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  • "Do the chair recognize we gonna look like some punk ass bitches?" -Poot
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  • @user-kt6gn1ds1e
    @user-kt6gn1ds1e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2515

    “Do the chair know that we gon look like some punk ass bitches out there?” 😂😂😂 one of the best lines in the series

    • @vibinwpsilocybin1424
      @vibinwpsilocybin1424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +229

      the realest shit said in that meeting 😂😂

    • @richardkrilljr.8711
      @richardkrilljr.8711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      String’s reaction was priceless LOL

    • @TheBlackKakashi
      @TheBlackKakashi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

      @@richardkrilljr.8711 because he knew he was right, but he was tryna be a businessman 😂

    • @brysonsummerlin7805
      @brysonsummerlin7805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      Poot said sum Avon would say 😂

    • @gregpl9363
      @gregpl9363 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@TheBlackKakashi
      RIP R "Stringer" Bell
      " A man without a country...... wasn't hard enuff for dis shit right here... and maybe... just maaybee....
      not smart enuff for them suits out there "

  • @moriellymoproblems7842
    @moriellymoproblems7842 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2682

    That mic had one day until retirement.

    • @Uncle_elroy4
      @Uncle_elroy4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      MoRiellyMoProblems 😂😂

    • @snapshotsreviews4967
      @snapshotsreviews4967 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      MoRiellyMoProblems 😂😂😂😂

    • @DuncanUdaho67
      @DuncanUdaho67 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lmaoooooo

    • @flisko123
      @flisko123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      nigga is u takin notes on a criminal fuckin conspiracy?

    • @rucsok15
      @rucsok15 5 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      that mic never had the makings of a varsity athlete

  • @theSuperviLLain_est
    @theSuperviLLain_est 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2152

    I love how Shamrock is just concerned that Poot DID in fact have the floor

    • @jonmacie7581
      @jonmacie7581 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      Sham was probably the worst of all Stringer bell's hires. He ran the sloppiest ship ever.

    • @benriffle104
      @benriffle104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Lol, reading this reminds me of a Seinfeld quote when Jerry had a bounced check at a corner store and the owner refused to take it down, even though he owned the store.
      "But it's your bodega"
      "Even I am not above the policy"

    • @jackjack.2704
      @jackjack.2704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      He did tho' 🤣.

    • @MrAgbxl
      @MrAgbxl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Shamrock could have been working for Blackrock had he been born somewhere else

    • @Alrokako
      @Alrokako 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Poot asked the million dollar question

  • @slydEvil35
    @slydEvil35 ปีที่แล้ว +624

    Perfect symbolism of stringer in one scene. Tries to make the game civilized but as soon as someone challenges him he reverts right back to the street using intimidation/violence.
    He never committed to one life.

    • @schweinhund9205
      @schweinhund9205 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Fr fr

    • @melkam647
      @melkam647 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Word. Definition of lukewarm. Stringer always been an A- cat.

    • @BigBoneESB
      @BigBoneESB 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

      He wanted it to be one way.

    • @yoh002
      @yoh002 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      This and the scene where, after getting scammed by DOWNTOWN Clay Davis, he orders Slim to take him out, like if he was some thug from rival corner

    • @War-child_
      @War-child_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Idris played that character perfectly

  • @utpalninjajedi
    @utpalninjajedi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2730

    Stringer reminds me of the kid that comes home after his first semester of his freshman year after taking intro to economics and is telling his parents how to manage their finances

    • @JaqoBlaque
      @JaqoBlaque 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      P. Bady Absolutely

    • @blacksuede11
      @blacksuede11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +256

      U know we all had that moment when we wanted to spread some knowledge lol

    • @williamjackson5421
      @williamjackson5421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +203

      But he was always right when it came to it. His approach was wrong for sure. He wanted to clean up gang shit. Not accepting those around him for what they were. No reason the council couldn't work. No reason not to become the silent partner. No reason not to become the Greek. He wanted to be acknowledged for how smart he was which was very dumb.

    • @carthag
      @carthag 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      he make it look good tho

    • @DreadPages
      @DreadPages 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Except that it was his business. His finances to manage while Avon was away. And he was trying to save their lives. Not that he necessarily cared for them. But they were assets to him.

  • @hondaissace
    @hondaissace 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2330

    funny how poot the only one to make it out the game

    • @DrNickRiveria
      @DrNickRiveria 5 ปีที่แล้ว +760

      yeah but his hairline didnt.

    • @sevenwhatuknow
      @sevenwhatuknow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@DrNickRiveria 😂

    • @weldonbishop2755
      @weldonbishop2755 5 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      That's because the exchange is exactly what happens in real company meetings. No one really wants the truth, just agreement.

