2:07 but putting those meals in those plastic containers in the microwave does the heat make plastic particles get into those meals? Should be better to take them from those plastic containers and putting the meals in the microwave in a glass container? What does factor say about that? Just wondering!
I noticed my friends games were out of the cases, some were loose just sitting around. He asked if he could borrow a game, and I said I can't, because you don't take care of your stuff.
@@robzo87OMG meeee too. God I hate when I drop something , and have a mini panic attack picking it up wondering where it got damaged…. and how bad the damage was.
My dad was like this too- he always told me "don't lend your things to other people, they won't treat it well, they won't care if it gets ruined." For him it was less "this is a collectable item" and more "this is something I spent $50 on so treat it well." He always bought me these plastic clamshell cases for my NES games to make sure they were protected. To be fair, I did lend my games/CDs out a bit in my teen years and getting them back with their cases was hit or miss- dad did have a point.
I have a shop full of great organized hand and power tools.. I also have a lend section full of yard sale cheap stuff I lend when people ask 😂. I got so tired of things not being returned or cared for.
I never lend anyone anything, because it never comes back in the condition it was lent in, I’ve been burnt one too many times doing this. Your dad was right.
You're absolutely right. There can be rare exceptions but I need to have seen the condition in which they keep their things. And I do mean rare I'm 45 and have one buddy I'm comfortable loaning things.
Your dad is a legend. Way ahead of his time. Agree with not borrowing Video Games half the time you never get them back or you’ll get them back in rough shape ripped labels cracked discs. He already knew this ahead of time. Love the videos Tyler keep the stories coming RIP DAD 🫡 the original OG Collector
Hey guys! My Dad had a STRICT POLICY when it came to my friends and video games... specifically when it came to them BORROWING OUR GAMES! 😱 Did your parents have rules around video games?
My parents had to develop rules for my games/toys after too many times friends would borrow things from me and either damage, or lose them. Although my parents did this in the name of protecting me and my possessions I thought they were the jerks. I now have a 16 year old son, and as he was growing up i never told him he couldnt lend things out, but i warned him of the risks of doing so. Sadly the cycle repeated. There was a time he lent out one of his favorite Beyblades to a kid who didnt have one and the "friend" "lost" it. My son was devastated. The messed up thing is the kid tried to reassure my son that everything was alright becuase now they BOTH didn't have a Beyblade.
My dad never leant anything to anybody and I foolishly leant my snes games. Specifically Killer Instinct I never got back and then leant all my snes games to a friend who sold them all!! I should’ve followed my dads example however after having them all stolen I did curate quite a nice collection for myself as a 13 year old 😂
You had an incredible Father, with great values, that he passed onto you! As someone who was raised in the 80's and started gaming with an Atari 2600, I can relate. My parents were considered middle income, for that time. With that said, they were extremely frugal! We wouldn't allow us to loan out our games, for any reason whatsoever, for several reasons! Outstanding video!! Thanks for sharing!
I agree with your Dad 100%. The first time I loaned a game to a friend, he loaned it to another person and it took forever to find said person to get it back. I also made the mistake of loaning my Genesis to the same friend years later (I had just gotten a SNES so I was focused on that). He had it for a few months and returned it broken, claiming that it still worked when he returned it. Needless to say, I stopped loaning things to people.
My parents stayed out of what I did with my video games, BUT I had a strict policy of my own. I only let my close close friends/family borrow games, because I also handled all my games with care. I never let my random friends/classmates at school borrow my games ever. As an adult I completely understand your Dad, and as a stubborn kid, I also understand.
I was the same l. My parents didn’t get too involved with gaming besides buying them for me here and there but I was naturally just very careful with my belingings and taught my friends the same. I would let friends borrow games but only because I knew they knew how I took care of them. Still it was only 2 or 3 friends I trusted like this
Your dad was 100% correct. My son would often lend our PS2 games to his friends and they would usually come back without the manual or case or even not come back at all. So annoying 🤬
Yup, I learned that lesson the hard way when I let a classmate borrow my copy of Mortal Kombat Trilogy for PS1 back in 1998. I told him he could borrow it for a week. It took over 2 weeks to get it back, and when I did, the disc had an insane amount of scratches and scuff marks, that it caused the game to get glitchy. I was beyond pissed, and my parents even moreso, since they were the ones who bought it. Never again after that. Your dad was 100% in the right.
@MyRetroLife - I just got an email saying you liked my comment, but it’s not showing you did on my actual comment 😶 Some type of weird TH-cam bug perhaps?
What a story! I can relate because I had kids outright steal my toys. Some kids aren't taught to respect others' belongings, so there's always that risk if you lend them. I can see where your dad was coming from.
As a kid I could only an hour at a time for two hours a day and no games during school days. As a kid it sucked but I understand my mom and dad’s reasoning. I also couldn’t let friends take my games and I’m honestly glad that I never let friends use my games
Your dad was absolutely awesome, Tyler. I honestly wish that I could've met him. I also agree with your dad as far as nobody will take care of your things like you would. At 51 years old today, I still practice that rule and I always will.
I can get that. My dad is about the same age as yours. I can see my dad being that way too. Only to my dad it would be not because their collectibility (although he was that way with baseball and hockey cards) but more the fact $80 to $100 CAD for a game cartridge in the early 90s is ludicrous to not take care of. If it got lost or broke, without a doubt there wasn’t going to be a replacement
He was right, my mom said the same and she never was a collector or anything like that. It's just common sense! These things are expensive compared to something like lending a pot or tin or whatever and you can't trust others to not damage these borrowed things.
Your dad was super smart. Over life, I've learned to only loan out something that I was okay with not getting back. Applies to videogames, books, and even money. If you are not okay with not getting it back, don't do it. Great video!
This was apparently a big deal for our parents during those times. My own parents had that same kind of reaction when they noticed I borrowed the TMNT NES game from a kid at school for an exchange with one of mine(I forget which one) but they just knew it wasn't anything they recognized from our little game collection lol. As I aged, I did realize that you are almost never gonna see your stuff come back to you if you loaned anything out. I learned that the hard way a couple times before I was done with that lol.
I thought I was the only one like that, but your father was the same, he did everything right in my opinion, my son is 10 years old and I always tell him the same thing, you mustn't lend out your games, your friends are welcome to come over and you can play together, but unfortunately lending games is taboo for us, I had been collecting things before my son was born, back in the 90s, things that my parents gave me, and I did the same with my son, all these years collecting all kinds of consoles, all kinds of games, none of it was cheap, well, I've talked enough now, thank you for the video, now I know that I'm not the only one who is like that, God protect you and your family.❤
I agree with your dad 100%. I had a kid at work that was a good worker, and seemed to have it together enough that when he expressed interest in watching anime, I lent him one of my Blu-rays. Anyone that collects anime on physical media knows it isn't exactly cheap, but like I said, this guy seemed alright, he was one of my favorite employees after all. Well, shortly after lending him the disc he quit, stopped responding to my texts, and ultimately after 3 months, I had to figure out who this kid's mother was and get her involved to have my property returned. When he did give it back he just left it on my doorstep, couldn't even hand it to me, and to top it off, there was clear liquid damage to the paper inserts. If you're willing to lend something also be willing to throw it in the trash.
