People saying "Are you making a bomb?" when seeing someone working on electronics outside of a professional setting or "Are you making drugs?" when someone talks about doing amateur or recreational chemistry, are both methods of exerting social taboos ...
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@lunabee yeahhhh i'm sorry this country is such a fucking hellhole
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@MonniauxD Yep!
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@noracodes So this seems like the nefarious influence of works of fiction and how criminal technology is depicted in them, which people confuse with reality.
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@MonniauxD At least in part, yeah.
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@noracodes Though to be perfectly fair, "recreational chemistry" is the *perfect* euphemism for drugs.
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Xandra Granade 🏳️⚧️replied to !!__NORA__!! last edited by
@noracodes I just keep thinking of what happened to Star.
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Xandra Granade 🏳️⚧️replied to Xandra Granade 🏳️⚧️ last edited by
@noracodes Let me revise that: what the government *did* to Star.
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!!__NORA__!!replied to Xandra Granade 🏳️⚧️ last edited by
@xgranade Wait, I don't know about this. What happened?
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Xandra Granade 🏳️⚧️replied to !!__NORA__!! last edited by
@noracodes Basically, she had a custom made name badge with exposed solder connections, was arrested at gunpoint in Boston Logan, and was given *probation* after a year long legal battle.
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!!__NORA__!!replied to Xandra Granade 🏳️⚧️ last edited by
@xgranade what the fuck!!!
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Precognitive Butt Shakerreplied to David Monniaux last edited by
I have personally been flagged for doing mathematics in public (not on a plane, but questioned by police as to what I was doing. Not sure how else one responds to hostile police being suspicious of algebra.)
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!!__NORA__!!replied to Precognitive Butt Shaker last edited by
@aroacemagicalnerd @MonniauxD Disturbing, but not surprising. I'm sorry to hear that.