If, for example, your mother takes away your computer because you got bad grades at school then you can…

Go full-Gandhi!

Take a page out of Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography by sitting her down and saying,

“Mother, I will not eat until I get my computer back.”

She may laugh.

She may even say,

“Good, more food for me!”

But once you go 24 hours without food… and then 3 days…

She’ll beg you,

“Why are you not eating, honey?! Please eat! Stop being so stubborn!”

But you can tell her you cannot go back on your promise because you had also promised to God that you wouldn’t eat until you got your computer back…

“Mother, do you want me to break my religious vow?”

If your mother loves you then after a week (at most) you’ll hear through your semi-hallucinatory state,

“Fine. Take your d*mn computer!”

You can then celebrate your victory with a nice meal and some video games!

But as you bask in your success, your mother may peek her head into your room and say,