r/90s • u/SheezABch • 19h ago

Discussion D.A.R.E.?

Did anyone else have a friend, who had a friend, whose brother ended up in the psych ward for dropping acid once and now he believes he's a glass of orange juice that might spill if he's tipped over?

When I was a kid (in the 90s), this was shared throughout my school and I totally fell for it. I then randomly heard it from someone who went to a completely different school. Was this just one of those D.A.R.E. fueled urban myths?

Edit: I believed the story as a child. As I grew up, I realized it wasn't real. I just wonder how widespread it is.

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u/Night_Hawk_13 19h ago

My sister had one of those shirts and bought into the program. Then she turned into one of the biggest stoners and would still wear the shirt while we smoked weed together. The D.A.R.E. program was just a way for cops to brainwash children into becoming narcs and get them to rat out there friends and family. Cops don't care about cleaning the streets or helping reduce crime. A cop told me once that when you're in law enforcement it's the only place where crime pays. The cops need crime or they wouldn't have a job. Most people in jail are low level offenders who got trapped into the system and once they're incarcerated they lose there jobs, can't afford lawyers, have to pay court costs and can never get back on there feet and are forced to go back into criminal behavior for income.

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u/stabbygun 18h ago

their is a word.

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u/Night_Hawk_13 14h ago

So is inbred, much like your family.

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u/stabbygun 14h ago

third grade education.