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[kingtyrantranger]

Guys, just ignore them. The more you respond to the anons and get angry at them, the more they're getting what they want. Just don't give them any attention and go about your usual stuff.

You matter to them more than their opinions should matter to you.

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[kingtyrantranger]

I bet Tenzil has a whole book for you to try.

[the_civilian]

He probably does. But if I get drunk, I'm probably going to do an AMA, and that seems like it would end poorly.

[kingtyrantranger]

Bill Nye them.

[the_civilian]

...I have no idea what that means.

[kingtyrantranger]

Fill the AMA with fun science.

[the_civilian]

I thought you were supposed to be a GOOD influence.

[He's laughing though]

I'm pretty sure that science here doesn't even work the same way it does back home, so it'd be stuff like "fun fact: where I'm from, chugging random chemistry experiments gets you your stomach pumped, not super powers".

[kingtyrantranger]

What's not fun about model volcanoes? You're giving them a valuable education that their fancy future schools probably skipped over.

I bet Brainy never dropped Mentos into Diet Pepsi jars.

[the_civilian]

Do Mentos and Diet Pepsi even exist anymore?

You are still a terrible, terrible influence.

[kingtyrantranger]

Probably not, but I bet that Tenzil could tell us something with an even more spectacular result.

Don't say that. Ask anyone around. I'm the boring one.

[the_civilian]

Hey, one of my best friends back home is a chemist. I've seen her turn a giant ball of metal into pink dust. Sadly, my preferred scientific field isn't nearly as interesting to watch on camera, except under certain special circumstances.

Nothing but a cunning ruse. I'm onto you.

[kingtyrantranger]

Oh yeah? What do you do? [Because he's curious now.]

Lies and stuff designed to make me look bad!

[the_civilian]

I'm a robotics engineer. That only gets funny when the code is good enough to make the robot do something, but bad enough that whatever it does isn't what you were going for. For example, I once got punched in the head by my healthcare companion robot. Noooot supposed to do that.

Onto you.

[kingtyrantranger]

[Sorry, all he knows about robotics is that they can be giant and transform or tiny and go "Ai-yi-yi" a lot.]

I don't know. Sounds like it could've been a contender. Go to the ring, win a championship, get enough money to put his girlfriend through school...

Shush.

[the_civilian]

Well, apparently my brother taught him karate after I ended up here, so it doesn't sound like I stopped him so much as delayed him.

[Tadashi laughs.]

Dude, I'm an older brother, I am constitutionally incapable of being shushed.

[kingtyrantranger]

It was in his blood. Er. Oil. Hydraulics?

[He shakes his head.]

Guess I can't stand up to a Constitution.

[the_civilian]

Oh no. Don't ask unless you've got five to ten minutes to listen to me talk about my project.

[Tadashi grins.]

It's okay, I promise to keep your secret from our fandom.

[kingtyrantranger]

I've got a choice between listening to your project or watch our teammates throw fits at anons. I'm sitting down.

If it leaks, I'll know who did it.

[unrecovered]

You know, that's not a bad idea. York and I have just been telling them stories about prank wars and gossip, and they love it. Turns out if you give them enough small stuff, they don't ask the big questions.

[the_civilian]

That makes sense. They're not exactly hard-hitting journalists or anything, more like cats who want to stick their noses in your food.

[unrecovered]

I can't remember the last time a cat asked me about my sex life, but sure, that works.

[the_civilian]

I meant more that they're monofocused on what they want at that particular moment, but my aunt's cat can look pretty judgmental when he puts his mind to it.