Better to bribe your kid into staying in the closet than beating him back into the closed. Boy won't dad be surprised in a few years when he finds out the bribe didn't last past his son's 18th birthday.
I'm hoping this kid is really just a smooth operator and knows exactly what he's doing, and that he's counting the minutes until he's 18. If not...this is awful.
What makes this seem hoaxiest is that not even the dumbest homophobe would think for a moment he might need to tell any backstory whatsoever to sell a good condition MBP. Garden variety jerkweed in his mom's basement making up a phony ad to troll for outraged replies.
Wait...you are buying your son an instrument used mainly to look at porn and coordinate hookups...sorry I meant do homework...yeah yeah...it's for homework. wink wink nudge nudge
But why let that ruin a good post about an apparently outrageous craigslist ad?
Rather than a new computer, he should go for bigger-ticket, "straighter" rewards that hold their value - a Corvette and lots of guns. All very resellable once he turns 18 and want to put the proceeds into a Saab or Prius and into decorating his out-of-state dorm room.
It's only sinful to lie with man as you would a woman, not to furiously jerk it to hot man-on-man action online. Really, it's a service.
(For anyone making the obvious Onan rebuttal: Onan's sin was in wasting seed that was destined for procreation, which clearly none of his son's seed is destined for)
That kid is a genius and he is totally fooling his dad into buying him shit.lmao Good job, kid. Your dad is a terrible person and awful parent and I'm glad the kid is clearly emptying his pockets.
I am unfortunately not shocked by either possibility:
1. Legit ad from a completely clueless parent.
2. Cynical troll with the creativity to come up with this.
Seems spendy to me ... maybe a scaled-down example of the "I paid $1,500 for this computer six years ago, so I'm willing to let it go for only $1,000" syndrome in effect.
Wish my dad had bought me porn machines to get me to stop doing the things he didn't want me doing. Which was mostly looking at naked lady pictures.
Logical side: This is like the $500 cookie recipe, driving traffic to an otherwise perfectly boring ad. There is no reason the ad need say anything beyond "Macbook Pro, $1300 firm. Works great; looking to upgrade." I'm not even my family's techie and I know you sell the old machine AFTER copying your files onto the new one, not to clear space for a machine you're going to get in a few months.
Fun side: Okay Mom, if you buy me a computer with a faster internet connection I promise to only do straight stuff with it. The internet turned me straight!
Well, this is the type of thing you would expect from a person who lives in Culver City. It's (how should I say it?) the inside elbow of the LA Basin. The armpits would be the cities of Vernon and Maywood, and the crotch would be (of course) Lynwood/Compton.
@8 Yes. All 856,924 of his boyfriends. Because he's a masturbatory retard, just like everyone else with a piece of meat dangling between their thighs. Exactly.
It's probably a hoax. Why would a paranoid, overprotective mother of any stripe blast her son's private business all over Craigslist, ESPECIALLY if she thought it was shameful? Some drama hog is getting off on this.
While Culver City is in greater LA, there's no guarantee any place is going to be particularly gay friendly. You would expect an overall higher level of awareness and general acceptance in LA versus many places in the midwest, but just as you'll find perfectly good pockets of places in the midwest, you will find intolerant places in LA too. I weigh in as an LA native.
* Culver City is immediately south of West Hollywood (the Gayest area of LA, right)?
* On the other hand, Culver City is in LA (the crazy and delusional capital of the USA, right)?
AND
* Houses in LA are so big and separate, that all kinds of crazy could "co-exist" in that city without even realizing it.
Oh man, I am laughing and crying at the same time! That is some hilariously stupid shit right there. If it weren't for the kid involved this would be one of the funniest things I have ever seen on the Internet. But (if this is on the level and there is a real young man with a dad like this out there) it is one of the saddest things I have seen in a while.
Next, hit him up for a BMW and a trip to Europe for your birthday. Then after you graduate, introduce your new Spanish boyfriend, Milo, to dear old dad. And then thank him for the trip to Europe, without which you wouldn't have had hours and hours of gay sex.
