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Buckeye_Democrat

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6. I don't think I can, not fully.

Sun Apr 11, 2021, 04:21 PM

Apr 2021

The examples you provided all happened to me when I was a teenager, especially if I was with a group of my longer-haired friends, but it certainly didn't persist throughout my entire life. My father was emphatic about me always keeping my hands visible if I was ever pulled over by a cop, so he was apparently worried about those encounters too.

It would've been so frustratingly tiresome after several more years, though!

Edit: I also realized it was a temporary for me, because of my age. So that's quite different from anticipating it forever!

And to have people like cops automatically assume that I acquired expensive items illegally? Like an expensive car? That would be so insulting that I'd probably not even try anymore.

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