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Everything about being a slave sucked.. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]brian856 102 points103 points ago

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this was the first railroad. They realized the second one should be underground.

[–]chemguy90 4 points5 points ago

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And then they also realized that it needed brakes.

[–]TheInternetHivemind 1 point2 points ago

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Brakes weren't necessary until the 13th ammendment.

[–]oonix8 2 points3 points ago

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Also invented by Bill Cosby zippity doo da flif DIPFLIE ROLLERCOSBY

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[–]sherq -2 points-1 points ago

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wat

[–]High_im_Hi 1 point2 points ago

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Harriet Tubman man..

[–]talitus 11 points12 points ago

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It looks like a bunch of people got upset and downvoted every comment in the thread.

[–]no_egrets 7 points8 points ago

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SRS, at a guess?

[–]irving_zissmann 18 points19 points ago

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Say, 'shakka bra!'

[–]mervis 9 points10 points ago

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This is by my friend Will, you can check out his other stuff here.

[–]mervis 0 points1 point ago

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Why would you downvote this? I'm providing a source for more material.

[–]Crepti 1 point2 points ago

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Relax... A single downvote usually means it's just Reddit's balancing algorithm.

[–]ReactorofR 1 point2 points ago

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Not on comments it doesn't.

[–]ksaj 16 points17 points ago

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I didn't know you could get your slaves delivered.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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I've heard you can order slaves in cartons. It's pretty cheap but shipping and handling is brutal.

[–]lidlin 2 points3 points ago

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Amazon Prime.

[–]ComebackShane 0 points1 point ago

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No, not expensive. Literally brutal.

[–]mclaren23 4 points5 points ago

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The one thing they were allowed to sit in the front for

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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I was just noticing there are three white guys taking up the rear.

[–]TheInternetHivemind 1 point2 points ago

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Back then black people had the secondary function of being air bags.

[–]kaejaysea 10 points11 points ago

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Except for that one guy standing all alone because the seats were filled. Everything really sucked for him.

[–]MIRcakes8D 3 points4 points ago

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No he took his lunch break early and wasn't allowed on for 1 hour

[–]Psambo -2 points-1 points ago

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And you can tell he isn't pleased with his stance!

[–]shedang 2 points3 points ago

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Can anyone actually explain what this is?

[–]rspeed 6 points7 points ago

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I believe it's a means to travel up and down the side of a hill, probably in a mine. The men in the photo are also likely paid workers, not slaves.

[–]IHateNicolasCage 0 points1 point ago

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This is a picture of a mine lift I think in probably the late 19th century somewhere in the west, it is most likely California, Nevada, Utah, or Idaho. I think this might be one I have seen and I think it is from Utah, but I'm not sure. They are workers taking the lift I guess to or from the mine, some of the tunnels are above 10k feet up, a pain to walk to everyday so they would give you a lift from the camp to the mine.

[–]kimberlyinSA 0 points1 point ago

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It a picture of miners in South Africa at the diamond mine in Kimberly. repost, and stupid. It was one of the biggest open pit mines in the world at the time.

[–]voteddownward 5 points6 points ago

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Actually, my ancestors owned many slaves and lived on a huge farm. When I asked my grandpa how my great great, and great grandpa treated slaves, my grandpa told me that the slaves were treated very well. Even when slaves were freed, they stuck around. He told me that it was very rare to see a slave abused. He mentioned that slaves were how they made their money. If you would treat them badly, they wouldn't work as good, they would be less healthy, therefore, making the land owner less money.

[–]TMM 0 points1 point ago

He told me that it was very rare to see a slave abused.

Just being enslaved is abuse.

[–]Carbon_Dirt 0 points1 point ago

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Makes sense. Obviously slavery still = bad, but I think people have some misconceptions of how the majority of slaves were treated. Most people seem to think that a slave's daily life was "Wake up, eat slop with the pigs, go out to the field to have your back lashed for three hours, then bring in five thousand pounds of cotton, then eat more slop, then have the females raped by the male slave owners, then be whipped some more then go to bed."

They were basically seen as livestock; again, it was far less than dignified and was awful, but how often do you see a farmer whipping a horse to the brink of death just for the heck of it? It just doesn't make sense.

[–]voteddownward 2 points3 points ago

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That's exactly right. I was trying to be proper in my first comment, but my grandpas actual words were "They were our tractors. Every farmer takes care of his tractor."

[–]Carbon_Dirt -1 points0 points ago

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I shall act contrarily to your username, good sir.

