PhillyB

punky boy 

dumb thread

it's short for midget you lame ass olds 

4 minutes ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

I mean, if they're like, "his stupid African hair", etc. then they should be banned at once.

But it does look pretty silly. People should be allowed to make fun of a hairstyle. It's just hair. If we're going to put ancestry and heritage off-limits ... welp ... no making fun of any fat guy with Italian roots lol, guys with red hair (don't say the G Word), accents, first and last names, religious stuff, etc.

i mean yeah sure in a vacuum. but in the context of our culture there's no powerful, structural prejudice against redheads such that saying the G Word would be an obvious reflective slur. whereas the N word (or making fun of black folks hair, which is DEEPLY rooted to black culture) absolutely could be. so even if it's intended innocently why bother? why take the chance of making some look at you sideways and half to decide if you're being funny or racist? seems a lot easier just not to go there 

14 minutes ago, onmyown said:

it probably feels that way because you’re always on alert to be offended

you're right, telling black people to talk right is totally above board and only a snowflake would object 

2 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

According to some, my English teachers, including some black, are racist for being so strict with the language and having high standards. 

wrong. no language or dialect that has an internally consistent registry is "wrong" because the only way one is "right" is if someone with power says it is (historically white ppl obviously.)

some language or dialect can be inappropriate for a particular situation. my teacher correcting me from saying "ain't" in school ain't wrong, because in school and in formal settings we say isn't because that's more appropriate. with my friends i say ain't and that's fine.

robbie is talking in AAE as a football player in a locker room where you're paid millions of dollars to sell an entertaining product to consumers. robbie speaking AAE as an entertainer isn't inappropriate. when robbie goes to the bank he probably code switches to something a little more "standard" or "appropriate" for the context as many people with nonstandard english dialects do.

language use is governed by history and power and we should remember which of its social advantages we carry with us without having earned it by wielding it like a sword to cut down those who use it differently.

6 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Dude.  And this will be my last post on this.

 

Between Robbies actions, interviews and twitter posts the dude is a fuging moron.  It has nothing to do with his dialect or register of speech.  Its crazy to try and tag the racism label to folks laughing at this dumb motherfuger.   He cannot string together 2 fuging sentences where he doesnt sound idiotic.  I get it, thats his shtick but being labeled a retard and being laughed at goes with that territory.   I mean is basic English that hard to learn?

saying AAE speakers should learn basic english is racist, full stop. you just negated everything you said prior to this.

15 minutes ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

We make fun of Baker's height, we made fun of Drew Brees and his mole, we made fun of Gettleman and his shorts, we make fun of Tom Brady's prissy looks, we made fun of Rhule's fat, we made fun of JR looking like a corpse, etc. Robby has a funny-looking haircut. PERIOD. It's perfectly reasonable to mock it.

Now, if you want to argue how Robbie speaks/types is a product of his upbringing fine. But you really need to back it up with proof. But we called Cam out on his inane font usage. Social media is fair game. Jesus, Gronkowski is dumber than a box of rocks and if he tweeted odd stuff it'd be perfectly fine to mock him for it. You're a public figure.

Mocking is not racism.

it's just a little suspect they're going after (1) his hair, which is locks and extremely black, and (2) his register of speech, which is unapologetically AAE and extremely black. it feels like they're using robbie sucking and being a jerk as a vehicle to bag on black culture 

i'm pretty drunk but that's the worse offense i've ever watched, hands down, and i watched ever clausen game in 2010

this might be the worst game i've ever watched 

it has emotional resonance and is tied to team history, which is cool, but objectively i see why someone without prior attachment to it would want it gone. "keep pounding" sounds anthemic of always losing but trying really hard not to. it implies failure as the starting point and winning as the variable.

it really just is not that great.

12 minutes ago, panthersgreenville said:

I mean most billionaires are, a chick  I’m currently sleeping with used to work for Amazon HQ in WA or wherever it is, and she has some stories about golden boy Bezos

ok i solved it. this is the guy that posted a picture of the turd in his toilet 

24 minutes ago, jayflip said:

Do it Philly!

i got a party of four and it's gonna be all or nothing we'll see what happens 

2 hours ago, RoaringRiot said:

@jayflip I've got three tickets left if you're looking for some still. 

i might be actually 

3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I'd have to be in custody so don't worry.

I used to be in and out of John Wayne constantly. fug southern California, SoCal, poo hole of all poo holes, whatever you wanna call it.

i'm flying into SNA for the first time, so this is a nice impression 

4 minutes ago, xPariahx said:

I was born and raised in San Bernardino. Hopefully you brought your strap.

we'll just golf clap when the panthers score 

27 minutes ago, jayflip said:

Woulda been rad! I’ll buy you a drink one of these days my dude. 

if you wanna swing up to newport beach next wednesday my film is having its world premiere at the film festival there, arnold volsoo (the mummy) and james urbaniak (venture bros, rolf from the office) will be in attendance. also @Chaos and @OneBadCat

https://nbff2022.eventive.org/films/630fc4c92d23670086b9d780

i'm getting in to LA Saturday night but couldn't fit in attending the game logistically, so i'll be finding a bar in san bernadino and watching. thank god there's actually something to watch.

he's a man among boys out there 

fantastic article 

1 minute ago, Admiral Ackbar said:

At what point will we realize Shaq is a bust. Dude has never stood out except for a few times a year when Luke was there to tell him what play was being ran by the offense. Good leader, average player, not worth 24 mil next year

lol

i'm kinda surprised a guy coming from the corporate world didn't have a more polished act there. i actually expected him to be frustratingly stone-faced and inscrutable