REAL GANGSTER
REAL GANGSTER
Would make todays “gangstas” shit their pants
(Al Capone)
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I have a strange feeling of deja vous…
I hate black people too! This demotivator is win.
“This demotivator is win”….While you are a loser.
Get angry my friend.
Those who rely on something as petty as the color of one’s skin as a sole or primary reason for their distaste for someone do nothing more than demonstrate their sub-par intelligence and lack of imagination, since people, by the by, are worthy of contempt for many more reasons than something as silly as this. All one has to do is look and one can find much more powerful and convincing reasons to mock, detest, deride, or otherwise accurately describe the subject at hand.,,
déjà vu
Glitch in Matrix!
Agents are coming!
Run, Neo, Run!
Second
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SI prefixes are frequently combined with the word second to denote subdivisions of the second, e.g., the millisecond (one thousandth of a second), the microsecond (one millionth of a second), and the nanosecond (one billionth of a second). Though SI prefixes may also be used to form multiples of the second (such as “kilosecond,” or one thousand seconds), such units are rarely used in practice. More commonly encountered, non-SI units of time such as the minute, hour, and day increase by multiples of 60 and 24 (rather than by powers of ten as in SI).
The second was also the base unit of time in the centimetre-gram-second, metre-kilogram-second, metre-tonne-second, and foot-pound-second systems of units.
Under the International System of Units, the second is currently defined as
The second is the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium 133 atom.[1]
This definition refers to a cesium atom at rest at a temperature of 0 K (absolute zero), and with appropriate corrections for gravitational time dilation. The ground state is defined at zero magnetic field. The second thus defined is consistent with the ephemeris second, which was based on astronomical measurements. (See History below.)
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In practice, the transition is measured in the quantum vacuum where vacuum fluctuations can lead to shifts in atomic energy levels in vacuum relative to their values in free space, for example, to a Lamb shift.[3] Consequently, the transition in quantum vacuum may not have the same frequency as in free space. Free space (which, like absolute zero, is a theoretical reference state that cannot be attained in practice, with exact values for its electromagnetic properties: c0, μ0, ε0, and Z0) is the reference state for the SI units for the metre and ampere.
Hey, no fair! You can’t say second and include useless trivia as well. That’s just not on..
…and technically Viking’s info wasn’t useless, as it related to his (?) posting of “second”…so does that nullify the original posting of “second”? I think we need to consult Master Wang’s Book of PK Troll Etiquette.
“who’s that trip trapping across my bridge? ”
~ Bridge-dwelling Troll on who that was trip trapping across his bridge
“Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the trolls! Look under the bridges that’s where they hide.”
~ Bill Bailey on Trolls
““A “troll” is an anonymous coward to lurks in chat rooms and who has nothing better to do than hassle people with silly posts.””
~ Jack Thompson on wishing his WoW character was Troll Jesus rather than Orc Jesus.
“THE TROLLS! AIM FOR THE TROLLS! KILL THE TROLLS!”
~ Gandalf on Trolls
“TROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLL!!!!!!!!!”
~ Proffessor Quirrel on Trolls
“Trolls are everywhere in the internet these days.. they just never learn to grow up and fck off. *facepalm* and WoW scks.”
~ a regular forum rat on Troll & WoW
“I DONT WANT TO BE A FCKING SON OF A WHORE TROLL OR DRUID OR BLOODELF!!!!!!!!”
~ Crazy German Kid from YouTube on WoW
Glad to see the Lithium is working for you…
This, on the other hand, is something more of a yawn.
I don’t know, I kind of liked Professor Quirrel on Trolls.
I have to admit, I thought that was sleekly organized. Ordinal & information in one, and related, but using an alternate definition of the word? I give it an 8.
