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[–]h0v3rb1k3s 1149ポイント1150ポイント  (100子コメント)

"The door's not open all the way."

He's using that as a metaphor to suggest that his entry into incarceration is anything but a forgone conclusion. It's an admirable rejection of fate.

[–]talkercb 833ポイント834ポイント  (76子コメント)

You sound like my high school English teacher trying to find more meaning in books than was probably intended.

[–]killingdanny 303ポイント304ポイント  (24子コメント)

I know what you mean, like I always thought the Hungry Caterpillar was just hungry

[–]Daedaluls 118ポイント119ポイント  (9子コメント)

No see the caterpillar represents western imperialism and the reader's willingness to turn the page to allow him to keep eating represents how appeasement and complacency are the evils inherent in all mankind. The cocoon is of course a clear allegory for the exploitative foreign policy of capitalism which create a hard barrier against any outside influence from lesser nations. And the butterfly symbolizes the primacy of military power which can never be de-throned now that it has been nurtured by these policies.

[–]spittafan 34ポイント35ポイント  (3子コメント)

this idea is suspiciously well thought out

[–]Daedaluls 46ポイント47ポイント  (2子コメント)

That's exactly the opposite of what my college advisers said!

[–]FlickerOfBoogers 13ポイント14ポイント  (0子コメント)

I just pictured you jumping up from your computer yelling "I have something relevent to this comment" and then running off to find your notes.

[–]bronze_v_op 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

Maybe you didn't read enough into what they meant when they said that

[–]bdonvr 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

What if you read it backwards?

[–]DarkGreenEspeon 34ポイント35ポイント  (0子コメント)

Then you don't know how books work.

[–]Daedaluls 21ポイント22ポイント  (0子コメント)

Backwards you might think that it would be a fairly straightforward story about the benefits of bulimia. But actually it is a fairly subtle allegory once again about good and evil. The Butterfly being at the beginning represents Jesus. Being trapped into the ugly chrysalis represents corruption of perfection. Once again this is forced to happen by the willing hand of the reader proving the guilt inherent in humanity. All of the foods except for a few specific ones represent the same thing. Most of the extensive line of food he regurgitates symbolizes how we steal the good in the universe to satisfy our baser needs. Now to explain the specific ones: Obviously the apple being last/first represents Satan and the end of days. The Salami represents racism against immigrants in New York during the late 1890s. And interestingly in stark contrast to the rest the pickle is just a pickle.

[–]_beef_supreme 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about Eric Carle to dispute it.

[–]ThetaDee 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well you're not wrong.

[–]Raxor53 75ポイント76ポイント  (7子コメント)

He's got the munchies.

[–]Sinavestia 103ポイント104ポイント  (6子コメント)

He's actually incredibly depressed that he's a caterpillar and has developed a chronic eating disorder to cope with it.

[–]zapper93 30ポイント31ポイント  (1子コメント)

Damn.

[–]lafielle 23ポイント24ポイント  (0子コメント)

Spoilers: Surprisingly, it helps!

[–]gurg2k1 20ポイント21ポイント  (2子コメント)

His depression worsening, the caterpillar began to wall himself off from the world, little by little, until one day he found himself living in complete isolation.

Then one evening the caterpillar could take it no longer. When the sun rose the following morning, there was one less caterpillar in the world. The spirit of the caterpillar shed its earthly husk and floated away into the sky.

[–]aelwero 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Have we intentionally taken a post about "thug life" and made an analogy using the fat caterpillar from "bugs life"?

Or am I reading too far into it...?

[–]ForumPointsRdumb 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Then he continued to gain weight and not exercise till he was confined to walls of his home.

[–]Memorywraith 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Maybe it's a conspiracy with those fucking Hungry Hungry Hippos?!

[–]Lord_of_the_Dance 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

His hunger represents the soviet struggle and hunger, his cocoon represents the iron curtain and his transformation into a butterfly represents the Berlin Wall coming down because like how butterflies are free so are the people now.

[–]ElektroShokk 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

"So class WHY did the author illustrate the curtains as red?"

"Because the curtains are fucking red"

[–]Lamb3ntSpartan 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

actually that book is a metaphor about the massive consumption of our natural resources by the conglomerates of several business, including the logging industry and oil drilling, and how destroying said resources only benefits the company until it reaches it's full potential and eventually dies (that last part was omitted from the final draft)

[–]dadbrain 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

It is allegory that all life is ultimately an act of consumption.

