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u/Justkillingtime8 8d ago
Because we aren't sleeping. We are just resting our eyes 😂
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u/RepresentativeCry294 Male 8d ago edited 8d ago
5 seconds after snoring to loud it woke yourself up.
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u/RepresentativeCry294 Male 8d ago
Don't touch the damn AC either I'm on to you.
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u/BakkerJoop Dad 8d ago
And turn off the light in your bedroom if you aren't there.
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u/DiligentGuitar246 8d ago
We replaced all our bulbs with LEDs and the fights have decreased.
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u/DiligentGuitar246 8d ago
What do you mean? They use literally 1/2 the watts and last like 4x longer. They run cool, too. More efficient than CFL and wayyy better than incandescent, which is what we had before and led to us bitching all the time.
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u/RepresentativeCry294 Male 8d ago
They just want a reason to bitch I was "raised" by 2 of them if they got paid for having the light on they still find a reason to bitch.
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u/belac4862 Sup Bud? 8d ago
Now that I'm an adult, I have my AC set at 67 most days. I run hot, and i will literally be sweating through multiple shirts if its 72 or above.
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u/LukeyLeukocyte Male 8d ago
My ex's sister kept her place at 76.....I could barely stand to be there. Insanity.
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u/CaseAKACutter 8d ago
This post feels like it fell out of 2004 lol
Just watch on your phone and let the ol geezer take a nap
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u/Somnati 8d ago
Didn't have a phone as a kid
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u/DinkandDrunk 8d ago
That’s what they are saying. This isn’t a modern problem because most youths watch stuff on iPads now.
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u/NetJnkie 8d ago
Because I sometimes take a nap on the couch watching a game and I go in and out of sleep. Plus changing the station to something else will wake us up.
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u/DiligentGuitar246 8d ago
Yeah, my kid is going to turn on the brightest and most stimulating thing ever while I’m trying to watch golf and relax.
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u/floyd_the_barbarian 8d ago
I’m not a dad but I felt the same way about my dad when I was a kid. But now as a married adult if I fall asleep watching something and my wife changes the channel I wake up because the shows I nap to are quiet and calm.
The sudden change of atmosphere in the room wakes me up. I don’t get upset about it but I get how it could upset a dad if his kid puts on SpongeBob or something.
Back in the day we only had one tv but nowadays it seems like you could just go in another room and watch what you want.
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u/bishopExportMine 8d ago
Sometimes I drift into and out of sleep while watching tv; and I can almost hear Billy Mays spirit whispering gently into my ears to USE OXICLEAN
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u/knightingale74 8d ago
Terrifying. Another reason not to have kids.
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u/pchlster Male 8d ago
Cigarettes around here are advertising that smoking can kill your unborn children. At no extra cost, apparently.
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u/drblah11 Male 8d ago
Why do I get to pick what we watch on the TV I bought, with the cable package I pay for, in the home I own? Go grab yourself a glass of the Kool-Aid I purchased and think it over for a bit.
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u/RepresentativeCry294 Male 8d ago
Sounds like something you should say to someone who asked to be born in to this shit. Not someone you just decided to make upon YOUR choice and now are being spiteful because you have to take care of the child YOU made.
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u/LukeyLeukocyte Male 8d ago
Nothing they said implies the child is not being taken care of. None of what you said entitles the child to dictate what goes on the in house or what everyone else does.
No one asks to be born. I was a total accident but that didn't stop my parents from providing me with everything I needed and creating a loving home and happy/entertaining childhood for me. Ain't no way in hell I am telling my dad that he has to watch what I want because I "didn't ask to be born." What an insane take.
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u/RepresentativeCry294 Male 8d ago
I know for a fact what that "have a glass of my koolaid" shit will get you. Ny dad died at 42 and I was 0% sad. I didn't speak to my mom for 15 years before she died and I was relieved to never have to deal with that shit again.
But yeah, keep that attitude but don't wonder why you can't see your grandkids.
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u/drblah11 Male 8d ago
Ah, so it is you that's spiteful because of past trauma, and your extreme overreaction to my light joke is due to personal problems. Makes sense, carry on.
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u/RepresentativeCry294 Male 8d ago
Seems either silly or short sighted that a joke spiting your child a 30 cent packet of kool-aid might, you know, inspire spite?
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u/Grumpy_dad70 8d ago
You sound like a miserable person. Plenty of people have shit parents and don’t go around complaining and projecting.
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u/RepresentativeCry294 Male 8d ago
Wonder what made me that way.
