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[–]piroplex 143 points144 points ago*

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[–]eightnine 25 points26 points ago*

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That place is seriously fucked up:

Dr Labuschagne indicated that crime had an impact on the way Nel felt about the world. Here are some of the crime-related incidents affecting people in his life:

  • An uncle and friend, Boet Rocher, were assaulted and shot dead on January 14 1995.

  • Kleinhendrik Know, a cousin of Nel’s father, Hennie, was brutally murdered on his farm on December 24 1999.

  • Nel’s grandfather died in August 2000 after a long illness. Nel was named after his grandfather and is said to have been very close to him.

  • Nel’s cousin, Jannie du Plessis, was shot dead in his driveway in April 2001.

  • Nel’s older brother, Heinrich, was attacked by robbers at home in May 2001, while the rest of the family was at church.

  • Nel’s friend, Kobus Potgieter, was shot dead while delivering vegetables.

From HERE.

[EDIT] Formatting and for pointing out that his grandfather's long illness shouldn't be in a list of crimes.

[–]jimgagnon 10 points11 points ago

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South Africa is undergoing a fairly amazing transformation right now. The Apartheid police state did two things for the country: made it a pariah among the rest of Africa while creating the continent's largest economy. With Apartheid gone and one of the world's most liberal constitutions in place, South Africa has become a magnet for refugees and the dispossessed from the rest of the continent. That influx, along with the dislocation of state institutions due to the end of apartheid, has created a situation any government would find difficult to handle.

Even so, the government has some built-in problems which exacerbate the whole situation. The controlling party, the ANC (African National Congress), was an armed organization built to resist apartheid. The transition to peaceful governance went well under its last competent leader, Mandela, but has become increasingly rocky with the weak Mbeki and now the violent Zuma governments. All opposition parties are mere splinters, so for the time being whomever controls the ANC runs the show, and in the finest of African traditions it seems self-enrichment has a higher priority than good governance.

This is the trajectory South Africa will have until the ANC fractures. Labor in South Africa is beginning to pull away from the wealthy, but I doubt that this generation can break with their partners from the resistance days. Many people feel that South Africa could easily go down the road that Zimbabwe has taken and Kenya is now traveling on, as the same forces are at work. Young white South Africans have scattered themselves all over the continent and the world, as they feel they can't control or stop what's afoot in their home country.

The end of colonial rule in almost all African countries seems to result in at least half a century of unrest and violence; I rather doubt South Africa can avoid this. It's such a shame, as it's a beautiful country filled with wonderful people.

One final note: I left Africa feeling that this is the only place a species like man could have evolved on Earth. The continent, the largest one on Earth that straddles the equator, is incredibly competitive and violent, with predators revered. With such energy and no quarter given or taken, it was the perfect cradle for a top competitor such as man.

[–]vapblack 0 points1 point ago

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I like your last paragraph. I never thought of it like that.

[–]Negative_3 22 points23 points ago

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This list just covers close friends and family. It doesn't even cover incidents involving neighbors. For example, it doesn't mention an attempt that took place near his residence to burn alive a mother and her baby while they were sleeping.

I don't think what he did was right, but I don't understand why people are surprised by this.

All of the murders listed above are hate crimes. They are not botched robberies. They are all random killings except for the fact that the victims are white.

Here is something to think about: the small town of Butterworth, South Africa.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=butterworth+south+africa&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=9hLlSenPEtalmQeF56WBDA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1

So far this year (and we haven't even made it out of April) there have been THREE (3!!!) double rape/murders of a grandmother and granddaughter in Butterworth. All of the victims white of course. Try to imagine this. A grandmother and her granddaughter are brutally raped next to each other, tortured, and killed while the girls parents are at work. Now multiply that by 3. Now look again at the size of Butterworth. Obviously the second and third sets of victims are idiots, but none-the-less, this is absolutely mind blowing.

No one seems to care though, unless it happens to them of course.

[–]albeit 13 points14 points ago

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I'm just curious (b/c I don't know any of the details), but why were sets two and three idiots?

[–]number6 1 point2 points ago

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Was it the same rapist in all three cases? or does anyone even know?

