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artofant: Beast Interupted color by *ARTofANT

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:53:17 +1000

Beast Interupted color by *ARTofANT

geeksngamers: The Injustice League of North Korea - by Aslan...

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:00:43 +1000

The Injustice League of North Korea - by Aslan Malik

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Fri, 17 May 2013 09:00:47 +1000

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Frost (Satyricon) and Gaahl (Gorgoroth)

sportingnewsarchive: SKY HOOK In the first image, Phoenix...

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:49:11 +1000

sportingnewsarchive:

SKY HOOK

In the first image, Phoenix Mercury rookie center Brittney Griner, right, puts up a hook-shot as she works out with NBA Hall of Fame player and all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the Mercury’s basketball practice court on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in Phoenix. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)

In the second image, Phoenix Mercury rookie center Brittney Griner, right, compares hand sizes with NBA Hall of Fame player and all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the Mercury basketball practice court on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in Phoenix. (Ross D. Franklin/AP)

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hermione: Mads Mikkelsen photographed by Sune Czajkowski

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:00:52 +1000

hermione:

Mads Mikkelsen photographed by Sune Czajkowski

picsfrunk: Get Lucky

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:00:31 +1000

picsfrunk:

Get Lucky

King Diamond sure loves his trackies…

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:02:00 +1000

King Diamond sure loves his trackies…

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metalobotomy: Destroyer 666 KK Warslut, yo.

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:44:16 +1000

metalobotomy:

Destroyer 666

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poopinginschool: interviewer: any special talents? me:

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:00:52 +1000

poopinginschool:

interviewer: any special talents?

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Sun, 12 May 2013 09:00:45 +1000

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Sat, 11 May 2013 20:54:47 +1000

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untilthelighttakeus: Abbath & Demonaz Tour Bus ´94

Sat, 11 May 2013 09:00:38 +1000

untilthelighttakeus:

Abbath & Demonaz Tour Bus ´94

artofant: TMNT Donatello by *ARTofANTI’m open for commissions....

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:24 +1000

artofant:

TMNT Donatello by *ARTofANT
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daruiburns: If you never heard anything produced by Nile...

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:45 +1000

daruiburns:

If you never heard anything produced by Nile Rodgers you must of been raised by amish wolves.

A serious must watch.

officialwarriors: Before tonight, last time #Warriors beat...

Fri, 10 May 2013 03:00:39 +1000

officialwarriors:

Before tonight, last time #Warriors beat Spurs in San Antonio, #SplashBrothers were about this old.

thepeoplesrecord: The troubling viral trend of the “hilarious”...

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:19:15 +1000

thepeoplesrecord:

The troubling viral trend of the “hilarious” Black poor person
May 7, 2013

Charles Ramsey, the man who helped rescue three Cleveland women presumed dead after going missing a decade ago, has become an instant Internet meme. It’s hardly surprising—the interviews he gave yesterday provide plenty of fodder for a viral video, including memorable soundbites (“I was eatin’ my McDonald’s”) and lots of enthusiastic gestures. But as Miles Klee and Connor Simpson have noted, Ramsey’s heroism is quickly being overshadowed by the public’s desire to laugh at and autotune his story, and that’s a shame. Ramsey has become the latest in a fairly recent trend of “hilarious” black neighbors, unwitting Internet celebrities whose appeal seems rooted in a “colorful” style that is always immediately recognizable as poor or working-class.

Before Ramsey, there was Antoine Dodson, who saved his younger sister from an intruder, only to wind up famous for his flamboyant recounting of the story to a reporter. Since Dodson’s rise to fame, there have been others: Sweet Brown, a woman who barely escaped her apartment complex during a fire last year, and Michelle Clarke, who couldn’t fathom the hailstorm that rained down in her hometown of Houston, and in turn became “the next Sweet Brown.”

Granted, the buzzworthy tactic of reporters interviewing the most loquacious witnesses to a crime or other event is nothing new, and YouTube has countless examples of people of all ethnicities saying ridiculous things. One woman, for instance, saw fit to casually mention her breasts while discussing a local accident, while another man described a car crash with theatrical flair. Earlier this year, a “hatchet-wielding hitchhiker” named Kai matched Dodson’s fame with his astonishing account of rescuing a woman from a racist attacker. But none of those people have been subjected to quite the same level of derisive memeification as Brown, Clark, and now, perhaps, Ramsey—the inescapable echoes of “Hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife!” and “Kabooyaw,” the tens of millions of YouTube hits and cameos in other viral videos, even commercials.

It’s difficult to watch these videos and not sense that their popularity has something to do with a persistent, if unconscious, desire to see black people perform. Even before the genuinely heroic Ramsey came along, some viewers had expressed concern that the laughter directed at people like Sweet Brown plays into the most basic stereotyping of blacks as simple-minded ramblers living in the “ghetto,” socially out of step with the rest of educated America. Black or white, seeing Clark and Dodson merely as funny instances of random poor people talking nonsense is disrespectful at best. And shushing away the question of race seems like wishful thinking.

Ramsey is particularly striking in this regard, since, for a moment at least, he put the issue of race front and center himself. Describing the rescue of Amanda Berry and her fellow captives, he says, “I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man’s arms. Something is wrong here. Dead giveaway!”

The candid statement seems to catch the reporter off guard; he ends the interview shortly afterward. And it’s notable that among the many memorable things Ramsey said on camera, this one has gotten less meme-attention than most. Those who are simply having fun with the footage of Ramsey might pause for a second to actually listen to the man. He clearly knows a thing or two about the way racism prevents us from seeing each other as people.

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Now that you know this is a thing, please stop sharing these memes. Poor Black people speaking candidly about various serious incidents isn’t a hilarious joke.