You want it to be one way. But it's (maybe) the other way.
"You want it to be one way. But it's the other way." - Marlo Stanfield I got so sick of hearing how "The Wire was the best show ever made, other than maybe Breaking Bad," that I went and binged the entire series over the last 4 weeks. And let me tell you something - it absolutely lived up to the hype. What a fantastic show - the story arcs, character development, weaving of previous season plots into future episodes, acting...it was all incredible. But more importantly, I finally have context into the Twitter memes I pretended like I understood (Stringer Bell "We back up," Wee-Bey shocked face, "Price of the brick going up," "Omar comin'"). Now I can nod along knowingly when one random, anonymous Twitter troll bodies another anonymous, random Twitter troll with a Wire reference. I think I've also seen the sports betting Twitter Aussies use this from time to time, but I'll be damned if I...