Flash A Badge
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Today I got a call from one of my boys who was at the gym trying to get back in shape. Now the cat saw another brother who seemed to have his regimen tight so of course he wanted to peel game and get his shit right too. When my boy asked homie what’s up the first thing that came out of his mouth was “You know I’m a professional basketball player” Now my boy is on the phone laughing saying at that moment I thought thank GOD Freeman ain’t around. I was dumbfounded on the phone thinking what kind of shit is that. I told him where did that response come from and he said he didn’t get it either.
So after sitting down dissecting the situation I thought maybe homie was implying the reason why I’m in shape is because I’m a professional basketball player. Then I thought this motherfvcker is walking around in a city he ain’t from telling motherfvckers he don’t know what he does out of the fvcking blue. Me and my boy were laughing so hard I told him next time that shit comes up just throw out a random fact about lightbulbs saying they last 4000 hours under normal conditions. My boy was laughing saying what the fvck does that have to do with anything and I said well it has as much value as the fvck boy telling you he plays bball.
Now for a lot of you cats who haven’t been around certain cats we call this Flash a Badge. When a mawfucker introduces himself by what he does when no one asks him we think it’s like getting pulled over by a cop showing you his credentials. Usually I see cats do this with women as they try to impress a idiot by implying I got money to trick on you baby if you want it. But, in my neck of the woods it’s a sign that you got low self esteem and your mom didn’t do a good job. If you are a Man out here trying to impress another man by telling him what you do then something deep deep down is fvcked up. Unless you work at the Mint where they print money and you can give me a bag of about to be destroyed 100 dollar bills… homie I don’t give a fvck!
This post has no rhyme or reason it’s just a day in the life of FreeMan and my boys all over the country. We still laugh at the Sucker shit on the daily and whenever one of us has a story we let each other know. I still for the life of me can’t figure out why a cat would tell me what he does when we are in normal surroundings and no one gives a fvck. On top of that homie is a so called professional basketball player that we never heard of and said he has a agent trying to get him into the NBA. So now the mawfvcker is projecting his dreams into the game to a cat he don’t know.
SMH! Again I don’t get it!
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Freeman this reminds me of a quote my father always said ‘ask a person where they are going and they will tell you where they been’
That’s a true quote as cats want you to be impressed by them more than just be 100 and chop it up. Among Men it’s just weird to hear as I don’t get it. But, to each his own in this life.
People do this type of thing all the time. You ask them what kind of wheels they put on the car-”well, I’m a lawyer so blah blah blah.” You ask them where they bought those shoes-”well, I’m a CPA so blah blah blah.”
And you’re sitting there still wanting the answer to your question, which had nothing to do with them telling you what degree they got. People want to be superstars.
To me whatever they accomplished has replaced who they are. I have degrees myself but I don’t talk about them to anyone because it doesn’t benefit the conversation when we are chopping it up.
Their mothers have failed them horribly. Most men confide in their mothers or their wives and they in turn nurture you and say you are a good man. But, when you come out on the street telling random cats what you do for no damn reason we know you got a self esteem problem.
Bruh I just want to know the time not how your law firm bought you that watch when you became partner, patna!
Mane when cats gives unprompted info like this I always ask them if they’re trying to sleep with me cuz I dont roll like that lol. A cat doing trying to impress a female is one thing but a cat trying to impress other men is way to weird for me.
Good discussion. That is funny above…a dude just walks up to you an tells you he’s play for the NBA. So I’m supposed to just ask for an autograph? Status snobs are funny to me. Folks get offended if you ask simple questions these days.
@Cfinest – Watch as you elevate in this game. What do you do for a living comes up right after the handshake. Cats flash badges all day long when you get into the fake classes they believe they are part of.
When I first started dealing with it I thought cats were trying to run game on me too. LMBAO I offended a lot of cats by saying what the fvck do you want homie! LOL I can remember the look on their face.
@AH – Nahh bruh my boy was trying to peel the training regimen from homie and he decided to tell him from jump he was a Pro in his mind!
Cats don’t know how to let the game come to them so they feel they need to impress a cat by telling you what they are. What fvcks me up about it is it ain’t even that kind of networking kind of thing. It’s like the cats who say they are always prepared to give you a resume to get a job. Damn homie you starving for chips that much that you prepared to beg!
I tell them that I hung a clock on my wall, it confuses,them and puts them in check!
Mine is always to throw out some weird fact like snails emit mucous so they glide on the surface. I know it’s cruel but I truly don’t care what the hell you do as I’m not asking.
Lol $5 it was Steve Nash
LMBAO nahh it probably was some cat from the D League or some cat who came over from Venezuela National team. LOL
Yo this reminds me of this dude I met at a car lot in my hood one day. I was doing some business with the guys at the lot and as I was leaving this cat pulls me and 2 of my uncles to the side and shows us $13,000 cash talking asking if we thought that was enough for him to get something. SMFH, I don’t know what be on some peoples minds these days.
Maybe he wanted to show someone, anyone; that he had chips in his pocket. I’ve seen the same shit go down in Vegas but cat’s are just happy winners not a bunch of Suckers showing other cats they got money.
I know what they’re on… CRACK!