Parents: how dare you exercise and enjoy it.
I wonder if they were idiot Christians who think modern music and/or dancing is the devil’s blah blah nonsense.
Or maybe they would rather their kid get out of the house and hangout with friends at the arcade.
They wouldn’t have bought OOP a mat then
That’s called capitulation. Not every conservative, religious person is a complete psycho.
For real. My parents were EXTACTIC when I got into DDR. They were happy to pay for the pads. Making exercise fun is the only way I’ve been able to regularly do it.
I’d understand if this was like GTA, but DDR? Really parents?
Stories like this always make me think: that dude probably rarely thinks about what he did that day, but to the person writing the story it’s a treasured memory. We do countless kindnesses like this, big and small, then never think about them again or know how important they were to the person receiving them. It might be paying for somebody’s groceries, letting them go first when they’re in a hurry, or something you said without realizing the impact your words made.
I think about this because I’m one of many people that will scroll past a meme saying “you matter” and instantly know that it’s wrong. But this idea is the closest I get to seeing the truth in it. We’ll never know how many people are out there telling a story like this about us without even knowing our name. But they are out there - and that feels pretty nice to think about.
As I’ve become older and been friends with many much older people, they generally take care to say something like “I really appreciated your help yesterday”.
I don’t know if it’s right or wrong, but they’re telling you they enjoyed the time/favor whatever.
And I’m a brash fucking asshole to meet.
I can’t get around the parents not letting their kid get Dance Dance Revolution.
Very wholesome :D
Huh, I never thought I’d see someone screenshot a reply to one of my comments. Good on ya, Rai, you made it!
Can’t find the game or the console on google. Anyone got more information?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Dance_Revolution_4thMix#Konamix_and_Party_Edition
Dance Dance Revolution Konamix and Dancing Stage Party Edition are international ports of 4thMix released in 2002 for the Sony PlayStation. Konamix was released in North America and consisted of 52 Konami original tracks, produced by the company’s in-house music staff. Party Editionwas released in Europe and included 46 of the Konami original tracks found on Konamix, plus five exclusive new licenses. It was also the last game in the series to be released for the PlayStation in North America.
Thanks! Then I actually did find the game. For some reason I thought the story would be set 10-20 years earlier than it actually was (I guess I’m getting old) and I didn’t think that a dancing game was the kind of game the parents specifically objected to.
Now I know more!
DDR is great, but Beat Beat Revelation is killer!
This is a very wholesome story, thanks for sharing 👍
The video game store dude didn’t have a name?
Please ask Rai about the details
TLDR. No summary. I didn’t read it.
Good for you 👍
Yeah who has the attention down to read, what is that, about 500ish words?
