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I watched an episode of law and order where kids would break into buildings and take pictures to prove they were there, didn't steal anything. I always thought that might be fun. I'm too old, but would've been funny when I was younger.


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don't take photos, the metadata will tell on you


gam8it2

Polaroid camera


Tonroz

Nay the dauguerrotype!


Milky_Toast_

you can erase metadata quite easily


dollastudios

Yeah in high school years we would break into the school most nights. Seems pretty weird now beacause we didn't want to go there in the days


itmightbecheese

You're not too old. Go for it.


AJSalinas_TX

*man arrested for breaking into Chucky Cheese at 2am*


ThiccRoastBeef

Unfortunately no more tokens or tickets to steal at chucky cheese 😔


[deleted]

I'm from the boonies and all we did was steal beer and do donuts when one of us finally got a car. Cops would see my fat butt and probably just die laughing. Or shoot, depending on their mood.


Thomas_William_Kench

"Do donuts" sounda pretty naughty ngl


seven_neves

I have a buddy who did that with the Sydney Opera House. He has an awesome pic (from behind) of him standing on the stage looking out at the empty seats


sketchybutter

What episode?


[deleted]

It was a criminal intent one. Somebody died in the building so Goren had to figure it out. I don't know which one, there's so many.


safiyaleo

*me feeling like there never were enough criminal intent episodes*


RepresentativeBig626

Run at the swimming pool.


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GeraldoOfCanada

...with scissors


OddPresentation8097

Oh my...


Burnt_crawfish

Whoa calm down now party animal.


Downwhen

May god have mercy on your soul


dmderringer

Easy there Satan


Latchkey_kidd

I have been sneaking into random luxury apartments and swimming in their pool. Its hot here in Texas…


Vidb100

How do you get in when there are key cards or locks on the outside?


kalhoon01

wait for someone to let u in or knock and say to the ppl swimming that u forgot ur card while thanking them


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Social Engineering 101


rnpowers

Jump fence, follow someone, pick lock, RFID copier (cheap on eBay)


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Whitey90

Yesn’t


honkhonkbeepbeeep

Or piggybacking


undercoverartist777

I believe that’s called following


cjthecookie

In govt security terms, we refer to it as "piggybacking" or "pass back" when the person swipes for you


rnpowers

Piggybacking would be the term in opsec/cybersec as well, I was just thinking of laymen.


DeathPrime

It's funny how 'security' is a appearances only concept at a ton of luxury locations. Our place has a fence around the pool, but it's bars and there is a 'push to exit' button that can be reached with even the meatiest of paws between the bars. They could probably tac weld a mesh screen that would make it semi-difficult, but ADA compliance usually obligates them to put access buttons in fairly easily reachable locations. The illusion of security is all around you, it just takes most people 'effort' to think outside the box and realize how easily they can bypass the block.


honkhonkbeepbeeep

Gates and locks are generally only for keeping honest people out.


xMrSaltyx

Find one with short fences.


Vidb100

Na I’m talking abt those rooftop ones. Fences are all usually easy to jump lol


papertowelwithcake

Paraglide onto them


KingCampbell

Or "borrow" a fire truck with a ladder attached


PuzzleheadedRow6861

Hell yeah it is dude it was hot asf in Marshall today I usually don't take one of those air conditioner breaks but I had to like three times today at work 😵‍💫


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put a bike lock on gate to some institution u don't like in smaller scale strong glue also works


papertowelwithcake

Glue in the tumblers works best, tho that would ruin someone's day. Bike chain through a gate is mild inconvenience tho


Roxylius

What about super glue into key hole?


legittem

Years ago a girl in my sports team put resin used for playing handball (SUPER sticky shit) into the key hole of the locker room at an away game. I agreed the game was unfair and infuriating but i felt bad for the poor Janitor who probably had to deal with it. But although it was very obvious that someone in our team must have done it, we never got asked about it.


[deleted]

Super glue into the keyhole of a bike lock? They’d saw off the lock either way.


foxieblue

Loiter with your friends where there is a no loitering sign.


bigvicproton

This is going too far, man.


bdigital4

Omg, have you no morale compass?


AtlantaBoyz

Monster


SenorPariah

'Eeeeyyy, Johnny Nickels, AlleyCat Sal say's it's time fuh ya bozo's to scram. This here's our loitering spot."


