2 Years In Prison - A Man's Story - Page 22

On October 18 2010 07:50 Subversive wrote:
While this was interesting, the fact that it was likely all built on a total fantasy is somewhat disappointing. Makes me wish I hadn't wasted my time reading what was probably the amused imagination of someone who's never been to prison and used Oz and The Wire as their main source material .

On October 18 2010 07:56 vectorix108 wrote:


so its confirmed that this is fake?

On October 17 2010 03:48 theHisO wrote:
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.