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Topic subjectwhat does: '... but this is OKP' mean?
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12770359, what does: '... but this is OKP' mean?
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 10:41 AM
does that imply that everyone who posts here is generally 'out of touch'.

or is the statement synonymous with 'but this is the internet, so ...'

i, for one, am tired of the bad-rap that OKP users are receiving.

apparently, readers think that you are all mal-adjusted, nerdy, fat, smelly, unattractive, agenda-filled, unwavering fools who can't be convinced of anything outside of your very narrow perspective.

is that an accurate assessment of this community? is that why all the 'greats' leave?

or do people just like to shit on this discussion board because it makes them seem cool and 'in touch' with them streets?
12770362, it means know your audience...we are a world within' the world.
Posted by Fishgrease, Thu Apr-02-15 10:44 AM
we are above it all.
12770365, people here cosign weird shit. sometimes because they truly believe it
Posted by BigJazz, Thu Apr-02-15 10:45 AM
and sometimes just to be contrary or to get a rise out of people.

it happens here. it happens on the internet. and it may happen IRL if you run in weirdo type circles.


***
I'm tryna be better off, not better than...
12770366, lol....exhibit A
Posted by ambient1, Thu Apr-02-15 10:45 AM
12770378, ^^^^^
Posted by BabySoulRebel, Thu Apr-02-15 10:56 AM
12770383, this make yall feel in touch with them streets?
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 10:59 AM
12770435, why not ask the man who said it directly
Posted by ambient1, Thu Apr-02-15 11:40 AM
That's OKP shit

What does the 'streets' or being cool gotta do wwithshit

if a nigga cool he cool regardless of a website ...if a nigga insecure/weird/different/alternative regardless of a website...

The fact that I typed all this out makes this reply OKP shit

Cuz irl ....it wouldn't be carried like this
12770457, i wanted a response from both of you.
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 11:54 AM
and the placement of the specific reply, and the 'yall' was all-encompassing.

that's message board shit.

the exhibit A shit flew over my head.

i wasn't sure if: me making this post was OKP shit, was the tone of the post OKP shit?

I aint get it. and honestly - i feel like you don't do too much typing, so I don't expect a whole lot out of you if i were to reply, but what do you meeeeean by thaaaat.

but i was banking on the fact that both (she's likely to type a bit more) of yall could come together and form a solid response.

>The fact that I typed all this out makes this reply OKP shit
>Cuz irl ....it wouldn't be carried like this

so i want to challenge this. the fact that you explained yourself makes this OKP shit?

how would it be carried in real life?

let me try first:

i ask a question to the room.
a nigga responds by just pointing and saying 'exhibit A'
i ignore the nigga at first, cause he aint really one to explain himself to much.
then, someone else comes along and says - YEAH!, what he said'
i address you two as a group now, cause it's harder to ignore two noisy people.
you look at me and say - 'say - nigga, just ask me!'
and then look I at you and say 'oh, quiet nigga ready to talk now'
then i say - 'ok quiet nigga - talk...'

how off is that scenario?
12770473, ... i get it now.
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 12:04 PM
why didn't i ask you in that other post?

i sort of did with this: "the line: 'but of course this is OKP' threw me all the way off."

but that wasn't the topic of conversation in that post.

more message board shit.

i'm still with you on the whole 'cool nigga, regardless of a website'

>Cuz irl ....it wouldn't be carried like this

but im still not adding this up.

what are the major differences?

the only thing i could think of is tough typing.

and i give everyone the assumption that it's something they'd say in real life.
12770552, ok
Posted by ambient1, Thu Apr-02-15 12:37 PM
12770369, Being on here can feel like a completely separate world.
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Thu Apr-02-15 10:46 AM
For good and bad. But when people call it out...95% of the time, it's either bad or just way way different.

I've seen so many opinions on here that I would never, ever ever hear in person or "real life." Even funnier, OKP's here don't even act or talk the same way in person.

It's almost like everyone has to fit into an OKP persona, because they know they'll be judged for speaking the way they do in real life. And although people away from OKP/the Internet may feel the same way about things as those here, it's not as common, and usually won't be as loudly spoken.


