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Randomthought

(1,047 posts) Tue Feb 17, 2026, 12:19 AM Feb 17

In 1968 when I went to college [View all]

My mother's last advice was " Remember you asthma, a try not to breath any tear gas." Little did she know that 58 years later I would be remembering her advice in Minneapolis.

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In 1968 when I went to college [View all] Randomthought Feb 17 OP

My mom's advice was don't get pregnant, don't become an addict and don't get arrested Wicked Blue Feb 17 #1

LoL Randomthought Feb 17 #2

We didn't think we'd have to be doing this shit all over again, did we? Ocelot II Feb 17 #3

No we didn't Randomthought Feb 17 #4

My mother's advice when I went off to college was if you were going to do something like protesting, be sure to do it generalbetrayus Feb 17 #5

Don't wear sandals, try to avoid scandals VGNonly Feb 17 #6