[laughing_man]

I could have had a whole lot of fun in my thirties and forties with that kind of money. At this point it would just mean iron clad financial security and not much more. Even if I could afford Gabe Newell size yacht I wouldn't buy one.

[simondotau]

And meanwhile you can spend that time in jail working on fitness, instead of being addicted to social media and scrolling tik-tok.

[MidnightRider39]

You can already do that now? It’s actually much harder to “better” yourself when in jail than outside. The conditions range from pretty bad to horrible. Of course if you go to jail in like Sweden it might not be so bad. But everywhere else hell naw

People in this thread seem to think that jail is something like vacation.

[simondotau]

You’re missing the context of the discussion. Obviously jail is worse for everything. I’m not arguing that jail has any inherent upsides.

But if it’s part of a long term gambit, there are ways to make jail time slightly less than a complete write-off.

[K0balt]

Idk, in my hometown, jail is seen by some as being preferable to winter village life. A few people commit petty crimes for the purpose of a 6 month lockup until spring (or at least this was the case 3 decades ago).

Could be that Alaska has (had) particularly great jails?