psychyness

That's awesome. That guy seems just like me. I always make decisions like that seemingly out of the blue in random spots. Truth is, it has been something that I've been deciding on for a long time, I usually just pull the trigger at odd times.

So, it sounds like these guys were trying to be "cool," and didn't realize how stupid they were actually being? Did I get the gist of it right?

Not OP, but it would probably be for similar reasons why humans may observe habitats without trying to make any sort of impact on them. I s'pose the most likely reason would be that they're studying us, perhaps they are just curious as to how other worlds evolve/etc but don't want to interfere.

That's shitty. I can totally see that happening, and I just feel bad for the kids. Yeah, it was stupid, but I really doubt they had any intention to use them. I hope they don't get too fucked over for this.