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[–]artemisfowl15 242 points243 points ago

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What it means is that each minority group does not constitute at least fifty percent of the population, but all minorities combined are 80% of the population. There are still more white people than any other specific group.

[–]mattfbasler[!] 188 points189 points ago

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This is something that bothers me about a lot of comedians. They do that "what's the deal with this situation?!?!?" But everyone knows the deal. The worst I ever heard was Dane Cook wondering why people wave at you when you motion them to go first at a four way stop. People were cracking up as if to say "Aw yeah! Why DO they do that!?" But everyone knows it's to say "thanks".

[–]_vOv_ 208 points209 points ago

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Dane Cook is not funny.

[–]Rampant_Durandal 36 points37 points ago*

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Dane Cook is the karate of comedy.

*Edit This is an archer reference. This might clarify things.

[–]ScumbagException 8 points9 points ago

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Watching him is as cringeworthy as getting kicked in the nuts?

[–]2x_comma 5 points6 points ago

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If you want to see some straight up wizardry,, add &t=1m20s to the end of that url.

[–]Rampant_Durandal 1 point2 points ago

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Thanks. I'll fix that.

[–]Fyreswing 1 point2 points ago

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WIKA WIKA WIKKAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[–]letsRACEturtles 52 points53 points ago

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and here i thought humor was subjective, those people sure must feel silly for laughing now

[–]Robstaley 66 points67 points ago

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Hmm you don't seem to get it. Lemme put it this way: Dane Cook is not funny.

[–]saadakhtar 3 points4 points ago

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Not very clear. Are you saying he can elicit laughter from people?

[–]chucknorrisismyson 12 points13 points ago

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No no, he's saying those people who laugh at Dane Cook jokes aren't actually people.

[–]MrMastodon 9 points10 points ago

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B movies can elicit laughs from people, that doesnt make them good.

[–]pua_responder 6 points7 points ago

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That makes them great.

[–]InfinitelyThirsting 1 point2 points ago

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But that doesn't make them not funny, it just makes them not very good. He's not a great comic, not at all, but he is occasionally amusing.

[–]distantland 10 points11 points ago

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It's kind of a hard to claim that Dane Cook isn't funny, especially when he makes people laugh. Being funny is kind of subjective. I personally do not care for Dane Cooks comedy, but I can't say he's not funny at all because that would be just my opinion.

I think a better argument to make would be that Dane Cook isn't a great comedian. He's a popular comedian, but he certainly isn't a great one. Making this claim is easier to support and sounds better than saying "Dane Cook sucks because he's not funny"

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points ago

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You made some good points, but you forgot to mention Dane Cook is not funny.

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points ago

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Greatness is also subjective, and is an opinion. Although, he is not great...or funny.

[–]albequirky 8 points9 points ago

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"Dane Cook isn't funny" means "I don't think Dane Cook is funny."

I thought that was pretty common knowledge.

[–]GorgeouslyHumbl 10 points11 points ago

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No, he just isn't funny.

[–]GotMyFrogHatOn -1 points0 points ago

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Shutup, how dare you think things I don't think.

[–]FAStalin 2 points3 points ago

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I've laughed my ass off at Dane Cook before.

[–]metalmusicatheism 0 points1 point ago

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My favorite is his atheist joke. It makes no sense. It is not funny.

[–]Scripes 0 points1 point ago

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Dane Cook is not a comedian. FTFY

[–]TrollPhysics 21 points22 points ago

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What's the deal with that Dane Cook guy, he isn't funny and yet he gets to be on TV. Ain't that the craziest shit!

[–]ScumbagException 24 points25 points ago

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[–]TehFence 9 points10 points ago

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Thats called a "bad joke" and "idiots as an audience". On such shows, people feel forced to laugh about everything, because a person is considered funny by society.

[–]AgCrew 32 points33 points ago

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That definition would make 100% of the population a minority population.

[–]TehFence 9 points10 points ago*

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Well. Everybody is a minority, technically.