[–]grandhighwonko 1 point2 points ago

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No one knows, but probably. Even if they caught the guys a two hundred rand donation to the police is all it takes to make the docket disappear.

[–]InCahoots 11 points12 points ago

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Dude, black on white crimes don't count.

I would have killed a lot more people if I lived in an environment like that.

[–]hailtheface 17 points18 points ago

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I lol'd at the photo, but now that I know the truth I no longer find the humor. DAMN YOU!

[–]ngngboone 17 points18 points ago*

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[–]SoCo_cpp 20 points21 points ago*

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"Previously, at age 14, Johann Nel had shot at Petros Mabe, later testifying that he thought Mabe was a baboon." - I bet that helped your case

"...white Afrikaans people defending Nel’s actions and justifying them by saying that black criminals routinely murder white people with no consequences." - Still opposite day

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[–]abuhosni 9 points10 points ago

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yet you like to kick?

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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Maybe he kicks out of love. Never thought about that, did you?

[–]Peroxyde 2 points3 points ago

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He kicks it old school.

[–]Lystrodom 0 points1 point ago

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He kicks out of love!

[–]lolbacon 19 points20 points ago*

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That's fucked up right there. I've met some Afrikaners that put good ole' American bigotry to shame.

Have fun in prison, kid.

[–]10acious 20 points21 points ago

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Come on over and I'll introduce you to the majority of Afrikaners. Those of us that aren't a bunch of bigots and would love to see people like this idiot removed from society.

[–]lolbacon 13 points14 points ago

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Don't get me wrong, I'm not claiming that more Afrikaners are racist than Americans, just that the racists are more virulent in their racism.

[–]Peroxyde 6 points7 points ago

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I think you would find some serious contenders in the states.

[–]CDLTO 5 points6 points ago

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You'll introduce him to the majority of Afrikaners? That's going to be quite the lengthy trip!

[–]10acious 2 points3 points ago

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I plan to stimulate the economy all on my own! :)

[–]CDLTO 0 points1 point ago

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Ha! Touche.

[–]artman 6 points7 points ago

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Why the fuck you are getting downmodded... I don't know. I guess the truth isn't funny.

[–]elustran 3 points4 points ago

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This is the first substantial comment...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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...and we had to look so far down the page to see it.

[–]indigosin8 1 point2 points ago

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Pro tip: collapse the first couple OP's on any page with more than 30 comments. This weeds out joke comments and pun threads most of the time.

[–]srilankan 3 points4 points ago

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I hear its hard a for a skinny white guy to go to jail in the States. Can you imagine what this poor SOB is gonna have coming to him for a race crime......In South Africa. I think the death penalty would be doing him a favor.

[–]jansuza 1 point2 points ago

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Yep, he's pretty screwed. Unless he can join one of the gangs very early on in his stay, which is unlikely if anybody finds out why he's there.

I feel for the guy for what he went through, but those killings are unforgiveable. Its stuff like this that sends us Afrikaners back a couple of years every time, and the very biased black media doesn't help...

[–]youser 0 points1 point ago

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woah, woah, woah.

nobody's gonna touch "..shootings of 11 ordinary (black) people.."?

[–]bhaller 0 points1 point ago

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Thank you- even though the this thread has devolved past the context of the photo. I said earlier that I thought it was South Africa and am sad that I was right.

[–]lowrads 0 points1 point ago

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I like how the author finishes the piece with an encouragement of precision vigilantism.

[–]kDubya 450 points451 points ago

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What's so opposite about it? It's a white dude surrounded by scary black dudes with guns. I could go downtown and take a picture like this right now.

[–]memsisthefuture 19 points20 points ago

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The people with guns aren't trying to stop people from taking photographs.

[–]kasutori_Jack 178 points179 points ago

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This was called walking to the bus stop in Oakland, back in middle school.

[–]kDubya 85 points86 points ago

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I love how people would tell you that complaining about the scary black dudes on the walk to the bus stop is racist. For them I reserve a nice big "FUCK YOU!", and say that some guys are just fucking scary looking, whether they're black or not.