Ok, I just have to pass this along. I have noticed over the last few years that while driving through some of the suburbs of Melbourne (Australia, I live there ya know) and even the city, I have seen kids dressed up as rap/gangsta wannabe’s. I’m not one that appreciates the whole gangsta persona that some put on, but I honestly have to say that if you dropped anyone of these ‘kids’ into the middle of Watts/East L.A/Compton or any other gang infested city in the U.S., they truly would sh!t themselves and would probably start crying to go home. And the funniest part is, they really think they are just that bad.
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As for Al Capone above, I don’t know if this caption is true or not. I have a feeling that todays gangsters are probably a bit worse because the gangsters of old did have ’some’ respect for the citizens. Where as todays bad boys could give a flying fsck who they hurt or kill.
You mistake ganster for thug. Gansters rule society. Thugs distroy society. I don’t agree with either but that is the facts of it.
Eddie, as someone who works with young men aged 14-18, I assure you that this “thug image” is cross-cultural and is now a worldwide phenomenon. It’s mostly hip-hop culture; but unfortunately, in some cases has mutated into an attitude which is disrespectful, masogynistic and sometimes dangerous…most of the kids are decent kids just trying to look and act “cool”; but once in a while they adopt the “street-thug” attitude.
You are absolutely right…many wouldn’t survive ten minutes in Compton.
masogynistic? Do you mean misogynic? Hate to be a snotty pedant but I also hate misspelling. Misogyny is all too widespread a phenomenon. Look how many religions and political systems seek to control women. It’s very chimp.
Actually both spellings are acceptable
interestingly, I can’t find a legit source that lists masogynist as an acceptable alternate. So… link?
Yea, masogynist is patently false. “Mas” is not an acceptable spelling for the prefix “mis.” Or else we’d have “masgivings,” “masdirection,” etc.
3rded, or is it 4thed?
There are no black kids at our school so idiot males have no-one to explain to them that they are white and that it is silly to have NWA (I’m told it stands for “n*****s with attitude”) tattooed on your chest.
And there are a few rap wannabes… who don’t listen to rap.
A couple of my friends watched “8 mile” and have “rap battles”… *Ears bleed*
Al Capone…
Another AC…
^Just noticed…
white kids with NWA tattooed on their chests? wow. that’s a new one…
Maybe they’re big NorthWest Airlines fans.
Win!
How about a white girl referring to herself as “a brother”? Can you do that?
For some reason that reminds me of the line from the movie “The Commitments”: Do you not get it, lads? The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I’m black and I’m proud. (Yes, I know you’re in Scotland…)
Ireland, Scotland… Gay-lic, Gah-lic….
Keep meaning to see that movie. (My Mother likes it (and she doesn’t approve of much))
And the Italians are Gar-lic?
Only according to Firenzec scientists …
D8
…wait, what?
Ugh… bad, white, rap with a scottish accent? Get some video, you’ll be the next viral win on YouTube, and embarrass your friends into behaving themselves as well!
It’s the odd attempt at an American accent which is particularly painful… “DJ Duncan” sits all day thinking of insults which rhyme but it’s quite cringey when all someone else can think of is “Don’t try and pick a fight with me… Or I’ll sting you… like a bee… ummm… yo yo… muthafu(ka….”
And that was the cheap laugh I needed for the morning…
I just had a mental image of rappers with Scottish accents, possibly all wearing South Pole.
Since I live under a rock, wearing South Pole as a reference is lost on me thus forcing my brain to detour through a bad wang joke and now…
My brain is damaged…
It’s a brand of clothing. AND because I love you… [link]
Every time I try to do a link lately (other than my normal one) it eats my damn post. Is there some trick I’m missing or does PK just hate me?
Well, as amazing as it is to me that you could be hated by ANYONE, I had no problems with it…
*feels the love and gets a good chuckle*
Perhaps it is my perverted nature showing but that logo just looks like a polygonal anus and then I see the clothing that only assholes would wear…
Well, I was kind of disappointed in the website because the models are wearing clothing in their actual size. I wanted a picture of your average Southpole wearer which means it would have to be at least two sizes bigger. I like your take on the logo!
