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Let's see how much we have in common with our backpack inventories.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I had no idea that was a thing. I used to take my backback everywhere to the point people asked me if I sold drugs. Apparently dealers often taken their backpacks everywhere cause of that. Eventually I forced myself to stop doing that, guess I was masking that too without knowing

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

One of the dudes on Love on the Spectrum went on a first date with his backpack. But, he was a gentleman and carried it by hand on his side.