Tonight's trending topics on Twitter were making no sense to me. So I decided to click on #hoodquotes and see what all the fuss was about. Twitter is SO AWESOME! Tonight hundreds of people were tweeting their favorite "hood quotes". I decided that I wanted to do a comparison between "hood quotes" and what I like to call Whitey Quotations. Here is one I really like:
KandaceJewel RT @buggsyb #famoushoodquotes can I AX you a question??? Ugh I hate that!!!!!<-- lmao i know right! i be like "nah, dont kill me pls!" less than a minute ago from web
the equivalent Whitey Quotation:
"No question is so difficult to answer as that which the answer is obvious."
Why I chose these quotes:
Firstly, the hoodquote was a little too obvious to even be a hood quote. How cliche. Secondly, asking someone if you can ask them a question is pretty ridiculous. Just ask George Bernard Shaw. It's a little hard to answer a question when the answer is obvious. I'd much rather just slap you up the head.
HoodQuote
shannon_yazurlo #famoushoodquotes Im All Bout Them MuahhFuckin Benjamins
Whitey Quotation
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.
Why I chose these quotes:
I think that in this economy, the hood quote "all about the Benjamins" truly represents the greed and arrogance that has rotted Wall Street and the rest of high class America. Even though this quote is considered "hood" and/or "ghetto", in reality, this quote was made famous by Puff Daddy... or P. Diddy... whatever he's going by now. Puff Diddy Daddy definitely isn't in the hood now, even if that is where he came from.
Franklin on the other hand drives it home with his take on money, and I think his is a little more reasonable. In all reality, the only advantage of having money is being able to use it. If the world ever ended up in chaos someday, or should I say more chaos than it's already in, then money isn't going to mean a thing.
HoodQuote
When women go wrong, men go right after them.
Mae West (1892-1980) American actress and playwright.
Why I chose these quotes:
Many people tweeted the infamous you Can't make a HOE a HOUSEWIFE. Booyah! First of all, to all of you hoe's out there... you can be anything you want girl! just put your mind to it. This is very similar to the "you can take the girl out of the trailer..." quote to me. In a way, it's just another misogynistic quote aimed at keeping women down. I mean seriously, I know a bunch of hoe's from back in the day that are currently very seemingly happy housewives.
I think Mae West had it a little more correct. Men like hoe's. If men didn't like hoes, women't wouldn't be hoes. Just like the old adage about women liking "bad boys", men like "bad women". It's true. Hoes aparently like to put out, and men seem to like it. MEN: IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE AROUND HOES DON'T ENABLE THEM!
HoodQuote
Whitey Quotation
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of war.
Napoleon I (1769-1821) Napoleon Bonaparte
Why I chose these quotes:
Self defense is definitely an important thing, as is the notion of survival of the fittest. Both Napoleon and a ghetto hoodlum had it right when they were discussing the enemy. Don't let anyone get the best of you. Get them before they get you or else you're gonna get got.
Stay tuned for some more ridiculous trending top discussions coming soon!
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