Meme Machine Memorial Thread of Things You Saw on Reddit

[Cindi Mayweather]

One of my childhood friends is heavy into Christian Rap. Shit is disgusting and I laugh at him because of it. It's obvious they're selling "God" and manipulating people into thinking their music is so much more "holy" than non-Christian rap when it's obviously just a ruse.

People love taking advantage of other's love for the supernatural.

Have you seen these Muslim rappers? These kids aren't allowed to listen to any other music because music is "haram". So they create their own groups and make a bunch of music "praising God".

[Cindi Mayweather]

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[Phoenix Dark]

One of my friends used to be big on Christian hip hop, and wouldn't listen to other music because it was "of satan." So I sent him some shit that had no cursing and was filled with conscious rhymes (Y Society's album) and even after "researching" the (totally harmless) lyrics he still wouldn't listen.

That was a couple years ago. Now he's a dropout and got one of my old classmate's pregnant lol. I see that all the time with kids who were raised in hyper religious homes. Once they gain some freedom they go crazy.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Was he black?

[Phoenix Dark]

nah, white.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Despite the fact blacks tend to be more religious, as polls have told us, I've noticed that whites tend to be more hyper fundamentalist than blacks. We black people like to feign religiosity, and it's a big part of our culture but I've never met a black person that is so into religion like the Christian white kids I knew growing up.

[The Fake Shemp]

You haven't been around enough black people.

[Powerslave]

One of my friends used to be big on Christian hip hop, and wouldn't listen to other music because it was "of satan." So I sent him some shit that had no cursing and was filled with conscious rhymes (Y Society's album) and even after "researching" the (totally harmless) lyrics he still wouldn't listen.

he must've been afraid of the rebellious feelings he got from badass hiphop

[Cindi Mayweather]

I've been around tons of black people and while most of them are religious, most of them are the "Sunday only" religious. Not "fundamentalist" religious.

That said, the black church is approaching fundamentalist beliefs more and more, if they haven't already (ie. homophobia).

[The Fake Shemp]

I'm sure that the ratio of fundamentalist black Christians is equal to that of white people, your anecdotal evidence aside. But - hey! - if you want to use your experience to form a definitive conclusion, let me blow your mind with the fact that I have met fundamentalist black Christians! Probably more fundamentalist black Christians than fundamentalist white Christians!

I think it's safe to say, based on my anecdotal evidence, that you are wrong and the entire black race is prone to hyper fundamentalism.

[Phoenix Dark]

My roommate is one of the few "young" black christians I know who is hyper religious. Overall I've met way too many who's religion seemed more like something passed down parent to child, sort of like a foundation to stand on during hard times. And while the parents are religious, the kids rarely are.

This was on full effect when I played basketball at a Baptist church. There were maybe 6 black kids at the school and all of us were more "worldly" than the other students. One time one of my best friends on the team brought a Source magazine onto the bus; a half naked Trina was on the cover. We were in the back of the bus looking at it, and some of the white kids were looking too lmao. Then a teacher got on the bus and slowly started walking towards the back of the bus. All the white kids moved back to their seats, as did another black kid and me lmao. My friend sat there with his head in the magazine, totally obvious as the teacher walked right up to him.

"Richard what is that. Is that pornography?"
"no sir..."
"Where did you get this filth?"
"I found it on the bus..."
"Yea, right. That'll be 100 demerits"

One of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life

They'd constantly get in trouble for talking about movies they had seen, or music they listened to off school grounds.

[Cindi Mayweather]

[Cindi Mayweather]

My roommate is one of the few "young" black christians I know who is hyper religious. Overall I've met way too many who's religion seemed more like something passed down parent to child, sort of like a foundation to stand on during hard times. And while the parents are religious, the kids rarely are.

About every young black adult I know is "religious" in the sense that they go to church. That's about it. But they'll still have five kids, all of which from different fathers or sell drugs.

I've never really met a hyper religious "I'm all about God!" black person in our age group. There's always the person who puts "God" as their only interest on facebook, but they'll go to a club and get drunk and pick up dudes along the way just a few hours before the choir sings "Going to See the King" early on Sunday.

