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#1   Caael 

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    Posted 03 March 2008 - 10:43 AM

    http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/29/worst-p...he-got-an-xbox/

    Feel bad for laughing.

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      Posted 03 March 2008 - 11:30 AM

      I do feel bad for lauging at that, but it is funny. I would be suspisious by the box being so light.

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        Posted 03 March 2008 - 12:14 PM

        That is just so evil...

        Funny, but evil. I hope the site really sends him an xbox.

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          Posted 03 March 2008 - 12:46 PM

          I didn't laugh one bit, that's cruel and unfair to do to a child.

          Also, did you all read the description under the YouTube link? They did get him the Xbox later, this was just his punishment for sneaking a peek at his gift early. Not that it's any better, I still think it's unnecessarily cruel and not funny in the slightest.

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            Posted 03 March 2008 - 12:50 PM

            I think it's kinda cruel to trick him like that, but if they gave him the Xbox in the end, it's funny.

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              Posted 03 March 2008 - 02:05 PM

              Lol my friend was pissing herself when she read it. Thought it was the funniest thing in the world.

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                Posted 03 March 2008 - 02:52 PM

                That was pretty mean; not funny in the slightest.

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                  Posted 03 March 2008 - 03:06 PM

                  I didn't laugh a bit. Even if it was funny for them, they ruined that kid's Christmas... It's not fair to tease a kid like that.

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                    Posted 03 March 2008 - 03:13 PM

                    If they hadn't had given the kid the xbox later, then yes it wouldn't have been fair. However, since they did, it is pretty funny.

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                      Posted 03 March 2008 - 03:13 PM

                      You realise he actually got the 360 in the end, it was just his punishment for peeking.

                      Edit: Me111 beat me to it.


                      The worst part is that my friend was laughing more before I told her that he got the 360 eventually.

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                        Posted 03 March 2008 - 07:32 PM

                        i thought according to the article he didn't actually get the 360 and that's why they're sending him one?

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                          Posted 03 March 2008 - 09:42 PM

                          View PostGolden Legacy, on Mar 3 2008, 12:46 PM, said:

                          I didn't laugh one bit, that's cruel and unfair to do to a child.

                          Also, did you all read the description under the YouTube link? They did get him the Xbox later, this was just his punishment for sneaking a peek at his gift early. Not that it's any better, I still think it's unnecessarily cruel and not funny in the slightest.


                          I agree with GL, that was pretty cruel.

                          View Postkate, on Mar 3 2008, 07:32 PM, said:

                          i thought according to the article he didn't actually get the 360 and that's why they're sending him one?

                          That's what I thought to.

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                            Posted 04 March 2008 - 12:02 AM

                            I smiled, but I never laughed. It was weird. It's like laughing and feeling really bad for the kid at the same time.

                            I'd probably cry too. D:

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                              Posted 04 March 2008 - 04:56 AM

                              I honestly didn't laugh either. I feel that boy's pain. About three years ago my parents took me out to breakfast for my birthday, and after we'd all finished our food, they reached into a bag and passed me over a box for an SP. And in my euphoria I neglected to notice how light it was, so it wasn't much fun when I opened it and found a bunch of papers inside.

                              'We know how much you love to read instruction manuals, so we had the Gameboy taken out just for you!'

                              At which point I leapt across the table and chainsawed their heads off. Well I would have, if they hadn't told me it was actually at home, charging. :P But still, for a kid that age, being denied something so awesome, that would of scarred him for life regardless of whether he got it in the end.

                              Which he didn't. The brother lied, according to the original article.

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                                Posted 04 March 2008 - 05:26 AM

                                View PostGolden Legacy, on Mar 3 2008, 10:46 AM, said:

                                that's cruel and unfair to do to a child.

                                Erm, how is that cruel?

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                                  Posted 09 March 2008 - 06:23 PM

                                  Poor kid. Truely I had problems seeing the kid getting so emotional like that. He didn't felt sad, but rather extremley disapointed with his parents and how they tricked him. He didn't even became angry but daaaaymn... Poor little kid. The worst thing was that noone of the family tried to comfort the boy like stroking him on the head or anything.

                                  But sure, I can understand the humor from it as well since I don't know like how much the kid has asked for it (a habit from childeren which'll get extremly annoying over the time) or how obsessed the kid was with it, but then again to trick him like this isn't fair at all.

