I gave the first "not sure" vote. Some we do, some we don't. Some modify their behavior because of the attention that we give them (both ways). Some don't care. Some show the pathetic existence they have (Stinky, I'm looking at you!
) and the fact that they will never improve their lives; some seem to ramp up their vitriol (Taverner); some disappear off the face of the Earth (Pammy! Where'd ya go?); and some just exist. It's similar to nailing Jello to a wall, in trying to figure that group out.
I'm sure we do have an influence on the primitives, no matter how much I wish we didn't, and my heart bleeds for my fellow alum Skins, who feels the same way about the matter as I do. Many have been the nights I've tossed and turned in anxiety for Skins, who has this rule and the primitives don't follow it.
To me, that shows a lack of respect for my fellow alum, and I don't like it.
I do have an idea, though; something Skins or the elusive enigmatic Elad could probably invent, and sell (Lord Marblehead EarlG couldn't invent a Tinker toy) as a requirement of being on Skins's island.
Some sort of computer gizmo, a "DUmpster blocker" I guess, that's permanently on a primitive's computer, even when the primitive's not hanging around Skins's island, even when the primitive's computer's shut off, denying the primitive access to here.
And I repeat, it being a
requirement that such be installed before one can land ashore Skins's island to hang around. And I repeat, it working for the whole computer of the primitive, not just when the primitive's romping and playing on Skins's real estate.
Skins and Elad could probably sell these "DUmpster blocker"s at, say, twenty-five bucks a shot, and loll in the bed of cash.