Funny thing is that my dad is the opposite. He was pretty rough with game discs, not holding them by the edges and getting his greasy fingerprints on the backside and even pushing in the disc tray on the consoles. He did the same with his music cds which shockingly still work to this day.😂
I agree with your dad 100%. Back in the GBA days, I flirted with the idea of trading games with my friends, but one day I brought some cartridges to school, showed them off a bit, and then later someone stole them out of my backpack. Kids can be cruel and careless, with little to no respect for other people's stuff, and it's a hard lesson we have to learn if we value the nice things we have.
My dad was the same way when we first got the Play Station and PS2. He taught me to take care of the things he brought me and my brother. I took that lesson into adulthood. The 90s and early 2000s were the golden age of gaming for me. We have alot of games new and old to chose from now. Great video Tyler.
Your dad was right in most cases. Found out the hard way lending things to people only to have them damaged or never getting them back. The bad part was I didn't learn the first time it happened. Lost Mario Paint and Ocarina of Time lending them to "friends" and lost my entire SNES collection lending it to my brother, who put it in a storage unit and subsequently failed to pay for it. Had a guitar amp damaged lending it to another band during a show we played together and had a guitar stolen lending it to a "friend".
I totally understand this. My dad is the exact same way. I grew up almost the same time you did. I didn't have as many video gamesbut that unwritten rule was there. I've seen a lot of your videos now. And I can tell not your dad was a genuine leap, awesome guy and a good father. Even in this video it is clear with how He interacted with your friends. I love your videos, buddy. They remind me of a simpler time.
When I was a kid I had a huge basket of just over 100 Marvel toy biz figures, was playing with them at a friend's house and my mom picked me up for a dentist appt...so I left them. Those "friends" I had played with for years and trusted, destroyed EVERY SINGLE ONE. I tried for weeks to get them back and when I finally pushed my way in to get them, there were parts and pieces everywhere. Totally devastating. Kids are awful. 😢
I remember letting a high school friend borrow 2 of my best PS1 games Vandal Hearts and FF7 Original, good friend I'd known for 10+ years. After I hadn't heard about them for 1 year I found out he'd sold them to someone else along with his system. I learned soon after never lend even your "best/good" friends your prized items because even if you do get it back it will probably take a long long time to see it again and could cause loss of friendship. Your friends also have family members and other friends that might destroy or lose your items also. Don't lend money, appliances, games, vehicles, don't sign any type of co-sign with anyone but close blood family, and usually not even then.
My dad, who used to write computer code for Hewlett-Packard, had a strict rule: I could only lend video games to cousins or close family members. He would say “You don’t understand how time-consuming it is to create these games. Owning them is a blessing, and behind every one of them is someone else’s hard work.” That was his philosophy when it came to appreciating everything I had as a kid.
He’s mentioned it before but who cares I’m from NY my nonno/grandfather started Ralph Lauren with Ralph back in 1967 and is still alive in his 90s everyone’s lives are different you make it what you want in life I’ve seen and have all from 1980-Now I have every console and tons of games what a life of gaming throughout the decades
Well come on dude let's be honest it's not like it's some sort of intergalactica job on some other unknown planet literally just paperwork for Marvel in some random place in the United States ..with just a person who is just like you ..simply just doing that job😂
I lived in an apartment when I was a kid and had an upstairs neighbor I was friends with and we borrowed each other's games all the time. One day I got into an argument with my little sister over use of the TV. She proceeded to take my borrowed copy of Mortal Kombat on the SNES and whipped it across the room, causing the cartridge to come apart. I was able to repair it like it never happened but holy shit if my mom had been forced to replace a $60 game that wasn't mine, it wouldve been me who took the heat instead of my sister. Moral of the story, I get where your dad is coming from.
Off topic but here's a story. I remember seeing ads for Zelda 2 but every store said they have never had it. I don't think it was released yet but my 8 yo mind was convinced it was. The neighbor to my friend said he had it and would sell it for $40 I convinced my mom to give me the money. When I went to get it, he brought out the original Zelda. I was so dissapointed because I was adamant about it being Zelda 2.
An 8 year old asking for 40 dollars??You must have been born in the last 25 years then!I'm close to 60 and I couldn't program my mouth to even say 40 dollars at 8,never mind ask for it!😮
I had so many memories of a game being borrowed and being stealth trying to not let the parents know from both sides you touched on every aspect from the interrogation to older kids envying your stuff and purposefully breaking it or not returning it at all which until now I hadn’t really thought about for a long time but man those were such dramatic moments dealing with the kid or parent that I really don’t know if that happens as much anymore as it did in those days thanks for the memories have a good day!
Nothing is perfect, my parents wouldnt let me play any violent shooters till i was 12 (i still played them in secret, mainly unreal and hexen 2) but borrowing was all the rage back then, we would borrow games in school nonstop, thankfully everyone took really good care of their games, sonwe never had any issues, even when we started dealing with cds, everyone in my group of friends took really good care of everything.
Ty for shareing man what a great story. I can appreciate your dad for how generous he was and for maintaining his rule. My dad was in prison for my childhood years and could careless about games or electronics. I came to love games by way of friends who would let me come over and play with them.
Growing up, and moving neighbourhoods a few times, I remember every friend group had one of these "strange" parents that were more highly strung than the others and had strict rules like these. My parents on the other hand were the opposite. They figured I could do what I want with my things - lend them, give them, trade them, sell them, whatever. While I definitely appreciated the way my parents were (Growing up with them was lovely and my friends felt comfortable in their presence), it's now that I'm an adult that I can maybe get a sense of what's happening with your Dad here. Your Dad liked collecting things, while my parents weren't that way inclined. So when he gave you a new video game, in a sense he valued that as a part of the family collection. Yes it was "technically" yours. But he was super involved in the giving and playing of the games, as demonstrated here where he asked if you had told your friend about Turtles in Time. My Dad wouldn't have known Turtles in Time and if he did, he wouldn't have lost sleep if he hadn't played it once. Your Dad on the other hand shared your love of game collecting. That love was a double edged sword I guess. Another insight I can give you was that I've always looked after my things as an adult. I handle my laptop with care (even a work issued one) and don't put stickers on it. I wash and vacuum my car regularly and like to keep it clean. I don't keep place in my books by turning the corners of the pages. For better or worse, that means I have attachment to things, which my parents simply don't. Their computer is just a tool - a means to an end. It will have fingerprints on the screen and could have a little dent or two. If I see one of my kids treating their laptop in this way, I let them know they need to look after their things better. I guess in that way, I see a little bit of your Dad in myself. We all have our quirks I guess.
This is a life lesson taught to a child through the video game medium. Also, it wasn't just about things getting broken or taken, but teaching the lesson that people usually won't like you better for loaning out your things, and sometimes they will treat you worse bc of it. I bet you had more sleepovers and hangouts and good memories of home during your childhood bc of this one simple rule. The good kids came around still, the ones looking to take advantage no longer did. You learned something as a child that adults fail to grasp.
I had very similar experience, My 1 and only Ray Stanz was taken by one of my neighborhood buddies,it magically disappeared. So I never did have the whole team again. And fast forward to 2nd grade a kid wanted to borrow my nes tmnt game, I bring it to school (big mistake) then by the next day he says he loses it on the bus home and never even got to play it ( little did I know how horrible the game was anyways) Your dad was spot on!