While I have to go with Hoax on this one, there is the cynical part of me that recognizes that there really are people this stupid out there, so you never know. Even if this is a hoax, there is probably some parent somewhere out there who actually has done something like this, but just not posted about it in a craigslist ad.
Have you ever been to LA? All of your bullet points are pretty far off. Culver City is also the least "LA" part of LA. (and technically, not part of LA, but it's own city.)
Actually, I hope its true, and I hope that the kid is smart enough to realize that he should not feel one instant of shame for taking his bigoted parents to the cleaners. Then the red hot minute he turns 18 or no longer needs their money, he should be like "thanks for putting me through med school... and by the way, I'm still totally gay."
@9 While it has turned out to be a hoax, I think you're overestimating the intelligence of the average human. If people all had sense, then conversion therapy wouldn't exist. I can totally see where a stupid parent would try to convert their kid's sexual orientation with money/gifts if religion wasn't working.
I know people who cannot add three and four without a calculator. I know people who work in accounting departments but don't know what the word "cumulative" means. Seriously, people are stupid. You may not see it, because intellectuals tend to hang out with other intellectuals, but trust me. People stupid enough to try to bribe their kids into being straight actually do exist. (Not saying this has actually happened, just that there are people who are stupid enough to try it.)
"OK son, here's your new Retina Macbook Pro, now no fooling around with dudes"
"Sure thing dad, this chunk of metal and glass completely relieves my desire for big throbbing cock"
But why let that ruin a good post about an apparently outrageous craigslist ad?
Rather than a new computer, he should go for bigger-ticket, "straighter" rewards that hold their value - a Corvette and lots of guns. All very resellable once he turns 18 and want to put the proceeds into a Saab or Prius and into decorating his out-of-state dorm room.
(For anyone making the obvious Onan rebuttal: Onan's sin was in wasting seed that was destined for procreation, which clearly none of his son's seed is destined for)
Because for that I might go straight.
Straight to the HD gay porn!
1. Legit ad from a completely clueless parent.
2. Cynical troll with the creativity to come up with this.
Both are horrible.
He's hilarious...
But seriously, spoiling his kid is the least of this dad's worries.
Wish my dad had bought me porn machines to get me to stop doing the things he didn't want me doing. Which was mostly looking at naked lady pictures.
Fun side: Okay Mom, if you buy me a computer with a faster internet connection I promise to only do straight stuff with it. The internet turned me straight!
Los Angeles -- where even homophobic parents would know better than to to outright troll bait like that.
Might think it, might do it. Not likely to announce it on Craig's List.
Not in L.A.
And I agree with everyone else who says this is a hoax. If the story was true, the parent would be keeping it secret.
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* Culver City is immediately south of West Hollywood (the Gayest area of LA, right)?
* On the other hand, Culver City is in LA (the crazy and delusional capital of the USA, right)?
AND
* Houses in LA are so big and separate, that all kinds of crazy could "co-exist" in that city without even realizing it.
Didn't I see this in a porn once?
Although it is odd that they would expect lots of messages about spoiling the kid, but not for the homophobia/idiocy. Probably a hoax.
cum on, girls- shop till you drop!
Have you ever been to LA? All of your bullet points are pretty far off. Culver City is also the least "LA" part of LA. (and technically, not part of LA, but it's own city.)
It's a hoax - I've been talking to the high school kid who did it for half the day.
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I know people who cannot add three and four without a calculator. I know people who work in accounting departments but don't know what the word "cumulative" means. Seriously, people are stupid. You may not see it, because intellectuals tend to hang out with other intellectuals, but trust me. People stupid enough to try to bribe their kids into being straight actually do exist. (Not saying this has actually happened, just that there are people who are stupid enough to try it.)
No I haven't been to LA.
i live in l,a, and while there are certainly pockets of homophobia here, i knew from the way it was written, it had to be a hoax.