What to do about old 'dirt'?

Hey guys, I know this is kind of unrelated to DNMs, but other subreddits are filled with the equivelent to this subreddits 'bartards' and I feel like there is a better pool of knowledge here. If a mod wants to remove this I have no problem.

I've kind of built up some anxiety over something these past few days.

So two years ago, I was kind of stupid. I occasionally messaged people over facebook to source weed (not much, the most was like, 1/4 oz), to sell some extra drugs I had laying around (few tabs of acid and an ounce of shrooms) and also would notify people if one of my friends had any product he wanted to sell. I know this is extremely irresponsible, but in the moment I hadn't really thought about it. It was always: "Ah well, these few times won't hurt."

Now, looking back at it, if anything were to come up and if I were to get subpoenad for some reason, they would be able to get those messages from facebook/my phone provider.

Also, what happens when people start hearing of my drug use? For some reason a friend of a friend decided it would be cool to tell a group of kids that I sold him drugs and it got back to me when some younger girl I know asked me at a party if I sold drugs. I guess several younger kids (~18yrs) think I'm some kind of druggie/drug dealer due to that. What's the best way to brush that shit off?

I know how to proceed properly now and not be such a heatbag, but what do I do about stuff in the past? Does it lose validity after a certain amount of time? I just want to have as clean of a chance as anyone else if something were to happen.


Comments


[3 Points] ForLol_Serious:

Did your messages on facebook have any sort of code? Or were they like:

"Suh Dude, you got a 1/4 of weed?"

"Yea dude I can sell you the weed for $90"


[3 Points] Theeconomist1:

What in particular are you worried about? Who is going to dig up the dirt that you are fearing? Probably the most "real" problem might be if an employer was doing digging, like many do when you apply for a job, and they saw drug references, it'll probably hurt your chances of getting the job.

What's the best way to brush that shit off?

Don't sell them drugs.

Does it lose validity after a certain amount of time?

Validity with who? LE? LE can't really do shit about something that far in the past. I suppose if you are still slinging and were caught, LE could bring it up to show circumstantial evidence that you deal. Short of that, I dont' really think you have an LE problem. You have an LE problem when you are in possession of something illegal. Not discussions of things you once had that were illegal.


[1 Points] None:

What a cute post <3


[1 Points] comeplaydead:

Not really much you can do about things in the past, what's out there is out there. I would assume that a message about a 1/4oz of weed five years ago is "less valid" than one from five days ago though.

Make sure you delete any incriminating txts and facebook messages, they'll still be held on the respective servers I'm sure but at least they won't be easily accessible from your own computer/phone. If the local sheriff busts you they probably won't subpoena facebook but they'll definitely log into whatever they can and see what's there.

You can "delete" stuff from the Messages menu on the left of your page, pick the conversation/message and choose Delete under the Actions menu at the top.

Going forward try to be more careful, a little paranoia is a good thing.