12770394, RE: Being on here can feel like a completely separate world.
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Apr-02-15 11:08 AM
>For good and bad. But when people call it out...95% of the
>time, it's either bad or just way way different.
>
>I've seen so many opinions on here that I would never, ever
>ever hear in person or "real life." Even funnier, OKP's here
>don't even act or talk the same way in person.
>
>It's almost like everyone has to fit into an OKP persona,
>because they know they'll be judged for speaking the way they
>do in real life. And although people away from OKP/the
>Internet may feel the same way about things as those here,
>it's not as common, and usually won't be as loudly spoken.
>
>
>

I made a post asking if people were like this irl because some of the opinions are so... "playery" LOL
12770404, i'd like to think that im the same in real life.
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 11:13 AM
i've been known to:

ask questions to strangers
offer an opposing view to a conversation - sort of for sport
wear jewelry and put cuffs in my jeans
12770416, I'm 100% sure you aren't lying
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Apr-02-15 11:21 AM
you come off like one of those could be cool but also could be annoying boho types I knew in college.

12770480, here's my disconnect: i want to think that I'm not annoying irl
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 12:07 PM
- but i don't want to lie to myself.

realizing that i might be annoying in real life is potentially devastating.
12770423, Perfect example is when my ex sucked dick in public.
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Thu Apr-02-15 11:30 AM
So I told the same story to about 8 of my friends, six were women. Same tone, but omitted the "cool story, ho" part.

Except one...ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL of them were shocked, and were like "that's hoe behavior!" "She's wild!" "Hell naw, the hell is her problem??"

And let OKP tell it, that means I have friends who are judgmental, stuck in the past, operate on double standards that have been brainwashed into us due to patriarchy. But nope, that's just the normal reaction from most regular folks. So yeah, that was a true "Only on OKP" moment.
12770442, that was a tough story though.
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 11:42 AM
i remember reading and trying to imagine how you feel about an ex lover sucking dick in public.

there's a reasonable assumption that you included that 'ho' part because it's easier for you to turn your nose up at her decision. specifically because she's an ex.

telling that story in person probably lends itself better to you being unaffected.
12770515, And I thought people would at least get that part...it was an ex!
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Thu Apr-02-15 12:24 PM
People in general always have negative feelings about an ex, and will use ANY fuel against them. Whether it's serious hatred, or just light hearted fun.

I surely wouldn't have added that line if it was about ANYONE else, whether it was a homegirl, or just a random girl I heard about.
12770447, umm i was there and NO
Posted by BabySoulRebel, Thu Apr-02-15 11:45 AM
>So I told the same story to about 8 of my friends, six were
>women. Same tone, but omitted the "cool story, ho" part.

Quite a few of us laughed it off too til we got to the "cool story, heaux" part and we even said that. This pretty much confirms for me that you were def trolling that day if you had enough sense to omit that irl.
12770493, I surely said that I was joking when I put that part, though. Just that
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Thu Apr-02-15 12:15 PM
it was way too late, and everyone had already gone in. I said that to the very first response.

12770448, nope. this would work better if you'd said 'cool story ho' IRL
Posted by SoWhat, Thu Apr-02-15 11:46 AM
and your friends ignored it.

12770496, Thing is, writing a story in a post is a completely different thing.
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Thu Apr-02-15 12:18 PM
You can tell tone a whole lot easier when it's told in person. And with that line...I couldn't even say that while telling it to someone in a story. In most of the cases, before I even got to the end of the story, people were like "wait...what???" and asking questions.

12770524, the story poasted bc of 'cool story ho'.
Posted by SoWhat, Thu Apr-02-15 12:28 PM
The conversation IRL didn't poast - but you didn't say 'cool story ho' so I dunno if your friends wouldve ignored that and gone full-bore with the slut shaming. It seems the 'playery' part of the poast was the lecturing about 'cool story hi' instead of pearl clutching about the public performance.
12770566, Yeah that was definitely the playery part
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Thu Apr-02-15 12:40 PM
Wasn't much pearl clutching at all.
12770498, no one would ignore it IRL.. they woulda cosigned the hoeness
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Apr-02-15 12:19 PM
women are quick to call each other all types of names...



12770483, But lissen LOL
Posted by DaHeathenOne76, Thu Apr-02-15 12:07 PM
The normal reaction IS judgmental, stuck in the past and operating on double standards. Misogyny hurts everybody even women who express it.

Think about it outside of getting herpes in the mouf or semen in the eye...who is she hurting really??


