1. "I'm afraid I might accidently run a dude over in my neighborhood" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Oct-25-23 09:29 AM by handle
There's a young dude/brother in my neighborhood that is *always* and I mean *always* jaywalking/hanging out in traffic.
He seems to be late 20s/early 30s. Not homeless, but maybe a little neuro-divergent?
Multiple times a week he's in traffic and not in crosswalks on very busy streets with a speed limit of 45.
He'll walk off the curb while traffic is coming then sort of turn around or walk parallel or just spin and dip.
He's not visibly crazy or ranting and doesn't seem to want to be hit by a car. He's outside a lot of the day, I think he just likes to be outside and walking around.
He's never in the same place - he's all over so I can't just choose a different route and avoid it all together.
2. "Craig of the Creek was created by two white men" In response to Reply # 0
And it bothers the piss out of me. There’s an episode where Craig comes across this garage of 20 year old slacker types and him and his friends just walk into the garage to join the band And like … no no no. So I paused that scene, looked up who created the show and sure enough … And Ive been mad ever since.
------ “There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” -Albert Camus
This sho wis way too good to try and ruin it. Don't do that.. lol.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
4. "this, plus Black people aren't monolithic" In response to Reply # 3
i don't get when people are like 'a Black kid/person would never do that'...we could and would do whatever...i love shows that highlight how diverse and multitundinal (is that a word?) we are
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"i do more for both our communities than you'll ever know." - Heinz "But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly
7. "parents who've known those kids since they were little" In response to Reply # 5
again, just because YOU wouldn't do it and can't imagine it, doesn't mean it isn't someone else's reality
in the suburbs, families often know each other and each other's kids for up to 3 generations
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"i do more for both our communities than you'll ever know." - Heinz "But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly
25. "you're still assuming " In response to Reply # 8
yes, that may be true for alot of folks...but again, you have no way of knowing who that scene is actually relatable to because it isn't relatable TO YOU.
AGAIN, Black people are not a monolith.
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"i do more for both our communities than you'll ever know." - Heinz "But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 82088 posts
Wed Oct-25-23 01:43 PM
11. "facts. All my friends parents were friends" In response to Reply # 7
and so were their grandparents.
so we don’t even remember the first time we met because we were so young
then we had tons of italians on our streets so our parents all knew them too
add on top of it, we had a softball league where all the bars in the area had teams so all our parents and grandparents would hang together and the kids would run wild during games.
when our elders pass on back home, its Black and white folks paying respects.
its the one thing I miss about not living back home. My kids can feel it too because when they go home, I don’t helicopter at all. They run free and my friends and fam will bri g them back to me if they get upset or need to use the bathroom.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 82088 posts
Wed Oct-25-23 01:38 PM
9. "my parents had no idea where I was once I left home" In response to Reply # 5
if you grow up in a craig the creek type setting you know friends, older silbings, weirdos, etc
man, my wife still trips out because we have a family with the same last name as ours but we call them the “white mitchells”
its not until you are old enough to date their daughters that things get weird.
but we would hang with older kids all the time talking shit.
I honestly wondered if these writers were from Western PA because this show is my childhood. We had a place called the mountain where we would hang.
Even now when I go back we all trip over how much fun we had as kids just running the streets til the lights came on.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
12. "Craig is 9 in this show, in 2018, one year into the Trump presidency " In response to Reply # 10 Wed Oct-25-23 02:15 PM by MEAT
With full on Maga and Proud Boys, Richard Spencer shit in the news This show went into production months after Charlottesville 6 years after Trayvon, 4 years after Tamir Rice, We’re saying Black folks weren’t telling their kids to be a little more cautious around white people? Show didn’t have to be full on “MESSAGE” but I mean … you remember the conversations we were having that year
------ “There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” -Albert Camus
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 82088 posts
Wed Oct-25-23 06:41 PM
14. "smh.. its a cartoon for 9 year old kids" In response to Reply # 12 Wed Oct-25-23 06:44 PM by legsdiamond
not for adults to ruin it with talk about Trump and Trayvon
imagine our parents shitting on our cartoon experience because of the Atlanta Child murders or because Reagan was president.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 82088 posts
Thu Oct-26-23 08:36 AM
19. "people starving in Africa and Scooby eating snacks and shit" In response to Reply # 15
while running through a haunted house
doesn’t he realize the Berlin Wall is up and Mandela aint free????
and dont get me started on Reagan and crack babies.
who the fuck created this show?
