Teen doesn't get iPhone for XMAS, pulls knife on dad


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Teen, upset at not getting iPhone for Xmas, allegedly pulls knife on dad

A Massachusetts 18-year-old is allegedly so upset that his dad didn't give him the ultimate status symbol that he is cut to the quick.

Parents spend their last dime to buy their way into kids' graces, while the kids are only happy if they can show off the fruits of their loving labors to their friends.

Things don't always work out harmoniously, however.

In the Brockton, Mass., home of the Torres family, there was allegedly some familial strife.

As The Enterprise reports, police say that 18-year-old Alexander Torres didn't feel like Alexander the Great. The reason? He didn't get an iPhone for Christmas.

In previous years, eccentric Twitterer Jon Hendren has cataloged the pain some teens feel when Santa doesn't slip their desired item down the chimney and into their needy hands.

In this case, Brockton police Lt. Bruce Zeidman told The Enterprise: "The suspect was fighting with everyone in the house and he pulled out a knife on his father."

I am assuming that it wasn't that the young man received a phone, but not an iPhone. I am assuming that he received no phone at all, but would have ideally liked an iPhone.

However, to be charged -- as he has been -- with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery and malicious damage to a motor vehicle seems a touch beyond the worth of any phone.

Torres' father was reportedly uninjured, but one of his stepbrothers ended up in the hospital, for reasons unknown.

Life can be magical and revolutionary, but it doesn't always give you what you want.

Dealing with that is one of the most difficult, but rewarding lessons you can learn

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reports claim after receiving a nokia lumia 520, he went into a blind rage stating "where are my apps yo?", "I told you android or iOS was the shizzy"   :rofl:

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18 and expecting his parents to get him an iPhone. Insanity.

 

My parents never purchased a phone for me and I moved out at 13. By the age of 18 you should be self sustaining or not expecting people to give you what you want. If you want something specific you have to go out there an earn it.

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I never had a phone until I was 19, and that was 2005, before smartphones. Even then I barely made calls, and it was in my pocket most of the day. What's wrong with kids? Why do tweens/teens need these things? 

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I never had a phone until I was 19, and that was 2005, before smartphones. Even then I barely made calls, and it was in my pocket most of the day. What's wrong with kids? Why do tweens/teens need these things? 

 

Because the teens learned about the phones from their friends... and asked their parents for the phones for Christmas...  that's why.

 

For example, the friend show you the phone, you go like 'Wow, I like this. Cool!' 

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I hate to see stuff like this. Kids are too Greedy these days. When I was living with my parents they never bought me a game console, or a computer, or a cell phone. I didnt even get my first cell phone until i had moved out and gone to university. And as far as the game consoles went i always had to buy them for myself. it was a good life lesson. if you want something earn it. kind of like right now. I want a PS4 i can technically afford a PS4 but it would but a burden on us. So i am putting money little by little into an account and when it reaches the required amount i will buy it. so that it does not hurt me or my family financially.

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I never had a phone until I was 19, and that was 2005, before smartphones. Even then I barely made calls, and it was in my pocket most of the day. What's wrong with kids? Why do tweens/teens need these things? 

 

My cousins 9 year old daughter is asking for a cell phone already. She literally never goes anywhere without her family and is home schooled. Though to be fair I think she only wants it to for games.

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The writing of that article was just terrible.  CNet has really gone down hill.  If you are looking for just about any story, you will find it.  They were obviously looking for an iPhone christmas rage story and jumped on the first one they could find (because who really wants to work harder than that?).

 

Do a Google search for: "iPhone stab" and set the search filter to the past week.  You will get a LOT of results.

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The writing of that article was just terrible.  CNet has really gone down hill.  If you are looking for just about any story, you will find it.  They were obviously looking for an iPhone christmas rage story and jumped on the first one they could find (because who really wants to work harder than that?).

 

I didn't know iPhone Christmas rage was a common thing?

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I didn't know iPhone Christmas rage was a common thing?

 

Sadly.  Probably a lot of XBone and PS4 rage this holiday season too.  We're talking about a mass population here.  Lots of possibilities and its easy to guess which is likely.

 

But, I don't really care about the topic so much as how unnecessarily hard this was to read.

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