A chilling bucket list

At first glance it seems adorable. in childish writing, in blue felt tip, the title reads: summer Bucket List 2017. A little heart sits above the number 7. then, in alternate shades of green pen, a carefully thought-out list of aspirations: ‘tie a message to a balloon and let it go’; ‘pet a giraffe’; ‘have a lemonade stand with Zoe’.

Look closer, though, and it’s not so sweet. ‘Give 2 blowjobs’ reads one entry; ‘have sex’; ‘get drunk all the time’ (ominously already ticked). Also, ‘get crossfaded 17 times’. Crossfading, it turns out, is combining alcohol with marijuana to intensify the high.

the list was found in a branch of Urban Outfitters, a popular hangout for girls my daughter’s age, and posted on twitter, where it duly went viral for being both ‘ hilarious and relatable’.

relatable, hardly. Hilarious, absolutely not.