black_wing_angel
How is it "childish"? And why is it an "overreaction"?
Why? It's something that is undesirable to the child, but not abusive. Sounds ******** spot-on, to me.
Teaching respect is not accomplished by being disrespectful. Yes, he made a threat. Yes, he lived up to it. No, he has not accomplished earning respect.
Maybe its saccharine distant cousin, fear: but fear is easily substituted. A
violently jealous boyfriend is a great next step!
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Do you realize how sensitive information on a computer, can be?
"Donating" a computer, by just handing it over, can be DANGEROUS. If the person who receives it is savvy enough, they can get their hands on some particularly sensitive information, based on previous usage. This is why people are always advised to destroy the hard-drive. Or at the very least, scramble it. But destruction is still preferred.
For most situations, wiping it suffices. As a professed IT tech, he probably knows how to do that. And the chances of some kid having financial info on her personal computer, especially with a tech dad, are slim.
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Somehow, I feel homeless people have problems that supersede computer access.
A computer can
significantly impact your access to upward mobility. It allows you to research better opportunities; better tactics. Places to go looking
for a job. Putting out far more applications than you would be able to otherwise. And writing the resume to print up
at the library.
I ended up netless for a month, and it made a huge, detrimental impact to my ability to engage clients with new information. This contributed to me getting laid off.
The internet is for porn. But it's also for self-improvement.
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Making a show of it, was kinda the point. He wanted to set an example. Mission accomplished.
"I can't control you, so I guess I'll just bust yo' s**t instead."
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No, not by default. Throwing a brick through McDonald's drive-thru window, because they forgot you wanted your burger "without onions", is losing control. Putting a handful of bullets into a computer that has been abused, is really....not.
Like Riviera stated, a teenager complaining to her friends is... well, to be expected. She wasn't complaining to anyone that would actually
impact her father's life - IE manipulating/abusing.
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That he put himself in such a situation where he would need to make good on a threat so childish is what made it stupid.
Like you've never made a threat, to someone.
Most of us feel some sort of remorse after threatening something ridiculous. Then again, some of us are too bloated with pride to acknowledge said ridiculousness.
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Computer access is a huge asset for them, as it allows them to apply for online job applications (more and more of which are only online now), fill out federal and state documents, research resources, etc.
In my day, we had library computers for that s**t.
In that day, you could probably just walk into one convenience store and drop off an application, then have reasonable expectation of having a decent chance of actually hearing back from it.
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So what difference does it make, which one he chooses? It seems that you just don't like that he chose to use a gun. When the gun is an irrelevant component to the issue.
The whole video smacks of bruised pride. He wasn't doing this with any thought to what it would teach the kid; it was a simple "you're wrong and I'm right as long as you're under my roof. Oh and also, I can afford to shoot up a couple thousand dollars of property on a whim."
This makes me cringe on a multitude of different levels: it's illogical, it's disrespectful of standard gift giving terms (IE relinquishing control of an item: this was a 'loan', if that), it only reinforces that he is unapproachable, it's financially irresponsible, and the cherry on top is that it prioritizes escape from a tyrant for the sake of basic safety (IE knowing that you're not going to wake up with a horse's head in your bed). Since she's used to being disrespected, that sets the bar pretty low for her next guy.
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When you have choices and you choose the childish and immature one, guess what? That makes you childish and immature.
Why is it "childish and immature", though?
What does a little boy often do when he does not get his way? He throws a tantrum. He breaks things. He sabotages things, because he's trying to leverage control of the situation. His tone may have been calm, if not smug, but the result is the same.
On another subject:
Riviera de la Mancha
theothermanoverthere
<Insert "That Old Gag" here>
The Other Man has already stated he's dyslexic. He's already trying to do something he's naturally disadvantaged to. Personally, I think that merits some patience and credit.