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http://www.iamsharandajones.org/help
12770495, and heeeerrreee we go!!!
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Apr-02-15 12:17 PM
12770507, To be fair...even a guy couldn't get away with this.
Posted by -DJ R-Tistic-, Thu Apr-02-15 12:22 PM
The folks who reacted and said it was "hoe" behavior surely wouldn't judge it the same if she did the usual "meet a guy at the club and have sex."

We have actually all clowned one of my boys who is pretty damn dirty...for example, he ate a stripper out in a gas station parking lot within 15 minutes of meeting her. So he gets judged even worse...some girls in our circle don't take him serious at all, and will even give a heads up to women who he's into.

So it's not always about being judgmental or one sided against women only...even if "hoe" isn't the word that is used for men.
12770509, i think it comes down to it being poor form to shit-talk an ex.
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 12:23 PM
12770520, not when she is performing oral for the masses.
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Apr-02-15 12:26 PM
12770523, it'd be better for him to not laugh at that low hanging fruit.
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 12:28 PM
he'd be the coolest, then.
12770370, it means that everyone waits for that one polarizing post
Posted by initiationofplato, Thu Apr-02-15 10:46 AM
where everyone can rock their cape for the day.
12770581, ^^^^^ This is the answer. ^^^^^
Posted by soulfunk, Thu Apr-02-15 12:45 PM
And it's also why it's not just OKP but on many message boards that lend themselves well to arguing online. The people who feel the strongest about an issue in one direction or the other are gonna be the people who actually participate in that specific post. The people who are really the majority and in the middle are like "Eh" and either just read the post for lols or keep scrolling until they find a post that touches a nerve. Like you said, waiting to find the post that makes them want to put on their cape.

So when you're reading a typical post with tons of arguments back and forth it's just the people on the extremes of the issue and it feels like on here everyone is extremely against the "norm".
12770386, *chuckles @ you taking yourself OUT of the collective*
Posted by FLUIDJ, Thu Apr-02-15 11:00 AM

"Seasons may come and your luck just may run out, and all that you'll have is some memories..."
12770407, fair. but i think the people who type about the place being so weird
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 11:15 AM
are the ones who really deserve to be chuckled to-death.
12770388, that many of your veiled posts are to be expected
Posted by rdhull, Thu Apr-02-15 11:01 AM
shit like that
12770415, You know what would make this post more TRANSPARENT
Posted by astralblak, Thu Apr-02-15 11:20 AM
if posters wrote the "weird things" they feel they encounter on okp

cause most of the time it seems it's code for "those damn gays, women, and atheist have an opinion, or better yet idea about the world! darn them!"

12770418, freezing weights
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Apr-02-15 11:27 AM
washing meat
not washing jeans
not washing with soap or using deodorant
having sex with HIV+ people
gender free bathrooms in schools
shrugging at flashers in libraries

off the top those are some of the WTF things that come to mind.




12770556, Giving public fellatio
Posted by Wonderl33t, Thu Apr-02-15 12:38 PM

______________________________
http://i.imgur.com/81XSukd.jpg <-- Happy trails
12770854, CRINE
Posted by ShinobiShaw, Thu Apr-02-15 02:55 PM
12771175, RE: freezing weights <-- LOL. will never not be funny
Posted by astralblak, Thu Apr-02-15 10:21 PM
>washing meat
huh, when did this take place. like putting in water to defrost?

>not washing jeans
O_o, most the heads I know don't. we go 3-5 weara before a wash and then don't dry. Levi 501, 510, 511. cragoes and shorts always washed

>not washing with soap or using deodorant
hippy shit. I lived in Humboldt. it's a turrbl reality

>having sex with HIV+ people
QUE CHINGADOS... when did this happen as well.

>gender free bathrooms in schools
yeah I'm still undecided on this

>shrugging at flashers in libraries
>
lol. lies

>off the top those are some of the WTF things that come to
>mind.
most are inconsequential. I felt like DZ was more about "serious" topics and shit
12770420, men should sit down to take a piss. OKP is the only place on EARF
Posted by BigJazz, Thu Apr-02-15 11:29 AM
where i've ever heard that opinion expressed, cosigned, and defended by multiple people...