    • @morradi10000
      @morradi10000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Weldon Bishop amen, brother

    • @brandonclark4515
      @brandonclark4515 5 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Boy ended up at footlocker

  • @followingtheroe1952
    @followingtheroe1952 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +145

    Just the line "Chair recognize Slim Charles" is inherently funny

    • @MasterK-hv4ws
      @MasterK-hv4ws 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      lol

    • @enterthebruce91
      @enterthebruce91 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​​​@@MasterK-hv4wsThe Wire had so many heartbreaking, dramatic and hilarious moments: The best written show ever! Boardwalk Empire, Banshee, Sharp Objects and Tokyo Vice are all up there as the best crime dramas ever made but The Wire is #1...HBO is king! 👑

  • @star-xs2wf
    @star-xs2wf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1791

    "yo, yo string, Poot did have the floor man" Lmaooo

    • @daquanb8949
      @daquanb8949 5 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      "Shut the fuck up this nigga to ignorant to have the fucking floor"

    • @Marley2006
      @Marley2006 5 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      Poot is straight wild for that line. 😳🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @LostBoysBasketball
      @LostBoysBasketball 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Daquan B the look on his face after he says that kills me every time 😂😂

    • @JayBelafonte
      @JayBelafonte 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      It was an official meeting and he had to keep the rules 😂

    • @Stefanthenautilus
      @Stefanthenautilus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      That guy is one of my favorite bit characters in the whole thing. He's the same dude who was taking minutes at the New Day Co-op meetings. I wish he could admin some of the meetings I have to sit through.

  • @jimmyryder1221
    @jimmyryder1221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +471

    That mic slap was by far the most brutal death in the serie

  • @brohan914
    @brohan914 8 ปีที่แล้ว +820

    "Do the Chair know we gonna look like punkass bitches out there"
    Poot was talking sense. Marlo saw Stringer's new "businessman" strategy for what it was: without Avon, he was weak. The shark smelled blood in the water. It was only a matter of time before he made his move.

    • @brohan914
      @brohan914 8 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      *****
      Marlo is alive and free at the end of the show. String's dead, Avon's locked up.

    • @bestreviews9666
      @bestreviews9666 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Bam!

    • @liquidpersuasion
      @liquidpersuasion 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      correction: *ponkass* bitches

    • @iamyourbiggestfan6420
      @iamyourbiggestfan6420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      "Yo Chris...tell our people to tool up."

    • @blaze4metal
      @blaze4metal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@brohan914 Marlo rode the story with so much plot armor it was annoying. He should have been dropped within six episodes of his first appearance without all the lucky breaks he got throughout the show.

  • @leondelvechioramirez8529
    @leondelvechioramirez8529 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1571

    Only stringer can wear glasses and sip tea like a badass.

    • @Solomonreborn
      @Solomonreborn 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Leon Delvechio Ramirez Right? Excellent

    • @scott4398
      @scott4398 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      just be as jacked as Idris Elba theory

    • @MICDaBoss1
      @MICDaBoss1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Facts 😂😂😂😂

    • @MachineGunMouth
      @MachineGunMouth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @West coast Dre I wouldn't go that far. After all he was the second in command of a long running large drug organization. He wanted to change the way the game is played but that doesn't necessarily make him a pussy

    • @alfiehammond7574
      @alfiehammond7574 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      mcharleau your comment should have more likes

  • @1010Huey
    @1010Huey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1055

    The chair never did recognize Poot's hairline.

    • @Bigbossfilmworks
      @Bigbossfilmworks 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      1010Huey 😩😩😩😩

    • @lilpopes
      @lilpopes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It was pushed all the way back

    • @black6755
      @black6755 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      that boy hair line so far back it's still fighting for voting rights!

    • @busychrissy0.0
      @busychrissy0.0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yoooo😂

    • @textbook1263
      @textbook1263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Poot's own mother don't recognise that boys hairline.

  • @CGJUGO80
    @CGJUGO80 7 ปีที่แล้ว +834

    Stringer drinking the tea gives away the fact that he is an Englishman.

    • @saturn580
      @saturn580 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Ha! I never thought about that.
      There's also a scene in season 3 where McNulty is drinking tea during a meeting with Brianna Barksdale. Nice!

    • @Mr_Originality
      @Mr_Originality 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      U sound dumb

    • @Mr.GoodVibesCaLi
      @Mr.GoodVibesCaLi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mr Originality how ? .... please elaborate on how they sound dumb and I’m sure u can’t come up with a answer why

    • @DeezUp4Da3zz
      @DeezUp4Da3zz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Mr.GoodVibesCaLi how tf does drinking tea make you an englishmen?

    • @Wafflesaurus
      @Wafflesaurus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Spot on

  • @IhateYourLife
    @IhateYourLife ปีที่แล้ว +84

    “We gon handle ourselves like bisness men”
    *proceeds to act like a street level gangster at the devastatingting rebuttal from Poot

    • @houseofmatrix6174
      @houseofmatrix6174 ปีที่แล้ว

      Business men are Gangsta

    • @johnsmile434
      @johnsmile434 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Devastating rebuttal 😂😂😂

    • @truestdude
      @truestdude 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@johnsmile434 bruh 😅😅😅😅

  • @sonnymp1337
    @sonnymp1337 8 ปีที่แล้ว +991

    idris played stringer to the absolute best

    • @StephNuggs
      @StephNuggs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      The guy that played Carver auditioned for Stringer 😂

    • @BoxCJ206er
      @BoxCJ206er 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Svahn 😭😭😭😭

    • @BossofBosses111
      @BossofBosses111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@StephNuggs Idris auditioned for Avon lol

    • @StephNuggs
      @StephNuggs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@BossofBosses111 🤔

    • @ariefraiser140
      @ariefraiser140 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@BossofBosses111 Yeah I heard that. He probably thought Avon would be the better role because he was the head of the drug empire but Stringer Bell turned out to be the far more interesting character and role.

