Don’t lie to yourself. You’ve sat down, watched a Jet Li movie, or perhaps one of those fancy modern-day ninja films, and you’ve thought, “damn, wish I could do that stuff.” There’s just something about assassins that reeks of cool. The weaponry, the fighting technique passed down through the ages, and a really sleek attire. Granted, you have to actually kill people, but if you can ignore that for a few seconds, it isn’t hard to really appreciate the lifestyle.<\/p>\n
Comedian Michael Ian Black wanted to clear some things up about assassins, making sure he wasn’t alone in his topic of daydreams:<\/p>\n\n\n
Quick check: pretty much everybody sort of wants to be an assassin, right?<\/p>\n
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) May 29, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> Raise your hands now, don’t be shy. There’s nothing to be ashamed of here.<\/p>\n\n\n @michaelianblack<\/a> I don't want to live in a world where that isn't the majority's life goal.<\/p>\n — Sarah Roethke (@Sarah_saysstuff) May 29, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> Been asking you for lessons, dammit. || RT @michaelianblack<\/a>: Quick check: pretty much everybody sort of wants to be an assassin, right?<\/p>\n — STEVE HUFF (@SteveHuff) May 29, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> https:\/\/twitter.com\/KaseyAnderson\/status\/207277548676194304<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n I could see myself doing it. RT: @michaelianblack<\/a>: Quick check: pretty much everybody sort of wants to be an assassin, right?<\/p>\n — Dave (@ahomelessguy227) May 29, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> Basically. RT @michaelianblack<\/a>: Quick check: pretty much everybody sort of wants to be an assassin, right?<\/p>\n — Jack (@SkipTerrio) May 29, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/p> @michaelianblack<\/a> @andylevy<\/a> @SteveHuff<\/a> I just shot my foot again, Michael. Do u have any antiseptic in ur secret assassin closet I can borrow<\/p>\n — Josh Hara (@yoyoha) May 29, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n<\/p> Whew. Let’s all pray this little operation never gets off the ground.<\/p> Read more: http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2012\/05\/28\/michael-ian-black-sort-of-wants-to-be-an-assassin-and-he-thinks-you-do-too\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/andylevy\/status\/207276905005719553 Don’t lie to yourself. You’ve sat down, watched a Jet Li movie, or perhaps one of those fancy modern-day ninja films, and you’ve thought, “damn, wish I could do that stuff.” There’s just something about assassins that reeks of cool. The weaponry, the fighting technique passed down through the ages, and a really sleek … Continue reading Michael Ian Black sort of wants to be an assassin, and he thinks you do too<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1013,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[409],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}