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Subversive Gifts for New College Students?

Posted by Cliff on from the tools-for-use-outside-of-the-box dept.

openyourmind asks: "A friend's daughter is going to college, and I want to send her a package to help her in school. What kinds of things did you wish you had, but couldn't get, in college? I have already included a lockpick set, a UVmarking pen, and an LED flashlight in her care package. What else? Legal items only, please."

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  1. Re:How about... by linzeal · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Get her a real weapon like a gun and a year's worth of training lessons.

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  2. Ecodefense: A Field Guide To Monkeywrenching by Ian+Bicking · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    It doesn't relate to college life, really, but someone entering college is just the right age to most appreciate this book: Ecodefense: A Field Guide To Monkeywrenching. Very subversive, in today's climate following suggestions in the book is likely to get you in a lot of trouble (since the distinction between terrorism and sabotage is lost on those who value property as much as life, and choose to see all subversive acts as Evil).

    And it isn't just a list of stupid, dangerous, destructive shit like the Anarchist Cookbook, and it's not just a guide to mischief or pranks. It has a point -- a guide to doing aggressive direct action. There's way to much pointless crap out there, and college is a time when you should cast off a lot of that stuff (or decide what really matters and what doesn't). Not everyone does that, but hey, you can give her a nudge :)

  3. Re:What I wish I had taken by unicron · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Even though I specifically mention a girl I lost, you bust out the fag line. Which leads me to believe that you're either gay or.....not straight.

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  4. Re:How about... by neocon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Cute -- twice in one thread anti-American slander is left unmodded, and any response is modded down. Let it never be argued that the /. community doesn't use moderation to push a particular political line.

  5. Re:Not All Condoms are Alike: by mosch · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    yeah, japanese condoms are great, as long as you're hung like a golf pencil.

  6. Re:Not All Condoms are Alike: by Chasing+Amy · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    > yeah, japanese condoms are great, as long as you're hung like a golf pencil.

    You are aware that latex, in fact, stretches? Or are you one of those guys who buys Magnums and wears 'em baggier than a pair of jeans in da hood? ;-)

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