[–]Not_Enough_Sleep 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm really disappointed in the lack of Kendrick Lamar references in this thread.

[–]OmikronZ28 45ポイント46ポイント  (3子コメント)

"What does this knife in 'Night' symbolize??"

Uh, nothing? It's a memoir?

[–]Tridian 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Well that one could be something. Some people have certain objects or events that have particular meaning to them. In an autobiography the author might reference those objects, and if you know what they mean to the author, you know what it means to the scene.

That being said I don't know what book you're talking about so the knife might just be cutlery.

[–]ztherion 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Night by Elie Wiesel, a semi-fictionalized memoir of the Holocaust. Elie's father finds out his name is on "the list" and gives Elie the only things he has left, a knife and spoon.

"Look, take this knife," he said to me." I don't need it any longer. It might be useful to you. And take this spoon as well. Don't sell them. Quickly! Go on. Take what I'm giving you!"

The inheritance.

[–]TrebeksUpperLIp 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

And who does Hitler represent in this story?

[–]The_Power_Of_Three 50ポイント51ポイント  (6子コメント)

That's one of my proudest moments! Third grade, I had a teacher who was always making shit up about our books. Seriously, maybe because she was teaching third grade, this woman just kind of made stuff up as it occurred to her, and if there were gaps or contradictions in what she made up, she'd make up more and more dubious reasons why whatever she said the first time was right, and sometimes got carried away arguing with third graders.

Well, after one particularly heated argument about The Watsons Go to Birmingham, I came home and complained to my mom (because that's what you do as a third grader). Well, my mom either knew or looked up an appearance by the author of the book (Christopher Paul Curtis) at a nearby state university. It was several weeks away, which to a third grader is forever, but eventually the day came, and I went, and the author was very nice about speaking to a third-grader at his college presentation. Anyway, I got him, the author of the book, to sign a statement affirming that my teacher was wrong, and I was right, about symbolism in The Watsons Go to Birmingham.

Showing that note to my sputtering teacher is one of my fondest memories, because it turns out I'm rather petty, but at the time it felt like I'd slain a giant.

edit: Watsons, not Washingtons

[–]Lord_of_the_Dance 11ポイント12ポイント  (0子コメント)

I have a justice semi going on right now

[–]lodger238 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Glad you made it out of third grade. I can't remember ever having a teacher who could handle being proven wrong.

[–]JsterJ 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

The Watsons go to Birmingham

[–]The_Power_Of_Three 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Hey, you're right! That's what I get for going from memory.

[–]JsterJ 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Don't worry, I will always remember the names of all the books I hated reading in school.

[–]ELEMENTALITYNES 19ポイント20ポイント  (8子コメント)

Oh my Lord reading The Heart of Darkness in high school took like 5 months

[–]Troutmandoo 12ポイント13ポイント  (6子コメント)

One of two books in my life where I just said "fuck it, I'm reading the Cliff Notes and taking the next couple months off." The other one was Les Miserables. I was still so scarred that when the movie came out I told my wife, "Even if you give me a blow job during the movie twice, I'm NOT GOING." I'd rather carve my eyeballs out with a rusty car key than inflict Heart of Darkness or Les Miserables on myself ever again.

[–]KipEnyan 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

...You should try Heart of Darkness again. One of my favorite books.

[–]pterrorgrine 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Gotta wonder if you saw Apocalypse Now.

[–]kill3rfurby 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

But would you prefer carving your eyeballs out with a rusty car key or carving your car keys out with a rusty eyeball?
[3AM]

[–]AlonneCaptain 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

This. Just went back a few months ago to see if Les Miserables was as bad a I remember from when I was in high school and had to read it, OH MY GOD ITS WORSE

1300 pages of grueling bullshit, I'd rather masturbate with a cheese grater than read that fucking thing

[–]Tonkarz 11ポイント12ポイント  (15子コメント)

Intention isn't as relevant as you think. A lot of prized works of art are so valued because of stuff that the author did not intend.

[–]Dark512 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

"So why does Lenny want to pet the rabbits?"