[–]ctindel 14 points15 points ago

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Man that is pedantic. But correct.

[–]bikemaul 7 points8 points ago

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Truly the best kind of pedantic.

[–]BlackPride 2 points3 points ago

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Is it possible to be pedantic and incorrect?

[–]PhylisInTheHood 1 point2 points ago

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It's possible to be pedantic and shallow

[–]oneslyfox 1 point2 points ago

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Ok ok. Whites have the plurality, for lack of better term.

[–]exisito 11 points12 points ago

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The funny is that it doesn't account for those groups and lumps them as white vs other.

[–]Ignazio_Polyp 4 points5 points ago

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Yeah he totally just ragged on himself. Nobody else is saying this..

[–]Taibo 37 points38 points ago

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It's ironically a very white thing to think that all minorities are the same minority.

[–]StankyMung 17 points18 points ago

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Because all white people think the same way...

[–][deleted] 30 points31 points ago

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ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE RACIST

[–]Avohaj 12 points13 points ago

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That's racist.

[–]railmaniac 11 points12 points ago

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That's because epochfx is white.

[–]Major_Colvin 1 point2 points ago*

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No it isn't, that's black.

[–]octocock 1 point2 points ago

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that's racist.

[–]Major_Colvin 1 point2 points ago

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GREAT SUCCESS

-- gotta love that show!! (community)

[–]Ignazio_Polyp 3 points4 points ago

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Hes just saying that by making this comment CK was the racist one.

[–]Helzibah 1 point2 points ago

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Of course, Louis CK is actually dual nationality Mexican and American, his first language was Spanish.

[–]coffedrank 1 point2 points ago

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Yes because clearly race comes down to where a person is from and what language they speak.

[–]distantland 3 points4 points ago

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That's not funny

[–]LifeArrow 4 points5 points ago

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So minorities combined are 80%. and then there is majority of over 50%, yeah? oh, ok, then it adds up just fine.

[–]LinT5292 21 points22 points ago

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all minorities combined are 80% of the population.

Technically, minorities would then be 100% of the population.

[–]generic_0 2 points3 points ago

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Observational comedy without specious arguments is just ranting.

[–]seeasea 2 points3 points ago

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That's called a plurality, not majority

[–]worstchristmasever 16 points17 points ago

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Yeah but that's not hilarious like everything Louis CK says........

[–]asherrd 23 points24 points ago

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So what you are telling me is comedians leave things out or put things in to make things funnier. Mind = blown.

[–]waffleburner 9 points10 points ago

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What? That's ridiculous. These funny men are clearly scholars, they entertain me.

[–]zeppelinfromled 5 points6 points ago

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If said groups are all minorities and they make up 80% of the population, then the remaining group (which by process of elimination must be the majority) only makes up 20%, meaning it is by definition a minority as well.

[–]soulcakeduck 3 points4 points ago

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Technically, then, white people shouldn't be called the majority but "a plurality." Have never heard that in this context though.

[–]Imakeliberalsrage 6 points7 points ago

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Whites are actually a tiny minority on this planet

[–]mikeash 1 point2 points ago

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No, all minorities combined must either make up 50% or less of the population, or 100%. It is not logically possible for minorities to make up 80% of the population, as the other 20% is also by definition a minority.

[–]morphinapg 1 point2 points ago

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Well then wouldn't white people also be minorities under that definition?

[–]mainsworth 1 point2 points ago

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Well then what's the deal with airline food?

[–]lollerkeet 3 points4 points ago

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What it means is that each minority group does not constitute at least fifty percent of the population, but all minorities combined are 80% of the population. There are still more white people than any other specific group.

Depending upon how you divide groups. If there are four other groups, it's very unlikely that whites are even the largest minority. If there are only two or three, the chance that one of the others is a majority becomes great.

[–]gistak 1 point2 points ago

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I think it means that 80% of the people in New York are minorities in America.