  • @SakinishiChannel
    @SakinishiChannel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    that microphone had hopes and dreams

    • @leonbrown5935
      @leonbrown5935 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol

    • @lastnamefirst_
      @lastnamefirst_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now they're dead and buried like Squidward's

    • @greatmatth3093
      @greatmatth3093 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      These are the most hilarious comments I have ever read. Y'all are just too funny😂😂😂

  • @willb2798
    @willb2798 9 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    R.I.P to the microphone that lost its life during this scene.

    • @mykmcgrane
      @mykmcgrane 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Will B lol! Best. Comment. Ever.

    • @Solomonreborn
      @Solomonreborn 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Will B I caught that as well. I wonder if that was ad libbed?

    • @money345atherley2
      @money345atherley2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Will B Lmao it didnt stand a chance

    • @JayBelafonte
      @JayBelafonte 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      RIP to homeboys hairline

    • @smoking1212
      @smoking1212 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

  • @hotboxyay9029
    @hotboxyay9029 5 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    “Chair ain’t recognize your ass man.” Love how Shamrock acting hard like he wasn’t snitching later on 😂

    • @bthaman1855
      @bthaman1855 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Who did he snitch on

    • @King_Arthur_
      @King_Arthur_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@bthaman1855 That man was singing in an interrogation room at the end of the episode when Avon got locked up.

    • @12mak
      @12mak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @Lefter Mc Pointing to someone on a layout of photos when two detectives have you in an enclosed room handcuffed to the table? pretty sure he wasnt saying smd like bodie lol

    • @keithdior1657
      @keithdior1657 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Is you taking notes on a mutha*fucking criminal conspiracy Shamrock YES lol singing like a canary

    • @billybrand9976
      @billybrand9976 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He was with the rest of the crew getting sentenced though

  • @zerodood
    @zerodood 6 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    Is it safe to say that Poot was right all along?

    • @deb7457
      @deb7457 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Chaos ZT 💯Oh yeah!

    • @geordiejones5618
      @geordiejones5618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Avon would have told String to shut the fuck up and take those corners that day. No talking.

    • @l.alexsharp8666
      @l.alexsharp8666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stringer was right but his methods were wrong. The business part was key. But you can’t run a drug business without some bloodshed. If he was smart he would’ve killed both Marlo and Avon. Those 2 were NEVER gonna change

    • @DoubleRDubPlays
      @DoubleRDubPlays 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Most definitely. That's how Marlo was able to get a foothold. He saw Stringer as weak, especially when String tried to parley with him.

    • @napoleonsolo5929
      @napoleonsolo5929 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Poot made it out alive. I'd say he was right.

  • @char-les9196
    @char-les9196 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Stringer trying to turn street corner dudes into business men is hilarious

  • @KLEFF718
    @KLEFF718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    I love how Slim had enough respect to address him as Chair, knowing this was some straight up nonsense. That's one reason why he made it so far, just played along and taking notes the whole way

    • @tkgawa
      @tkgawa ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "What if they don't cop our reup?"

  • @anim3z4u
    @anim3z4u 8 ปีที่แล้ว +466

    What's so funny bout this was stringer talking bout no killing yet he tried to kill a state senator!

    • @samuelmuiruri4704
      @samuelmuiruri4704 8 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      stringer just did not seem to understand crime and business could not mix. i think Marlo, Avon and prop Joe knew the difference but stringer kind of thought it was the same thing rolled into one

    • @samuelmuiruri4704
      @samuelmuiruri4704 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      i mean he confused what he did for legit business instead of crime and thought he could just hit someone like Davis the same way he could hit Omar-he did not seem to know the two realms were very different unlike someone like Avon who was extremely careful, for instance he did not want his liquor license messed up with drug dealing by Orlando..stringer was just too careless in that regard. the underworld cannot just be transformed into meetings with senators, running for office, real estate unless you act with care, other wise you will be conned by the clay Davis types of this world, what Avon called playing away games.

    • @nugentmilicent7049
      @nugentmilicent7049 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      stinger didn't have a quarter of avons brains or balls

    • @34BigPete
      @34BigPete 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Because like all criminals he's a hypocrite.

    • @HiddenWen
      @HiddenWen 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Stringer was basically a fool.

  • @CybersecurityandCigars
    @CybersecurityandCigars 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Poot's line was CLASSIC

  • @maintenance_K.id55
    @maintenance_K.id55 12 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    chair recognize slim charles

  • @nosihctadraner2475
    @nosihctadraner2475 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Bodies frustration, the dudes constantly interrupting him, and poots question.. This scene is pure comedy 😂

  • @PierreDennis
    @PierreDennis 9 ปีที่แล้ว +700

    Poot just telling the truth.....

    • @MICDaBoss1
      @MICDaBoss1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Dennis Pierre no he wasn’t like stringer said start thinking like grown men

    • @redfather5342
      @redfather5342 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Robb Dark and that's why you buy police protection

    • @nickparsons1028
      @nickparsons1028 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@MICDaBoss1 poot wasnt telling the truth? Remind me which character got killed at the end of season 3 for trying to turn the game into a legitimate business? And which one actually survived all 5 seasons and made it out the game.