[The Fake Shemp]

Again, what you're not describing is not specific to the black experience, but what is commonly referred to across the world as a generational gap.

News flash: older people more conservative, less open to new ideas than young people.

[Cindi Mayweather]

My roommate is one of the few "young" black christians I know who is hyper religious. Overall I've met way too many who's religion seemed more like something passed down parent to child, sort of like a foundation to stand on during hard times. And while the parents are religious, the kids rarely are.

This was on full effect when I played basketball at a Baptist church. There were maybe 6 black kids at the school and all of us were more "worldly" than the other students. One time one of my best friends on the team brought a Source magazine onto the bus; a half naked Trina was on the cover. We were in the back of the bus looking at it, and some of the white kids were looking too lmao. Then a teacher got on the bus and slowly started walking towards the back of the bus. All the white kids moved back to their seats, as did another black kid and me lmao. My friend sat there with his head in the magazine, totally obvious as the teacher walked right up to him.

"Richard what is that. Is that pornography?"
"no sir..."
"Where did you get this filth?"
"I found it on the bus..."
"Yea, right. That'll be 100 demerits"

One of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life

They'd constantly get in trouble for talking about movies they had seen, or music they listened to off school grounds.

Wait. This makes no sense. Why would anyone get demerits when it's obviously not a school event?

[Cindi Mayweather]

Again, what you're not describing is not specific to the black experience, but what is commonly referred to across the world as a generational gap.

News flash: older people more conservative, less open to new ideas than young people.

I've been mostly pinpointing the people of our age group. Not the older people. My own mom is a fundamentalist in some ways.

[Phoenix Dark]

My roommate is one of the few "young" black christians I know who is hyper religious. Overall I've met way too many who's religion seemed more like something passed down parent to child, sort of like a foundation to stand on during hard times. And while the parents are religious, the kids rarely are.

About every young black adult I know is "religious" in the sense that they go to church. That's about it. But they'll still have five kids, all of which from different fathers or sell drugs.

I've never really met a hyper religious "I'm all about God!" black person in our age group. There's always the person who puts "God" as their only interest on facebook, but they'll go to a club and get drunk and pick up dudes along the way just a few hours before the choir sings "Going to See the King" early on Sunday.

In short, black christians are like white catholics

My parents are rather religious, and I wasn't allowed to do or see many things growing up. But I can't say it was an extremely hyper religious environment; they didn't care about Harry Potter or Pokemon or whatever "worldly fad" was taking  over at the time, they were more concerned about us acting respectful/proper/etc (open the door for ladies, never call an adult by his/her first name, etc) and going to church.

On the flip side, I know people who's mothers would hide magazine covers featuring scantily clad women before allowing them to walk down the isle. I know people who got kicked out their homes and utterly ex-communicated after either coming out the closet or being caught in the act. I know some very religious black folk, but they're usually around my mom's age and their kids are a total trainwreck, and have been for some time. Whereas the majority of the white religious families I know featured kids who started off religious, then became trainwrecks the second they graduated high school.

That's just my personal experience though.

[The Fake Shemp]

But you just said:

I've never really met a hyper religious "I'm all about God!" black person in our age group. There's always the person who puts "God" as their only interest on facebook, but they'll go to a club and get drunk and pick up dudes along the way just a few hours before the choir sings "Going to See the King" early on Sunday.

You're confusing me with your sweeping sociological conclusions based on anecdotal evidence. So are you saying that, by and large, there are no fundamentalist black Christians under 30 years of age? And that most older black people are not as fundamentalist as white people?

Did you ever think about the fact, I don't know, that there are more white people than black people and it is easier to manipulate the media as a vocal white minority versus being a vocal minority of a minority?

[Howard Alan Treesong]

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#2 on the UK charts

[Phoenix Dark]

My roommate is one of the few "young" black christians I know who is hyper religious. Overall I've met way too many who's religion seemed more like something passed down parent to child, sort of like a foundation to stand on during hard times. And while the parents are religious, the kids rarely are.