[–]leitey 0 points1 point ago

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Minorities are only Central-American-Americans, South-American-Americans, African-Americans, and Native Americans. Non-minorities are not just European-Americans (whites), but also Asian-Americans (Oriental, Indian, Middle Eastern).

[–]aramis42 0 points1 point ago

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If white people constitute a specific group then its just as valid to say that non-whites are a specific group, isn't it?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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What if the remaining 20% should be considered a minority as they're obviously not the majority, therefore the statement should be "Minorities represent 100% of NYC population"?

[–]x00e 0 points1 point ago

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came here to hope this was the top comment! happy-face

[–]vintermann 0 points1 point ago

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The whites are not a majority group, but a plurality group.

[–]multioptipupiloptomy 0 points1 point ago

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It's a very subtle joke. It's actually funny because it demonstrates a typical ignorance of statistics and simple semantics.

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[–]symbioticintheory 73 points74 points ago

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Oh look a picture of Louis ck with text on it

[–]In_The_Good_Old_Days 271 points272 points ago

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'Minority' is a comprehensive label.

If your country is majority anglo-saxon, then just because Washington is 80% black it doesn't mean they're a majority. It just means there's a high concentration of a minority group in that area.

[–]bondogban 89 points90 points ago

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Can you imagine a stand-up comedy act with an audience full of redditors? After each joke, there would be no laughter, only a huge discussion about the logical fallacies involved in the joke.

[–]ACharmlessMan 15 points16 points ago

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"I find airline food to actually be quite tasty and without it we would all have to endure a painful 8 hour flight with nothing to eat." rabblerabblerabble

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Or, at least, Redditors making logical fallacies attempting to discuss the logical fallacies.

[–]KingGorilla 2 points3 points ago

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Typical mosby

[–]Professional_Asshat 1 point2 points ago

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[–]Begferdeth[!] 1 point2 points ago

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That looks more like a Professional Chicken Hat than a Professional Asshat...

[–]paulfknwalsh 0 points1 point ago

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"Actually, I have to disagree. Numerous studies have found that black males and white males are in fact very similar in the way they operate motor vehicles. Source." (And at this point they pull out a printout of a wikipedia page and hold it in their mouth while making 'square bracket' shapes with their hands on either side.)

[–]Flopdong 254 points255 points ago

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Or what about if the 80% was composed of multiple ethnic groups, each with a lower population than the whites? They'd each be a minority compared to everyone else or whites alone.

[–]lolwhuttt 26 points27 points ago

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This is the right answer, The city I lived in a few years ago was 60% minorities 40% white, but the full breakdown was 40% white, 25% hispanic, 20% black, and the rest was very mixed

[–]SlugsOnToast 7 points8 points ago

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very mixed

heh

[–]Cxizent 61 points62 points ago

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Exactly! If you've got eight different groups of 10% each, then 20% of whites still makes the other groups minorities.

[–]Almustafa 68 points69 points ago

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No, the whites are plurality. Majority implies >50%

[–]Gapwick 15 points16 points ago

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Not in sociology. For example, in a many countries women are a minority group, not because there are few of them, but because they hold few positions of power and have less rights than men.

[–]deeve04 8 points9 points ago

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Glad someone else has heard of this. It's also why the black population in South Africa was considered a minority under apartheid despite outnumbering whites.

[–]Lazy_I 58 points59 points ago

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...and the others are still minorities. Cxizent didn't say the 20% whites were the majority.

[–]RawDogAssassin 18 points19 points ago

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then they would all just be minorities and the term wouldn't mean anything

[–]darkscout 6 points7 points ago

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I was told there would be no math. How hard is this to do? If you take 2 white guys and put them with a mexican, a south american, african american, asian and an indian they are still the "majority".

[–]UnwiseSudai 48 points49 points ago

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Technically, you're incorrect. The white guys would be the plurality, not the majority.

[–]ubna 3 points4 points ago

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technically incorrect.. the best kind of incorrect.

err.. wait..

