You gotta learn to keep the two separated. I always ignore any Starcraft threads on 99.

By the way, this was written by some guy living in Australia who had never even been to the states - please, let's try to keep the troll content to a minimum on TL.

DkiLL

United States18 Posts

August 19 2010 20:51 GMT

#403

After reading the whole thing, i realized how disgusting it is that we have a bunch of yellow phelgum flopping around in our stomach.

IntoTheBush

United States552 Posts

August 20 2010 01:58 GMT

#404

where was he incarcerated? My homie did time in KSP and he painted me a different picture. Mostly whites and hispanics and there wouldn't be anyway a rapist would be makin any sort of money on the yard or in the block.

Also I wonder why he was in the same cell block as petty weed dealers and rapists? Administrative Segregation? Was he a snitch before he got locked up? Most rapists don't stay in Gen pop unless they are affiliated, so I guess that takes care of his dealer right? Cause if he was buyin from a rapist who wouldn't be selling without affiliation he wouldn't be beaten by the AB right? Just curious and trying to find out if the dude rolled, or is bsing it all. I mean he could just be bored and have watched a complete season of Lock-Up Raw?

Karliath

United States2214 Posts

August 20 2010 01:59 GMT

#405

Have fun with sc2!

Lightwip

United States5497 Posts

September 09 2010 01:46 GMT

#406

Bump for anyone who missed it.

Potato

Canada37 Posts

September 09 2010 03:10 GMT

#407

Good bump, that was one crazy read....

I was planning to go to sleep an hour ago, but just couldn't stop reading lol.

TryThis

Canada1522 Posts

September 09 2010 03:21 GMT

#408

On August 20 2010 00:47 m3rciless wrote:
I always post about starcraft on 99 and get totally ignored. What the shit is this now?

me too, i've even made threads.

ive since learned to keep my two internet worlds separate.

the one thread that really freaked me out was the one on 99 that linked to this very thread, where they all just laugh about how trolled people got TT

Kal_rA

United States2925 Posts

September 09 2010 03:28 GMT

#409

brilliant read.
just makes you think.....

Rawenkeke

Norway350 Posts

September 09 2010 04:17 GMT

#410

Wow. I knew the prisons in US and A were messed up but not this bad.

Killers in Norway get to ride their bikes into town from their small "prison" island... Just wow, amazing to read.

vectorix108

United States4633 Posts

September 09 2010 04:33 GMT

#411

good bump. i remember reading that a couple of weeks ago. so is that guy real?

strongwind

United States862 Posts

September 09 2010 06:15 GMT

#412

very interesting read, but I was disappointed how at the end he seemed like he wouldn't mind robbing again? At first I thought he was joking, but I guess not. That's kinda depressing, I would've thought with all of the introspection he wouldn't have even given it a thought.

GrandInquisitor

New York City13113 Posts

October 15 2010 00:26 GMT

#413

Saw this from MetaFilter. A great read.

EDIT: Now on Waxy.org too!

EDIT 2: Now on kottke!

Krigwin

1130 Posts

October 15 2010 01:07 GMT

#414

Saw that a while ago, but it's nothing compared to this:

http://reidscones.com/prison/

An archive of a thread from SA (no longer viewable to non-members) about the United States penal system. Unfortunately, the posts are not in chronological order so the archive looks a little incoherent. TLDR; it's fucked up and there's an incredibly powerful political-industrial complex in the US generating profit from essentially running gulags filled with America's poor. Named after a (really good) book on the same topic.

DminusTerran

Canada1337 Posts

October 15 2010 01:09 GMT

#415

I've read this thread and really enjoyed it, but still every time I see it in the side bar I think it's going to be about Savior.

theHisO

1 Post

October 16 2010 18:48 GMT

#416

Ummmmmm, am I the only one who noticed that this "American" prisoner uses decidedly British English at times? From the excessive use of "cunts" as his go-to pejorative to his later gigantic slip of referring to a stroller as a "pram." It's also notable that he consistently uses British-style punctuation with quotation marks. American standards demand that punctuation be contained within quotation marks; British standards demand it be placed outside. It is a subtle difference that people don't often think about. Given these three language shifts (I was actually really engrossed in the story until I read the part about the pram and didn't really read very critically as a result), I'm calling flame. Great, entertaining, elaborate flame, but it's really hard to reconcile those language points in context. I suppose the Australian time abroad will be the counter argument. But I'm skeptical.

EDIT: Upon further reflection, the general lack of mention of hispanics makes this seem more like a European caricature of the American prison system, too.

GeorgeForeman

United States1746 Posts

October 17 2010 18:48 GMT

#417

Is there a large hisapanic population in Michigan? I'm not aware.