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> The war on drugs has made it illegal to purchase common laboratory glassware without a background check If only that were all. Try getting Aldrich Inc. (or
by asciilifeform 17y ago
> The war on drugs has made it illegal to purchase common laboratory glassware without a background check
If only that were all. Try getting Aldrich Inc. (or any other chemical vendor) to ship anything at all to a non-corporate address. And may the gods help you if your neighbors catch a glimpse of glassware through your basement window or smell a solvent: be prepared to stare down a SWAT team's rifle barrel at 3 in the morning.
- CalmQuiet 17y agoA. In the future, everyone (in U.S.) will be provided at birth: 1) Social Security Number (though Social Secutity be bankrupt) 2) Corporate identity and EIN (knowing parents will insist on it for their little future entrepreneurs, anyway). B. Then Aldrich, et al. will provide other restrictions on shipping. C. Knowing parents/criminals/etc. will start the next workaround. [ Go to B. ] :: Dictionary entry for "insanity" finally changed to "continuing to do the same thing while expecting different results." ::