I'm only going to speak in animated gifs in this thread. ;)

Mrenda · 2011-04-20T14:47:25.000Z

Mighty Ponygirl:

Know your meme: Shoop da Whoop

(emphasis mine)

I can understand how you might not put all those things together and immediately say “hey, this is offensive like that KFC thing” but honestly – if you see prominent red lips drawn on a black person, that’s sort of a red flag. Just, for future reference.

Yeah, I get that now that people have pointed it out to me. I just didn’t think of it on my own, and I never would have linked it all together on my own. I thought the totality of the thing was a dude shooting a lazer from his mouth. I wouldn’t have looked up the history of the without someone pointing it out to me, and if I wrote the article for Know Your Meme I wouldn’t have thought to put the black face part in. I didn’t realise it was an element of what was going on.

So… Noted for future reference.

Mighty_Ponygirl · 2011-04-20T15:02:57.000Z

Excellent. Let us celebrate this new understanding by getting back! on! topic!

RobotPants · 2011-04-20T15:18:01.000Z

Ha! I love the panicked high-stepping there.

Shimarenda · 2011-04-20T15:19:01.000Z

Mighty Ponygirl:

I’ve had days like that.

TranquilityBase · 2011-04-20T15:28:39.000Z

TimElhajj · 2011-04-20T15:38:51.000Z

TranquilityBase:

“How bad?”
“Bad.”
“Does it still run?”
“It does.”
“If it runs, it can’t be that bad.”

Mrenda · 2011-04-20T15:50:07.000Z

Those evil dastards at Johnson and Johnson.

Calelari · 2011-04-20T19:18:28.000Z

Bill_Dungsroman · 2011-04-20T23:07:56.000Z

Bill_Dungsroman · 2011-04-20T23:08:49.000Z

MrCoffee · 2011-04-21T02:14:33.000Z

What’s that from?

Major_Icehole · 2011-04-21T04:16:23.000Z

MrCoffee:

What’s that from?

I’m going to have to take your nerd card my friend and ask you to step away from the forum.

Thx

Balasarius · 2011-04-21T06:55:19.000Z

Rings a bell, but I can’t place it.

Edit - The Last Starfighter. I thought it sucked.

sinnick · 2011-04-21T07:37:31.000Z

Bill Dungsroman:

My cubicle does that. It’s neat. The walls are plastic, but only one side of the plastic is frosted, so putting up a piece of tape “fills in” the rough plane, and allows the light to shine through.

tomchick · 2011-04-21T08:31:17.000Z

Bill Dungsroman:

He’s a wizard!

-Tom

Jag · 2011-04-21T14:26:35.000Z

You think crab gives a fuck?

He doesn’t.

MrCoffee · 2011-04-21T19:18:39.000Z

Major Icehole:

I’m going to have to take your nerd card my friend and ask you to step away from the forum.

Thx

Hah the last time i saw that movie was a long long time ago :(

The_Bitter_Cynic · 2011-04-21T19:37:40.000Z

_Poe · 2011-04-22T01:23:25.000Z

Mordrak · 2011-04-22T01:36:53.000Z

MattKeil:

Like…the 1870s?

There is blackface in White Christmas from 1942. You don’t have to go back that far. Heck, the Jazz Singer is 1927… though it’s kind of surreal given the discussion that happens while the lead is putting it on.

Hey, look at that:

Blackface was an important performance tradition in the American theater for roughly 100 years beginning around 1830. It quickly became popular overseas, particularly so in Britain, where the tradition lasted longer than in the US, occurring on primetime TV as late as 1978 (The Black and White Minstrel Show).[4] and 1981.[5]

So in Britain, blackface persisted through the 70s.