Remember, kids. Even if your parents love every type of music you own, you can always annoy them by running the vacuum.

Your mom grew up listening to The Misfits and Dave Matthews. Your dad listened to Vivaldi and NWA. It doesn't matter if you blast Skrillex or Nickleback or Robert Ashley, they're going to peek in the room and say "What's that, kiddo? Looks like you're a music-loving chip off the ol' block!" So how are you going to establish your own identity by finding the boundaries in which you live? Or, in short, how best can you annoy your parents?

With a nice purple Dyson DC24, that's how.

Fire it up. The Dyson's 115 airwatt suction is quieter than you'd expect, but not silent. That's good, because the faint sound will interfere with whatever crap your parents have on. Lana Del Ray? Pfft. Old people, right? Then let the vacuum run for a good half an hour. The moment they say "Sweetie, are you finished with that thing yet?" BOOM! YOU WIN!

Or what about the other way, if they don't say anything at all? Well, then, you've hit gold again! Just run the Dyson DC24's motorized brushbar over their dusty, dusty music collection. When they freak out, huff GOSH MOM AND DAD, THIS IS HOW MY GENERATION EXPRESSES THEMSELVES, OKAY? and storm out of the room. It doesn't matter if it makes no sense. Sense is not the point.

Remember, when it comes to teenage rebellion, it's not about style, location, action or belief. It's just about taking a stand in a way that makes your parents wonder why they even bother. If you've got to do a little housecleaning to make that happen... so be it.

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