Re:How to spot a good fake ID
by dredmorbius on Saturday July 24, 2021 @02:17PM
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I'd encountered a similar incident some years ago. I was fine with showing an ID, but when the clerk then tried to take it from my hand, I held it firmly.
I left my purchase at the counter and went elsewhere to buy herbal teas.
Subsequent research suggests that few cold remedies are effective at all (though decongestants can improve breathing). Teas with slippery elm and eucalyptus seem at least somewhat effective, don't require IDs, and are not meth precursors.
On why / how older generations may be primed to object: I remember reading a science fiction story in the late 1970s / early 1980s, a short in a compilation (likey a Hugo or similar award collection), in which a data system with universal identification system, with one of the designers of the system being given the opportunity to opt out.
I left my purchase at the counter and went elsewhere to buy herbal teas.
Subsequent research suggests that few cold remedies are effective at all (though decongestants can improve breathing). Teas with slippery elm and eucalyptus seem at least somewhat effective, don't require IDs, and are not meth precursors.
On why / how older generations may be primed to object: I remember reading a science fiction story in the late 1970s / early 1980s, a short in a compilation (likey a Hugo or similar award collection), in which a data system with universal identification system, with one of the designers of the system being given the opportunity to opt out.
He does.
I think of that story often.