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A serious question: while I have nothing against Silk Road (the drug war is a waste of money anyways), aren't people afraid of putting stuff in their body that
by thex86 13y ago
A serious question: while I have nothing against Silk Road (the drug war is a waste of money anyways), aren't people afraid of putting stuff in their body that they had an anonymous person send to them? I mean, unless the seller has a reputation, isn't there is a substantial risk of using that drug?
Are my fears unfound? On one hand, the idea of buying drugs online is probably more safe than doing it on the streets, but the anonymity this offers has a potential downside like the one I mentioned above.
- corin_ 13y agoThey have ratings systems on there to help this - obviously it doesn't mean it's not possible to get stuff that isn't want you think it is, but it's not too much better or worse than trusting a local dealer on the street.
- ye 13y agoBut dead people can't leave negative reviews.
- zaphoyd 13y agokilling your customers seems like a poor business plan though
- ye 13y agoUnless you're a serial killer.
- alan_cx 13y agoDepends how long it takes. If you kill people slowly, so, booze, fags, fatty food, pollution, and so on, then its fine. Killing people really fast, well, that's then it gets iffy. Oh, unless you are a government waging a jihad, or is it "war", on something. Im sure they must be a line some where...
- dwaltrip 13y agoThey also can't leave any postive reviews.. Nice way to stay at the bottom of the seller list.
- dmxt 13y agoSellers have profile reputation system like on Ebay.
- txttran 13y agoThere was a reputation system on SR similar to ebay.
- njharman 13y agoDo you ever buy anything at grocery store, drug store, restaurant that you put in your body? There is risk in everything. Generally people aren't sociopaths and aren't out to harm others. Risk is minimal but exists. Sellers on Silkroad do have reputation? Anonymous does not mean "unknown".
- pokoleo 13y agoI'm rather sure that Anonymous does mean "(of a person) not identified by name; of unknown name."
- jlgreco 13y agoIt would not be controversial to state that the Federalist Papers were published anonymously, despite the fact that the authors gave themselves the pseudonym "Publius".
- asveikau 13y ago> Do you ever buy anything at grocery store, drug store, restaurant that you put in your body? These are all inspected by governments. You can argue that this is imperfect, does not happen frequently enough, leaves something to be desired, won't catch everything, etc., but speaking personally, I do take those inspection scores seriously when I see them posted on the walls of places.
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- scott_karana 13y ago> Do you ever buy anything at grocery store, drug store, restaurant that you put in your body? Not really a fair comparison. If a grocery store assaults or defrauds you, you have legal recourse. There is nothing you can do if an illicit transaction fails. The rest of what you say is true, of course.
- gwern 13y agoYou can leave bad feedback, and take it to the dispute center to force the seller to defend themselves to the SR admins. This is more recourse than you have in practice against a grocery store if they refuse to give you a refund - what are you going to do, sue them?
- kitanata 13y agoThere are kits you can buy to test the purity of drugs you buy: http://dancesafe.org/products/testing-kits http://dancesafe.org/products/testing-kits
- jonesetc 13y agoThe fear of unknown chemicals in there is extremely warranted. However, I believe the fear of there being a higher probability online is unwarranted. Because of the anonymity between online and real personas, you're probably more likely to be buying from someone with a high online reputation, which would be more likely to give untainted products.
- netcan 13y agoThis applies to most recreational drug taking. It all entails risk. Dealers are shady and so are their sources. There aren't a lot of "completely trust this guy who sells me LSD" scenarios. They do, but they take the risk. Shows how much people want that stuff in their body.
- VonGuard 13y agoYour fears are no larger than those of a drug addict on the street, not sure what exactly is in the little baggies they buy. Frankly, I think online is safer, as the guy you're buying from online has a reputation system, and is less likely to stick a gun in your face and take your money. And less likely to sell you baby powder and run.
- RivieraKid 13y agoOf course there are risks, it's a trade-off. But sellers are motivated to sell high-quality products.
- TomGullen 13y agoSame with any drug buying process. At least online you have seller reputations and reviews to go on.
- alex_doom 13y agoYou've clearly been watching too much tv. Most people don't buy drugs from random dudes in sketch alley. They get them from a dealer a friend knows. This peer network will have a stronger safety record. A dealer would never risk selling something that's unsafe, as sales would dry up within days of hearing about a bad incident.
- wepple 13y agoThere are actually some independent people who test various drugs on Silk Road. Obviously they could be wrong/rigged, but it seems like a far better step than buying anywhere else: The LSD Avengers are a group of individuals that perform trip, reagent, and lab tests on LSD that is found on the Silk Road in order to verify the legitimacy of the product and to weed out scammers. Their primary goal is to aide individuals in easily finding the holy grail of psychedelics.