I was observing a member of the target demographic playing Minecraft the other day. Apparently she had recently learned of the bucket capability, which allows one to transport water (or lava) and dump it where desired. I saw that she had dug a hole, into which a villager had fallen, and was dumping water into it. I asked her:

"Are you trying to drown that guy?"

To which she replied, "Yeah," as if it were obvious.

I said, "Don't drown him, that's really mean."

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