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j.
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Wed Feb-28-18 11:59 AM
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I've always hated our glamorization/romanticizing of Pimping.
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Buddy_Gilapagos
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Tue Sep-12-17 12:55 PM
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*frowns*
PimpTrickGangstaClik
Sep 12th 2017
1
replace pimping with drug dealing and i'm with you
BigJazz
Sep 12th 2017
2
So have I.. it's kind of deplorable
rdhull
Sep 12th 2017
3
is it any different from the "glamorization" of gangster/mafia culture.....
ThaTruth
Sep 12th 2017
4
It might not be, which is okay
Buddy_Gilapagos
Sep 12th 2017
11
oh so you cape'ing right now? carry on. n/m
ThaTruth
Sep 12th 2017
12
I'm more bothered by the word "Pimp" than actual pimping...
flipnile
Sep 12th 2017
5
How do you feel about UGK though?
MEAT
Sep 12th 2017
6
because it ain't easy?
FLUIDJ
Sep 12th 2017
7
he ain't got no hoes
ThaTruth
Sep 12th 2017
9
pimpin aint easy
BrooklynWHAT
Sep 12th 2017
8
hoein is harder
BigJazz
Sep 12th 2017
10
I always been a little confused and question this
rhchick
Sep 12th 2017
14
it's protection.. when a John beats you up
legsdiamond
Sep 12th 2017
17
a lot of women don't
tariqhu
Sep 12th 2017
57
and a lot of pimps use women to recruit other women
legsdiamond
Sep 13th 2017
82
Like Heidi Fleiss? Or in the case of any 3rd world country, mothers
Shaun Tha Don
Sep 13th 2017
86
most of these women are cutoff from family and friends and are on the...
ThaTruth
Sep 12th 2017
62
there's a correlation with game/finesse/charm
atruhead
Sep 12th 2017
13
before it got misogynistic?
legsdiamond
Sep 12th 2017
19
maybe look up the word misogyny
atruhead
Sep 12th 2017
23
ehh.. if a hoe came up short on the ave? yeah.. misogyny bruh
legsdiamond
Sep 12th 2017
32
pimping existed before the 70s
SoWhat
Sep 12th 2017
22
^^^^
kayru99
Sep 14th 2017
90
^^^Exhibit A of dumb romanticizing that I am talking about.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Sep 12th 2017
40
sorry, I was just going off of accounts I've heard
atruhead
Sep 12th 2017
43
From the State Capitol, to the Nations capitol, from the Pineapple to th...
double negative
Sep 12th 2017
15
RE: From the State Capitol, to the Nations capitol, from the Pineapple t...
Mgmt
Sep 13th 2017
79
my boy has a hilarious story about pimping
legsdiamond
Sep 12th 2017
16
Was the book "Black Players" perhaps
ProgressiveSound
Sep 12th 2017
66
Legalize sex work. Period.
SoWhat
Sep 12th 2017
18
oldest profession?
BigJazz
Sep 12th 2017
21
yes, i remember that post.
SoWhat
Sep 12th 2017
24
^^^^exactly
rorschach
Sep 12th 2017
36
yeah but i wouldn't want to see sex workers taxed and regulated
SoWhat
Sep 12th 2017
45
lol @ this sentence. Sounds like you got this thought out.
flipnile
Sep 12th 2017
55
ha.
SoWhat
Sep 12th 2017
58
dont they in some parts of Nevada?
rdhull
Sep 12th 2017
69
yes.
SoWhat
Sep 12th 2017
70
Sidenote: I was fascinated by the depiction of a Manhattan where
Teknontheou
Sep 12th 2017
20
why would you have a problem with human trafficking?
KiloMcG
Sep 12th 2017
25
Right
Numba_33
Sep 12th 2017
28
yup
KiloMcG
Sep 12th 2017
30
Especially when you find out that the parents are the ones doing
Shaun Tha Don
Sep 12th 2017
64
Yeah dude, I was about to cry watching some of the video clips.
KiloMcG
Sep 12th 2017
68
today's pimping is extreme and needs to be eviscerated
ambient1
Sep 12th 2017
26
you'd think the Internet would've killed it.
SoWhat
Sep 12th 2017
27
agree w/legalizing it...i figure most would/or have gone into 'dancing'
ambient1
Sep 12th 2017
34
a lot of dancers got pimps too
KiloMcG
Sep 12th 2017
35
https://media.tenor.com/images/fb3f2d1e814190100a4ae401b1660d5b/tenor.gi...
ambient1
Sep 12th 2017
39
haha, there's often a dude in the crowd keeping an eye on her.
KiloMcG
Sep 12th 2017
41
damn...prolly the same cats who got the backpage/motel chics
ambient1
Sep 12th 2017
48
yeah nowadays a lot of chicks sell pussy inside and outside strip clubs....
