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[–] 41 points 20 hours ago* (5 children)

So I was a kid who was goofy and hung out with gamer kids. One LAN party the kids from the other high school showed up and we went for a drive.

I had no idea it was going to happen, but one kid had a handgun and shot out from the moving car window in a residential neighborhood without any warning.

I probably would have taken my parents up on the offer to bail if I had a code word to do it, but I wasnt about to call my daddy in a car with an unstable kid with a gun to say im scared come get me.

Tldr its a good thing don't shit on it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    I had no idea it was going to happen, but one kid had a handgun and shot out from the moving car window in a residential neighborhood without any warning.

    Jesus Christ, do you live in Derry Maine or something? Are we in a Stephen King novel right now?

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  • [–] 8 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

    Oh I'm not saying it isn't.

    But one question, would you still hang out with that one guy, and then make a coded text message with your parents to extract you, in case it happened again?

    Or would you just cut that one guy it off your life?

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  • [–] 16 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

    Emergencies are always best prevented, but it's still best to have a plan in place for them. This is the emergency plan.

    Now, if the kid is routinely invoking it then it's probably time to have a talk about what setting boundaries with friends looks like and offering support if toxic friendships need be ended, but having a code like this figured out in advance is always going to be advisable IMO.

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