Prison Economy Spirals As Price Of Pack Of Cigarettes Surpasses Two Hand Jobs

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  • Опубліковано 13 кві 2009
  • From the Onion Prison Channel: Prison analysts warn rising inflation could devalue everything from rim jobs to shivs.
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  • @CasusCantare
    @CasusCantare 4 роки тому +27443

    “Moving on to happier news, Two snitches were beaten to death”

  • @godsavant
    @godsavant 8 років тому +57402

    How does the Onion find these actors that can keep a straight face this long?

    • @jamesblack8208
      @jamesblack8208 8 років тому +2775

      Seriously, these actors can give Leslie Nielsen a run for his money.

    • @iandhr1
      @iandhr1 7 років тому +1646

      I am sure it took multiple takes.

    • @lukessummerguitar
      @lukessummerguitar 7 років тому +903

      The actor playing 'Big Dap Ramirez' also played 'Vernon Holley' ( Homicide Detective ) from "The Wire"

    • @Jefff72
      @Jefff72 6 років тому +498

      Well I'm sure these are all aspiring actors who are looking for a break and it probably took multiple takes.

    • @TheOtherOne122
      @TheOtherOne122 6 років тому +481

      godsavant how hard is it to believe that this is just real news?

  • @RDKelly12
    @RDKelly12 2 роки тому +6003

    The way Hal says, "how's it going big dap" is honest to God one of the best-delivered lines in the history of acting

    • @HDZ274
      @HDZ274 Рік тому +107

      Its one of the most underrated parts of the whole video.

    • @user-xr4cb3pw8k
      @user-xr4cb3pw8k Рік тому +15

      Big cap was great on "THE WIRE" played Cheese.

    • @TheSamLegacy
      @TheSamLegacy Рік тому +53

      @@user-xr4cb3pw8k Big Dap played Detective Vern. Method Man played Cheese.

    • @user-xr4cb3pw8k
      @user-xr4cb3pw8k Рік тому +2

      A great show. Don't make like that anymore.

    • @user-xr4cb3pw8k
      @user-xr4cb3pw8k Рік тому +2

      My mistake.

  • @rustyshackleford1908
    @rustyshackleford1908 Рік тому +4189

    "Now, it's obviously a boom time for cigarettes-"
    "I am getting a lot of hand jobs."

    • @Shiestey
      @Shiestey Рік тому +135

      He said it so casually too LMFAO

    • @YourFriendlyOfficeAssistant
      @YourFriendlyOfficeAssistant Місяць тому +5

      I mean they could make them credits for handjobs so if you buy one, you can sell it to someone else.
      That would make them transferrable liquid assets which could help.

    • @Chazu_Kire
      @Chazu_Kire Місяць тому +2

      "All i can say is monitor your asses carefully"

  • @afromoose2536
    @afromoose2536 3 роки тому +9560

    “I M G E T T I N G A L O T O F H A N D J O B S”

    • @karlmuller3690
      @karlmuller3690 3 роки тому +87

      AfroMoose 253 - And I, for one, am very happy for you!!

    • @bradameerbeg2154
      @bradameerbeg2154 3 роки тому +50

      I’m not getting enough....

    • @karlmuller3690
      @karlmuller3690 3 роки тому +29

      @@bradameerbeg2154 - If you "can't afford the
      going market rate then, you're plum out of
      the market then aren't you, MATE"? LOL

    • @angelgracia6308
      @angelgracia6308 3 роки тому +11

      I came looking for this comment, thank you

    • @bigdapramirez6157
      @bigdapramirez6157 3 роки тому +16

      "I've been getting a lot of handjobs"

  • @Nihilnovus
    @Nihilnovus 6 років тому +8680

    Hold up I thought a beef jerky and a hand job were the same thing

  • @quqiwiwiuqiqiqiq8150
    @quqiwiwiuqiqiqiq8150 2 роки тому +5932

    This is ridiculous. We need an controlled economy so that a pack of cigarettes never exceeds 1.5 HJs again.

    • @spoodahmann1768
      @spoodahmann1768 2 роки тому +56

      @joebiden

    • @bdsmgaming3627
      @bdsmgaming3627 2 роки тому +236

      💀💀 "1.5" Poor guy has to do it himself now

    • @addambelmont3050
      @addambelmont3050 2 роки тому +91

      What even is a ".5" HJ?

    • @jimmilton6644
      @jimmilton6644 2 роки тому +2

      @@addambelmont3050 half a hand job

    • @maxm5382
      @maxm5382 2 роки тому +257

      @@addambelmont3050 At current market rates it’s worth about two triple A batteries and a half-used bar of soap.

  • @anthonyemerson2965
    @anthonyemerson2965 2 роки тому +1083

    The jokes-per-minute ratio of this video is insane. The ticker, the graphics, you almost have to watch it three times to catch everything.

    • @fredoberg
      @fredoberg Місяць тому

      I'm on my 300th viewing and still finding new things 😆

    • @ChristopherWallbank-di9hj
      @ChristopherWallbank-di9hj 25 днів тому

      ​@@fredobergthat's what life is about, always finding new things

    • @ChristopherWallbank-di9hj
      @ChristopherWallbank-di9hj 25 днів тому

      ​@@fredobergdid you find the mention of you gotta be careful of your ass sets

  • @bigdapramirez6157
    @bigdapramirez6157 4 роки тому +25650

    I don't know about these other inmates, but personally, I've been cashing out

    • @grrumakemeangry
      @grrumakemeangry 4 роки тому +394

      lmao

    • @bigboi4307
      @bigboi4307 4 роки тому +1220

      Just remember to monitor your assets carefully

    • @mohamedabdourahman9845
      @mohamedabdourahman9845 4 роки тому +545

      Hows it going Big Dap?

    • @bigdapramirez6157
      @bigdapramirez6157 4 роки тому +1062

      @@mohamedabdourahman9845 not so good. still healing from that bitch Jango and his deathshank toothbrush. It's a slow process.