[–]soupnatzi 75 points76 points ago

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I'm not scared of them because they are black, I'm scared of them because they are scary -- Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanamo bay

[–]smpx 44 points45 points ago*

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When I was in NY, I saw a black comedian that pretty much summed the whole interaction--

"You white people think you're being racist at the oddest times. Like if you were parked on the street at night, and a car full of black dudes drive up and park behind you, you wonder if you should drive off, and whether that would be racist. Well you know what? When I'm parked at night and a car full of niggers pull up behind me and stop, I drive the fuck off because I'm afraid of getting robbed!"

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Chris Rock has pretty much the same skit, but involving standing at an ATM.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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[–]telemundo 33 points34 points ago

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I love how you stated that without anyone here making that statement. Feeling a little defensive?

[–]elfgod 1 point2 points ago

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He was telling a story that he was reminded of by the preceding discussion.

[–]DesertDude 4 points5 points ago

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Please be my lawyer.

[–]Ex-Supermodel 21 points22 points ago*

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I'll take the bait. Just for the sake of comparison, how many white dudes on the walk to the bus stop are you scared of?

I won't lie, I have the same feelings sometimes, but at least be honest about them: it's racist, or at the very least, prejudiced, to be scared of most large black males you pass on the street.

It's an artifact of growing up in a society in which we are told from a very young age through tv shows, movies, and the news, that large black men are to be feared and avoided. Or at least that's how I feel, since I'm not a practicing media scholar or sociologist.

Not that I'm railing against the media, but I don't think one can combat one's inner racist without recognizing it first.

So yes, complaining about all the scary black dudes in Oakland or whatever densely populated, urban area we're referring to is racist. And so is this fucking submission.

[–][deleted] 30 points31 points ago

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It's an artifact of growing up in a society in which we are told

Ugh, white people really shouldn't comment on things they don't know about.

Listen, if you live anywhere with a large community of impoverished Black or Mexican community, you will have street gangs. For those who don't know, street gangsters are dangerous criminals who carry guns, and from which being robbed, beaten, or murdered is a very real threat.

So, yeah, I was never as afraid of the large white guy at the bus stop as I was the large Mexican, but that's because the chances that white guy was part of a gang were a whole lot slimmer.

[–]notcaptainkirk 16 points17 points ago

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It's not racism, it's just being proficient in math.

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[–]cheysuli 0 points1 point ago

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click

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points ago*

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it's racist, or at the very least, prejudiced, to be scared of most [insert stereotype here] you pass on the street.

So be it.

Political correctness can kill you.

Unfortunately, there are times when you need to make a lot of quick generalizations in order to stay safe.


edit-- downmodded already, i see. I was afraid the comment would be misunderstood. I might as well go for broke...

(1) About me: Being rather large myself, size isn't usually something that scares me. Nor is race by itself. But several races, in combination with a few other visual cues, can be quite scary. Therefore, I've edited out "large black males" in the text i quoted, so that I may offend people more equally.

(2) Once, Jesse Jackson was walking alone late at night in DC. He heard footsteps behind him and was worried he was about to be mugged. He turned and saw it was a white man, and relaxed. He talks of the embarassment/shame he feels about his reaction. Is Jesse Jackson racist against black people? NO. Is he generally scared of black people? NO. He simply knows that:
(alone + night + DC + black footsteps) = high statistical chance of being mugged.

I stand by my main point: Political correctness can kill you.

[–]rjonesx 3 points4 points ago

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But is the "black" part of that equation really a skin color or a class? My guess is that if you switch out "black" with "poor" and any skin color you have a high statistical chance of being mugged. The artifact of racial poverty has allowed us to continue to associate the skin color with actions and behaviors commensurate with abject poverty.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Completely agree, things like muggings are class crimes, not racial ones. It just so happens that a large portion of black/hispanic people in the US are part of a poor class of people, a poor white guy is just as likely to commit these crimes (although, arguably, not quite as likely to be punished fully for them) but a larger portion of the white population is middle/upper class (so will not partake in these kinds of crimes) than that of the black/hispanic community.

