Silk Road forums
Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: A1pha on June 19, 2013, 06:05 pm
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Most of the people on this site strike me as a civilised and educated bunch, not what the daily mail would have you believe about the silk road.
I work as a technician in the research of concrete and reinforcement of nuclear storage bunkers and have many years experience in my field. this is probably not the type of job that non drug users would think of a druggy holding down and actually excelling at. I earn way above the average UK wage and am working on a daily basis with people who are as straight as can be and they would never suspect me of being a habitual user.
what do you do for a crust?
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Whatever I can do.. Times are tough.
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I work as a technician in the research of concrete and reinforcement of nuclear storage bunkers and have many years experience in my field. this is probably not the type of job that non drug users would think of a druggy holding down and actually excelling at. I earn way above the average UK wage and am working on a daily basis with people who are as straight as can be and they would never suspect me of being a habitual user.
Bearing in mind that LE almost certainly are reading this forum, are you not concerned that this level of detail enables them to significantly narrow down who you might be? Especially given your job in a pretty sensitive area, they may well be motivated to invest resource in uncovering your identity. Beware.
Of course, this could just be an LE ploy to get others to reveal identifying information about themselves...
For my part, I make a living by eating and breathing.
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Of course, this could just be an LE ploy to get others to reveal identifying information about themselves...
What I was thinking.. Specially being 1st post..
For my part, I make a living by eating and breathing.
STRIPPER! lol jk
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I'm a goat herder.
Actually, I work for myself as a web designer/marketer.
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I sell hosting to the black market.
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I sell hosting to the black market.
How long did it take you to develop the skills to do that?
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Awesome @ black market hosting!
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Awesome @ black market hosting!
I do my best.
I sell hosting to the black market.
How long did it take you to develop the skills to do that?
I've been running servers of some kind or another since I was a kid. I'm just leaving my youth now.
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I pick strawberries and banana's. You know bent and scoop!
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Information Technology.
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I work as a technician in the research of concrete and reinforcement of nuclear storage bunkers and have many years experience in my field. this is probably not the type of job that non drug users would think of a druggy holding down and actually excelling at. I earn way above the average UK wage and am working on a daily basis with people who are as straight as can be and they would never suspect me of being a habitual user.
Bearing in mind that LE almost certainly are reading this forum, are you not concerned that this level of detail enables them to significantly narrow down who you might be? Especially given your job in a pretty sensitive area, they may well be motivated to invest resource in uncovering your identity. Beware.
Of course, this could just be an LE ploy to get others to reveal identifying information about themselves...
For my part, I make a living by eating and breathing.
I am not at all concerned, and even if they did put resources they have not got in to tracing me I would only get a police caution for the amount of weed I have at any one time.
paranoia may help you but it doesn't hinder me.
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I work as a technician in the research of concrete and reinforcement of nuclear storage bunkers and have many years experience in my field. this is probably not the type of job that non drug users would think of a druggy holding down and actually excelling at. I earn way above the average UK wage and am working on a daily basis with people who are as straight as can be and they would never suspect me of being a habitual user.
Bearing in mind that LE almost certainly are reading this forum, are you not concerned that this level of detail enables them to significantly narrow down who you might be? Especially given your job in a pretty sensitive area, they may well be motivated to invest resource in uncovering your identity. Beware.
Of course, this could just be an LE ploy to get others to reveal identifying information about themselves...
For my part, I make a living by eating and breathing.
I am not at all concerned, and even if they did put resources they have not got in to tracing me I would only get a police caution for the amount of weed I have at any one time.
paranoia may help you but it doesn't hinder me.
That's the spirit.
FWIW I help run a family business in the hospitality industry. I'm pretty straight-laced IRL, everyone I know around town sees me as a clever and conservative person.
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Im going to be a silkroad dealer.
8>
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I milk llamas.
OP did you get that avatar from a long time member on the ogrish forums?
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Retail and college. Putting time into figuring out how to use the road has made life so much easier for me. I don't have to meet up with any sketch dealers, it's great.
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I train dolphins to ejaculate on signal as part of a larger research effort to improve dolphin maternity education.