This was on full effect when I played basketball at a Baptist church. There were maybe 6 black kids at the school and all of us were more "worldly" than the other students. One time one of my best friends on the team brought a Source magazine onto the bus; a half naked Trina was on the cover. We were in the back of the bus looking at it, and some of the white kids were looking too lmao. Then a teacher got on the bus and slowly started walking towards the back of the bus. All the white kids moved back to their seats, as did another black kid and me lmao. My friend sat there with his head in the magazine, totally obvious as the teacher walked right up to him.

"Richard what is that. Is that pornography?"
"no sir..."
"Where did you get this filth?"
"I found it on the bus..."
"Yea, right. That'll be 100 demerits"

One of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life

They'd constantly get in trouble for talking about movies they had seen, or music they listened to off school grounds.

Wait. This makes no sense. Why would anyone get demerits when it's obviously not a school event?

Dude, during the summer a friend from the school was hanging out with me at the mall. We ran into a teacher at the school. A month later my friend found out he had 50 demerits to start the semester because he had dyed his hair during the summer.

It didn't matter whether you were on school grounds or not. If you went to see movies at the theater, you got demerits.

[cool breeze]

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#2 on the UK charts

gg no re UK

[Cindi Mayweather]

But you just said:

I've never really met a hyper religious "I'm all about God!" black person in our age group. There's always the person who puts "God" as their only interest on facebook, but they'll go to a club and get drunk and pick up dudes along the way just a few hours before the choir sings "Going to See the King" early on Sunday.

You're confusing me with your sweeping sociological conclusions based on anecdotal evidence. So are you saying that, by and large, there are no fundamentalist black Christians under 30 years of age? And that most older black people are not as fundamentalist as white people?

Did you ever think about the fact, I don't know, that there are more white people than black people and it is easier to manipulate the media as a vocal white minority versus being a vocal minority of a minority?

No, of course there are fundamentalist blacks under the age of 30. But I've been to numerous black churches, and on the other hand, numerous white church events. It is night and day. Likewise, due to being black I have been exposed to numerous black Christians, especially in the south. And since I hail from the Bible Belt, I've also been given exposure to fundamentalist white Christians.

The media has nothing to do with this. I'm not claiming it as fact, I'm merely stating what I've experienced. It's a pure observation on my part. That doesn't make it true, though, and I never said it was.

But of the young religious blacks I know in contrast to the young religious whites, the blacks tend to be far less dogmatic and extreme.

[Cindi Mayweather]

My roommate is one of the few "young" black christians I know who is hyper religious. Overall I've met way too many who's religion seemed more like something passed down parent to child, sort of like a foundation to stand on during hard times. And while the parents are religious, the kids rarely are.

This was on full effect when I played basketball at a Baptist church. There were maybe 6 black kids at the school and all of us were more "worldly" than the other students. One time one of my best friends on the team brought a Source magazine onto the bus; a half naked Trina was on the cover. We were in the back of the bus looking at it, and some of the white kids were looking too lmao. Then a teacher got on the bus and slowly started walking towards the back of the bus. All the white kids moved back to their seats, as did another black kid and me lmao. My friend sat there with his head in the magazine, totally obvious as the teacher walked right up to him.

"Richard what is that. Is that pornography?"
"no sir..."
"Where did you get this filth?"
"I found it on the bus..."
"Yea, right. That'll be 100 demerits"

One of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life

They'd constantly get in trouble for talking about movies they had seen, or music they listened to off school grounds.

Wait. This makes no sense. Why would anyone get demerits when it's obviously not a school event?

Dude, during the summer a friend from the school was hanging out with me at the mall. We ran into a teacher at the school. A month later my friend found out he had 50 demerits to start the semester because he had dyed his hair during the summer.

It didn't matter whether you were on school grounds or not. If you went to see movies at the theater, you got demerits.

So this was a Baptist church school? You went to one? This was your high school?

[BlueTsunami]

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Eddie Hazel

[Phoenix Dark]

Agreed. And yea, it's just from my experience. I've lived around that atmosphere all my life.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Agreed. And yea, it's just from my experience. I've lived around that atmosphere all my life.