It looks like stuff you could buy at Target, but I’m betting it costs a little more, right?
Pretty much. Selling a brand instead of an actual fashion.
@Jane: It’s why I going to be President of PK.
The reason Capon could make todays “gansta’s” shit their pants? He worked hard at being a ganster. Today’s lame ass “gangsta’s” just sit around drinking and doing drugs acting tough. Capon killed people who were in direct conflict with his program and power. Today, “gangster’s” kill anyone, including kids, for $5.00 or because they got drunk and had a little hissy fit. Capon was, although outside of the law, a business man. Today’s gangster’s are morons who can’t get out of their Ma Ma’s house or live off GF’s.
WIN!!!
Exactly. Organized crime was just that, organized. The mobsters of the day were in it to make money, and they did. They had their own fleet of vehicles and stayed in luxury hotels. Today’s gangbangers just play dress up in their team colors and shoot at each other for fun. Any idiot can do that.
However, It would seem that todays gangsta’s would just gun down Capon, purposeless yes, but very dangerous. Half the names you are calling them online, I doubt you could say in real life. I’m not disagreeing with your evaluation but unless your suicidal and/or have 10+ years of martial arts and self-defense, you would be a bit scared seeing these guys IRL. And yes Capon was more buisness oriented, he knew what he was doing, he was smart, todays Gangstas loathe such an ideal as being, “sketch” or “mamas boy”. They wouldn’t respect or fear Capon because they wouldn’t think it worth the time to figure out who he was. I was born and raised in Cali and I can tell you, gangs today (or about 9 years ago) have power specifically because they are unorganized and are dangerous, even more so because they lack a purpose. Capon with his gang behind them could destroy/cripple many of todays gangs but they rely less on the kind of power he had, money, and more on the fear they can instill in others such that, when I went to school, you had to be EXTREMELY careful what color you wore.
I never said that idiots couldn’t be dangerous. Being violent doesn’t make you a good criminal. If you’re going to break the law and risk going to jail for the rest of your life, you had better be making money at it. Armed robbery over $45 in a gas station cash register is retarded.
You’re equivocating. The street level thugs you’re thinking of now existed in Capone’s day, too — and were ordered to do equally foolish things back then. You’re ignoring the higher-ups in today’s gangs because they do what Capone could afford not to: stay out of the spotlight.
Law enforcement has come a long way in 80 years, and the people whose “job” it is to oversee drug- and gun-running rings just don’t throw themselves out in the open. Otherwise they’re forced to flee, and if you’re on the lam you can’t keep control of your gang. See Whitey Bulger.
If you think today’s gangs are unorganized you are sadly mistaken and obviously not spending time in communities affected by gang violence.
thank you. finally someone who speaks with some real experience with gang members, instead of a vague understanding of white kids pretending to be black.
large, sprawling gangs like the bloods or crips or latin kings are certainly less organized than capone’s organization, but the individual sets are still run seriously.
For an interesting angle on organised crime, read Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books.
I dunno… I think it might be the other way around. Today’s gangsters have much nastier hardware, and absolutely no line that they won’t cross. I think Capone would’ve been appalled… whereas he would consider himself a businessman who got his hands dirty, he would look on today’s thugs as rabid animals.
Capone would be appalled for about ten seconds. Then he would send his incredibly well organized muscle into the street to take out the garbage.
Thing about organized crime, it was organized.
Take any well-trained riot response unit of a metropolitan police force. Put them up against an unruly mob, they’ll mop up. But put them up against a unit of medieval recreationists who spend uncounted hours of their free time training in shield wall tactics and the cops will be routed. Same idea.
You don’t think the cartels are organized? The russian mafia, the silverbacks, the aryans, you don’t think they’ve got a command structure? As somebody said above, don’t mistake a common street thug for a gangster. Today’s organized crime is run much more like a paramilitary organization.
