No, I'd rather not. We're not exactly learning these things with Patho-Gen approval, and their response to such a public announcement may be worse than Brickston's adorable slide show.
idk they've been very clear about 'katalyth is deadly and causes mutations and arcane radiation is super bad' like i feel that is in fact common knowledge
also in what way are we learning these things without their approval they literally funded Team Science's laboratory
they are funding my exploratory expeditions
they are actively encouraging us to learn about this shit
i am immensely tempted to make a network post specifically advising the augmented not to do anything wildly dangerous and stupid and i WILL shame you in it
are you familiar with dog shaming? it's a thing in my earth
people take a picture of their cute pet with a handwritten sign to shame the pet for its crimes, like "i tore apart the couch" or "i peed in my own bed"
the sentiment is the same here
"i touched the angry rocks we were specifically told not to touch"
Shame and wariness of our overseers are not the same thing. I can take the long way around to spread the word. Your farmers were the pressing concern, as most of us aren't leaving the city that often, or alone.
so beyond what we already know regarding the publicly-available dangers of katalyth
your warning is specifically that people shouldn't handle it or be exposed to it at length
which ... i ...
palamedes, help me out here, what is the imagined situation?
beyond scientists intentionally continuing to handle it beyond the initial unpleasantness of just being around it at all
are you thinking the farmers are just going to blithely work around it despite it making them feel sick? intentionally use it as fertilizer? shape it into a nice dildo?
genuinely. what am i warning them about other than 'don't be incredibly stupid and handle the stuff that makes you feel sick'? recap it for me.
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[He's not answering the licking rocks question because he's not in the mood for japes and jests, sorry.]
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maybe a network post announcing it would be a good idea?
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also in what way are we learning these things without their approval they literally funded Team Science's laboratory
they are funding my exploratory expeditions
they are actively encouraging us to learn about this shit
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[The rest of those nerds secretly buried the sample in the woods instead of reporting it properly, and everything. Sooo...]
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yeah because that would be wildly dangerous and stupid
given how 'katalyth is deadly and causes mutations and arcane radiation is super bad'
ok message received i will do my best to tell my people not to do anything wildly dangerous and stupid
fortunately most of them aren't scientists
so i can generally count on them to only do things that are somewhat to moderately dangerous and stupid
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Thanks, though, that helps.
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are you familiar with dog shaming? it's a thing in my earth
people take a picture of their cute pet with a handwritten sign to shame the pet for its crimes, like "i tore apart the couch" or "i peed in my own bed"
the sentiment is the same here
"i touched the angry rocks we were specifically told not to touch"
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Cute pet custom, though, admittedly. We don't have pets on the Sixth, so no, I didn't know that one.
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so that we can PROPERLY warn the augmented of the actual dangers
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so beyond what we already know regarding the publicly-available dangers of katalyth
your warning is specifically that people shouldn't handle it or be exposed to it at length
which ... i ...
palamedes, help me out here, what is the imagined situation?
beyond scientists intentionally continuing to handle it beyond the initial unpleasantness of just being around it at all
are you thinking the farmers are just going to blithely work around it despite it making them feel sick? intentionally use it as fertilizer? shape it into a nice dildo?
genuinely. what am i warning them about other than 'don't be incredibly stupid and handle the stuff that makes you feel sick'? recap it for me.
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That said, it was primarily the additional issue of it being in one's head. I didn't touch it for it to take up residence humming a little ditty.