I’ll bet you anything it’s taxes.

Did Star Trek ever do one?

Mhm, society persists even through collapse scenarios mostly for exactly this reason. John the Butcher in 13th century Scotland might have lost his entire village to The Plague, but those guys in the village 3 miles down the road still have people who know how to forage, or hunt, or grow food, etc etc etc.

Pretty much this. The average gets dragged down by a HIGH infant mortality rate - nest predators from snakes to raccoons to hawks and vultures kill a lot of hatchlings, as well as things like simple accidents (falling out of a tree, for instance).

Also, the GSA is pretty open about the fact that it’s just a thinly-veiled business program anymore. They exist to sell cookies and merch and that’s about it - anything that’s actually FURTHER than that is at the discretion of the troop, but not encourages.

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Want to build an explosive? Here’s an equation you haven’t seen since 9th grade that determines how big an explosive you can build.

I saw several people try to go hiking like that at Red Rocks outside of Las Vegas when I was there.

It was summer. The temperature was 113F that day.

Kentucky was named the Bluegrass State because it was so invasive that when settlers came into the area, they found the whole state carpeted in it.

Star Trek: The Animated Series.

Or if you go back a little farther, inside is a planet where magic is real run by the actual Lucifer and Asmodeus.

Man, the Animated Series is wild.

Nah, this is an AWCY-grade weird performance art thing.

Pathfinder has a spell called Allfood, makes literally anything into “food” (well, it’s tasteless mush, but it is edible). Creative uses include: chewing through doors, literally eating important MacGuffins, and disarming opponents via CHOMP.

I’ve never had a cat get hurt this way and I’m still paranoid, and will check both my cats are safe and not in the machine before I turn it on. One in particular feels the need to explore anything that opens - cupboards, dishwasher, dryer, refrigerator, even the oven. I’ve luckily trained him to keep far away of the dangerous stuff like the dishwasher and dryer and oven, but he’ll still try to climb into the fridge if I don’t pay attention.