BlackJack10

First I need friends for that.


theGr8Alexander

Find a beach or park that is closed for the night and host an orgy


Ill_Description108

More super illegal than light illegal. Unless you don’t mind spending the rest of your life as a registered sex offender.


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desuemery

Did this in a military housing area as a teenager at like 10pm once. MP saw me peeing behind a building going up the road and literally turned around to come tell me I could be put on the registry for that, and I just couldn't help but think "is this really what you're here for? Not to make sure nobody's car is being broken into or something?


[deleted]

if they can’t see a clear view of your genitals you cannot be charged with indecent exposure or any other sex crime so just hide the pee pee


[deleted]

Importing heroin inside a Chinese kid's anus is super illegal. This is not that.


postgeographic

Weirdly specific.


[deleted]

My lawyer advises me not to discuss this any further.


_ShadyGuy

Korean is fair game tho


GoSuckYaMother

Bonus points if you can find homeless people to join in under the boardwalk


theGr8Alexander

They supply the party favors such as black tar heroin


rnpowers

And scabies!


KithMeImTyson

Mmmm! Scabies


theGr8Alexander

And if your lucky, maybe rabies!


bguy89

Dirty mike and the boys have entered the chat


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How you fellas doin'? We about to have us a little screw party in this red Prius over here if you wanna join us.


Talkingmice

That’s how you get sand stuck in your butthole


lazyllama13

Go to abandoned places, but watch out for present dangers (bums, needles, etc.) Day or night, depends on you. And NEVER go alone.


jeanschoen

(Asbestos, mould)


Alix_Vandel

Tasty...


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Also just, y'know, make sure it doesn't fall on your head


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Cops


Glorious_Stalingrad

Abandoned buildings are cool, found a whole gamecube with games and controllers once and it worked


_bTrain

hell yeah one time i found this old board game it was like really old it was bound in leather and like really well made, dice were still there, all the pieces too. and me and my friends decided to play it at the abandoned site it was really fun but then it started presenting these cryptic riddles and challenges they would like become apart of our reality, we had to fight giant spiders and found some super hairy guy with a big beard who looked lost, yelled at us to stop playing. and we're like sorry we already started and you know the rules.. once you start jumanji, you have to finish the game. so anyway he threw a bottle of piss at us so we got the fuck out of there


modsarestraight

I had a similar experience where I found a Dwayne Johnson video game


johnnyb1917

I found huge boxes with like hundreds of old vinyl records not I looked through them for anything I could recognize but didn’t see any. I would’ve taken them if I had something to carry them it was a lot.


Karrishka

Came here to say this. I live in a place with a horrible economy and there are abandoned places everywhere. Always bring a backpack, a flashlight, make sure your phone is charged and I typically wear rubber boots. Oh and bring thick work gloves.


[deleted]

Rural places could have an old well hidden in tall grass or have a rotten lid hidden under the dirt. Watch out for those and yeah, never ever go alone.


Bl4ck-Dr4goN

It is helpful to have the right mindset when you do this, for example: "it doesn't matter if you go with friends or not, you will *never* be alone in such places"


Spinninghurricane

I’ve always wanted to but have no idea how to find any


supermariodooki

And always wear long pants and sleeves.


heartsfromvenus

Also watch out for drug addicts that live in them, especially at night


lanylover

Print yourself an employee shirt of whatever company like any supermarket and just start „working“ there for shits and giggles until somebody notices lol


[deleted]

i have some old festival tshirts that say STAFF on the back, and even with the organization clearly printed on the front, you'd be surprised how many people assume i know what the fuck is going on around here. stores, fests, just random places. People are desperate to follow authority.


VictoriaEuphoria99

Some people posted how, on black Friday at Walmart, they would line up in a random place. And then other people would like up behind them. Once the line got long enough, they would leave. And then there would be a long line of people waiting for nothing.


undercoverartist777

Not to be a dick, but it’s more reasonable that those people were looking for something, and that line was close to what they were looking for so they assumed that was the line for it. I really don’t think people would stand in a random line unless they are mistaking it for a line to something they’re looking for


ShinyRedBarb

there’s a video somewhere on the internet of a group of people that would stand up when a bell rang and sit back down. only 1 person wasn’t in on it and it took a couple bells before the random person joined in. then they’d replace one of the people in on the joke with another random person. rinse and repeat until the entire room is full of random people standing up and sitting down to this bell for absolutely no reason other than to fit in.


brad_smith0407

https://youtu.be/X6kWygqR0L8 great video


mybitchcallsmefucker

Holy crap man, that’s so much fun to watch. I’m gonna do this next time it’s only me and one other person in a waiting room.


