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A high school friend of mine in Modesto became a cop and ended up doing undercover work - small-time stuff, mostly dealing with biker gangs and meth dealers. Ye
by jimt1234 2y ago
A high school friend of mine in Modesto became a cop and ended up doing undercover work - small-time stuff, mostly dealing with biker gangs and meth dealers. Years later we met up and he told me the undercover work he did reminded him of the movie, "Donnie Brasco", because the movie showed how it becomes extremely difficult to separate your "undercover life" from your regular home life. For years after he retired, he had nightmares about bumping into someone he busted. He left Modesto, but still gets nervous whenever he hears a Harley cruising by him out on the road.
- duxup 2y agoI suspect there's an overlap where if you're playing the part for enough hours of a day that it stops mattering psychologically that you're "playing the part".
- polotics 2y agoyou do realise that you may be identifiable on HN by third parties, depending on what you publish?
- 542354234235 2y ago“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut