SisterMidnight
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Did you know about this? I didn’t know about this.
Nov 27, 2021 5:56 PM
SisterMidnight
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Did you know about this? I didn’t know about this.
YouAreTheInsultMaster
If only there was a way to test for this that didn't involve me putting my filthy fingers on my drink
bordzbyjames
Like what they’ve done, hate that it’s needed…
deannaisaberry
There are convenient test strips! https://www.drinksafe.com
greeneggseggs
How about a nail polish that makes men not drug women?
bigmonkeyhit
Had they been from UNC they would have succeeded.
NuclearBreakfast
Heroes don't always wear capes. Now if we could have a society in which people don't drug others so that they can rape them easier.......
iusedtodream
Coulda used this a week ago.
hersmokeroseupforeverandever8
Girls should paint it on their middle finger nail so they can check their drink and end their date in one Fluid motion
codepink2303
Yes I keep hearing about it but am yet to see it on sale anywhere!
Joylove
In this day and age putting your fingers inside everything you drink is also quite dangerous.
AnokaJoe
@op thank you for sharing this, this is pretty old but, new people come to the site all the time +1
ThatWillBuffOut
It's a shit product that literally failed all its tests. It didn't work.
Saric92
They couldnt make it work and it never got produced or sold
momazon
"AKSHULLY, Rape just shouldn't be a problem", correct, but it is, wear the nail polish, know self defense, carry mace.
myeyesthegogglesdonothing
Ya? I've been seeing this same meme for years. Is it available for sale? Didn't think so. Good ideas are a dime a dozen.
coronakilla
I downvoted this because its misleading
Gweehe101
Oh my god! It’s Brilliant guys!! If it is tested and confirmed claim, these men deserve many accolades incl. the Nobel Prize!
wemustbestopped12
Where are their capes?
JHawkInc
Too many false positives, not yet viable in the market, always gets linked in shitty clickbait articles. Yes, I’ve heard of this.
iAlwaysUpvoteMN
Why not just make test strips cheap and readily available at bars. Put them@on a matchbook or make them imitation matchbooks.
SonOfTheDarkStranger
Old concept that never went anywhere with actual working technology. Sauce: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/undercover-colors/
commentsivehadafew
Sad that there’s a need for this
bogus1983
Yes, but good that there's a potential solution to prevent harm.
BunnyBeard
But where can one buy this nail polish? It’s great and all but I’ve never seen it for sale anywhere.
Tarelgeth
You can't, they never made it and it didn't work.
BunnyBeard
Sort of what I figured as I only every see this picture that says they did it. Also figured if it worked just use a stir stick that changes.
prettydumb
cool
FeIineDisrespectFromBehind
I think it's a great accomplishment, but I'm really sad that we need it.
kendrickmeadows1
Yeah we knew about it. This invention is 7 years old...
Malkiot
It's also not true. They never made a product.
SisterMidnight
Slipped right past me.
kendrickmeadows1
It's has been on the news, and every clickbait website every few months! That's an impressive amount of hiding to have missed it.
SisterMidnight
Thank you. Glad to leave an impression.
LordNergal
It wasn't really an invention, either. They could never get it to work properly.
lddiaz
It didn't work. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/undercover-colors/
GrzegorzSkoczylas
Than you for the research and the link.
MadeYouLookAgain
It’s okay. @op is serial shit poster
duhqueenmoki
Some teen girls made a much better one anyway https://www.intelligentliving.co/three-young-girls-invent-straw-to-detect-date-rape-drugs/
lwbell851337
Which also didn't work
duhqueenmoki
It does, they're currently trying to make it more eco friendly and patented. Other groups have also replicated their work successfully
duhqueenmoki
If you're looking to buy one they're not available, but SipChip is (based loosely off their research, 99% successful).
khora
Source please.
duhqueenmoki
You could have just googled "SipChip" but here https://www.undercovercolors.com/
unionjack323
I was gonna say something similar, I don’t think it’s still available
PerpetuityPhoto
It never was. It was just another way to "Raise Awareness" by bilking donors out of money
theschnubbeldidupp
That's worth to be known. But why not a stick or drinking straw? Imagine sitting in a harmless date and sticking your finger in the drink X)
DieGeistreiter
It's so she can flip the date rapist off.
cederlof
https://www.google.fi/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2017/05/27/whats-in-your-drink-the-straw-that-can-detect-date-rape-drugs/amp/
SlaaneshiRightsFront
Taking something out of your bag and sticking it in the drink is even more conspicuous; you can at least play a finger off as an accident.
SkepticMech
Lot's of people carry reusable drinking straws now. Really wouldn't be strange
SisterMidnight
You’re not going to whip out a stick or a drinking straw in a bar
YouAreTheInsultMaster
I absolutely would rather do that than stick my gross ass finger in my drink
YouAreTheInsultMaster
My new invention will be a system where if you drop a turd in your drink and it turns green, you can drink it
DontAskMeAboutMyUsernameOkay
Nah but if the bar itself bought tamper-detecting straws, they could put them in drinks/have them be requested.