Because he fucking likes rabbits, okay?!

[–]swollennode 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah, so the fuck doesn't want to pet rabbits?

[–]KingKrazykankles 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

We know the sky was blue, but why did he say this?! Why did he choose this exact moment to vocalize his perception of what color the sky represented?! 11 page report due tomorrow at 8 am about why the character hates himself and how we've determined that blue is the universal color of abysmal depression. Size 8 font, margins set to 0.5", must be Wingdings or any sans-sans-serif but no serif or sans-serif, cite at least 10 sources not included in original book of how you drew your conclusion. APA, MLA, and Chicago format to be used (15 point deduction if you don't inherently know which one I want for the title page). Must submit rough draft with all sources by midnight or 50 point deduction.

[–]samzs 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

The curtains were blue

[–]malachizedek 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Oh simple simon. Words are gateways.

[–]SuperDeadPuddle 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

"This is why the sweat dripping down Hamlet's brow represents his homophobic lust for another man!"

[–]Kevtavish 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah..my English teacher in high school pretty much suggested that Dracula was a bi sexual rapist.

[–]therealsupersaiyan 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is exactly how the required writing class at Rutgers felt. Every week was "read these two completely different short stories and figure out some obscure way in which the themes and main characters relate. Write a 5-page essay specifically on that."

[–]DrQuantum 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I mean, I'm not an author by any means but it seems to me that most work of fiction has themes and that is where meaning is derived, but very rarely is there a real purposeful critique on something. Now, beliefs that the author has are surely to come out in the characters but I never believed the narrative english teachers were selling that authors spend night and day attaching every single thing that happens into their book into some grand political or social statement.

[–]onetimertony 14ポイント15ポイント  (1子コメント)

Nonsense. He realizes that doors exist regardless of your station but that some are more open to others and those rules are infungible. He's merely amplifying the imbalance with a wry ironic metaphor that I can't help but appreciate.

[–]hiimsubclavian 12ポイント13ポイント  (0子コメント)

I disagree. The fact that the author specifically chose a door as his metaphor instead of the more commonly used, but temporally inflexible "window" (Frank Barnett et al, 1993) implies that with enough effort on the part of the protagonist, the door could be pried open. In short, the author acknowledges that although societal inequities exist, there is the possibility of overcoming these obstacles by the incorrigible will of the human spirit.

[–]Hellfury96 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I wish pain apon you

[–]Alarid 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Or he has rich white parents

[–]Super_Satchel 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I really thought this was going to be a comment about his anus.

Pleasantly surprised.

[–]crunch816 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

He is clearly referencing the economic unrest going on in Antarctica.

[–]jkub101 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think he's talking about his anal cavity, which isn't, but will be, open all the way once he's incarcerated.

[–]anautisticpotato 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think he's saying that his bunghole is not yet fully dilated, much like Liebniz in his 1843 treatise on the representation of Christ's passion in medieval ring-piece literature.

[–]wiiya 214ポイント215ポイント  (8子コメント)

Bowl cuts. Creating monsters since Problem Child.

[–]ColCyclone 12ポイント13ポイント  (3子コメント)

LOOK AT EM CHOW DOWN!

[–]DiggityDarts 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

removes belt if your old man won't teach you any manners, by God I will...

[–]theboooonanakang 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

... fuck you guys. I love my bowl cut.

[–]bobbyhill626 11ポイント12ポイント  (1子コメント)

Found the murderer

[–]theboooonanakang 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

theres nothing wrong with an adult male having a bowl cut. You know what... you're jealous. You're jealous of my bowl cut. This is your life.

[–]Beanwater 73ポイント74ポイント  (5子コメント)

Peel this orange right now!

[–]leandroc76 188ポイント189ポイント  (17子コメント)

Video source? Does he actually say that?

[–]SosolidFox 114ポイント115ポイント  (5子コメント)

Here's my favorite one. It's called Orange Flavored Motha-Fucka.

[–]BoilerMaker11 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I mean, I get the premise of the show, and that bit was hilarious...but why get scared by these people? "You like fighting? Well, open this kool-aid and put it on your lips"....just say no.

That guy can't beat you up, kiss you, touch yo booty, etc.

