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132 sats \ 5 replies \ @siggy47 23 Mar \ on: Some thoughts on Mike Tyson as meta-organism mostly_harmless
His quote has gotten a lot of play: "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." He said this before his fight with Evander Holyfield, when he was asked if he was worried about his opponent's plans.
I think he isn't as dumb as the image he has cultivated for himself. I think he enjoys being perceived as an idiot, and he plays into people's submerged racism.
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I actually saw a clip recently of a young tyson and Ali being interviewed on a late night show and they asked both who would beat the other and I think this might have been the only time I have seen tyson not playing a character and he essentially said "I think I am great but he is the greatest of all time".
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There's a beat poetry quality to it, for sure.
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I love that quote so much.
I think he isn't as dumb as the image he has cultivated for himself.
What I find most striking isn't his intelligence, or lack of it. It's the self control. His speech, his behavior, reminds me of brain-damaged patients I'm familiar with. Like, literally. And this isn't me dissing the guy.
There are all kinds of people in the world, he has overachieved by a million-fold what one might expect.
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