So my mom told me I should stop playing games...

....When she literally saw me flashing OpenWrt in a Linksys router...

chotto matte nani sore

Well, technically you're toying with your router so that could be considered playing games.

I mean OpenWRT is still better than Fortnite amirite?

Same. Not even joking...

It gets even better. I am regularly told "Schau ned so viel ins Kasterl", which basically means "Don't look into the box so much" where (box) -> the monitor.

The person that tells me this watches TV a lot. When I point that out, I am told "don't start a discussion with me now" and I can go back into my room to continue looking into the box.

What games do you play?

I'm termporarily living with parents again since I moved cities for work. I get the obligatory retarded comments about using the computer too much.

I get some side money by coding things, but my mom still doesnt count it as work, even though my side money is more than 50% of her pension. She calls it "banging on the computer". Additionally, she doesn't think it's mentally demanding or that it takes time, despite her not even knowing how to properly use old Nokia-type cellphones, let alone smartphones or computers.

I dont want to fucking hear comments like that anymore, especially since I'm paying for most of your fucking utilities and more. Fucking hell. I'll have to speed up finding a place to live solo.

@rutee07 Nice Freudian slip using rich instead of reach. 😆
I mean you’ve gotta be rich to stay out of reach....

Pretty sure the most correct translation of that last sentence in the sense of context would be "Excuse me, what the fuck"