I lived in The Hood for a couple years, and can verify this is true, even if it's funny.
I wound up in The Hood because Grace lived in the hood, and I went to her. She told me "you can't go out around here after sundown", and I told her to hold my beer and watch this...
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’