    • @Ryfried
      @Ryfried 4 роки тому +272

      @@bigdapramirez6157 man, im something of a cigarette investor myself, are you looking for an investor Big Dap Ramirez?

  • @concretenurturedrose4169
    @concretenurturedrose4169 4 роки тому +11366

    "How nervous are investors? its hard to tell since most of them have trained themselves to never show fear"😂😂 their writers are so good. Hilarious

    • @ryanjung4416
      @ryanjung4416 3 роки тому +152

      How do they come up with this shit

    • @angelwild9145
      @angelwild9145 3 роки тому +173

      Hahaa! I used to read the Onion’s PAPER that was free in my city many moons ago... I love the fact that modern technology has made it possible for us to watch real acted sketches on our phones/computers! I LOVE THEIR twisted sense of humor! The Onion Rocks!! Never stop making genius comedic parodies for sick people like me, PLEASE!!! 😆✌️👍😂🎉😁🤣

    • @kimgkomg
      @kimgkomg 2 роки тому +53

      "Naked women picture acquisition"

    • @bensoncheung2801
      @bensoncheung2801 Рік тому +2

      @@angelwild9145 69 👍

    • @internetgodlilbihh
      @internetgodlilbihh Рік тому

      @@ryanjung4416 sense, would say common sense but that's not true

  • @tombaron5607
    @tombaron5607 Рік тому +519

    How do onion writers pin down prison slang so accurately. Amazing

    • @answerman9933
      @answerman9933 Рік тому +55

      I am sure the writers do not want you to know.

    • @AnastasiaBeaverhousn
      @AnastasiaBeaverhousn 5 місяців тому +1

      Know what? He didn't ask a question, he made a rhetorical statement.🙄​@@answerman9933

    • @leandrog2785
      @leandrog2785 3 місяці тому +14

      How do you know what's accurate?

    • @HOTD108_
      @HOTD108_ 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@leandrog2785Meet me in the prison courtyard in an hour and I'll tell you.

  • @emberman535
    @emberman535 8 місяців тому +217

    "I fucked him up in the library, but that's how the market's gonna be for a while." 🤷🏿‍♂

  • @NASkeywest
    @NASkeywest 4 роки тому +13860

    "Study shows that innocent black men are now 30% less likely to go to prison than guilty black men."

    • @jonyprepperisrael60
      @jonyprepperisrael60 4 роки тому +372

      and that some dude smuggled heroin inside of a weed brick

    • @triciah477
      @triciah477 4 роки тому +32

      @@ryry9038 You wholly, and boastfully, missed the kernel of the original comment! Bahaha!!! Thanks for the additional laughs!

    • @cvspvr
      @cvspvr 4 роки тому +96

      "every sixty seconds in africa, a minute passes"

    • @uhhPowers
      @uhhPowers 4 роки тому +35

      @@cvspvr read it again

    • @cvspvr
      @cvspvr 4 роки тому +8

      @@uhhPowers war, huh, yeah, what is it good for, absolutely nothing, read it again, y'all

  • @michaelzhang7098
    @michaelzhang7098 3 роки тому +18865

    I trust The Onion. It’s this not non-biased news source that doesn’t try to instill fear, they give us the facts and only the facts.

    • @trequor
      @trequor 3 роки тому +334

      "Real" news has become such a parody of itself that The Onion is no longer a parody of it. The Onion is parody of the way news USED to be presented.

    • @rvh1702
      @rvh1702 3 роки тому +5

      😆

    • @seancampo1079
      @seancampo1079 3 роки тому +23

      not non biased?

    • @SJ-Equipment
      @SJ-Equipment 3 роки тому +195

      They don't instill fear? Are you kidding? How about all of us that have our money invested in hand jobs?

    • @patrickscheeks8769
      @patrickscheeks8769 3 роки тому +3

      This video gave me fear

  • @lovekirbysomuch
    @lovekirbysomuch 10 місяців тому +47

    The best line delivery is : “How’s it going, Big Dap?”.
    Priceless

  • @zeeblock22
    @zeeblock22 2 роки тому +266

    This is what prison would be like if Wall Street actually had to answer to the courts

    • @deidryt9944
      @deidryt9944 Місяць тому

      ...do you mean the yard crew on the basketball courts?

  • @snowdaysrule
    @snowdaysrule 5 років тому +10962

    "How nervous are investors?"
    "Well it's hard to tell since most of them have trained themselves to never show fear."
    LMAO

    • @taffyadam6031
      @taffyadam6031 5 років тому +38

      snowdaysrule2 R O F L!
      I am litrally shakin RN LOL LMAO XD MY DUDE HAHA UP TOP MY RAD TUBULAR FELLOW

    • @maxiepattie85
      @maxiepattie85 4 роки тому +10

      that the one right there! OHH SHIT!

    • @NJ-wb1cz
      @NJ-wb1cz 4 роки тому +78

      Does this mean that investors invest handjobs?
      Which are then stored as cigarettes and returned to investors in the form of more handjobs over time?

    • @NJ-wb1cz
      @NJ-wb1cz 4 роки тому +104

      This economy sounds like a giant circlejerk to me 🤔

    • @moogobIin
      @moogobIin 4 роки тому +8

      Taffy Adam bruh shut the fuck up

  • @justrandomthings319
    @justrandomthings319 10 років тому +15162

    "Moving on to some happier news in Atlanta today, two snitches were beaten to death".
    LMFAO. I'm dying over here.

    • @DavidLee-id3lf
      @DavidLee-id3lf 7 років тому +728

      why you a snitch?

    • @Vitrous
      @Vitrous 6 років тому +268

      "I ain't no snitch!"

    • @captratbeard
      @captratbeard 6 років тому +67

      Onion; A slock always trades for a stick and a muff bag no matter what the cigarette market is doing! The two things are the same thing, it’s just a sock with something in it?
      Otherwise, best video on youface hands down.

    • @Tappettava
      @Tappettava 6 років тому +25

      Pure gold! I haven't laughed out loud on UA-cam like this in a long time.

