the telling gets old — white people can yall. Not. do this

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socalgal

white people can yall. Not. do this

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teddysbreakfast

are you guys stupid

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we all understand the meme format, im saying that there is a general trend of people who aren't black /only/ using aave / random images of black people in their memes. and that for me and a lot of other black people it starts to get weird when every single joke has to have aave or pics of black people that don't illustrate the point being made. yes they're Just Memes but why is a screenshot of kevin hart just smiling in some movie w aave text the go-to for a meme about sodom and gomorrah or how some kate bush albums are tonally different? why is a random black guy holding money the go-to for poking fun at yourself for being autistic?

it's just jarring seeing stuff from white people in europe i follow but they're sharing earnest memes about the beatles or w/e talking like mid 00s black american rappers. not advocating for segregating memes or w/e before people start running w that. I get The Joke, but part of The Joke is that aave and black people are inherently funny to people who aren't exposed to them too often IRL

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magz

I ask again that people watch this video.

Especially, nonblacks.

(Content Warning for mentions of slavery, black minstrelsy, anti-black racism, misogyny, ableism, and homophobia)

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Original post image, a screenshot of a meme posted by kolkhozmilf. Meme of Kevin Hart laughing with poker chips. Text says, “This is Gomorrah bitch!!! We clown in this muthafucka betta take yo sensitive ass to The Tops”.


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screenshot of tags by gg-allin-fan. “#there’s no way you’re trying to say this meme is appropriation #the joke isn’t that aave is funny and it’s weird that /that’s/ what you fixated on.”


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Example of memes. A black person crouching while counting money. Text on top says, “I Am Probably Autistic”.


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Example of memes. Same Kevin Hart meme format of him laughing with poker chips in his hands. Images of Kate Bush’s albums are overlayed on top. Text says, “This is (Kate Bush’s ‘The Dreaming’ album) bitch!!! We clown in this muthafucka betta take yo sensitive ass back to (Kate Bush’s ‘The Hounds Of Love’ album)”

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little bits of irish history for curious hozier fans: street signs edition

Do you love the song Butchered Tongue? Pay attention to these lines here:

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So, may I draw your attention to the The Official Languages Act 2003 (Section 9) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 391 of 2008).

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In 2008, the Irish government passed legislation that made it mandatory for road signs in Ireland to have both Irish (Gaeilge) AND English names on them (or, in Gaeltacht areas where Gaeilge is still the first language, only in Irish). Here’s an example:

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The Irish, or Gaeilge, is always above the English and italicised. This is because that while Gaeilge and English are both official languages of Ireland, Gaeilge is the ‘first’ official language

However, while it was technically only legislated in 2008, bilingual road sings in Ireland had been extremely common for decades prior to it officially being made law. In fact, the first bilingual signs date back to the early 20th century - before our independence from Britain!

In Tom Spalding’s book Layers: The Design, History and Meaning of Public Street Signage in Cork and Other Irish Cities, he found that the first recorded bilingual street sign was in Blackrock, Dublin (An Charraig Dhubh, Baile Átha Cliath). Their local council in 1901 rolled out yellow and black bilingual road sings as part of the Gaelic Revival.

The Gaeilc Revical was a period of time in Irish history that saw a huge resurgence of Gaelic art, sport, and language. Literature was written by Irish people about Irish history, current affairs, and folklore. Traditional Irish music was learned and played again. Gaelic games (Gaelic football and Hurling) spread across the country. And Gaeilge, our language, was to experience an incredible revival.

Despite Ireland’s long colonial history, Gaeilge actually remained the majority tongue until the early 19th century. However, a combination of teachers beating children for speaking it at school, the genocide of the famine wiping out mainly poorer communities more likely to speak Gaeilge, and the knowledge that speaking English unfortunately provided more opportunities than Gaeilge, the language was almost killed off. (This is shown most clearly after the 1800 Act of Union that meant Ireland was ruled directly from London, with no parliament in Dublin).

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Although these maps make for grim viewing, Irish is so very far from dead. Our children learn it from the ages of 4-18 in school (though I believe it can and should be taught better, but I digress). Gaeltacht communities are still going strong particularly in the west of the country. There are more Irish-language schools (gaelscoileanna) than ever before.

And every day as we pass by road signs that display Gaeilge proudly, it is as a result of decades, centuries of people refusing to stop speaking our mother tongue despite incredible violence.

I am far from a fluent Irish speaker, despite my 14 years of learning the language in school. But what Gaeilge I have, I have proudly.

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(The work isn’t over, however. I do not feel knowledgeable enough to speak on Northern Irish efforts to implement more widespread bilingual signage but anyone who wishes to share some info please do!!)

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miredball

okay like it was cute and all but s3 I need carmen to step up and actually keep the promise he made about being there for sydney. like I need her to be mad at him. to feel some type of way about his ditching her. then I need to see him try. like desperately try to make it up to her. carmy needs to be that guy doing too much. she wants a star? ok he’s gonna die on that line if he has to. AND, and this is important, she’s gonna go on a date. with who the fuck knows. because she’s beautiful and desirable and not just like, his. and she’ll confide in him about feeling nervous and she’ll try to talk herself out of it but carmy. carmy will have to be a good friend this time. carmy will encourage her to go. he will tell her he’ll cover for her during service and to have fun because she deserves to have a life outside the kitchen. then we get a scene where syd leaves out the back with her stuff and carmy just stares at the door after her.

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I take teeth jokes or people mocking teeth very seriously. My grandmother had black teeth that fell out and my grandfather had to have all of his teeth pulled and the shame and disgust and self loathing others made them feel for it has stayed with me to this day. You're a classist shithead if you mock ppl's teeth or use it as a sign of morality. All perfectly straight white teeth prove is access to money literally that's it!

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