It's
hard to remain technologically in the know because as the older we get
the more time we have to dedicate to those inconvenient, necessary evils
like accounting, laundry, feeding our families (or barely feeding
ourselves!) and generally letting our children or younger siblings
become rulers of the roost.That and the inevitable deteriorating memories, poor eyesight and worsening repetitive strain injuries from all those years of gaming.
I appreciate the importance of certain necessary tasks (I need my luxuries like electricity and warm showers, thanks!) and I certainly don't like to shirk responsibility but I've been accused on several occasions of being "unreasonable" or "unfair" for wanting to play games purely because there were children in the room and they were bored! THEY WERE BORED!? What about my boredom levels?
I would much prefer to play through a few courses on Mario Kart with my younger cousins than have a grown up conversation with other adults. We're all so dull!
Who wants to talk about finances and discuss the weather? Ergh...not me.
Am I not allowed to enjoy adulthood?
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