It's why I like this one. That may be an officer, but it's all the same. They can't, legally, do anything to harm you (and the inmates can't do shit either. Not with a bunch of cops and cameras around them), so don't get sucked into their bullshit

[–]ANUSAURUSREX 13ポイント14ポイント  (7子コメント)

As a non American I am confuse. Why do they bring children into high security detention centres?

[–]marrymary 54ポイント55ポイント  (3子コメント)

Cause they're bad kids headed for lock-up, and they just want to show them that everything's okay and they'll like it there so they shouldn't reconsider a thing.

[–]ANUSAURUSREX 27ポイント28ポイント  (2子コメント)

Wow now that I dont think about it it makes perfect sense

[–]TearsOfAClown27 10ポイント11ポイント  (0子コメント)

Its good to not think about

[–]YouThunderingMoron 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well there you go, you actually have a pretty firm grasp on American culture after all

[–]cranp 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Looks like one of those "scared straight" programs, where they take at-risk kids and show them what the consequences will be if they continue toward a life of crime.

[–]Oh_Hamburger 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

He does. The CO was like OH. OKAY THEN & rips the door open.

[–]are-you-really-sure 271ポイント272ポイント  (181子コメント)

Waaait.. I saw this shit on Orange is the new black where they send kids who misbehaved for a tour through the prison to scare them... that's really a thing in the US?

That's fucked up. :/

edit: words

[–]spook327 35ポイント36ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yep. They'll make it a point to the prisoners to act super crazy to scare the hell out of the kids, too. Just get on YouTube and search for "Scared Straight."

[–]flucksy 51ポイント52ポイント  (3子コメント)

I was on a deference program for youths a while ago. We were brought into the jail and "met" some of the convicts. The ones who were in the cells acted absolutely insane. They were pulling up their mattresses and banging on the windows. The convicts we got to actually meet and talk to were wise and spoke well. I left more confused than scared.

[–]commi_furious 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

I feel like you should just watch OZ. It seems more traumatizing...

[–]flucksy 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Meeting the convicts was the highlight of my visit. The rest was what I imagine boot camp would be like if you didn't ask to be there. Duck marching around 2 football fields hurts.

[–]Brutalxbetrayal 35ポイント36ポイント  (2子コメント)

Yea there's a fine little program call Beyond Scared Straight.

[–]HLef 10ポイント11ポイント  (1子コメント)

It's scared straight originally. Beyond scared straight is a poor attempt at resurrecting it.

[–]HighFiveYourFace 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Not the one last night! I LOVE when the prisoners and guards are allowed to put hands on the kids instead of just screaming at them. THAT gives them the experience of what it will really be like. If you are in here. You have no control and you can't go running to mommy for help. You are at their mercy.

[–]Flintoid 14ポイント15ポイント  (3子コメント)

Google "scared straight". Worst idea ever; buff, scary inmate screams at you for an entire prison visit about how he's gonna own you if he sees you here. So basically sanctioned verbal abuse of kids who are probably already neglected.

So it's usually a piece of shit screaming shitty things at a little shit with shitty parents about how nobody gives a shit so get your shit together.

From all of this the child achieved love and acceptance.

The recidivism rates were higher for everyone involved, except for the handful of kids that were in a 70s documentary for it.

[–]are-you-really-sure 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

kids who are probably already neglected.

Yea, I feel this is at the core of why this is such a bad idea.

[–]ZombieFish15 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

While I agree for the most part that the show is a terrible idea, there are aspects of it that are not. Specifically when they actually have conversations with some of the inmates and get to hear their story while not just getting screamed at and threatened which can easily be done without the rest of the bullshit they make the kids go through to get to that part.

[–]Flintoid 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Heck, I'd even watch that!

[–]Ridry 4ポイント5ポイント  (4子コメント)

I did this once when I was younger. Not as part of scared straight, but just as an educational thing. The guys we talked to all seemed really grateful that they could help teach kids not to make the same mistakes they did.

The saddest was the teen area though, those kids were basically our age. It was weird because the heaviest thing I was dealing with at that age was getting up the nerve to ask a girl out.

It wasn't scary though, but I found the whole thing depressing.

[–]are-you-really-sure 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

I can see it being interesting for kids to visit jails, like you say, as an educational thing. That gif doesn't seem to be a educational tour though.