ThaTruth
Sep 12th 2017
52
RE: you'd think the Internet would've killed it.
Stringer Bell
Sep 12th 2017
65
a lot of them backpage hoes still have pimps though...
ThaTruth
Sep 12th 2017
67
over by Sugar Creek you see women go from young and blonde
legsdiamond
Sep 12th 2017
31
damn shame
ambient1
Sep 12th 2017
33
bruh, ole girl looked like a healthy college age becky
legsdiamond
Sep 12th 2017
38
That's the drugs doing that
flipnile
Sep 12th 2017
54
and who you think is keeping them highed up?
legsdiamond
Sep 12th 2017
59
yo and whats crazy is, when i was down there in the late 80s/early 90s
mikediggz
Sep 12th 2017
71
My Dad called and asked me about Hidden Valley after that episode
legsdiamond
Sep 12th 2017
72
lmaoooo first time i heard of HVK i thought it was a joke
BrooklynWHAT
Sep 13th 2017
81
when you ride past it it's like "nah.. this ain't no gang shit"
legsdiamond
Sep 13th 2017
83
There are no "good old days of pimping". It was always a violent
Buddy_Gilapagos
Sep 12th 2017
42
i didn't say there was a "good old days of pimping" and noted the
ambient1
Sep 12th 2017
44
Humans are dumb and $$ offers from producers make them dumber
Atillah Moor
Sep 12th 2017
29
i remember having the same thought when i learned what it was
Cenario
Sep 12th 2017
37
how much blame does pimping culture share in fatherless homes...
seasoned vet
Sep 12th 2017
46
less than 5%.
SoWhat
Sep 12th 2017
47
0
BrooklynWHAT
Sep 12th 2017
49
what?
Cenario
Sep 12th 2017
50
Pimp's exploit women from fatherless homes I imagine.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Sep 12th 2017
51
women w/fathers can get it too.
SoWhat
Sep 12th 2017
53
Especially when the fathers are naive and complicit.
Shaun Tha Don
Mar 03rd 2018
100
i hate the conditions that made pimping so prevalent.
Brotha Sun
Sep 12th 2017
56
What conditions? It's supply and demand, Oldest profession
legsdiamond
Sep 12th 2017
60
Im talking about pimping, not prostitution
Brotha Sun
Sep 12th 2017
73
yeah like criminalizing sex work and sex workers
SoWhat
Sep 12th 2017
61
sure
Brotha Sun
Sep 12th 2017
74
Blaxplotiation Films
Cam
Sep 12th 2017
63
The sex trade hits close to home for me.
IkeMoses
Sep 12th 2017
75
damn
Mynoriti
Sep 14th 2017
92
He still in Europe?
isaaaa
Feb 28th 2018
95
It's because you're a customer
handle
Sep 12th 2017
76
its VERY american. detest its mistaken as any measure of blk manhood.
2.tears.in.a.bucket
Sep 13th 2017
77
There are lesbian now pimps too lol
ThaTruth
Sep 13th 2017
80
these lesbians in Charlotte are no joke
legsdiamond
Sep 13th 2017
84
is uptown still popping
BrooklynWHAT
Sep 13th 2017
85
Music Factory might be more popular than epicenter now
legsdiamond
Sep 13th 2017
87
Kinda off topic but I had a friend who started dating women
Buddy_Gilapagos
Sep 13th 2017
88
Bruh, same sex domestic violence is high as fuck.. like 60 to 70%
legsdiamond
Sep 14th 2017
91
Because they are shitty themselves, though seldom do they ever
Shaun Tha Don
Sep 14th 2017
93
Pimping = a decidedly tamer form of slavery.
Shaun Tha Don
Sep 13th 2017
78
I feel Suga Free would but wouldn't be big if he came out today
-DJ R-Tistic-
Sep 13th 2017
89
Folks need reminding pimps ain't shit.
Buddy_Gilapagos
Feb 28th 2018
94
the whole pimp section of Chapelle's Bird Revelation
shamus
Feb 28th 2018
97
why?
mind_grapes
Feb 28th 2018
98
I hate the notion that Pimps are these wise knowledge dropping elder
Buddy_Gilapagos
Mar 03rd 2018
102
yeah. this summarizes my feelings well. thanks
shamus
Mar 03rd 2018
103
But wasn't that the point of Chappelle's bit?
mind_grapes
Mar 03rd 2018
104
I agree with you how Chappelle was trying to use the metaphor
Buddy_Gilapagos
Mar 03rd 2018
105
girls start in the life on avg at 13 + are criminalized at that outset
dba_BAD
Feb 28th 2018
99
The relationship this european colony has with black people
Musa
Mar 03rd 2018
101
Today, I saw an old white pimp in Hoboken NJ
Cam
Mar 04th 2018
106
it's crazy
Crash Bandacoot
Mar 04th 2018
107
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