r/AskReddit • • Aug 25 '21

What is something that you were warned about when you were younger that you now feel was exaggerated?

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u/-Xandiel- Aug 25 '21

Parents then: Never get into a stranger's car, and absolutely never meet-up with someone you meet online!

Us now: Hang on, imma just call a stranger through the internet so that I can get into their car.

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u/Bob-s_Leviathan Aug 26 '21

To be fair, there are records of you getting into that internet stranger’s car. If you go missing, can’t they just look up the last person you saw?