[–]Ridry 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

No, no it doesn't. That's way beyond educational.

[–]harrisongaro 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Yeah I did this too at a New York state prison during school. It wasn't like it is on TV, more like an informational tour. They didn't have to yell at me for me to decide I didn't want to end up there.

[–]Ridry 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Was it Rikers? That's where I went. And ya, I had the same feeling as you did.

[–]epoxy_proxy 202ポイント203ポイント  (140子コメント)

'Murica's entire culture is based on fear. Of course it's really a thing.

[–]are-you-really-sure 31ポイント32ポイント  (28子コメント)

That's insane. What twisted motherfucker came up with such an outrageous idea?

[–]Scrubtac 53ポイント54ポイント  (27子コメント)

It's called "Scared Straight" and concerned parents can sign their kids up for it if they're afraid that they are on track to end up in prison. It's not like a super common thing I don't think, but I've heard of it.

[–]Redblud 23ポイント24ポイント  (15子コメント)

"Concerned Parents" but not concerned enough to actually raise their kid right, now they need the quick fix for their parenting mistakes.

[–]Racoonmandog 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

No some of them are truely little shits, some people are just born cunts, you can see the difference in some of the siblings, some of them act out and are shits a bit, but some of them are malicious as fuck just because they can be

[–]e9one 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I've only ever heard if it beacause of tv

[–]Scotty70 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The original "Scared Straight" was bananas.

[–]GoonCommaThe 111ポイント112ポイント  (105子コメント)

No, it really isn't. If you simply base your idea of America's entire culture on what you read on Reddit then you might want to go outside and actually see America sometime.

EDIT: Judging by these comments it looks like other countries have a problem with a culture of fear, not the US.

[–]PoliticalMilkman 12ポイント13ポイント  (6子コメント)

I think this is entirely dependant on age, oddly enough. I think the post 9/11 generation and the people who grew up through it have only known an America that's culturally based on the fear of an ambiguous outside threat. I'd agree that our culture is very fear based currently, just not in the same exact way that other person thought.

[–]liveart 11ポイント12ポイント  (5子コメント)

I don't know, the war on drugs and fear of communism have been effecting our culture for a long time before that.

[–]PoliticalMilkman 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

True, but I feel like that was a lot more targeted as far as the fear mongering. McCarthyism and the communist hunts pretty much died away after the fifties, even if some of the sentiment remained, and it looks statistically like the war on drugs pretty heavily targeted minority communities rather than America at large. I think there has always been a fear component to American culture, but that the war on terror era has made it pervasive and ubiquitous.

[–]liveart 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think it's more of a cycle between higher and lower levels of fear over time, essentially short resting periods between 'crises'. You also might be dismissing the impact of both those examples, people used accusations that something was 'communist' as an attack long after the 50's ended even though we stopped actually dragging people in front of congress and while minorities suffered the worst at the hands of the war on drugs it was accomplished by scaring the middle class and dragging a fear of what drugs could do to their kids into it. I still remember those horrible 90's anti-drug commercials.

[–]danzey12 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Are those fears actually present among the population or is that just how they are portrayed via the media etc..
I mean, it seems like your government does something, then plays the "drugs card" and everyone realises it's a tactic to do whatever they want rather than everyone believes them.

[–]liveart 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

My point had more to do with past fears shaping America before that point, but the effects of those fears are still being felt to this day. People still fear drugs enough that there is significant opposition to being allowed to use them as medicine, even if there is proof of their safety and efficacy, refuse to treat addiction as a medical rather than criminal issue and people still use the fear of communism to smear social programs. These specific fears seem to be subsiding over time but absolutely shaped America at their height and their effects are still being felt to this day.

[–]danzey12 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Ah, I misread "have been effecting" as something that has been effecting for years, not that the effects were subsiding but the shockwaves were still being felt, my bad.

[–]liveart 34ポイント35ポイント  (22子コメント)

There is absolutely a strong undercurrent of fear forming the basis of American culture. Watch any political debate and they mostly come down to a game of 'what are you more scared of?'. Are you scared of immigrants, racism, guns, abortion, global warming or even the government itself? There's a politician ready to exploit that. Look at our history and it's rife with fear too. People left for the new world out of fear of religious persecution, fought a civil war because people were afraid of what losing slavery would do to their economy, suffered decades of persecution because people were afraid of what would happen if we treated all races equally, went through a period of time where people were interrogated in front of congress because of a fear of communism (also known as The Red Scare), gave up their freedoms and excused torture because they were afraid of terrorism (nevermind the fact that's the entire point of terrorism). Politics is largely driven by fear and as near as I can tell always has been. It may not be unique to America but it absolutely is, at minimum, A basis of American culture.

