Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Anarchist Cookbook

 Anarchist Cookbook
type
TVTItem
 Anarchist Cookbook
label
Anarchist Cookbook
 Anarchist Cookbook
page
AnarchistCookbook
 Anarchist Cookbook
comment
The Anarchist Cookbook is a 1971 book by William Powell. It was written to protest The Vietnam War that contained various instructions for things like phone phreaking and, most controversially, building homemade explosives. However, it's really infamous for two things: Having nothing to do with anarchism as a political idea. (Or cooking, for that matter.) Having nothing to do with the reality of how one would safely make a homemade bomb.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })With the rise of the internet, a number of text and .pdf files have showed up bearing the name of this book. If you do a Google search for "anarchist cookbook," some of these will probably come up on the first page. They often contain some information cribbed from the real book, as well as various tips, tricks, and pranks that have been put in over the course of twenty years (these things date back to the dark days of Usenet). As one would expect from something that was put together by the precursors to 4chan, most of the stuff in these online "cookbooks" is often so outdated or dangerously inaccurate that it makes the real Anarchist Cookbook look like an Army field manual.
 Anarchist Cookbook
fetched
2022-05-09T18:40:46Z
 Anarchist Cookbook
parsed
2022-05-09T18:40:46Z
 Anarchist Cookbook
processingComment
Dropped link to BombThrowingAnarchist: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
 Anarchist Cookbook
processingUnknown
BombThrowingAnarchist
 Anarchist Cookbook
isPartOf
DBTropes
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_71e514b5
type
Don't Try This at Home
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_71e514b5
comment
Don't Try This at Home: Seriously. You are more likely to end up short a few fingers than leading the revolutionary vanguard. The online magazine Vice did an investigation in which they attempted to replicate some of the explosives (complete with the aforementioned warning to not try this at home). The ones that worked at all proved very unpredictable and unstable even with proper safety precautions.
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_71e514b5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_71e514b5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Anarchist Cookbook
hasFeature
Anarchist Cookbook / int_71e514b5
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_c309f9d1
type
Science Marches On
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_c309f9d1
comment
Most of the bomb recipes in the book are dangerously inaccurate, and have gotten people severely injured and even killed. The stuff that is accurate is usually hilariously outdated. Oh, and you can't get high on bananas.
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_c309f9d1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_c309f9d1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Anarchist Cookbook
hasFeature
Anarchist Cookbook / int_c309f9d1
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_c94f1109
type
Artistic License – Chemistry
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_c94f1109
comment
Artistic License – Chemistry: Most of the bomb recipes in the book are dangerously inaccurate, and have gotten people severely injured and even killed. The stuff that is accurate is usually hilariously outdated. Oh, and you can't get high on bananas. Still, it's a lot better than the online guides bearing the name. Would you trust recipes like "If it turns brown or starts to bubble, run like hell!" Another called for a "10 foot pole with a feather on the end", which was used to set it off. Schmuck Bait?
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_c94f1109
featureApplicability
1.0
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_c94f1109
featureConfidence
1.0
 Anarchist Cookbook
hasFeature
Anarchist Cookbook / int_c94f1109
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_d2c0e2ed
type
Schmuck Bait
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_d2c0e2ed
comment
Still, it's a lot better than the online guides bearing the name. Would you trust recipes like "If it turns brown or starts to bubble, run like hell!" Another called for a "10 foot pole with a feather on the end", which was used to set it off. Schmuck Bait?
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_d2c0e2ed
featureApplicability
1.0
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_d2c0e2ed
featureConfidence
1.0
 Anarchist Cookbook
hasFeature
Anarchist Cookbook / int_d2c0e2ed
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_name
type
ItemName
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_name
comment
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_name
featureApplicability
1.0
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_name
featureConfidence
1.0
 Anarchist Cookbook
hasFeature
Anarchist Cookbook / int_name
 Anarchist Cookbook / int_name
itemName
Anarchist Cookbook

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

(none found)