I'm with your dad 100%! What a lovely man and a loving father 💖 ! I've watch every single video you have made, I'd say some of the best content on TH-cam! Thank you for sharing and hopefully lots more to come ❤
I’m 💯 with the way your dad taught and demonstrated respect for your belongings and how to take care of them. I always kept my games boxed with the manual and everything perfect. I traded a game when I was 9/10 and ended up getting my game back without the manual and a torn box. Learned a valuable life lesson then and wish I’d have had a father to teach me.
Dad is right again. I had every game Squaresoft released on the PS1 in the West in a big CD case, and let my “friend” borrow them and he sold them and then acted like he lost them, and even fake looked for them. That one hurt.
I can relate my dad was like this with certain things. Toys were fine but with cousins only. Cards were a big thing pokemon and yugioh I couldn't trade or give cards away at all. Im glad he did this for me it taught me to take care of my things and things had value
@MyRetroLife Man, T you are one of the few kids in the 90s that had a modest, stable & decent financial upbringing (minus the sad divorce) everyone I knew growing up to this day (or I hear people who grew up in the 90s on youtube ect) grew up poor with divorced parents thus only had 1 game a year or rented games mostly. But im glad for you. Im sure most of us wish we had a family like yours growing up! I know I do❤
In the early 90s, I lent my rollerblades to a guy at school and in return he lent me his NES. This was the era of early SNES, so the NES wasn't new, but I didn't have one so it was a good loan trade. Now despite me using these rollerblades countless times without issue, he somehow wrecked them, adding to the age old adage that people don't look after your things as well as you do. In this instance, I stood my ground and said "I'll hold on to the NES and games until you replace the rollerblades". I still have that NES today as a cherished part of my collection, years after I would have grown out of those rollerblades. Thanks irresponsible guy from school!
sounds like your dad was trying to teach you how NOT to be taken advantage of and how to be careful and responsible with your things. When we have kids, these lessons we teach our own brings back those memories. your dad sounded like a great guy.
I was like your dad when I was a kid 😅 I was so protective of my games, I barely l even let me cousin borrow them. Any time I let someone borrow a game, it either came back dirty, broken, scratched or just never came back at all. So I cut everyone off 😅 worked out because then everyone would just come hang out at my house to play anyway.
This video triggered me 😂 your dad was absolutely right!!! I'll never forget letting a friend borrow my ps2 cd just to get the devastating news the next day it was snapped in half... best believe I got even but never again did I let anyone borrow my stuff. R.I.P to your dad, I love your channel so much it's bittersweet and nostalgic. My dad got me into gaming and when he departed from this earth it left a huge void.
The end bit reminds me of when I went to a game expo with my friend and his dad as a kid. We went into a game stand because he promised his son that he would buy him this game that he's been anticipating. I didn't have any money, getting the tickets for the expo was definitely pushing my families budget at the time. I remember his dad looking at me as soon as we get in there and saying "What are you waiting for? Go pick a game you want!" I'll never forget that moment and I hope to repay that kindness one day when I have my own child. His dad was a lot like yours. They always got the newest tech, the new games, and kept them in pristine condition. We'd all go over to his house after school and run lan parties and gaming sessions on the consoles. I'm thankful to have experienced that in my life. Especially since that has become a thing of the past with online gaming.
Thank you Tyler for making my Sunday morning coffee better. My family was pretty strict about me lending games out in my younger days, and there was absolutely some problems later on in my teenage life. But me and my cousin did swap games occasionally, so it worked out with family.
My dad was also very organized with taking care of games. He would get upset seeing disc in other cases, or cartridges out of the boxes. He would take them away from me for a certain amount of time if I didn’t learn to be more careful with taking good care of them.
In hindsight I don't blame him. I lent one friend of mine a Japanese copy of Dragon Ball Z on the Super Famicom, and when I came to pick it up a few weeks later, he had pulled apart the manual and pasted it all on his wall like a poster!!! >:( I also suspect he stole my copy of Super Mario Kart. But, never a lender nor a borrower be.
Your dad was a solid dude. I wish my dad was as invested in me and my passions 30 years ago. Not to badmouth mine, I have gotten everything my heart desired. I like your videos alot. And I still own the Egon AF to this day! Big hug from the Netherlands.
Yep. I found out that you can't expect people to treat discs with care. I had many discs that came back scratched. I was pretty ocd about those things and would check a disc even when first playing it. Unfortunately there are N64 games I no longer have because a friend lost them. Your dad taught you well.
Your dad was a wise man. Too many times I lent things to friends, and then regretted it later. Games would come back with the disc scratched to hell, or the case and manual missing. I remember one time I lent my copy of Halo 1 to a friend and when I asked for it back, he said he didn't have it because he lent it to someone else🤦♂
I can understand both perspectives on this kind of thing. On the one hand, you're kids, and part of being kids is having fun with friends, and sharing is a good thing. On the orhee hand, I've personally had bad experiences with lending things out, and was not always the best myself handling others' property. I've had things come back scratched. I've had things not come back at all. I've had things that I ended up owning that started out as me borrowing it. I even had a friend who borrowed one of my VHS tapes return the cover to it, but the tape inside was something ge recorded from the TV, and we had a falling out before I could get it back.
Had a few friends borrow games in the past, things went fine with most. Then one of them back in 7th grade borrowed a Pokemon game. He gave it back and it didn't work anymore. I was so mad. Then found out he switched it out with his messed up copy of the game. It started a whole thing with my mom and from then on I never let anyone borrow a game ever again lol
I'm 100% with your dad on this one. I once gave away one of my VHS-tapes to a "friend", and I never got it back. Still pisses me off thinking about it, almost 30 years later, because there was irreplaceable video material on it. Thank god I never gave away one of my video-games. Never trust anyone with your stuff.
We borrowed each other's games all the time. I remember borrowing 2 of my friends N64 controllers and 007 Golden Eye. This was elementary towards the end of the year...I brought them back the last day of school but he didn't come. So I had them all summer. The next year I brought them back and he was all amped up, he thought he actually lost them lol. But my mother always told us not to borrow games because she was worried they would claim we stole them lol. My mom was paranoid about certain things and didn't allow many people to even come in the house or spend the night. If she did she liked you & your parents 😂. She didn't even allow my brothers friends over nor did she trust their girlfriends...But she trusted me for some reason.
Your dad was super ahead of the times with his mindset. When I was a kid, my mom didn't want me to lend anything to my friends either. Similar mindset, she felt like the games were too expensive and she didn't want them to get damaged by friends. However, she had me lend things to my cousins and they for sure damaged my stuff to some degree... Your dad was smart!!
My dad built an entire electric train diorama for me which took a whole year to build and over $700 bucks. I let a friends cousin in the house and he pulled the wiring out of my engine car and that day i decided i never want friends in my house again. I stayed like that til i was around 15
I also came from a household where lending games and toys to friends was not allowed. People forget that a $50 video game in 1991 would be the equivalent of $115 today. I had enough stuff get stolen from me later in life that I totally understand where my parents were coming from. Your dad sounds like he was a great guy - I don't see anything wrong with his rules ❤
I agree with your dad and from what I observed, no one in the comment section disagreed with your dad. I am so sorry about your loss of The Real Ghostbusters, Egon Spengler.