[–]GoonCommaThe 24ポイント25ポイント  (21子コメント)

So what you're saying is that the United States is no different than any other country in the world in that aspect.

EDIT: Hey /u/Lecter07, why don't you call me an idiot in a comment instead of PMing me? Are you afraid that you might get downvoted for not being able to engage in discussion?

[–]Deer-In-A-Headlock 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

In the UK election earlier in the year, pretty much every party's main argument was 'DONT VOTE THIS PARTY OR THIS WILL HAPPEN'. Its the same thing everywhere.

[–]kernevez 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well, when you can't promote your own ideas, you start attacking the other party.

I don't know how things are in other countries, but here in France the "opposing party" criticizes every single decision the ruling one takes, even if they would have done it as well...6 months after Hollande took power, the right flamed him for how bad the unemployment was..

[–]PooPooDooDoo 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Whenever I read shit like that I am like what the fuck kind of lives are you people living? Describing "American culture" as a culture based on fear is the most fucking retarded thing I have heard all week.

[–]Spagdad -1ポイント0ポイント  (1子コメント)

Judging by these comments it looks like other countries have a problem with a culture of fear, not the US.

You just contradicted yourself. You might want to go outside and actually see those other countries sometime.

[–]Intrepid00 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

It isn't always trying to scare them. A lot of them just have prisoners that regret life choices try to talk to them that they did what they did and now they have to poop with no door to hide their shame.

You just see these on TV because it makes for good reality TV.

[–]are-you-really-sure 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Right, I think that's a veeery important distinction, though.

[–]Strensh 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

A lot of them just have prisoners that regret life choices try to talk to them that they did what they did and now they have to poop with no door to hide their shame.

Right, basically scaring the kids with the life they now live because of bad decisions.

"Dont do like me kids, I have to poop with the door open"

"Dad, I'm scared.."

[–]Satile 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

what else would you edit?

[–]are-you-really-sure 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

You know, letters, sentences, numbers, punctuation.

[–]logancat24 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Volunteered at local teen court. We (the teen jury) could send them to meet prisoners until parents tried to sue after their kid got "bodily fluids" thrown on him/her. We never sent many to do this, as there is adults judges that could disagree with the punishments created by the jury.

Best moment was when I got a seventeen-year-old to cry when the judge created a impromptu vote and I was the only one that voted yes to ban him from karate and the judge sided with my reasoning. Got high-five from judge, fun was had.

EDIT: Yes, the teens that were on trial did get arrested by real cops. If the crime was not a felony, no one pressed charges, and they are under eighteen, they could go to teen court and have it removed from their record as a reward upon completion.

[–]Regel_1999 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yep, it's called "Scared Straight."

They take kids that misbehave out of school for a day, send them to a local prison where they meet criminals, wear jumpsuits, and play prisoner for a day.

I always wanted to see prison like that, but never got to because I didn't get into enough trouble. From what I remember the bad kids always came back thinking prison wasn't bad and had all sorts of cool stories to tell.

I think my school district stopped it after a couple of years because it didn't help reduce misbehavior from kids.

[–]ceslek 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I was in Christian school for a while, and we were actually brought to prison with our RELIGION class.

Didn't realize until now how weird that is.

[–]are-you-really-sure 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

They took the whole class? What did they hope to achieve by doing that?

[–]sepulker 20ポイント21ポイント  (4子コメント)

Hmm, that kid if you watch the video seems like a psychopath, and not just that reddit armchair psychologist bullshit, shows 0 fucking emotion the entire time

[–]Perpetualjoke 8ポイント9ポイント  (1子コメント)

He actually got put in either juvenile prison or a mental hospital like almost directly after this show,because of he couldn't stop doing violent crime.

When that boy grows up,he is going to be one scary dude.

[–]thesneakywalrus 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

When If that boy grows up

He might get himself killed before he gets too far along.

