Goodfellas Skipped This — 'Freddy No Nose' Was Too Weird to Kill

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• DA

  @daskitten1 · 7 months ago · pinned

  Wow the mob had a genuine analytics savant in their midst & didn't know what to make of him...

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• LT

  @LTYTACCT · 7 months ago

  When Goodfellas met Rain Man.

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• EW

  @ew3rivera112 · 7 months ago

  Ferdinand “Freddy No Nose” DeLucia could have been an accomplished mathematician under different circumstances.

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• PA

  @paul9745pdb · 4 days ago (edited)

  This is a fascinating story on how one man finds himself in an atmosphere and world. And now he’s a legend for 5 seconds of a film.

• RR

  @rrrrramone · 6 months ago

  It’s a shame this guy didn’t work on Wall Street or in marketing. He would have been a giant

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• CH

  @Chet-p5v · 5 months ago

  You know it’s gonna suck when at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmFa__2pe94&amp;t=210">3:30</a> you hear “ this is the story of.,,” and the story doesn’t start for another two minutes.

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• 19

  @1995RangeRover · 7 months ago

  I&apos;d no idea that he was so complex..

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• JA

  @jamielacourse7578 · 2 months ago

  Seems to me Freddy was smarter than everybody gives him credit for.

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• AI

  @aimeefriedman822 · 5 months ago

  He was high functioning autistic. He saw specifics and details that were discarded by others.

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• BR

  @BrianGoRound · 7 months ago

  Dude would have made a great engineer.

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• TR

  @TruthArchives · 7 months ago

  Freddy No Nose, brings a whole new meaning to the phrase: &quot;Just because you&apos;re paranoid doesn&apos;t mean they aren&apos;t after you.&quot; Which, of course, is a quote, from Joseph Heller&apos;s 1961 novel, &apos;Catch-22&apos;. It was a defining line from Joseph Heller’s 1961 novel Catch-22, and serves as a poignant, satirical critique of bureaucracy, warfare, and the gaslighting of individuals by authority. Within the context of the novel, the protagonist, Yossarian, is surrounded by an irrational military system that actively works against its own soldiers, forcing them into deadly situations. The quote highlights that what is often dismissed by authorities as irrational fear or &quot;paranoia&quot; is actually a rational, necessary reaction to a truly hostile&quot;out to get you&quot; environment. Significantly, the phrase challenges the idea that being suspicious or anxious is inherently a form of madness, suggesting instead that it can be a sane response to an insane situation. By subverting the conventional psychiatric definition of paranoia, Heller empowers his antihero, Yossarian, to recognize the absurdity of his superiors—such as Colonel Cathcart—who are more concerned with their own careers than the lives of their men. Ultimately, the line has transcended the novel to become a common adage, often used to validate the feeling that systemic, bureaucratic, or targeted persecution is real, regardless of whether others dismiss those fears as irrational... Shall I continue lol?... Salute, Freddy No Nose! Salute!

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• GA

  @gabrielkatz5837 · 7 months ago

  Ferdinand DeLucia is described as a hit man for the Columbo family. If you try to look him up with Jimmy Burke in the search term, this video is the only thing that comes up. Too bad, if this is a true story, it’s worth a movie. But the only people who could verify that are dead.

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