So the spell book is not age appropriate for your 6 year old

[depechemodefan]

At the bookstore today, a woman comes in with a book she bought on the website. I forgot the title already, but it doesn't look like a high-quality book, or a mass-market book that is connected to Harry Potter or Disney, etc. The woman said on the website it didn't say much about it; didn't tell the age range. She gets it for her 6 year old son. She gets it shipped to her, looks at it and doesn't like it for her son. One of her complaints, "It had a spell for lust in it!"

So she gets a refund, which isn't a big deal.

I can see parents thinking, "oh, fun, my kid likes to be a witch or a warlock, let me get him/her a book on magic spell," but maybe if the kid is that young, you should make your own book, esp. if it's a no-name product you think about buying (ie, not connected to Harry Potter or some big-name merchandise that is advertised on tv or something). Just type up some pages, with spells like, "1 tree leaf, 1 pinch of nutmeg, 1 pinch of salt, say "hocus-pocus."

Unless the woman thought that the spells would work.

I'm not that religious a person, even though I was raised Catholic. I think if a parent wants to buy a book of spells for the kid, ok. But I think this woman doesn't know her Deuteronomy

[earl colby pottinger]

Love spells

She is stupider that that. Even if you don't read the Bible which warns you to stay away from trying to cast spells and practice magic.

When hearing about people who believe that can do real magic, what is the number one requested spell: LOVE SPELLS of-course.

What did she execpt to fine in a book of spells anyway.

[wolfie]

Upset about finding a lust spell in a spellbook? That woman needs to get herself a bottle of Fireball, or maybe some White Lightning.

[MoonCat]

A good quality book about magic will have plenty of warnings about what is or is not age appropriate. There's a big difference between the fantasy-based stuff like Harry Potter or other fiction, and something written by Wiccans and other practitioners of the craft. For example, a Wiccan will tell you upfront that love spells are meant to bring love into your life, not to manipulate someone into falling in love with you. Also, from what I've seen, spells for protection are as numerous as love spells and may even outnumber them.

Either she didn't bother to read up on it, or the description wasn't very informative, which argues that it was a badly written book in the first place.

[Mr Hero]

I bought a book of spells once. It was written by some guy named Webster.

[Marmalady]

Upset about finding a lust spell in a spellbook? That woman needs to get herself a bottle of Fireball, or maybe some White Lightning.

Or just play some Led Zeppelin. There's no music like theirs for making buttons come undone

[Kit-Ginevra]

/\ is this speaking from personal experience? *fires up Stairway to Heaven*

[CyberLurch]

I've given up hope that mankind will survive this century. People as weapons-grade stupid as the woman in the original post are becoming more and more common.

[mjr]

I've given up hope that mankind will survive this century. People as weapons-grade stupid as the woman in the original post are becoming more and more common.

<Posts clip from Idiocracy>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZde5VDAA8U

<Runs away>

[dalesys]

My grandpa notes the world's worn cogs
And says we are going to the dogs!
His grandpa in his house of logs
Swore things were going to the dogs.
His dad among the Flemish bogs
Vowed things were going to the dogs.
The cave man in his queer skin togs
Said things were going to the dogs.
But this is what I wish to state
The dogs have had an awful wait.

-- Jeanette H. Walworth circa 1908

[depechemodefan]

My grandpa notes the world's worn cogs
And says we are going to the dogs!

That reminds me, a woman comes in to complain about kids these days. She said "Kids don't know what a paperback is!" I bet in her childhood older people were saying, "kids don't know what a victory garden is!" or "We didn't have cookbooks in color when we were younger!"

[Argabarga]

When I was a kid, green stamps did what shoppers club cards do today, and I don't have to lick mine to redeem it's points....

TECHNOLOGY IS YOUR FRIEND!!!

And without fratching, I'd just like to say, if we're all getting dumber every day, then who keeps inventing those iPads, electric cars, internet, ATMs and other things that didn't exist when I was a kid? (And was tagged proactively as the downfall of western society because, you know, kids these days.... with their video games and fuel injection and computers! When they grow up, we're all gonna be doomed because NONE OF THEM can do long division in their heads, write cursive or tune a carburetor like me!)

[Dreamstalker]

But isn't technology supposed to do everything for us? That's what they said on The Jetsons!

(most people I deal with think that anything computerized is automatically 'safe' from cracks/viruses/etc...um, no, you do have to update things...)

[dalesys]

... you do have to update things...)

The hausmeister here believed that the "smart" TV was asking for an update so that *** News could "...look up his butt..."

[wolfie]

If the TV wanted to look up his butt, it clearly wasn't a SMART TV.