***
I'm tryna be better off, not better than...
12770425, RE: men should sit down to take a piss. OKP is the only place on EARF
Posted by rdhull, Thu Apr-02-15 11:31 AM
>where i've ever heard that opinion expressed, cosigned, and
>defended by multiple people...


including a reverand lol
12770494, dude on sports radio in Charlotte said he sits down to pee
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Apr-02-15 12:16 PM
and 3 years later it's still used in skits and brought up at least once a week.
12771177, ohh sorry there mr. man's man
Posted by astralblak, Thu Apr-02-15 10:27 PM
lofl

man fuck that shit some times at the mid of night. i'm sitting down to piss
12770429, ^^^^
Posted by Dr Claw, Thu Apr-02-15 11:36 AM
>if posters wrote the "weird things" they feel they encounter
>on okp
>
>cause most of the time it seems it's code for "those damn
>gays, women, and atheist have an opinion, or better yet idea
>about the world! darn them!"
12770432, YUP
Posted by Amritsar, Thu Apr-02-15 11:38 AM

>cause most of the time it seems it's code for "those damn
>gays, women, and atheist have an opinion, or better yet idea
>about the world! darn them!"
>
>


This the group I see most often using it.

12770417, This has been oddball nigga central since day one (myself included)
Posted by John Forte, Thu Apr-02-15 11:26 AM
it's less pronounced since the mainstream has moved towards us.
12770427, yup.
Posted by SoWhat, Thu Apr-02-15 11:34 AM
it's part of the attraction of the place. so yeah, non-traditional opinions and behaviors will be cosigned here.

DUH.

and yes, we know that many of our opinions and behaviors are non-traditional.

DUH.

and no, we don't give a shit what the folks 'in the streets' or at the barbershop or at church or where ever have to say that contradicts what we say here.

DUH.

we are comfortable expressing alternative opinions and living alt-lives. we don't care that we are a minority in the larger world. we do us anyway. we come here to find some kindred spirits and to sharpen our stances.

so telling us that we're 'oddball' is like

DUH.

12770540, this.
Posted by dapitts08, Thu Apr-02-15 12:35 PM
12770434, It means we are special.
Posted by Binlahab, Thu Apr-02-15 11:40 AM
Mainstream normal regular run of the mill average mundane every day Black thought what little there is....you can go to ebony.com for that

And if you think people here are weird and "playery"...but been coming here's everyday for yrs...guess what?

Lame ass people. Lol

12770459, here's the impetus:
Posted by SoWhat, Thu Apr-02-15 11:55 AM
http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=12769772&mesg_id=12769772&page=#12770342

i agree...just ask the man who replied w/that.

i dunno but i assume he meant that your theory in that post is bullshit and he suspects you're only putting it forth b/c you want a poast. THAT is OKP. but it's also the Internet, generally. also, he could've meant that we at OKP have a tendency to seek out complicated answers to simple questions/issues. we tend to make more of things than needs to be made of them. but i dunno what he meant. and he can say.

12770465, i wanted to open it up because his sentiment is shared
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 12:00 PM
and he aint really a typing ass-nigga.

also, i've read many variations:

'some you niggas weird.'
'... only on OKP'
'this is OKP, so you know how that goes'

i want them all addressed.
12770469, word.
Posted by SoWhat, Thu Apr-02-15 12:02 PM
12770546, this is exactly what i meant
Posted by ambient1, Thu Apr-02-15 12:37 PM
>>> also, he could've meant that we at OKP have a tendency to seek out complicated answers to simple questions/issues


no more no less
12770475, IMHO late and been said but im saying it again
Posted by DaHeathenOne76, Thu Apr-02-15 12:04 PM
Being alt-Black is just now reaching mainstream levels but we been about this life for 15 years so some people are just like ONLY on OKP because they are new here

I know im player been that way since I got my nose pierced in 1994 and people was like ONLY WHITE GIRLS DO THAT???!!!!


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12770514, I got my nosed pierced in 91 and had dreads...
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Apr-02-15 12:24 PM
and went to college down in Knoxville, TN.

but niggas from Memphis were rocking party shirts, Theo shags and had one pinky nail painted red...

and the niggas called ME weird.
12770542, Chile we aint gon even talk about being nappy headed
Posted by DaHeathenOne76, Thu Apr-02-15 12:36 PM
in the early 90's especially if you were a girl person..TUH
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12770888, thats the weird aspect for me
Posted by lfresh, Thu Apr-02-15 03:17 PM
esp because i'm old
septum piercing from 93-95

i fit IN with my gentrified neighborhood now

but Black folk now LIKE tattoos and piercings and locks and punk (dress not music) and goth and now just a neighborhood away theres a filled neighborhood or three of alt black folk

that now its just mainstream

black atheists are picking up momentum
black latinos are surfacing
afro punk is an actual thing..and gone corporate
and then there is black twitter
heh

