You know what, you’re right, the preceding sentence is supposed to be critical of the listener, so they are actually misusing “straight fire”, which would imply something good.

Yep

This has always happened. It’s just the story of Rock and Roll all over again. And funk. And hip-hop. And rap. Also the story of “american” food.

Now, as a cishet, rather privileged white guy in america, I can understand the appropriative nature of all of this. We do it to every culture we see. It’s what we’ve done with anime and Japanese culture and cuisine. It’s what we’ve done with Mexican food, Indian food, and every possible form of East Asian spiritualism. It seems to me, from the inside, like the white american identity is basically just “I see this, and I think it would look/sound/taste really good on my wall/radio/plate, but it needs to be tailored to my preferences”

But I do wonder, as a genuine question:
Wouldn’t that be more okay, from the perspective of those whose contributions to world heritage have been appropriated, if the white person didn’t immediately turn around and say “I made this”?

Like, I am in my 30s, and it wasn’t until I first watched a Madea movie last year that I realized that “finna” was not a modern intentional misspelling of “gonna” courtesy of the snapgramheads, but literally an elision of AAVE “fixin’ to”, which I’ve been hearing my whole life. I agree that people should know from where they get their sayings, whether they’re saying “finna” or <fakes british accent> “please sir, can I have some more?” (A student quoted this yesterday in an after-school club and I bet another teacher that the student didn’t even know the context of the quote, let alone what they were quoting. If we had been betting money, I would have left a dollar richer)

But I’d be interested to hear your take on how best to educate people on the origins of these terms. I’ve had to talk to my spanish-speaking students several times about how saying “mongolo” for ‘idiot’ is SUPER offensive, because it’s derived from a double slur against people with down syndrome and people of Asian descent. How can I, as a teacher, or we, as citizens of the internet, properly assign understanding, credit, or significance to the words these kids are spewing without any concept of what they actually mean, let alone where they came from?

Yeah, they forgot to put “on my soul” on the list, though the kids at my school are all illiterate, so they just parrot it as “oh my SO”.

Every. Five. Seconds.

The correct solution here is to just use these back at them at every opportunity. I feed on the cringe every time they say they didn’t do something and I get the privilege to respond, flatly and with enunciation: “Cap.”

This list is missing “on my soul”, which the illiterate children at my school (who have only ever heard it on snaptok and facegram, and are only poorly parroting it) replace with “oh my SO”.

Demerits for misuse of “say less” and “baka”. Other than that, high marks!

“Say less” is etymologically tied to “say no more”. It is possible that I am wrong about “baka”, because I’m an otaku, but I presume they’re using it in the anime way, and not just completely divorcing it from its actual meaning. I might be giving them to much credit.

Based on my experience in the NE U.S., this list is current.

As a teacher, I can attest that it works beautifully.

What would be better is if, when people were being kidnapped by these brownshirts-at-home, the bystanders started beating these kidnappers to a bloody, gelatinous pulp. That way, the street sweepers could come and gently push their mouldering viscera where they belong: the gutter.

Remember: there is no evidence that these people have the force of law behind them. Citizens should not allow others to be kidnapped in broad daylight.

“We are sorry, but this arboreal feature is on the property of an Amazon™ warehouse, and you have not accepted the necessary licensure and non-disclosure agreement to enter. Steering Wheel will remain locked.”

Fair enough. Withdrawn!

You incorrectly assume that Trump’s sycophants are any better at reading comprehension than he is.

“Ah, yes, the official numbers are…”

<checks notes>

“Yes, ‘the bigliest numbers. More than ever. Yuge. So much.’… As you can see, we had a record turnout”

Daring to call linoleum “tile work” is like calling a Walmart a “home”

That’s impossible. I distinctly recall a news article from my childhood which reported that the moon’s spoon was stolen by a dish after a cow distracted it. Did the moon get its spoon back somehow?

There are usually some good scenes or themes or characters that make some of the 99% worth a watch. The Netflix Avatar series was shit that didn’t understand the tone of the original, except for the scenes added for Lu-Ten’s Funeral and the 41st Division. These alone added enough for me to begrudgingly accept the existence of the live-action series. There are usually some things like that in most of the new ones I’ve seen.

All WHAT “gun control”? My sibling in Christ, do you perceive there to be insufficient access to guns in america?! Really?

“Sorry, but your brake subscription has expired.”

Also, that would require a Tesla’s systems to function, which is not a guarantee.

When I read this, I thought you were being naive with the first half, thinking that any employer would give a shit, but then you gave me new hope by citing the grim rationale of the corpocrat. Thank you for this breath of fresh, cynical air. A much-needed, realist break from the glitter-bomb hope porn I expected

I’m 30, and I’ve seen them twice in my life in-person. However, I believe that they were in very old buildings. Can’t remember exactly where, though, since they were both over ten years ago.