Might Cut Out This College As An Option

The city my university was in was… rough, to say the least. My third year there, a freshman ended up getting pulled into my friend group.

Freshman: *Holding up their phone.* “Hey, uh, guys? Over on [Social Media], people are talking about there being a guy wandering around [local main street] with a machete! Look!”

Me: “Oh, machete guy’s back?”

Freshman: “‘Back’? What do you mean ‘back‘!?”

Friend: *Inspecting the picture.* “Wait, no, [My Name], that’s not the same one. That guy was Black, this dude is White.”

Me: “TWO machete guys?”

Freshman: “WHAT?!”

[Freshman] ended up transferring before their first semester was even over.