Dear children,
I understand the drive for self-discovery, particularly at your tender ages, and particularly with the special and unique abilities with which you all have been blessed (or cursed, depending on your point of view). Your bodies are doing strange and semi-miraculous things, and it's only natural to want to know exactly which action creates which miraculous equal and opposite reaction. You are also all sound young persons, and I expect that not only do you all have sound judgement, but that you use it every day, in ways I cannot possibly begin to understand or appreciate.
However, if you are going to do something that said sound judgement determines might have (a) potential for percussive and/or explosive and/or destructive force, (b) potential for creation of permanent circumstances -- look up 'chemical change' in the dictionary to see what I mean, (c) potential for upsetting and/or alienating and/or flat-out displacing for the night one of your fellow classmates or staff members, (d) potential for creating a reaction that will require very expensive attention, and/or (e) even the slightest potential hazard to life and limb and property, do not do it without consulting an adult first. I know that very many of you are at the age that you might consider yourselves adults, but as long as you or those around you might have doubts about a situation, please, consult a mutant who's been around the block a few more times than you have. You'll save yourself a lot of time and grief in the long run.
Besides, you might end up large, blue, and hairy, and then who would be able to tell us apart? No one, that's who.
Your loving sysadmin and big bad monster living in the basement,
Doc
I understand the drive for self-discovery, particularly at your tender ages, and particularly with the special and unique abilities with which you all have been blessed (or cursed, depending on your point of view). Your bodies are doing strange and semi-miraculous things, and it's only natural to want to know exactly which action creates which miraculous equal and opposite reaction. You are also all sound young persons, and I expect that not only do you all have sound judgement, but that you use it every day, in ways I cannot possibly begin to understand or appreciate.
However, if you are going to do something that said sound judgement determines might have (a) potential for percussive and/or explosive and/or destructive force, (b) potential for creation of permanent circumstances -- look up 'chemical change' in the dictionary to see what I mean, (c) potential for upsetting and/or alienating and/or flat-out displacing for the night one of your fellow classmates or staff members, (d) potential for creating a reaction that will require very expensive attention, and/or (e) even the slightest potential hazard to life and limb and property, do not do it without consulting an adult first. I know that very many of you are at the age that you might consider yourselves adults, but as long as you or those around you might have doubts about a situation, please, consult a mutant who's been around the block a few more times than you have. You'll save yourself a lot of time and grief in the long run.
Besides, you might end up large, blue, and hairy, and then who would be able to tell us apart? No one, that's who.
Your loving sysadmin and big bad monster living in the basement,
Doc
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