I'm done lending games. I let the guy that works at the drive thru near my house resident evil 2 remake for the PS4. He had it over a year, and I finally asked him to return it to me. When I finally got it back, it was missing the cover art and manual. Just the case and game. It pisses me off every time I look at my RE collection on the shelf
Your dad was a smart man for that. I can think of 2 or 3 instances where I let friends borrow games only to never see them again. Also remember my friend borrowing two of my music cd’s, when I got them back he had taken the back inserts out, cut them, and super glued them back in. That one still baffles me. Wonderful video as always!
Man, the times I got back damaged stuff with a shrug and an "It was always like that" from friends or classmates still manages to piss me off to this day... My son will be hearing the same lesson from me.
Every time i watch one of your videos I am always reminded how similar my life was growing up to yours! My dad always bought me video games and MAN would he side eye my friends when they came over to my house. Especially when we borrowed games from each other! He would watch us like a hawk 🤣. I remember borrowing my friend's N64 and I let him borrow my PS1 and when my dad saw me play Star Fox 64 I felt like he was interrogating me for a criminal case lmao. I miss those days
I learned this the hard way as a kid. Its a hard lesson to be learned as a child knowing another kid for 2, 3 years can feel like you known them for a long time so letting them borrow things in confidence and you end up disappointed when they return your things damaged or not even at all straight up betraying your trust.
I agree with your Dad. I'm 43, and I still won't loan disc games or Blu-rays to friends. I did a few times back in the day, and they'd always come back scratched or with a cracked case. It's unbelievable how careless, even adults, are.
He was right to have that outlook. While I was free to do with my games what I wanted, it was rare to get a new game, and they were highly valued items, by me. So I wasnt quick to lend games out. Alot of kids were little assholes, like one kid dipping my case of NES games in a pool to fuck with me. Or the games would come back smelling like potato chip grease, etc. One time I traded some games with some kid from school I barely saw, just to try some different games. I quickly realised that he was trading off games he was sick of, that were pretty shitty, like Goonies 2. Back then you didnt know what other games were like. There were no videos and you tried to get a glimpse of them in magazines, but were limited to what was printed in the issues you got. Seeing and playing games in motion is much different than a magazine showcasing the best scenes with no animation. So it was tempting to check out other games by trading, even if it was risky. So I got stuck with some shitty games for a while and didnt hear back from the kid. Thats usually how those things went. This was when I was very young. In the future I only lent out to one of my very close friends. He let me borrow the SNES console and all his games for a while before I got the console used, so there were no trust issues. There was also times I did a permanent trade with no expectations of getting the game back, as I had played the shit out of a particular game and wanted something different. This was how I got Gremlins 2 which I ended up really liking. Sky Shark not so much. The other time I took a chance was with some Sega Master System games that this kid didnt want anymore. I ended up with a few really bad ones like Pro Wrestling, Time Soldiers and Alex Kid In High Tech World (Super obscure game to play). No good games at all in that exchange. I cant remember what I traded for those, but I dont think I had money back then to purchase them.
I agree with your father. I learned this the hard way myself, especially when it came to disc based media. I have not lend my games or movies out to anyone ever since, besides two or three people that I can trust to handle them with the care I require them to.
I was the same way. I always treated my games very carefully. It’s why my mom always said she didn’t mind getting me expensive games or tech cuz she knew I’d take care of it. And I did. I still have all my games CIB and minty. No ripped cardboard or scratches. Never threw away a single game box haha
I grew up wanting all the “good” games. I kept that mentality ever since. I never lend out my games to anyone or borrow someone’s games. I keep them for me. Now I openly share them with my kids but still never anyone else. I taught all my kids how to handle disc’s and the consoles themselves. They do cost a lot and my mind wanders if I were to loan them out. There’s always “what if”.
Your father was right. I had my Genesis + 32x stolen after a friend asked me to borrow it for a weekend. Never again. By the way, your friend looks like that AVGN rip off, Game Dude lol
Your dad is awesome and I completely agree with him. I had strict rules too that continue now with my collections. My youngest sister as she followed me into gaming I always taught her well the value of keeping games and anything you buy to take care of and not let friends or others destroy them lol
I remember borrowing Gameboy games from a classmate in exchange for some of mine. On the last day of school, I brought his back but he didn’t bring mine, so I refused to give them back. He cried to the teacher and she made me give them back to him, so I was out of luck. Also, my younger cousin used to borrow my games and they would end up broken. Another friend borrowed some of my N64 games and sold them along with his system to get a PlayStation. So, I agree with your dad not letting you lend out your games.
My mom was the same way as your dad and I realized a few years later they were right. I lend my gamecube to a cousin and one day he return it to me and it was not reading disks properly. I told him that my gamecube was reading disks before and he came up with the excuse "that's why I return it to you, the gamecube couldn't read disks" and I lend him the console for two weeks. A so called "friend" was really rough with the circle pad of my original 3DS that the plastic was just torned. No one can take good care of your stuff better than you. Greetings from Mexico my friend.
I completely understand you dad's position and that feeling has only gotten stronger as I have gotten older. Back in the day people used to have quality stuff that they had to take care of. The tools where expensive and people where broke. For example your grandparents might have had a quality pair of scissors that they kept oiled and stored in a case. Now that's a few bucks or less for cheap plastic ones. A lot has changed but I think some of this mindset might be coming back with many people's economic situation being the way it is. I have gotten a lot more into repair due to this and I quite enjoy getting the most out of my stuff.
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I agree with your dad here. Not really about trust, but noone treats your things as well as you do.
did you not see the burned egon part of the video ?
I disagree, nobody broke my stuff quite like I did.
Absolutely nothing but the truth! I’m a little OCD with everything I own, so I tend to freak out, even if it has finger prints 😅😩
I noticed my friends games were out of the cases, some were loose just sitting around. He asked if he could borrow a game, and I said I can't, because you don't take care of your stuff.
@@robzo87OMG meeee too.
God I hate when I drop something , and have a mini panic attack picking it up wondering where it got damaged…. and how bad the damage was.
My dad was like this too- he always told me "don't lend your things to other people, they won't treat it well, they won't care if it gets ruined." For him it was less "this is a collectable item" and more "this is something I spent $50 on so treat it well." He always bought me these plastic clamshell cases for my NES games to make sure they were protected. To be fair, I did lend my games/CDs out a bit in my teen years and getting them back with their cases was hit or miss- dad did have a point.
I have a shop full of great organized hand and power tools.. I also have a lend section full of yard sale cheap stuff I lend when people ask 😂. I got so tired of things not being returned or cared for.
Your dad was absolutely right.
I never lend anyone anything, because it never comes back in the condition it was lent in, I’ve been burnt one too many times doing this.
Your dad was right.
You're absolutely right. There can be rare exceptions but I need to have seen the condition in which they keep their things. And I do mean rare I'm 45 and have one buddy I'm comfortable loaning things.