                                  Totally unrelated though but... What the HELL is it with all these kids wanting all these expensive gadgets anyways? Like my little brother for example, 7 years old. Before he got his DS Lite last christmas, all his classmates and friends already got their Wii's and Nintendo DS'es (Lites as well those *******s >_< I hate that old clusmy refrigerator thing of mines -still got more than enough money to buy myself a DS Lite though so it's only my lasiness buuttttttt let's continue-) so naturally being the annoying little kid he his he keeps nagging my parents to buy him a DS lite till he finally got one (while in the while he molestrated my GBA, full time used my GBA SP while still unasked steal my old clumsy refrigerator thing of a DS and even my ****in' Wii, ohh and he erased my Pokémon Gold and Ruby as well... the ***** >_<). Now we have my little sister, 5 years old. Naturally, she never really nags about anything but seeing how effective her youngest older brother can pull it of, now she's doing it as well! Not that I really care or anything but, she uses my GBA SP as it is her own (the most ironic thing is that my lil brother actually SOLD it to her for 3 ****in' euros to get himself and his friends some daymn paprika chips at the supermarket I work at, OHHH and he also sold my very own Golden Sun: The Lost Age to her for 5 euros later... wtf?) and now is a full time nagger for other stuff like a new bicycle when my little bro is getting one while she already HAS 2! Dude really, while observing my siblings I truely feel owned... being the ever grateful oldest of the 4 childeren living in my parents house. O.o; Materialistic little *****es childeren are...

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                                    Posted 09 March 2008 - 06:26 PM

                                    And I thought Caael had sibling issues...

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                                      Posted 09 March 2008 - 06:27 PM

                                      How on Earth did her get MORE for GS: TLA than he did the SP itself?

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                                        Posted 09 March 2008 - 06:33 PM

                                        Dunno, and I don't care cause I personally took the money from my brother... Hehehe. :) My cousin now owns my copy of TLA and my GBA SP has gone missing since months. Really funny, cause I can exactly tell you where my very first game (Donkey Kong Land for the 8 bit Gameboy you *****ez!) is... Or can I..? :P

                                        Anyways, yeah childeren can be annoying little naggers at times and even though this isn't the best way to handle it, it sure does confront the kid that he can't just get anything the hell he wants. Still... I wish that somebody in the family could've comfort the boy.

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                                          Posted 09 March 2008 - 06:37 PM

                                          I find it a little disturbing how your userbar indentifies you as a Donkey Kong 'user'...

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                                            Posted 09 March 2008 - 06:40 PM

                                            Let's get in on like Donkey Kong they say. :P

                                            EDIT: You can leave the 'like' part out of that sentance as well if you like to.

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                                              Posted 09 March 2008 - 10:01 PM

                                              That wasn't funny honestly. What a disgusting family...

                                              The little kid seems really nice. He coped with the hard news pretty well also. Ah well, I like him. Cute little kid.

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                                                Posted 10 March 2008 - 01:49 AM

                                                That kid was pretty cute. The hair though, wtf?

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                                                  Posted 10 March 2008 - 03:47 AM

                                                  View PostDiddy Kong, on Mar 9 2008, 05:23 PM, said:

                                                  What the HELL is it with all these kids wanting all these expensive gadgets anyways?

                                                  The above statement is why this movie is not cruel.

                                                  And the fact you all feel sorry for him makes you just as bad.

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                                                    Posted 10 March 2008 - 03:55 AM

                                                    He was referring to when they won't stop nagging you for them, not when you give a kid a 360 box with clothes inside.

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                                                      Posted 10 March 2008 - 09:44 AM

                                                      Exactly, what would you do, Mallick if you were 8 and you'd wanted something for ages and you finally thought you'd got it but no, you'd been tricked. You wouldnt laugh it off, you would be pretty damn annoyed.

                                                      And look what some *** commented on:

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                                                      this is what's wrong with the world today. seriously, this is news? i'm supposed to feel sorry for this kid? at least he got something. growing up, my parents would often wrap things in used boxes. granted, the choice of the xbox box in this case was of poor taste, it's not unusual to get clothes boxed up in a totally unrelated box. in fact, it was often a fun game to wrap things in multiple boxes to trick the recipient not once, but twice, while opening the gift. it was all in good fun. the point was the thought. seriously.

                                                      i volunteer for the big brothers big sisters program to a little 11 yr old boy whose single mom is a minimum wage house keeper. it always makes me sad when i try to get the kid to go to the park with me to shoot some hoops or kick the soccer ball around and all he wants to do is go to best buy and check out some $300+ gadgets, video games, ps3, or whatever. i swear, his mom must spend half her income on keeping the kid "happy" with all the **** he has. i think most middle class families back in 80s' probably spent $100-200 per year max on ALL gifts for a kid, including bday and xmas. now, $200-300 is the minimum spend per item. even adjusted for inflation, this is still quite excessive. kids are so spoiled these days.

                                                      And Engadget giving this kid a free xbox really teaches the kid a bad lesson. Why don't you guys put some $ in a trust, so the kid will have some money to go to college in 10 years?


                                                      I want to burn him and laugh at his ashes.


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