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The Black Culture Thread XX

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Dreams-Visions

Member
Pupperbabysassy said:
Do you think we as Black people should boycott the NFL? I love the sport but this Kaepernick thing has left me uneasy.
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Kaep stuff is fine if that's the thing that does it for you, but it's far from the only reason black folk should be looking to boycott the NFL.

- Kaep reaction among teams and ownership groups
- Exploitation of public finances
- Decades of non-profit status
- Mistreatment of the general workforce (concussions, injury treatment, etc)
- Miseducation, concealment, and suppression of research and reports related to brain injuries
- Rampant, team-sanctioned drug abuse
- Exceedingly questionable policies and responses to domestic abuse situations and cases

I dare you all to check out how much funding your local public school system loses out on to help cities pay for the stadiums used for little more than 8-12 games a year and the occasional concert. That's money being redirected away from black and brown children, directly contributing to the increasing competitive gap of white children. Money going generally towards the entertainment of higher income white people.

Kaep is a reasonable place to start being concerned, but it most certainly shouldn't be your last stop if you're considering hitting the pause button on the NFL.
 
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Lightning_Roller

Banned
Watching Megas XLR and forgot how much I enjoyed the surrealness of a dude with a robot with a car for a head going to an auto show and the DMV. Also the death of motorcity saddens me more than the death of Tron Legacy.
 
Mediking

Mediking

Member
Had prolly the weirdest dream last night. I was on a school bus and people cheered for me because apparently I was Spiderman and I saved the day because I didn't pick up the bags...
 
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DerangedHermit

Member
Slayven said:
Why does the lead of My Hero Academia have the most boring power?
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LotusHD said:
Tfw you realize it's kind of even more boring than regular superstrength lol

Well, other than when he used to shoot compressed air by flicking his fingers I guess. It's okay though, Deku still cool.
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Lightning_Roller said:
Yeah. But the power is eh. I would go with something way cooler. Also that gadget girl needs to become iron man in future, it's her Destiny.
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The reason to the why is ... because he wasn't supposed to have any powers at all :)
The author wanted him to be full on Batman but the editors nagged him till he got him a quirk.
 
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TheSun

Member
Mediking said:
Had prolly the weirdest dream last night. I was on a school bus and people cheered for me because apparently I was Spiderman and I saved the day because I didn't pick up the bags...
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Wow, doing a service for us all.
I salute you.

I love weird dreams.
 
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TheGreatDirector

Banned
Mediking said:
Had prolly the weirdest dream last night. I was on a school bus and people cheered for me because apparently I was Spiderman and I saved the day because I didn't pick up the bags...
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I had a dream where I had a team of people fighting Amanda Waller from taking over a city.

That's what I get for watching Telltale's Batman S2 Episode 1.
 
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Frozenprince

Banned
It's even better when owners like the Kraft's can buy $40M planes for the Patriots exclusive use. But won't spend slightly more than that to build a soccer stadium for the team they own. They want the taxpayer to do it.

All these billionaires can afford to build a fucking stadium, but instead we all get stuck with a huge bill that could have been used on the roads, our schools, our state hospitals. Literally anything other than a sporting venue. That does nothing for the city but make a bunch of already extraordinarily wealthy people even more wealthy.
 
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Beefy

Member
Frozenprince said:
It's even better when owners like the Kraft's can buy $40M planes for the Patriots exclusive use. But won't spend slightly more than that to build a soccer stadium for the team they own. They want the taxpayer to do it.

All these billionaires can afford to build a fucking stadium, but instead we all get stuck with a huge bill that could have been used on the roads, our schools, our state hospitals. Literally anything other than a sporting venue. That does nothing for the city but make a bunch of already extraordinarily wealthy people even more wealthy.
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Yeah that shit fucked up. In UK football(soccer) have to pay for their own stadiums
 
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Yaphett Kotto

Member
Beefy said:
Man link me that shit 😂
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My bad, fell asleep.

Here's the post.
http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=245812392

Frozenprince said:
It's even better when owners like the Kraft's can buy $40M planes for the Patriots exclusive use. But won't spend slightly more than that to build a soccer stadium for the team they own. They want the taxpayer to do it.

All these billionaires can afford to build a fucking stadium, but instead we all get stuck with a huge bill that could have been used on the roads, our schools, our state hospitals. Literally anything other than a sporting venue. That does nothing for the city but make a bunch of already extraordinarily wealthy people even more wealthy.
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I scream every time someone is finding every straw to grasp for less taxes but they are hyped to see their city fund the next baseball field.

