I think this was a metaphor for black men and mental health. We be going through a lot of shit then when somebody ask us how we doing or what we been doing we just be like “eh, not shit, just chilling.”
Just damn near lost his life twice and when he speak to Earn don’t say shit about it. Just sits on the porch drinking and eating like ain’t shit happen cause we’ve been conditioned to just get over it and move on.
Not to mention, the hog incident happened while he’s already injured, a nod to how mental health injuries compile on top of one another. We already black men but then we have other shit piled on top of that struggle.