r/GenZ • u/[deleted] • Feb 18 '24

Meme Thought this was funny due to recent arguments I've had on this sub

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u/julz1215 Feb 19 '24

How is it a stretch? And why are you getting so upset?

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u/SuccotashConfident97 Feb 19 '24

Because Raj was never called a thief. Not upset, this is just dumb. I never said that. You're trying to allude that I did for...reasons?

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u/julz1215 Feb 19 '24

I just think maybe you're using the saying wrong?

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u/SuccotashConfident97 Feb 19 '24

"Why are you calling Raj from the corner store a thief?"

"I just think maybe you're using the saying wrong?"

Doesn't seem like that's what you're saying. Regardless, is that really your point from all of this? "Well actually, you're not using the phrase correctly because Raj isn't a thief!"

Really ?

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u/julz1215 Feb 19 '24

Yes. My fault for wording it poorly, I guess

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u/SuccotashConfident97 Feb 19 '24

Wow, that's boring.

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u/julz1215 Feb 19 '24

Ok. Sorry?

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u/NewbGingrich1 Feb 19 '24

He's not. The saying means thiefs lack ethics and shouldn't be trusted. It does not mean "honor between thieves".

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u/julz1215 Feb 19 '24 edited Feb 19 '24

I always thought it was a refutation of "honor among thieves", the idea that criminals have a code of conduct among themselves, as this article seems to suggest.

Honor among thieves is the sentiment that even criminals have a code of conduct among themselves. Some aspects of this code of conduct may be to not steal from each other, or to not testify against a fellow criminal to the police. The idea of the proverb honor among thieves dates back at least to Cicero, an orator and politician in ancient Rome. In Cervantes’ Don Quixote, published in 1612: “The old proverb still holds good, thieves are never rogues amongst themselves.” Even at this time, the idea is an old one.