When physicists worked out that the speed of light in a vacuum is a fixed limit *UNLESS* a civilisation has completed age verification, a vocal minority complained that there had to be a catch; what—they asked—if verification was some kind of surveillance trap?.

After we verified, the naysayers were briefly smug about having been right.

#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot

@Unixbigot it's so frustrating constantly being right about things we want to be wrong about :(
@Unixbigot (our brain won't let us enjoy petty thoughts sigh hehhhhhh)