Your dad is a legend. Way ahead of his time. Agree with not borrowing Video Games half the time you never get them back or you’ll get them back in rough shape ripped labels cracked discs. He already knew this ahead of time. Love the videos Tyler keep the stories coming
RIP DAD 🫡 the original OG Collector
Hey guys! My Dad had a STRICT POLICY when it came to my friends and video games... specifically when it came to them BORROWING OUR GAMES! 😱 Did your parents have rules around video games?
Yea I had a strict policy too I had to be there with my game system if other kids like cousins wanted to play my sega CD system.
My parents had to develop rules for my games/toys after too many times friends would borrow things from me and either damage, or lose them. Although my parents did this in the name of protecting me and my possessions I thought they were the jerks. I now have a 16 year old son, and as he was growing up i never told him he couldnt lend things out, but i warned him of the risks of doing so. Sadly the cycle repeated.
There was a time he lent out one of his favorite Beyblades to a kid who didnt have one and the "friend" "lost" it. My son was devastated. The messed up thing is the kid tried to reassure my son that everything was alright becuase now they BOTH didn't have a Beyblade.
Your dad's old film collection is amazing. Totally agree with his policy
My dad never leant anything to anybody and I foolishly leant my snes games. Specifically Killer Instinct I never got back and then leant all my snes games to a friend who sold them all!! I should’ve followed my dads example however after having them all stolen I did curate quite a nice collection for myself as a 13 year old 😂
My mom was the one who had the policy of no lending games out
Your grandfather was Mike Esposito? Thats explains a lot, your family has a great legacy
Super cool
I'm assuming it's the comic book artist and not the football player right
@@BaxterSqueeyes
Your Dad making those kids apologize to you is an awesome Dad move, he taught both you AND the other kids a lesson.
You had an incredible Father, with great values, that he passed onto you! As someone who was raised in the 80's and started gaming with an Atari 2600, I can relate. My parents were considered middle income, for that time. With that said, they were extremely frugal! We wouldn't allow us to loan out our games, for any reason whatsoever, for several reasons! Outstanding video!! Thanks for sharing!
Your dad was a smart man
To me he comes across as kinda having issues but whatever.
I agree with your Dad 100%. The first time I loaned a game to a friend, he loaned it to another person and it took forever to find said person to get it back. I also made the mistake of loaning my Genesis to the same friend years later (I had just gotten a SNES so I was focused on that). He had it for a few months and returned it broken, claiming that it still worked when he returned it. Needless to say, I stopped loaning things to people.
Your dad not letting you touch the discs but mishandling them himself 😂
Lol yes. That was a rental Japanese Playstation though so could be he didn’t care
My parents stayed out of what I did with my video games, BUT I had a strict policy of my own. I only let my close close friends/family borrow games, because I also handled all my games with care. I never let my random friends/classmates at school borrow my games ever. As an adult I completely understand your Dad, and as a stubborn kid, I also understand.
I let a non close friend borrow one of my ds games in middle school. He lost it and never bothered to try and replace it.
I was the same l. My parents didn’t get too involved with gaming besides buying them for me here and there but I was naturally just very careful with my belingings and taught my friends the same. I would let friends borrow games but only because I knew they knew how I took care of them. Still it was only 2 or 3 friends I trusted like this
Your dad was 100% correct. My son would often lend our PS2 games to his friends and they would usually come back without the manual or case or even not come back at all. So annoying 🤬
Yup, I learned that lesson the hard way when I let a classmate borrow my copy of Mortal Kombat Trilogy for PS1 back in 1998. I told him he could borrow it for a week. It took over 2 weeks to get it back, and when I did, the disc had an insane amount of scratches and scuff marks, that it caused the game to get glitchy. I was beyond pissed, and my parents even moreso, since they were the ones who bought it. Never again after that.
Your dad was 100% in the right.
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What a story! I can relate because I had kids outright steal my toys. Some kids aren't taught to respect others' belongings, so there's always that risk if you lend them. I can see where your dad was coming from.
Dad: "Did u ever lose a tooth albert?"
Albert: " 4 "
Dad: "You're gonna lose a lot more if you exchange games with my son again"
As a kid I could only an hour at a time for two hours a day and no games during school days. As a kid it sucked but I understand my mom and dad’s reasoning. I also couldn’t let friends take my games and I’m honestly glad that I never let friends use my games
Different parents, different rules! Having respect for valuable things is much better than disrespect. Have a great Thanksgiving, Tyler!
Same to you!
Your dad was absolutely awesome, Tyler. I honestly wish that I could've met him. I also agree with your dad as far as nobody will take care of your things like you would. At 51 years old today, I still practice that rule and I always will.
I can get that. My dad is about the same age as yours. I can see my dad being that way too. Only to my dad it would be not because their collectibility (although he was that way with baseball and hockey cards) but more the fact $80 to $100 CAD for a game cartridge in the early 90s is ludicrous to not take care of. If it got lost or broke, without a doubt there wasn’t going to be a replacement
He was right, my mom said the same and she never was a collector or anything like that. It's just common sense! These things are expensive compared to something like lending a pot or tin or whatever and you can't trust others to not damage these borrowed things.
Your dad was super smart. Over life, I've learned to only loan out something that I was okay with not getting back. Applies to videogames, books, and even money. If you are not okay with not getting it back, don't do it. Great video!
This was apparently a big deal for our parents during those times. My own parents had that same kind of reaction when they noticed I borrowed the TMNT NES game from a kid at school for an exchange with one of mine(I forget which one) but they just knew it wasn't anything they recognized from our little game collection lol.
As I aged, I did realize that you are almost never gonna see your stuff come back to you if you loaned anything out. I learned that the hard way a couple times before I was done with that lol.
I thought I was the only one like that, but your father was the same, he did everything right in my opinion, my son is 10 years old and I always tell him the same thing, you mustn't lend out your games, your friends are welcome to come over and you can play together, but unfortunately lending games is taboo for us, I had been collecting things before my son was born, back in the 90s, things that my parents gave me, and I did the same with my son, all these years collecting all kinds of consoles, all kinds of games, none of it was cheap, well, I've talked enough now, thank you for the video, now I know that I'm not the only one who is like that, God protect you and your family.❤
I agree with your dad 100%.
I had a kid at work that was a good worker, and seemed to have it together enough that when he expressed interest in watching anime, I lent him one of my Blu-rays. Anyone that collects anime on physical media knows it isn't exactly cheap, but like I said, this guy seemed alright, he was one of my favorite employees after all. Well, shortly after lending him the disc he quit, stopped responding to my texts, and ultimately after 3 months, I had to figure out who this kid's mother was and get her involved to have my property returned. When he did give it back he just left it on my doorstep, couldn't even hand it to me, and to top it off, there was clear liquid damage to the paper inserts.
If you're willing to lend something also be willing to throw it in the trash.
Come on dad you have your fingers right on the disc😂
Exactly getting his greasy fingers all over it 😂
Funny thing is that my dad is the opposite. He was pretty rough with game discs, not holding them by the edges and getting his greasy fingerprints on the backside and even pushing in the disc tray on the consoles. He did the same with his music cds which shockingly still work to this day.😂
Amazing how everyone is different and taught different things growing up, for better or worse!
I think it’s an Italian thing also. My dad went and hunted down the kid I let borrow a game.
“ you don’t let nobody borrow your Nintendo tapes”
lol yep!
Your grandparents wrapped their couches in plastic too?
