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zoklet-enjoyer 6 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Parental controls aren't for parents

I had a cell phone before my parents. Paid cash for a TracFone when I was 16 or 17 and used that to sell weed. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Bluecobra 6 months ago | [–]

Heh. When I was in high school, cell phones and pagers were banned based on the assumption that only drug dealers could afford them.

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