    • @Carlito_Brigante
      @Carlito_Brigante 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @Robb Dark And Marlo accomplished exactly what Stringer is preaching here - like a straight up G though, no businessman bullshit. Marlo was a hybrid between Avon and Stringer. He took the connect, had the monopoly on the dope, forced people to sell his product - if not, they got ran off their corners or clipped on the spot. He had the real estate and the product AND everybody was eatin, meanwhile Marlo gets the lion's share of course. This is why Marlo won imo.

    • @truegrit9202
      @truegrit9202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Nick Parsons he survived because he was at the bottom of the barrel. Most of those guys transition out because they are leaving the bottom and starting at the bottom. Case and point, he started working at a shoe store. Not a very high paying job. Marlo who was top dog became a big time investor. Most people like Marlo never get out alive or free. Because all eyes are on them. Everybody trying to take their spot.

  • @KNByam
    @KNByam 9 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    I loved this scene because it shows some people are who they are. You can show them a different way of doing things, but they're set in their ways.

    • @bks591
      @bks591 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @mrcunn02 Exactly, Stringer talking about Ford vs Toyota out of a book. Poot asked the question everyone in that room was thinking... Slim was coming at with more finesse but still saying the same thing. Stringer was a snake and his bad decision making got him killed...

    • @Cevensities
      @Cevensities 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      It also shows the flaw in trying to run the drug game like legitimate business. String had good intentions but failed to realize that the drug business has rules and consequences that legitimate business doesn't have to abide by. Some similairites because both are business models but the strategies don't align at all.

    • @ariefraiser140
      @ariefraiser140 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I read it completely differently. This isn't some wall street corporate business. This is literally a cut throat I will kill you business to get ahead. Where the guy with the most muscles will take over your operation...Like Morlo. To be feared and respected is the part of the equation Stringer discounted and the fear and respect came from holding those territories and the things other organizations know yours would do if you stepped out on their territories.
      Avon said it best "I ain't no suite wearing businessman like you. I'm just a gangster I suppose and I want my corners."

    • @DrNickRiveria
      @DrNickRiveria 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      they want it to be one way, but its the other way...

    • @jonmacie7581
      @jonmacie7581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Cevensities Stringer did not understand what BUNNY COLVIN did (understand). That he was talking to street level people about a MIDDLE MANAGER problem. Or even a BOSS problem. You take this to the bosses first before taking it to your soldiers. Marlo said NO. So that should have been the end of all that talk. Instead Stringer says, "Well, Ima worry about that when it happens??" Dumb.

  • @kellychante1695
    @kellychante1695 5 ปีที่แล้ว +400

    “Do the chair know we gone look like some PONK ASS BITCHES out there” 😂😂😂 best line of this scene. Poot was only telling the truth

    • @garcel1251
      @garcel1251 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      😂😂 right shit had me dying laughing first time I seen it

    • @kellychante1695
      @kellychante1695 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Desmond W True. Stringer was really holding council meetings for a drug organization. And giving up three of the 6 towers they had to East side was bad for business. That was the beginning of the end for the Barksdale crew.

    • @hussein6173
      @hussein6173 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Desmond W except, the only reason they 'lost respect' for him for doing that is, they really were too ignorant.
      If Stringer was dealing with smarter dudes, they'd respect him more not less.

    • @ariefraiser140
      @ariefraiser140 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You better learn that the bosses don't like hearing inconvenient truths.

    • @MagnaHarter
      @MagnaHarter 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kellychante1695 Apparently it wasn't bad for business, since their profits increased

  • @garyw5016
    @garyw5016 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Can imagine Avon getting out of prison and seeing how Stringer was holding meetings lol

    • @Von.NorthEnd
      @Von.NorthEnd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Right like wtf is you talking bout

  • @boxmad5523
    @boxmad5523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Remember watching the show and when they introduced Slim Charles he just had a presence about him, and he’s the guy who ends up on top when the show ends and has one of the most badass scenes in the entire show to go out on.
    “That was for Joe...”

  • @leondelvechioramirez8529
    @leondelvechioramirez8529 9 ปีที่แล้ว +374

    I love how it ends,
    "Adjourn your asses"
    Lmao

    • @mykmcgrane
      @mykmcgrane 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Leon Delvechio Ramirez I texted that to a friend of mine the other day, rewatching the series. new favorite String quote for the moment.

    • @dcstreet5037
      @dcstreet5037 ปีที่แล้ว

      How fun would it be to actually end a board meeting with that line?