[–]evrae 0 points1 point ago

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When you're walking down a dark alley, the reasons behind social injustice don't matter. What does matter is the chance that the given person that you see is a mugger.

[–]gregny2002 4 points5 points ago

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I'll take the bait. Just for the sake of comparison, how many white dudes on the walk to the bus stop are you scared of?

I would have agreed with you not long ago, but just recently I had to take a trip into a nearby trailer park and, believe me, I was more afraid of those coked up methheads than I ever was of any black people I may have seen under any circumstances.

You're problem, I believe, is that you simply never see white people who are in situations that would cause you to be afraid of them, like you do with minorities. Why is it that a well dressed Carl Weathers looking black guy isn't scary while some retard hooting and hollering around a bus stop is? It's because the way they appear is indicative of where they come from.

[–]ibarg 1 point2 points ago

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I guarantee you, that if you see four BIG WHITE BIKER GUYS with tattoos all over them. You will think twice before sitting next to them in the subway. Furthermore, I am sure you would much rather sit next to the 6'4 220lbs black dude wearing a suit. Now, would that be considered racist against the whites ? I think not.

[–]cyantist 3 points4 points ago

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Well said, thanks.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Melanophobic!

[–]rjonesx 1 point2 points ago

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If you are not scared of them because they are black, then why mention they are black at all?

If the color of their skin has no bearing on your calculation of whether they are trustworthy/safe individuals, that they are "scary looking, whether they are black or not", then why say they are "scary black dudes".

I think that is the point. Why do you feel compelled to identify the skin color of these individuals and not other characteristics? even after you claim that the skin color is irrelevant? You don't say "complaining about the scary 5'11 dudes" or the "scary loafer-wearing dudes".

[–]bhaller 3 points4 points ago

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Or the District of Columbia...

[–]serpentjaguar 1 point2 points ago

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Much more so DC than Oakland. Despite its reputation, Oakland is not, in fact, a majority black city.

[–]ILikeMeat 7 points8 points ago

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Word, yo.

[–]photokeith 13 points14 points ago

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That's two words.

[–]isthistakentoo 43 points44 points ago

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nah, just one, punctuation was a bit off though. It should have read as follows:

Word: Yo.

[–]milliondollarboy1 6 points7 points ago

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Grammar Nazis.

[–]jaggederest 29 points30 points ago*

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Sieg spell!

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points ago

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Vord Heil!

[–]killa__c 1 point2 points ago

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I think two spaces after an colon is proper. (sarcasm)

[–]UniqueUsername 1 point2 points ago

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You have two spaces after your colon????

[–]muyuu 1 point2 points ago

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5 words and a number, yo

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[–]SubGothius 74 points75 points ago*

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Hey, watch your language. The polite term these days is European-Americans or people sans color, although some may insist on pigment-challenged or melanin-deficient. Historic terms such as colorless and blanco, not to mention the W-word, are right out and just plain tacky in modern society.

[–]Captain_Underpants 12 points13 points ago*

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Historic terms such as colorless and blanco, not to mention the W-word, are right out and just plain tacky in modern society.

As a person of pigment, what really grinds my gears is the double standard regarding the W-word. When European-Americans say it, it's totally fine. Just listen to the music of any melanin-deficient rapper - it's all "w-gger this" or "w-gga that." What kind of example does that set for our kids?

[–]DebtOn 20 points21 points ago

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Pipe down, gringo.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Bigsby Clayton the white black supremest?

[–]bhaller 6 points7 points ago

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[–]PaiTrakt 2 points3 points ago*

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shooter Johann Nel was sentenced to 169 years in jail

Yeah, that makes perfectly good sense.

[–]jmtroyka 7 points8 points ago

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It used to be 13, but they squared it when he tried to escape.

[–]Peroxyde 2 points3 points ago

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He's immortal, so in reality, it's barely any time at all. When you have have shaken hands with the ancients, what is 169 years?

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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132 days would have been silly.

[–]firealarm 4 points5 points ago

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It's a white dude surrounded by scary black dudes with guns. I could go downtown and take a picture like this right now.

