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…
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My daughter asked for a butterfly knife for Xmas. She’d fuckin’ love a machete I imagine.
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Both of you need to work on your texting punctuation. You are using OK Boomer periods and she is using the “uptalk” question mark
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Maybe she wants to make her own Lavarand!
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Because Machete don’t text.
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Why not both?
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With a machete, she could liberate many lava lamps…
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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.
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She seems unsure of whether she wants a machete or not. You could still convince her, I believe.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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If this were Jan Ken Po, does machete beat lamp or does molten pink stuff beat machete?
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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.
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How sharper than a serpent’s tooth machete it is to have a thankless child!
– William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1 Scene 4
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