  • @DavidLee-vp3nr
    @DavidLee-vp3nr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    Funny thing is Marlo did the same exact strategy stringer recommended with a little "twist"...
    Marlo FORCED other crews to take his package, or else it meant war

    • @MVegas
      @MVegas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Stringer feared war cause he feared death or doing time not realizing that police presence is apart of the game no matter how clean you appear

    • @denverbritto5606
      @denverbritto5606 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      that's why marlo got caught

    • @xafricanbloodx37
      @xafricanbloodx37 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Stringer was only doing the whole civilized act just so he can get away from the game and do his real estate shit

    • @GGtheRealest
      @GGtheRealest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      war? Snoop and Chris would have been brief with em like they said haha

  • @vincent763
    @vincent763 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    He tried to turn gangstas into businessmen lol

    • @amss6433
      @amss6433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I know but with these lot its like trying to teach a hippo ballet

    • @recyclebinrecyclebin3807
      @recyclebinrecyclebin3807 ปีที่แล้ว

      Into bidnesmen*

  • @MunishDwivedi10
    @MunishDwivedi10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    2:41 when someone says they couldn't watch wire cos it was boring

    • @200iqpoints9
      @200iqpoints9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      lmao. bruh "they did have the chair".

    • @nathaninostroza7655
      @nathaninostroza7655 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@200iqpoints9choottt da PHUCK up man. Them ppl who don't watch the Wire are too ignorant to have a phucking floor. Let alone a chair.

  • @zaney120
    @zaney120 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Lol I love him calling him "Mr. Charles" like Slim is his first name

    • @al1976-v7m
      @al1976-v7m 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe his last name is Charles!

  • @C.O-EDITS
    @C.O-EDITS 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Couldn’t even answer Slims second question😂

    • @natesamadhi33
      @natesamadhi33 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's how you knew it was a terrible idea lol

  • @altafkalam2716
    @altafkalam2716 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Shamrock and his Robert's Rules Book was a whole story arc in itself 😂
    Bro read that shit diligently 😂

  • @imallfordabulls
    @imallfordabulls 5 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    What’s crazy is that Stringer is just reemphasizing what D wanted to do all along. Just sell it and move along.

    • @dinoXAs2
      @dinoXAs2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Too bad it doesn't work in this game.

    • @johnnycigar3240
      @johnnycigar3240 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@dinoXAs2 It does when you're not on some hood shit. Plenty of people sell drugs in non-violent markets. You move discretely and avoid attention from violent idiots because that's what brings heat. Fiends don't tend to have a lot of money either, you're better off targeting yuppies that like to party, just need to be able to hang in the same circles as the professionals.

    • @dinoXAs2
      @dinoXAs2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@johnnycigar3240 these hood and turf gangsters arent those people

  • @MrRiddleAW
    @MrRiddleAW 8 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Stringer Bell knocked the shit out of that microphone at the end.

  • @denmark555
    @denmark555 8 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Stringer trying to educated wolves, was the beginning of the downfall for the Barksdale crew. Wolves need to hunt and howl, but Stringer got them in a fucking board meeting lol

    • @MrSilksoul
      @MrSilksoul 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +denmark555 Trying to educate.

    • @scott4398
      @scott4398 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Nah Avon fucked it up by not listening to him. He even admitted it once he saw how wasteful war was. String and Prop Joe were revolutionizing the game until they got taken out by some pride-obsessed psychos who wanted to be feared more than they wanted money.

    • @nugentmilicent7049
      @nugentmilicent7049 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      what was stronger revoloutionising?? He dragged prop joe down too. Stinger was fucking up left right and centre. He dismantled avons discipline code. He let soldiers do drugs. He was fucking a fallen soldiers baby momma. He failed to find a new decent supply from new York. The one place he coulda made peace, (with omar) he like a dumbass kid tried to con omar while killing brother mouzon the one man who could truly protect this fuck up from marlo and omar. Stinger was a dumbass. A decent consiglieri but a terrible don . avon had the balls, intelligence and patience bell didn't and avon was street tough and feared as well as a natural born businessman.

    • @zero1188
      @zero1188 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      actually both stringer and avon were both right. the issue was they didnt balance it out correctly. without stringer avon would of lost alot of money. just like without avon stringer people would lose status

    • @StudioMod
      @StudioMod 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      in the end, Avon was going to waste Marlo and return all of the west side to a peaceful place for Barksdale business with the Eastside. It was STRINGER who nailed the coffin shut. Avon made one mistake for every 20 string made. Stringer was a liar and snitched like a woman. Destroyed Baltimore just like that.

  • @BSmitty4rm8Fitty
    @BSmitty4rm8Fitty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Problem was this, String looking at this as a boss. Poot, Slim and the rest still understand you are dealing with gangsters. Not businessmen. If you don’t keep a tight lock on what you have it’s gonna get took. Avon and Marlo understood that. That’s why they essentially made it out alive

    • @l.alexsharp8666
      @l.alexsharp8666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Be honest, if Stringer would’ve killed them both first, he could’ve ran the Co-op exactly the way he wanted to.

    • @BSmitty4rm8Fitty
      @BSmitty4rm8Fitty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@l.alexsharp8666 Another Marlo would’ve risen up. Avon said it best, no Marlo no game

    • @thegeth4293
      @thegeth4293 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      classic problem in the working world, management is out of touch, the workers out on the floor know alot of their pie-in-the-sky proposals wont hold up in the real world

    • @user-sk4wf3ve6z
      @user-sk4wf3ve6z ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't think string was looking at it long term,he just needed enough money and no heat from tye cops so he could be free of the game but he never thought he'd get done by clay Davis like he did or he'd have all the problems with development

    • @BSmitty4rm8Fitty
      @BSmitty4rm8Fitty ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-sk4wf3ve6z Clay Davis? The Clay Davis? Downtown Clay Davis?