Yeah right! Go downtown and take this picture then post it on reddit.

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[–]DebtOn 35 points36 points ago

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Yes, when they're scary looking.

[–]Ishkabible 12 points13 points ago*

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It might have to do with you working in a volunteer soup kitchen.

[–]swaggums 14 points15 points ago

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Yeah, I doubt anyone splits there time between muggin whitey and volunteering in a soup kitchen.

[–]Peroxyde 5 points6 points ago

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Straight soup pimpin', yo.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Yes, when they're deciding my annual salary increase.

[–]dotspace 4 points5 points ago

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Actually, it's a scary white dude surrounded by some black men - who don't look scary at all - doing their job.

[–]pu3ka 85 points86 points ago

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i lol'd. political correctness be damned.

[–]whynottry 13 points14 points ago

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nothing like /r/funny to remind me that every so often i am a complete jackass.

[–][deleted] 14 points15 points ago

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The idea of "political correctness" is just a sham to prevent dialogue and any real change. It gets people preoccupied with what they can and can't say (and/or think), rather than the topic that needs to be discussed.

Even this picture. You could have a really interesting discussion about why it is or isn't funny, whether it's really a juxtaposition, what social factors are involved, etc. Instead, it's good for a smirk on the internet when you know your boss isn't looking over your shoulder -- whether you're amused because it's racist, ironic, or for other reasons.

Sometimes, a person has to be able to say whatever racist shit is floating in the recesses of their mind in order to think rationally about what's going on in their subconscious. Preventing dialogue prevents people from verbally processing some of the thoughts floating around in their minds -- sometimes, thoughts you want to discard.

A lot of people are auditory thinkers. For example, when proofreading a paper, sometimes it helps to read aloud because you catch mistakes that you don't see when reading internally. The same mechanism can apply to our personal biases and baggage -- sometimes you don't know what you've got until you air it out a bit.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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On the other hand, there aren't nearly as many advocates for political correctness as people imagine, and the claim of "overly political-correct" can just as easily be used to manipulate discussion in a non-logical or informational manner. This is especially true when people don't even wait to be accused of being overly PC before they bring up the accusation.

[–]sirormadame 3 points4 points ago

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The headline isn't racist. It's anti-racist. It exposes white cops racial profiling. Congratulations!

If you laughed at the #1 comment however you are racist. Too bad, try harder.

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[–]rabidm 6 points7 points ago

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I always wonder what someone would think of me if they only had all of my bookmarked images to go off of...

[–]thastig 18 points19 points ago

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At first i was like wut? but then i saw it.... im not as racist as i used to be =[

[–]alecco 17 points18 points ago

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Dude, this is one of those very rare comments that's hard to upvote or downvote. Well played.

[–]notgoodatcomputer 3 points4 points ago

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Upvoted for insightfulness

[–]lucasrfl 0 points1 point ago

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But did you shit bricks?

[–]bhaller 16 points17 points ago

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Looks like South Africa, but I can't be sure.

[–]Naieve 37 points38 points ago*

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A friend of my family, a Brit who went to Rhodesia with her husband, and then to South Africa when it got too bad there, gave me a whole new perspective on South Africa. Years after her husband died, they were both engineers, she was living with her boyfriend and her 14 y.o. son. A group of male refugees from Zimbabwe came south and were raising hell in a group of mostly white farms and homes. The police couldn't care less. They came to her house one night over a month after the first attacks by them had gone uninvestigated by the police. They murdered her boyfriend for trying to stop them from raping her, and beat her son into a pulp, he spent over a month in the hospital. Overall they killed about a dozen white South Africans, and the police didn't care. We had to go there and literally ride shotgun up to her house to get her stuff and pack it up, as my fathers boss gave her a job in his Australian division and was paying for everything. Couple weeks later a group of those farmers, some of them black along with their white friends, hunted down the murderers and rapists and took them out.

Whats sad is that a couple months before a group of "refugees" attacked a black settlement, cops responded immediately and apprehended them within 3 days.

Racism is still alive and well in South Africa.

[–]Chyndonax 27 points28 points ago

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Blacks can be every bit as racist as whites.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points ago

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This statement is no less true in America, though it is apparently not PC to say so.

