ever since 8th grade, when i allowed a smile and a plaid skirt to convince me to pick the ridiculously endowed and hilariously uncoordinated ericka white on my team for ultimate dodgeball, i’ve been convinced that women should and eventually would rule the world.
i envisioned a future of female omnipotence and dominion, where all the world’s men were coerced to attend “testosterone nullification” camps, and where all industry, time-travel, and farming equipment were mercilessly controlled by the fairer gender.
obviously, i was wrong, and obviously i watched too much cinemax.
16 years later, although still convinced that the world should be run by women, i finally realize why its not.
because i’m an altruist and sh*t, i want to spread my knowledge to the masses with four reasons why women should rule the world…
…and the one thing thats holding them back
1. there’s more of them where it counts
although we outnumber them on earth, women out populate us in every country that f*cking matters (look for yourself), and in any populous situation that anyone gives a damn about (college campuses, popular and safe nighttime options, entertaining television ensembles, vsb.com, etc), facts that should easily lead to their world domination and an easy justification for more threesomes
2. they live long as hell
this is an admirable trait, although i’d probably live t0 95 also if i could use all the money i saved from not having to pay for drinks, dates, or club admission fees towards better health care
3. they have a much, much, much, much greater tolerance for pain
in 2006, i dated a woman who’d get brazilian waxed on a regular basis, a sadistic process which is basically the male equivalent of allowing a rabid persian cat to claw out your pubic hairs after accidentally spilling pancake syrup and bleach on your lap. on mild days she’d run a couple laps around the highland park reservoir immediately after her appointments.
monday morning, i accidentally stuck my pinkie with a thumbtack. figuring (correctly) that it would take at least an hour for the extra-strength ibuprofen to kick in, three to get over my pain, and another three to get over the sight of my own blood, i called in a sick day. i also called my mom to pout.
4. they have special powers
while waiting for my girl outside of sushi two yesterday, i noticed a man in a business suit sprinting to a parked car a few yards away from me. inside that car was a somewhat attractive january jones doppleganger. when the guy reached the car, he pulled out what looked to be at least a couple hundred dollars and gave it to her through the window.
their convo went as follows (paraphrasing)
girl: “thanks, buddy. things have been tight recently. i really appreciate it”
guy: “any time. sorry for taking so long. i had to run to the atm on penn avenue because the one on walnut is out of order. so…what are you doing this weekend? i had some tickets to…
***girl speeds off while guy, literally still in mid-sentence, turns around and walks away***
he then shot a sh*t-eating, “yeah, i know hot chicks” grin at his buddies who were watching this entire exchange
lets forget the fact that they produce human beings, as well as their ability to dance for seven consecutive hours in eight inch nine west stilts without flinching. being able to get away with sh*t like that and have a man actually brag about it happening to him is a superf*ckinghuman ability
with their myriad advantages, there’s no apparent reason why women haven’t forced men to play the washington generals to their female harlem globetrotting onslaught. yet, after moments years of intense study, i’ve finally figured out why.
terrible marketing and public relations
thats it.
you see, the only reason why women don’t rule the world is because their gender doesn’t have a david axelrod to properly manipulate and spin critical info. this critical communication breakdown keeps them divided and allows us to stay on top.
think about it. how else can you explain that its widely believed that women can’t get along with each other, despite the fact that most of the best friendships any of us have witnessed have been between women?
how else would you account for the propaganda out there about how all the educated, successful, and attractive young black women out there can’t find mates, even though all of the educated, successful, and attractive young black women i personally know have to literally beat worthy candidates and contenders off with a stick? (and i live in freakin pittsburgh!!!)
you know, i can only think of one way to finally rectify this.
as my greatest crime-fighting endeavor yet, i, the champ, am throwing my hat in the ring.
i’m formally applying for the position of female earthling public relations specialist.
i’d like to see how the world would change if the women of earth had a karl rove in their corner. plus, it’s a recession and i have an english degree and several years of blogging experience. this would be the only open job in the country i’m actually qualified to do.
pay the 8th grade champ back for picking wack-ass ericka white and help hire me, please. you won’t regret it
—the champ
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Our PR doesn’t suck. Y’all just have better PR. And I suspect your PR team is headed by…a woman. Turn-coat heffa!