  • @whatsgoingon07
    @whatsgoingon07 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    1:36 poot already knew what was really going on

  • @Solomonreborn
    @Solomonreborn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This is probably one of the best scenes from a tv series I have seen. Socioeconomic lessons and street law in one session. I'm done commenting. Adjourn your asses

  • @CoachLenNSU
    @CoachLenNSU ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I woulda broke character and been crying laughing when Stringer slapped that mic

  • @blondon1050
    @blondon1050 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    01:34 is the key part of the scene. When poot realises that even the muscle are not buying Into stringers plan, it gives him the confidence to speak up.

    • @dreamteamr6118
      @dreamteamr6118 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just clocked this now

    • @nathaninostroza7655
      @nathaninostroza7655 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The phucking eyes on You. Thanks for figuring that shit up.

  • @murderboys1
    @murderboys1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Poot just sitting back listening waiting to ask the chair a question 😂😂😂

  • @AelfricLake
    @AelfricLake ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Always love it how String acting like "grown up business man" that is smarter than everyone in the game but the minute sometimes ask a relatively hard question he instantly switches to his gangsta persona to answer it instead of convincing them in his own "business sense".
    Shows how little he understands the reality of different games and how they are played and their own spesific rules.

    • @daddyGbaby
      @daddyGbaby 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It wasnt a hard question slim charles already asked a similar question before poot did and stringers response was that fight for those territories is only going disrupt their access to the product and profit as well as bring attention from the police. stringers plan is make the money then buy out the competition and deal with anyone who resists the re-up, but poots to hard head to get that.

    • @AelfricLake
      @AelfricLake 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@daddyGbaby Yeah, and poot explains simply you can't "buy out" competition in an unlawful enviroment where other leaders motive can be different than simply making money. String knows this enviroment, he just ignores it.

  • @petegaray4467
    @petegaray4467 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Adjourn your asses. I think I'll have to use that at my next meeting.

  • @bezolsmate
    @bezolsmate 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I can’t count how many times i’ve used that “ayo chair ain’t recognize yo ass mane” line on my friends when they just butt in on the convo

  • @milerunner8787
    @milerunner8787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is a heartbreaking moment for Poot but also his realization that growing up and thinking about the game like a man means getting out of that life

  • @positivevibesandmorelife7307
    @positivevibesandmorelife7307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "You with prop joe now?" "I never would've thought." "Yea life strange"

  • @youdontknowmegigna
    @youdontknowmegigna ปีที่แล้ว +3

    String: ". . and later, for that gangsta bullshit."
    *get mildly challenged*
    String: **right back to that gangsta bullshit**

  • @richp.1234
    @richp.1234 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    It annoys me at how much Stringer was believing his own fantasy in that he could change and evolve the game.

    • @timovangalen1589
      @timovangalen1589 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      String was too clever by half.

    • @ANTHONY0808able
      @ANTHONY0808able 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes Rich, String thought the game could be run like Apple or Microsoft....NOPE

    • @MackeyDeez
      @MackeyDeez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ANTHONY0808able Bruh haven't you heard of Lucky Luciano he believed that war was bad for business. All of the gang land violence will only run off customers and bring the attention of the police. Even the police will allow you make to make a dishonest buck if you keep the shit to a minimum or non existent.

    • @MackeyDeez
      @MackeyDeez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Rich P. Aw come on bruh, haven't read any history books? Some of the biggest criminals were very savy business men. How do you think that the mafia stayed in power for so, long. They spread the wealth around to cops, judges or anyone who was part of the game.

    • @markmcelroy1872
      @markmcelroy1872 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      String wasn't wrong, and he ran the west side for a while with his methods. He died because of his side beef with Omar, and at that point he was already well on his way to transitioning into legitimate business with his criminal money. Like Chad said above, he was following in the footsteps of plenty of wise gangsters who see the way out of the crab bucket into real wealth.

  • @pandasweater
    @pandasweater 9 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Look at String trying to apply Robert's Rules of Order to the ghetto where the rules of "The Game" are as understood as string theory.

    • @Stefanthenautilus
      @Stefanthenautilus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      >string theory
      nice.png

    • @ADavidJohnson
      @ADavidJohnson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Rob M Stringer liked showing off his community college education to junior high drop outs, yeah
      But once he got in with college grads and law school degrees, he couldn’t handle it.
      Poot is right, Slim Charles is right, Avon is right - this is business but it’s business without the threat of the coercive violence of the state able to resolve your disputes (other than snitching, which isn’t quite the same as a lawsuit). To be a rational, reasonable businessman you gotta include folks for whom reputation and power itself are the ultimate currency, not gaining those things through money.
      Stringer, unlike Marlo, wasn’t smart enough to know what he didn’t know. And I imagine if he’d ever dealt with the Greeks directly, they’d have seen him as a pretentious and untrustworthy social climber rather than what they were looking for: a gangster capable of enforcing order himself to sell the drugs that made them money.

  • @Moltisantiproductions
    @Moltisantiproductions 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This whole scene is hilarious he’s talking to these gangsters like it’s a business conference “until then mr Charles, we will handle this shit like businessman” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @MrAer85
    @MrAer85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I like how Slim just soaking up the learning.