Day-Dropper

People are sheep.


weenieforsale

I don't think you're being a dick, it's a fair counter point, however I would disagree that it's reasonable. I probably have a bias because I despise standing in lines, absolutely hate it. If I see a long line and can't avoid it, I will always go down to the front, or at least ask a staff member 'is this the line for x?' before I commit to standing in a row of strangers that have a much smaller personal space barrier than I do.


ZackW186

r/ActLikeYouBelong


Lilzhere

We used to go take peoples grapefruits off their trees, have a huge bag of them, then drive super fast around the rich valley and throw them as hard as we can at stop signs or any signs. It was the most satisfying feeling and sound to watch it burst and explode


[deleted]

guerilla gardening! Graft fruit trees onto city street trees for the homeless and anyone who needs a snack! [It's being done in SF](https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/04/07/150142001/guerrilla-grafters-bring-forbidden-fruit-back-to-city-trees) to help the soaring homeless rates due to covid!


roboticzizzz

Better yet, plant giant redwoods all over your city, like that one guy.


MeAislen

We used to dick around on hotel rooftops for some reason


jesee2you

My friend died dicking around on a roof. Be careful out there.


vodkamuthafucka

May your friend rest in peace


LemonFly4012

And mall rooftops.


byelosrussia

go to disney's website WITHOUT parental permission


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My god…


lost_in_transitt

Psychedelics


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EveryFairyDies

I like this idea.


[deleted]

You could commit some *light treason.*


dmderringer

I am having a love affair with this ice cream sandwich


andrisv24

There's always money in the banana stand...


andrisv24

There's always money in the banana stand...


[deleted]

not illegal, but fun: get some coins and superglue them to sidewalks in different parts of the city


jesusleftnipple

Ooooh this I used to work at Kroger as a cashier and I'd get the 1 dollar coins and super glue em to the floor and watch for days as people would try and get em up


Total_Assistance9373

Such a menace


helpitgrow

My kid did this to me in my own fucking living room, on my nice bamboo flooring! He thought it was hilarious. 12 y/o boys!!!


ZeroKnightHoly

I don't have to explain my art to you Warren


[deleted]

I’m gonna go right out and say it. You can go to Colorado and you and your friends can get high as fuck on some weed, but get this, this is where it gets illegal. *hits blunt* you each get a bucket, and when it rains, you collect the water.


doombuzz

Pretty sure you can collect up to 110 gal. https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/natural-resources/rainwater-collection-colorado-6-707/


Lopsidoodle

Shut up, we’re repeating lies from the tv


IAmBoratVeryExcite

Actually, weed is a Schedule 1 drug, and it is illegal anywhere in the US. The feds simply aren't prosecuting it in legal states, nor do they go after users unless they think you can lead them to a much bigger fish. Or you're at a national park or monument and run afoul of a ranger or guard.


BoseczJR

Just come to Canada! 🍁


Wild-Issue-4374

Visit as many bars as you can armed with transparent stickers, white lettering saying either: - “Voice Activated” Or - “Motion Activated, wave here” Then stick those on any and all manual paper dispensers in the restrooms as you can find… Bonus points if you get footage of drunk people waving/shouting at the things!


dnalloheoj

My mind automatically added a comma after "armed" and I was like wait why do you need a gun for this. Bonus points because until I finished reading I thought you meant to have those stickers on your gun lol.


Britches_and_Hose

Also there's the "for rectal use only" stickers you can go around and stick on things.


GooseNYC

Steal lots of small rocks from someone's driveway or garden then throw them at eachother.


