Products simply arrived by regular mail. “It generally looks like junk mail or information about moving here, or traveling there, or consultation stuff,” the user explains. “Usually, when opening the package, you still won’t know there are drugs in it unless you’re looking for them.” Silk Road’s community had its own subculture, which skewed toward political outliers. “One memorable thread asked whether we were there for the drugs or the ‘revolution,'” recalls the same user. “A lot of people answered ‘came for the drugs, stayed for the revolution.'” Dread Pirate Roberts, or simply DPR, was hailed by Silk Road customers as an antiestablishment hero.