I got to throw a Molotov for a high school project. Never mind.
Also, can you imagine the news report about some fool who severely injured himself because he didn't realize the chemical he was using would degrade the plastic bags he was carrying them in?
I know, I know, I know. But the one guy couldn't light a damn match, and the other managed to set his nuts on fire.
I mean, it's like disclaimers in pharma spots: The one lesson my kid apparently remembers is that the answer to her question is, "Because someone went and did it." Why do they tell you not to take a drug if you already know you can't take it? Well, y'know, you'd be amazed. I still tell the story about alligator clips, nipples, brain damage, and the point that nobody explicitly told them not to. Why do they remind us that boner pills don't protect against HIV? Well, fuck, y'know, we'd be amazed if we let ourselves. That is apparently the one lesson I managed to teach my kid.
See, if I'm going to worry about the kids today, it's that they won't have enough obscure, random, controversial knowledge to not fuck up in particular ways, like making Molotovs with
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Seriously, though, compared to the disclaimers in pharma adverts, or those seemingly extraordinary warning signs that leave you to wonder who needs to be told, and somewhere along the line between toddler shootings and professionals who don't know their gun is loaded, the biggest risk factor is people who don't understand the risks.
It's one thing if I might imagine Nazis popping off ARs and
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