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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So 2 white guys, a mexican, a south american, african american, asian and an indian walk into a bar...

[–]Triviaandwordplay 7 points8 points ago

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You'd think the others would have noticed when the first one walked into it, and ducked.

[–]Calsendon 9 points10 points ago

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I find it funny how you need to add "American" after "African", but not after "Asian" or "Indian".

[–]chaotic2050 1 point2 points ago*

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If you're counting 80 minorities an hour, how many minorities do you count in 1 hour?

[–]larwk 3 points4 points ago

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Well the wheels hit like 80 minorities in an hour, but my car has bigger tires so it should hit like 90. You have to approximate the math here a little bit because the moon spins around the earth and is slowing it down about 1 mph every day. Just divide by half and you should be pretty close. Even if I'm wrong you said "your" instead of "you're" so I win no matter what.

[–]z0ltanz0ltan 1 point2 points ago

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Haha...you speak as if 'White' refers to a homogeneous group.

[–]TenRobots 2 points3 points ago

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The white group is still a minority. Majority implies more than half.

[–]BangkokPadang 2 points3 points ago

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Actually, minority implies less than half. Majority does not contrapositively imply more than half.

majority |məˈjôrətē, -ˈjär-| noun ( pl. majorities ) 1 the greater number: in the majority of cases all will go smoothly | [ as modifier ] : it was a majority decision. • the number by which votes for one candidate in an election are more than those for all other candidates combined. • Brit.the number by which the votes for one party or candidate exceed those of the next in rank. • a party or group receiving the greater number of votes.

minority |məˈnôrətē| noun ( pl. minorities ) 1 the smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number: harsher measures for the minority of really serious offenders | [ as modifier ] : a minority party. • the number of votes cast for or by the smaller party in a legislative assembly: a blocking minority of 23 votes. • a relatively small group of people, esp. one commonly discriminated against in a community, society, or nation, differing from others in race, religion, language, or political persuasion: representatives of ethnic minorities | [ as modifier ] : minority rights.

[–]Xaguta 1 point2 points ago

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• the number by which votes for one candidate in an election are more than those for all other candidates combined

That right there says it ought to be more than half.

[–]ArbitraryIndigo 2 points3 points ago

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Keep reading, that is a sufficient but not necessary condition.

a party or group receiving the greater number of votes

[–]joe_craw 11 points12 points ago*

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Then each group is a minority group including whites. the word you're thinking of is plurality, which means more than anything else, but not 50%. to be a majority, you need to be over 50%. So if washington were 40% black and 39% white and 21% hispanic, it would be 100% minorities by washington standards, but 61% minorities by national standards.

Edit for clarity

[–]ChaoticAgenda 1 point2 points ago

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TIL George Washington has a very mixed ancestry.

/joke

[–]pfitz6 4 points5 points ago

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True story: not all white people are from the same place.

[–]13ored 2 points3 points ago

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But not all white people have the same ethnicity. That's just skin tone, and we don't say that everyone of the same skin tone is the same ethnicity. No? Not that I disagree with you, what you're saying is entirely logical. Just my two cents.

[–]In_The_Good_Old_Days 8 points9 points ago

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...My original statement stands.

20% white population nation-wide is not a white majority

[–]joe_craw 4 points5 points ago

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You're right, people are retarded. I rarely comment, but the parent to yours is wrong and has 45 upvotes.

[–]SlugsOnToast 10 points11 points ago

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You're right, a majority of people are retarded.

Repaired.

[–]DiaDeLosMuertos 12 points13 points ago

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I came here to analyze the joke too, but then I see you guys analyzing the joke and I'm like "It's just a joke bro, chill out!".

[–]shinypantsmole 11 points12 points ago

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Minority is only a comprehensive label for the given area. Black would be the majority in Washington, but maybe not the entire country. Here in California, latinos will likely be the majority in 10-20 years. This has major policy and cultural implications for California, whether latinos become the national majority or not.