[–]indigosin8 10 points11 points ago

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Wow, it's almost like they're both part of some fucked up species. Never thought of that. I wonder if Arabs and Asians have fucked up racists in there countries, too.

[–]bhaller 1 point2 points ago*

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Unfortunately I knew it was in Africa somewhere, and not necessarily because they were Black and the kid was white, but that's the kind of shit that goes down there. It wasn't a tough leap and I'm surprised that no one else thought about it.

Edit: found this in the thread context

[–]stumpgod 4 points5 points ago

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Well by looking at them you could tell it was from Africa,. Africans look different then say (and i hate the term "African Americans" or African Englanders [???]

[–]kettal 3 points4 points ago*

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It depends what part of Africa you are in. The West Africa is where most American Blacks originated from.

[–]sdraz 4 points5 points ago

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What the hell did Michael Cera get into?

[–]xdrunkagainx 11 points12 points ago*

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K-K-Kombo Breaker!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Like the image, it took me a while to "see what you did there". Maybe if only three "K"s... ;)

[–]xdrunkagainx 0 points1 point ago

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Didn't even think of that

[–][deleted] 24 points25 points ago

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I don't get it.

[–]itsnotlupus 36 points37 points ago

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Bless your soul.

[–]taligent 3 points4 points ago*

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Simple: It is a childish, not particular funny, borderline racist, 4chan-eseque joke.

Stay classy Reddit !

[–]zygy 2 points3 points ago

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I shook my head out loud.

[–]InstantIndian 2 points3 points ago

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Is that 50 Cent on the right?

[–]TheOutlawJoseyWales 2 points3 points ago

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nice try. clearly you inverted the colors.

[–]BigChinaski 2 points3 points ago

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While not arguing that this submission is racist (becuase it is, and it's hilarious) you can walk through parts of town in any city/country and be scared of whose walking the streets, be they white, black, mexican or whatever. It's more what part of town you're in. Manchester in england has big scary white guys, East LA has big scary mexicans, Compton has big scary black guys. It's more fear of Thugs than fear of a particular race.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Wait. I'm arguing that this post isn't racist. I don't think it's racist to point out that it's usually heavily armed white guys who work for the man pulling a young black man out of his house for whatever reason, and now this is the opposite. I try to think of myself as pretty progressive, but maybe I have a blind spot for some aspect of my own subconscious racism. Can someone explain to me why this is racist?

[–]BigChinaski 0 points1 point ago

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It's not offensively, full of hate type racist, just a bit bigoted. You (or whomever put the caption on the pic) are implying that usually black folks are committing crime, thereby getting busted by whitey.

In a wacky bizarro world it's whitey who's the criminal, and the blacks are the authoritarian figures who have to keep the peace.

[–]ruffimonster 6 points7 points ago

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On real opposite day he'd also be guilty of whatever he was charged with...

[–]screwedupsystem 8 points9 points ago

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nice... anyone know whats going on in this picture?

[–]g1bb 106 points107 points ago

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A white male is being arrested by black police officers, most likely in a country other than the United States of America. The weather appears to be slightly overcast, and the detainee appears to be wearing pseudo-handcuffs, most likely some sort of plastic. The officer on his left appears to be carrying some sort of mp5.

[–]donnie_dark0 71 points72 points ago*

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...and the photographer on the right is using the cheap kit lens he got with his camera, whereas the photographer on the left dished out a pretty penny for his 24-70mm pro lens.

The typeface on the whacky subtitle is Impact with decreased tracking.

I'm going back in my hole now.

[–]idiotwithastick 19 points20 points ago*

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Actually the photographer to the left doesn't seem to be using a 24-70, perhaps a 16-35 (or something else wider)? The lens hood for the 24-70mm pro lens is longer than that.

Compare: 24-70 lens hood vs. 16-35 lens hood.

