• Snapz@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    This is a stupid light take, starting with the flowery version of their early 2010-ish “good intentions”.

    Their “guarantee” insurance was notoriously difficult to actually access if needed. This was typical enshitification from the start, they just had to do a bit more early to gain public trust, until they reached critical mass and then flipped the switch.

    The drug dealer gives you the first baggie for free, not because they are good dudes that care about you saving money…

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      6 months ago

      The drug dealer gives you the first baggie for free

      We should kill this urban legend, this simply doesn’t happen in the real world

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        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.

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          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.

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        Can confirm this happened to me a few times, especially with dope, you don’t know what you’re talking about

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        I actually was talking to a neighbor at my apartments 20 some-odd years ago. We got to talking about coke and he asked if I’d ever smoked it before.

        “No…” So I followed him across the hall to his apartment and took a hit. “Whoa, this is fucking great! …Wait, when you smoke it isn’t it crack?”

        “Yeah, it’s awesome isn’t it!? You know, if you want more I can probably find some…”

        So, yup. I got my first hit of crack for free. I never thought that happened in real life before, either, and I’ve never had or heard of it happening since. Additionally, about six months later I stopped smoking crack.

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        It also never happened to me.

        Or maybe it has happened to me a dozen times but I’d shout, “No way man! Drugs are for losers!” And hand him a DARE pamphlet and then I gained a reputation.