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SappyGemstone t1_je6fxdy wrote

A reminder to anyone who wants to do a hard cutoff from their family - make sure you tell the local cops that you're not lost, you're just moving away.

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kturtle17 t1_je6lf3n wrote

How does one go about that? Go to the local police station and say "I got a new job far away and I'm moving without letting family know. So if there's any missing persons report on my name, know I just moved"?

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0b0011 t1_je6q0hr wrote

Or go to the police department where you end up and tell them you're not missing.

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duck_of_d34th t1_je8srpp wrote

"Yes sir, what can I help you with?"

"I'm not lost."

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kturtle17 t1_je8z9sy wrote

These people are casually saying "just do x" and I have no idea how to envision that without it being some weird awkward scenario. Maybe they're right but I'm gonna need a script or something to take this advice.

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Gloriathewitch t1_je94c5q wrote

My guess is you sign a waiver of some kind in the station, I know for twitch streamers when you move its a good idea to inform them that you're live on the Internet and that there will be prank calls to get you swatted, because unfortunately people find streamer's addresses and then call up saying they're going to murder hostages or some shit.

They'd probably just put a note on your file.

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kturtle17 t1_jeccb6a wrote

See, I could never extrapolate that from "go to the police department and say you're not missing." Which brings me back to my point of, I need more information/ideally some type of expected script. To give them the benefit of the doubt, maybe they're just familiar and gave that explanation not realizing that not everyone is familiar with that stuff. I know I can unintentionally be that way with communication for things I'm familiar with that others may not be. Anyway, thanks for the insight.

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