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I make a living by eating and breathing. 8)
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Gas engineer and part time pot farmer and i live near...... ::)
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Social work... Dont do druga people 8)
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I do film and art. Just graduated undergrad and I'm looking for a job in video production right now. It's interesting I think to learn what kind of people are here on SR. Not to delve too deep and endanger anyone of course. I think one thing SR demonstrates is that druggies aren't all sketchy dudes who constantly avoid real work. A lot of times, I think they're actually really entrepreneurial types, real driven types. I've read a couple of great stories on erowid about some of the science and chemist types that have gotten involved with psychonaut ventures, and it's pretty entertaining stuff.
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I pick strawberries and banana's. You know bent and scoop!
Like the mexicans.
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I think one thing SR demonstrates is that druggies aren't all sketchy dudes who constantly avoid real work. A lot of times, I think they're actually really entrepreneurial types, real driven types.
Whilst the tabloid media might (sometimes) convey an image that drugs are the sole domain of life's losers, I don't think many people in the medical or political worlds maintain that view. Hell, most of them are using too.
(Actually, I don't think the tabloid media do convey that image much; usually the stories are either of something bad happening to a clean cut middle class kid or else of some celeb being caught red-handed... perhaps portrayals of drug users as being either junkies or hardened crims actually only comes from fiction?).
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Just to be fair...
There is a huge correlation between using drugs and being a loser.
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I think one thing SR demonstrates is that druggies aren't all sketchy dudes who constantly avoid real work. A lot of times, I think they're actually really entrepreneurial types, real driven types.
Whilst the tabloid media might (sometimes) convey an image that drugs are the sole domain of life's losers, I don't think many people in the medical or political worlds maintain that view. Hell, most of them are using too.
(Actually, I don't think the tabloid media do convey that image much; usually the stories are either of something bad happening to a clean cut middle class kid or else of some celeb being caught red-handed... perhaps portrayals of drug users as being either junkies or hardened crims actually only comes from film and television?).
Yeah I think it's a film thing. I mean what are the famous films with drugs. They're either something like Scarface, hyper violient gangsters, or they're slacker hippie stuff like Dazed and Confused. There's also "weird ass trippy shit" like Enter the Void, which I love, hahaha.
It's also a dangerous combination of money and lack of social acceptability I think. Because drugs make a lot of money. Because they're illegal they have huge margins. Makes it hard to get close to it, and not get sucked in. I know when I first started using SR, I would buy bulk because it was cheaper and then sell off the rest to friends. But that quickly puts a strain on relationships. Between the allure of money and fear of getting caught, there's not a lot of room for a healthy relationship with drugs sometimes. Now that I'm older I've found a balance there, but I can see why for a lot of people, the anti-social stereotypes become true. I've heard it from an alcoholic that the hardest thing about quitting was that once he quit, he lost all his friends, because all his friends were drinking buddies. I think it's a similar thing with drugs (well alcohol is a drug but I mean illegal drugs). Because it's illegal, it's hard to be casual about it around people who don't do it, so it becomes a defining aspect of people's lives instead of just another hobby or preferred aspect of lifestyle.
Just to be fair...
There is a huge correlation between using drugs and being a loser.
There's also a correlation between drugs and IQ level. Correlation /= Causation.
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There's also a correlation between drugs and IQ level. Correlation /= Causation.
If you're not trolling, then post a link.
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I work for a small town in AK. as the towns janitor,everyone expects me to keep the place tidy.
I like my job,except for one thing,my boss bill richards is a total dick!I have to clean the watertower(painted as a giant golfball) every 4 mo.the good news is SR.My bulk bud vending is going so well,soon ill be able to quit,and hopefully move
to boonsvill GA.to keep an eye on my exwife Mandy.
oops almost signed my real name
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There's also a correlation between drugs and IQ level. Correlation /= Causation.
If you're not trolling, then post a link.
http://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2011/10/28/jech-2011-200252.abstract
There's the study and here's a link to an article explaining it: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/201010/why-intelligent-people-use-more-drugs
It's because higher levels' of IQ are related to personalities that are more open to experimentation and novel lifestyle choices. It doesn't mean taking drugs is always a "smart" choice, but it means that smartness and willingness to explore new ideas are related. Sometimes those new ideas are bad ones. High IQ people are also more susceptible to cults.
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financial adviser/ entrepreneur. i have btc's. let me know if interested
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Fifty. I'm so happy.
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Merchandiserrr. I'm happy I don't have to deal with customers and competitive co-workers.
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btcs all day
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screwed out of my last job suck suck. nothing now
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I'm a drug dealer and a horse thief and on the weekends I mow people's yards and sell meat I steal from Wal-Mart out of a van by the river.
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elephant trainer
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all you guys seem to have wicked day jobs
just goes to show that not all users are "junkies" that lives revolve around drugs
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I'm a stay at home son..lol
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I'm a drug dealer and a horse thief and on the weekends I mow people's yards and sell meat I steal from Wal-Mart out of a van by the river.
All that in addition to fighting off hordes of the living dead? You must lead a very busy life, Mr. Campbell.
As for me, I'm an IT professional. As for why I'm on SR, my illicit substance of choice is cannabis, which as I'm sure you all know goes far beyond its typical pop-culture association with lazy, unmotivated slacker types. I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but many people would find it surprising how many white-collar professionals secretly enjoy the occasional toke of the devil's lettuce.
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next
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smoke dat chrronic
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should change the topic to what do you wish you did for a living according to the replys haha
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Whilst the tabloid media might (sometimes) convey an image that drugs are the sole domain of life's losers, I don't think many people in the medical or political worlds maintain that view. Hell, most of them are using too.
(Actually, I don't think the tabloid media do convey that image much; usually the stories are either of something bad happening to a clean cut middle class kid or else of some celeb being caught red-handed... perhaps portrayals of drug users as being either junkies or hardened crims actually only comes from fiction?).
I'm in the tabloid media.
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white-collar professionals secretly enjoy the occasional toke of the devil's lettuce.
The devil's lettuce??? What are we, in the nineteenth century?
More like god's lettuce.
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finance and make money - need bitcoins, let me know
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Information Technology / Network Administration / Hacking & Cracking
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...I think the official title is "Warehouseman". Glamorous, no?
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Student right here. Found this at the right time :)
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I'm a journalist and a porn star and I know all the 11 herbs and spices in Coca Cola. You dirty motherfuckers.
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faith in btc baby
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programmer and i get paid to watch porn cause i work at home
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The devil's lettuce??? What are we, in the nineteenth century?
Haha, that's exactly why I like that term. It's just so quaint. Like 'wacky tobaccy,' or 'herbal jazz cigarette,' or 'the reefer.'
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Student & waiter
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http://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2011/10/28/jech-2011-200252.abstract
There's the study and here's a link to an article explaining it: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamentalist/201010/why-intelligent-people-use-more-drugs
It's because higher levels' of IQ are related to personalities that are more open to experimentation and novel lifestyle choices. It doesn't mean taking drugs is always a "smart" choice, but it means that smartness and willingness to explore new ideas are related. Sometimes those new ideas are bad ones. High IQ people are also more susceptible to cults.
Fair enough.
Also, if I could I would +1 that person who said devil's lettuce.
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Haha devil's lettuce. My favorite term.
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I do film and art. Just graduated undergrad and I'm looking for a job in video production right now. It's interesting I think to learn what kind of people are here on SR. Not to delve too deep and endanger anyone of course. I think one thing SR demonstrates is that druggies aren't all sketchy dudes who constantly avoid real work. A lot of times, I think they're actually really entrepreneurial types, real driven types. I've read a couple of great stories on erowid about some of the science and chemist types that have gotten involved with psychonaut ventures, and it's pretty entertaining stuff.
Personally, I go to great effort to avoid real work.
If it weren't for all those clients that insist on tracking me down, interrupting vacations, and paying me large amounts of money, I wouldn't work at all.
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for now, I live.... maybe some day I'll figure out something else to do...
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Model
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About to start Grad School in January. Super excited, except I won't be on SR nearly as often :(
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I sell propane and propane accessories
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hahaha. you must be watching Adult Swim
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The devil's lettuce??? What are we, in the nineteenth century?
Haha, that's exactly why I like that term. It's just so quaint. Like 'wacky tobaccy,' or 'herbal jazz cigarette,' or 'the reefer.'
Okay, I can definitely appreciate the historical humor there. But I live in the Deep South, where the devil is very real, so to me this term is kinda scary.
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I design websites for terrorists and their groups. Something new I've implented this year was making all their websites in wordpress. This allows them to update their blogs through the Iphones while there hiding out in caves. As you can imagine times are tough for terrorists groups and recruitment is at an all time low so a good website really is key. You know a nice site with forums, videos, and blog posts that they can communicate their.
