Bought a "rooted" Thai con from a 20k follower account last March, arrived as a wet black stem.

Did you ever stop to think about how fast this stuff snowballs before you even know what hit you? I used to roll my eyes at people who complained about cancel culture, figured they were just mad someone called them out for saying something dumb. Then I watched a buddy of mine get run off a discord server he basically built over a joke that landed wrong, and nobody would even let him say sorry. The thing is, a bad joke is a bad joke, you tell the guy it wasn't funny and move on, that's how it worked forever. What happened in that shop wasn't about the joke at all, it was 200 strangers deciding they got to hand down a life sentence over one comment. And the worst part is the owner caving just teaches the mob that if they yell loud enough they win, which means next time it'll be even easier for them to do it again.