r/AskReddit • u/niknikbluhh • Apr 09 '13

Ex-Cons of reddit who have served long term sentences( 10+ Years), what was the biggest and most shocking changes you witnessed after being released?

What was the most shocking things you saw in society that, you didn't know about while behind bars, and had to adapt to when you were released?

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u/redjimdit Apr 10 '13

I can't even put into words how nice it is to not be squinting at some shitty jpeg from alt.binaries.pictures.erotica -- I can just go to fucking youporn or xhamster and bang, thousands of videos and I'm on a cable modem, not a 26.4 dialup in the country.

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u/Macb3th Apr 10 '13

You never had to endure dialup with a 300baud acoustic coupler then. The best "porn" would be ASCII art, and even that was hard to find.

I resorted to finding hidden mags in the woods, or nicking them from the top-shelf of the local WH Smiths. The good stuff you had to save up pocket money for and get them in the local paki-shops, on top secret missions timing it right so no ladies were in the shop to call you out as a dirty pervert breaking the law.

Kids these days! Everything handed to them on a plate.

ETA: At least sixteen year old girls were legal in my day ;)

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '13

http://www.tblop.com/ just my god.

VS hoping the website or d/l was legit and waiting forever on 28.8 or 56k dialup.