u/BackshotsAndBagels

I have a cousin (distant) who was sentenced to 15 years in Florida Department of Corrections a couple of months ago. He is currently 19 years old.

Florida does not have parole and you must serve 85% of your sentence before being granted any leniency based on behavior, class involvement, work…etc.

So, he will have to serve at least 12 years of that sentence before the thought of leaving early comes around. He is surprisingly at a work camp currently despite the violence of his charges.

How many years until you have trouble surviving outside a prison? Does going in younger make you more susceptible to being institutionalized?
Or is it the opposite? You realize you messed up and don’t wanna get accustomed to this lifestyle?

Link to person: https://pubapps.fdc.myflorida.com/offenderSearch/detail.aspx?Page=Detail&DCNumber=A73009&TypeSearch=AI

Link to story: https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/forest-lake-drive-arrest.amp

I understand the optimistic interpretation of this quote, but public access is a lot different than control.

Risk of dependency, concentration of power, and inequality all exist, no?

Who sets the prices? Will certain individuals and institutions not have greater access to this “intelligence” due to their financial situation?

I was just thinking about this, and my Grandfather worked for Caterpillar in Michigan right outta high school. He always joked he got over on the company because his pension after retirement was larger than his yearly salary. Granted, he did stay with the same company all his career.

Now, guaranteed pensions are largely strictly reserved for higher level corporate people (CEO, CFO, CMO…etc) while the average employee now is encouraged to contribute a portion of his paycheck to a 401k. Shifting the financial cost and investment risk to the worker. Even though companies have only gotten more profitable since 40-50 years ago.

So now, instead of having a guaranteed and defined benefit in retirement, your retirement can completely hinge on market performance.

How can this be seen as anything else than greed by large investment companies who wanna increase their AUM and have your funds in their control? So they lobbied for more “sustainable” investment vehicles. Because a 401k follows you from job to job whereas a pension does not. So it sounds better on paper.

Thoughts?

Edit: I should add some nuance to this and say I understand why most mid-size or mom and pop companies benefit from no pensions. Why in the hell are trillion dollar companies, that we all know would get bailed out if they failed, not doing pensions anymore. They would have higher employee loyalty. We all know Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Large Banks…etc will never be allowed to fail.

My brother is 25 and has been drinking at least between 8-15 beers a night for about 3 years. On the weekend it can easily go into a case of beer…

He still gets up early, does what he needs to do, and is extremely athletic. He makes his money largely from competing in golf tournaments. Whenever I end up drinking with him I can’t even get outta bed before 10 AM and he is up by 7 AM. It makes no sense to me.

Also, how long can this be sustainable before it has physiological symptoms? He does not shake when I see him and rarely seems hungover. I should mention we come from a family of heavy drinkers and he doesn’t drink liquor. The worst of them is still alive at 82….

Just curious as to your guys thoughts🤷🏻‍♂️ Not looking for a definite medical solution or advice.

Does anyone else ever get the sense that TPB could be a trigger for some people? I adore the show and it has helped me out of a slump more times than I can count.

My brother and I grew up in a very similar situation and instead of helping him through a hard time it makes him enjoy it even more… Anytime I go to his place, which is ironically a trailer lol, he will have the boys on and just be pounding bottles of liquor. It’s seriously on so much that I doubt he has kept up with current events in the past 5 years.

I know his problem is totally on him and so does he. He has no problem coming to terms with what he is, but does anyone also feel like they want a drink after watching Lahey and the Boys? Not trying to make super serious convo and not dissing the show or what it represents. I think it’s great.

Just curious if anybody else has seen this with someone they know? Cheers, I guess🤷🏻‍♂️🍻