Comments on: Walmart breaks bad: active meth lab found inside Missouri store http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 17:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jhertzli http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1446415 jhertzli Sun, 10 Jun 2012 01:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1446415 Speaking as a Libertarian wingnut ... I entirely agree! Wait a moment ... Is the left for or against this drug this week? I'm not sure if I should applaud or say "legalize it AND criticize it" ... Speaking as a Libertarian wingnut … I entirely agree!

Wait a moment … Is the left for or against this drug this week? I’m not sure if I should applaud or say “legalize it AND criticize it” …

]]> By: Ernest Valdemar http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1446058 Ernest Valdemar Sat, 09 Jun 2012 01:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1446058 I'm holding out for artisanal  meth sourced from organically grown Ma huang and small-batch potato vodka. Plus, I know a guy in eastern Germany who's salvaged some cave-aged lithium from a Stasi-era "mental hospital" where political prisoners were subjected to chemical restraints. How can people possibly shop at Wal-Mart? I’m holding out for artisanal  meth sourced from organically grown Ma huang and small-batch potato vodka. Plus, I know a guy in eastern Germany who’s salvaged some cave-aged lithium from a Stasi-era “mental hospital” where political prisoners were subjected to chemical restraints.

How can people possibly shop at Wal-Mart?

]]> By: malindrome http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445855 malindrome Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445855 "So yeah, I was just in that store earlier today, and they were fresh out of meth!" “So yeah, I was just in that store earlier today, and they were fresh out of meth!”

]]> By: Chad Hill http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445847 Chad Hill Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445847 LOL.  But seriously, I meant something like crushed up Dexetrim. LOL.  But seriously, I meant something like crushed up Dexetrim.

]]> By: OoerictoO http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445805 OoerictoO Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445805 it's actually not really true.  lots of competition in that market. it’s actually not really true.  lots of competition in that market.

]]> By: DIY DSP http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445793 DIY DSP Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445793 " I don't know how to tell you this, but we have like the least picky customers in the world."  (Breaking Bad) ” I don’t know how to tell you this, but we have like the least picky customers in the world.”  (Breaking Bad)

]]> By: OoerictoO http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445760 OoerictoO Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445760 "cheap speed"... you mean meth? “cheap speed”… you mean meth?

]]> By: chris jimson http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445758 chris jimson Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445758 Sometimes you just can't wait. . . . Sometimes you just can’t wait. . . .

]]> By: jerwin http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445757 jerwin Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445757 I like how he switches tense, person, mood, etc, mid-sentence. You'd think that a career focused on writing reports might provide ample time for practice, but noooo. I like how he switches tense, person, mood, etc, mid-sentence. You’d think that a career focused on writing reports might provide ample time for practice, but noooo.

]]> By: flosofl http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445729 flosofl Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445729 Yes, but they are TECHNICALLY right. The best kind of right. Yes, but they are TECHNICALLY right. The best kind of right.

]]> By: Chad Hill http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445673 Chad Hill Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445673 I dunno -- it's not like the final product contains anything particularly gross (other than the methamp itself, of course).  And, unlike the higher-class, "organic" alternative, you can't "cut" a shard with, e.g., baby laxative, cheap speed, or something like levamisole. I dunno — it’s not like the final product contains anything particularly gross (other than the methamp itself, of course).  And, unlike the higher-class, “organic” alternative, you can’t “cut” a shard with, e.g., baby laxative, cheap speed, or something like levamisole.

]]> By: 10xor01 http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445615 10xor01 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445615 9 1/2?  Not in this universe! 9 1/2?  Not in this universe!

]]> By: randyman http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445609 randyman Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445609 Xeni - I just wanted to say my derision was directed at the local police over-hyping what they found, and not your reporting. With that description, I would have expected an actual room with lab gear, not a soda bottle. Xeni – I just wanted to say my derision was directed at the local police over-hyping what they found, and not your reporting.

With that description, I would have expected an actual room with lab gear, not a soda bottle.

]]> By: perch http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445599 perch Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445599 I just looked up how to do this and it's a bit more complicated than they make it out to be. And I thought the cop was just being an over-protective nincompoop when talking about the explosion aspect, but no, he was actually pretty spot-on, there. I also love how the recipe uses drain cleaner, sulfuric acid, and lithium sourced from batteries. Personally, I prefer that my drugs are synthesized using reagents which are definitely not just peeled-apart batteries. How can that be legit? I just looked up how to do this and it’s a bit more complicated than they make it out to be. And I thought the cop was just being an over-protective nincompoop when talking about the explosion aspect, but no, he was actually pretty spot-on, there.

I also love how the recipe uses drain cleaner, sulfuric acid, and lithium sourced from batteries.

Personally, I prefer that my drugs are synthesized using reagents which are definitely not just peeled-apart batteries. How can that be legit?

]]> By: The Life Of Bryan http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445586 The Life Of Bryan Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445586 Well, in her defense… if I had to spend six hours in a WalMart, I’d probably need to try my hand at synthesizing some recreational pharmaceuticals, too. Well, in her defense… if I had to spend six hours in a WalMart, I’d probably need to try my hand at synthesizing some recreational pharmaceuticals, too.