I think the caption is more in reference to people who stupidly consider themselves to be “gangster” just to fit into the rap/hip hop scene. It’s making a point that such people aren’t real gangsters just idiots with guns.
Or knives, baseball bats, axes, 2×4’s with nails sticking out, crowbars, brass knuckles. Don’t see many chains anymore unless they’re bikers who clearly aren’t “real gangsters” and I never see swords anymore. How come ganster’s never use swords? I’d prefer a 12th century 2-handed English longsword or a Katana (if I’m hungover that day) if I was a ganster.
You wanna see gangsta?….{link}
REPRESENT!!!
They don’t use swords because it takes training, skill, dedication and balls to use them effectively…none of which exist when you’re f’d up on crack. Oh yeah….you can’t really conceal them very well either. Plus, it takes far less balls to use a gun.
And as for the bikers, dude…they are every bit as organized and “real” as any of the rest, maybe more so in a lot of ways. Do not EVER underestimate the bastards.
And for the record….give me the Wing Chun Knives (Bat Jam Do). Compact, deadly, efficient and fairly concealable.
Though this makes little sense, gangsters, and gangsta’s, are different things. Gangsters would be Al Capone, organized and deadly, Gansta’s, would be todays versions, they have orginazation on the level of a wolf pack and their own sub-culture (hard to distinguish between the rap one.) and I consider to be much more deadly, I would rather be caught in the gang wars of Al Capone then the Bloods and the Crips. It would have been bad either way but I wouldn’t have to worry about my kids safety, Al at least had honor.
…and syphyllis
*or syphillis…
Damn herpes causing me to type like I’ve got the clap…
*claps for MG*
But wouldn’t more organization be more deadly?
Yeah, not saying they are, but imagine todays gansta’s as an extremely powerful force that has no direction, wide spread effect. I guess it comes down to a gun analogy. An accurate shot or a shotgun blast.
Probably more accurate to compare Mobsters to a Tommy Gun…
Why is it you assume todays gangsters have no organization? How do they go about smuggling in all their drugs and weapons against a far superior police force than that of Capone’s day?
If Capone was alive in the business, don’t you think he would have similar if not better hardware because he could afford it?
Just saying.
No, because he was imprisoned 80 years ago. Technology has come a long way.
Oh shit! Ca-pwned!
Ca-pwned! win!
Oh god, you’re all incredibly dull. But at least you’re all major organised crime experts. You should join the police or politics or something with all your inside info and all the times you’ve seen kids on the street, looking younger than you and reminding you of your mortality.
Kids of today, eh? Wanting to be gangsters when everyone knows all the best gangsters were in the old days. Yeah, they might have killed people but they loved their mums.
Come on, get a grip. Capone was a petty thug and criminal but because he did it ages ago you’re all stupid enough to believe that he was doing it for the good of society.
I never thought I would find a worse caption on the news bit than all the black and white photos on the celeb bit that say they’re way better than anyone around now.
Get your heads outs of your a*ses and write something funny.
Well, thank goodness you came down from your lofty perch to share your expertise. Dullard.
I don’t think anyone said Capone was doing anything for the good of society. If he had been, he’d have paid his taxes like a good citizen.
“And God descended from the heavens and said to thee, tho art stoopid.”
OK I need to stir the pot a bit here acutally during the great depression Al capone was one of the first people in chicago to open up the soup kitchens, he set the example to help the poor, yes he broke the law, yes he never paid taxes but he DID look after the poor and if an innocent was killed capone looked after the family. He had respect and morals. Twisted yes but still.
Pretty much protecting what he felt was his. Crazy sort the mob.
It’s where we get the phrase “honor among thieves”. Honor, they had it. (twisted, sure, but they didn’t kill you for kicks like the kids in the East and North parts of my town do)
You have my sympathy and understanding…
lol, “g-dogg”
*dies of boredom*
no! the captain can’t die!
Give her wang to mouth resusitation stat!
You first, I try to avoid lawsuits.
