Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/25/my-daughter-wants-a-pink-lava.html
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man, you need to work on fixing those priorities of hers…
My daughter asked for a butterfly knife for Xmas. She’d fuckin’ love a machete I imagine.
Both of you need to work on your texting punctuation. You are using OK Boomer periods and she is using the “uptalk” question mark
Maybe she wants to make her own Lavarand!
Because Machete don’t text.
Why not both?
With a machete, she could liberate many lava lamps…
I approve of either choices, honestly.
Years ago I wanted to have a 3-color set of lava lamps, either RGB or CMY. Turns out I couldn’t quite find quite the color combo I wanted at the price-point I could then afford (branded Lava™️ Lamps are expensive!), and a couple of moves into small spaces meant I dropped the idea.
Maybe I’ll start the quest again, now that I have space and more money.
She seems unsure of whether she wants a machete or not. You could still convince her, I believe.
It’s obvious that you’re trying the best you can to be a good parent. May I suggest setting a proper example by wielding your own machete in front of her, showing her all the reasons it’s better than a lava lamp?
Seconded.
Lava lamps are awesome. Mine went to Goodwill before my recent move. Once the new place gets organized better I will have to get a replacement.
@jlw also just one machete? You need three so you can juggle them.
ETA for anyone out there thinking of it. We don’t use actual sharp ones, not that a long heavy thin strip of metal won’t fuck you up. Also if you really wanna do it invest in proper juggling prop ones as the real ones have a crappy center of gravity for juggling as they will drift backwards… INTO YOU.
My daughter wants a pink lava lamp, not a machete
Good to see that there are so many thoughtful and incisive reviews of this fine product. One does wonder why the price varies so widely with the color.
Came here to say the same thing. I totally want that lava lamp, and also a murderously sharp machete that I can paint pink and bedazzle the words “Hard bitch” on the side.
If this were Jan Ken Po, does machete beat lamp or does molten pink stuff beat machete?
You might explain to her that it’s a whole lot easier to whack back the blackberry bushes in the back yard using a machete than it is using a lava lamp.
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth machete it is to have a thankless child!
– William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1 Scene 4