[–]x86_64Ubuntu -3 points-2 points ago

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...they wouldn't work as good

That is what the threat of violence is for. If slavery wasn't so bad how come there were so many laws and institutions designed to keep individuals enslaved ? Do you think the South fought for the Fugitive Slave Law for shits and giggles ? Do you think my state built citadels and arsenals to put down slave revolts even though you believe there wasn't a threat ? Quite simply your logic is suffering from a mismatch with what happens in reality whenever one group can enact violence against another group without any form of recourse. And you forgot to end your post with "Ron Paul 2012".

Goddamn you libertarians are divorced from reality.

[–]voteddownward 1 point2 points ago

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What the fuck is wrong with you?

[–]JeffVanGundy 0 points1 point ago

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If slavery wasn't so bad how come there were so many laws and institutions designed to keep individuals enslaved?

Because "not so bad" doesn't mean not bad, it just means not as bad as modern portrayals often make it out to be.

[–]Zzwwwzz 1 point2 points ago

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Holocauster.

[–]ownworldman 2 points3 points ago

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Holocauster

[–]Sireslap 2 points3 points ago

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Scumbag Reddit: Pretends to become outraged over people making fun of the mentally handicapped... thinks slavery is funny.

[–]Aqualung90 1 point2 points ago

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SRS would love you.

[–]Sireslap 0 points1 point ago

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I don't feel like I am part of an attacked minority lol. I am not personally offended by this post either. I just think its interesting how people think slavery is something to be joked about but joking about an image of a retarded girl saying "I can count to sausage!" is unacceptable.

[–]Aqualung90 0 points1 point ago

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Good point, I guess I misinterpreted your post. For what it's worth, I think it's all worth joking about as long as it's not maliciously directed at an individual.

[–]IHateNicolasCage 0 points1 point ago

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well these people aren't actually slaves and we only became outraged after the story about the girl was on youtube, go make a video saying you are offended and get a lot of hits to make people pretend they didn't think this was funny

[–]bbdesigncof 1 point2 points ago

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Well I'm going to hell for laughing... Thanks.

[–]TheVandyMan 5 points6 points ago

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Check it out! No chains!

[–]MIRcakes8D 5 points6 points ago

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The original 'they see me Rollin, they hatin...'

[–]TheBlazingPhoenix 1 point2 points ago

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wait until it goes upside down and.... there goes

[–]benw24 3 points4 points ago

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Fry: You know what the worst thing about being a slave is? They make you work but they don't pay you or let you go.

Leela: Fry, that's the only thing about being a slave.

[–]averageresponse 1 point2 points ago

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I'm confused, how come the whites are in the back?

[–]huber14 0 points1 point ago

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They have weights in the front. If it falls and crashes they have a better chance at survival.

[–]barktothefuture 2 points3 points ago

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I guess the one guy wasn't tall enough.

[–]Ricksauce 7 points8 points ago

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He's only 6'4"

[–]sinnet 0 points1 point ago

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Definitely the runt of the family.

[–]GuessWho_O 1 point2 points ago

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may we kindly ask the blacks for re inslavery? just a pleasant request.. no foul.

[–]collegeisascam 0 points1 point ago

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Steady work, food, housing -- I bet a lot of people would take that deal these days.

[–]IHateNicolasCage 1 point2 points ago

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I think these were actually miners so they had food and housing, but work was not guaranteed as if metal prices shifted or you lost the vein you would be looking for another job.

[–]purrrfect 1 point2 points ago

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I'm quite certain rebelling against the master and his family and cutting their throats while they slept must have been kind of satisfying too.

[–]HaydenB -1 points0 points ago

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Slavery....

[–]sietai 0 points1 point ago

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This is a repost and somebody changed the text from the original. It was funnier before, and had accurate grammar.

[–]StarkConclusion 2 points3 points ago

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Repost.

[–]OCELLARIS_CLOWNING 0 points1 point ago

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...and the occasional escapade with the plantation owner's wife.

[–]onlyincontext 0 points1 point ago

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Little did they know it was all downhill from there. Because they were all looking straight ahead.

[–]CharlesTheHammer -2 points-1 points ago

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You do know that at no point in history was every black person in the US a slave, right?

[–]BonerJamIsGood -2 points-1 points ago

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too soon

[–]ImApi -2 points-1 points ago

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It's a bit fuzzy, but I swear the guy with the biggest hat on has got a shit-eating grin on his face, whatever that means.

[–]averagegamer2552 -4 points-3 points ago

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Repoost

[–]dammitd -4 points-3 points ago

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I am confused. Is this wrong because it's funny or funny because it's wrong?

[–]ChewiestBroom 1 point2 points ago

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Yes.

[–]crookedhat99 -3 points-2 points ago

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