By Rob Bricken in
Nerdery, Video Games
Thursday, Jul. 9 2009 @ 11:57AM
I love it when nerdy parents force their young children to do incredibly nerdy things for our enjoyment. Sure, it's probably screwing up the kids in some way, and leading them down a road of non-nerdy football-playing and cheerleading, as they try to bitterly rebel against their game-playing, comics-reading parents... but watch this video of a young toddler dressed as Mega Man, his father forcing him to yell "Pew! Pew! Pew!" and just try to tell me it's not worth it. Thanks to the always adorable TR commenter McTool for the tip.
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OnanRulz said:
This is why I shouldn't have a kid. I would scar him for life by choosing his Halloween costumes for him.
"What's that, you want to dress up as Flapjack? No no, son, I've made a Char Aznable costume for you, and that helmet better stay on all night. No, I don't care that you're crying, like I didn't care last year when I put you in that Guncannon costume."
willroy said:
"DAMMIT SON THAT ISN'T LOUD ENOUGH!!! don't you know anything? you're not even mine, i can tell. Carol! Carol who have you been sleeping around with you fucking whore!?"
...yeah too much but if he went to the trouble of making the costume(i think) and teaching him to say "pew pew pew", then it seems like a logical thing for him to say.
McTool said:
My favorite part is how they treat him like a Pavlovian dog.
Pew Pew Pew Loud Enough = Treat
amarygma said:
I substitute-taught high school 5 years ago and none of the kids knew who mega man was. Then they wondered why I was crying.
facepalm said:
I can think of another headline for this...
"It's MEGA OLD!"
Welcome to about 6 months ago at least. Did you know they are making Harry Potter movies? And Star Wars Prequels?
Halfazedninja said:
PEW PEW PEW!
Now give me a cookie
mia said:
actually, the little boy WANTED to be megaman for halloween.
Brion said:
So awesome. Exactly what I would do if I had kids too.
"Now son, I know you want to be but I'm going to dress you up as Nightcrawler and you better scream "Bamf!" or no candy!"
RebekahDay said:
That's amazing :) For Halloween three years ago, my niece and I both went as Spiderman (she was three at the time). I finally feel redeemed, I'm not the only who imposes my nerdery on small children.
molly said:
aww! that was cute ^^ i love little nerds.
'Stater Nuts said:
That was a-dorable.
Boy or girl, the first kid I have is dressing up like Link for Halloween. And I'll be... Link's Uncle or sum-thin.
Stivi said:
That was too cute.
And his parents adore him. His Dad wasn't haranguing him to go louder, it was more like a rock'n roll "I can't hear you!" And he told him "good job" a couple times.
Besides, my kid would be dressed like a little Patrick Bateman for Halloween, so I can't fault that couple.