@Ms. Smart, And I’ll add that y’all lured her away with perks that include, but aren’t limited to, a corner office, multiple homes with excessive square footage, weekly spa appointments, etc., etc., etc.! Oh shyt! Y’all have Oprah on your team!
@Ms. Smart, lol @ turn-coat heffa.
@Ms. Smart,
Our PR doesn’t suck. Y’all just have better PR
which means that, compared to our pr, your pr sucks. case closed
@The Champ, Dude! Y’all got OPRAH on your team. We can’t go against her! Hell!!!
@Ms. Smart,
I also always believed that female PR was the truth.
Y’all seem to spin every argument to make yourselves right, regardless of facts or logic.
Y’all regularly sell ninjas a false image of who you are inside and out, despite us knowing the game is coming.
Finally, women continue to convince wealthy men to marry them without pre-nuptial agreements, despite the fact that this ninjas KNOW it’s all game.
Hello Nas, I’m looking at you.
@Big Man, Darn. You called NAS out directly. You ain’t right.
If I ruled the world, I’d order the following decrees (a la Professor Humbridge):
*All men w/ Taco Meat chesticle hair have to be held down for regular waxings
*Hairhats have to come from the finest Asian lady’s head (when she gets her hair cut by choice, of course), not from Detroit horse tails
*Any man caught cheating will be subjected to 1 hour (per day he cheats) of a naked Roseanne on TV. The knowing OTHER woman will be banned from buying new shoes for 1 month per day
*Universal rice-care for EVERYONE. YOU get rice. and YOU get rice.
Hmm… I’ll be back with more decrees
*Oh and leggings wont come in a size 20 and up. And if they do, they will come with a long shirt attached.
@Luvvie,
Hard to rule the world from your permanent perch in the IG Corner….
@blackberry molasses,
if anyone can make it happen, its this one!
@shatani, hayyyy booooo! i need to ask bbmo and southerngirl what the glitter protocol is. i feel you should get at least one shooting star, its been a long time! you shouldn’t have left us, unamused and shatani-less;)
@overitnomore!,
i approve this message.
SG *stamp* of approval. notarized *shooting gold stars*
@shatani,
yeah shat. welcome back & sh*t.
@Gem of the Ocean,
**giggling like an 11 yr old at shat and sh*t**
I need more coffee.
@shatani,
HEY GURL!! U’ve been missed ’round this place
@shatani,
welcome back, shat and sh*t
@The Champ,
ok “shat and sh*t” just made me cackle. Am I 4?
@blackberry molasses,
Hey! I can rule the world from my IG Corner. Alls I need our IG ambassadors to do my will on the outside. Ya dig?
@Thuggie Luvvie,
I dig…
**summons ePosse that’s out on parole**
@BlackBerry Molasses, you called?
@BlackBerry Molasses,
LOL @ Overit hearing the ePosse bird call
@Luvvie,
On the leggings thing: I swear to you that I saw a hippopotamus in fishnet leggings at the club about a month ago. Scariest thing I’ve seen since the Thriller video came out.
@thismayconcernyou,
See?? That is just uncouth! Just cuz its in ur size dont means its for YOUR SIZE!
@thismayconcernyou,
She was violating the team chunk rules and regulations.
@thismayconcernyou, Lawd…. WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
Minds eye… scarred and deformed (no Emperor Palpatine).
@Luvvie, a la Professor Humbridge, good one! lol.
i love rice. also, hairhats must come from bollywood, period.
@overitnomore!,
im upset about the misspell though. hmph!
@overitnomore!,
Yes!!! Indian Remy hurr is that good kind. Yes. I approve this.
@Luvvie,
love the HP reference!
@Luvvie,
*singing* Rice, rice , and mo’ rice!!!!
@Luvvie,
*All men w/ Taco Meat chesticle hair have to be held down for regular waxings
you touch my chest waves and you die
@Luvvie,
Luvvie for President of the Universe. Rice we can! Rice we CAN!
@Cheekie,
You can be my campaign manager, just for coming up w/ that awesome slogan!
“Rice We Can 2012!”
@Thuggie Luvvie,
Honored.
@Thuggie Luvvie, yall gon bring on condoleeza, and you know who she rolls with.
@overit,
You can be the Head of Hijab HoSh*t for the campaign. Whatcha think?