    • @patientestant
      @patientestant 6 років тому +41

      I wish other news stations would be more positive and upbeat like the onion.

  • @melancholytunes
    @melancholytunes 3 роки тому +196

    I always found economics tough to grasp, this piece too flew over my head.

    • @stirfryjedi
      @stirfryjedi Рік тому +30

      But do you know what isn't tough to grasp?

    • @itcaboi1707
      @itcaboi1707 Рік тому

      @@stirfryjedi this DICK

    • @diodora2381
      @diodora2381 9 місяців тому +4

      ​@@stirfryjedia big stick of beef jerky

  • @NotDuncan
    @NotDuncan Рік тому +98

    Looking back at this I can’t believe it used to be so cheap, prison economy has gotten insane. I’m not proud what Big Dap had me do for that carton of smokes

    • @user-vm1qr5cv9i
      @user-vm1qr5cv9i 2 місяці тому

      Oh shit, a CARTON? If 1 pack is 2 handjobs I don't even wanna know what you did for a carton

    • @ulusalani
      @ulusalani 2 дні тому

      For a carton?? Haha :-) I can imagine.

  • @SamSam-wx4rf
    @SamSam-wx4rf 4 роки тому +4380

    I am damn glad I gave up smoking! I'm getting a bit old and my wrist just wouldn't take it

    • @maryagee7759
      @maryagee7759 4 роки тому +151

      Pfft. Quitter.

    • @SamSam-wx4rf
      @SamSam-wx4rf 4 роки тому +180

      @bandr I'll leave that to you heavy smokers

    • @Eren-he5dt
      @Eren-he5dt 4 роки тому +15

      hahahahah nice joke,
      to guys didnt get, think about "wrist" and 2 handjobs.

    • @waichungsham1578
      @waichungsham1578 3 роки тому +7

      Better start trading gummies then

    • @avelociraptorfromjurassicp8695
      @avelociraptorfromjurassicp8695 3 роки тому +2

      Waichung Sham what would I get for 5 flinstone gummies get

  • @_MrMoney
    @_MrMoney 3 роки тому +16626

    To be honest, Big Dap sounds more credible when talking market than actual economists

    • @tvela595
      @tvela595 3 роки тому +1446

      It’s the post-nut clarity from all those handies taking effect

    • @jackwisniewski3859
      @jackwisniewski3859 3 роки тому +494

      Dude I think you are confusing actual economists from politicians and pundits. Actual economists are credible, pundits, commentators and politicians have reasons to conceal the truth.

    • @bigdapramirez6157
      @bigdapramirez6157 3 роки тому +72

      I am

    • @charaznable8072
      @charaznable8072 3 роки тому

      Shut up dummy

    • @robc4191
      @robc4191 3 роки тому +23

      Wasn't Big Dap a detective on The Wire?

  • @capnjackYT
    @capnjackYT Рік тому +61

    This segment is so good it takes 3-4 watches to appreciate everything😭😭😭

    • @cookiemonsta3350
      @cookiemonsta3350 Рік тому +2

      I.have seen it at least once a year and I still get caught off guard.

    • @ryans6280
      @ryans6280 4 місяці тому +1

      The tickers at the bottom 😂

  • @gonufc
    @gonufc 3 роки тому +33

    Even all these years after I first saw this the stand out line is still- "They have trained themselves not to show fear but they do appear nervous".

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 6 років тому +19101

    Shoutout to all the people coming here to cram for their Prison Economics Finals!

    • @thelvadam2375
      @thelvadam2375 6 років тому +102

      Just Some Guy with a Mustache you are everywhere and Fuck mayo!

    • @DireAvenger001
      @DireAvenger001 6 років тому +209

      “Trickled down” prison economics

    • @limeyfigdet7460
      @limeyfigdet7460 6 років тому +58

      Unfortunately, I'm actually just procrastinating on my geometry.

    • @drakoinx
      @drakoinx 6 років тому +57

      Man if i was back i school id totally write a sarcastic paper on this for economics. Make the profs day haha

    • @MrGksarathy
      @MrGksarathy 6 років тому +15

      Here too?! You really are everywhere!

  • @WomenCallYouMoid
    @WomenCallYouMoid 4 роки тому +4977

    *Clicks on the video*
    *Dad opens door*
    Intro: The price of ciggaretes have gone up to 2 hand jobs and 1 beef jerkey!
    *Dad shuts door*

    • @thecanucklehead3034
      @thecanucklehead3034 4 роки тому +140

      M.B probably laughed his ass pff in the other room

    • @Thundarr995
      @Thundarr995 4 роки тому +135

      If my dad was alive. I know for a fact he'd be laughing his ass off.

    • @eliper4823
      @eliper4823 4 роки тому +90

      Tom Caffrey way to turn a joke dark

    • @pds2232
      @pds2232 4 роки тому +76

      @@Thundarr995😀 Yeah, Dad's with a sense of humor are great,
      Sorry for your loss..but you just proved He's not too far away.

    • @indianlandconstruction3528
      @indianlandconstruction3528 4 роки тому +3

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Truckerdaddy
    @Truckerdaddy Рік тому +16

    Man I was a correctional officer for 7yrs and this shit was funny as hell.

  • @MadeForNothing.
    @MadeForNothing. 8 місяців тому +13

    At this rate a pack of cigarettes is gonna cost 2 sloppy toppies with a twist! What has this economy come to.

  • @jaykdub926
    @jaykdub926 10 років тому +8295

    If the news was actually like this I might actually watch it

    • @danielsanders4521
      @danielsanders4521 6 років тому +74

      James Walton it's getting there, especially American and EU sponsored media. You should be an avid watcher of the news by now.

    • @sekirosshadow9319
      @sekirosshadow9319 6 років тому +59

      4 years later..... u must be addicted to news by now

    • @xtrachromosome4199
      @xtrachromosome4199 6 років тому +24

      This is literally Wall Street in nutshell

    • @uhuihiuihiuh3042
      @uhuihiuihiuh3042 5 років тому +94

      American news ain't shit. I saw two soldiers blindfolded and tied up get smashed to death with a sledge hammer on Mexican news. A cartel sent them the video and told them they would attack the news office if they didn't play it, so they played it. Never a dull moment there.

