[LordDragonfang]

> Most

I see this error on HN a lot, but the overwhelming majority of people will not do that, because the overwhelming majority of people take the path of least resistance and neither have the domain knowledge nor the drive to figure out how to do things outside the easily packaged path. Your example class of peptide-using bodybuilders are probably in the top 1% of both drive and domain knowledge to have gotten there (probably higher, even - less than 1 in 100 people on the street are that jacked).

A lot of HN users are extremely high-agency people with a significantly-above-average ability to understand how systems work and how to take advantage of that. A lot of said users make the understandable mistake that most people are like them. This is not the case.

It is extremely important if you are in charge of designing a system (as many of us are) that you understand and internalize that any claim of "people will just" that requires more than a few steps will only bear out for a very small minority (which are important edge cases, but should not be your expectation of the average user)

[psgdev]

You're right not most. The thing is the barrier to entry is so low now, people don't need "domain knowledge" because there is an "easily packaged path" now a days. These black/gray market peptides are directly advertised on social media not only directly from companies selling them but it has given rise to a whole crop of influencers known as "peptide educators". They lower the barrier to entry, simplify how to do it all and offer servicing essentially coaching people to take peptides.

There is Facebook groups with thousands of 50 year old moms taking gray market peptides, not just top 1% peptide-using bodybuilders. My example of peptide using bodybuilders was about the anecdotal safety of peptides. The barrier to entry previously was ALOT higher, you practically had to either contact a middleman in China and wire money to a random bank account overseas or buy it from a steroid drug dealer, now a days there is thousands of online storefronts that accept credit card and ship domestically that come with visual graphic instructions on how to do everything.

I'm sure when the New York Times writes a big piece about how gray market peptides have become a huge thing in the Fitness social media space, others will recognize it is growing and growing fast.