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Intelligent person meets intelligent game: Souljaboy plays Braid

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    LewieP wrote: »
    How is it even possibly racist?

    He said the kid is of below average intelligence based on that video and a song the kid made.

    Watching that video, it is just a couple of teenagers getting high and playing videogames. What's to indicate he's stupid other than the way he talks?

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    So calling a song that is 75% him referring to himself in the third-person over and over and over and over and over and over and over stupid makes me... stupid?

    Okie dokie.

    No. Just racist.

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  • Desert_Eagle25Desert_Eagle25 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    I think it's the fact that the sentence almost, SORTA of make sense, but it's JUST off. It's like that "Uncanny Valley" thing, but in grammatical form.

    would you like me to explain the sentence here or in PM's

    Is that an e-threat or e-fun?

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    So calling a song that is 75% him referring to himself in the third-person over and over and over and over and over and over and over stupid makes me... stupid?

    Okie dokie.

    Though I can call you an idiot for randomly playing the race card.
    MikeMan wrote: »
    As I said in my post, he's either being racist or he's being dumb. Either way it's not that good.

    Justin Timberlake is not necessarily an idiot based on his music. Neither is Britney Spears. We know she's an idiot from external evidence.

    External evidence is in the OP.

    What apart from the way he talks is different in that video than any other bunch of stoned teenagers all across the country?

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    So calling a song that is 75% him referring to himself in the third-person over and over and over and over and over and over and over stupid makes me... stupid?

    Okie dokie.

    Though I can call you an idiot for randomly playing the race card.
    MikeMan wrote: »
    As I said in my post, he's either being racist or he's being dumb. Either way it's not that good.

    Justin Timberlake is not necessarily an idiot based on his music. Neither is Britney Spears. We know she's an idiot from external evidence.

    External evidence is in the OP.

    What apart from the way he talks is different in that video than any other bunch of stoned teenagers all across the country?

    They're also idiots.

    Still waiting for explanation on the "racist" thing.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    How is it even possibly racist?

    He said the kid is of below average intelligence based on that video and a song the kid made.

    Watching that video, it is just a couple of teenagers getting high and playing videogames. What's to indicate he's stupid other than the way he talks?

    But....It would be equally stupid whatever ethnicity he was. The only person who saw anything to do with race here was you.

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    I think it's the fact that the sentence almost, SORTA of make sense, but it's JUST off. It's like that "Uncanny Valley" thing, but in grammatical form.

    would you like me to explain the sentence here or in PM's

    Is that an e-threat or e-fun?

    whatever you want baby

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    So calling a song that is 75% him referring to himself in the third-person over and over and over and over and over and over and over stupid makes me... stupid?

    Okie dokie.

    Though I can call you an idiot for randomly playing the race card.
    MikeMan wrote: »
    As I said in my post, he's either being racist or he's being dumb. Either way it's not that good.

    Justin Timberlake is not necessarily an idiot based on his music. Neither is Britney Spears. We know she's an idiot from external evidence.

    External evidence is in the OP.

    What apart from the way he talks is different in that video than any other bunch of stoned teenagers all across the country?

    What apart from the way he talks makes him any less dumb than any other stoned teenager?

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  • slash000slash000 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    How do you know he's stoned?

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  • Desert_Eagle25Desert_Eagle25 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    So calling a song that is 75% him referring to himself in the third-person over and over and over and over and over and over and over stupid makes me... stupid?

    Okie dokie.

    Though I can call you an idiot for randomly playing the race card.
    MikeMan wrote: »
    As I said in my post, he's either being racist or he's being dumb. Either way it's not that good.

    Justin Timberlake is not necessarily an idiot based on his music. Neither is Britney Spears. We know she's an idiot from external evidence.

    External evidence is in the OP.

    What apart from the way he talks is different in that video than any other bunch of stoned teenagers all across the country?

    So he's not allowed to believe that he's stupid based on his behavior or music? He does, you don't have to. And just because you have differing opinions he's a racist? And yes, all of what you said is your opinion - many people hold true to the claim that ones music is their artistic representation - often times a fair representation of their own intelligence as artist as well as person. Other's don't think so. Neither are right, cause it's just a goddamn opinion.

