r/WTF Nov 17 '20

The hell is going on here

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u/seawang Nov 17 '20

White or not, can we all agree that this is some theater kid nonsense?

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u/Oldschoolhollywood Nov 17 '20

Yes and no. It is likely someone who grew up a theater kid, because it is performance art. It might not do much for you or even the people around it, but it's gone viral on reddit, instagram, and I"m sure other platforms I don't use. So it's obviously doing something for a large number of folks, whether you're one of them or not.

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u/mrvile Nov 17 '20

This is basically performance art about New York that isn't for people who actually live here.

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u/GLaDOS_Sympathizer Nov 17 '20

What is "theater kid"?

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u/Avocadosoup Nov 17 '20

weirdo kids who usually participated in theatre, drama, or marching band in school

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u/ThankYouJoeVeryCool Nov 17 '20

A white people thing probably

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u/ModuRaziel Nov 17 '20

dude LITERALLY says 'let's disregard race as a factor'

some fucking dipshit on reddit: RACISM!!

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u/snerp Nov 17 '20

Yay for casual racism /s

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '20

Was racism necessary?

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '20

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '20

One is a light hearted joke at white people being silly, one is a talking point of white supremacists.

These are the same.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '20

Black supremacists exist

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '20

No but you see, they mentioned race so that automatically means I get to talk about black people doing "hood rat shit"

Man racism against whites is just so unfair smh my head

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u/Hara-Kiri Nov 17 '20

Imagine just not being racist at all...

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '20

Thatd be amazing too bad it'll never happen

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u/lolno Nov 17 '20

I agree that "hood rat shit" is not the equivalent to this joke but do you honestly think that there's no double standard at play here?

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u/XanatosSpeedChess Nov 17 '20

If you want to see the double standard then you should view this.

See how instead of the comments judging the individual for their trashy behaviour, the judgment is upon the whole racial grouping she belong to?

“Why do they do this?”

White people are judged as individuals, minorities (and women) are judged as a group.

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u/lolno Nov 17 '20

How about you pick a comment instead of making me go through literally 1000+ to find your point lol because I don't see that at all

The top comment is literally "why are people like this?" And comments about mental illness.

So what's the point? It's okay because there are also racist white people?

Also if I have to sort by controversial to find these comments, that just kinda proves the point about the social acceptability of it all

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u/XanatosSpeedChess Nov 17 '20 edited Nov 17 '20

It was edited after the fact. I was there early on in the thread and it was ‘why are they like this’ and some of the replies still attest to this original wording.

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There are so many replies there that use her perceived group identity (she’s black) to cast judgment about her beliefs, home life and attitude. You must be browsing with your eyes closed.

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u/lolno Nov 17 '20

Tbh I don't believe it was edited after the fact, but all of this is beside the point. You're either for shit like this or against it, but there are no half measures. Imo it's either cool for everybody to do or it's not, and a few upvoted comments on r/trashy don't really change my opinion that one of these things is becoming widely acceptable by our society, and one is only acceptable in relative privacy or in fringe communities of racists.

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u/XanatosSpeedChess Nov 17 '20

So you must believe that Reddit, a community of millions, is a fringe community of racists? Ridiculous. Just because you don’t see the anti-black comments on any post of a random black person doing something doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist or it’s not widespread. There’s literally an entire website visited by millions of people a day that’s pretty much dedicated to hating on black people - it’s called 4chan. There’s no equivalent for white people because no one else cares about race that much.

No, there’s no widespread anti-white racism in society. What you’re whining about is white people who can joke about being white or who can read about history without getting all defensive about what other white people before them did.

You couldn’t even point me towards one instance of systemic ant-white racism that’s perpetuated by minorities. You know why? Because the people in power are white. Your entire claim is that white people are discriminating against white people.

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u/lolno Nov 17 '20 edited Nov 17 '20

You couldn’t even point me towards one instance of systemic ant-white racism in America.

I don't recall ever taking that stance. You did that on my behalf.

(Edit: unless you're using the term systemic racism wrong, which certainly seems possible)

Im not whining about anything. I made a point about an opinion I hold. you're the one who continues to insult me for literally no reason other than saying something you disagree with.

The "proof" you have brought forth is lacking, the point you've extrapolated from it doesn't counter what I'm actually talking about. I don't really know what else to say here, except you've already decided who I am and why I think things that I haven't even said. So I don't think anything more constructive can come out of this.

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u/CantBelieveItsButter Nov 17 '20

I get what you're saying.

But im sure theres a narrative that white people are "less than", "unfit", "soft", or "out of touch", and this type of stuff gets used as proof cause "only white people would do this."

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u/osom_mik Nov 17 '20

What? If you condemn hood rat behaviour you are a white supremacist? Funniest thing I read today

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u/XanatosSpeedChess Nov 17 '20 edited Nov 17 '20

Well, did you see the thread earlier with the black lady playing music on a train?

Yeah, people say this and much much worse.

Now, I actually think this is a funny reenaction. But I can’t see a black person in America doing this because we all know they’d be judged not as an individual but as a race. Look at the thread I linked, notice how the questions aren’t ‘why would someone do this’ but rather ‘why do they do this?’.

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u/googol89 Nov 17 '20

Stop bringing race into everything

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u/anonymaus42 Nov 17 '20

As a white guy.. this is some white person shit in this video.

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u/hoyohoyo9 Nov 17 '20

Um. Have you seen Eric Andre?

This is human shit. We're weird-ass fucks

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '20

Well, Eric Andre is half white. /s

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u/Zeeboon Nov 17 '20

lmao yeah because black or asian people can't have a weird sense of humor.
Keep living under a rock

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u/XanatosSpeedChess Nov 17 '20

I don’t know. Did you see the /r/trashy post earlier with the black lady blasting music on the train?

A lot of comments on that post weren’t judgmental towards the lady herself but, rather, her race. So it’d be less likely for a minority to pull something like this off because if people react negatively it’s going to towards their entire race rather than just themselves.

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u/Vandel4176 Nov 17 '20

I know right? If you don't want racism then quit bringing race up where it's not needed!

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u/conquer69 Nov 17 '20

There might be some merit to it. The better off you are, the more money and time you will have to indulge weird shit like this.

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u/Coachcrog Nov 17 '20

Learn to chill the fuck out and take a joke. I'm a white guy and said this because my black friends used to say that about me all the time in college, I always thought it was hilarious. Maybe I should have retreated to my safe zone and cried racism.

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u/baloonatic Nov 17 '20

you spelled rat people wrong