Managed to give myself a paper cut on a carton of butter today

[conuly]

That's a new one.

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Comments

[siderea]

This is seriously a thing you can do!?

Yes? Absolutely. Highly recommended if you can afford it. Everyone else, if you're looking at doing time for the first time (in the US), go to PrisonTalk.com and hit up any friends who have been inside for advice.

Going to prison is not unlike going to another country; it is its own culture. You definitely want at least a crash course on the terminology, norms, and etiquette before finding yourself there.

And not just for the people going to prison, but for their friends and family who will be interacting with the prison system, too.

[conuly]

Now that I know, I don't need to be told twice that this is a thing you should do.

[hilarita]

Ow. Paper cuts are deeply annoying. I've managed to get them off the foil packaging for some medication.

[conuly]

*wince*

[thewayne]

Achievement Unlocked: Ridiculous Wound, Self-Inflicted!

[conuly]

Yes, exactly :)

[thewayne]

I do ‘em occasionally with the packaging I do pretty much daily sending/receiving inter-library loan books, but I’ve done some weird ones myself.

My worst was a couple of Decembers ago, I think it was ’17, I required two stitches using a very sharp knife to cut gum off my shoes.

The part that sucked was that I’ve had so many operations on my right hand/thumb - six - that I have so much nerve damage that anesthetic is ineffective. THAT was fun.

[conuly]

Ow, that sounds awful!

[conuly]

There's always people who think amateur means "unskilled" rather than "unpaid".

[chez_jae]

Ouch!

[conuly]

Yup. Why do paper cuts hurt so much?