Father of the Year Award goes to...

string97bean · 7 months

My ears...the ear plugs do nothing!

romeolishitski · 7 months

The look on the cameramans face is awesome. "Become a cameraman they said. You'll shoot big artists they said"

AwesomeDay · 7 months

Tickets. $300

Matching tops. $150

After-show snacks. $20

Impaired hearing. Priceless.

haldean · 7 months

"I immediately regret this decision."

Sirusavath · 7 months

I applaud his willingness to subject himself to such drivel for his daughter's enjoyment. At the same time I'm looking at this and thinking I should have my kids listen to more music I enjoy now to try and prevent that from being me.

NyQuil012 · 7 months

The Geriatric BodyGuard: Assigned to protect three girls, if the kidnappers don't kill him - the lifestyle will! Coming this spring.

Michi_THE_Awesome · 7 months

My dad went with his wife and her granddaughter (second marriage for him) to one of those concerts. I don't know how he survived. I asked him what he thought and this is what he said: Maybe he'll get better when his balls drop.

GODFATHER_OF_REDDIT · 7 months

I bet the screaming girls sound bad too.

limlik · 7 months

Why do women scream in situations like this? I can understand screaming when they are shocked or spooked but in a situation like this? (I say women because even they do it, not just 12 year olds)

thygraveerror · 7 months

When she was 10, I took my daughter to a Hanson concert. The horror, The horror.

griffith12 · 7 months

Get me outta here!

allieharch · 7 months

That dad rules. My dad took me to Hanson (old school Justin Bieber, for you whippersnappers, but three of them) in the 90s and I will never be able to thank him enough for enduring that.

xfallxoutxgurlx · 7 months

In all reality, hats off to this man. He's taking his daughter and her friends to a concert they love. They will remember this moment for many years (maybe not a lifetime but for at least a while) and he's the one who made is possible. He didn't just drop them off at the concert like I see many parents do these days.

My dad was like this man. He went to every N'sync, Kelly Clarkson, Good Charlotte and Panic at the Disco concert before I turned old enough to just go with friends. We actually got to meet Panic at the Disco because he limped around with his cane in front of the security guard. And now 8+ years later (Jesus where has the time gone???) I don't really remember the concerts, I just remember how my dad was always willing to go with me. :')

UGAlawdawg · 7 months

This post reminds me of how cool my dad was. When I was in middle school and early highschool, i.e. before I could drive, he would take me to all sorts of heavy metal, alternative, hardcore and punk rock shows: Metalica, White Zombie, Reverend Horton Heat, Bad Brains, Primus, and many many more. This was absolutely not his kind of music, he was in his late 50s at the time, and was always more into classic country. But he drove me went to the shows and hung out in the back while I spent my time down front in the mosh pit. It was funny, he would almost always wear a business suit to these things. At the time I was embarrased walking in with him, and I feel kinda bad about that now, because (a) he didn't have to go with me, he could have just said, no you can't go (b) he was actually the coolest looking mother fucker in there: I mean a white guy in his late 50s in a business suit a Bad Brains show? how much cooler can you get? He passed away 2 years ago, and I'm a parrent of 2 now. Honestly, I can't wait until they are old enough to like music that I can't stand. I will be right there with them at whatever is the year 2022 version of Metalica or N'Sync or whatever.

TLDR: My Dad took me to rock shows when I was younger, I will do the same for my kids.

lippindots · 7 months

I went to a concert like this with a female friend of this girl I was talking to at the time. Worst decision ever. We were among the oldest demographic there being 19-20 years old and the bulk of the crowd were 12 year old girls dressed in the usual whorish fashion. I took ear plugs and I still almost lost my hearing. Not to the music- to the little girls. God the horror. I left early and took a cab home.

Person sitting directly to my right when I was there though was a dad. We talked for a little while about the ridiculousness of the concert and the girls behind us. He I'm guessing had to stay until the end. God bless that soul.

hooterboy · 7 months

I... I just don't love my daughters that much...

Se7en_Sinner · 7 months

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redforeva · 7 months

Father of the year, however not exactly a prudent father; the one with the noise cancelling headphones is.

auntie_eggma · 7 months

Beh. My dad took me to see the Stones and Black Sabbath and Elton John and stuff like that ("his" music) way more often than he took me to see the shit I was supposed to be into at that age, for which I am now, as then, incredibly thankful. Though we did go to a Boyz II Men concert, which was more awesome than it should have been.

magicman98 · 7 months

Will somebody give this man a well deserved beer??

toog · 7 months

Having taken my 13 year old daughter to her first concert last month allow me to say......BWAHAHA!!!

It was Motorhead

My kid rocks.

