Little bits of friction can drastically alter our path.
Stephen King wrote a satirical newspaper one day for fun. It was the talk of his high school school. Kids laughed their asses off and loved it.
Most teachers could handle his poking fun, but Mrs. Margitan could not. King was called into the office and she wanted him suspended for calling her “Mrs Maggot.” in print.
He ended up just getting detention, but that’s all it took to convince him not to mess with satire again.
Who knows how things could have turned out differently.