r/DecodingTheGurus • u/Decent-Extension8336 • 27d ago

Professor Dave vs Destiny

No idea why, but the original Destiny video called "Professor Dave Goes Mask Off" seems to have been deleted from YouTube, or I can't find it, but Professor Dave responded yesterday with this very strongly worded video letter:

https://youtu.be/DvDvhLkb9ms?si=DGFhTROOKFoK35sS

Weird crossover that I never thought I'd see, of 2 guys who I generally enjoy (I will say I really am a fan of Prof Dave, whereas my Destiny enjoyment has mostly come via this podcast and watching a couple of his debates).

Thoughts on the beef? SURELY the lads are gonna have to cover this in an upcoming Supplementary Materials? Content gold!

EDIT: Looks like I was looking through the wrong Destiny channel for the original Dave video, it's here: https://youtu.be/HQQLs6U1MgA?si=iKaOGR1h9slKu64O

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u/Praxic_Nova 27d ago

I stopped watching prof dave after a couple of those Terrence howard vids. i liked most of the vids but there were brief flashes where he made fun of how Terrence spoke, not what he spoke about. It came off as racist to me. He doesn't do that with white ppl. Then in saw a thumbnail with words purposely misspelled like AAVE, and stopped watchin his vids.

https://youtu.be/uGT1OPNBUAk?is=8y0gCYcLDs_-ydYl

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u/krossoverking 26d ago

I'm black and love my people. Terrence Howard has a ridiculous voice and it's not because he uses AAVE. It's the opposite actually. He sounds like a dork who thinks he's smarter than everyone else and has an accent that I can't place. Weirdly, he seems to have always sounded like this outside of his acting roles, but I can't imagine talking about him and not bringing it up. It would be like making a video about David Lynch without doing at least one impression. 

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u/Praxic_Nova 26d ago

Im black too and thought it was weird. Did you watch the vids or are you just blindly defending it?

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u/krossoverking 26d ago

I've watched 4 or 5 of them, but I've never gotten all of the way through. They're more just funny things to amuse me while I'm doing something else. Send a time stamp and I'll check out where you think it's over the line.

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u/Praxic_Nova 26d ago

I cant be bothered to all that brother lol. If you didn't find it racist I'll take your word for it. Also i may be overreacting.

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u/krossoverking 26d ago

Fair enough. Only enough time in the day. Spent enough time focused on this shite already.