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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 06:12 pm

Title: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 06:12 pm
Fun Fact #1 - if you cannot afford reagent kits (Amazon sells them, cmon), you should not ingest mind altering chemicals.

Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 06:14 pm
Fun Fact #2 - Trainspotting is an over-rated movie
Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 06:19 pm
Fun Fact #3 - needles, while ritualistic and glamorous, are likely not a good idea.
Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 06:20 pm
Fun Fact #4 - the SR forums are indexed on Google.
Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 06:22 pm
Fun Fact #5 - despite what most people say, mail shipped by SR vendors does not behave differently than mail shipped by general public.

USPS may not be fuckin' up your order while delivering everything else in your life on time.
Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 06:23 pm
Fun Fact #6 - if you're young and coming here to do something you're too embarrassed to do in "real life" or that you find socially embarrassing, most would advise you against it.
Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 06:33 pm
Fun Fact #7 - if you're putting money you can't afford to lose in to bitcoins, or jonesing for something that may not make it 'in time" - do not...it will probably go wrong.
Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 06:36 pm
Fun Fact #8 - Vendor ratings are less important than their total time vending and their # of transactions
Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 06:40 pm
Fun Fact #9 - your mail is likely suspicious only because you started acting weird when you were expecting something suspicious.
Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 06:54 pm
Fun Fact #10 - buying $50-100 worth of crap on eBay can get you 10-20 packages in the mail of regular things. Interesting mailbox flow.
Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 06:56 pm
Fun Fact #11 - PGP is kind of important.
Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 07:39 pm
Fun Fact #12 - if a vendor is less than 3 months old, and they have less than 100 successful transactions, you should exercise extreme caution and likely pay the tax for "safety" and "freedom."

See Green Androids thread for example.
Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 07:40 pm
Fun Fact #13 - while it sounds like an ageist elitist dick thing to say, if you live with you parents (and are 16 or 46) and they open your mail, get off this site.

Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: YetAnotherNoob on July 31, 2013, 07:53 pm
Fun Fact #1 - if you cannot afford reagent kits (Amazon sells them, cmon), you should not ingest mind altering chemicals.

and the NSA will know you are into drugs...
Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: jiggybeans on July 31, 2013, 07:58 pm
fun fact:

privnote can serve the same purpose as pgp if you are having trouble with pgp
Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 08:10 pm
fun fact:

privnote can serve the same purpose as pgp if you are having trouble with pgp

If you are having trouble with PGP (cut, paste, import, type stuff, encrypt, paste) you shouldn't be here.

If you think Amazon reports you to the NSA for ordering Reagent Kits, or for that matter gives a flying fuck what you do on Amazon, there is a site called infowars.com that you might enjoy.
Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: FIDBMG on July 31, 2013, 08:14 pm
Fun Fact #20 - unless getting a regular looking package is so strange for you that your mailman will wonder why on god's green earth your weird ass got a box, don't use fake info.

Title: Re: While I'm Counting to 50, Fun Facts
Post by: jjr5288 on July 31, 2013, 08:22 pm
hello