Gothamist: The Rallying Revs

Still Unsurprised

Mon, 01 May 2006 10:26:35 -0500

What's even funnier is that Brightliner's exposure to 'urban humor' is the Boondocks comic. Don't encounter much of the black folk in real life, eh?

STFU Brightliner

Mon, 01 May 2006 08:49:14 -0500

Brightliner is the last person who should be calling someone unfunny. To wit: (from Brightliner, 4/18/2006) "You're absolutely right. Macs suck. Why don't you go back to downloading the latest virus and spyware definitions, and probably your game of Tomb Raider: Legend?" Tomb Raider: Legend? WTF?

Brightliner

Mon, 01 May 2006 02:03:48 -0500

I "get" it when it's clever and funny, as in "The Boondocks" comic strip. But as any comedian will tell you, if you have to explain a joke, it's not funny. Is "areacode212" trying to tell me that insinuating Tawana is a lesbian is a good thing for Jesse to do? In the other case, it'd be foolhardy for anyone to make "with your mom" jokes to anyone he doesn't know. For all he knows, the heckler's mom is pushing up daisies, so that would have made Jesse a necophiliac. Besides, it was a poor way of deflecting legitimate criticism. Just where is poor, abused Tawana anyway? I'm guessing weighing 300 pounds, parked on the sofa and popped out six kids, most out of wedlock.

Unsurprised

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 21:19:58 -0500

Why am I completely unsurprised that Brightliner doesn't "get" urban humor?

Anya

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:20:31 -0500

That taunt is especially f*cked up if a cop did make it -- but certainly I've seen cops do much worse. And my read on the response was that he meant, "I saw Tawana because *I* was having sex with your mom last night and Tawana was there."

toomuchtvmakesthebabysmell

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:36:27 -0500

Photos like that almost make me wish Al had done that sitcom they were threatening for a bit back there. Now that would have been something.

areacode212

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:05:36 -0500

"(x) was with your mom last night!" and "your momma" jokes are a bit different. (x) is meant to be someone you hate, so it's like the ultimate insult that (x) was sleeping with your mom, just because most guys don't like the thought that someone they hate is sleeping with their mom. It's not meant to comment on the desirability of (x). I can't believe I actually had to explain this.

Toby

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:54:50 -0500

Anything where Al Shartpton is involved one cannot take seriously. And Jesse Jackson is an extortionist. Martin Luther King is spinning in his grave because of them. Jesus Christ is most likely unhappy too.

Brightliner

Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:05:32 -0500

Um, I don't get it. Aren't "mom"-type comments like this supposed to insult your mother? So it's supposed to be an insult that Tawana was with the heckler's mom? Doesn't that imply that nobody should want to be with Tawana, precisely the opposite effect of what Jesse wanted to say? I guess I'll never understand "inner city" humor.