# Are we our own prisons? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388 "2017-04-27T19:14:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388/101 "2017-05-07T17:50:47Z")
> [@Machinaforce](#): > > Well there’s also the thought that we label such things and people as crazy just to be able to make sense of what is going on, but it’s just crteria we decide. I heard that once in my philosophy class, although it seemed a bit iffy. There is clearly something off about people who do this sort of thing. > > Then again, someone would probably cite wars as something similar, getting other people to kill for you. They would say that what we sanction is the same thing we imprison him for. And all of that is a load of bullshit. (For one, you don’t seem to understand the definition of “crazy”, as in legit mentally ill.) For another, I get the impression you want everything to be black and white, simple and clear. Life ain’t like that. ---
**Author:** ![Machinaforce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388/102 "2017-05-08T03:35:07Z")
I want things black and white, you are correct. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388/103 "2017-05-08T03:52:42Z")
According to\*\* Creed\*\*. we are [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iBBqjGd3fHQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Creed - My Own Prison") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBBqjGd3fHQ) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388/104 "2017-05-08T04:27:09Z")
> [@Machinaforce](#): > > I want things black and white, you are correct. And if that’s the point of all of these threads you’ve been making, then well, you’re fucked. It’s never going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388/105 "2017-05-08T12:11:01Z")
In a halftone image every individual pixel is either black or white but you will never know what is going on if you only look at the pixels in isolation. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388/106 "2017-05-08T16:06:25Z")
> [@Machinaforce](#): > > I want things black and white, you are correct. Even the colorblind have to deal with shades of grey. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388/107 "2017-05-08T18:30:26Z")
Are we our own gazebos? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388/108 "2017-05-09T17:40:25Z")
I see a red door and I want it painted black. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388/109 "2017-05-09T23:01:55Z")
Are we our own cubicles? ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388/110 "2017-05-10T01:51:58Z")
Is it time for [this link](https://www.correctionsone.com/weird-news/articles/9508598-10-of-the-best-or-worst-prison-recipes/) yet? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388/111 "2017-05-11T00:36:50Z")
A sufficiently gilded cage is indistinguishable from freedom. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388/112 "2017-05-11T01:15:46Z")
Spit in the sky and it lands in your face. ---
**Author:** ![Machinaforce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388/113 "2017-06-08T01:08:35Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > A sufficiently gilded cage is indistinguishable from freedom. Reminds me of something similar. “The funny thing about free will, you don’t feel that different without it.” ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388/114 "2017-06-08T17:54:14Z")
You must master your rage or rage will become your master. He who questions training only trains himself at asking questions When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you will head off your foes with a balanced attack. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-our-own-prisons/785388.md?page=5)