Crabs in the bucket

[CouldntBeMeTho]

It's technically a triple negative if you include this rep.

 

[Hater Eraser]

Hook & Reel got some good ass crab legs.....

" I got a feeling nikka really that my money be the root
Look up at the stars she like honey where the roof?
Pull up hear the dogs canaries they goin roof
Even once had a job pouring tar up on a roof
That boy had it hard no facade its the truth
So now when I Menage and get massaged its the proof
Proofs in the pudding and that baking sodas taking
Paper that I'm making got her taking photos naked
Listening to nikkas like whistling at Wendy Williams
I flip my middle finger I'm chilling on 20 million
The rumors turn me on I'm masturbating at the top
These hoes so excited they catching every drop
I'm dodging the debacles like pot holes in Jamaica
We cut down the weed bury the paper on them acres
Martin had a dream bob got high I still do both but somehow I got by "

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Plenty of nikkas in middle class neighborhoods still doing pure clown shyt and acting a fool (I grew up in one). It's not just people in the "hood" being dysfunctional and pulling each other down.

 

[cyndaquil]

You threw a perfect lob, i had to finish the oop.

will you rep me back in the future?

 

[Luke Cage]

will you rep me back in the future?

I got you

 

[get these nets]

A teacher was having a conversation with her students about the meaning of the quote and one of the students said “ The bucket is not the crabs natural habitat how do you expect them to behave” and I’ve never thought of it that way

True story? And what grade was this?

 

[Whore D'oeuvres]

"Natural habitat" is irrelevant. The aphorism isn't about bucket nor crab.

It's about the ability to adapt.

How did you arrive at this alternate take?

As opposed to the traditional understanding of "pulling others down with you because if you can't succeed no one can" ?

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

"Natural habitat" is irrelevant. The aphorism isn't about bucket nor crab.

It's about the ability to adapt.

Who or what adapts to living in a bucket?

 

[UpAndComing]

Ya'll really trying to find solace from being a Crab ass nikka

 

[Rusty$hackleford]

Smart kid, and a fair response.

(Not related to any current events around these parts but) One thing about that metaphor that I never see discussed is, the crab attempting to escape the bucket can't do it without having other crabs beneath him. He's attempting to free himself off their backs (their collective mass at the bottom). There has to be others also in your precarious position up under you for that escape to even be possible. And equally important, escape isn't possible for everyone. Maybe something to be said of those willing to sacrifice for just one to escape their peril, but also the natural reluctance of being used as a stepping stone when your fate is essentially sealed by doing so.

That sounds like something I should ponder further when I'm blazed after work. Carryon yal

 

[old pig]

A teacher was having a conversation with her students about the meaning of the quote and one of the students said “ The bucket is not the crabs natural habitat how do you expect them to behave” and I’ve never thought of it that way

dope.

 

[get these nets]

Spoiler

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

nikkas really think Crabs shouldn’t try to escape from a bucket?

 

[MajesticLion]

How did you arrive at this alternate take?

As opposed to the traditional understanding of "pulling others down with you because if you can't succeed no one can" ?

Who or what adapts to living in a bucket?

Implicit in the "traditional understanding" is that all you are is a crab and can never be anything else, never learn better, never improve your situation because you'll simply default back to type.

People have ability to choose.

 

[Asicz]

If y'all don't get this fakewoke quote outta here man... lol