Nowadays everybody wants to be a tough guy

[datasuspect]

they listen to some gangsta rap, play some video games, watch a few mob flicks and they're like instant wise guys. wtf?

[KG]

1. yeah, it annoys the hell out of those of us that really are tuff guys

[MilesColtrane]

2. If you have to act like a tough guy, you ain't a tough guy.

The Beastie Boys said it...



"Butcher me on the court

Too many elbows to report

Now you're poking me in the eye

Bill laimbeer motherfucker, it's time for you to die



Tough guy, it's time to check yourself

Dribbling the ball like the biz can be bad for your health

Tough guy, what you got to prove

Moving like an elephant, that's your favorite move

Tough guy, your shit is going out


Tough guy


Box me out with your fat ass

Throw me around like a bounce pass

You've got a tombstone hanging over your dick

Cause a minor earthquake when you throw a moving pick


Tough guy, you think you're like the shaq

Keep running around, you'll catch a heart attack

Tough guy, what are you giving me

The way you're playing ball, you'll stop me from living b


Tough guy, tough guy


Tough guy, you're shit is weak

Tough guy, you fucking freak

Tough guy, i'll stick your shit

Tough guy"

[Az]

3. I swear the west has some major form of testosterone poisoning

It is rampaging through the entertainment industry. No one wants to be anything less than tough. Any hint of cuteness or softness and they run off to the gym or to a consultant for a makeover.

It has seriously limited the types of characters that we can expect to see in stories. Everyone has to be the freaking hero and the hero has to chew nails (not the ones on fingers). There is an entire dynamic range of characteristics out there but if it doesn't involve putting a boot up someone's ass America doesn't seem interested in it.

[mitchum]

4. Yeah, just a bunch of schoolboys, punks and weak sisters...

says the man with the screen name "mitchum" :)

[Hippo_Tron]

5. Not me, getting into fights hurts

One of the things I've learned over the years is always tell the drunken tough guy that he's right and walk away. It's so much easier than getting in a fight, even if you think you can win.

[Mythsaje]

6. Maybe...

I don't give a rat's ass, myself. Those who have to act tough rarely are.

The real tough ones are the quiet ones who don't have to posture.