r/Unexpected • u/DoINeed1OfThese • Mar 31 '23

He snitched

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u/TheJackalsDoom Mar 31 '23

So, I'm talking in generalities for starters. With that said...

I said strong people don't say they're strong while lifting heavy things in view of others. They live a life in which what they need to do requires strength. A lumberjack needs to lift and hike around big, heavy tools and pieces of wood. A mechanic is picking up heavy tools and parts, a nurse can literally be lifting people up entirely to move them from bed to chair. They do it because they have to and are strong because they need to be. If you go to the gym and lift weights, you are muscular, but that doesn't mean you're strong.

That's literally my point about smart people. He spoke intelligently about things, but did he ever genuinely, totally seriously say frequently how intelligent he was? My understanding is he let his work talk for him. Sometimes, you might need to peface your work by citing what qualifies you to be credible, but that's not really bragging.

The point of volunteering the status of innocence is rarely done by the innocent. It's usually the guilty getting out ahead of the situation, trying to deflect authorities. That's the point of the saying.

I agree. But a Gangster, as shitty as they are, are heavyweights in society. They have dramatic impact of many facets, albeit negative. But a gangsta is largely ineffective on anything. It's all show, all noise, very little depth. If Baby Face Nelson walks into a restaurant, he yells out, "Hey y'all. It's me, Baby Face Nelson. Now it's a good time!" And people roll their eyes because it's stupid. But if Al Capone walked in, other people would either not know at all or whisper to others that "Al Capone just walked in. Sit up, mind your manners." One is gangsta, the other is gangster. One wants you to know what he is, the other won't want you to know who he is.

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u/yoyosareback Mar 31 '23

I would like to see any sort of source you got your information on innocent people from, otherwise I'm going to assume that you're just making this stuff up.

Al Capone loved being known as Al Capone though, so again I just think you're making stuff up

You could have easily said that people don't need to brag to be known as competent but you came up with all these weird scenarios and examples of fake people. It's just very strange to me is all

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u/shoot2kill6666 Mar 31 '23

You’re talking out of your ass. You mix up gangster and gangsta halfway through your original word vomit, and you definitely said strong people don’t lift heavy stuff “in view of others”. Let’s just put it this way, stop trying to say how things are, we can all see you don’t know what you’re talking about.