JHawkInc
So you’re one of those people who hasn’t heard of bartenders helping roofie people. Can’t trust the bar to handle this, unfortunately.
DontAskMeAboutMyUsernameOkay
Can't trust the nail trick to work, either. Should you look away from your drink for a minute they could slip something in after you tested.
DontAskMeAboutMyUsernameOkay
Or you know, it only works once and then you get more drinks and the 5th drink in is drugged, but not the other 4.
chefsoda
This gets posted a lot, but what they did was propose the concept, then couldn't make it work. Not the same thing
whateverittakestostayalive
Don’t ruin it by bringing in facts!
DaveSamsonite
So downvote false information.
ThatDudeWhoKnowsEveryone
I mean... They went to NCSU. Everyone there claims their accomplishments they wanted to achieve are their actual accomplishments.
ThatDudeWhoKnowsEveryone
It's more the staff than the students, but then the students learn to do it from the staff.
AnythingMuchShorter
I wanted to say you're wrong, but I went there and have done quite well exaggerating my accomplishments, so, well you got me.
ThatDudeWhoKnowsEveryone
(I went there too. That's how I know)
AnythingMuchShorter
Hey, don't I know you?
ThatDudeWhoKnowsEveryone
No. But I know you.
3Davideo
Bruh I could propose the concept of a machine that emits empathy waves that make people realize other people are people too. Is THAT worth >
3Davideo
> reporting on, despite me having no idea how to actually build such a thing? Peer review or IDGAF.
duhqueenmoki
Agreed, unlike these ladies. https://www.intelligentliving.co/three-young-girls-invent-straw-to-detect-date-rape-drugs/
CoveredBridgeBoy
The straw is basically a test strip and I wouldn't drink from that, so how is this an improvement over carrying around cheaper test stripes?
duhqueenmoki
You wouldn't drink from a straw... to test for date rape drugs...? Are you serious? Sure as hell beats sticking your finger in your drink
chefsoda
Instead, they released a chemical test kit, so samples of a drink can be treated on site. Likely effective, but neither subtle nor discreet.
ekzeko
"My dress has pockets, but i can't use them because it's filled with test kits"
waluigismansion
Underrated comment of the day
MainJane
The fact that we have to still consider being "discreet" as to not hurt -a potential rap!sts- feelings, it itself leaves me flummoxed..
latinvictory
I feel like if someone has an issue with me testing I drink I walk away, for a few years it was a bar tender spiking drinks so ...
chefsoda
I don't think that's the issue. The desire for discretion is both to not upset an innocent suitor who buys a drink & to not alert & enrage a
chefsoda
rapist, escalating a dangerous situation. Having to pull out test tubes at a bar likely means most won't use it
latinvictory
You use a straw and drop some on the test kit, similar to a pregnancy test
chefsoda
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/09/05/date-rape-drug-test-allows-women-to-discreetly-check-for-spiked-drinks.html
SaraSlaughter
Well, and I mean.... whenever I've been in doubt (a few times...) I always just toss it and get a fresh one.... its worth the 7 bucks.
StenYngve
7 bucks!? You non-Swedes have it good.
SaraSlaughter
Actually thats even high for regular domestic beer..... my local watering hole is $3 a bottle
howdoyoulikeyourcoffee
i’ve never been to a bar, but i imagine they’d replace your drink free if you tell them it may be drugged?
StenYngve
In Sweden that would count as giving alcohol away for free, which is illegal
SaraSlaughter
Oh absolutely they do yeah. The good ones anyway.
somanytakennames
As a bartender for 20 years I always would keep an eye out, its impossible to see everything but I would 1000% give someone a new drink
VitaminJay
I remember a weird backlash against these guys, but I think that was stupid. What these guys have done is brilliant.
Imademyselfsquirtle
Backlash from the dealers and rapists, sounds like Republicans.
Skuggen
Probably fear that anyone getting drugged would be met with "well, it's your own fault for not using that nail polish!"
RobErtE87
Basically it's about them being men inventing something to help women protect themselves against men.. it's weird
fbastian7
Not weird because not true. It just did not work: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/undercover-colors/
chrisinsocalif
They are getting backlash because it doesn't work. They instead developed a one time use microchip.
senatorbirdbrain
Most of these "students invented X" stories are about making a conceptual design that never makes it to realty
ekzeko
Management got 13million in starting capital and demand 4 articles and 15 blurbs a days non including listicles. We're printing science-fair
ekzeko
posters.
ThatWillBuffOut
It literally didn't work.
ThatWillBuffOut
What these guys did was a pack of shit. It failed on all counts. These 'guys' failed. They fucked up, big time. They shit the bed. Lol.
Pheehelm
Basically this:
Pheehelm
(Last time I posted this an outrage fetishist deliberately misconstrued it to accuse me of implying rape is "accidental." Wonder if [1/2]
Pheehelm
[2/2] he'll show up again.)
otiumCatulli
It wasn't weird, all my life I've been told how to prevent my own rape and I'm fed up with it because it's not changed a damn thing
otiumCatulli
I just want to enjoy my night out, why do I have be in high alert the whole time. This is a bar not a tiger enclosure.