[–]siffer 23ポイント24ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's a good thing they didn't let the kid stay in there, he would have made the inmate his "Brittany".

[–]Asunji24 13ポイント14ポイント  (1子コメント)

Open the door MORE, Jerome!

[–]bonecrusher1 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

where is the guy who peeleed and orange with his mouth

[–]gorilla_head 16ポイント17ポイント  (10子コメント)

This is the first youtube comment that I've ever read that was worth something: "This program is nothing compared to the old one they had going on in Miami, FL when I was a teen. They'd have at risk juveniles forced and sometimes they had to be restrained into the county morgue in a room filled with decomposing corpses about their age. Each one of the victims were urban children (black/hispanic) who were either gang members or innocent bystanders. Most of their cases were not solved and some of them were yet to be identified. But they all had one thing in common, they stank so bad that they'd make the kids hurl nearly every time they were pushed into the room. This sadistic CO would walk around with two strong sheriff holding the kid's head to the dead body as the blanket was removed. Poor saps would lose their fucking minds and cry yell bloody murder babies. Some of them even passed out, pissed and shit themselves from the fear of the dead decomposed bodies. I mean they used real "live" corpses that had flesh falling off, bullet wounds, and all types of nuances that would even make an adult cringe. They need to bring that program back, lawsuit or not, I bet the crime rates would decline in the hood again as it once did when they had the program in Miami. I remember us talking about staying out of gangs for fear of going through that program."

[–]Peeet94 20ポイント21ポイント  (5子コメント)

Because it's way easier to mentally scar children for live then to fix the problem at it's root.

[–]EndlessRambler 9ポイント10ポイント  (3子コメント)

I know you're being sarcastic but it is actually much much easier and sometimes I think people forget this.

There is a reason most programs are based on fear. Fear of ruining your life through unplanned pregnancy is easier than dealing with pre-marital sex. Fear of incarceration is an easier deterrent than trying to fix an the root problems of crime.

Hell even fear of being pulled over during seat belt week is effective even though every single idiot out there knows the benefits of wearing their seat belts.

In the end fear is not only much easier but often much more effective than other solutions. At it's root things like police are more effective as a deterrent due to fear of being caught than they are as an actual solution to crimes.

In this case sure they will have nightmares over this but if it puts at risk juveniles out of gangs is it worth it? Impossible to say but I wouldn't be surprised if the answer was yes. It's not like addressing the massive socio-economic issues that result in juvenile detention is a realistic solution. Would you rather have them have to face a corpse or end up a corpse? I work in Detroit and I think more people here should be subject to this kind of 'education'

[–]prospect12 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The root is poor parenting in poor communities but we aren't supposed to talk about that.

[–]OnAPartyRock 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

That sounds awesome. Would watch.

[–]187TROOPER 5ポイント6ポイント  (4子コメント)

I can't believe how often I hear this suspenseful sound on TV these days.

[–]Suraru 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

I like how it's played again at the end of the video.

Btw, thanks for linking the original video. I was wondering what the correction's response to that was.

[–]DoNotClick 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Damn, video not available in my country :/

[–]NarwhalTeamSix 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

...was that Freddy from house of cards? I knew AmericaWorks wouldn't last.

[–]RainTea 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Anyone know what that's called? It's everywhere and it drives me nuts that I can't describe it to anyone.

[–]Sharpshoo 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

"Why you can't?!"

[–]burnSMACKER 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

People enjoy watching kids get scared shitless in a prison? What kind of twisted entertainment is that?

[–]OfficialRambi 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

uhhh, another quality shit-post I guess. I mean you could link the video... but nah gifs are so much better amirite?

[–]Rigret 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I was expecting the black kid.

[–]IOwnGoogle 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I love this show

[–]mrerikmattila 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The Highly Undermined Genius.

[–]FinalMantasyX -1ポイント0ポイント  (1子コメント)

I always wondered what they'd do with an openly gay kid.

They do, unfortunately, use threats of sexual abuse in these shows. Not "your actions have consequences" but "if you end up in jail you will be raped".

But what if one of those kids was openly gay and into that stuff? Would they air it/his reactions?

[–]AustinMiniMan 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Your comment comes dangerously close to implying that gay people are all into prison rape...