[–]helloskitty 7 points8 points ago

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I don't think the country is majority Anglo-Saxon, but rather European. If you're going to call every European an Anglo-Saxon, you might as well call every Aboriginal American a Sioux.

[–]Bad_Axe_MoFo 2 points3 points ago

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as much as i dont like lewis black, this is still a bad quote by him

[–]CaptHandsome 0 points1 point ago

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Sweet joke deconstruction, bro!

[–]homeboy5925 0 points1 point ago

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It's funny because during the height of slavery blacks far outweighed whites population wise in the Southern states

[–]Fealiks 0 points1 point ago

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Also, if 20% of people are white, that doesn't mean that the other 80% is all one race. It could be made up of several different races, each of which make up less than 20% of the city on their own. In that case, they would still be minorities.

[–]aps8369 40 points41 points ago

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[–]mojorisin2592 21 points22 points ago

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Southpark's getting to be the new Simpsons. They've covered everything! They've even covered the fact that they've covered everything that the Simpsons covered, for fuck's sake.

[–]Fa1nT 8 points9 points ago

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Which is why they have started doing "current events" a lot.

I wouldn't be surprised if a future episode is about a black kid getting shot

[–]Ignazio_Polyp 4 points5 points ago

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KONY

[–]skizfrenik_syco 1 point2 points ago

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ya, i think that will be next weeks episode. can't wait!!!

[–]Aicy 1 point2 points ago

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HOLY FUCK THIS WEBSITE IS AVAILABLE IN THE UK NOW. AWESOME.

[–]Aicy 3 points4 points ago

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Oh, wait, nevermind.

I still can't watch full episodes. ):

[–]obligatory_ 1 point2 points ago

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Does www.southparkstudios.co.uk not have full episodes?

Do this if it doesn't:

http://forums.left4green.com/topic/3905-southparkstudios-using-modify-headers/

You're welcome :D

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Did you learn nothing from the moop episode? They don't care if you pirate... Comedy Central might though :(

[–]camelCase47 1 point2 points ago

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I'm very happy knowing that I'm not the only one that thought of south park and Cartman

[–]nicholmikey 4 points5 points ago

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What has happened to this place

I don’t recognize it anymore

It used to be so fun and special

What is life worth living for

__

The dream is dead

Our land is gone

There’s a hole in my heart

And I can’t go on

__

There are too many minorities (minorities)

At my water park (my water park)

This was our land, our dream (our dream)

and they’ve taken it all away

__

They just keep coming and coming (minorities)

I tried to go and tell the police

But even the authorities

Are minorities (are minorities)

At my water park

__

There’s no place for me to sit anymore

And the lines just keep getting crazier

There are Mexicans all around me

The lazy river has never been lazier

__

It’s a 40 minute wait to go down one slide

And the instructions are in Spanish on the Zip Line ride (just do it in English!)

__

There are too many minorities (too many)

At my water park (somebody do something)

Where did they all come from

Why can’t they leave this land alone

__

And it’s such a tragedy (feel a bit like dying)

We looked the other way too long

We’ve got to change our priorities

And get all these minorities

Out of my water park

__

(Minorities) Mexicans and Asians

Black people

I think I even saw Native Americans (gross)

__

God I’m asking please

Get all of these minorities

Out of my water park (my water park)

[–]deezeejoey 4 points5 points ago

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Not a very original joke.

[–]pixelated_dongs 15 points16 points ago

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Minority does not always mean minority in terms of quantity. In Sociology, it's the dominant people and the minority people. The names sort of speak for itself

[–]singletee 0 points1 point ago

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So in Sociology, you use words to mean things they don't actually mean.

[–]koolkid005 8 points9 points ago

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No they use words to mean something offering than one interpretation of their meaning. Words do not only have one singular definition.

[–]BrainDeadKennedy 18 points19 points ago

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Silly mexican

[–]ArthriticNinja 3 points4 points ago

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I tripped the fuck out when I found out he was Mexican.

