So I made a post that revealed I was browsing traderoute on my phone.
OMG!
I get the feeling that a lot of people make this whole business into a much bigger deal than it is so that they can stroke their ego and feel cool.
It's like...no, the Feds don't care that you're using a DNM for occasional, small orders of drugs.
We should take all the safety precautions we can, but some people take it SO far and it's weird. Unless you're a vendor or buying bulk, you are NOT some badass criminal that the Feds are gunning for. Using a DNM is still a pretty suburban, middle class thing, so I get why people want to make it seem cooler than it is (that's what surburban middle class people do) but come on.
I am a heroin user who buys mostly on the streets, and I promise that I will get arrested for something related to that MUCH sooner than anything related to the dark web. And I bet that most of you will get arrested doing your darknet drugs (or related activities) long before you get busted for actually buying on the DNMs.
I don't use TAILS, don't tumble or mask coins, and back in 2014 I used a PGP key directly tied to my gmail account that had my last name in it (because I was stupid and didn't understand how it worked, not because I was lazy). I bet most people do similar stupid things, and that it's the small group on here that freak the fuck out enough to stick their TAILS USB up their ass for safekeeping when they're not actively using it.
My thinking: if the government really want to nail me for ordering that gram of dope of traderoute, they have the resources to do it, no matter how much crazy planning I take or how much I try to manage the risk. I could do everything right and they could still get me...because it's the fucking US government, the most powerful organization in the world. But they won't, because it's a waste of their time.
Am I wrong? Or do people dramatize the risk in order to feel cool and make their lives seem more exciting? Sometimes this sub just feels like a bunch of suburban white kids (age 18-22) who don't really know the true drug game and have convinced themselves that they are engaged in the same kind of risky activity in which corner boys and drug gangs are engaged. And I really do get it, life is much more exciting that way, and it makes the act of "copping" off the DNMs that much more exciting/addicting (and I understand why copping is addicting, I do the same thing regarding actual copping...except copping heroin on the streets actually is super risky).
But god do I love the crazy involved posts outlining all someone's risks and fears only to find out at the end that they ordered an eighth of pot.
Edit: seems like I'm about to take a lot of heat for this. I didn't mean to insinuate that it's lame to think this way, or that you're not a criminal for using the DNMs, just that, statistically, it's not as dangerous as this sub makes it out to be. I could be totally wrong though...who knows!! Actually it is kinda lame, but in a pathetic, funny way. Nothing to be ashamed about.
Edit (2): Wouldn't it be hilarious if I was arrested for DNM related activity? Damn, that would be humbling. You all can say "I told you so!!1!" If that happens.
Who would've thought people would take their freedom and livelihood seriously