The funny thing is that it seems to be more socially acceptable to not be religious in the white communities, whereas in the black community if you're religious you are seen as an enigma despite the fact you have drug dealers and the girl with 5 baby daddies on welfare are "religious" and "good people".

I've noticed the same thing within the hispanic communities.

[The Fake Shemp]

Now you're just trolling me.

[Phoenix Dark]

Blacks are the most religious ethnicity in the US, true. But if you're a non-religious person in a religious area, of course you'll stick out, regardless of the race of the person and the area. So I disagree there.

In terms of broad statements I'd have no problem saying a large part of black megachurches are filled with people who only go for the show/environment/family history/etc. Those churches are essentially temples of materialism, and while I respect people who are religious I have no respect for the leaders of those churches, who basically leech off their congregation. Especially the older members, like my grandmothers.

[Cindi Mayweather]

The only reason I go to church now is to see people I've known my whole life. It feels disrespectful not to.

[demi]

himu do you think final fantasy 13 or church is more embarassing?

[Cindi Mayweather]

and while I respect people who are religious I have no respect for the leaders of those churches, who basically leech off their congregation.

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"Call me doctor."

"The song did go platinum."

"Those are lizards."

"They don't run, they crawl."

[Cindi Mayweather]

himu do you think final fantasy 13 or church is more embarassing?

FF13.

[Phoenix Dark]

I don't go to church unless I have to. That being said, I have bible class at my parents house almost every sunday. Mainly because I don't feel like starting a fight. It's odd because my parents are having trouble with my two youngest brothers, and they seem to think bible class is going to help. They just seem completely out of touch. But at the same time my brothers are complete assholes and rather ungrateful. I was an ass when I was younger, but I realized there were certain things I had to do to get by, whether it was doing my chores or not starting a fight over church. They won't even do those small things consistently, and everytime I go to my parents house I witness multiple arguments or petty verbal sniping that would have resulted in my death if I tried that shit 10 years ago. Truly pisses me off, especially considering my mom isn't healthy and them constantly teaming up on her is indefensible.

meh, we should take this to the log thread 

[Cindi Mayweather]

Let's take it to the log thread then.

[fistfulofmetal]

i nearly threw up when i saw that new york mag cover with that kristine hendrix broad. she looks like a granny

[Madrun Badrun]

Religious talk and GS on movies is in like every thread I enter. 

[AdmiralViscen]

Sony and MS fans in GAF make huge OP threads about games, while Nintendo fans make big threads about...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=387706

...Nintendo concept art.  

With a porno pop up warning

[Robo]

i nearly threw up when i saw that new york mag cover with that kristine hendrix broad. she looks like a granny

Ban this doofus.

[Stoney Mason]

Agreed. And yea, it's just from my experience. I've lived around that atmosphere all my life.

The funny thing is that it seems to be more socially acceptable to not be religious in the white communities, whereas in the black community if you're religious you are seen as an enigma despite the fact you have drug dealers and the girl with 5 baby daddies on welfare are "religious" and "good people".

I've noticed the same thing within the hispanic communities.

sigh.

Sometimes I wonder what black community you grew up in.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Two kinds: the ghetto kind and the middle class Black America one.

And your post doesn't really say much. What exactly does that comment even mean?

[Mandark]

I gotta say, Himuro constantly talking smack about black people en masse so he can feel superior is quite creepy.

[Cindi Mayweather]

I never said I was superior and I don't feel superior. In fact, I feel pretty lowly. I'm quite humble.

[Mandark]

So humble you just can't help but constantly judge others and find them wanting.  Give it up, dude.

[brawndolicious]

They're about on the same level to me.  The only difference is that Star Wars has charm.  Avatar just has visual candy.

the original trilogy anyways.

[Cindi Mayweather]

So humble you just can't help but constantly judge others and find them wanting.  Give it up, dude.

Judging others doesn't mean you feel you're above them. And making commentary on social issues doesn't mean you're judging others. If you'll notice, its quite frequent that black people make such statements about other blacks. It has nothing to do with "feeling superior" but more so "you can be better than this".