Sports in this country pocket a ton of money and we don't even use it to our advantage because taxing anything is like a sin to everyone.
 
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Slayven

Member
Johndoey said:
Everyone in his life keeps enabling him, while also downplaying his actual accomplishments, it's a vicious cycle.



Sure, but at least he power is consistent, and he has an actual personality. We've avoided another Ichigo situation.
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Shitting on bleach, while watching Gotham
 
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Forearm Star

Member
Dreams-Visions said:
Kaep stuff is fine if that's the thing that does it for you, but it's far from the only reason black folk should be looking to boycott the NFL.

- Kaep reaction among teams and ownership groups
- Exploitation of public finances
- Decades of non-profit status
- Mistreatment of the general workforce (concussions, injury treatment, etc)
- Miseducation, concealment, and suppression of research and reports related to brain injuries
- Rampant, team-sanctioned drug abuse
- Exceedingly questionable policies and responses to domestic abuse situations and cases

I dare you all to check out how much funding your local public school system loses out on to help cities pay for the stadiums used for little more than 8-12 games a year and the occasional concert. That's money being redirected away from black and brown children, directly contributing to the increasing competitive gap of white children. Money going generally towards the entertainment of higher income white people.

Kaep is a reasonable place to start being concerned, but it most certainly shouldn't be your last stop if you're considering hitting the pause button on the NFL.
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This is a good post


Slayven said:
Shitting on bleach, while watching Gotham
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Well at least his taste in anime is reasonable, because fuck Bleach
 
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Village

Member
ShadowSwordmaster said:
To be fair, Bleach deserves it.
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There is a line rukia says in the manga that literally marks my gradual disinterest in the series as a whole.

It is so tonefef, that it was proof that writer didn't even care and was just shittting out a shounen power latter with cool designs at this point
 
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ShadowSwordmaster

Banned
Village said:
There is a line rukia says in the manga that literally marks my gradual disinterest in the series as a whole.

It is so tonefef, that it was proof that writer didn't even care and was just shittting out a shounen power latter with cool designs at this point
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That pretty much what he likes. I know someone did a video on the downfall of Bleach and made that reference.
 
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Village

Member
ShadowSwordmaster said:
That pretty much what he likes. I know someone did a video on the downfall of Bleach and made that reference.
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I get that right? Not every shounen thing has to be a work of art, I like DBZ and that's shit glorified anime space wrestling. Hell I like kinnikuman and that's actually anime space wrestling. You wanna make something that's a power latter with cool designs, sure fuck it go ahead.

But this line, this line the sequence of events that lead to rukia saying that in this context. Means that the writer wasn't even paying attention to the story he was writing. Along with line contributing to the horrible " just get over the bad thing" psychological that infests a lot of japanese fiction.

There are few times, where I read a single chapter, and my interest in a thing despite investing literal years of my life into its continuity just starts dissipating
 
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ShadowSwordmaster

Banned
Village said:
I get that right? Not every shounen thing has to be a work of art, I like DBZ and that's shit glorified anime space wrestling. Hell I like kinnikuman and that's actually anime space wrestling. You wanna make something that's a power latter with cool designs, sure fuck it go ahead.

But this line, this line the sequence of events that lead to rukia saying that in this context. Means that the writer wasn't even paying attention to the story he was writing. Along with line contributing to the horrible " just get over the bad thing" psychological that infests a lot of japanese fiction.

There are few times, where I read a single chapter, and my interest in a thing despite investing literal years of my life into its continuity just starts dissipating
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It feels like a movie maker knows that his movie is going to be bad and does nothing to stop it. That is what I feel like what happened to Bleach. He knows what he is writing is bad, but he doesn't care as long as he draws cool shit.
 
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SENPAIatLARGE

Banned
Deadpool kills the marvel universe 2 is more dumb than the first could ever hope to be. Deadpool gets the symbiote, green goblin gear and merges with ultron with 0 explanation to how he's doing it. Deadpool is not skilled enough to beat Parker or miles even with the symbiote. Also, magneto teams up with known nazi Red Skull for some reason.
 
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LotusHD

Banned
Village said:
There is a line rukia says in the manga that literally marks my gradual disinterest in the series as a whole.

It is so tonefef, that it was proof that writer didn't even care and was just shittting out a shounen power latter with cool designs at this point
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Can you say the line tho
 
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SENPAIatLARGE

Banned
RedHoodedOwl said:
Deku is one of the few shounen characters who is capable of using his brain.
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Deku doesn't come close to the GOAT:
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