Signs the Apocalypse is near

[cdif911]

These have to be real observations... this one made me lose my faith in humanity just a tiny bit more last night:

We're at the Celtics game.  There is a boy of about 6 sitting next to what I believe to be his mother.  We have front row balcony seats (good view, parallel to ct) The boy is playing his PSP instead of watching the game.  He seems like he's a celtics fan though, Ray Allen jersey, Celtics warmups.  If I'm the parent, we have a talk about how going to a game costs money and if he doesn't want to be there or would rather be playing video games we can do that at home (in fact don't bring it at all), but here's the kicker, I go to the bathroom and when I come back I see that he's PLAYING NBA LIVE 2010!  How crazy is that? Instead of watching the real basketball game in front of him, he's in a trance playing a simulation of what's happening in real life. 

So feel free to comment or add your own stories of the surreal.

[wdleehi]

I take it as the parents wanted to go and watch the game.  They bring their young child. 


As long as the child is happy and not creating a distraction that would take them from the game, they are happy to watch the game.




I know if I went to see a game with my kids, I don't care what keeps them busy and safe as long as I can watch the game.

[makaveli]

These have to be real observations... this one made me lose my faith in humanity just a tiny bit more last night:

We're at the Celtics game.  There is a boy of about 6 sitting next to what I believe to be his mother.  We have front row balcony seats (good view, parallel to ct) The boy is playing his PSP instead of watching the game.  He seems like he's a celtics fan though, Ray Allen jersey, Celtics warmups.  If I'm the parent, we have a talk about how going to a game costs money and if he doesn't want to be there or would rather be playing video games we can do that at home (in fact don't bring it at all), but here's the kicker, I go to the bathroom and when I come back I see that he's PLAYING NBA LIVE 2010!  How crazy is that? Instead of watching the real basketball game in front of him, he's in a trance playing a simulation of what's happening in real life. 

So feel free to comment or add your own stories of the surreal.

OMG...Who plays NBA Live when you got 2K10 

[cdif911]

I take it as the parents wanted to go and watch the game.  They bring their young child. 


As long as the child is happy and not creating a distraction that would take them from the game, they are happy to watch the game.




I know if I went to see a game with my kids, I don't care what keeps them busy and safe as long as I can watch the game.

single parent, didn't seem too into the game, seemed more like taking the kid to see the Celtics (and I'm totally projecting that, but given his wearing of Celtics gear and her not)

[dark_lord]

being a parent to a young child myself, i can say that a young kids' attention spans are that of a gnat sometimes.  i can understand the parent bringing the psp.  if im the parent and i bring my son to a game, i dont want to leave early and miss the game bc my son is bored.  so bring the psp so he can play if and when he gets bored.

its funny how the irony of his playing Live, when there's a real game in front of him, lol.  i am willing to bet he was playing with the celtics too 

[Rondo_is_better]

These have to be real observations... this one made me lose my faith in humanity just a tiny bit more last night:

We're at the Celtics game.  There is a boy of about 6 sitting next to what I believe to be his mother.  We have front row balcony seats (good view, parallel to ct) The boy is playing his PSP instead of watching the game.  He seems like he's a celtics fan though, Ray Allen jersey, Celtics warmups.  If I'm the parent, we have a talk about how going to a game costs money and if he doesn't want to be there or would rather be playing video games we can do that at home (in fact don't bring it at all), but here's the kicker, I go to the bathroom and when I come back I see that he's PLAYING NBA LIVE 2010!  How crazy is that? Instead of watching the real basketball game in front of him, he's in a trance playing a simulation of what's happening in real life. 

So feel free to comment or add your own stories of the surreal.

God that's dumb.

[Fox40Kid]

I have a friend who took his 5 year old son to his first game this year.  I sold him a pair of my season tickets in the balcony and the two went in.  He told me that for the entire game all his son did was ask him questions about what was going on, not only with the game, but everything else happening around him.  Why was the horn going off?  How big is the jumbotron?  Why are people getting up from their seats?  Which one is Paul Pierce?

It seems a little wierd to me that a 6 year old boy would be bored while an NBA game was going on in front of him.  The fact that he was playing basketball on the PSP would make me think he is a hoops fan.  Why not watch the game right in front of you?

From the discription here it sounds like the pare t was there for the kid.  People can only speculate what is going on in this situation, but I vote for a true sign of the end of the world.