This is hilarious coming from Mandark, the guy who routinely tries to cut into people on a regular basis. Are you going to stalk and google search every Phoenix Dark post again to prove a point?

Such humility, Mandark.

[fistfulofmetal]

i nearly threw up when i saw that new york mag cover with that kristine hendrix broad. she looks like a granny

Ban this doofus.

seriously. she looks like she's wearing granny nightwear. and her face is photoshopped to hell. plus her body is disgusting. i'm sitting here shocked any person could find that appealing.

[Eel O'Brian]

here's a little something more up your alley, fistful

[fistfulofmetal]

better looking than fat chicks.

[archie4208]

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[Mandark]

Himuro:  Note that one of us hasn't claimed to be humble, but the one who did insisted on skirting the word filter so he could call people distinguished black fellows.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Because the word filter doesn't help me with my point. Me saying Kanye West acted like a distinguished black fellow doesn't mean I actually think I'm above him nor does it have to do with anything related to humbleness or even humility. I think word filters are stupid, always have, always will. Anyways, you're right I said I'm humble, but that was a direct response to your accusation that I think I'm somehow better than other black people. Honestly, your behavior on the forum is the complete opposite, it seems every time I see you post, you're either bemoaning someone (like this for example) or in some way, making fun of someone because you feel they are of lower intelligence.

Your argument that I feel superior to other blacks is mostly baseless conjecture.

You've said your piece, now argue it.

[Phoenix Dark]

I understood Himu's point. Yeah talk of 5 baby daddies and welfare reminded me of Bill Cosby, but his point was merely that many black people he knows are religious while their actions suggest otherwise; of course that applies to many people regardless of race, but our convo has been about our experiences with religion in the black community.

[Stoney Mason]

My issue with Himuro is that he often appears to be a confused young man when it comes to issues regarding race. Which if I'm giving the benefit of the doubt has to do with his age I suppose. Knowledge is a learning process.

For what its worth the most religious black people I know are rarely drug dealers. Hypocrisy on religion isn't a "black" thing. It's a religion thing. Meaning every single religion on earth is mostly filled with a group of hypocrites.

[Cindi Mayweather]

I seriously have no clue where and how he arrived at that destination based on a discussion that was focused primarily on our own personal experiences with religion in the black community. It's like, what?

[Cindi Mayweather]

My issue with Himuro is that he often appears to be a confused young man when it comes to issues regarding race. Which if I'm giving the benefit of the doubt has to do with his age I suppose. Knowledge is a learning process.

In what ways am I confused about race? Most of my arguments are clear and concise and backed by logic and personal experience.

For what its worth the most religious black people I know are rarely drug dealers. Hypocrisy on religion isn't a "black" thing. It's a religion thing. Meaning every single religion on earth is mostly filled with a group of hypocrites.

I did not say this was not the case.

[Stoney Mason]

In what ways am I confused?

I'll just leave it ambiguous at what I said as this is a road I don't feel like traveling down tonight.

[Cindi Mayweather]

That's cool.

[Phoenix Dark]

Well hopefully we can all agree to smh @ the blond in his avatar and move on

[Mandark]

The implication when you insult someone is that you've got the standing to make that judgment.  If I say one of FoC's posts is idiotic, does that mean I think I'm smart enough to make that call?  You bet your sweet sugar it does.

The corollary of "he's a wanker" is "and I'm not".



PS  Nobody on a forum ever says "my arguments are logical" or "I made very rational points" if it's true.  cf Green Shinobi, passim.

[Cindi Mayweather]

The implication when you insult someone is that you've got the standing to make that judgment.  If I say one of FoC's posts is idiotic, does that mean I think I'm smart enough to make that call?  You bet your sweet sugar it does.

The corollary of "he's a wanker" is "and I'm not".



PS  Nobody on a forum ever says "my arguments are logical" or "I made very rational points" if it's true.  cf Green Shinobi, passim.

Well sorry if that's the way you've perceived my posts because it hasn't been my intention.

People don't say "my argument is logical?" I guess I'm thinking too much of gaf?