Re:This girl in SF stole my MacBook Air
by dredmorbius on Saturday April 05, 2014 @09:17PM
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Depending on your gender and/or the bar's orientation, or other factors, this may not be entirely safe either. Drugged drinks are not unheard of.
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These warnings should be given with some care, because they can create a false sense of security.
Most studies have found that most of the time that people believe a drug was added to their drink, the only drug they actually consumed was alcohol. Alcohol is by a long run the most common date rape drug; it is far more likely that your attacker will trick you into drinking more than you realize.
So if somebody is buying you unfamiliar cocktails, merely guarding your drink against adulterants can leave you vulnerable to the cocktails containing far more alcohol than you are aware.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_rape_drug#Alcohol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_rape_drug#Media_coverage_a...
I wasn't aware that date rape drugs could tell the gender of the drinker.
Re:This girl in SF stole my MacBook Air
by dredmorbius on Sunday April 06, 2014 @01:20PM
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Date-rape drugs are likely more often delivered to women than men. It's not the drugs, but the drugger, who is doing the discrimination.
Re:This girl in SF stole my MacBook Air
by dredmorbius on Sunday April 06, 2014 @01:30PM
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Date-rape drugs are likely more often delivered to women than men. It's not the drugs, but the drugger, who is doing the discrimination.
It's also not unheard of for same-sex drug- or alcohol-based assaults to occur.
Presumably the cup is empty? And it's just a marker?
Re:This girl in SF stole my MacBook Air
by dredmorbius on Saturday April 05, 2014 @09:56PM
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I've seen this done with non-empty drinks, so no, not always.