I'm just joking btw :P
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Sorry, don't understand devils lettuce? Can someone please explain
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I'm an US govt. agent. Specifically I'm involved in project Blackbriar, which is a sophistication of Treadstone.
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Well as I have alluded to it in other posts here I am a research scientist (biochemistry) originally but now work out of the lab for a commercial company doing consultancy. Pity in some ways as access to GCMS a few years back was handy for checking what I was necking!!
I work with some serious suits who I distrust as much as they do me ....but im the man with the answers so they put up and shut up. I never mention my weekends to them in any detail but I know I have a lot more fun than most of them, Think its going to be 2CB and ketamine friday nite :-P
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uggkjhkgvjh
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Hedge fund senior professional...
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Building Surveyor
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I used to be an IT specialist, I specialized in a very specific area of IT, I wont say which as there are probably not that many people out there that did the same. I used to earn well above the UK average, worked every day, lead projects and worked for some of the biggest names out there. Then my SR work, which I started just to see if I could started to take more and more of my time up, I set up a UK ltd company as a front and took to the read 24/7, now I work a hell of a lot more hours but the work is more fulfilling. and I earn a fuckload more + I get to chill with you crazy peeps all day every day. wohooooooooo :o
ACE
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I take many molecules and concertedly manipulate them into various structures of interest.
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Seems the OP is having difficulties getting very many sensible answers to his question. I'm into property, buying and selling and developing.
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I specialize in electric and magnetic field construction.
(IOW, software engineer)
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:)
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I run an intergalactic delivery company. ;)
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I am a Landlord and a Legal Executive. Nothing to do with law enforcement I hasten to add.
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I'm a student, SR's a godsend!
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I work in a Bar
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Wow, No wonder I learn so much from these forums, It's like Wikipedia in here. lol
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Boat trash here. Where my OSV workers at??
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Any union workers here? I was making over $40.00 an hour NON-union on a UNION job.. talk about watching your back! I never had anything more then a verbal confrontation, but one of the other non-union guys got jumped outside of work from 5 union guys that got fired..
Fun Fun
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unions are a thing of the past my friend, thatcher seen to that.
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for many years i did technical support for a large online based reservation system... then after that i went to work for a small software development firm... currently i am unemployed though.... hehe...
so what do i do for a living? try not to kill myself.. :D
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I train dolphins to ejaculate on signal as part of a larger research effort to improve dolphin maternity education.
Hehehe.
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Just a farmer here.
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dolphin that's funny hah
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chicken choker
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scuba diving instructor
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I am a teacher, professor, tutor, salesperson, and mother. I hold a B.S. and an M.A. I am also a pain patient and an "old lady," lol. Just not a grandma.........yet.
I am a pet/animal lover, TV and movie watcher, music lover, and book fanatic. Just not sure what my IQ is, but I guess that is enough information for y'all. lol ;) :)
I believe adults should be able to make their own informed decisions as long as they are not hurting anyone else. I would also love to continue my education, because I am a lifelong learner. I love life and I love (most) people. :)
Cheers and peace to all!
Hope
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Hi all,
this is getting reckless. Too much for me folks..
I work as a technician in the research of concrete and reinforcement of nuclear storage bunkers and have many years experience in my field. this is probably not the type of job that non drug users would think of a druggy holding down and actually excelling at. I earn way above the average UK wage and am working on a daily basis with people who are as straight as can be and they would never suspect me of being a habitual user.
Bearing in mind that LE almost certainly are reading this forum, are you not concerned that this level of detail enables them to significantly narrow down who you might be? Especially given your job in a pretty sensitive area, they may well be motivated to invest resource in uncovering your identity. Beware.
Of course, this could just be an LE ploy to get others to reveal identifying information about themselves...
For my part, I make a living by eating and breathing.
I am not at all concerned, and even if they did put resources they have not got in to tracing me I would only get a police caution for the amount of weed I have at any one time.
paranoia may help you but it doesn't hinder me.
THIS, MY FRIENDS.
