Posted by Beef Gustav So I just flat out told them I'm not touching the pieces of shit they call computers until they grant me the fucking recognition that I'm the one fixing their shit and saving them money from having to take it into a repair shop. Fortunately I have been able to convince my parents of this, while still living at home. I believe it has something to do with having been the one who initially messed up the computer. When I first learned the internet, I would crash the old Win98 machine about once every three months, so I eventually just learned to fix it myself. The process continued and I got better at it, until the early 00's, when everyone and their dog started pirating shit and downloading trojans. Then I began covering for other family member's mistakes, and wound up with a computer of my own. Since then, I've only badly mangled things once, and that was with my own computer when it froze during data transfer so I cut the power at the switch, which fried the motherboard entirely. Anyway, I now fix issues as they happen with the family computers, and it's generally accepted that I know what I'm doing, so nobody really gives me flack about it anymore. ---------- As far as drinking, I'm a happy drunk too. It's not abnormal for me to just roll softly on the floor and laugh after I get far enough along. ____________________ Design © 2009 Stark Once for the Super Dave TV show I was the stuntman that fell down the entire wtc stairwell. ~ jargon

Posted by Trelior I don't drink heavily enough to start stumbling and that shit. I usually have pretty good balance when drunk, and I have never been hungover before either. On the occasions that I drink, I'm not a 'blackout drinker.' I would attribute my behavior while under the influence to the amplification of my typically jubilant attitude. Posted by Beef Gustav See, that's the way it was for me, too, except for my parents still haven't really come around fully. They're stubborn people focused on the past and won't let shit go. And I never did half the shit you did either. But whatever. They fed me, so I took their BS. Ya know, in retrospect my parents have always been strangely tolerant of my screw-ups. The best reasoning I could give is that I'm the only son in a family full of rather ..... loquacious girls. ____________________ Design © 2009 Stark Once for the Super Dave TV show I was the stuntman that fell down the entire wtc stairwell. ~ jargon