I agree with your dad 100%.
Back in the GBA days, I flirted with the idea of trading games with my friends, but one day I brought some cartridges to school, showed them off a bit, and then later someone stole them out of my backpack.
Kids can be cruel and careless, with little to no respect for other people's stuff, and it's a hard lesson we have to learn if we value the nice things we have.
My dad was the same way when we first got the Play Station and PS2. He taught me to take care of the things he brought me and my brother. I took that lesson into adulthood.
The 90s and early 2000s were the golden age of gaming for me. We have alot of games new and old to chose from now. Great video Tyler.
I've been watching your channel for over a decade, and your dad still surprises me dude God bless him
Rip to all the Dads 🙏🏽
Your dad was right in most cases. Found out the hard way lending things to people only to have them damaged or never getting them back. The bad part was I didn't learn the first time it happened. Lost Mario Paint and Ocarina of Time lending them to "friends" and lost my entire SNES collection lending it to my brother, who put it in a storage unit and subsequently failed to pay for it. Had a guitar amp damaged lending it to another band during a show we played together and had a guitar stolen lending it to a "friend".
I totally understand this. My dad is the exact same way. I grew up almost the same time you did. I didn't have as many video gamesbut that unwritten rule was there. I've seen a lot of your videos now. And I can tell not your dad was a genuine leap, awesome guy and a good father. Even in this video it is clear with how He interacted with your friends. I love your videos, buddy. They remind me of a simpler time.
When I was a kid I had a huge basket of just over 100 Marvel toy biz figures, was playing with them at a friend's house and my mom picked me up for a dentist appt...so I left them. Those "friends" I had played with for years and trusted, destroyed EVERY SINGLE ONE. I tried for weeks to get them back and when I finally pushed my way in to get them, there were parts and pieces everywhere. Totally devastating. Kids are awful. 😢
I remember letting a high school friend borrow 2 of my best PS1 games Vandal Hearts and FF7 Original, good friend I'd known for 10+ years. After I hadn't heard about them for 1 year I found out he'd sold them to someone else along with his system. I learned soon after never lend even your "best/good" friends your prized items because even if you do get it back it will probably take a long long time to see it again and could cause loss of friendship. Your friends also have family members and other friends that might destroy or lose your items also. Don't lend money, appliances, games, vehicles, don't sign any type of co-sign with anyone but close blood family, and usually not even then.
Thank you Tyler. Positively impacting everyone's lives with solid morals. It's good to give.
Your pop was a wise man with wise lessons
My dad, who used to write computer code for Hewlett-Packard, had a strict rule: I could only lend video games to cousins or close family members. He would say “You don’t understand how time-consuming it is to create these games. Owning them is a blessing, and behind every one of them is someone else’s hard work.” That was his philosophy when it came to appreciating everything I had as a kid.
Your grandfather worked on Marvel comics? That is a flex!
As kids we couldn't understand why they didn't want us borrowing Games. As an Adult now I now Understand why.
And great Video by the Way!
Dude just casually mentions his grandpa was an artist for marvel like it was no big deal lol
Probably because hes mentioned it many times before.
He’s mentioned it before but who cares I’m from NY my nonno/grandfather started Ralph Lauren with Ralph back in 1967 and is still alive in his 90s everyone’s lives are different you make it what you want in life I’ve seen and have all from 1980-Now I have every console and tons of games what a life of gaming throughout the decades
@@mjdf122yea well my uncle works at Nintendo and he gave me the Switch 2
@@thesymdicate3396 the difference here is I’m telling the truth and you aren’t bot/troll
Well come on dude let's be honest it's not like it's some sort of intergalactica job on some other unknown planet literally just paperwork for Marvel in some random place in the United States ..with just a person who is just like you ..simply just doing that job😂
I lived in an apartment when I was a kid and had an upstairs neighbor I was friends with and we borrowed each other's games all the time. One day I got into an argument with my little sister over use of the TV. She proceeded to take my borrowed copy of Mortal Kombat on the SNES and whipped it across the room, causing the cartridge to come apart. I was able to repair it like it never happened but holy shit if my mom had been forced to replace a $60 game that wasn't mine, it wouldve been me who took the heat instead of my sister.
Moral of the story, I get where your dad is coming from.
It sounds like you and your dad are great fathers. Its wonderful to see such great perspectives.
Off topic but here's a story. I remember seeing ads for Zelda 2 but every store said they have never had it. I don't think it was released yet but my 8 yo mind was convinced it was. The neighbor to my friend said he had it and would sell it for $40 I convinced my mom to give me the money. When I went to get it, he brought out the original Zelda. I was so dissapointed because I was adamant about it being Zelda 2.
An 8 year old asking for 40 dollars??You must have been born in the last 25 years then!I'm close to 60 and I couldn't program my mouth to even say 40 dollars at 8,never mind ask for it!😮
@kooldjnez1 I'm 44
my mother refused to let me borrow or lend out videogames to friends as a kid. once i was 16 she let me figure out why. lessons are learned not given
I had so many memories of a game being borrowed and being stealth trying to not let the parents know from both sides you touched on every aspect from the interrogation to older kids envying your stuff and purposefully breaking it or not returning it at all which until now I hadn’t really thought about for a long time but man those were such dramatic moments dealing with the kid or parent that I really don’t know if that happens as much anymore as it did in those days thanks for the memories have a good day!
Nothing is perfect, my parents wouldnt let me play any violent shooters till i was 12 (i still played them in secret, mainly unreal and hexen 2) but borrowing was all the rage back then, we would borrow games in school nonstop, thankfully everyone took really good care of their games, sonwe never had any issues, even when we started dealing with cds, everyone in my group of friends took really good care of everything.
Ty for shareing man what a great story. I can appreciate your dad for how generous he was and for maintaining his rule. My dad was in prison for my childhood years and could careless about games or electronics. I came to love games by way of friends who would let me come over and play with them.
Growing up, and moving neighbourhoods a few times, I remember every friend group had one of these "strange" parents that were more highly strung than the others and had strict rules like these. My parents on the other hand were the opposite. They figured I could do what I want with my things - lend them, give them, trade them, sell them, whatever.
While I definitely appreciated the way my parents were (Growing up with them was lovely and my friends felt comfortable in their presence), it's now that I'm an adult that I can maybe get a sense of what's happening with your Dad here. Your Dad liked collecting things, while my parents weren't that way inclined. So when he gave you a new video game, in a sense he valued that as a part of the family collection. Yes it was "technically" yours. But he was super involved in the giving and playing of the games, as demonstrated here where he asked if you had told your friend about Turtles in Time. My Dad wouldn't have known Turtles in Time and if he did, he wouldn't have lost sleep if he hadn't played it once. Your Dad on the other hand shared your love of game collecting. That love was a double edged sword I guess.
Another insight I can give you was that I've always looked after my things as an adult. I handle my laptop with care (even a work issued one) and don't put stickers on it. I wash and vacuum my car regularly and like to keep it clean. I don't keep place in my books by turning the corners of the pages. For better or worse, that means I have attachment to things, which my parents simply don't. Their computer is just a tool - a means to an end. It will have fingerprints on the screen and could have a little dent or two. If I see one of my kids treating their laptop in this way, I let them know they need to look after their things better. I guess in that way, I see a little bit of your Dad in myself. We all have our quirks I guess.
