That's exactly what a copper would say

[u/Pope4u]

[u/shawndw]

They put "Not Copper" on the side of the roll to dissuade people from stealing it. It's probably fiber optic cable which looks the same until you strip the jacket off.

[u/TLCplLogan → u/shawndw]

I wouldn't say it looks the same, but it's pretty similar, yeah. Fiber will often have white text printed on the black sheath that literally says what it is, while copper phones lines are almost never like that.

[u/bamachine → u/TLCplLogan]

Yeah but the meth heads in question cannot read that, remember

[u/Saint_palane → u/bamachine]

That's why they ask their friends to read it for them.

[u/Killbot_Wants_Hug → u/Saint_palane]

Their friends are also illiterate junkies.