    EDIT: I want some e-fun MikeMan. Cybering action counting down in 5..4..3..

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    slash000 wrote: »
    How do you know he's stoned?

    Pretty sure he admits it at the start of the video that he's been smoking like a California forest fire.

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    LewieP wrote: »
    MikeMan wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    How is it even possibly racist?

    He said the kid is of below average intelligence based on that video and a song the kid made.

    Watching that video, it is just a couple of teenagers getting high and playing videogames. What's to indicate he's stupid other than the way he talks?

    But....It would be equally stupid whatever ethnicity he was. The only person who saw anything to do with race here was you.

    How? How is it stupid? He doesn't know as much as you do about an indy videogame?

    He's a teenager sitting around having fun. Nothing in that video indicates that he's any particular dumbass. He's just ignorant as to the plot of "Braid." Oh teh noes.

    Thus, calling it stupid is most likely due to how he's talking. "Yeaaa boi whooooop! whooooop! daaamn dawg, whoooop! whoooop!"

    Those damn black kids and their jive talk.

    Any teen anywhere laughs and has fun like that from time to time. It in no way leads us to believe he's stupid. He just is having fun and talks differently from you and me.

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    So calling a song that is 75% him referring to himself in the third-person over and over and over and over and over and over and over stupid makes me... stupid?

    Okie dokie.

    Though I can call you an idiot for randomly playing the race card.
    MikeMan wrote: »
    As I said in my post, he's either being racist or he's being dumb. Either way it's not that good.

    Justin Timberlake is not necessarily an idiot based on his music. Neither is Britney Spears. We know she's an idiot from external evidence.

    External evidence is in the OP.

    What apart from the way he talks is different in that video than any other bunch of stoned teenagers all across the country?

    What apart from the way he talks makes him any less dumb than any other stoned teenager?

    Stoned teenagers are not dumb necessarily, just stoned. Some are dumb, some are smart. All are stoned and all act that way.

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  • DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    First of all you guys are talking this guy waaaay too seriously.

    Second I think racism against a multi millionaire of all people is hardly an issue we should be debating. It just doesn't matter. Does the underlying issue matter? Sure. But when it's judging a dude who got super rich by playing four notes on an electronic steel drum with a bit of bass and verbal repetition. . .well it's just not appropriate.

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    MikeMan wrote: »
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    So calling a song that is 75% him referring to himself in the third-person over and over and over and over and over and over and over stupid makes me... stupid?

    Okie dokie.

    Though I can call you an idiot for randomly playing the race card.
    MikeMan wrote: »
    As I said in my post, he's either being racist or he's being dumb. Either way it's not that good.

    Justin Timberlake is not necessarily an idiot based on his music. Neither is Britney Spears. We know she's an idiot from external evidence.

    External evidence is in the OP.

    What apart from the way he talks is different in that video than any other bunch of stoned teenagers all across the country?

    What apart from the way he talks makes him any less dumb than any other stoned teenager?

    Stoned teenagers are not dumb necessarily, just stoned. Some are dumb, some are smart. All are stoned and all act that way.

    "That way" of course being "dumb."

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  • Desert_Eagle25Desert_Eagle25 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    MikeMan wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    How is it even possibly racist?

    He said the kid is of below average intelligence based on that video and a song the kid made.

    Watching that video, it is just a couple of teenagers getting high and playing videogames. What's to indicate he's stupid other than the way he talks?

    But....It would be equally stupid whatever ethnicity he was. The only person who saw anything to do with race here was you.

    How? How is it stupid? He doesn't know as much as you do about an indy videogame?

    He's a teenager sitting around having fun. Nothing in that video indicates that he's any particular dumbass. He's just ignorant as to the plot of "Braid." Oh teh noes.

    Thus, calling it stupid is most likely due to how he's talking. "Yeaaa boi whooooop! whooooop! daaamn dawg, whoooop! whoooop!"

    Those damn black kids and their jive talk.

    Any teen anywhere laughs and has fun like that from time to time. It in no way leads us to believe he's stupid. He just is having fun and talks differently from you and me.