This is a life lesson taught to a child through the video game medium.
Also, it wasn't just about things getting broken or taken, but teaching the lesson that people usually won't like you better for loaning out your things, and sometimes they will treat you worse bc of it.
I bet you had more sleepovers and hangouts and good memories of home during your childhood bc of this one simple rule. The good kids came around still, the ones looking to take advantage no longer did.
You learned something as a child that adults fail to grasp.
I had very similar experience, My 1 and only Ray Stanz was taken by one of my neighborhood buddies,it magically disappeared. So I never did have the whole team again. And fast forward to 2nd grade a kid wanted to borrow my nes tmnt game, I bring it to school (big mistake) then by the next day he says he loses it on the bus home and never even got to play it ( little did I know how horrible the game was anyways) Your dad was spot on!
I'm with your dad 100%! What a lovely man and a loving father 💖 ! I've watch every single video you have made, I'd say some of the best content on TH-cam!
Thank you for sharing and hopefully lots more to come ❤
I’m 💯 with the way your dad taught and demonstrated respect for your belongings and how to take care of them. I always kept my games boxed with the manual and everything perfect. I traded a game when I was 9/10 and ended up getting my game back without the manual and a torn box. Learned a valuable life lesson then and wish I’d have had a father to teach me.
Dad is right again.
I had every game Squaresoft released on the PS1 in the West in a big CD case, and let my “friend” borrow them and he sold them and then acted like he lost them, and even fake looked for them.
That one hurt.
My dad and mom saw it the same exact way lol… brings back memories
I can relate my dad was like this with certain things. Toys were fine but with cousins only. Cards were a big thing pokemon and yugioh I couldn't trade or give cards away at all.
Im glad he did this for me it taught me to take care of my things and things had value
@MyRetroLife Man, T you are one of the few kids in the 90s that had a modest, stable & decent financial upbringing (minus the sad divorce) everyone I knew growing up to this day (or I hear people who grew up in the 90s on youtube ect) grew up poor with divorced parents thus only had 1 game a year or rented games mostly. But im glad for you. Im sure most of us wish we had a family like yours growing up! I know I do❤
In the early 90s, I lent my rollerblades to a guy at school and in return he lent me his NES. This was the era of early SNES, so the NES wasn't new, but I didn't have one so it was a good loan trade. Now despite me using these rollerblades countless times without issue, he somehow wrecked them, adding to the age old adage that people don't look after your things as well as you do. In this instance, I stood my ground and said "I'll hold on to the NES and games until you replace the rollerblades". I still have that NES today as a cherished part of my collection, years after I would have grown out of those rollerblades. Thanks irresponsible guy from school!
sounds like your dad was trying to teach you how NOT to be taken advantage of and how to be careful and responsible with your things. When we have kids, these lessons we teach our own brings back those memories. your dad sounded like a great guy.
I was like your dad when I was a kid 😅 I was so protective of my games, I barely l even let me cousin borrow them. Any time I let someone borrow a game, it either came back dirty, broken, scratched or just never came back at all. So I cut everyone off 😅 worked out because then everyone would just come hang out at my house to play anyway.
This video triggered me 😂 your dad was absolutely right!!! I'll never forget letting a friend borrow my ps2 cd just to get the devastating news the next day it was snapped in half... best believe I got even but never again did I let anyone borrow my stuff. R.I.P to your dad, I love your channel so much it's bittersweet and nostalgic. My dad got me into gaming and when he departed from this earth it left a huge void.
The end bit reminds me of when I went to a game expo with my friend and his dad as a kid. We went into a game stand because he promised his son that he would buy him this game that he's been anticipating. I didn't have any money, getting the tickets for the expo was definitely pushing my families budget at the time. I remember his dad looking at me as soon as we get in there and saying "What are you waiting for? Go pick a game you want!" I'll never forget that moment and I hope to repay that kindness one day when I have my own child. His dad was a lot like yours. They always got the newest tech, the new games, and kept them in pristine condition. We'd all go over to his house after school and run lan parties and gaming sessions on the consoles. I'm thankful to have experienced that in my life. Especially since that has become a thing of the past with online gaming.
Thank you Tyler for making my Sunday morning coffee better. My family was pretty strict about me lending games out in my younger days, and there was absolutely some problems later on in my teenage life. But me and my cousin did swap games occasionally, so it worked out with family.
My dad was also very organized with taking care of games. He would get upset seeing disc in other cases, or cartridges out of the boxes. He would take them away from me for a certain amount of time if I didn’t learn to be more careful with taking good care of them.
In hindsight I don't blame him. I lent one friend of mine a Japanese copy of Dragon Ball Z on the Super Famicom, and when I came to pick it up a few weeks later, he had pulled apart the manual and pasted it all on his wall like a poster!!! >:(
I also suspect he stole my copy of Super Mario Kart.
But, never a lender nor a borrower be.
You’re a douchebag
Your dad was a solid dude. I wish my dad was as invested in me and my passions 30 years ago. Not to badmouth mine, I have gotten everything my heart desired. I like your videos alot. And I still own the Egon AF to this day! Big hug from the Netherlands.
Yep. I found out that you can't expect people to treat discs with care. I had many discs that came back scratched. I was pretty ocd about those things and would check a disc even when first playing it. Unfortunately there are N64 games I no longer have because a friend lost them. Your dad taught you well.
Your dad was a wise man. Too many times I lent things to friends, and then regretted it later. Games would come back with the disc scratched to hell, or the case and manual missing. I remember one time I lent my copy of Halo 1 to a friend and when I asked for it back, he said he didn't have it because he lent it to someone else🤦♂
I can understand both perspectives on this kind of thing. On the one hand, you're kids, and part of being kids is having fun with friends, and sharing is a good thing. On the orhee hand, I've personally had bad experiences with lending things out, and was not always the best myself handling others' property. I've had things come back scratched. I've had things not come back at all. I've had things that I ended up owning that started out as me borrowing it. I even had a friend who borrowed one of my VHS tapes return the cover to it, but the tape inside was something ge recorded from the TV, and we had a falling out before I could get it back.
Had a few friends borrow games in the past, things went fine with most. Then one of them back in 7th grade borrowed a Pokemon game. He gave it back and it didn't work anymore. I was so mad. Then found out he switched it out with his messed up copy of the game. It started a whole thing with my mom and from then on I never let anyone borrow a game ever again lol
sometimes borrowing is permanent
So sorry to hear about the action figure story. Would love to see Manny, Mikey and you exchange Xmas gifts and discuss memories.
Would be awesome but we are long distance unfortunately
I'm 100% with your dad on this one.
I once gave away one of my VHS-tapes to a "friend", and I never got it back.
Still pisses me off thinking about it, almost 30 years later, because there was irreplaceable video material on it.
Thank god I never gave away one of my video-games.
Never trust anyone with your stuff.
We borrowed each other's games all the time. I remember borrowing 2 of my friends N64 controllers and 007 Golden Eye. This was elementary towards the end of the year...I brought them back the last day of school but he didn't come. So I had them all summer. The next year I brought them back and he was all amped up, he thought he actually lost them lol. But my mother always told us not to borrow games because she was worried they would claim we stole them lol. My mom was paranoid about certain things and didn't allow many people to even come in the house or spend the night. If she did she liked you & your parents 😂. She didn't even allow my brothers friends over nor did she trust their girlfriends...But she trusted me for some reason.
