it's not like it would have changed anything in my life or whatever, but i wish at some point in high school bio or in some kids' science picture book someone had explained straight out that protein is not just, like, the nutritious gunk inside an egg; proteins are *tiny machines* with, like, moving parts. They *do things* and *make other stuff*.

(someone probably did and I just didn't read it, or maybe I read it once then forgot it? Anyway I wish it had been emphasized a little more)