Amazing… congressional/government racketeering by Washington elitists is tolerated, but when an I-talian does it, it’s considered a crime.
When did we kick out all the Italian American “Washington elitists”?
back in the 60s for looking too much like mussolini…
Nice play, ubr.
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this whole concept of one crook being better than another crook just perpetuates the idea that crooks should be respected… can we go back to the i &heart obama lolz?
Obama lolz fail
I am annoyed at my lack of memory but I recall a reference to a character being asked what he would want to do.
His response was to state a desire to kill Robin Hood for he gave theft an element of heroism which he stated damaged the psyches of generations.
10 internets if anybody can correct the faults of my memory and state what that is from…
god dang it, I knew it too until you asked the name. >.<
Dun dun dunnn, my memory curse spreads.
you, sir, are evil. a good evil, but evil nonetheless.
Comparing Capone to the bangers of today is kind of off. I mean, if he were alive today, growing up the way that he would have today, I think that he would have been at least a little different. He would be way harder, way stronger, his weapons much better, and he would have everything top grade. I think I’d be more scared of modern day Capone than of the old world Capone. The one of today would eliminate, systematically, every single other gang out there using his noggin and rats and just… *shudders*
I continue to favor the methods of dealing with the gang problem which are exemplified in the Bruce Willis vehicle “Last Man Standing”:
“Well, it’s over, son. I’m coming back here in ten days, and I’m gonna bring about twenty rangers with me. I will tolerate *one* gang, because that is the nature of things. A certain amount of corruption is inevitable. But if I find *two* gangs here when I get back, then in a couple of hours there will be *no* gangs here.”
@ G-Dogg:
Forgive me for butting in, as I normally do not post much, but I felt that I had to reply to your post. Yes, you have a point. A lot of Capone’s perceived power was in the nostalgia of things, which is where Nick’s point is made, and centrally concerns honor. He also has a point.
My brother is a “gangsta” (when he was younger, he was as “white” as sour cream, to use a probably not all that apt terminology) and it is from him and the fact that I live on what could be termed the front doorstep of the ghetto that allows me a few years of behavioral experience (not to be mistaken for expertise). To be honest, while you are right again about the nostalgia being most of Capone’s power, he and others are right about the lack of honor and discrimination in “gangsta” activities.
This is partially due to drugs, as my brother is a crackhead and does not care who he hurts as long as he can score his next high. I can back this up, as he sold many things of my deceased mother’s that were quite dear to my father in sentimental value, as well as a lot of my father’s equipment (he’s a handyman) and the TV/VCR set my father bought my daughter for Christmas just a few months previous as well as my little neice’s college fund, which my mother started and had kept in a jar on the hutch. Also, he would lash out with fists and weapons at anyone who angered him (including, on one memorable and nearly fatal occasion, me), because “he was a gangsta and people better respect”. In short, he felt he could do precisely as he pleased, because being a gangsta means “he don’t care” who he hurts.
I realize I am probably committing some sort of grammatical crime with the use of quotation marks for emphasis and do beg the forgiveness of anyone I offend.
Which is why I would like coach whipping instituted as a punishment for idiotic and dangerous behavior.
That, sir, is almost as good as live vivisection. I applaud your ingenuity.
Thank you, I am a fan of the idea of a good stiff beating and then incarceration for antics such as his.
I will however be a tool and point out that the point of a vivisection is that the victim is alive. If they are dead, it would be an autopsy.
/language fascist.
*pets* I am well aware of that fact, which is why vivisection is my favorite punishment for idiocy. *dons I heart Vivisection cap*
*smacks self* Oh, now I see what you meant. Apologies for the redundancy.
No worries, I gotz petz from it. XD
*purrs* Fair enough.
Strange thing: I am receiving comments in my email from persons other than you on this site, but when I come here, the only ones I see up are yours. Why is that? Do you know?
Not a clue, really. Do you have more than one account set to that email or something of that nature?