  • @broccoli_lad
    @broccoli_lad 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    lmao charles minor here kills me
    stringer: we no longer gangsters :)
    poot: gang members will see as as weak sir
    stringer: *aggressively becomes gangster*

  • @cheyennedavis202
    @cheyennedavis202 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Man still one of my favorites and one the funniest scenes of the wire lol

  • @billybatts8283
    @billybatts8283 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Shamrock hard like a rock. The audacity to challenge Stringer and defend Poot; he did in fact have the floor.

  • @duro845
    @duro845 9 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Strings way he the only one making money. If the hoppers don't have a corner they have no income nor do they have a purpose

    • @tedof87
      @tedof87 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      geoff Barksdale's people would still be selling, though. When the corner chiefs accepted the connect it was on the condition that they share territory with Barkdale's people. Bubbles even confirms this when he is sent to report on which crews were running which corners. Kima couldn't figure out how the Barkdales were able to spread out to new territories without dropping bodies.

    • @jbretthajbrettha5834
      @jbretthajbrettha5834 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ted87 I think his point is that to get the connect in the first place String had to hand off half the towers and low risers, meaning they only need half the labor to work half the space. You up the profit, and cut the cost.

  • @petec3185
    @petec3185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Shamrock holding a copy of Robert’s rules of order 🤣🤣

  • @Mutumbo000
    @Mutumbo000 11 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is where Stringer fuked up. Got soft on territory and let people like Marlo rise up, which inevitably turned out to be his downfall.

    • @tonyharden7630
      @tonyharden7630 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      His downfall was double crossing brother mouzone

  • @Glimax
    @Glimax 9 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Mr. Bodie lol

    • @al1976-v7m
      @al1976-v7m 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And Mr. Charles:)

  • @aftabrasul8427
    @aftabrasul8427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Poot was a legend

    • @terencethomas5063
      @terencethomas5063 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Poot is one of few who walked away clean from the game

    • @jonmacie7581
      @jonmacie7581 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@terencethomas5063 More like ran away. Literally

    • @MrChisleblast
      @MrChisleblast 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      His name means "fart"

  • @Conns2239
    @Conns2239 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    At 1:34, Poot looks over and sees one of Stringer's upper-level guys shaking his head in frustration when Stringer talks about given up territory for the sake of improving their product.
    Then, at 2:23, Stringer seems to disregard the notion that they would be in trouble if Prop Joe doesn't keep the supply coming, then you see Poot shake his head. (disagreeing with them having to depend on a rival and ceding ground to do it)
    Pretty clever secondhand development going on. Since Poot tells Stringer straight to his face exactly what would wind up happening in the end. The plan makes them look weak and it emboldened someone like Marlo to take them on and push them off their own territory.

  • @namtee4917
    @namtee4917 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    poot stayed alive from season 1 to the end hes the real king

  • @jeanpierre4419
    @jeanpierre4419 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "This ain't ya business classes String, its that other thing." boy he needed Avon badly here

  • @Dookman030
    @Dookman030 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    one does not simply not fuck with Poot lol thats my guy

    • @mykmcgrane
      @mykmcgrane 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Gregg Washington lol!!!! I can see the Ned Stark/ Sean Bean meme now!

    • @Dookman030
      @Dookman030 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Myk McGrane right lol

    • @mykmcgrane
      @mykmcgrane 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gregg Washington Say what you want about him the dude is a survivor. Big Poot!

  • @christophermbair
    @christophermbair 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Adjourn your asses!!! Lol

  • @user-jk1tr9iq1n
    @user-jk1tr9iq1n 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Here we go, me on another Wire clip binge. It just popped in my head

  • @MrTekKnowledge
    @MrTekKnowledge 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Adjourn your asses" might be one of the most impactful lines from a tv show to date.

  • @thomasspengler9044
    @thomasspengler9044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    From his very first scene, slim Charles displayed a different kind of street wisdom. He knew from the get go that stringer’s plan wasn’t gonna last. I feel like if some characters introduced in later seasons show how some of the OG characters came to be, then slim is Avon. They both stuck to a strict code and ended up at the top in the end with everyone’s respect

  • @RaphialLee
    @RaphialLee ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lol poot said what everyone else was thinking

  • @3star2nr
    @3star2nr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Poor poot he did have the floor

  • @neeravnaik
    @neeravnaik ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It is under rated how funny and entertaining wire is apart from being so real.

  • @maximus6452
    @maximus6452 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Here just for Stringer's priceless reaction LOL

  • @djbuck4948
    @djbuck4948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This is poots best scene in the show. 😂

  • @xKiLLa_Carter
    @xKiLLa_Carter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Everyone in that room knows and understands that String was out of his game with the street. Starting with Slim, Poot, the guy to the left of Stringer and lastly Shamrock who didn’t care if Poot had the floor, POOT HAD A SOLID ASS POINT THAT AVON HIMSELF WOULD’VE AGREED WITH!

  • @adamani08
    @adamani08 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    We almost lost Poot in that scene. He did the right thing in that situation by just shutting up and sitting down. Stringer was towering above poot.

