2026-10-30 18:24 UTC
Be me. Try to do the right thing. Do what society tells me. Work hard. Get hit in the face by the rock of life and am stumbling hard.
Be them. Worst of the worst, crimes against absolutely everyone and everything. Reach the pinnacle of success.
I really think the Germans need to come up with a new word for the contrast I’ve stated.
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@ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 2026-10-30 19:32
No single words, and nothing that seems too interesting in German, but there’s a good Cantonese phrase that encompasses that sentiment: 殺人放火金腰帶，修橋補路無屍骸 shā rén fàng huǒ jīn yāo dài, xiū qiáo bǔ lù wú shī hái Roughly, “murder and arson earn a gold belt; doing good deeds (lit. building bridges and repairing roads) leaves no corpse (i.e. no one can find your body to bury properly).