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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

The Lesson of the Laptop-Shooting Dad

The Lesson of the Laptop-Shooting Dad

Is there a parent of a teenager that hasn’t seen the viral video made by Tommy Jordan, the North Carolina dad who shoots nine rounds into his snarky daughter’s laptop with a .45? The clip has been viewed more than 18 million times in less than a week on YouTube. It is both disturbing and so deeply satisfying that you can’t watch it without reliving every fantasy you’ve ever had about hurling one of your teen’s gadgets out a window or under a car after they’ve used it to ignore you or deceive you, or distract themselves from something they’re supposed to do. You imagine those tiny headphones flying and each nano of the offending device being crushed as your horrified child wails in disbelief because they never think we’ll really do it, no matter how many times we threaten.

1 comment:

  1. I think this father took it to far I wonder after seeing what he did if he wants he's daughter to get a job to support herself or to pay him back . My kids money they worked and earned went for things they wanted I couldn't afford to get them but I never took ten cents of their money.

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