    • @wesleydillon513
      @wesleydillon513 5 років тому +1

      This is fake yea? If it’s not I’ll just gouge my eyes out over there lol

  • @_nezim.s6357
    @_nezim.s6357 10 років тому +3372

    ...Supply will normalize ! Monitor your assets carefully !!

    • @World_Premier
      @World_Premier 7 років тому +5

      _Nezim. S I lol'd

    • @ceej2198
      @ceej2198 6 років тому +37

      Monitor your *ASS*ets carefully.

    • @duanerackham9567
      @duanerackham9567 6 років тому +6

      Words to live by

    • @ztotheu2974
      @ztotheu2974 5 років тому +11

      "I fucked him up bad in the li-barry"

    • @spaceclaw1958
      @spaceclaw1958 4 роки тому +3

      @@ztotheu2974 After fucking up his "bitch", Bi-Larry.

  • @thefierypaladin126
    @thefierypaladin126 Рік тому +187

    “The market should stabilize and we’ll see cigarettes return to one hand job or less” Well that aged poorly.

    • @cheesyboi8599
      @cheesyboi8599 Рік тому

      Yeah legit had to blow a guy for just one cig

    • @rum-ham
      @rum-ham Рік тому

      So how many hand jobs does a smoke cost you nowadays?

    • @TheDennys21
      @TheDennys21 Рік тому +1

      How much is it now? 3 handjobs, 4? A blowjob even?

    • @mediocreman2
      @mediocreman2 8 місяців тому +3

      Why?

    • @dylan8443
      @dylan8443 7 місяців тому

      ​@@mediocreman2i had to start giving blowjobs just to afford a cigarette.

  • @timberwolfdtproductions3890
    @timberwolfdtproductions3890 Рік тому +24

    Yet another example of The Onion’s unparalleled dedication to quality journalism. I can always count on The Onion to cover the issues that really matter.

  • @LindsayW138
    @LindsayW138 3 роки тому +5439

    I know a guy who used to host a heavy metal radio show during college in a town which had a medium security men's prison. He would often get phone calls to the show that would say something like "You have a collect call from: PLAY CANNIBAL CORPSE!... An inmate at Hill Correctional Center, to accept charges, press 1--"
    The inmates would call in song requests by saying their request instead of their name, so the radio station wouldn't need a prison phone call payment account to get the message.

    • @user-et9od6vy1y
      @user-et9od6vy1y 3 роки тому +613

      Absolutely love this. Most places they have a pre-recorded name for the account and you can't do that. Always been a thought. Easy way to get a message across without paying if it still did work

    • @Corn0nTheCobb
      @Corn0nTheCobb 3 роки тому +92

      lol That's clever

    • @gutsthe100manslayer4
      @gutsthe100manslayer4 3 роки тому +308

      Got a family member doing time, this still works in some places. He'll call in and tell us how he's doing, to say hello, stuff like that instead of saying his name. It saves a lot of money over time.

    • @savnetsinn_original
      @savnetsinn_original 3 роки тому +95

      Sounds like they saw that classic Geico commercial starring Bob Wehadababyitsaboy.

    • @professionalfangster1510
      @professionalfangster1510 3 роки тому +28

      That's nice. A treat for the inmates.

  • @Brian-kc6kg
    @Brian-kc6kg 4 роки тому +6610

    This news is very alarming. Stay safe Big Dap. The market truly is unpredictable in these trying times.

    • @bigdapramirez6157
      @bigdapramirez6157 3 роки тому +122

      I will, don't you worry. I'd worry more about your own assets. Monitor your assets carefully...

    • @OkachaWasTaken
      @OkachaWasTaken 3 роки тому +22

      Quarentine fucked up big dap's business i hope his business recovers after this pandemic

    • @rebeccav4659
      @rebeccav4659 3 роки тому +2

      🤣😂🤣

    • @Cheems856
      @Cheems856 3 роки тому +16

      @@bigdapramirez6157 sheer dedication and will

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim 9 місяців тому

      Is that supposed to be an exaggeration?

  • @magnustoth8506
    @magnustoth8506 Рік тому +9

    I’m amazed at the care that went in to delivering their lines so perfectly.

  • @the_once-and-future_king.
    @the_once-and-future_king. 6 місяців тому +8

    Ironically, those prisoners are more trustworthy than actual Wall Street types!

  • @Krystalmyth
    @Krystalmyth 3 роки тому +3022

    Wish the Onion didn't blow their whole budget during the Bush admin.

    • @UnordinaryCarl
      @UnordinaryCarl 3 роки тому +42

      Nice name Krystal Meth

    • @colonel1003
      @colonel1003 3 роки тому +24

      @4150 subscribers with coronavirus Reddit tier name that tries to sound something not wholesome 100.

    • @UnordinaryCarl
      @UnordinaryCarl 3 роки тому +9

      @@colonel1003 ? reddit my ass

    • @colonel1003
      @colonel1003 3 роки тому +37

      epic based ironic cringe

    • @UnordinaryCarl
      @UnordinaryCarl 3 роки тому +5

      @@colonel1003 ah you are also active randomly, let's watch videos while either we randomly choose to become swole like Etika
      or become a kinda gragas like reckful

  • @CitizenRPG
    @CitizenRPG 9 років тому +3129

    "Hows it going big Dap" I lol'd

  • @bmo14lax
    @bmo14lax 3 роки тому +20

    Pill Traders report Rimjob Trading:
    "Surprisingly active"

  • @jonnyincomox
    @jonnyincomox 3 місяці тому +7

    I would pay more then two hand jobs to get more of this to watch.

    • @Shane661
      @Shane661 2 місяці тому +1

      I've got the complete collection. Hit me up.