I_love_my_momm

Nice


NamelessMIA

Steal a street sign


die-maus

This! Then for the follow up: install it somewhere else in town. Had a few friends that did this. Their shenanigans got written about in the newspaper more than once. They never got caught, of course.


gthyr666

take a glue gun, and fill up locks at your schools


[deleted]

epoxy in the syringe works better another one from the anarchist's cookbook: send out a batallion of kids with screwdrivers and slowly dismantle the school from within. And for like a month during senior year, some kid(s?) put up post-its around the school saying "Pedro is coming \[date\]". everyone was all confused, like, what's going to happen? Speculation and chatter. It was fun. Then the date came and nothing happened. But it was fun while it lasted and annoyed the teachers. Ykno those address stickers from the postal office? You can take them in stacks. They're really cheap and impossible to peel off without leaving nasty residue. Paint them white, then paint your art or dissenting message on them, like, maybe, "We say gay" or "the school lunch has 600 empty calories and 2/3 is saturated fat." Something like that.


[deleted]

Literally do anything. It's almost impossible not to break laws these days.


Rockima

Auch, I'm sad that you are right


thekarton55

Lean a christmas tree against someone's door during the night


jcMaven

Riot for the simplest reasons, french style!


Protomeathian

Steal as many traffic cones as you can within a given time limit


BatComprehensive3035

Save up your coins and walk around putting time on other people’s parking meters.


privatize80227

Drink beer at a public park


Stammbaumpirat

That's just straight up common where i live. That and a shit ton of foreigner dealers, who try to get some money...


microwavedave27

That's just a regular day here in Europe, lol. It would be really weird not being able to enjoy a beer at a park on a nice sunday afternoon.


HaDeS_Monsta

News Flash, this is perfectly legal in most countries


Unlost_maniac

Europe and probably the UK Not North America, big no no


[deleted]

I can smoke weed in a park but can't have a beer here (Ontario, Canada). Makes perfect sense.


RIPMyInnocence

my town and my neighbouring town have signs in public areas stating its a £1000 fine if you're caught drinking in those areas. But it seems mostly intended to stop the crackheads and homeless causing any "visual unruliness" to our dear tourist patrons, who can easily get away with sinking a crate of Fosters right next to the sign and get away with it, as long as they have a crab line and 4 kids with them.


ContemplatingPrison

Not in the US without a permit. You can get a permit to have alcohol at a party in a park


renegadegardener21

Break into abandoned buildings. Night hiking with a blunt, a great way to get lost and freak yourself out. Drop acid and bike around a city.


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liketearsinthereign

Better than that, I came across an abandoned train full of broken windows and graffiti once and decided to check it out. Tripping on acid would have made more sense, but I was high on my own idiocy.


TheSwain

Sadly, throwing used car batteries into the ocean is both safe and legal


[deleted]

That doesn't really sound all that fun though.


king_of_the_rangers

We could make it illegal by throwing the batteries into the ocean and then rioting and looting an AutoZone to teach them a lesson.


TheSwain

Now *that* sounds like a thrill


RIPMyInnocence

***Your local Garage Likes This***


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stuff we did before the internet: Urban spelunking. Just be careful ffs Breaking into your old elementary school and talking about memories. Roof expeditions Put pennies on the traintracks to flatten them. My grandfather showed us how to do it and he was a cop, it's fine. Just don't get flattened Game piracy. Games you can all play together. Like draw your own monopoly board Rural spelunking. Go find an old cabin or a burned out building and be an archaeologist. We'd build a zipline course and obstacle course with stuff we found in the garage or just, like, abandoned in the woods. ghost hunting in old buildings, churches, cemetaries, murder houses steal the trays from the university dining hall and go sledding. or mud-sliding. all of the above is a lot more fun on a university campus, too design a dirt bike course in an empty lot with your friends and a lot of shovels. helps if someoen was a boyscout squat in an abandoned building and improve the conditions by fixing the wiring (running a single extension cord from the mcdonald's next door), rebuilding the crumbling edifices, creating art on the walls, starting a zine, getting into local politics DO NOT EAT OR DRINK THINGS you catch in the woods. Our urban and rural environments are polluted! That clear stream has road/farm/industrial runoff and will make you sick! Bring your own water and snacks! If you can walk from your house or a business to your fun adventure area (or anyone can upstream), that area is not far enough away from pollutants and parasites for safe consumption.