[–]kefs 11 points12 points ago*

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The detainee is Skielik murder suspect Johan Nel, 18. He allegedly killed four people and injured six during a shooting spree in the Skielik informal settlement near Swartruggens in the North West in January 08.

edit: more http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-508821/Mom-just-snapped-says-white-teen-killed-rifle-rampage-South-African-squatter-camp.html

[–]Shelleen 2 points3 points ago

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How come Dutch sounds like a cat coughing up hairballs, and Afrikaan sounds totally badass?

[–]enlashok 3 points4 points ago*

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[–]Shelleen 1 point2 points ago

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Ok, that was probably the weirdest thing i have read on wikipedia since the Russian who transplanted dog heads, and totally deserves it's own submission, but I don't get the connection?

[–]uxjackson 0 points1 point ago

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Great read, thanks

[–]scottbruin 1 point2 points ago

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Anyone else notice he's being loaded into a Ford Focus..?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Awwwww.... you had to bring in the story after all this scintillating analysis...?

[–]MechaAaronBurr 9 points10 points ago

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That's almost certainly a 16-35mm. The L-series 24-70mm is a lot longer and has a deeper lens hood. 16-35 f/2.8L EF and 70-200 f/2.8L EF on separate camera bodies are pretty much standard equipment for non-sports press photographers who shoot Canon (Nikon lenses vary slightly). Both are self-contained (unlike the 24-70, which extends over its focal length) and exhibit extraordinarily high build and optical quality. Like a Mercedes taxi cab, they're well worth the high cost, considering the way they maintain quality in the face of excessive use.

The lens on the right is an 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 EF-S (EF-S lenses vary from EF lenses by having a shorter distance between the back of the lens and sensor surface), it's probably the non-stabilized Mark II version judging by the single switch next to the alignment marker on the left. It is packaged as the standard lens with Canon's consumer SLRs and it is just an awful, awful lens. Notice that the photographer has their flash popped open (the camera is a Rebel XT or XTi, the original Digital Rebel didn't come in black as far as I know), which suggests they are or were shooting on automatic settings and probably don't have a lot of photo training.

[–]ECEGatorTuro 1 point2 points ago

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I was about to type the same exact thing! I have the 24-70mm f/2.8 and it's a fantastic portrait lens. All I need now is the 70-200 f/2.8 which is arguably one of the best lenses Canon makes (along with their 50 1.4). L glass is awesome!

I just recently got my 5D Mark II... it's bad ass!

[–]stumpgod 1 point2 points ago

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UMmm sure.

[–]theatrus 0 points1 point ago

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I think you hit it spot on. I was just searching for a comment thread about the kit lens in the picture.

The lens could also be the 17-40mm, though I would settle on the 16-35mm. Now lets debate if its the 16-35mm Mk 1 or Mk 2.

[–]donnie_dark0 5 points6 points ago

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touché.

Falling on my own sword, in a hasty oversight of simple plastic.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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Dammit, you're out of your element Donnie!

(sorry, I couldn't resist)

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[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Achievement Unlocked

[–]psed 1 point2 points ago

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It's always Impact.

[–]jonr 0 points1 point ago

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No, I'm pretty sure that is 17-40/4 lens. The hood on the 24-70/2.8 is much bigger.

[–]spinfire 0 points1 point ago

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I've dished out a pretty penny for my 24-70L lens, and the "L" lens pictured is definitely not the 24-70.

[–]screwedupsystem 18 points19 points ago

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Thanks for clearing that up! Thats not what I saw at all.

[–]bhaller 9 points10 points ago

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I'm curious, what did you see?

[–][deleted] 25 points26 points ago

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A chicken wrapped in the Confederate flag.

[–]AlekseyP 4 points5 points ago*

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The gun is a HK33 in .223

EDIT: Specifically the HK33KA3 variant.

EDITEDIT: Ive been schooled in my gun spotting ability; it's a South African R5

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[–]Atomic235 3 points4 points ago*

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Also, the photographer on the right appears to be using a Canon EOS Rebel XTi camera.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

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Some black cops are escorting a handcuffed white kid to an unknown location while some other people take pictures.

[–]screwedupsystem 13 points14 points ago

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Sweet! My curiosity has been tamed!