]]> By: Geoff Peck http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445578 Geoff Peck Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445578 This isn't the first time this has happened:  http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/09/9327662-cops-woman-spent-six-hours-in-a-wal-mart-making-meth?lite This isn’t the first time this has happened: 
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/09/9327662-cops-woman-spent-six-hours-in-a-wal-mart-making-meth?lite

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445498 Funk Daddy Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445498 Looks like she kept all the separate active ingredients in the trunk of her car, except what she went inside the Wally's to steal. But, that's storage, the place the mixing and reactions take place is the lab, which was her purse, which means the usage is technically, figuratively and literally correct. Lab is a broad term for a place for testing, experimentation and practice. In this case, practice. In a bottle in her purse the reactions take place. Just like if I had a couple seedlings in my pocket in a starter cup and intended to grow them in my car to bud. Stupid, inefficient due to scale, impractical, really fucking stupid, but technically my car would be a grow op, unless they caught me with the plants still in my pants. It's not sensationalism when it's actually accurate, and especially when it is widespread, and this practice is by reports becoming popular among street level losers. Looks like she kept all the separate active ingredients in the trunk of her car, except what she went inside the Wally’s to steal.

But, that’s storage, the place the mixing and reactions take place is the lab, which was her purse, which means the usage is technically, figuratively and literally correct. Lab is a broad term for a place for testing, experimentation and practice. In this case, practice. In a bottle in her purse the reactions take place.

Just like if I had a couple seedlings in my pocket in a starter cup and intended to grow them in my car to bud. Stupid, inefficient due to scale, impractical, really fucking stupid, but technically my car would be a grow op, unless they caught me with the plants still in my pants.

It’s not sensationalism when it’s actually accurate, and especially when it is widespread, and this practice is by reports becoming popular among street level losers.

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445489 Funk Daddy Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445489 Dayum, thanks fir that I couldn't see how some of the things -didn't- happen, like ignition, and it's apparently entirely a matter of chance.  Dayum, thanks fir that I couldn’t see how some of the things -didn’t- happen, like ignition, and it’s apparently entirely a matter of chance. 

]]> By: The Life Of Bryan http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445470 The Life Of Bryan Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445470 “The problem becomes that we have all sorts of problems.” And then he goes on to back up that assertion. “The problem becomes that we have all sorts of problems.” And then he goes on to back up that assertion.

]]> By: Michael Dolan http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445462 Michael Dolan Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445462 My Baby Momma is from that part of the Greater STL, so I've been down there a bunch of times to take my daughter for a visit. There are entire towns that literally stink of people cooking meth, you can actually smell it when you drive through. I didn't recognize what the smell was, but it's incredibly distinctive. Once someone explained to me what it was I was sort of blown away.  Meth is that widespread in MO. It's scary, we don't have that in NYC. My Baby Momma is from that part of the Greater STL, so I’ve been down there a bunch of times to take my daughter for a visit. There are entire towns that literally stink of people cooking meth, you can actually smell it when you drive through. I didn’t recognize what the smell was, but it’s incredibly distinctive. Once someone explained to me what it was I was sort of blown away.  Meth is that widespread in MO. It’s scary, we don’t have that in NYC.

]]> By: Kerouac http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445448 Kerouac Fri, 08 Jun 2012 11:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445448 The real tragedy is how Walmart has destroyed Main Street America's ability to host your portable meth lab.  Mom-and-Pop meth lab sites across the country are shutting down, unable to compete with Walmart's one-stop shoplifting experience and its predatory pricing tactics on ephedrine-based products.  This has to stop, people! The real tragedy is how Walmart has destroyed Main Street America’s ability to host your portable meth lab.  Mom-and-Pop meth lab sites across the country are shutting down, unable to compete with Walmart’s one-stop shoplifting experience and its predatory pricing tactics on ephedrine-based products.  This has to stop, people!

]]> By: Nathan Hornby http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445436 Nathan Hornby Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445436 People are gonna get high as sure as they're gonna breath. Most people stick to mid-weight, gateway drugs, like alcohol. People are gonna get high as sure as they’re gonna breath.

Most people stick to mid-weight, gateway drugs, like alcohol.

]]> By: danimagoo http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445355 danimagoo Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445355 Not only do they still make it, they sell it at Walmart. http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_constraint=976759&ic=48_0&Find.x=0&Find.y=0&Find=Find&_ta=1&search_query=shake%20%27n%20bake&_tt=shake Not only do they still make it, they sell it at Walmart. http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_constraint=976759&ic=48_0&Find.x=0&Find.y=0&Find=Find&_ta=1&search_query=shake%20%27n%20bake&_tt=shake

]]> By: sigdrifa http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445300 sigdrifa Fri, 08 Jun 2012 05:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445300 There goes to show again, fact is stranger than fiction. I don't think that even the CSI writers would have come up with that one, and hey, they have come up with some pretty weird shit. There goes to show again, fact is stranger than fiction. I don’t think that even the CSI writers would have come up with that one, and hey, they have come up with some pretty weird shit.

]]> By: Rindan http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445295 Rindan Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445295 As someone with a chemical engineering education, let me just say, "holy shit".   As someone with a chemical engineering education, let me just say, “holy shit”.  

]]> By: ldobe http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445288 ldobe Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445288 WOW. I award you 5 Internets for that pun sir, Good job. WOW.
I award you 5 Internets for that pun sir,
Good job.

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445265 Art Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445265 Mr. White would disapprove of their lab standards.  Mr. White would disapprove of their lab standards. 

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445263 Xeni Jardin Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445263 I think not! That stuff was gross. We ate it, like, every day.  I think not! That stuff was gross. We ate it, like, every day. 

]]> By: DrMedicine http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445260 DrMedicine Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445260 METHGUYVER METHGUYVER

]]> By: Frank Diekman http://boingboing.net/2012/06/07/walmart-breaks-bad-active-met.html#comment-1445249 Frank Diekman Fri, 08 Jun 2012 03:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=165478#comment-1445249 UH-MER-I-KUH! FUK YEA-UH! UH-MER-I-KUH! FUK YEA-UH!

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