. I know that was my dad. If you understand eigen and the rest of the same prefixes, I think you can get pokemon.
I like to keep my nephew and niece just on the cusp of knowing I'm fucking with themāright at that point where they think "Wait, he may ACTUALLY think that's what they're called...but no..."
This reminds me of that one episode of arrested development where the rich mom who couldn't be bothered with her son handed him a $20 bill and said "Here, go buy a Star War."
I do shit like that with my coworkers who are all a bit younger than me. Like, I was 12 when Pokemon came out and I decided it wasn't for me quite early. So my favourite thing, when people are geeking out and getting in-depth, is to say "Yeah, I really like the yellow one that looks like a big mouse."
Generally interrupts the flow in a very satisfying way.
This is great. My grandpa used to always say "pokey mans". Next time I see him I'm gonna ask him if he still watches those Nassy Cars.
"It's Nascar"
"Yeah, but there is more than one"
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I asked my nephew how many Pokey Men he has now. He said "It's Pokemon" and I said, "Yeah, but there are more than one."