Underaged brother

if the brother is real, and the situation is real, CPS needs to be called. they will remove him from the home, force psychiatric analysis, and get him the help he needs. the parents will have to pay for it though, so i suspect the needed help will never happen.

i'm not sure why the brother - and not the parents - is the one taking the responsibility for this problem... and if the whole thing is true, that makes the parents seem even less capable of parenting their own children, and they should ALL be removed.

Alternatively ..

The Original Poster is 40 ...

He is not complaining about his Brother's SL addiction, but rather his own...

He lives in his Mother's basement...

His Mother and Linden Labs won't do anything to stop his addiction and thus its not his fault he wont get one with his life.

or even moer likely.... all made up to create a controversial thread. boredom.

My version explains why he has cheetos stains.

with a little imagination, mine could as well.

The reality of the brother has been doubted with good arguments in the thread multiple times already, and none of the arguments was well refuted. The statements about the brother contradict each other or are technologically impossible. (SL through a proxy in Africa? You've got to be kidding me.)

There is only one possible way that the OP is not a troll -- if they are lying and misrepresenting the situation. Which means that if the brother actually exists, he is in no way in a condition as dire as the OP would have us believe, or probably, not even addicted.

And as a side note, as far as I know, APA took the Internet Addiction off the list recently because they could not show it to be a mental disorder.

See I don't want to think about trolls being amorously attached to their threads ..

Yes, when these things happen it is a very serious matter.

If I take this one at face value and try to be pragmatic then the person who is best placed to do something about the situation is joept. We can do nothing. LL can do nothing. Even the parents can do nothing unless they are made aware of the situation.

Never mind who is legally responsible; never mind who is to blame; never mind even if the brother is fictitious. Joept is there and aware of the problem and Joept should therefore take action - and I mean more action than just posting on this board!

None the less the facts remain. If the OPs brother is not considered an adult where they live his parents are still responsible for his activities regardless of their knowledge or the legality of those activities. If the OPs brother is threatening to take any life, or becoming more aggressive as the OP claims it is the parents responsibility to deal with it and if its beyond the scope of what they can deal with then to make sure the OPs brother receives the proper professional help.

The registration clearly states you have to be 18+ and that you agree to this, this is no different then any other 18+ game on the internet that is not porn related. In fact you can get an M rated 18+ console game with little to no hassle at all if you are under age. Only porn site that are X to XXX require some form of payment info on file as "Age Verification" as well as the I am 21+ check box. None of these measure are meant to absolve parents of there responsibilities to be aware of their children's actions and take steps to correct them if need be.

The blame and I Will Sue cultures are prime examples of the breakdown of our civilization and an unwillingness to take responsibility for ones actions or lack there of.

For the OP:

Didja kill him yet ???

10/10



Good job joegypt.

srsly.

You flustered them.


Are they deleting the questions at Yahoo Answers too quick?


plz, tell the OT board to come here to make this forum more interesting.

while i don't argue your analysis, i will say this abot the WHOLE thing: i'm sort of coming from the place that i don't believe the OP is on the up n up.

BUT..... it is VERY possible that someone who IS living this experience is reading this thread. for that, i think it's our duty to offer real advice along with the snarkinesswe are spewing.

IF someone out there is living this addiction, or knows someone who is.... get yourself (or them) some help. even if that means ratting out your parents. parents are not experts and sometimes they need help learning how to parent better. it's not a weakness, it's a reality. one is far more respected when they face practical issues with a realistic approach, and save the crow eating for private consumption.

yes. i can see why you would say that.

oh. you're still around. i heard you were dead. my bad.

If the OP's brother really exists and his problems really are real as described then WTF is the OP asking a bunch of the strangers in the internet to give him solutions to those problems for? Does he really think there are going to be answers for that he can really fix the problems with without getting local professional and/or parental help?

Seriously, Resident Answers are for questions and answers about Second Life - not "how can I fix my life" type questions. At least that's my understanding.

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Wow, Im really shocked at how the community has fallen to this extent. I wouldn't even be posting to get the response from these fools if I didn't have the few minutes of free time now. "The OP has repeatedly lied to us" . Accusing me of lying at this point is ridiculous considering I never said anything contridictary and have no purpose to lie. I refused to acknowledge legitamate answers? I told you why they weren't answers. My brother is very experiened in sneaking around using a false IP, proxies, and knows how to overcome passwords. I came here to troll? Trolling about a topic like this is useless. Okay pretend my brother exists.??? Extremely rude on your part. My brother does exist. I was looking for an answer here. I thought some knowledgable residents still existed here. Obviously with all the idiots coming here, they found other places to invest their time and money. The only solution now is to seek professional help which is what I am in the proccess of doing.

Did he kill himself yet? If not then you have nothing to report. Come back another time.

That seems a bit harsh; just because the kid picked his nose and became an emo.

Where are your parents in all of this? Why aren't THEY seeking professional help for him?

Just curious.... hasn't the school been knocking at your door?

Otherwise... sounds like a normal teenager to me. (I can't believe I read this whole thread.)

I can't beleive you did either

It is your parent's job to make sure what their children is doing. Period. No one elses. Because if it was my job, I would cut off your hands and lock you in a room with Immy and a potato peeler...

We all have our hobbies. I'm sure Conan would be the first to agree that anyone who takes him seriously is endangering their serenity.

He CAN be a good source of recipes when he feels like it. (those pasties, now?)