@OP/A1pha : you don't care to much giving away your personal details, I understand that, nor getting busted with a personal amount of weed, that is. You're honest about buying weed solely and only? Good for you. You don't use your real name and address, do you? 'Cos if you do, with your above description, you just gave away a mean to narrow it down to a max of 50 peeps. Did you ever buy other drugs than weed on SR and got them delivered at home? Do you buy your drugs (weed, it is) domestically only? You don't import them from other countries, by any chance do you? If you did, you might want to make sure you won't from now on, you wouldn't get the same sentence at all. And nobody needs to suspect you of using now. You gave it all away, LE knows it. Who amongst 50 other persons max, is a "habitual user" + buyer/importer of personal amounts pot, that's their question right now. I hope your colleagues smoke pot too, use Tor and SR, just like you. Else you might stand out a little. 50 mailboxes to put under surveillance is all it takes. And being paranoid helps, correct, just as much as being self sufficient and blatantly reckless hinders.
I'll get back to you below, as there might be more to it.
@hopesalive: you shouldn't give that kind of info away. How much other "teachers being also professor, tutor and salespersons of female sex having one or several children" are there out there? I'll guess: one or two others, maybe?
Than on top that holding "a B.S. and an M.A. and being a pain patient (as in medical pot treated patient?) and being 45-55 years old or more?" Lemme guess? US? I'd say no other on SR. And in the US? Well that widens the spectrum, but still, not that many. You don't import neither, I assume? You're smart (well sort of), so you catch the drift here and read the paragraph above .
I'm focusing on the first and last post here for the sake of argument, and because these are the most detailed replies on this thread, also. The ones in between aren't really any smarter, to divulge, in my opinion. Why on earth would you guys want to give away that much info/intel? You like the heat? You don't care getting identified? What are you on the Road for? Making friends and bragging how well you did, or buying/selling drugs anonymously? You think you'd get away with it? It is still illegal to buy and use drugs, if I recall correctly. Even more to import them. Or to resell or share them. Surely you have the moneys to hire yourself a lawyer. And as you guys are "civilized and educated", you won't be investigated, or get your parcels snagged ever, you're immune to that. Getting busted is for "the minorities", isn't it? What are you gonna do if you, if the prosecutor goes all out? Waive your diplomas? And surely nothing on your computers would be able to link you to this accounts? Everything's encrypted, safe and sound, ready to be deleted in a whim.
Yes? Congrats! No? That's where I'd start to worry...
A few things we can learn:
- you can be educated and still clueless
- if you want to take advantage of anonymity, your required to STFU.
that is not bragging about how well you're off in life or disclosing where you poop, NOR what you do for a living.
Please hit the modify button and cut all that info/intel out if you think I'm right.
Another thing: if I was LE, I'd start a thread exactly like this, asking people to willingly disclose personal information. I'll start with "Most of the people on this site strike me as a civilised and educated bunch, not what the daily mail would have you believe about the silk road" so to encourage them to point out their education and singularities, be proud of it and disclose it so to make a point of your difference to the lowlife mainstream criminal depicted in the news.
Honestly I'd favor you're LE over self sufficient and arrogant.
I would know.
I am agent working for the US govt., more specifically I'm involved in Blackbriar.
Peace out.
Jason
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freedom fighter...
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I sell drugs :-\
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I used to sell hostess twinkies, but now their back, so..... I'm out of business. ::)
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I second Jason Bourne, and would add that discussing your specific activities on SR should be avoided regardless of how much personal information you post. Putting your SR stats in your signature in particular is really stupid.
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Made a fortune hacking. Now I'm at MIT.
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I consider myself a merchant of sorts.
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lol @ paid to watch porn.. classy! :)
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when i grow up I want to sell illegal substances on the internet!
pussy breeder...literally i breed cats...because I can say that is my reasoning for my work. Also I love cats...
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I'm a student as well as an unfortunate slave of retail.
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Nothing for the moment, but I'd like to find a work into the computer's world (maybe Silk Road wants to hire me? :-) )
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Girls watch me play with my winkie. Want some?
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Work with Santa clause
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Full time student/Web developer/Entrepreneur/Lifeguard
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I'm a mature student apparently.
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Get money, take care of turtles.
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I lead a troupe of midget circus clowns.
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I won't say what I did, but I was UK-side earning £100K+ by the time I was 27 in various high-flying (read: exec bullshit) corporate environments.
This country was, is and always will be full of functional substance users.
The problem is that the tri-gamous relationship between the police, the media and the government reflect this phoney ass fear back on to the people who still believe that they can change things by voting for a different colour.
Sorry. Soap box off.
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I provide people with something they want... 8)
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I sell watches and spit on cops for money