[–]FUDGESICLES 4 points5 points ago

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I just don't get reddit's collective hard on for Louis CK...

[–]knobbysideup 2 points3 points ago

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You are not alone.

[–]LessLikeYou 1 point2 points ago

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Neither do I.

[–]FMWavesOfTheHeart 26 points27 points ago

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I got a chuckle out of this but it should be noted that it's not really about quantity, it's about what group holds the power.

[–]scoooot 7 points8 points ago

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This redditor has the correct answer.

from his link:

"Rather than a relational "social group", as the term would indicate, the term refers to a category that is differentiated and defined by the social majority, that is, those who hold the majority of positions of social power in a society"

[–]ByJiminy 0 points1 point ago

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So does that mean barbers are a minority?

[–]scoooot 2 points3 points ago

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I think we can do better than that. There is nothing about being a barber specifically which relates to the power structure.

However, when we expand the subjective idea of examining "barbers" to the more objective one of examining vocation and economic class, then I think we can see that barbers are usually employees, independent contractors, or small-business owners, and that the people who hold positions of social power in our society are usually wealthy elite corporate investors.

So I think that the statement "lower and middle class people are a minority in America" would be easier to argue than the one you asked about.

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[–]blandomink 1 point2 points ago

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ding ding ding!

[–]vintermann 1 point2 points ago

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So the Tutsi were really a majority in Rwanda according to sociologist speak?

If the word minority is to be used like that, why can't they just come clean and talk about "the good people" and "the bad people"?

[–]lollerkeet 3 points4 points ago*

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So, non-millionaires are the minority? That doesn't sound right.

[–]smashingrumpkins 1 point2 points ago

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I believe we are talking in terms of power....

[–]Wakamezake 3 points4 points ago

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So, non-millionaires are the minority?

[–]seeasea 1 point2 points ago

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So a white man in colonial Africa was in fact a part of the majority?

[–]steffan-l 2 points3 points ago

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Minoritieeeeeeessssss.... In my water park In my water paaaark... Minoritieeeeesss!

[–]Ragnalypse 2 points3 points ago

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Blame sociologists and their political correctness, not arrogant white people.

Modern convention in sociology is to refer to disadvantaged groups as minorities - Women incldued. Minority is basically the cover-all word for "not a straight white male."

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Ah yes, white guilt - Comedian form.

[–]cedurr 13 points14 points ago

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Even the stupidest Louis CK quotes make it to the front page.

[–]AndrewGaspar 2 points3 points ago

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Minority: A sub-group that makes up less than 50% of the whole group. Majority: A sub-group that makes up more than 50% of the whole group. Plurality: A sub-group that is larger than all other sub-groups in the group.

EDIT: So really, 100% of New York is minority if the minority status is based off as a percentage of New York's population. But I'm guessing the minority status is granted based on the group's representation out of all people in America.

[–]WeekendWarrior25 1 point2 points ago

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There are too many minorities in my water park :(

[–]crazycoala 1 point2 points ago

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Wow... I just realized that Louis CK was Dave on Parks and Rec...

[–]skizfrenik_syco 1 point2 points ago

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reminds me of the south park episode where Cartman complains about all the minorities in the water park..

[–]El_Zorro09 1 point2 points ago

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Somewhere along the line... this whole thread just missed the joke.

[–]joshbike 1 point2 points ago

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[–]donkeymon 1 point2 points ago

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Every time one of my Japanese students come back from visiting the US, they tell me, "Oh my god, there were foreigners everywhere!"

[–]tiag0d1as 1 point2 points ago

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Southpark full episode on minorities

Minorities by Eric Cartman bad quality :P

the music begins in 1:50 of the episode.

[–]misterswarvey 1 point2 points ago

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I wish the words covered him up more.

[–]maglincer 1 point2 points ago

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How does he not get it?

[–]MatthewMatic 1 point2 points ago

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Obviously it's saying that 80% of people in NY belong to groups which form minorities within the US as a whole. Nevertheless, it's still a good lead in to the joke.