  • @jt4369
    @jt4369 3 роки тому +1943

    I'm a lawyer in California. Before I got my license, this clip was definitely one of my favorites. But I can tell you, after talking to criminal defendants and spending time with them "on the inside", this clip is as spooky as it is funny. In my client's case, ramen and bags of chips are the main medium of exchange.

    • @Ethan.s..
      @Ethan.s.. 3 роки тому +151

      Cigarettes were king before they got outlawed.

    • @sebastienh1100
      @sebastienh1100 3 роки тому +1

      What about rimjob?

    • @markofsaltburn
      @markofsaltburn 2 роки тому +7

      @@sebastienh1100 😀😀😀

    • @veryfrozen3271
      @veryfrozen3271 Рік тому

      @@Ethan.s.. they still gold the ban just made them more rare and expensive. its extreamly easy to get drugs in jail since alchol is easily made from sugar and fruit, and the pharmacy gives away pills.

    • @KINKYmustache
      @KINKYmustache Рік тому +3

      That can be said about most onion News videos.

  • @PurposelessRabbitholes
    @PurposelessRabbitholes 4 роки тому +6471

    The way he says “How’s it going, Big Dap?” fucking kills me 1:20

    • @Etorate_
      @Etorate_ 3 роки тому +448

      Like he has a past with him lmao

    • @Hovito08
      @Hovito08 3 роки тому +332

      @@Etorate_ I mean he would know him pretty well since he's the prison economic expert or whatever 😂😂

    • @bigdapramirez6157
      @bigdapramirez6157 3 роки тому +64

      @@Etorate_ he does

    • @chileanguyfleegman1908
      @chileanguyfleegman1908 3 роки тому +41

      That's the line that made me lose it.

    • @michaeltribbet9213
      @michaeltribbet9213 3 роки тому +78

      It’s the irony that he is talking to a savage prison gang member the same way he would talk to a familiar guest contributor on the news

  • @trolly4233
    @trolly4233 2 місяці тому +4

    this is the best introduction to how the market works

  • @DiegoTheRebel
    @DiegoTheRebel 3 роки тому +15

    The Onion still makes more sense than anything on the news right now.

  • @epoole1
    @epoole1 4 роки тому +3541

    I'm sorry to say that a decade later, due to the new restrictions on smoking, the price of cigarettes has skyrocketed to 5 handjobs and 3 beef jerky. We may be closing in on an economic crash, maybe the worst we've seen since the Prison Market Crash of 1926.

    • @synckar6380
      @synckar6380 4 роки тому +138

      Evan Poole Holders are loosing face in such inflation, tensions rise. There may be new kings of jail as Lil Daps, a newcomer from last year, comes into play.

    • @Alchemeri
      @Alchemeri 3 роки тому +71

      I hoarded aromatic soaps, they called me a dumbass, a sissy and all, but with so many handjobs going around, my penis is getting sore, and I've never eaten so many damn beef jerkies

    • @carbon5362
      @carbon5362 3 роки тому +81

      Lube is now literally worth its price in gold($1,800 per oz).

    • @alcarbo8613
      @alcarbo8613 3 роки тому +15

      My God any higher and we’re talking Blow Jobs territory a shame weed hasn’t stabilized the market as many hoped, turns out it wasn’t good to be high in a place people are constantly trying to rape you

    • @thoughtexperimentsotherstu4680
      @thoughtexperimentsotherstu4680 3 роки тому +60

      @@knova7597 nothing could be worse than 2015 Australia dependence cash, where cigarettes rose to 2 blow jobs and a hand job. some traders hung thems selves that day

  • @maxmg2227
    @maxmg2227 4 роки тому +1495

    "How is it going Big Dap?"
    How did he kept that face straight 😂

  • @TM-tw1py
    @TM-tw1py Місяць тому +3

    Inflation is affecting us all!

  • @thikrataha2811
    @thikrataha2811 3 роки тому +16

    The onion was truly legendary. Come on... revive yo'seeeeelf!

  • @yusefsmith8623
    @yusefsmith8623 4 роки тому +1002

    “Supply will normalize, and we’ll see cigarettes return to a single hand job or less...”

    • @cadenr06
      @cadenr06 4 роки тому +8

      CarlosChip Morales I’d guess about 4

    • @shaynehughes6645
      @shaynehughes6645 4 роки тому +2

      @CarlosChip Morales you got a steal, most people would charge 6

    • @shaynehughes6645
      @shaynehughes6645 4 роки тому

      @CarlosChip Morales 😲😖😍

    • @Gadavillers-Panoir
      @Gadavillers-Panoir 4 роки тому

      If 1 cig costs say 0.99 handjobs, you've got to stop just before he comes.

  • @upland77
    @upland77 4 роки тому +9421

    This was recommended after the coronavirus destroyed the stock market!

  • @goofballbiscuits3647
    @goofballbiscuits3647 8 місяців тому +6

    It's unsurprising that rectal smuggling has the highest consistency. It's the "you can always buy gold" of correctional economics. It's an unwavering technique in an ocean of hypothesis and failure.

    • @arekay6014
      @arekay6014 8 місяців тому

      True, always tuck it under your eyebrow when you go in.

  • @TroIIingThemSoftly
    @TroIIingThemSoftly 8 місяців тому +4

    "But hey, that's the way the market's going to be for a while." 😂😂

  • @brendanburgess2071
    @brendanburgess2071 3 роки тому +1357

    *gets stabbed
    Me: This is just the way the market is going to be for a while.

    • @banann_ducc
      @banann_ducc 3 роки тому +52

      *gesturing to knife embedded in gut
      Me: are you gonna want this back? Actual knives go for a lot these days.

