Oct. 29, 2025

You Think I'm Joking, But I'm Not

by Dymitri Haraszewski (author's profile)

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Blog 1660
Dymitri Harszewski

Oct. 4, 2025

You Think I'm Joking, But I'm Not
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[Picture of a man in his 40s with glasses, modern hairstyle, a beaded necklace and a white shirt]

There's obviously a lot of attention lately on the sentencing of Sean Puff Daddy Puffy Diddy Combs. I'll be honest, I'm not even sure what he was convicted of. I paid very little attention, but it seems he was acquitted of basically every "serious" charge? The leftovers were relatively minimal? True?

Well, in any event, I hear people, people IN HERE, prisoners, huffing and puffing, bitching really, just mumbling maliciously about how, "Oh, he sure was 'sentenced', wasn't he? Four years... they didn't give him anything at all! He should've gotten decades! Any of us would have." Right. And they're probably right... most of us, sentenced under the same basic facts, likely would've gotten closer to what the pigs were imploring the judge to do to Diddy. So--That's justice? Everybody fucked equally?

When did 4 years in prison became "Nothing"? I know people in the real world are saying the same thing. Mostly it's just a function of ... I forgot the term. Getting used to a constant stimulus, like when the itchy sweater or uncomfortable cast or your partner sleeping against your shoulder ceases to be noticeable, or even noticed at all. We're quite inured to astronomical prison sentences for very little now, same as for the 7 figure bail bonds that were barely even unimaginable before Michael Jackson's $3 million affront to humanity back in 2005. Four years is a LONG FUCKING TIME. Go give your life up for that long, if you don't think so.

Really, this guy Combs has probably already experienced a punishment far crueler and harmful than basic decency should allow anyone to inflict on another. Unless I'm mistaken, hasn't he been revealed now as a white haired old man? If punishment is taking away what matters most... We've already done far more than enough to that guy. We've mortalized the once immortalized. Leave him be now.

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Ms.Amnesia Posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago.   Favorite
Thanks for writing! I finished the transcription for your post.

Great post and I agree with you, sentencing has gone wild and everything is out of proportion now.

Four years is a long time, especially considering you're cut off from society, living with the constant prison "music", left to the whims of the few "guarding" over you. I really wouldn't want to spend that much time in a concrete room the size of a parking space with someone I don't know (or have get to know in ways you don't want to).

But yes, equal misery is also equality, right?

Again thanks!

Iconoclassy Posted 2 weeks ago.   Favorite
Hello knucklehead.
I say that with a smile, no meanness is intended. I am now following multiple bloggers here. I feel yours are among the best if not the best. It doesn't matter if I agree with everything you say, I appreciate that you say it well, are often entertaining, and you make some of us think in ways perhaps we are not so accustomed to.
Now I have what I hope you will consider good news, sir. I searched your name, of course there is the usual flood of negativity associated with most individuals convicted of crimes in the United States. But there is much more as well. Now I give you the ndws: according to

Bloggers.feedspot.com/prison_blogs/

you have been named the top prison based blogger in the country or perhaps the world. It is hard to tell from the list but it ranks between the bars as the number 5 prison blog in the world, I believe, and below that is a list of the top bloggers, no numbers shown but you are on the list below roughly 6 or 7 other names, all of which appear to be free people associated with the sites themselves. Yours is the first name on the list with the label of "contributor".
So I think this is congratulations, Dymitri. We'll done. Please keep it up.

Iconoclassy Posted 2 weeks ago.   Favorite
Hello knucklehead.
I say that with a smile, no meanness is intended. I am now following multiple bloggers here. I feel yours are among the best if not the best. It doesn't matter if I agree with everything you say, I appreciate that you say it well, are often entertaining, and you make some of us think in ways perhaps we are not so accustomed to.
Now I have what I hope you will consider good news, sir. I searched your name, of course there is the usual flood of negativity associated with most individuals convicted of crimes in the United States. But there is much more as well. Now I give you the news: according to

Bloggers.feedspot.com/prison_blogs/

you have been named the top prison based blogger in the country or perhaps the world. It is hard to tell from the list but it ranks between the bars as the number 5 prison blog in the world, I believe, and below that is a list of the top bloggers, no numbers shown but you are on the list below roughly 6 or 7 other names, all of which appear to be free people associated with the sites themselves. Yours is the first name on the list with the label of "contributor".
So I think this is congratulations, Dymitri. We'll done. Please keep it up.

Fr.John Posted 2 days, 6 hours ago.   Favorite
Dymitri, American seems to thrive in "jumping-on" behavior. Whatever behavior is addressed a sort of "mob mentality" takes over and groupthink becomes the status quo. Social Media has exacerbated the problem by giving a forum by which polarized people can either shut up or risk the trolls themselves turning on them and swatting them like a gnat. Heaven forbid someone say, "Enough." There is a German word for taking enjoyment in seeing the suffering of others. When it is the very rich that is being scrutinized somehow the bar of evidence is lowered and the crowd will extract their vengeance, a pound for a pound, a tooth for a tooth. Four years is a punishment, that much is certain. Whether it is justice? Well, I can't rightly say. But when a jury says so, we must trust the system. No? Such is the dilemma of every incarcerated man or woman. Many a song has been written about injustice. Has any changed what is? Can't we all just be friends? No?

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