  • @chriskwon4333
    @chriskwon4333 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "N-$$a, you ain't got the floor, chair didn't recognize yo' ass". I wonder if these combination of words were ever uttered in the history of the English language.

  • @nicjfrancis
    @nicjfrancis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    2:40 RIP my guy, Mike

  • @kabooby0
    @kabooby0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    1:34 Love this shot

    • @grimgoreironhide9985
      @grimgoreironhide9985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That old guy in the Kangol hat knew bullshit when he heard it.

  • @RhangDao
    @RhangDao 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "You don't have the floor, chair doesn't recognize your ass"
    I love all of the logistics Stringer integrated over the course of the show from his business classes

    • @DYLEMAHD
      @DYLEMAHD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I like how the higher members of the crew (like Slim Charles) integrated well into Stringers' academic methods, but lower level ''pawns'' like Bodie and Poot couldn't properly grasp them and couldn't leave the street mentality behind. I think it's interesting when we consider Stringers' statement that they need to look at things ''like grown men''', because he assumes he can teach them out of the street-ways, without considering the mentality of his opposition - which ends up getting him killed

  • @johnnymo3367
    @johnnymo3367 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Poot had a point

  • @Tonman50
    @Tonman50 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    String trying to resolve this like a labor dispute while neglecting that the loss of stable territory makes the lives of his corner boys like Boadie and Poot more dangerous

  • @mmcneil777
    @mmcneil777 9 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    String totally underestimated the importance of real estate, which was ironic, because he understood the power and value of real estate in the legitimate world. Seems who could have just 'bought' some of the corners and then protected the corners with muscle. Not the way the do it in 'the game', but surprising he wouldn't understand the importance of real estate, when he was "Mr. Real Estate", in the legitimate world. Even the 'crew' intuitively knew they needed real estate for the sale of the product. Bodie was basically 'channeling' what Avon would have wanted. After the low-rises fell, Avon would have been snatching up corners left and right.

    • @Makrateli
      @Makrateli 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      In my opinion, he didn't underestimate real estate, he overestimated legitimate real estate. He wanted to leave all of this gangster shit behind so bad, that he jumped right into the business trap. I bet Marlo would wind up the same in the end, except for brother Mouzone part.

    • @dajwonhurd3163
      @dajwonhurd3163 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Makrateli not exactly. Marlo understands that he knows nothing about the legit world and would not arrogantly walk onto a business venture without his lawyer. You see how tight he was with Joe when it came to that shit. Plus Levy told him not to talk to those suits without him in the room. "They'll bleed you."

    • @deb7457
      @deb7457 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Dajwon Hurd Well honestly, Stringer DID have meetings with those suits with Levy present. We don’t see it, but we know it because they were at Avon’s homecoming bash at Orlando’s. But Avon, straight-up, said that they weren’t gonna rob HIM, and Avon leaves the table where Levy and the building contractor are sitting at. But in Season 3, Stringer is becoming impatient, with the permits process! And on the federal level, there’s nothing most real estate developers can do, except WAIT your turn. So that’s why Stringer was foolish enough to think that he could “shortcut” that process by throwing money at a Senator, without informing his lawyer.

  • @JayBelafonte
    @JayBelafonte 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    RIP to that Mic... and RIP to Poots Hairline

  • @peterwantspie
    @peterwantspie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Stringer's strategy made a lot of sense, he just reached further than his grasp.

  • @abscooley4365
    @abscooley4365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A very deep scene, Stringer makes the same mistake economists make: tunnel vision

  • @imsofocused4678
    @imsofocused4678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So nobody is gonna comment about homeboy reading "Robert's Rules Of Order" at the beginning of the video?

  • @casanovaclown
    @casanovaclown 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    3:00 I felt some "Training Day" Denzel Washington charisma in this scene.

  • @WORLDCRUSHER9000
    @WORLDCRUSHER9000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    But that mic was just anotha life that had to be snatched avon

  • @poketz100
    @poketz100 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I will always be mad at the creators for not giving us our war and shootout between Avon and Marlo. They were gunna destroy Marlo end of season 3 but noooooooooo!

  • @srzar
    @srzar 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Adjourn your asses. I am gonna strat using that in my meetings. 😂

  • @stevebully
    @stevebully 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Poot was right.

  • @trickypg7184
    @trickypg7184 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The undercurrent of the parliamentary rules versus their "street corner mentality" foreshadows the Stringer's conflict to become a legit enterprise. Bodie struggles with the decorum and Stringer loses it, smacks the mic, and explicitly abandons the rules when he gets mad. "Adjourn your asses" sums it up nicely.

  • @ArchitecturalAesthetics2046
    @ArchitecturalAesthetics2046 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    omfg. Idris Elba's such an amazing actor. I'd like to see an alternate ending in which Stringer go legit successfully. The way he went out in the series is disheartening.

    • @matthewjohnson3302
      @matthewjohnson3302 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man he fake and a weasel. He had the right strat but no real loyalty

  • @richarddunne9802
    @richarddunne9802 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1.58 The way that hand comes in is one of the best bits of direction on The Wire.

  • @Thunderbolt210
    @Thunderbolt210 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The funny part is poot was right….. they did look like some punks

  • @TONEakaSHOW
    @TONEakaSHOW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Crazy to think Poot is the only one that made it out.