[–]Chyndonax 0 points1 point ago

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I believe this kid killed four people during a shooting spree in South Africa. He got 169 years in prison.

[–]zobdos 0 points1 point ago

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[–]kibitzor 3 points4 points ago

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Opposite day, yet another troubling thought for my mind. When it is announced that the day is "opposite day" it retorts its statement.

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

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Today is not opposite day.

This sentence is false.

[–]annihilist 4 points5 points ago

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And only to knock you off your temporary high horse:

Your second statement is a contradiction no matter how you try to spin things. Although it depends on who you're asking, the second statement is neither true nor false. Perhaps you want to object and note that 'this' refers to 'Today is not opposite day'. In that case, the opposite of your first statement would then create a truth value for the second statement which is contrary to the original purpose of saying that second statement at all. You don't escape the contradictory loop, my friend, no matter how clever you think you are.

The only marginal solution to 'the problem of declaring opposite day' I've arrived at is to say exactly what you have said in your first statement, but only by itself. "It is not opposite day!" and you leave the rest to pragmatics and implication, i.e., there is really no good reason to declare today as not-opposite day other than to draw attention to a) the fact that you are saying and b) the topic of your declaration. This could effectively hint at the fact that things are awry (all things are now opposite!).

Anyway, opposite day doesn't fucking work no matter how you look at it, because the scope of what we think should be opposite is typically much smaller than that of a true opposite day. And many semantic constructions are not dichotomous or antithetical anyway.

Hello.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Now there's a mindfuck :[

[–]scook0 0 points1 point ago

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Who shaves the barber?

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago*

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I remember standing outside of a bar in Mexico at 4am in the morning when a troop hauler pulled up with a dozen riot police. The little Mexican gal I was with told me I needed to leave and I asked her why since I wasn't doing anything wrong. She said they always arrest the Americans first. I guess it just goes to show that no matter where you are, minorities are always the problem.

[–]charttoppinghits 0 points1 point ago

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[–]utbandit 1 point2 points ago

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Today is not opposite day.

The previous sentence is false.

The previous two sentences are true.

hehe...

[–]Huggebugge 1 point2 points ago

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It's Not Opposite Day!

Or is it?

[–]hs4x 1 point2 points ago*

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[–]pavel_lishin 4 points5 points ago

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I think this might be the first thing I laughed at and then felt bad about on the internet.

[–]enaeseth 10 points11 points ago

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Welcome.

[–]icey 8 points9 points ago

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I see the integration with 4chan is now complete.

[–]DarkBlueAnt 6 points7 points ago

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I see this post in every [pic] topic

[–]Jushooter 4 points5 points ago

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[–]nedTheInbredMule 2 points3 points ago

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Is the kid thinking "is it 'cos I is white"

[–]stewy_w 1 point2 points ago

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"is it 'cos I are white"

it's a South African dialect of ebonics

[–]kDubya 3 points4 points ago

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Lol for it to truly be opposite day, the cops would have to be wearing FUBU shirts.

[–]wildsau 2 points3 points ago

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For it to truly be opposite day, the cops would have to beat the white guy to a bloody pulp.

[–]panaja17 1 point2 points ago

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hilarious! It took me a second to get it, but I got it.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I thought this was funny until I read the comments and learned I'm not supposed to think that.

Now I am appalled by it.

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[–]Puntas13 0 points1 point ago

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HAHA awesome.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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It took me 3 seconds to get it, then I lol'ed.

[–]Leischa 0 points1 point ago

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Those look like South African police uniforms.

[–]AndrewBenton 0 points1 point ago

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Two wrongs don't make a right

[–]TokyoXtreme 0 points1 point ago

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What was Billy Corgan doing in Africa? Growing his hair back, apparently.

[–]plbogen 0 points1 point ago

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[–]stroud 0 points1 point ago

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Ah... the great 24-105mm f4L IS USM canon lens : )

[–]Hopeformankind 0 points1 point ago

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Damn it! They're coming for us! Run, Redditors!

[–]neuromonkey 0 points1 point ago

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Hilarious.

[–]i_am_my_father 0 points1 point ago

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I don't get it. I'm color blind.