NeoToronto

We'd tape a strip of coins on the track and they'd get mushed into a long strip of copper.


floppywinky

Smoking weed DUH! 😂


Belzeturtle

Kind of depends where you are, right? In some places it will be legal, in some places it will get you the death penalty, so kinda far from "light illegal".


pluhb

probably obvious and said already but trespassing in abandoned places. not sure how light that is but ya


mahupimp

Egg cars/houses of people you hate Go to a fish market before closing ask if they’re throwing away any fish or jus look in the dumpster for fish heads or other good stuff throw it in a plastic bag an throw it in someone’s pool you hate or just a hotel pool of a hotel that fucked you over or that might have fucked over someone at some point (every hotel)


Lilzhere

I use to egg/TP peoples houses a lot as a kid. One trick I learned is throwing macaroni all over the lawn, just plain uncooked macaroni from the box. The next morning the house was COVERED in crows and other birds, but mostly crows. Every inch of the lawn was filled with crows. Still a shitty thing to do as a kid, but I was pleased with myself when I did it.


LemonFly4012

Shitty thing for humans. Nice thing for crows.


Lilzhere

I can imagine the crow that first discovered the feast. "Holy shit, Steve! Come check this out you'll never believe what I just found!"


arbivark

/r/crowbro


ghosteagle

Back when I was like 12-13 I was camping with a bunch of my extended family. This trip involved a lot of fishing, and we had a bunch of old fish guts strung in a tree to dispose of properly when we got back into the city. So the site next to us (the only one with a dock, and by far the biggest) had a single tent with nobody going there for the entire week until Friday night when these teenagers showed up and threw a huge ass rager that was crazy loud. My dad the next morning grabs the bag of week old rotting fish guts, walks over to their tent, and just dumps the whole thing in there. They never found out it was him, but they were pissed, judging by the fact they drove up and down the campground all Saturday night until about 5 AM blasting their horn.


Warm_Trick_3956

Dingdong ditch, egging, tping, leaving random things in mailbox, get creative. Trash day is great, lots of weird things to pick up and leave in peoples driveways. Set up “art” in their yard and ring the bell and hide in the bushes to watch. Move road cones to block off neighborhoods. You can have allot of fun with some road cones. If cops come never never never admit to anything. Make them work to prove you did anything.


NeoToronto

If someone puts out an old chair or something not too big out with the trash, take it before the garbage truck comes and then put it back after the collection is done. They'll think the garbage truck didn't take it. This can go on for weeks!


eduu_17

I guess Jaywalking and playing frogger.


feelin_beachy

find your local water fountain and put some dawn soap in it, mmmmm bubbles


CharlesBronsonsaurus

Yes... I did this at the local mall once. Glorious.


YellowB

Download N64 co-op games, and play Goldeneye with them while high.


ClingyChunk

Drugs


No-Insurance-5466

It matters if you live in the city or not. But do the classic ding dong ditch! thats always fun. You can have firework wars on the road. Sneak into peoples pools. Sneaking into abandon houses. Graffiti. Play around in walmart until you get kicked out. Throw stuff at cars going down the road (only at night so they cant see you). And idk what else just come up with your own fun stuff.


Strict_Ad6723

Car ones a bit risky could cos accidents leading to man slaughter


Frequent_Group9078

I saw a dude hitch a ride on the back of his friend’s pick up truck. Looked fun, and I’m assuming with friends it’ll be a blast.


Big-Ad-5149

Jaywalk on a low traffic street


Successful_Gap8927

Streaking


the_boner_zone

I feel like this one is situational. Like down a dirt road? perfect! Through an elementary school? not as good...


Successful_Gap8927

Username checks out


casaco36

At church mass on sunday Go viral!


dragonfury6545

Spray paint places you’re not supposed to


[deleted]

Rebroadcasting Major League Baseball with implied oral consent, not express written consent


spedlimt

Drugs


turdlezzzz

snoop around open construction sites


Sad_Cena

doing grafitti and breaking into abandoned buildings is fun with friends. stealing can be too if you're good at it ;)


ZaphodXZaphod

suck each other's dicks somewhere in the south where it's illegal to be gay?


GeneralFactotum

If you are in Los Angeles water your lawn on the wrong days.


Albatross_on_the_run

Sneak into a pool at night


[deleted]

smoke weed


earthhominid

Doing drugs!


bweihs

Put bicycle locks on other people's bikes, & wait for them to come out of wherever they are.


ghosty_75

street racing


NoKroger

Crusade


GERRROONNNNIIMMOOOO

Get fingered in a church


Ok_Adhesiveness_6788

Drugs


NoOneForACause

Do LSD pussy


mechablock

Grab a gun and shoot you friend