Not sure where to post this. My kid was playing a game on his computer called Roblox. Apparently without needing my password, my Microsoft store account linked to said game and he began unknowingly making in game purchases on 12/4. From 12/4 to 12/6 he charges $355 to my credit card. He was never prompted for a password and I only caught because I checked my personal email on 12/6 and discovered appr. 70 purchase confirmations. To dispute these had to fill out refund requests with Microsoft. Only 5 entries per form and had to manually type name of charge and each order number. I almost cancelled Christmas last night. Fuck Jim Jordan.
My kid just asked me this weekend if he could have this game. I instinctively told him no without even knowing what it is. He just said his friend loves it so he must have it. Kid has fucking PS5 that's been out for less than a month and all he wants is Roblox.
I thought he was assigned this game from school as part of his distance learning. For example his reach class has assigned them math version of Minecraft. I had to log on to Microsoft store to do free download for that. Somehow he's buying stuff in Roblox weeks later without my consent or password.
Yeah that's bullshit. Probably setup with a one click purchases after an initial password was entered.
My daughter plays the hell out of Roblox. Need to have a talk tonight to make sure she doesn't ever spend real money in there. The very little I know about it I think the real money only buys outfits and stuff like that. I don't think there are any real games, they just run around jumping and stuff.
Yea my niece thought I was the cool uncle and confided in me that she likes to turn her video off during zoom calls to play Roblocks. If the teacher asks, she just says she has internet issues. Funny thing is my brother hosts websites so his internet is rock solid. When I shared this with him and his wife, he explained he recently added router controls where you can block apps at the router level. So he logged on and turned Roblocks and any other games she can play off.
My kid has asked me about Roblox. It's not on the switch which is the only console he has access to, so that's always an easy "no." Now I know it needs to be a "no" whether the excuse is easy or not.
I'm 33 but my hair is already a healthy salt and pepper. At least my dad still has a full head of hair.
32 here and the sides are full fledged S&P. Starting to get more of it in my beard and top of my head. Just please god don’t fall out
31 - Men on my Mom's side have kept all their hair, Dad was pretty much bald at 28. My little brother is following my Dad, so far I'm following my mom's. Blonde-ish so won't be able to see the salt and pepper for probably another decade, I just want to keep my hair. Please god
31, starting to see some gray on the sides. Can’t tell if my hairline is receding or maturing. Both grandfather have their hair so got my fingers crossed
Have thick ass hair that is getting consistently more salt in the pepper, which my wife loves to point out. Been growing out facial hair (poorly) off and on for the last 9 months and every time I shave my kids say I look like a teenager so that feels good.
38 with a thick, jet black barnet - reminiscent of a young Tom Jones. I'm only 5'7 though. Can't win 'em all.
Running has gotten a lot more fucked though. Hip getting all janky which that is an old ass thing to worry about.
It's all about warm up for me now on running....used to just hop off the couch and run 5 miles no stretching, no nothing. Left knee aches if I don't stretch
I’d like it better if the Gray was interspersed throughout, rather than fanning back from my temples giving me a Paulie from the Sopranos quaf...
Here’s a little light reading for your Monday evening pleasure: https://www.the-mainboard.com/index...rs-or-people-with-kids-who-are-gamers.180455/
Just realized I'm 3 months behind from moving myself up to the 35-39 bracket. My son is in to Plants vs Zombies. I made sure to tell him where he could and couldn't go in the game so that he doesn't accidentally make purchases. Thankfully it hasn't been an issue... Yet
I have put down a strict prohibition on in-app purchases. None. Zero. Zilch. Period. Largely due to El Tiburon's thread tbh
We’re under control now. He has been walking the line for the last 6 months and I gifted him about $8 worth of V-bucks this weekend for the first time since the whole fiasco happened. I also paid for it myself with a one-time purchase option. No more linking my payment methods.
If it makes you feel any better my daughter once bought an entire season of some stupid nickelodeon show because I forgot to put a parental control on a fire stick. Luckily I saw it right away, it was only $40, and Amazon was good about refunding. But still, that was the other thing that made me super paranoid of having no linked payment methods.
Just found out my wife had to unplug my kids echo because he was using it to cheat on his math while doing remote class. Maybe the little fucker stole my phone while I slept, learned my password, and actually spent $350 on Roblox on purpose. He's 7. Fuck me.
also in #thickhairclub but last few years I now get random crazy eyebrow hairs that are longer, thicker and just go random directions. They bother me and I make my wife pluck them
What counts as cheating for a seven year old? “Hey Alexa, what’s 6+7?” seems acceptable to me (although clearly favors rich kids).
I've been growing "crazy old man eyebrows" and using trimmers on them for awhile. Also used for nose and ears fwiw.