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Speaking of "feeling bad for teaching someone"... I must have been in 5th grade and this other kid was talking about shorting out a power outlet. I said "What I'd do is unfold a couple of paperclips, stick them into a rubber eraser, then plug that into the outlet and twist it to get the paperclips to touch."

A few days later the principal calls me in. "Did you tell him to do this?" "I didn't tell him to, we were just talking about how to do it." "... well, he's done it before. Don't do anything like this again. Dismissed." I still can't believe that I got out of it; petty tyrants love to flex their power.

>>linsom+(OP)
:)

I’m legit trying to figure out who your calling the petty tyrant flexing their power: - The principal which let off with a warning - The other kid, popping circuit breakers - Or you, ‘corrupting’ other young minds :)

>>wingsp+7b
It refers to the principle, who didn't flex his power which came as a surprise. The other kid is a gremlin. GP was playing the clueless engineer type who forgets to give thought to who is asking the question and how the answer will be used.

>>fc417f+fI
>playing the clueless engineer type

Or... Maybe I was just 10 and hadn't really learned that lesson yet. ;-)