@Luvvie,
Lets knock that down to a size 12.
“and obviously i watched too much cinemax.”
Somehow, I knew I wasn’t the only kid up watching that movie at 3 a.m.
*goes back to reading*
@thismayconcernyou, Cinemax and Showtime was where it was at up until you had access to tapes.
@thismayconcernyou,
“Somehow, I knew I wasn’t the only kid up watching that movie at 3 a.m. ”
Nope! LOL
Good ol’ Skinamax…at least that’s what we used to call it.
@thismayconcernyou,
what was your favorite series? i was partial to emmanuelle
@The Champ,
I don’t remember any of them by name. But I do recall names when people mention them. Like Emmanuelle… I remember knowing to stop when I saw that name come on my screen…
@thismayconcernyou, especially when it was that dark one.
@thismayconcernyou,
actually, i think emmanuelle and lady chatterly’s lover where the only movies they’d actually show. i dont think anyone noticed though because both of those series went to like 80
Why don’t women rule the world? Because in moments of weakness, they hook up with men like this, this, this and this.
@Anechoic,
Somehow, that links like an arse whooping or three waiting to happen.
@Anechoic,
OK, I couldn’t open the first ‘this”. However, I’ll say word to #2. In #3′s defense – he did get hustled by Ms. Givens and to #4 – (RIP) he’s off that narcotic.
@Madame Zenobia,
*DEAD* @ he’s off that narcotic.
Lord, take me to glory!
@Anechoic,
lol, so we get a pass for hooking up with this
***imagine i placed a link to octomom or nette cole where “this” is***
@The Champ,
lol@ imagine I placed a link.
LAZY!
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
lazy deez
@The Champ,
They are, aren’t they. Tsk, tsk.
I’d also like to add a second reason as to why women don’t rule the world:
Because they somehow fall for the man’s superpower of making them believe No. 3 (The pain of a Brazilian) is absolutely necessary. That a man can get a women to inflict such pain (add the pain caused by stilettos, eyebrow arching, hair braiding and everything else women do to look good to please men) upon herself is a voodoo mind trick that women have not yet remedied.
@thismayconcernyou,
You do always make some of the most valid points…but I need to find out where these men are that are making these women feel this way and bump them both in the head.
I, for one, have always been told Brazilians are only if I wanted them. And any man who doesn’t want it how it is can get it elsewhere…but then again…it’s not as easy for men to get the goods as it is for us…SO…maybe it’s because of a few bad women we’re losing it out…
*pondering in bed*
@thismayconcernyou,
“fall for the man’s superpower of making them believe No. 3 (The pain of a Brazilian)”
You assume that women get Brazillians for some man. I do mine (yes I do my own Brazillians) cuz I want to. I dated a dude who didn’t care for them and…did I stop? No. He got used to it.
@thismayconcernyou,
I have to agree with the ladies above me and say I’ve yet to witness a man having to convince a woman to visit Rio. I go to Rio for the same reason I put on lotion everyday on every part of my exposed skin. Cause I like to look my best even under my clothes. It also makes “her” smooth to the touch. Further, it doesn’t hurt as much as you guys make it sound. They put blue stuff on “her” afterwards (aaahhh) that tingles so nicely it makes the whole thing worthwhile. Plus, I like to be pampered in any form. Hair, nails, wax. I can do this all at home but I prefer to be serviced.
As far as the shoes and eyebrows, most of the men I know notice high heel vs. no high heel, but rarely appreciate the details, brands etc. I do it more for other women to compliment me. When other women on the street give you random compliments, that’s when you KNOW you did that.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
Thank you for the way you so eloquently expressed that! I know just in a few short minutes I am about to do some thangs…and when I step out the door I’ll be looking fab…under the clothes too…and it’s for me!
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
I do it more for other women to compliment me.
you betta tell it, e-bff!!!! most of the OUTWARD appearance stuff woman do is for other women. by nature (or conditioning, perhaps?) women like to compete with each other. granted, many woman don’t to walk around with caterpillars on her forehead wearing beat-down birkenstocks on pebble-kicking feet for fear they won’t pull a man. but generally, we want to be able to look ourselves in the mirror and say “damn, chick, you are FLY”
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
Pretty much.