I don’t believe so, but then, I am a clueless dolt when it comes to things of a technical nature. Hence my husband being webmaster of our magazine, whereas I am merely the owner/editor/one of the writers.
However, I’ve realized what my problem is. I was seeing replies from other nestings. *has just proven own clueless-dolt case…needs a hug*
*gives hugs* No worries, I leave admin work like that for Lynn and I focus on writing…
That’s an odd parallel… Though without the magazine part.
*is hugged…is happy…needs no upper-case for actions* How is it odd? The world is a big place. There’s no telling what we could have in common with everyone else besides the general assortment of fingers, toes, and…well, anyway, let’s not go there.
True true.
Try watching Gang Land on the History Channel. A lot of these gangs are pretty well organized.
You may be right, but in the end, everything is subjective. One person’s reckless violence is another’s masterminded strategy. I’m sure people called Capone a mindless petty thug back in his heyday as well.
While I would like to point out that a lot of “those gangs” (MS13, Hell’s Angels, etc.) are indeed quite organized, I can only offer my own personal experience (which is likely not much in the grand scheme of things) to back my claim that the younger generation of gangs is wild and reckless and really think that “i don’t care” will make people afraid of them. Personally, they disgust me, which in turn causes me to pity them- but we won’t get into my personal philosophy here.
The basic hierarchical command structure is instinctive to all primates, including humans. We are not so sapiens as we would like to think – basic self centredness and lack of empathy have consequences in aggressive possessiveness, cruelty and lust for sensation. So, isn’t it time to decide as a species what is really human? Why do we keep perpetuating the worst of primate behaviours? What directions should we take so that such undesirable directions are no longer taken?
Man, are U doing your college anthropology assignment. Keep on going with your work brother..
“Why in the world would anybody reminisce about a murderer?”
Beats me, but we do it al the time. I mean, Che Guevara’s face is on frickin’ everything. He’s like a Communist capitalist icon.
Ssssnnnnnnaapp! Well done!
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I just always figured that those kids thought he was someone else and didn’t know who Guevara was.
Also–and I am not justifying the murders by Guevara’s hands–but at least he was a revolutionary. He fought for the people. Yeah he did awful things but he did stand for a lot of things that should be believed in.
@igloomccoy:
Forgive me, but Stalin was tough. Caligula “little boots” decidedly was not, and met a justified end after ordering the Roman army (the mightiest military force in what they considered the world) to make a raid on Neptune. The soldiers spent hours stabbing and slashing at the surf, and the booty that they carried home was nothing more than helmets of seashells. He got what he deserved for that embarassment, and when I think about him, all I think is “scrawny little crackpot”. When concerned with Caligula, Tough is nowhere in the lexicon.
I figured I should share that bit of laughable and slightly tragic trivia for your enjoyment.
Yeah but Caligula was a paranoid jackass and a little bit of a nut. Wait, is that not what tough means?
couldn’t agree more with this caption.
What is his name? I forgot and it is killing me!
Whose name?
why am i crying when i as a person on this computer is takin my time 2 watch him deep in his eyes?
am i the only one who thinks it’s creepy and kind of silly that Al Capone died because he was afraid of needles….of syphilis in jail? PATHETIC.
Al Capone was paroled on November 16, 1939, spent a short time in a hospital, then returned to his home in Palm Island, Florida.
On January 21, 1947, Capone had an apoplectic stroke. He regained consciousness and started to improve but contracted pneumonia on January 24. He suffered a fatal cardiac arrest the next day
People Fail on History today.
WRONG!
SYPHILIS!
NEEDLES!
Well, say about Ol’ Al what you will, at least he knew how to pull up his trousers.
To those who feel that a difference in colour is so much of a problem, I wish that you go blind – it won’t be an issue for you anymore, plus the chances of you getting hit by a semi back on your way home to whatever backwater redneck swamp you came from is quadrupled!
It’s a WIN/WIN really.