Your dad was super ahead of the times with his mindset. When I was a kid, my mom didn't want me to lend anything to my friends either. Similar mindset, she felt like the games were too expensive and she didn't want them to get damaged by friends. However, she had me lend things to my cousins and they for sure damaged my stuff to some degree... Your dad was smart!!
My dad built an entire electric train diorama for me which took a whole year to build and over $700 bucks. I let a friends cousin in the house and he pulled the wiring out of my engine car and that day i decided i never want friends in my house again. I stayed like that til i was around 15
I also came from a household where lending games and toys to friends was not allowed.
People forget that a $50 video game in 1991 would be the equivalent of $115 today.
I had enough stuff get stolen from me later in life that I totally understand where my parents were coming from.
Your dad sounds like he was a great guy - I don't see anything wrong with his rules ❤
I’m that way with my kids. Even on the switch. They break everything
I agree with your dad and from what I observed, no one in the comment section disagreed with your dad. I am so sorry about your loss of The Real Ghostbusters, Egon Spengler.
I'm done lending games. I let the guy that works at the drive thru near my house resident evil 2 remake for the PS4. He had it over a year, and I finally asked him to return it to me. When I finally got it back, it was missing the cover art and manual. Just the case and game. It pisses me off every time I look at my RE collection on the shelf
Your dad was a smart man for that. I can think of 2 or 3 instances where I let friends borrow games only to never see them again. Also remember my friend borrowing two of my music cd’s, when I got them back he had taken the back inserts out, cut them, and super glued them back in. That one still baffles me. Wonderful video as always!
Wow how weird of your friend on that one! Thanks for watching!
Man, the times I got back damaged stuff with a shrug and an "It was always like that" from friends or classmates still manages to piss me off to this day... My son will be hearing the same lesson from me.
Every time i watch one of your videos I am always reminded how similar my life was growing up to yours! My dad always bought me video games and MAN would he side eye my friends when they came over to my house. Especially when we borrowed games from each other! He would watch us like a hawk 🤣. I remember borrowing my friend's N64 and I let him borrow my PS1 and when my dad saw me play Star Fox 64 I felt like he was interrogating me for a criminal case lmao. I miss those days
Your Dad is a smart man, much respect!
That's one golden rule for life, not only collectables:
NO ONE is ever going to take care of your things as good as you do
I learned this the hard way as a kid. Its a hard lesson to be learned as a child knowing another kid for 2, 3 years can feel like you known them for a long time so letting them borrow things in confidence and you end up disappointed when they return your things damaged or not even at all straight up betraying your trust.
Man your Dad sounds like such an awesome father.
I agree with your Dad. I'm 43, and I still won't loan disc games or Blu-rays to friends. I did a few times back in the day, and they'd always come back scratched or with a cracked case. It's unbelievable how careless, even adults, are.
Albert didn't say "Merry Christmas" back. Your Dad was right.
Kids can be real shy about that sort of thing. I was the same way. Doesn’t mean anything is wrong with the kid. He looks six years old.
He was right to have that outlook. While I was free to do with my games what I wanted, it was rare to get a new game, and they were highly valued items, by me. So I wasnt quick to lend games out. Alot of kids were little assholes, like one kid dipping my case of NES games in a pool to fuck with me. Or the games would come back smelling like potato chip grease, etc. One time I traded some games with some kid from school I barely saw, just to try some different games. I quickly realised that he was trading off games he was sick of, that were pretty shitty, like Goonies 2. Back then you didnt know what other games were like. There were no videos and you tried to get a glimpse of them in magazines, but were limited to what was printed in the issues you got. Seeing and playing games in motion is much different than a magazine showcasing the best scenes with no animation. So it was tempting to check out other games by trading, even if it was risky. So I got stuck with some shitty games for a while and didnt hear back from the kid. Thats usually how those things went. This was when I was very young. In the future I only lent out to one of my very close friends. He let me borrow the SNES console and all his games for a while before I got the console used, so there were no trust issues. There was also times I did a permanent trade with no expectations of getting the game back, as I had played the shit out of a particular game and wanted something different. This was how I got Gremlins 2 which I ended up really liking. Sky Shark not so much. The other time I took a chance was with some Sega Master System games that this kid didnt want anymore. I ended up with a few really bad ones like Pro Wrestling, Time Soldiers and Alex Kid In High Tech World (Super obscure game to play). No good games at all in that exchange. I cant remember what I traded for those, but I dont think I had money back then to purchase them.
I agree with your father.
I learned this the hard way myself, especially when it came to disc based media.
I have not lend my games or movies out to anyone ever since, besides two or three people that I can trust to handle them with the care I require them to.
I was the same way. I always treated my games very carefully. It’s why my mom always said she didn’t mind getting me expensive games or tech cuz she knew I’d take care of it. And I did. I still have all my games CIB and minty. No ripped cardboard or scratches. Never threw away a single game box haha
I grew up wanting all the “good” games. I kept that mentality ever since. I never lend out my games to anyone or borrow someone’s games. I keep them for me. Now I openly share them with my kids but still never anyone else. I taught all my kids how to handle disc’s and the consoles themselves. They do cost a lot and my mind wanders if I were to loan them out. There’s always “what if”.
Your father was right. I had my Genesis + 32x stolen after a friend asked me to borrow it for a weekend. Never again. By the way, your friend looks like that AVGN rip off, Game Dude lol
Your dad is awesome and I completely agree with him. I had strict rules too that continue now with my collections. My youngest sister as she followed me into gaming I always taught her well the value of keeping games and anything you buy to take care of and not let friends or others destroy them lol
Oh Tyler loved seeing our non burnt Egon showing up for Christmas! Great memories ! Mom
I remember borrowing Gameboy games from a classmate in exchange for some of mine. On the last day of school, I brought his back but he didn’t bring mine, so I refused to give them back. He cried to the teacher and she made me give them back to him, so I was out of luck. Also, my younger cousin used to borrow my games and they would end up broken. Another friend borrowed some of my N64 games and sold them along with his system to get a PlayStation. So, I agree with your dad not letting you lend out your games.
My mom was the same way as your dad and I realized a few years later they were right. I lend my gamecube to a cousin and one day he return it to me and it was not reading disks properly. I told him that my gamecube was reading disks before and he came up with the excuse "that's why I return it to you, the gamecube couldn't read disks" and I lend him the console for two weeks. A so called "friend" was really rough with the circle pad of my original 3DS that the plastic was just torned. No one can take good care of your stuff better than you. Greetings from Mexico my friend.
I completely understand you dad's position and that feeling has only gotten stronger as I have gotten older. Back in the day people used to have quality stuff that they had to take care of. The tools where expensive and people where broke. For example your grandparents might have had a quality pair of scissors that they kept oiled and stored in a case. Now that's a few bucks or less for cheap plastic ones.
A lot has changed but I think some of this mindset might be coming back with many people's economic situation being the way it is. I have gotten a lot more into repair due to this and I quite enjoy getting the most out of my stuff.