I’m just speaking in general… — a story telling tactic used by old southern
people when they are actually reading you from head to toe; inside and out; and from womb to tomb. In many ways, this is worse than if they put both
feet in your ass and yelled at you about your folly.
“I’m just speaking in general” has four parts: a detailed summary of your past character; a current analysis of your present actions based on things you did as a
child; a detailed outcome of you actions based on probability and having seen your story played out in other
people’s lives that they have seen with their own eyes; and, an admonition to change your ways if you
don't want to end up like the person they are just “speaking in general about.
Boy, I ain’t got no hang ups; I’m too old to have hang ups. Hang ups is for young
people — I’m just speaking in general… Oh I knew a boy like you: he was hard headed when he was a baby and he’s head headed now. You know what they say about hard headed
people: A HARD HEAD MAKES A SOFT ASSSSSSSSSSS!!!! I’m just speaking in general. But, if you
don’t want to end up like that; you better change your ways!!!!!!!!!