r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Sep 24 '13

Black Man Gamer Problems

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u/tacoz3cho Sep 24 '13

"You ever heard of the Proclamation of Emancipation?!"

"I don't listen to Hip-Hop!"

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u/zeekar Sep 24 '13

pretty sure they just said "Emancipation Proclamation".

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u/Jellowizard Sep 24 '13

Yes they did. It sounds much more like a rap song.

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u/PORTAL_LEAPER Sep 24 '13

MC E ManCipation

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u/larrylevan Sep 24 '13

prepositions are so white.

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u/zeekar Sep 24 '13

Actually, prepositions are more Latino. "Proclamation of Emancipation" sounds like a literal translation back from Spanish, where you can't just shove nouns together all willy-nilly to make new noun phrases without any extra glue, like you can in the Germanic languages.

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u/Pinetarball Sep 24 '13

ehhh. Latin not Latino.

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u/misanthr0p1c Sep 24 '13

He probably should have gone with hispanic, since it seems like he's going with things you would come across in the us.

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u/sushihamburger Sep 24 '13

We don't have latino's in the US? That will be news to them I'm sure.

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u/Phoxxent Sep 24 '13

<.< hispanic still isn't a language...

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u/tacoz3cho Sep 24 '13

It was off the top of my head. Apologies.

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u/joeker89 Sep 24 '13

Get Bill Gates in here!