PSA: Don't speak or use emotes in the presence of a toxic clique.

[Iscah]

Honestly sounds like a caution strike is SE just saying "hey, cool it" but it's got some of that scary corporate / official protocol speak written across it lol. Not that I was there or anything but just imagining it, would probably feel scary no matter what to get called into the office even though in the principle's view (GM's) all they wanted to say is "eeeh.. careful now".

Sure, but their version of a "hey, cool it." is now attached to my account as a 1 out of 5 strike.

If I remember right from reading the rules, they don't have to escalate cautions to something else next time. They can give you another caution at the same level. It's only if you have actual strikes against you that the next 'caution' has to be treated as another strike.