Kid Asks for a Switch, Gets a Network Switch Instead

Description

A photo meme with the caption 'When your kid asks for a switch for Christmas.' Below, a young boy in a Bowser (Nintendo character) t-shirt sits on a brown couch holding what appears to be a Cisco/Netgear network switch -- a rack-mountable Ethernet switch with multiple ports visible on the front panel. The boy looks disappointed or confused. The humor is a classic dad-joke style double meaning: the kid wanted a Nintendo Switch gaming console but received a networking switch instead. The Bowser shirt adds an extra layer of irony since it's a Nintendo character

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Comments

Anonymous ★ Top Pick On the bright side, that kid's going to have the lowest-latency LAN party setup in the entire neighborhood

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

On the bright side, that kid's going to have the lowest-latency LAN party setup in the entire neighborhood
Anonymous

My kid asked for a Switch, so I gave them a 48-port PoE Cisco Catalyst. Now they can learn about spanning tree protocol and VLAN tagging instead of whatever Animal Crossing is. It builds character and a robust home network
@Valithor 8mo

Is this an advertisement for a free ubiquity switch because I swear to God
Deleted Account 8mo

what about hub?
@SergeKras 8mo

Свич дешёвый, мог бы и с обедов себе купить
1. dev_meme 8mo
  
  Please, keep all communications in DevMeme in English 🙏
@OKomarov 8mo

What a happy great time awaits him in the next years!
@purplesyringa 8mo

I'd be happy
@Unomi 8mo

I think, dad is too generous :)