Captain America, the reference understood

I got scammed in Thailand. A guy on the street let me hold his slow loris. My friend took a couple of photos while it was trying to climb onto my hat, and only then did the guy tell me that photos were 200 baht each. Best scam ever.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_van_speaker_scam

Usually a knock off brand of inferior quality complete with fake magazine or fake website showing an insanely high retail price.

I have a phone running GrapheneOS. What would happen if I gave them my duress PIN at the US border when compelled to do so? If entered, the duress PIN will immediately wipe the phone.

100%. Many life lessons came since then which made me a better person. I still feel awful about this one 25 years later.

I found a cinder block on the sidewalk, and moved it to the road. Hid behind a tree and watched some poor guy in a van run over it, blowing a front tyre and doing some body damage. Thought it was funny at the time.

Teenage me was an asshole.

Credit: Sarah Andersen