[–]greggersraymer 1 point2 points ago

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Not Louie's shining moment, mathematically

[–]tinktj06 1 point2 points ago

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South park covered this topic as well; in the water park ep.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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He's not funny, his facts are inaccurate and he's a dick

[–]Hooplaa 7 points8 points ago

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I don't have enough upvotes for you. :(

[–]knobbysideup 1 point2 points ago

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I added one. And one for you too! I'm all generous and stuff today.

[–]nyx1234 7 points8 points ago*

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Interesting fact: women are the only minority that actually make up a majority of the US's population. We make up 50.8% of the population. source

Edit- Getting downvoted, but whatever. I'm not some foaming at the mouth feminist. I just thought it was interesting that by the definition of minority, women are the majority. I was surprised to learn that fact and like to share knowledge.

[–]sirhandel 3 points4 points ago

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You say "minority," but this is why the politically correct term is "traditionally underrepresented class." Wordy? Yes. Worth it because it's more accurate? Also yes.

This is /r/funny, but the fact that your comment (which not only provides new information but provides citation) gets fewer upvotes than the handful of South Park jokes draws a tear from me.

[–]nyx1234 1 point2 points ago

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Why is it more politically correct? I'm willing to use it, but I'm a bit ignorant.

[–]vintermann 1 point2 points ago

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You say "minority," but this is why the politically correct term is "traditionally underrepresented class."

I prefer a politically correct term to a simply incorrect term.

[–]dinosoreloser 6 points7 points ago*

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Except minorities does not always dictate terms of population. It's more of who's in power in society.

As in, I could have many oompa loompas working in my chocolate factory, out numbering humans, but they are still in the minority regardless because I control them and force them to make my candy.

Edit: not trying to bag on CK!! I like him

[–]serveux 10 points11 points ago

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Sociologist here. Not sure why you were downvoted, because you are absolutely correct. "Minority" refers to groups of people who are differentiated from the "majority", people who hold social power in a given society. Anywho, have an upvote.

[–]Wakamezake 2 points3 points ago

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By administering it to pre-1950 Rwanda it would read that Tutsi were a majority (sociological) even thought Hutu were a majority (mathematical).

It gets confusing real soon when you don't know if you're talking to a sociologist or to someone from the rest of 99% of population.

[–]dinosoreloser 1 point2 points ago

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Exactly. I was about to tell them the sociologist definition / element but I figured no one would listen, lol. Thanks for the help.

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[–]luek 3 points4 points ago

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South Park did it

[–]drinkme217 2 points3 points ago

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In my sociology class, we used texts that labeled blacks in South Africa a "minority" group because they lacked political power. It didn't sit right with me, and it still doesn't. My much younger roommate informs me he learned whites in SA as a "dominant minority." But, this at least WAS an accepted definition at one point in time.

[–]Mozzy 1 point2 points ago

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sociology =/= math

See, the definition of majority is usually "group of <50%". In sociology, though, the majority group is the group with the most power, regardless of population. Black Africans were still a minority in South Africa because white Africans held the majority of the political power; the black Africans had little to no representation in their own government and so they were still a minority.

[–]popfizzle 1 point2 points ago

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Louis CK has a lot of white guilt. He's like the George Lopez of white people.

[–]Vee_Vee 2 points3 points ago

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Some of the shit this dude says is just stupid.

[–]not_a_novelty_acount 2 points3 points ago

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I thought the majority was the race that holds the most power? For example, in some parts of Africa whites hold the most power so they are still the majority.

[–]Geekotronic 2 points3 points ago

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Funny as always from Louis, but to clarify for people who actually make this argument seriously "minorities" is the plural of minority. As in many minority populations, none of whom comprise more than the 20% we do. They're still all minorities.

[–]dlescook 1 point2 points ago

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I remember hearing this same joke on southpark

[–]ralf_ 1 point2 points ago*

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According to Wikipedia the demographics of New York City are:
44.6% White
27.5% Latino
25.1% Black or African
11.8% Asian
0.4% American Indian (Natives)

You get only to 80% Minorities if you split the blocks up and count Italians, Irish and Russians etc as extra.

