Serious question: why is there not a member-run source here?
Think about the cumulative knowledge on this forum. We have a lot of home brewers who make safe products for themselves. We have a few amateur (and maybe some actual professional) chemists here, too. We have guys who can set up the OPSEC, guys who can handle the customer orders, guys who can coordinate logistics. Instead of relying on a source—a stranger with no history and no track record of caring about the community—we could build our own damn machine. Nobody would get rich, there’s too many individuals working along the chain that need paid. But we’d have a crowdsourced, vetted supplier who would give buyers a damn near guaranteed quality product because it would be made by members and used by members. Is the real hurdle to that the irreconcilable issue of legal risk vs small monetary reward? Is that what I’m missing? Does nobody want to entangle themselves in a criminal conspiracy? If that’s the answer it makes perfect sense, but I’m just surprised it hasn’t been floated as a response to all the shit sources that have come through here over the years.
Anyway, just musing out loud since this thread seems to be an obituary at this point. Feel free to ignore me or tell me why I’m an idiot.
