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... y'know those little packets of silica gel that come in shoeboxes?  The ones that say 'Do Not Eat' all over them?  WHY does it always feel like it's a personal challenge?

I mean, with the current vibe I've gotten from this generation, it almost feels as if I'm kindly being MOCKED for my own stupidity - like the whole 'Caution: Coffee Will Be HOT' thing; do I really need some fancy-pants corporate big-wig telling me that the HOT coffee that was ordered HOT, when handed to me HOT, will STILL BE HOT if I splash it lightly across my face and chest to wake myself up in the morning?  I mean, seriously... I never DRINK the stuff, but it most certainly CAN wake a person the hell up on a cold, crisp morning.

It's kinda like that with the silica gel; I mean, seriously - this stuff came in a box of factory-manufactured footwear, which has been sitting in a porous little baggie on a store shelf for NO TELLING how long... and they HAVE to tell me not to EAT it?  Really?  I mean, okay, sure - there are times I should probably be told not to put things in my mouth (cigarettes, floor gum, that one guy's left big toe), but there are standards, y'all!  I seriously doubt that the world's levels of common sense are THAT far gone.

WHY do thy put those warnings on there?  Well... because the world has become SO litigious, that anything CAN and WILL be misinterpreted to be taken advantage of... so in response, us folks who actually aren't looking to make a fast buck off of anyone we can have to suffer with THIS cockamamie crapola.  Seriously, is there anyone out there who DOESN'T feel a little dumber every time they read those little warnings?

Well, all I know is... next time I see one of those little packets?  I'mma EAT that bastard.

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... *facepalm* Sometimes, I'm too weird even for ME.