and we are still here
doing...us
*shrug*

its a wide range of folk on here on one hand so its not "only on okp"
we technically are out in the real world so its not "only on okp"
but yes some of us have been here for a while and the world is realizing shit that used to slide
aint gonna slide no mo'
and some folks still don't get it and get caught on social media fucking up not realizing
the world now has to stand up with a public face for what it claims to stand for
so technically its not okp thats out of touch
*shrug*
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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.
12770484, my bad, I tried to answer regular but we trolling today
Posted by atruhead, Thu Apr-02-15 12:09 PM
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12770489, nigga, i seen you do a video review for potato chips.
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 12:13 PM
opened the bag on camera, chewed the shit and started yapping.

the whole production was silly as shit.

to me, that's weird. sorry, doggie.

...

annnnnd. my apologies if im mistaking you for someone else.
12770492, lol
Posted by Cenario, Thu Apr-02-15 12:15 PM
12770499, whuuutTF?
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Apr-02-15 12:19 PM
12770503, so you stalk me in between analyzing gay porn?
Posted by atruhead, Thu Apr-02-15 12:21 PM
.
12770522, shoulda stuck with your original reply.
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 12:27 PM
i dont know how i came across the shit, honestly.

you know i did a series of videos so i spent some time on youtube.

i remember looking at you like 'this nigga is funny as shit for this'

i can't go too hard though, i've been known to do silly shit on camera.

but you aint about to come in here typing 'im not weird' with a straight face.
12770526, link? lol
Posted by mikediggz, Thu Apr-02-15 12:29 PM
12770875, cmon
Posted by Binlahab, Thu Apr-02-15 03:08 PM
Lol
12770527, come back. this is a safe space, really.
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 12:29 PM
also, how dare you get in a tizzy cause i seen some shit you posted online.

come on dog, you got to get more fortified than that.

one day someone is gonna throw out the fact that i've 'modeled' underwear with a webcam.

the fuck can i say to that?!?!
12770539, you made that man edit...lol
Posted by legsdiamond, Thu Apr-02-15 12:35 PM
and had the nerve to say come back, this is a safe place...

you a funny dude.
12770560, im not fazed or upset at all
Posted by atruhead, Thu Apr-02-15 12:40 PM
you replied with trolling, I adjusted accordingly
12770544, it means "i made my point and further discussion is futile."
Posted by Joe Corn Mo, Thu Apr-02-15 12:37 PM
i have decided that whoever is disagreeing with me
has an unreasonable position,
and sees the world so differently than me that it is
not worth seeking mutual understanding
or common ground.

for example, it is not worth me
explaining why you are a homophobe
because this is okayplayer.

it is not worth you explaining
why you are not because this is okayplayer.

it is not worth you telling me
that I am bringing up gay shit
to discredit your perfectly neutral, devoid of context post
because this is okayplayer.

you made this post to troll for
responses even though you will
play innocent because this is okayplayer.

it is not worth you explaining
why you aren't a troll because this is okayplayer.


it means the poster has no interest in having the samw conversation again when it is
already known by both parties
that the discussion is not worth it.


it is an attempt to marganilize an opinion by casting the speaker
as the lone voice of reason on the forum.


it's a clever rhetorical trick
but I usually disregard ppl
that use it too often.


because this is okayplayer.


12771184, this my favorite response in a long time.
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 10:44 PM
12771192, Hit em with the K. and keep it moving.
Posted by Kira, Fri Apr-03-15 12:14 AM
That's my motto.
12770547, an inability to empathize
Posted by double negative, Thu Apr-02-15 12:37 PM
so everyone comes off as dickheads, or bitter or ultra conservative or evil or asshole-ish
12771179, Oh great. Another circle jerk post.
Posted by Meadow, Thu Apr-02-15 10:32 PM
12771181, I hate it when that happens.
Posted by Deadzombie, Thu Apr-02-15 10:43 PM
12771315, i remember posting a long time ago how odd i find message board culture
Posted by Mash_Comp, Fri Apr-03-15 09:54 AM
i got a little slammed for it on some "YOU POST HERE TOO" shit and that's true.

i still think it's strange we spend a good part of our productive hours typing/talking to each other on screen but yet I'm just as much a part of it anyone.

i don't know if i'm weird or not and don't care so much. but the need to call something "playery" does seem like someone's joning versus just noting it's uniqueness.