    • @amateur-madman3047
      @amateur-madman3047 3 роки тому +37

      *sees a guy get jumped and stabbed for his last pack of cigs
      “Stocks must be down this week”

    • @lordpumpkinhead265
      @lordpumpkinhead265 2 роки тому +4

      As long as the blade didn't break off inside your gut, you could pull it out and use cleaned bed sheet bandages to patch the stab wound, but clean sheet bandages are a very rare commodity. I suggest as a professional prison moonshine maker to keep your cigarettes in the deeper parts of your prison pocket, but that's just me, as I can easily make 10-15 packs a week, and I can get up to 30 if the ingredients the guards get me are high-quality and we get a fresh batch of new inmates, who are oblivious to the economy.

    • @Ghoulicus
      @Ghoulicus 2 роки тому

      He fucked him up good in the library though, so the market will recover

  • @iceeeyy3557
    @iceeeyy3557 3 роки тому +1976

    "a single hand job OR LESS"
    I don't know how the "or less" part works

    • @sebastienh1100
      @sebastienh1100 3 роки тому +225

      Two fingers :)

    • @vyl4650
      @vyl4650 3 роки тому +322

      @@sebastienh1100 probably from Chicken claw Jonny. He lost three fingers on his right hand to an alligator he smuggled. Now he only has a thumb and his middle finger left. I heard someone refer to them as "magical"

    • @x-fun3149
      @x-fun3149 3 роки тому +50

      premature ejaculation

    • @beypazarbagmls6791
      @beypazarbagmls6791 3 роки тому +54

      Well, that means you can get more than one with one handjob. It's the common sense, duh.

    • @Extys
      @Extys 3 роки тому +95

      3 cigarettes for 2 hand jobs?

  • @lethauntic
    @lethauntic 9 місяців тому +8

    how is it that it's been 14 years and this is still so relevant? What god at The Onion wrote this? To think there was a time that cigarettes were _only_ two handjobs and some beef jerky. Damn.

  • @fr3kman37
    @fr3kman37 2 роки тому +10

    Moving on to some happier news, *Two snitches were B E A T E N T O D E A T H*

  • @TheMonist_
    @TheMonist_ 4 роки тому +1155

    Did anyone see that small line that read,
    “3 condoms of clean piss”

    • @rokassan
      @rokassan 4 роки тому

      Glenn Vitale I did...and I laughed hard.😂😂😂😂

    • @JustinDufrene
      @JustinDufrene 4 роки тому

      Glenn Vitale I saw that lol died

    • @troyboody9985
      @troyboody9985 4 роки тому

      How do you offset the cost of smokes?

    • @ses694
      @ses694 4 роки тому

      we are the sons of winter and stars

    • @Mario_1611
      @Mario_1611 4 роки тому +11

      Maybe to pass drug tests. Guys sometimes buy piss for that reason.

  • @Captain_Wet_Beard
    @Captain_Wet_Beard 4 роки тому +3389

    With how many Americans are in prison, I'm surprised these types of stories arent on mainstream media. Prisoners are a major demographic here

    • @crakdjdj
      @crakdjdj 4 роки тому +19

      There arent that many

    • @811chelseafc
      @811chelseafc 4 роки тому +203

      Viper what about the ever growing population of gay Islamic ex-convicts?

    • @TrevoltIV
      @TrevoltIV 4 роки тому +22

      @Viper yeah because only like 0.5% of people are gay

    • @huntermcintosh8173
      @huntermcintosh8173 4 роки тому +23

      @Viper Yeah and felons can't vote so no point in appealing to them.

    • @TrevoltIV
      @TrevoltIV 4 роки тому +16

      @Viper yep for real, barely anyone is actually gay (not including bisexual females since those are kinda common)

  • @mariammekhaeil8233
    @mariammekhaeil8233 2 роки тому +4

    It's incredible that this was 13 years ago

  • @gingerbread_GB
    @gingerbread_GB 3 місяці тому +4

    This is really not that far off from the truth. In prison, some people run shops, which is really a market maker in finance. They set the price, buy and sell products and collect the spread. The price of course would fluctuate reacting to real events.

  • @elephant_888
    @elephant_888 5 років тому +960

    These guys sound more legit than newscasters in 2018.

    • @salj.5459
      @salj.5459 4 роки тому +4

      Better than FOX News

    • @grimmc5706
      @grimmc5706 4 роки тому +2

      Efosa Oyegun I know fox fake vox fake cnn fake who to trust

    • @xl000
      @xl000 4 роки тому +5

      @@grimmc5706 The two anchors from Today Now sounds legiter than any Fox News anchor I know, incl. Doocey, Hegseth or Kilmeade.

  • @Jefff72
    @Jefff72 6 років тому +1896

    "I'm getting a lot of hand jobs." lmao

    • @mattcunningham9235
      @mattcunningham9235 5 років тому +5

      Liar

    • @the1exnay
      @the1exnay 5 років тому +22

      Only problem is you can't resell a handjob

    • @janakakumara3836
      @janakakumara3836 5 років тому +19

      giving yourself a hand job, does not count.

    • @the1exnay
      @the1exnay 5 років тому +2

      Janaka Goonasekera
      How else is someone supposed to produce a handjob they can sell to buy cigarettes?

    • @knighteddrifter363
      @knighteddrifter363 5 років тому +5

      1:25

  • @mikepagebrand
    @mikepagebrand 3 роки тому +6

    The timing of this showing up in my recommendations is perfect

  • @christinacerda4196
    @christinacerda4196 10 місяців тому +17

    "It's obviously a boom time for cigarettes right now"
    "I am getting a lot of hand jobs!"
    Times are tough! God help you if you're a chain smoker in prison! 😭

    • @Fermion.
      @Fermion. 7 місяців тому

      Chain smokers bout to have some strong ass wrists

  • @smzig
    @smzig 5 років тому +453

    The headlines scrolling along the bottom are hilarious.
    "North Idaho Correctional Institution fined after tests find dog meat in the horse-loaf"

    • @Milkbutter
      @Milkbutter 4 роки тому +30

      "Heroin found inside of marijuana brick"

  • @Robertoni7
    @Robertoni7 4 роки тому +238

    Always have to watch twice to read the bottom scroll. One favorite:
    “Steady job is the only thing keeping Oregon State prison guard out of prison” BWaahaa

  • @exor6748
    @exor6748 Рік тому +5

    I think this is a great way to learn about economics

  • @magnustoth8506
    @magnustoth8506 Рік тому +4

    Most perfectly executed bit of comedy I have ever seen.

