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I was at the convenience store near my house and 4 or 5 10-12 year-old kids carrying skateboards came up behind me and put three bottles of green-colored, "spearmint" rubbing alcohol (btw, rubbing alcohol comes in flavors now? news to me) on the counter.
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My guess is that they were about to make three
Chlorine bombs
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If you are correct, it's possible I could have prevented a TERRORIST ATTACK, and yet I failed miserably due to general apathy and complacence.
However, on the bright side, at least the neighborhood will smell minty fresh soon.
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Dude, real apathy is not even noticing what random people are buying, and certainly not talking to them about it. If I was one of those kids I'd have keyed your car for interrogating me about the product I was legally purchasing from someone else.
Nice work on the subtle racism, though.
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A 12 year-old, touchy-feely hysteric keying my car in plain view vs. the same hysteric drinking noxious chemicals and possibly hurting himself. Tough spot.
I'd probably just flip one of the coins of our imperialist, patriarchal, neoliberal OH YES AND LET'S NOT FORGET, racist, oligarchy of a society to make the decision.