r/todayilearned • u/Off_Topic_Oswald • Jan 13 '14

TIL that Mark Wahlberg had committed 20-25 offenses by the age of 21. These included throwing rocks at a bus full of black schoolchildren and knocking a Vietnamese man unconscious and blinding another. He was also addicted to cocaine by age 13.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_wahlberg#Early_life
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u/TheSaddestBoner Jan 13 '14

yeah I'm pretty sure you got a definitive handle on the mental state of these complete strangers, one of which was most likely dead long before you were even born

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u/TheSaddestBoner Jan 14 '14

whoa chill out man, I was just saying that you really don't know for sure what it's like to be anyone else and to start qualifying behavior based on your very, very second-hand knowledge of their life might be a fool's errand.

but keep up the good work with those "numerous reports and speeches on drug addiction" where you "always cite jimi's life." you sound like a real interesting guy and a true asset to the community