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Now, if you choose not to respond to my parental authority, I should warn you, I have mind altering drugs in the other room and I'm not afraid to use them.

— Dr. Andrew Brown  ·  Everwood

A wooden spoon leans beside a partly open cupboard with jars lit by a purple glow.
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The speaker begins with parental authority, then threatens to enforce it with mind-altering drugs. The calm warning format makes the escalation especially outrageous. Its humour depends on treating an extreme threat as a routine extension of discipline, rather than offering a sensible parenting suggestion.

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