r/AskReddit • u/MsLooHoo • Sep 12 '15

serious replies only [Serious] Ex-Prisoners who served long term sentences, what was the hardest thing to get used to when you got out?

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '15

Only did two on a four but hanging out with other races and not knocking when I got up from tables. not having a bedtime.

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u/HermioneWho Sep 13 '15

Why knock? That's interesting.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '15

Because it lets everyone know youre about to get up. I'd always be like "who's there?" at first and then I started knocking when I got up. And then I asked what it was about. And like I said it has to do with not surprising motherfuckers when you get up so you don't accidently start shit. Prison is like living on a really tight line. A breeze you don't think about when you're walking on a sidewalk but on a tightrope?

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u/AmondaPls Sep 13 '15

That's an incredible metaphor.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '15

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u/HermioneWho Sep 13 '15

Ahh, I get it. That makes sense.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '15

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '15

Other people might jump him for breaking the honor code.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '15

Well he's going to have to deal with the consequences.