https://www.techpowerup.com/263044/cooler-master-redesigns-its-tim-packaging-so-parents-dont-think-their-kids-are-doing-drugs
 
Applying thermal interface material (TIM) properly is a simple task that is under-documented or sometimes even misrepresented by the press. A bad application harms, rather than help your thermals. Their application varies from either the "pea drop" method, where you squeeze the TIM syringe or sachet to put out a tiny pea size blob onto your chip, letting the pressure from the heatsink spread the TIM out; or using an included spatula or plastic card to spread the TIM out to a very thin film. Of course when minors have plastic cards and syringes lying around in their rooms, parents sometimes get the wrong idea.

Cooler Master, in a tweet confirmed that it redesigned its TIM packaging to address exactly this: that TIMs supplied in syringes that look and function identical to medical syringes, make parents think their kids are doing drugs. "We didn't change the shape of the syringe to make applying thermal paste a lot easier, but because we we're getting tired of having to explain parents that their kid isn't using drugs," reads the Cooler Master statement. The new packaging by Cooler Master looks closer to a highlighter or Play Doh tube than it does a medical syringe. It still uses a syringe-like manual piston to dispense TIM, but the nozzle is wide and flattened to put out a layer of TIM directly on your chip. It's no longer round, and you can no longer attach injection needles. This nozzle also takes away the need for plastic cards or spatulas. The design, however, has a downside: the "pea drop" application is impossible, and a somewhat sub-optimal method is being forced upon users. Did Cooler Master just give in to pressure from an uninformed section of the market? 
 
Looks like Cooler Master gave in and made the changes due to massive complaints. I have to admit that this article did give me a good chuckle. 

wow
 
Um, the parent don't know what their children are buying .......  they have issues.... like poor communication

I am pretty sure this joke is going way over most people’s heads. Cooler masters syringe never looked like a drug syringe.


Coolaboratory though... their definitely looks like kids could be injecting mercury.

When did people start taking jokes so darn serious??

totally drugs.... ...that's why the line method is so popular at the local high school.
 
 

Clearly tell they are cooking up another batch to sell....
 
 
 
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One of two things happened here.  

A. This was deliberate and genius on CMs marketing department around CES 2020 and here we are talking about their 'new' product.  
 
B.  Some nut made a complaint that made CM make changes.
 

aka_STEVE_b
totally drugs.... ...that's why the line method is so popular at the local high school.
 
 

Lol.

Hoggle
As silly as this might sound keep in mind parents also said listening to Led Zeppelin backwards or playing D&D was summoning the devil and playing Mortal Kombat was going to make you want to rip another kids head and spine out of their body. When you realize these are facts you really can understand why they would confuse this for drugs.  

🤔 i bit harsh but it is acceptable. The kit alone look strange so i agree with the change

I mean Gamers Nexus and others have proven that you really cant apply too much thermal compound so... yeah... who cares about the pea size application method... However I do find it funny that parents thought that it was drugs, talk about not trusting your kid.