>be me>chinkanon>have iPad + several family computers but strict time limit enforcement + no password>crack the pwds a few times but parents always catch on / change it periodically>must earn "iPad/computer time" in 5 minute blocks for practicing piano, doing Chinese hw, various chores, and eventually "having a good day at school" for being a demented autistard>so basically here's what I do>learn I can ask Siri to show me images of stuff I wanna see by going "Bing images" followed by the keyword>often pretty women kek>fun for a while, and consistently works even after mom catches on>soon mom learns what Siri is, disables it>Reenable it a few "legal" iPad uses later>then mom learns she can disable Siri while the iPad is locked only>pissed me off, had to nab the pin again since accessing that setting needs the pin>later realize I can go into iPad settings to prevent it from locking when I close the cover (forget if that setting needs the pin)>one night I literally just use the iPad all night, browsing>mom catches me at 2 am, punishes me, but doesn't realize the specific technique>later they make me keep the iPad in their room>but a while later I get a new iPad, so manage to confuse them for a while by, say, keeping the new iPad in my room and the old iPad in theirs>right before hs, get a phone, first device I have the pwd to>also get a laptop, still forced to ask mom for its pwd, highly degrading>sophomore yr, 2020, covid happens>still must ask mom for laptop pwd but atl I get to be on it all day>parents once changed phone pwd in 2020 to stop me from doomscrolling but I "learned my lesson" since then>junior yr 2021, school's hybrid, have to bring laptop to class, parents finally relent and tell me laptop pwd>mom tries to retain control by enforcing "school" and "home" laptops, falls apart>no more asking mom for pwd>iPad still pwd locked, but gaming on my phone + laptop nowNow? I spend almost every waking hour online. Nice going mom.
>>82740749not loving them as i grew up, seemed to work somewhat,
>>82740749>learn how to turn off the speaker on the dial-up modem>stuff a towel under the door so they can't see the light is on at 2am>type really slowly and quietlyI feel really bad for kids these days who can't just reboot in DOS mode and disable the nannyware like I did.
>not supposed to use the computer>but they don't put a password on it or anything, it's just in a central area of the house where they can keep an eye on it>set alarm for 4 am every day to get a couple of hours of gaming and porn in before going back to bed to catch a nap before school
>>82740749HEARTWARMING: Chink gets the same respect at 18 from his insane, neurotic parents that every other kid gets straight out of the womb.I'm sorry its like this for you anon, but it won't be long until nursing home time, then you'll get the last laugh.
As the one who pretty much ended up being the arch-autistard of my school (and various other places), I got several other juicy stories if you'd like to hear them.
how has your life improved as a result of being online
>>82740749Masturbate quietly
>>82740749>not allowed on the dial-up internet, log-in locked behind a password>click the "remember password" box>next time they logged in, the password was saved>wrap the PC tower in a blanket and log-in late at night ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsNaR6FRuO0 )>download SNES roms, look at porn, etc>make sure the password doesn't save again so they don't know any better next time they use it>had all my videogames taken away due to bad grades>had to pull stealth missions to recover my stolen vidya>sneaking into my parents room while they were asleep to recover the Gameboy from their dresser drawer>found the key to the garage, sneak out late at night to recover my gamecube and PS1>when the DS came out and I had my first job, I bought two so I could use one as a decoy when it was taken away
>>82741164>be me, chinanon>go to chinese school rented out of a HS 2 towns away>switch to closer one 1 yr later, dk why>rented out of some local christian college (cult?)>more bizarre, felt like some compound>old chinese lady makes us sing random Chinese songs before each lesson in like this chapel room (dk if songs were religious or not)>once we play a game abt passing around a flower as one kid plays a drum, when drumming stops the kid w/ the flower has to tell sth about themselves (I think)>other kids: "scream when it gets to anon">class pretty chill, I do well at Chinese and sorta enjoy learning (even w/ bullying)>one day in late 3rd grade, mom says my chinese school is closing due to lack of funding>im like yay, tho mom wants to find a new chinese school, and I sorta understand>but none pleased her so she decided to basically do "Chinese homeschool">mom orders a bunch of "jinan" textbooks from china which, unlike the ones I was using att, had 0 english and were much harder>scrutinizes everything, marking it with check or x>familiar "reorder characters" exercises, but manage to cheese those by looking at the textbook passages since literally all were ripped from there>coast along (to earn iPad minutes), till I hit "use words in ur own sentences">fucking hated those>hated the "write a 50/100 character essay on xyz topic" ones which came later even more>workbooks specified mon-fri, but mom let me choose which order to go in, I always saved the "days" with those hard ones for last>jinan lessons often pro ccp, talked abt e.g taiwan/hk being part of china or proclaimed "china strong">had to go from book 4 all the way to book 10 between grades 3 and 8, summer or fall>grade 9, mom wants me to take hsk>trouble is, to take it (iirc) u have to get a chinese school to sponsor u>so end up having to redo jinan books 9-10 at a local chinese school in grade 9 for 1 yearFunny thing is it worked, I'm fluent, and im unironically deep into chinese stuff
