hello everyone, i’m in high school, where i have a few friends i know pretty well. They learned about a trend called the Tiktok Chromebook smoke trend and have been sticking lead into the USB ports of the Chromebooks. I checked online about the dangers of doing it, and it can cause the chromebook to catch fire and realses a toxic gas. I told them to stop a few times but they didn’t and i snitched on them because i don’t want anything to escalate. They got detention and such and are all blaming me. What should i do guys?
so i snitched on my friend…
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Pretty much nothing you can do. I get your reasoning, but this is the inevitable result.
Nothing. You did the right thing. You may have saved lives by doing so.
If they are harassing you, report them again.
“Snitching” is a concept designed by offenders to try and make morally upright people feel bad for reporting their reprehensible acts. Don’t fall for it. You are in the right. They are not.
“Snitch? You bet I told”
You walk through the school hallway with your head held high, and know you did the right thing. It’s probably time to find different friends though.
You don’t want to be in this situation again. Don’t let those jerks make you feel bad for doing the right thing. Tell them to fuck off. Good luck to you!
Always keep your mouth shut and never rat on your friends !
They were being idiots. They were warned.
FAFO.
There’s a huge difference between a prank and something that could do serious harm. I think you did the right thing, and these “friends” don’t really sound like nice people.
Deny. And then keep denying. It’s technically ” lying” but you’re still morally in the right and you did the right thing by going to your teachers and adults to deal with something dangerous.
My kid’s school knows about this & any laptop that makes there way into their possession is getting charged to the parents.
Any chance they got hold of one of these laptops on their own (turned in not working ect)? If so, there’s your plausible deniability.
You need better friends or you at least don’t need these friends. On the other hand, boys do stupid shit at that age. I should know. So I suppose I could see that either way.
Sorry you’re in this situation man.
They should thank you . Hope you find a new friend group.
Na bro you did the right thing
The concept of snitching was only ever supposed to apply to those whose livelihoods were outside the law. The whole outlaw vs civilian bit. Due to the glorification of that lifestyle (mobs/gangs/MCs in popular media) it crossed over to the point where even kids talk about snitches.
I wouldn’t sweat it. Find a new group of people to be around.
Move forward, these likely aren’t friends you should keep anyway.
And really, even good friends, you’re likely to grow away from as you get older. Don’t worry about it too much.
How are school kids getting a hold of lead
Congratulations. You’re officially a nerd. Nobody likes a rat. Have you not seen Goodfellas??
If saving your classmates from toxic smoke makes you the bad guy, then so be it better hated than hospitalized. You warned them, they laughed, now they’re just mad they got caught.
When I was 13 I told an adult about my friend who was talking about suicide. My friend got treatment and years later she thanked me for saving her life. Call me a rat, IDGAF.
Snitches get stitches.
These kinds of trends are absolute brain rot.. be very wary of “friends” who respect nothing.. they will destroy ur stuff for laughs… You absolutely did the right thing..
You’ve already done everything you need to do. And you’ve learned a valuable lesson. You did what you could to get them to stop. You evaluated the situation and determined it was dangerous so you escalated it.
Now you’re learning that actions have consequences. One of the first things you learn when you protest is you have to be willing to potentially go to jail for the night or for however long. But you do it because it’s the right thing to do.
You did the right thing and you should be proud of yourself for it.
wtf are they doing smoking lead?? That is a complete no no- stay away from that as best you can. You did the right thing. If possible, get some help for them or tell a trusted adult.
Let them make their own mistakes. People are going to say you did the right thing and a bunch of other bs, but if this leads to you becoming a social outcast and having no friends, it’ll become very apparent you made an incorrect decision. Why does it concern you? Let them do stupid shit and face the consequences themselves.
you did the right thing, but the unfortunate reality is that it’s not always very rewarding. some people will dislike you for it. but if it is important to you to do the right thing, then unintended consequences are something you will have to come to peace with. don’t beat yourself up
it’s not “snitching” if you weren’t a part of it by the way
You should accept you’re ass whooping like a man and stop snitching on your pals
You are not that close with your few friends.
It’s not snitching, you aren’t in a gang
Your a civilian, snitching doesn’t exist for us, and the real criminals know & accept that.
Imagine if they had caught something on fire, that’s a state building, and I’d imagine probably 7 figure property value.
Everybody involved would be charged with felonies, and probably several.
And I believe they’d probably charge anybody that witnessed it & didn’t say anything too, conspiracy to commit I wanna say (although I’m not 100% on this one)
Lord forbid somebody passed away too, then you’d all be looking at aggravated homicide as well
Not to mention the cost of lawyers on top of the charges, fighting a homicide case, your looking at 50k minimum before they’ll even talk to you
And all they got was detention? They’ll get over it, or they won’t.
You did the right thing, fuck your friends, snitching doesn’t exist for civilians, especially not high schoolers.
When it comes to intentional property damage, or loss of life, don’t get involved & call the authorities immediately. Trust me dude you don’t wanna be involved in that shit.
This is not legal advice. Period.
PS- I’d say it would be a little different if you did it with them, then snitched. You really shouldn’t rat on your boys, but also, your not a criminal. Don’t become one with dumb decisions.
ALWAYS look out for yourself
School district IT here, please don’t feel bad about “snitching”. Our students are starting this trend and a Chromebook set ablaze at a students home while they and their family were out of the house. Thankfully they returned before any damage was done to the house or items other than the Chromebook. It could’ve ended very differently, this trend is dangerous and plain stupid.
In this case, learning the hard way can’t be an option, because it won’t end well for anyone.
Make better friends.