man, unbelievable... i ordered a Steam Controller from amazon.es... it comes from a vendor in the UK... they don't fill out the description field in the customs declaration, i have to go to portuguese customs site, and insert a pint of blood, in the form of the invoice, screenshot of the order, proof of payment and my fucking passport

and i suspect it came from northern ireland, which is like under 100 miles away from being actually in the EU anyway

just why, why, why, and why... and the declaration put no value on it, i expect more rigmerole as they see the invoice for 180 something euros and want to slap me for another 30+% of import duties before i can actually get it... super pissed off rn, i've registered my complaint with the vendor on amazon and they better damn well reimburse me if i have to pay import duties on this

i hate taxes, i hate governments, i hate customs, always, every time i deal with portuguese customs, my visage turns pale, because i have lost a full pint of my blood in the process of getting them to release their hostage

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Montana is it? ffs my brain

Aside the obvious pound of flesh (taxes/permits/etc.), government processes, by design, have the added and more insidious effect of wearing you, the law-abiding citizen, down. The slow, nearly unnoticeable erosion of your will and desire to object or reject their intentional advances against your liberty isn’t a bug. It is a feature.

We have unstoppable decentralized money... now we need unstoppable decentralized shipping. I have an idea.