    While I disagree with you on the whole, I agree with you on his speech. Street venicular and Formal speech =/= indicators of intelligence. I think it wasn't just his speech though, it was everything jumbled together. And then wrapped in a bow that said "im black." BTW, the previous statement was a joke. Or was it?

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  • LittleBootsLittleBoots Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    MikeMan wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    How is it even possibly racist?

    He said the kid is of below average intelligence based on that video and a song the kid made.

    Watching that video, it is just a couple of teenagers getting high and playing videogames. What's to indicate he's stupid other than the way he talks?

    But....It would be equally stupid whatever ethnicity he was. The only person who saw anything to do with race here was you.

    How? How is it stupid? He doesn't know as much as you do about an indy videogame?

    He's a teenager sitting around having fun. Nothing in that video indicates that he's any particular dumbass. He's just ignorant as to the plot of "Braid." Oh teh noes.

    Thus, calling it stupid is most likely due to how he's talking. "Yeaaa boi whooooop! whooooop! daaamn dawg, whoooop! whoooop!"

    Those damn black kids and their jive talk.

    Any teen anywhere laughs and has fun like that from time to time. It in no way leads us to believe he's stupid. He just is having fun and talks differently from you and me.

    Because only black kids talk this way.

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    So he's not allowed to believe that he's stupid based on his behavior or music? He does, you don't have to. And just because you have differing opinions he's a racist? And yes, all of what you said is your opinion - many people hold true to the claim that ones music is their artistic representation - often times a fair representation of their own intelligence as artist as well as person. Other's don't think so. Neither are right, cause it's just a goddamn opinion.

    I said he's either racist or judgmental (in that he's calling all stoner teens all across the country stupid). And while that might be fashionable it's also not true.

    Opinions are either right or they're wrong. They're not sacred and we're not entitled to them.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    No one should have opinions ever.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    MikeMan wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    How is it even possibly racist?

    He said the kid is of below average intelligence based on that video and a song the kid made.

    Watching that video, it is just a couple of teenagers getting high and playing videogames. What's to indicate he's stupid other than the way he talks?

    But....It would be equally stupid whatever ethnicity he was. The only person who saw anything to do with race here was you.

    How? How is it stupid? He doesn't know as much as you do about an indy videogame?

    He's a teenager sitting around having fun. Nothing in that video indicates that he's any particular dumbass. He's just ignorant as to the plot of "Braid." Oh teh noes.

    Thus, calling it stupid is most likely due to how he's talking. "Yeaaa boi whooooop! whooooop! daaamn dawg, whoooop! whoooop!"

    Those damn black kids and their jive talk.

    Any teen anywhere laughs and has fun like that from time to time. It in no way leads us to believe he's stupid. He just is having fun and talks differently from you and me.

    I don't expect the Queen's english, but the THINGS he was saying was dumb, not the WAY he was saying them. Or are you saying that NO ONE who just happens to use "jive talk" is stupid?

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008

    Because only black kids talk this way.

    What?

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  • Desert_Eagle25Desert_Eagle25 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »

    Because only black kids talk this way.

    What?

    It's a joke.

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    I don't expect the Queen's english, but the THINGS he was saying was dumb, not the WAY he was saying them.

    Right, and now we're getting to the crux of the matter.

    The "things he was saying" were just indicators of his ignorance as to an indy videogame released on Xbox live.

    That indicates stupidity to you?

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »

    Because only black kids talk this way.

    What?

    It's a joke.

    Sometimes it's hard to tell.

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  • Desert_Eagle25Desert_Eagle25 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    I don't expect the Queen's english, but the THINGS he was saying was dumb, not the WAY he was saying them.

    Right, and now we're getting to the crux of the matter.

    The "things he was saying" were just indicators of his ignorance as to an indy videogame released on Xbox live.

    That indicates stupidity to you?

    You're over analyzing this. I think by taking this matter THIS far, YOU might be the racist! Oh my, someone call the NAACP!

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  • PeregrineFalconPeregrineFalcon Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    I don't expect the Queen's english, but the THINGS he was saying was dumb, not the WAY he was saying them.

    In my observation, this game appears to lack a purpose. You are capable of repeatedly expiring, and via chronological manipulation, you may reverse your previous actions that led to your untimely demise. This amuses me to no small extent, and I shall engage this process in order to observe these actions a second time.