CollegeStudnt · 7 months

There's a fine line between bravery and stupidity.

Ducati997 · 7 months

The fuck.. I came to see a crime-fighting beaver!..

reynej · 7 months

I love how he's wearing a suit. What he needs are a pair of ear plugs like the veteran attender at the Little Miss Sunshine pageant.

homeboy5925 · 7 months

My ex-girlfriend did molly at a Justin Bieber concert and said it was the best roll of her life. First of all, nobody knew she was rolling because when you roll you act like a little kid at a justin bieber show. And apparently the light show ruled and all the little kids had glowsticks. That story right there is what made me date her hard.

That_is_fubar · 7 months

"I've made a huge mistake."

RiNgO70 · 7 months

That poor man

Danzion94 · 7 months

the guy looks like bill bellichick

raigoro · 7 months

This made me sad somehow

endercoaster · 7 months

He raised kids that like Justin Bieber. He has already failed this world.

But no, kids like whatever shit they like and he's an awesome dad for putting up with it.

NyQuil012 · 7 months

I can tell you from experience, the sound of 30,000 12 year old girls screaming is not one you easily forget. For a while, it woke me up in my sleep.

siouxsie_sioux · 7 months

I took my kids to a Selena Gomez concert last year. Ugh, some of the moms were fucking bitches unaware of concert etiquette. I was just standing there in a massive crowd of people and this bony finger starts poking my side. "EXCUSE ME - WE'VE BEEN STANDING HERE ALL DAY AND YOU JUST WALKED IN FRONT OF US. CAN YOU MOVE?" I gave her the "are you serious" face and just said no. Also, dumbass families on blankets in the middle of a forward pushing crowd. GET THE FUCK UP.

reece1218 · 7 months

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha upvote.

CardboardDoom · 7 months

Those headphones look an awful lot like the Bose Triport headphones. If it is, I wonder if that guy knows he's wearing them backwards

Carver_Descartes · 7 months

This is the first time that this title has been used non-sarcastically on reddit.

contrary-wise · 7 months

'Oooo-oooh, chaperone dads!' -- Taylor Swift.

pipboy_warrior · 7 months

Good father for putting up with this. But I wonder, how much did our own parents put up with when we were kids? Anyone have their folks take them to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle or Transformers movie as kids, or perhaps The Wizard? Who here knows that their folks stood in line to get a Castle Greyskull from Toys Are Us or Mario Bros 3 from Electronic Boutique?

Who here had parents that endured their pathetic attempts at sports or the theatre, but always had a smile on their face? Who here has a mother or father that to this day can recite the Cat and the Hat or a book like it from memory because you requested the same damn book every day, and they still read it to you?

bettorworse · 7 months

We went to see Cheap Trick once and there was a father just like this with 3 young girls. And, of course, the concert was also populated with a bunch of hippies, smoking dope, swearing and screaming louder than the girls.

He was enduring it better than this guy.

Panties85 · 7 months

Amazingly, as I am reading this thread, my daughter is gettting herself ready for school blasting JB. Only 10 more min and I'm free....

Confluences · 7 months

what a trooper

DavcarTheBarbarian · 7 months

I took my seven year old to Hilary Duff many years ago. Could barely hear anything except screaming, and it was so loud, my eardrums were distorting like a cheap pair of speakers. I feel for that guy.

leftinthedark · 7 months

Dad of a young girl here. She loves the Beibs. I say screw it, and dance and sing with her. If I dance with her, it doesn't mean I don't prefer good music. It just means the music has a beat. My daughter loves it. And after we listen to it, I put on Cake. Then say, you love Cake, right?

HoneyBadgerPainSauce · 7 months

Someone get this man a fucking medal.

ihavecrayons · 7 months

Haha I like the guy wearing the Bose QuietComfort's with best in class noise canceling. Smart man.

solver111 · 7 months

The guy on the left came prepared.

[deleted] · 7 months

Serious question - what the fuck is on the cameraman's face? He looks like he has some kind of functional soul patch that hooks him into the mainframe.

Snakebite4789 · 7 months

looks like the "vinegar strokes" face to me

shallowbethygame · 7 months

If he was really the father of the year, he would not allow his daughters (or daughter+friends) to listen to this music.

He would expose her to real music.

BarfingBear · 7 months

"I'll meet you in the parking lot."

Gruzdak · 7 months

Oh dear lord thank god I only have a son.

The other fear for a daughter is the need for a axe to scare away scumbag boyfriends.

i3olt · 7 months

God amongst men

forum1388 · 7 months

At first i was pissed because this was a blatant repost with the EXACT same title as the last time it made it to the frontpage.

Then i read your username.

Touche sir. Touche.

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