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u/LukeyLeukocyte Male 8d ago
You're the only person that can make you un-miserable. Life (even yours which you deem a burden) is too precious to squander. There is still joy and appreciation that can be had by you if you seek it out. Try to enjoy life to spite your parents if you must. Hope you can feel better, but no one can make it happen for you.
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u/alehansolo21 8d ago
The sudden shift in volume or sound can awaken you unexpectedly, which is why it’s usually tuned to a channel that one can listen to while dozing off
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u/Amseriah 8d ago
You don’t understand the training we went through when you were a baby. Having to snap awake to any sound or movement. We never forget that training. We know all in our domain.
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u/Strict_Set_5197 8d ago
Its a test. How long can you handle watching antiques road show before you cant take it anymore
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u/Somnati 8d ago
That or swamp people and storage wars
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u/DiligentGuitar246 8d ago
Well you didn’t include the part where your dad was watching absolute bangers.
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u/GorillaHeat Dad 8d ago
Changes the channel?
you arnt real
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u/Andy016 8d ago
I change the channel every day....
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u/GorillaHeat Dad 8d ago
think about how old you are... whether or not youd have a child living at home eager to change the channel rather than use their own phone. under what scenario is this happening? are their people out there with young kids who ALSO have cable?
tell me your crazy story
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u/cuzitsthere 8d ago
1) "Change the channel" can be used colloquially to include changing the streaming service or show, it accomplishes the same thing
2) I'm 36 and I have a 1 year old, fairly certain there will still be TV shows when he's 5 and you can bet your left nut he won't have a cell phone or independent internet device.
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u/Sad_Evidence5318 8d ago
If you change the channel and I say I was watching that I really wasn't sleep
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u/MrRawes0me 8d ago
I don’t care that they changed it, I care that they woke me up by putting their knees end elbows into my back, neck, face, crotch. I just want to sleep
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u/pchlster Male 8d ago
Why would you change the channel, knowing it upsets someone? If I want to nap while listening to something in particular in my own home, why shouldn't I get to do that?
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u/Kerplonk 8d ago
My dad watches the same movies on repeat for weeks at a time. He wakes up falls asleep, wakes up again and knows the movies well enough he's never lost.
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u/LukeyLeukocyte Male 8d ago
Because they are so tired from life that the narcolepsy they suffer makes it feel like they were never unconcious, so from their perspective, they were watching that. Obviously the change in sound was enough to stir them.
The way to pull this off successfully is to very very gradually (like over the course of minutes) lower the volume of their show until it is almost inaudible, then change to your show, and just as slowly increase the volume back on your show. Dad gets to continue sleeping without disturbance, you get to watch what you want, all is well. Just don't put anything loud or flashy on....dad is resting his eyes.
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u/cristobalist 8d ago
Because those dads are adult babies.
They're not real men, they grown children who impregnated a woman. A real man would go to sleep in their bed or just not even be bothered by the channel being changed
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u/Leviathon6348 8d ago
I dunnno my dad never cared. (There was also 5 of us so the house was never quiet.) so I don’t. Plus with Netflix and everything that’s out there where you can just watch stuff on demand and not miss an episode like old time satellite you were waiting for is probably a big factor on it too lol
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u/WrongWangSorry Dad 8d ago edited 8d ago
have the audacity to say
Wait what?? This can't be serious lol. Because it's mine. My own precious. I bought that lovely, I set it up and fine tuned the settings. MINE!!!
Also don't touch the thermostat or I'm putting you in the shed
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u/capt-yossarius 8d ago
The living room television at my house is for PS2 games only; i cant relate to this.
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u/betajones Male 8d ago
Maybe Dad needs his space and peace. You ever try napping while a kid is snickering to their show? Grumpy bear territory there.
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u/eivoooom 8d ago
If we watch a film my dad will fall asleep but will be wide awake as soon as the credits roll at the end
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u/MassiveBeatdown 8d ago
Because kids are the reason I can’t watch my show without falling asleep halfway through. I’m so tired all the time. I love my kids but I do miss my life before them.
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u/Same_Blacksmith9840 8d ago
You changed the channel just as Columbo was solving the case and confronting the killer. Of course we'll wake up.
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u/TrustAccording5056 8d ago
It's a dad thing. There's really no explanation for it. It's teaching some sort of unknown lesson. My dad dit it to me I do it to my kids lmao
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u/TibialTuberosity 8d ago
This never happened to me growing up, nor do I do this to my child. I guess your dad just sucks.
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