Dad takes a day off work and contemplates calling the cops after discovering rubber vape cart caps in his 16-year-old's laundry

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Over on r/whatisit, a father posted asking for help identifying some "little rubber tips" he kept finding in his 16-year-old son's room and laundry.

https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisit/comments/1xh5iw7/keep_finding_these_little_rubber_tips_in_my_16/

Within minutes, the comment section informed him that they are silicone dust caps from nicotine and THC vape cartridges.

Damn. Everybody snitched 🤭

Wow this time the answer is actually drugs

Cue an instant, full-scale suburban existential crisis. OP announced he had taken the day off work, declared he was "in total shock" that his child would vape, asked if he should report the person selling to him to the police, and agonized over how to break the devastating news to his wife.

Thank you to everyone he is done for. Im taking away all his privileges; he has just taken advantage of me.

I just found these in his room. I think i gotta get a drink... Do i report who is selling this stuff to him to the police?

You are 100% sure. I can't believe this im just in shock. Out of all of the kids my kid is vaping? What the fuck is going on how do i tell my wife

As the thread blew up, a mix of panicked parenting and internet reality checks ensued, with users scrambling to talk him down from the ledge,

lol you sound like a dork. hes 16. get a grip

while others roasted the kid for being too high and clumsy to throw away his own trash.

Good news is your son doesn’t seem to like to litter. Bad news is he’s vaping

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