Immigrant Africans, Carribeans, and African Americans are the plurality and make up 25.1% (2,086,566 black people). This categorizing in Wikipedia strikes me as a bit suboptimal. If you are a french speaking roman-catholic African from Kongo your culture is not exactly like a typical African American whose family lives since the Civil War in Brooklyn. (Of course this is also true for a Mr Schmidt who never ate a Bratwurst in his life.)
Asian Americans 11.8% (976,807 total and 445,145 Chinese)
Puerto Rican: (778,628)
Italian: 8.2% (684,230)
Dominican: (602,093)
Irish: 5.3% (443,364)
Other Hispanic or Latino: (351,635)
German: 3.6% (296,901)
Mexican: (289,755)
Russian: 3.1% (260,821)
Polish: 2.8% (237,919)
Indian Americans: 2.7% (226,888)
Ecuadorian: (201,708)
English: 1.9% (160,472)
Colombian: (113,469)
Greek: 1.0% (83,575)

And just because the City once was named "Nieuw Amsterdam":
Dutch: 0.3% (24,776)

[–]knobbysideup 1 point2 points ago

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Downvoted for being more reddit masturbatory obsession over Louis CK. Read it, and wished I could downvote even further. That was dumb.

edit Spelling.

[–]JustBrowsing4Chan 2 points3 points ago*

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What has happened to this place

I don’t recognize it anymore

It used to be so fun and special

What is life worth living for

The dream is dead

Our land is gone

There’s a hole in my heart

And I can’t go on

There are too many minorities (minorities)

At my water park (my water park)

This was our land, our dream (our dream)

and they’ve taken it all away

dis issue tuch me daep

[–]stuppa 1 point2 points ago

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Louis CK also directed Pootie-Tang.

Just saying.

[–]ecuz67 0 points1 point ago

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too many words

[–]ngcazz 0 points1 point ago

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Arial Italic over yellow backgrounds fuck yeah.

[–]commissar_yakov 0 points1 point ago

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There's popular majority and political majority. If you have a city that's 80% black but with a legislature dominated by whites who only pass legislation favorable to whites, then the blacks are a minority. If you have a city that is 12% black but all the legislators are blacks doing things specifically to favor blacks, then they are a majority. Kafka comes to mind

[–]bigbuddha0911 0 points1 point ago

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So I guess that the sample population of 8.5 million represents the target population of about 311.5 million people?

[–]shit-head 0 points1 point ago

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Well technically in Africa, he wouldn't be the white guy. He'd be the muzungu.

[–]GeneralTsoAngry 0 points1 point ago

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Oh god...the font

[–]Darktidemage 0 points1 point ago

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if you have 10 groups 7 of which are 10% of the population and 1 of which is 30% of the population you can refer to the 10% groups as "minorities" and say "70% of the population are minorities"

It's not racist. It's not stupid. And it doesn't mean if you go to africa you would refer to the black people there are minorities.

Louis C.K. understands this. He is making this joke because he knows a lot of his audience is stupid and will think it's intelligent.

[–]random314 0 points1 point ago

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well, 20% Asians, 20% blacks, 20% Hispanics and 40% white still make white the majority even though the population is 60% minority.

[–]mjklin 0 points1 point ago

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The last part reminds me of how many Chinese restaurant workers in the US refer to their customers as "waiguoren" (foreigners).

[–]MexicanRailroad 0 points1 point ago

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Is this on one of his albums or specials? I haven't heard this bit.

[–]estrtshffl 0 points1 point ago

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I believe this is from his old act, before he went through that whole transformation.

[–]yeropinionman 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah, this actually doesn't make sense. But Louis' job is to make people laugh, so who cares?

[–]DetonateHere 0 points1 point ago

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WTF is up with his pinkey?...