Get This: Torture Your Children with the New Study Ball!

I guess there’s a new thing that some kids are psyched on called “studying.”  How it works is you basically read books about history and math and write the important parts on your arm for the next day’s exam.  Not really my thing, but we each choose our own path.  In high school, I was the valedictorian of inhaling rubber cement out of a bag.

But for the kids who don’t want to study, there’s this: the Study Ball, a prison-style old-school ball and chain that locks children into studying for up to four hours at a time!  Effective and unethical!

Or maybe just unethical.  I mean, I’d be able to watch Ren & Stimpy with a 20-lb. weight around my ankle just as easily as without.  From the product site:

For security reasons, Study Ball may not be programmed for more than 4 straight hours of study time.

“Security reasons” means “because the primary customer base for this product is child-beating sadists.”

When not in use as a study aid, it’s a pretty decorative item that’s the perfect accessory for any room in your home.

Study Ball is an exclusive design created especially for Curiosite by Emilio Alarcón, a Spanish designer with extensive experience. “Studying can be fun and enriching if you do it once in a while, but no one likes to study for days on end, especially not with an exam date looming overhead.”

And no one likes being locked in the closet for days on end while Daddy goes on a whiskey holiday, but you’re just going to have to deal with it, Timmy.

Source: Curiosite via Gizmodo.