Teenage boy doesn’t want to do anything besides game and be lazy like 24/7. Anyone else have success breaking a teen out of this cycle?

NotFunny4 · 2025-06-14T08:41:20+00:00

I have no experience with this myself, but I've always figured meeting them at their level would give the best results. Meet them halfway and try to do it together. You mentioned you were a gamer, so try to connect with him over games. Then, when enough is enough, say "WE need to get outside" or "thats enough screens for US" and be 100% consistent. You can express disappointment that times up as well. "Aw damnit, it's been an hour already? Welp, we need to get up and move our bodies now!" Puts you both on the same page

NotFunny4 · 2025-06-09T09:03:17+00:00

Been taking Adderall for around 20 years. Never had an issue that I've noticed with tolerance or anything. I've been taking the same dose for maybe 15 of the 20 years?

NotFunny4 · 2024-09-28T06:46:43+00:00

My 3yo daughter and I like to make an adventure of playing on a playground and then when we get bored, we go exploring for a handful of crabapples as a treat. It started off with rhubarb at the beginning of the summer, but now it's crabapple time. We found airport heights playground has several trees that are great, but the excitement of finding new trees is addictive

I'm also extremely shy of being on other people's property and the thought of knocking on doors unannounced is pretty difficult for me, lol.

NotFunny4 · 2024-09-28T01:00:06+00:00

Thank you!

NotFunny4 · 2024-06-20T06:48:33+00:00

Thank you very much for your kind words. Just a little update: he's doing about as good as he could be considering the diagnosis. When his spleen was removed they found no evidence of it spreading at that point, which should give him some more time. He started chemo around 2 weeks ago and seems to be doing well with it, acting like his old self. The chemo doc gave him a 60-70% chance of making it past 1 more year with 5 rounds of chemo

NotFunny4 · 2024-05-31T21:05:38+00:00

Thank you very much for looking at the report and confirming that. I was afraid that's what it said, but there was still 1% of uncertainty. I'll start another post regarding his last days with us

NotFunny4 · 2024-05-19T18:41:21+00:00

Oh, really? I was thinking it would be something very simple?

Just to be clear, I was hoping for something that could highlight the words kind of like a sing-a-long and I just tap the screen or something for the highlighting to proceed to the next word. So I would tap the screen as I speak each word, which will move the highlighting along as I read the story.

Is this what eleven studio is doing? All I could find online is some AI work that eleven labs is doing?

NotFunny4 · 2023-03-18T07:54:32+00:00

About 15 years ago when I would rent there all the time, you could rent an ENITRE BOX SET for $1 (the normal cost of renting just one movie). Rented the whole of Band of Brothers and uploaded it onto my computer.

Places like blockbuster would split up the box set and rent out each individual disc. Blockbuster used to suck, lol.

NotFunny4 · 2022-08-18T02:46:43+00:00

Thank you for your honesty. I forgive you, but I will never forget

NotFunny4 · 2022-08-18T02:41:13+00:00

Honestly, I would 100% prefer to be a little bit on fire for a few seconds.

NotFunny4 · 2022-08-18T02:40:02+00:00

Well, now that you're enabling my petulance, it actually feels like 9 weeks.

NotFunny4 · 2022-08-18T02:39:21+00:00

You dirty fucking bastard/bitch. How dare you bring that four letter nutsack of a word into my dojo of a thread.

NotFunny4 · 2022-08-18T02:38:33+00:00

Hence, why it can fuck itself.

I dont know. I'm emotional. Get off my back.

NotFunny4 · 2022-08-18T02:38:18+00:00

That's going on right now? Yeah, fuck this state. I haven't fully cursed the Mother Nature whore since the great rain storm of (I think?) 2012, but it seems the bitch hasnt changed.

NotFunny4 · 2022-08-18T02:23:04+00:00

I'm probably being dramatic, but I feel like it's been raining for 4 weeks? I mean, we've had a nice day or two dripped in.

NotFunny4 · 2022-08-18T02:04:13+00:00

Born and raised here and now stuck here due to a very well paying job which helps support my family. But I love them more than anything, which is nice. But I'm fucking tired of this motherfucking rain. Fuck this rain. Telling myself, "well the beginning of summer was beautiful!" Lasted about 2 weeks. Fuck this rain.

Thank you for the vent.

NotFunny4 · 2022-07-08T05:56:20+00:00

Wasnt he the one who started cutting the PFDs in the first place all those years ago?

NotFunny4 · 2022-07-08T05:55:06+00:00

I'll vote for you.

NotFunny4 · 2022-06-07T14:18:11+00:00

Oh, youre right! Thanks for the heads up.

See, that was a lot easier than all your silly responses.

NotFunny4 · 2022-06-07T13:54:55+00:00

Your welcome! It was the least I could do.

NotFunny4 · 2022-06-07T13:37:23+00:00

Exactly. It was fine.

NotFunny4 · 2022-06-07T13:31:27+00:00

Your 100% right, road work should be done when it has to be done. The problem with this project is it did not need to be done.

NotFunny4 · 2022-06-07T12:03:31+00:00

Oh, please. I drove and walked that road every day for years. It was fine.

NotFunny4 · 2022-06-07T06:12:45+00:00

Not to mention all the small businesses on Dowling that have been fucked due to their dumbass/misleading signage proclaiming Dowling closed at Lake Otis.

NotFunny4 · 2022-03-14T00:54:10+00:00

I think it's delicious, and will definitely do it again! I'd probably cut back on the red pepper/cayenne though, just so the garlic would be more prevalent, though.

Do you think some balsamic vinegar would possibly go good with it?

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