jimjimbo Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 23 minutes ago, dwilawyer said: Maybe someone can explain his "some bro" comment as well. Explain? I think that's pretty obvious. Blatantly racist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Erg. Bro Lives Matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 What did I miss? Is using the term "bro" forbidden now? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 So anyways, how about them schools. I think our district has lost their collective minds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Just now, CECAA850 said: What did I miss? Is using the term "bro" forbidden now? "Bro" is okay. "Some Bro" is not. Context is everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Deang said: Context is everything. You mean interpretation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Barbara Billingsley just killed that scene. http://www.openculture.com/2014/12/the-making-of-the-famous-jive-talk-scenes-from-airplane.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 1 minute ago, CECAA850 said: You mean interpretation. No. Nice try. I read it the same way Dave and Jim did. I knew exactly what he was saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, CECAA850 said: You mean interpretation. It's the same with the OK/white power sign. It is context. Interpretation is an apologist cop-out, using a moral relativity which is philosophically bankrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Just now, oldtimer said: 1 minute ago, Deang said: No. Nice try. I read it the same way Dave and Jim did. I knew exactly what he was saying. There's the rub. I didn't see it and can't find it. Guess it's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 It was just locked, but visible. Now it does appear to be gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 "Hey bro, what's up?" Is probably still okay, but it's on its way out, and probably should be. If I see you with a beer in my hand I might say it, but hey, I grew up in the 70s. Still for the most part socially acceptable. However, I would not say that to a Black person. That's the cue that it should go. "Some bro hit my car?" Is a convenient replacement word for another word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Don't taze me bro! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilC Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 It's complicated https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/06/21/193881290/jeah-we-mapped-out-the-four-basic-aspects-of-being-a-bro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Anyone ever see Bill Burr's "What did you think he thought" segment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, EmilC said: It's complicated https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/06/21/193881290/jeah-we-mapped-out-the-four-basic-aspects-of-being-a-bro Summed up as context. In Hawaii, every guy is a "brah." But you would never say some brah hit my car. There are other words for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, EmilC said: It's complicated https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/06/21/193881290/jeah-we-mapped-out-the-four-basic-aspects-of-being-a-bro I never equated "bro" with race or being racist. I guess it's because I've never used it that way. It's normally for my friends or most commonly, my actual brothers. If someone heard my say bro and thought it was racist then it's their interpretation of what I said, not my use of it. At that point they could ask me what I meant by my comment if they had an issue with it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KlipschFish Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 47 minutes ago, Deang said: Barbara Billingsley just killed that scene. http://www.openculture.com/2014/12/the-making-of-the-famous-jive-talk-scenes-from-airplane.html And just like her character says, I say to some who can't get beyond themselves... "Chump don't want no help, chump don't get no help." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 So if one of your brothers or a friend hits your car, you would say, "Yeah man, my bro hit my car." Context, audience -- it does get a bit tricky, but you can generally tell when someone is just being plain old cringy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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