Age restriction for buying thermal compound?!

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Obidiah Hakeswill

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Here in the UK I went to Maplin today to buy some thermal paste ("Nano diamond" it turns out") and everything was fine until i got to the checkout and asked me my age. I told him 16 (true) and he said there is a "Government restriction on buying this product for anyone under 21". I said wtf and he said he "couldn't risk his job" (fairplay). I ended up getting an elderly man to buy it for me in front of all the staff so it was good in the end.

Anyway I was wondering why is there such an age restriction on a (seemingly) harmless product in the UK? I am unsure about how I could go about injuring someone with it or getting high with it.
 
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This is really weird... Maybe their store is afraid of people swallowing the thermal paste (for some odd reason). Or maybe they think that some teenagers will try to inhale it through their nose or inject themselves with it. Who knows why they would do that.
 
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uh idk maybe the UK bans people under 21 to buy thermal paste because it is very toxic to marine life and they might just think people under 21 aren't mature enough to handle thermal paste. ( not saying you're not mature or anything) I mean I'm 14 and i go out to memory express to buy thermal paste no questions asked i just pay and leave.
 
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Obidiah Hakeswill

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It's funny here in the UK if you are 18 you can buy knives, packets of fags, any alcoholic product and even get a gun license.

The dangers of thermal compound however clearly outweigh the dangers of these :p
 
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:lol: .. good 1 ! let em all know ! if you come to us with knives or guns, thou shalt face the fury of glacial silver ! xD

 
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The UK is referred to as the nanny state for a reason, people do dump crap like this.
 
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Yeah, but the US can be bad as well where some lady was successfully able to sue McDonalds over 10 years ago because she order hot coffee, but somehow she spilled it on herself and suffered 2nd or 3rd degree burns. I think it happened when she was driving her car and she put the cup of coffee between her legs.

More recently was a lawsuit against Apple by someone because his/her hear got damaged after listening to music on his/her iPod at maximum volume. I don't remember the outcome, but I do know that Apple lowered the max volume on their products because of that. That led to complaints about newer Apple products not being low enough.
 
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Pinhedd

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The plaintiff in the McDonalds case only sought to cover her medical expenses and loss of income. The initial ridiculous damage award was awarded by the jury.

As far as liability goes, some evidence was presented that the coffee container wasn't suitable for serving coffee at such a high temperature.
 
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