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  • @Snapz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9•6 months ago

    Not an urban legend, just not in your first hand POV - Many examples around crack in the 80s, Molly at raves, a bump of coke at a party… All followed by, “and hey man, if you ever want more, hit me up”

    When you’re making definitive statements try to add “doesn’t happen TO ME…” or “IMO/IME”, otherwise you just sound like you base the truth of the entire world solely on your own hyper limited, lived experience.

    • @aesthelete@lemmy.worldEnglish
      -5•6 months ago

      Having some free drugs at a party isn’t the same thing as “the first baggie being free”.

      I would be very surprised if you could just walk up to drug dealers on the street and get free drugs like the urban / astroturf / DARE / LEO myth suggests.