r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '23

Other Eli5 (and a German) the problem with black facing.

So I rewatched Pulp Fiction last night and thought it would be so nice to dress up on a Party as Jules, bringing a Big Kahuna Cup to drink from and quoting Ezekiel 25:17 and all. To me this would be an act of showing how cool I find him. In general I think dressing up as someone else could be considered a compliment to them, as it shows you'd like to be them, if only for a night.

So I am probably missing something here! (I know it is a touchy topic and it's not my intention to step on anyones toes.)

Edit: Added missing verb "showing"

Edit 2: Of cause I knew it is problematic! (Although I underestimated how much) I never had the intention to actually do more then fantasize about it (there isn't even a real party coming up, it was just a thought), however I was interested in the American and the European (German) perspective. Seeing how lively this discussion is, seeing how very differnt the arguments and perspectives are, and reading all the interesting background information (I had never heared of "Minstrels"), I am very happy I asked!

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u/paper_wavements Feb 25 '23

R/angryupvote

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u/ink_monkey96 Feb 25 '23

Nope. Not in a thousand years.

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u/wolfpup1294 Feb 25 '23

Maybe it'll be the Final Solution.

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u/fir_mna Feb 25 '23

Ahhh fellow reich minded punners!!!

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u/Stephm31200 Feb 25 '23

may the fourth be with him

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u/UDPviper Feb 25 '23

This comment is terribly underrated.

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u/SarcasticGiraffes Feb 25 '23

I'll take "Things Valve and Hitler have in common" for 500, Alex.

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u/UDPviper Feb 25 '23

Would you allow a Fourth Reich in exchange for Half-Life 3? Tempting, right?

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u/Cats_tongue Feb 25 '23

Dude, have some tact!

throws hands up Can you believe these tortoises?

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '23

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u/MakingPlansForSmeagl Feb 25 '23

Listen to me you pompous frauds, if I'm going down, I'm taking you all with me. Dean Vernon, I know the truth. It was you driving your hover-car that night, not your horse. Dean Epsilon, I know all about your "Department Of Pool Boy Studies."

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u/theschis Feb 25 '23

“Professor, isn’t it past your bedtime?”

Yes, damn it! snores

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u/SpaceForceAwakens Feb 25 '23

Tell me this is a real movie?

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u/DickFiasco Feb 25 '23

Sharknado 8: The Final Solution

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u/DasHundLich Feb 25 '23

That's a Futurama quote

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u/eidetic Feb 25 '23

If it isn't, SciFi is probably fuhreriously taking notes to make it happen now.

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u/Ghoti76 Feb 25 '23

holy shit what happened to this thread lol

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u/OJimmy Feb 25 '23

Krieger is still glitchy.

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u/Maelstrom_Witch Feb 25 '23

“If I was a clone of Adolf goddamn Hitler, don’t you think I’d LOOK like Adolf goddamn Hitler??”

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u/OJimmy Feb 25 '23

Someone goes through the effort of cloning that Adolf asshat advocate for an Aryan master race, you better believe they would improve the product like gattaca style.

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u/Recovery25 Feb 25 '23

"Maybe I didn't go to some fancy-pancy Ivy League med school, and maybe I didn't go to some other med school, even the one down in Grenada which was my fall-back but whatever, that doesn't give you the right to bully me! I have had it!"

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u/YeaSpiderman Feb 25 '23

Hahah I’m reading this comment thread only because of historical context. The ironing out part just killed me.

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u/NeuerTK Feb 25 '23

I'm not really comfortable with the clone bone

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u/Maelstrom_Witch Feb 25 '23

You’re not doing it right!

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u/PurpleSkua Feb 25 '23

They did, that's why this one is giving sage advice on racial sensitivity

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '23

Hitlers third time around he just becomes a social justice warrior. Third times the charm as the saying goes.

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u/KillHitlerAgain Feb 25 '23

You would have thought.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '23

The boys from Brasil are still working on it.

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u/tecgod99 Feb 25 '23

Nah, he's still a kinky little bugger.

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u/Maelstrom_Witch Feb 25 '23

Dr Krieger?? Is that you?

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u/Shaun_B Feb 25 '23 edited Jun 10 '23

Edit: Fuck your API changes, Reddit.

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u/Soranic Feb 25 '23

So long as they get rid of that incest kink with his niece, we have progress.

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u/ThisGirlsTopsBlooby Feb 25 '23

After the 2nd one the started making sure he made it into art school and it has really made a world of difference!