  • @Linkman81
    @Linkman81 7 років тому +580

    I know this came out 8 years ago, but my friend Jon and I still quote this video to this day. The two most used quotes are from Big Dab... "fucked him up good in the libary" describing someone getting beat up, and "that's the way the market is gonna be for a while" describing a bothersome situation that will eventually resolve itself. good stuff. It's weird how certain quotes stick with you and your friends.

    • @xxxtentacles1656
      @xxxtentacles1656 6 років тому +10

      Brian Evans u have a playslist that says mine but has someone else’s video in it of Jesús

    • @teds4983
      @teds4983 5 років тому +17

      Supply will normalize, may go back down to 1 hand job

    • @meh2385
      @meh2385 5 років тому +8

      haha, wish i had someone to quote ancient onion news clips with

    • @jonwhite8815
      @jonwhite8815 5 років тому +6

      Those quotes stuck with me too! I think it's cus his delivery is stellar.

    • @threeminuteshate
      @threeminuteshate Місяць тому

      With all due respect, he said “li-berry” not “brary”

  • @jerry1dc
    @jerry1dc 4 роки тому +400

    Deadpan is my absolute favorite comedic style. Love the onion

    • @laya8880
      @laya8880 4 роки тому +12

      Their titles always have me laughing before the video even starts. 👌quality sattire

  • @maestro-zq8gu
    @maestro-zq8gu 2 місяці тому +3

    His best advice is monitor your ASSets carefully.

  • @AshRektum
    @AshRektum 2 роки тому +7

    "how scared are investors"
    "well it's hard to tell since they've trained themselves not to show fear"
    "of course"
    😭🤣 I died

  • @tylenol_jones
    @tylenol_jones 4 роки тому +323

    "That's the way the market's gonna be for a while." damn near killed me with this one

  • @pride6438
    @pride6438 3 роки тому +146

    the “i am getting a lot of hand jobs” while Big Dap is getting talked over killed me

  • @mousermind
    @mousermind 2 роки тому +4

    I always watch these twice. Once with sound, once without so I can read the crawl.

  • @JulesBrunoJjBaggy
    @JulesBrunoJjBaggy Рік тому +4

    Imagine where this is at now with current inflation 🤯

    • @retrozip
      @retrozip Рік тому

      Two BJ'S and 3 sticks of jerky

  • @mizanulhaque8476
    @mizanulhaque8476 5 років тому +500

    This video needs a update, ever since the ramen currency entered the market, prison economics has been revolutionized.

    • @dominicesquivel3901
      @dominicesquivel3901 4 роки тому +31

      Mizanul Haque You young kids with your Ramen Coins. You can’t just buy all the noodles from the commissar and then claim it has value!

    • @AlexanderTheScourge
      @AlexanderTheScourge 4 роки тому +6

      @Jojoforpres Ramen is essentially monopoly money. It has no value and isn't even worth the dough it is made from. You want to see a better return, invest in beef jerky. Trust me a pack of smokes will level off at exactly one stick of beef jerky. Now a pack of smokes has what a dozen in a pack. Ten to be safe. All ten of those smokes will equal one stick of jerky. If four equal a handjob. It sends to reason that a pack of smokes is two and a half hjs vs one stick of jerky. You do the math.

    • @jeremiquirus1958
      @jeremiquirus1958 4 роки тому +2

      @Arturo Ochoa used to be widespread in prisons but they took cigarettes off commisarry in most states which is why they are so expensive in prison as they have to be smuggled in

    • @PathofVox
      @PathofVox 4 роки тому

      @Jojoforpres gold is very essential in technology today..
      You're confusing this time line with a time line that modern technology is a new discovery

    • @josepadilla1277
      @josepadilla1277 4 роки тому +2

      And now toilet paper

  • @weissallessagtnix
    @weissallessagtnix 3 роки тому +284

    I am from germany and have never seen something like this intelligent, hilarious here. Thx Onion.

    • @whispersmith
      @whispersmith 3 роки тому +8

      They have 20+ years of awesome stuff

    • @aloedg8058
      @aloedg8058 3 роки тому +7

      Its shit now but the decade old stuff is amazing

    • @josefehling1134
      @josefehling1134 2 роки тому +1

      From Germany to and the Positlion got some amazing stuff

    • @StrawberryLegacy
      @StrawberryLegacy 2 роки тому

      Postillion, Heute Show...

    • @josefehling1134
      @josefehling1134 2 роки тому

      @@StrawberryLegacy heute Show is more like bad version of daily show (Wich is more satirical commentary then real satire)

  • @RyansBlock
    @RyansBlock 2 місяці тому +3

    I personally own a ton of Rim Job stock, glad to see it doing well

    • @Shane661
      @Shane661 2 місяці тому +1

      It's a long-term investment. Profits follow a circular cycle.

  • @wakantanka802
    @wakantanka802 19 днів тому +5

    It's 2 hand jobs in Australia, and that's not even in prison...Pack of 30's average around $40+ US dollars, big Dap should immigrate..

    • @ulusalani
      @ulusalani 2 дні тому

      Well, if Big Dap's running a major cigarette distribution center in prison, chances are he's a felon -- which means he has zero chance of ever getting a US passport.

  • @UncleSnowzo
    @UncleSnowzo 5 років тому +329

    So after 10 years did the price ever stabilize?

    • @liiillllliiilllliilllliii9461
      @liiillllliiilllliilllliii9461 5 років тому

      😂😂😂😂

    • @Shogun1982
      @Shogun1982 4 роки тому +10

      One thing's for certain. More snitches got stitches.

    • @OatmealGrillBlazer
      @OatmealGrillBlazer 4 роки тому +8

      Anal gives you one and a half pack of cigarettes back in my grandpa's days a bitch slap keeps you 5 packs

    • @dr.8553
      @dr.8553 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah, with inflation these days it's up to four packs, two chocolate milks and three ramen for a decent hummer from the sisters.

