What is your best “street tip”?

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1. No matter who you’re talking to, respect goes a long way.

2. Never play cards with a man missing a finger.

3. Always know your surroundings.

   Cash on demand. Everytime, no exceptions.

4. dont eat yellow snow

5. Look both ways before crossing

6. The best guarantee of safety is bystanders.

   This goes both ways. If you’re breaking the law in public, you don’t want to be 100% secluded–it looks sketchy as fuck. Try to be sort of near at least one or two people so it looks like you didn’t just skulk off into an isolated back alley to shoot up.

   If you’re hoping someone else doesn’t break the law on you, make sure you’re near potential witnesses.

7. If someone stops you randomly on the street to ask for your help or any other purpose, always keep one hand on your back pocket.

8. Be wary of dudes who are just standing around.

   People going somewhere, doing something … they got their business, you got yours, no problem.
   Homeless people laying or sitting, likely no trouble for you.
   Guys just leaning on a wall or hanging out looking around … even if they’re not specifically planning trouble, maybe you don’t want to inspire them to make their day less boring. Take a different route.

9. 1. Don’t get high off your own supply.
   2. Act like a victim, and eventually you’ll be one. People looking to commit crimes can spot a victim long before any interaction has taken place.
   3. Dumb criminals commit crimes. Smart criminals join the system and commit them from within.
   4. The crime game is like any other game: greed kills. Set a goal, have an escape plan, achieve the goal, then execute the plan.

10. Never get into a fight with a guy that either smiles at you as you’re getting agitated or one that has cauliflower ear.

11. >Mine is: Never do two illegal things at once. What is yours?

    Yes, if you are driving naked, don’t speed or run a red light.

    Street tip: Avoid fights, Better to walk away.

12. Walk with a purpose and look pissed off. If someone wants to start a fight, try to deescalate it, don’t taunt them and keep out of their reach. If you can’t run away, fight dirty and gtfo asap. Don’t take invites to a bar from strangers on the street. And most importantly, trust your gut.

13. Situational awareness is the best self defense. Also don’t smoke weed in cars

14. The only prize worth winning in a fight is walking away whole.

15. Walk with a purpose and make it seem like you’re always on a mission.

16. If you’re under threat, make a LOT of noise so that people are looking in your direction.

17. Never wear both headphones at once. Or, if you do, don’t play any music. Need to be able to hear if someone is approaching, stay up

18. Leave before things hit the fan, not when they hit the fan.

    Don’t fight. You’ll either get jumped or shot/stabbed. You lost before you swung. Walk away and let them insult you, be smart.

    Mind your business. I don’t care if some dude and his wife are arguing, I just so happen to be deaf. Play like a superhero if you want to.

19. Look like you belong, no out of state ball caps or styles. Keep talking to a minimum every city has unique slang. You’re just another face until you aren’t.

20. Lawyer up, and don’t talk until they’re there

21. Stay away from people named “some guy” and “this one dude”. They tend to beat people up for no reason.

    Don’t sit on your front porch reading the Bible and feeding stray kittens, because apparently that’s when the cops arrest you and say you were dealing drugs and running away from them.

22. When running/walking you go against traffic, and please wear reflective clothing in the dark.

23. If you f’ed around and found out. And your current home is a concrete box. Don’t hang your feet over the edge if you got top bunk. It’s just rude!

24. If you park at Walmart to sleep in your van it’s highly unlikely you’ll get towed or ticketed

25. Stay golden, pony boy

26. If you don’t want people to know about something, then don’t talk about it.

27. Use reflections in windows to keep your situational awareness up.

28. Never mix friendship with anything bigger than lunch money.

29. De Escalation is always the right path. Diffuse, walk away.

30. Walk opposite of traffic so you can see the cars coming at you. They’ll also have to look you in the face before they hit you.

31. If you have a gut feeling that something is wrong. Most of the time you are correct.