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  • SheepSheep Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited September 2008
    Hey, free publicity.

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  • LittleBootsLittleBoots Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    MikeMan wrote: »

    Because only black kids talk this way.

    What?

    It's a joke.

    Sometimes it's hard to tell.

    That's what aim for.

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    Or are you saying that NO ONE who just happens to use "jive talk" is stupid?

    I'm saying that it's just a way of speaking, not a goddamned IQ test. So unless you have a good reason, don't call someone dumb for speaking that way.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    I don't expect the Queen's english, but the THINGS he was saying was dumb, not the WAY he was saying them.

    Right, and now we're getting to the crux of the matter.

    The "things he was saying" were just indicators of his ignorance as to an indy videogame released on Xbox live.

    That indicates stupidity to you?

    Ignorance =/= stupidity. I wasn't slagging him for ignorance, I was slagging him for his millimeter-deep analysis.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    He could not even string together a coherent sentence, and he then chose to upload that video to Youtube. Not only is he dumb, but he is the worst kind of dumb, someone who is dumb and then is worshipped for pride in their own ignorance.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Wait, didn't Ice-T completely bitch slap Souljaboy (via a youtube video, which is the style at the time) a few months ago for making just terrible music?

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  • Desert_Eagle25Desert_Eagle25 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    I don't expect the Queen's english, but the THINGS he was saying was dumb, not the WAY he was saying them.

    In my observation, this game appears to lack a purpose. You are capable of repeatedly expiring, and via chronological manipulation, you may reverse your previous actions that led to your untimely demise. This amuses me to no small extent, and I shall engage this process in order to observe these actions a second time.

    Awesome. Another +2...nay, +3.

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    TexiKen wrote: »
    No one should have opinions ever.

    That opinion is horseshit. :x

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    I don't expect the Queen's english, but the THINGS he was saying was dumb, not the WAY he was saying them.

    Right, and now we're getting to the crux of the matter.

    The "things he was saying" were just indicators of his ignorance as to an indy videogame released on Xbox live.

    That indicates stupidity to you?

    You're over analyzing this. I think by taking this matter THIS far, YOU might be the racist! Oh my, someone call the NAACP!

    I just call it like suspect it.

    I didn't elaborate until requested to.

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    LewieP wrote: »
    He could not even string together a coherent sentence, and he then chose to upload that video to Youtube. Not only is he dumb, but he is the worst kind of dumb, someone who is dumb and then is worshipped for pride in their own ignorance.

    he.

    was.

    stoned.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    MikeMan wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    He could not even string together a coherent sentence, and he then chose to upload that video to Youtube. Not only is he dumb, but he is the worst kind of dumb, someone who is dumb and then is worshipped for pride in their own ignorance.

    he.

    was.

    stoned.

    Stupid people get stoned too, and plenty of people can sound more coherent than that while stoned out of their mind.

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  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    MikeMan wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    He could not even string together a coherent sentence, and he then chose to upload that video to Youtube. Not only is he dumb, but he is the worst kind of dumb, someone who is dumb and then is worshipped for pride in their own ignorance.

    he.

    was.

    stoned.

    Stupid people get stoned too.

    It's a never ending cycle. That's where the millions of dollars come in handy though.

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  • Desert_Eagle25Desert_Eagle25 Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    MikeMan wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    He could not even string together a coherent sentence, and he then chose to upload that video to Youtube. Not only is he dumb, but he is the worst kind of dumb, someone who is dumb and then is worshipped for pride in their own ignorance.

    he.

    was.

    stoned.

    Stupid people get stoned too.

    Don't go there. Some guy in Help/Advice got flamed for about 3 pages for mocking marijuana smokers (politically correct term.)

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  • MikeManMikeMan Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    cloudeagle wrote: »
    MikeMan wrote: »
    LewieP wrote: »
    He could not even string together a coherent sentence, and he then chose to upload that video to Youtube. Not only is he dumb, but he is the worst kind of dumb, someone who is dumb and then is worshipped for pride in their own ignorance.

    he.

    was.

    stoned.

    Stupid people get stoned too, and plenty of people can sound more coherent than that while stoned out of their mind.

    You can't tell by talking to them when they're stoned, though.

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