    • @mikem4900
      @mikem4900 4 роки тому +1

      I heard the bottom fell out of the market. 😄

  • @youreyesarebleeding1368
    @youreyesarebleeding1368 3 роки тому +343

    "Rating: No Mature Content"

    • @Alinor24
      @Alinor24 3 роки тому +5

      Yeah I found that a bit weird too.

    • @punu3675
      @punu3675 3 роки тому +3

      @@ilikestew5719 and the snitch stabbed to death

    • @ilikestew5719
      @ilikestew5719 3 роки тому +11

      @@punu3675 No that's fine. I would say... even nessecary for children to learn snitches end up in ditches

    • @hitchslap8254
      @hitchslap8254 2 роки тому +1

      @@ilikestew5719 with stitches

    • @ilikestew5719
      @ilikestew5719 2 роки тому

      @@hitchslap8254 of course. After they've suffered a bit

  • @johnkidwell4866
    @johnkidwell4866 Рік тому +3

    Good to see you big Dap

  • @christophermccutcheon2143
    @christophermccutcheon2143 23 дні тому +1

    This was 15 years ago. The prison economy has just gone down the shitter. I can't even bum a smoke without getting bummed these days

  • @DeclanZapala
    @DeclanZapala 3 роки тому +239

    I wouldn’t invest, clearly just a pump and dump.

  • @14cheetah14
    @14cheetah14 9 років тому +642

    As a finance & economics student this is fn hilarious!

    • @zmm88
      @zmm88 9 років тому +17

      Dude, I'm right there with you. I'm dying over here

    • @14cheetah14
      @14cheetah14 9 років тому +35

      "Weve got slocks at a stick and a muff bag" (report indicates this is up from 2 cans of mackerel) ROFL

    • @Stag6822
      @Stag6822 9 років тому +34

      Wile E. Coyote As an ex-con I find this hilarious.....

    • @juch3
      @juch3 6 років тому +18

      As a person who used to own money this was pretty hilarious too.

    • @austinhammond6018
      @austinhammond6018 6 років тому +20

      As a person who understands basic economics without having to pay $250,000.00 I find this fn hilarious.

  • @catinthepeng2686
    @catinthepeng2686 2 роки тому +4

    ... this is so relevant in 2022.

  • @nickoloes
    @nickoloes Рік тому +4

    UA-cam informs me there is "no mature content" in this video

  • @MrUtubewatcher420
    @MrUtubewatcher420 10 років тому +576

    Possibly the best onion video.

    • @verfed
      @verfed 6 років тому +1

      Agreed!

    • @benjaminlevine7623
      @benjaminlevine7623 6 років тому +1

      Which are the runners up?

    • @shwift8789
      @shwift8789 6 років тому +4

      Boa constrictor therapy is up there

    • @Sara3346
      @Sara3346 5 років тому +7

      future news 2137.

    • @getcrack4me
      @getcrack4me 5 років тому +9

      White Girl Has to be Tried as a Black Man

  • @vcu1212
    @vcu1212 3 роки тому +113

    As a finance major, this is my favorite video on UA-cam

  • @ashleygreen5343
    @ashleygreen5343 6 місяців тому +2

    1:31 "We've been through this before, the market teaches us not to panic." The way he just sounds like an analyst kills me. 😂

  • @GayFrogsTho
    @GayFrogsTho 2 роки тому +4

    "How's it going Big Dap"💀

  • @smileytattoos1
    @smileytattoos1 9 років тому +591

    As a supporter of Newport®, I can understand the drastic price jumping in prison. Ive never been to prison, but the smooth, subtle taste and that minty fresh first puff of menthol can make the sellers take full advantage of the addiction.

  • @zsswimmer2
    @zsswimmer2 10 років тому +49

    'Steady job only thing keeping Oregon prison guard out of prison' Fuck I love The Onion

  • @rasboten2
    @rasboten2 2 роки тому +4

    “How’s it going big dap?”

  • @88balloonsonthewall70
    @88balloonsonthewall70 9 місяців тому +3

    "Steady job only thing keeping Oregon State prison guard out of prison"

  • @BaconheimerOX
    @BaconheimerOX 4 роки тому +94

    The funniest thing about all this is that Big Dap is mentioned in a Harvard Law & Policy Review Article

    • @loungekiller
      @loungekiller 3 роки тому +9

      Source?

    • @cokelife5831
      @cokelife5831 3 роки тому +7

      @@loungekiller Mayo

    • @qty1315
      @qty1315 2 роки тому +1

      @@cokelife5831 Is that an instrument?

    • @cokelife5831
      @cokelife5831 2 роки тому +1

      @@qty1315 no this is patrick😆

  • @bubblepopshot6891
    @bubblepopshot6891 3 роки тому +87

    Can't believe no one has mentioned: that's the actor who played Detective Vernon Holley in the Wire

    • @jjcoola998
      @jjcoola998 3 роки тому +8

      I was sitting here trying to remember where I’ve seen him thanks!!

    • @Anon_E_Muss
      @Anon_E_Muss 3 роки тому

      I knew he was vernon holley!

    • @tofutoph
      @tofutoph 3 роки тому

      He also had a one episode appearance on the Sopranos

    • @bemusedbandersnatch2069
      @bemusedbandersnatch2069 3 роки тому

      Clearly he needs to get a bigger role in something, he's got acting chops.

    • @AntiVaganza
      @AntiVaganza 3 роки тому

      Exept someone did, two years before you;). Sorry to burst your bubble.

  • @breakfreak3181
    @breakfreak3181 9 місяців тому +3

    The attention to detail in these skits is top fucking level! Even the financial graphs reflect exactly what is being talked about and the maths works out!

  • @Lolbama2012
    @Lolbama2012 Рік тому +5

    These guys don't get enough credit for doing this stuff without even cracking a smile.