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To: nickcarraway

Nothing says “I’m smart!” like an unintentional double negative. Just one more example proving that intelligence and wealth often have very little to do with one another.


5 posted on 06/10/2026 10:49:08 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Sicon
Nothing says ā€œI’m smart!ā€ like an unintentional double negative. Just one more example proving that intelligence and wealth often have very little to do with one another.

Correct. Translated from ghetto talk to standard English, "I'm not taking nobody over me," means "I'm taking somebody over me."

26 posted on 06/10/2026 11:32:29 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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