I'm staying out of here in the hopes my small "fan club" of crybullies will be satisfied relieving themselves in one corner of the yard and not stink up the threads where friendly, productive conversations take place.
But,
@Zebedee , probably the most woke Meso member nailed it with this observation:
Replace QSC with "most favored vendor of the day" and they will be defended from every criticism, and feigned outrage over "racism" is just a golden opportunity to silence the critic.
By the way, this all began with a customer bringing up the fact his vials lacked vacuum. I told him that made them more
likely to be unsterile (true) and oxygen exposure makes them more prone to aggregation (also true). My advice was to filter them to minimize the risk from either.
That's it. It's not desireable, but it happens.
There was no insulting or criticism of Lobster.
Why would I? I'd recommended him in the forums numerous times up to that point.
Then his fan club decided there was nothing wrong with a lack of vacuum and went ballistic on me for suggesting otherwise.
And with that vendor dickriding encouragement Lobster jumped in also asserting a lack of vacuum meant nothing.
So here on a "harm reduction board", we've got members gaslighting, denying vacuum mattered any more, denying anyone received vials without vacuum (at least 6 did, probably more), and the vendor himself, based on testing that a) showed degradation, b) didn't test for sterility and c) can't capture oxidative damage, insisting vacuum wasn't a quality issue.
Just like floaters in gear suddenly wasn't an issue for many when QSC was "most favored vendor".
If Lobster had simply said "Sorry, we'll take steps to prevent that in the future", or nothing at all, instead of "Bullshit, vacuum to protect peptides means nothing", cheered on by the willfully ignorant, there would've been no need to forcefully correct that lie.
And no, I'm not relitigating the significance of vacuum. Peptides must be protected from oxygen with vacuum or inert gas, to maintain sterility, and to prevent those that are sensitive to oxidation, like rHGH, from health risk inducing oxidative damage that cannot be detected on a Jano test. This is a fact. If you knew how peptides were lyophilized, you'd also know that they can't lose vacuum unless the stopper is compromised. Vacuum is created during the process with the stopper on. A lack of vacuum may not kill you, but neither will injecting some floaters or using unsterile gear. It's still unacceptable and no member should have suggested otherwise, and worse, support the vendor's claims that lack of vacuum means nothing as Lobster did repeatedly.