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
We have one that's both. It's pretty awesome, actually.
duhqueenmoki
I do want to point out some of the backlash was because they kinda got the idea from some teen girls that developed one before them that-
duhqueenmoki
-does the same exact thing but actually works and is being patented. Kinda seemed like they were trying to ride the girls' coattails
duhqueenmoki
https://www.intelligentliving.co/three-young-girls-invent-straw-to-detect-date-rape-drugs/
chefsoda
The backlash was because they proposed this, but never made proof of concept, much less the product
LordNergal
I heard they got as far as trials, but then the nail polish had a false positive to everything.
CarpoolTunnelSyndrome
But only because the people administering the tests kept trying to do rapes.
ekzeko
It reacts with ethanol, as the most common drug used to impair women's capacities, we felt it was on brief.
RoutemasterFlash
I heard that this never got further than the idea, but the backlash was very much against the concept itself, for 'victim blaming'.
LiterallyLordSatan
Putting self defense tools in place for victims is not blaming the victims. Asking a woman why she didn't stir her drink is victim blaming.
badbiscuit
Exactly
RoutemasterFlash
Well yes, exactly, but the whole topic is so divisive that anything like this just triggers instant rage and accusations.
LiterallyLordSatan
You can give women tools to protect themselves while simultaneously fighting the Brock Turner's of the world. The two are not exclusive.
Pheehelm
No, the backlash was as described: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-undercover-colors-gets-all-wrong-about-date-rape_b_5722724
Purresteddevelopment
This feels more like constructive criticism than "backlash". The author does not say anything negative about them at all
Pheehelm
https://time.com/3183170/rape-nail-polish-anti-rape-products/
Ryebread91
As I understand it they're saying that cause not all rapes happen as bars these guys are ignorant and shouldn't bother.
Purresteddevelopment
It's more that this perpetuates the idea that a person should protect themselves from rape rather than people should stop raping
chefsoda
Not at all. They're saying they feel products like these quickly lead to women not using them being blamed as reckless. Not sure I agree
Ryebread91
Ah. Thanks. I wouldn't agree with that either.
MechanicalRomance
I mean, a bunch of guys getting praise for the concept of a product seems pretty dumb to me. Like if theyam made it cool. They didnt.
Hooliehan
I looked this up and the articals are attacking this product which I think. Is dumb
obijan
Could it be because... The fucking product doesn't exist?
Hooliehan
Mainly the concept that they are attacking in honesty which just makes them out to be idolistic fools imo
obijan
If I imagined a magic ring that would repel rapists, would I also get all this positive press? That would be better right?
Hooliehan
https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-28958365.amp?amp_js_v=a6&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D
obijan
Most of these are complaints that "It shouldn't have to exist". Which I agree with.
DieGeistreiter
Yes, heard about it. Also remember hearing about the backlash by feminists claiming that this was somehow victim blaming. smh
Mewmus
I think their bitch was that it "encouraged drink drugging" or some stupid ass "logic"
CorrugatedUrethra1995
I get the concern that morons would end up asking victims of sexual assault why they didn't use the polish but that's not on these guys.
ThatWillBuffOut
Their shit product didn't work. It literally failed on every count.
DocTanner
It's 100% the burglar's fault for breaking in, but I still lock my doors. Providing a means of defense isn't victim blaming. 1/2
DocTanner
2/2 The problem is the assholes who then say "well, why didn't you [insert defensive measure here]". THAT is victim blaming.
otiumCatulli
Because this nail polish idea is right up there with "should have just complied". Advice that sounds great except to those who've actually
otiumCatulli
Been in that situation
duhqueenmoki
The only issue I had with it is that some teen girls made a straw that does the exact same thing and theirs actually works and is-
duhqueenmoki
-veing developed more but for some reason I never see posts about them. Source below:
duhqueenmoki
https://www.intelligentliving.co/three-young-girls-invent-straw-to-detect-date-rape-drugs/
Leithoa
Kind of? It's that once again we're telling victims that it's up to you to prevent your assault.
ItsNotTheFartThatKillsItsTheSmell
Do you think people that drug drinks to rape women are unaware it is viewed as wrong? Precautions are important, these guys want to help.
Leithoa
Not what I said. Also, you want to help? Listen to survivors, call out shitty behavior, report predators, be good examples...
yuikol14
You can do all that and some sneaky creep is still going to drug girls.
Belisaurius1
The unfortunate fact is that we can't remove evil from human nature. The best we can do is protect against it.
Leithoa
Bullshit. People aren't born 'evil'. The point is it's unreasonable to put all the responsibility on victims being vigilant enough.
Belisaurius1
Nobody is putting ALL the responsibility on the victim. Rather, decrying rapists as evil doesn't do jack so we seek alternatives that work.