I think one reason men rule the world (or do they?) is because they are capable of those broad, sweeping generalizations that most of us can’t do.
@Sula,
Word!
Logic deez, ninjas!
@thismayconcernyou,
THE WHOLE WAXING THING…. Let’s be realistic and consider that we are addressing a mostly African American bunch here… I wax, because I live in the south, and its HOTT! Also, at the age of 17, the very first time I shaved I got a hair bump! I wasted a 30 dolla co-pay and suffered through embarressment and ultimate humilation because I swore to god my boyfriend gave me the HERP! And…. me being the head hunter that I am…… It’s just cunnilingus friendly
@Lanieanna,
lol@ “head hunter”
@Lanieanna,
Let’s be realistic and consider that we are addressing a mostly African American bunch here
so you’re saying that sistas are naturally bushier down there?
@The Champ,
so you’re saying that sistas are naturally bushier down there?
See generalizations? I might be onto something with my theory…
@The Champ,
No! LOL! I am not sure of the level of
bushy-ness of all sistahs in referance to the love below. Although I happen to have a softer texture, and a less curly and corse grade of hair due to my bi-racial heritage… A lot of us, of African decent may suffer from sensative skin and hair bumps…. I am sure you guys have see ole’ boy with the massive break out on his face, or the back of his neck, because he can’t take a razor… Can you imagine the Mighty Katrina Disaster and absolute buzz kill if you saw that on the private parts of your 38-26-40 lady friend???
great post! women don’t rule the world because we aren’t evil. period. we are the better, nicer, more compassionate half. which leads me to karl rove-NO, axelrod, sure.
@overitnomore!, FOH@ “nicer, compassionate, not evil”…because in the dating world (and custody battles), women are stick-up kids without guns.
@Stuff Ghetto People Like,
we ARE nicer, compassionate… yadda yadda… just don’t pi$$ us off. DUH
@blackberry molasses,
Exactly. Women are like Leos. We love to give, but don’t you DARE take from us. Men, any subsequent evil reaction is thusly your fault…your doing.
@Stuff Ghetto People Like,
because in the dating world (and custody battles), women are stick-up kids without guns.
so basically, a woman on the dating scene is omar little with lipgloss?
@The Champ,
Omar definitely wore lip gloss…Imjustsayin….
And what makes you think women don’t already rule the world?
We just let you silly lil men folk think ya’ll got things on lock. Sometimes it’s the things you don’t see that hold more weight.
Ya’ll go kill the beast and bring him home for the women to cook, but you BRING IT BACK! You don’t dare eat it out in the woods where you kill it, or you know you’ll be staying in the woods for awhile until you bring SOMETHING back in the cave….
@Stuff Ghetto People Like, i’m not going anywhere, lol. its true. deal.
@Stuff Ghetto People Like,
I’m still tryna figure out what you mean. You havent come across any ruthless, insensitive men who date?
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave, last time I checked, I had no reason to date another dude. Chances of me finding one are right up there with Nike making spiked stiletto heels for men.
@Stuff Ghetto People Like,
LOL
@Stuff Ghetto People Like,
“Chances of me finding one are right up there with Nike making spiked stiletto heels for men.”
BWAHAHAHA. I know you said “men”, but let’s be technical here while I ask: Andre Leon Talley hasn’t created these yet?
@Stuff Ghetto People Like,
Who said you had to date them? I said “come across” and you took that to mean “had a romantic interest in”?
Reason # 1081 why it makes no sense for men to be running the world. You’re so busy worrying about being perceived as gay that simple reading comprehension escapes you.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave, yep, so much so that I had to word the snark *just* right.
On the serious tip though, my circle contains fairly reasonable cats…the only one I know who talks a good one about being hard on chicks is booed up with a 2520 nine years his senior.
Women don’t rule the world b/c men have jedi mind tricked us into believing that we are too emotional, irrational, and illogical to run this town tonight. All the while, they are starting unilateral wars, raping women and girls belonging to other ethnic groups, committing genocide, bringing semi-automatic weapons to town halls with the POTUS, and a whole history book of other obviously rational, logical, and thoughtful shyt.
@insomN.I.A.,
Completely co-signing.
@Madame Zenobia,
me too. twice.
@insomN.I.A.,
Amen!
