Update. I Should Do This.

[risty77]

Actually, what I should be doing is reading 60 year old journal articles for my Ion Channels class (yeah, you can actually take classes devoted to ion channels. It could be worse really... American roommate is taking classes about genocide. She says it's how to prevent it.. but you never really know). The papers are actually awesome (I'll spare you

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[quintessmiley]

*hugs* It's appalling that someone would have the brazen temerity to steal from you. All the more so that you didn't catch him in the act and subsequently remove his kidneys through his nose. (I'm sure you could do that, if you really, really wanted to.) Still! Asinine customer support phone jockeys aside, I'm glad you weren't left with any potentially ruinous financial obligations. It's a pity the cards don't come equipped with miniature self-destruct mechanisms. Preferably something that would send bits of razor-sharp card shrapnel in all directions.

I think most people would be willing to accept a little friendly fire for the sake of crippling or maiming a few minor felons.

Anyway! Your story of taking off work to play Mortal Kombat makes me laugh. Inordinately. Aren't you neuro-geeks supposed to be isolating the genes that cause us to enjoy such violent pastimes and eliminating them? Then again, you also take courses in genocide, so it's possible you don't actually have the best interests of the common man at heart . . .

[risty77]

I think that's causing most of my residual rage, really... they would have been right there, for me to beat up! And now I want them found, so I get another go.

But I do like this self-destruct mechanism idea. I think we could work with that.

We're behavioural labs, we like to say.. it's all about observing the innate tendencies of the subjects, not trying to change them to suit our preconceived ideas!

....or we're scary people, and there's an option there where a girl who looks an awful lot like Betsy kisses a guy and then makes his head explode! How could anyone say that was objectionable?

[quintessmiley]

Do I get to vote? Because if I do, I'd definitely go with the "scary people" option. Though I suppose the head exploding thing is probably less objectionable than an apt metaphor of some kind. Though for what, exactly, I'm not certain.

Or I'm certainly not going to say, anyway.

And tinkering with subjects is half the fun! What about the fellow with the Cyclops flies? You can't tell me you wouldn't want to get in on that action! It's the joy of science, correcting God's tragic oversights. Like the lack of fruit flies with glowy eyes.