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23. "I got a little girl and even the best old shows for girls were imagined ..." In response to Reply # 19 Thu Oct-26-23 01:15 PM by MEAT
For boys Sailor Moon isnt for girls Old She rah isnt for girls I try to put on some 80s and 90s “girls” stuff and it’s all suuupppeer girlie But I can put on newer She Ra, newer My Little Pony and it all fits with what this little girl and her friends like.
That’s the lens I see Black shows through. Like its only being imagined through a very narrow, very non Black lens And I want my son, to have that same thing when he reaches his sisters age. That he has something that’ll be authentic to him.
------ “There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” -Albert Camus
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 82088 posts
Thu Oct-26-23 06:59 AM
18. "yup.. those PSA’s saved our lives!!! " In response to Reply # 16
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
20. "Tv has always been preachy at kids" In response to Reply # 18
Even modern ones Steven universe is self acceptance and acceptance of others Gumball is sibling learning Bluey is family centric adventures I could go on. But cartoon TV has always had a message But all of those shows also go with non humans as the characters to avoid any archetypes or biases They become global shows and have a universal message There are very very few shows about or for young Black boys to self identify with always have been Nothing stops us from seeing ourselves but content drawn about us is just not a thing So when the one Black centric content is created in the eyes of white men, I’ll pass on seeing us through their lens. Black writers or not.
------ “There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.” -Albert Camus
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 82088 posts
Thu Oct-26-23 10:12 AM
21. "your kids, your rules" In response to Reply # 20
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
6. "I like getting older but I don't like aging" In response to Reply # 0
i know that sounds weird but hear me out
i like my AGE NUMBER. i'm enjoying still being alive, etc. my 50s are so wonderful
i don't like the physical deterioration of it all tho. I think about it alot..not obsessing YET but just literally wanting to stay walking upright at the very least lol
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"i do more for both our communities than you'll ever know." - Heinz "But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly
24. "ooof that's real lol" In response to Reply # 13
"i do more for both our communities than you'll ever know." - Heinz "But rest assured, in my luxurious house built on the backs of people darker than me, I am sipping fine scotch and scoffing at how stupid you are." - bshelly
26. "I wished I appreciate my younger body" In response to Reply # 6
Like now I can appreciate a day with no aches, back pains, soreness, headaches, tiredness, hangovers when I am not guaranteed them. Hard to believe I use to have them all time.
********** "Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 82088 posts
Fri Oct-27-23 07:03 AM
27. "the noises I make standing up and sitting down are hilarious" In response to Reply # 26
sometimes I hear myself and laugh
especially when my kids ask me to play on the floor.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
36. "that relieved grunt when sitting down" In response to Reply # 27
used to be something reserved for after a run or helping someone move. the other day I was like when did I start doing this from things like coming back from getting something out of the car.
39. "RE: I like getting older but I don't like aging" In response to Reply # 6
The closest thing to the fountain of youth is exercise. Both aerobic and resistance training. What most people don't know is how significant exercise is for the brain.....
A recent study showed that independent of muscle mass, strength had a direct connection to cognitive ability. The stronger you are, the better one's cognitive function.
Aerobic exercise has been proven to increase BDNF (Brain-derived neurotrophic factor) which is crucial for neurogenesis (formation of new neurons).
Intense exercise produces lactate that incraseses BDNF...
Both aerobic exercise and strength training improves skin elasticity and dermal structure.
While muscle mass has no benefit for cognitive function, it's a crucial factor for recovery from hospitalization - "...low muscle mass results in an increased risk of readmission, falls and fractures, longer hospital stays, disability, reduced functional capacity, loss of independence, and higher risk of mortality in hospitalized patients."
At the very least, muscle mass will help you during severely catabolic episodes. Think of it as margin of safety.
I can post links for furthering reading if anyone's curious.
28. "My dad died today. A LOT has happened since that last CW post" In response to Reply # 0
Good things... I guess. Hard to evaluate when emotions are high, but the main thing is bad ... me and him never reconciled. He and I never came to an understanding, and now he is gone.
I told y'all before... this aint no movie. Aint no sugary sweet endings in real life. It just is what it it is.
♥ Inescapably Me ♥
"Love is never any better than the lover" Toni Morrison (The Bluest Eye)
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 82088 posts
Sat Oct-28-23 09:22 AM
29. "praying for inner peace" In response to Reply # 28
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
Maybe there are two types of people in the world: those who favor humans over ideology, and those who favor ideology over humans. I prefer humans to ideology, but right now the ideologues are winning.
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