I know staying up past bedtime is illegal but I did it once to check and fortnite was in fact off 😔

Truly terrible news

  • @Aeao
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    I love that part of the internet.

    Kinda like “guy code”

    “Was said he was with you last night”

    "Yep, all night. Cleaned the spark plugs in my car and drained the blinker fluid. Couldn’t have done it without him "

    But instead it’s “parent code”

    “Yeah fortnight is closed. They close it so everyone can get a good night’s sleep and be ready for the morning!”

    I was going to tell a personal story about telling my son McDonald’s was closed when I was broke or in a hurry but it reminded me of another cute store.

    My son broke his arm in a McDonald’s once. Hyper extended his elbow. Got a couple pins.

    Anyway a year or so later they completely remodeled that McDonald’s.

    We drove by the demolished building during the remodel and my son shouted “that’s what you get for breaking my arm! Who’s broken now!”

    Adorable vengeance served adorably cold.

      • @Aeao
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        132 months ago

        One day he will rule, I hope he lets us live.

    • JackFrostNCola
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      72 months ago

      Just FYI that cleaning spark plugs is actually a thing. Not common but sometimes they can get ‘fouled’ from things like oil or incorrect air/fuel mixtures.

      • @Aeao
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        Sure wink and oddly enough spark plug cleaner smells a lot like perfume wink

        I got you bro.

      • @[email protected]
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        32 months ago

        Depending on the engine and whether or not you use double iridium-platinum triple splitfire plugs, once you go through all the work of taking them out, no sense in putting the same ones back in.

  • @[email protected]
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    682 months ago

    Easiest way to do this: Turn the modem off after bed time (you will also lose internet)

    Most expensive but still easy way to do this: Buy a “smart router” with time-based parental controls (lets you use the internet at night).

    Nerd way to do this: Pihole with a script that enables and disables certain blocklists at certain times (free and open source, because fuck “smart” products)

    • @[email protected]
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      402 months ago

      Cheaper alternative: flash existing router with DD-WRT or OpenWRT and access advanced features for free.

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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        22 months ago

        A true nerd has at least one spare raspberry pi laying around. Or just an old box they can throw Linux on.

      • @[email protected]
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        72 months ago

        The Elon Musk method: Buy some shit for no reason with only the attempt to ruin it because, idk, oligarchy or some shit.

    • @[email protected]
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      The cheapst way is this: Don’t lie to your children. Take responsibility for your choices. Talk to your children and explain why an adult needs to make responsible choices.

      • @[email protected]
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        102 months ago

        I agree with all of this… Might cost you some time and fights depending on how poorly you did raising the kid to this age though… But now this kid is going to go into school adamant that the game can’t be played at night… You’ve set him up for serious ridicule because you’re too lazy to parent well

      • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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        62 months ago

        I like this one. The Internet still works after 9pm but you’re reduced to 56k speeds. After 10pm it goes to 28.8k. After 11pm: 2400 baud.

        • @[email protected]
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          12 months ago

          That’s hilarious, but I was picturing the classic ethernet cord wired to a light switch

  • slazer2au
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    362 months ago

    Problem is that it’s regional. So even of you watch a big streamer, they are before 9pm so the game still works.

  • @[email protected]
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    342 months ago

    This reminds me when my mom told my dad Netflix didn’t serve their area because she didn’t want another bill.

    He told me that and I was like “Well…” and my mom just yelled from the other room “I JUST CALLED THEY’RE TRYING FOR NEXT YEAR.” so I shut up.

    • @isaaclw
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      42 months ago

      Lol. Thats hilarious.

  • @[email protected]
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    262 months ago

    This is why we trust but verify. Thanks mom for teaching me that cruel lesson of unplugging the phone cord to get me to bed (dial up days). It lasted about a week before I caught on you always came up from the basement before bed.

    I’m so glad you never noticed I swapped my line with the guest bedroom. Also glad that ancient block in the basement could be hand wired.

    • @[email protected]
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      122 months ago

      Ah the eternal arms race between parents and children. For me it was lights out so I couldn’t read, circumvented with a flashlight under the blanket.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        for me it was logging into the router webpage, getting my parents mac and ip addresses, and cloning them after they turned off their devices and my Internet for the night lol

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        My sister got told off regularly for reading after lights out

        As adults my mother told me that after they found books for me I liked they pretended to never notice the light leaking through my doona, they were just happy to see I was reading

    • @meliaesc
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      102 months ago

      You need enough sleep.

        • @[email protected]
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          12 months ago

          That’s “parent” not “adult”

          I with no kids at home have excellent sleep

          Teens are the ones (after new mothers) who suffer the most, with natural sleep cycles starting around midnight or in the early morning and wake times in the late morning or early afternoon, but school schedules that force them to be active at school from 9am

        • @meliaesc
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          Sure, but I’m assuming the “mom” in OP’s story was just trying to help their child get enough sleep.

  • @[email protected]
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    212 months ago

    I mean, mom could be right. Maybe there’s a rule on router to block Fortnite servers after 21:00. She just doesn’t tell that she the one turning it off

  • @LovableSidekick
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    Yep, that’s what I heard. They also do overnight backups so it needs downtime, kind of like people.

  • @ninja
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    102 months ago

    It’s right there in the name, it shuts off for the night.