@insomN.I.A.,
AMEN! It makes me a very sad panda when women buy into this BS and propagate like its gospel truth. Buncha Benedict Arnolds.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
Its sexual harrassment panda!
@Deviant,
*DEAD*
@insomN.I.A.,
When you guys can dunk consistently then you can worry about us, till then stay thirsty my friends
@Dorian G.,
lol! I’ma have to put this consistent dunk thing to the test at the VSB BBQ.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
All I see is you talking, and not organizing. Make it happen summer is almost over
@Dorian G.,
not her job
**o_O at Champale/ Panamaniac**
@blackberry molasses.,
job deez
@Champ
I done told you before… you can’t afford my services.
Now, *dismissive wave* move along.
@Dorian G.,
I said Sept. 19th now find me a park outside of DC or Phila
and give me all your moneyand give me your email@BBMo,
You know if you wanna get smthg done right you give it to a woman
@Me Fail., **stroking chin**
hmmmm… Sept. 19th is the day this Muse was borned into the world… it would be interesting to spend it with the VSPs.
@pgh_muse,
Awww isht! Free shots on Me Fail in honor of the ED’s BDay
*plays “Isnt She Lovely”*
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
My email is linked to my name
@Dorian G.,
till then stay thirsty my friends
I want to marry this dude. Lol!
@insomN.I.A.,
This is proof that y’all’s PR sucks.
@Monk,
lol, yeah. it really is. i should edit this entry and paste that sh*t in there
@The Champ,
i agree, and you have my full endorsement, Champ. You can start with the marginaliztion of black women leaders during the civil rights movement and work your way forward.
@insomN.I.A.,
That girl GOOODD!!!
@insomN.I.A.,
Yeah. Ella Baker got hosed
@insomN.I.A.,
I think you should be insomNIAc more often, because this right there is wisdom!
@insomN.I.A.,
CO-SIGN
*Places a 100% sticker on post*
But then…before I go..let me say…we don’t have bad PR reps..it’s that your PR rep is willing me be slightly dirtier in the name of men don’t gossip, cheat or steal AND since it’s prolly a man (I gotta disagree with the above) he’s covering for the sheistyness.
OK..I can’t think straight…none of what I said makes sense.
I’ma try this again in the morning (if it does make sense let me know)
@Jac,
we don’t have bad PR reps..it’s that your PR rep is willing me be slightly dirtier in the name of men don’t gossip, cheat or steal AND since it’s prolly a man
what good is a pr rep if they’re not willing to go the extra mile to get the job done
How the hell did you know that we use the money we save from not having to pay for nights out on health care?! /sarcasm.
We don’t rule the world because we don’t know our worth. We often fail to realize that for the simple fact of being born a woman is amazing within itself. I think if we all paused for a moment to realize how powerful we are, then we could run the world in the way it should be.
This maybe candid, but what other living being you know can bleed for five to seven days every single month of the year and not only stay alive, yet still continue life as if nothing is wrong?
@pe. riche.,
This maybe candid, but what other living being you know can bleed for five to seven days every single month of the year and not only stay alive, yet still continue life as if nothing is wrong?
You just left it wide open for that South Park quote…. didn’t ya?
And we’ll continue to live, and pretend nothing is wrong while CUSSIN Eve out and waiting to make it past the Pearly Gates so that she can get a stern ‘talking to’.
Everything is NOT fine when I can’t get down with the southside slippery slide for 5 days. HMPH!
@pe. riche.,
“This maybe candid, but what other living being you know can bleed for five to seven days every single month of the year and not only stay alive, yet still continue life as if nothing is wrong?”
the economy during the bush years
@The Champ,
That was a good one. You can also throw Hip-Hop post 1997 in their also.
a man in a business suit sprinting to a parked car a few yards away from me. inside that car was a somewhat attractive january jones doppleganger. when the guy reached the car, he pulled out what looked to be at least a couple hundred dollars and gave it to her through the winow.
their convo went as follows (paraphrasing)
girl: “thanks, buddy. things have been tight recently. i really appreciate it”
guy: “any time. sorry for taking so long. i had to run to the atm on penn avenue because the one on walnut is out of order. so…what are you doing this weekend? i had some tickets to…
***girl speeds off while guy, literally still in mid-sentence, turns around and walks away***
He should have been dragged out into the street and smoked for that…nah nah, scratch that, do it Inglorious Basterds-style: call the Bear Jew on his *ss and then scalp him….because he’s single-handedly f*ckin’ the game up.
