To think this is vile

[Ispywith]

To get a child of 7 for Christmas their own Xbox, tv & DVD player bla bla bla. Saw it on thread about what people are getting their kids got Christmas. Is it me or is this madness?

Your funny. I think your a robot come from the future where wii consoles started a Nuclear war, after becoming "self-aware "

Your corporal whizzy

I think you mean "you're". It's the contracted version of "you are" and the apostrophe shows the omission of the "a" at the beginning of "are". "Your" denotes possession.

Very good point BeerTricks!

Sorry corporal whizzy.

Please don't hurt me.

So, you're pathetic

Would that be right, Surrey?

It's my whizzy phone. My grammar is reasonable. Not good, just reasonable.

But in my defence corporal whizzy I am making no bold claims here with regards my intellectual prowess.

Spot on, SoupDragon! Well done!

Surreymum, you aren't coming across as very likable.

Surreymummy why don't you have a go on call of duty and shoot the face off a few zombies. You seem the type to enjoy it.

And, fwiw, I cont care where you studied. I do dislike sneery posters who revel in their intellectual "superiority" and have a total lack of self-awareness.

Hold still, people! I think we've found a new xenia!

I think it is madness yes and we all have to live in this world, which is made up of people, some of whom get used to this madness very early on.
So OP, YANBU.

So they are buying them an XBox for Christmas - fair enough. The DC then needs a TV to play it on. Small flat screen TVs with built in DVDs can be bought for well under 100 pounds these days (I just found one on line for 75 pounds). I don't see the problem.

Tho I don't think "vile" is the word you're looking for. "Madness" suits

I think you do Xenia a disservice ...

But the kids don't know the value. It's not even about how much something costs. It's the actual thing and to get loads of these things all in one go....it just seems a bit sad to me. Even if they were all off freecycle, would you still want your 7 year old overwhelmed by all these gadgets at Xmas....and then a month later, just thinking of them as completely normal and needed? Because that's what'll happen.

If I had a seven year old I would spend oodles and oodles on a really lovely dollshouse, if I could, because I think it's worth it. He/she wouldn't have the slightest idea of its value except the one they accorded to it (I hope!)......

This is my opinion- get all het up at me for being judgemental if you want, but on MN people twist those round all the time. Gets in the way of the actual discussion.

Oooooh, I had a proper pre-teen thing for christopher lambert.

oh and worra last night I squashed a cardboard box right in front of DS2 and handed it to him saying your line 'here's your xmas pressie son, its an x box' he rolled his eyes but is still chuckling to himself today.

^ LOL
that's hilarious!

yuck!

What a mess! Can't believe the nastiness on this thread. Just no need for it at all. Really repulsive.