Money does not go in the hands of unappreciative women…PERIOD.
@Stuff Ghetto People Like,
Can you blame him tho? I think we’ve all been that dude, and a lot of us are still that dude and don’t know it.
@Dorian G.,
Yes we can blame him. That behavior is excusable when you are a teen. Once your 21 and older there is no excuse for such behavior. Man Law Article 1 Section 215.
@Dorian G.,
Can you blame him tho? I think we’ve all been that dude, and a lot of us are still that dude and don’t know it.
yeah, its amazing the lengths some of us (myself included) have gone to just be in the presence of an attractive woman. i mean, just last weekend i didn’t even charge this banging ass chick for washing my truck.
@Dorian G. and The Champ, for me, I don’t care how bad a chick is, we have to be regular chex mix buddies and she has to be good for that kinda cash. I have a shamelessly low tolerance for women asking me for money. Only wifey gets a pass…
@Stuff Ghetto People Like,
i don’t think we’re saying that it goes as far as what ole boy did yesterday, just that most of us give attractive women certain allowances just because they’re attractive women.
@The Champ, yeah, I’ll give you a date with a chick who’s girlfriend material…you’ll take her to a more special place than some boogerwolf. But attraction is no object when it comes to being stuck up for X amount of cash at random. She needs to build up goodwill to have me just giving her money.
@Stuff Ghetto People Like,
ummm…please try not to make any more Basterds references until i actually see the movie.
thanks and sh*t
@The Champ, don’t trip, wasn’t a story giveaway…just a character reference. But we gotta get the trend started sometime.
@The Champ,
I concur! But this little handicap shall be remedied to this week-end. Can’t wait!
@Stuff Ghetto People Like,
Hmm, well I have a self-admitted crush on the Bear Jew, for the manner in which he beats Nazis to death, but I can’t co-sign on this.
Dude wants to be a lame…let him be a lame.
Would VSB be willing to provide a Basterds discussion in a couple of weeks (similar to the Black In America entries)?
Anyways, @Siobhan means Woman of Wisdom, you only say that because suckers like him benefit y’all. Same women who got the nerve to get mad when nymphos benefit us.
” as well as their ability to dance for seven consecutive hours in eight inch nine west stilts without flinching.”
Baby, I do that on the regular.
I’m not trying to be funny, but I think part of this has to do with the loss of gender roles. Women used to run the world on the low. TV and movies want you to think there was a golden age way back when men did whatever and the little lady just stayed at home just rolled with whatever happened. A time when women couldn’t vote, have bank accounts or own property and while all that’s true women were still running men. Somewhere we started teaching girls “You don’t need no man” as if that hasn’t always been true. From the beginning women have stood behind men and guided them in one direction or the other. Shouts out to Eve, Ruth, Esther, Delilah, and Mary. (Let me say at this point Madame Z is a devout Christian and is about to cite the Word if that bothers or offends you now is the time to move to the next post. God Bless.) Think about how God used women in the Bible. A woman birthed Jesus, women went to the burial site and were the first to know of His resurrection, (meanwhile Judas betrayed and Thomas doubted), a woman demanded the head of John the Baptist, the term “Good Samaritan” comes from a Biblical woman. Want to come to modern times? How about the American presidency. Read about how the death of his wife affected Andrew Johnson and his presidency, read about Edith Wilson and how she ran the White House (on the low) for 2 years after Woodrow suffered a stroke, Eleanor Roosevelt was just as powerful and respected as FDR, and the baddest chick in the game: Michelle Obama. Elizabeth Freeman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Mary McLoed Bethune, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Betty Shabazz, four little girls in a Birmingham church, Ruby Bridges – were all invaluable to the Civil Rights movement.
Here’s what I think: At some point as women’s rights came to the forefront there was some negative connotation to the natural position women play. I’m not saying we have to be barefoot and in the kitchen, but we ARE supposed to run things in a supposed “background” role. We always have. The coldest women I know have the ability to come up with an idea tell their husband convince them to do it AND make the man think it was HIS IDEA IN THE FIRST PLACE. We women need to reclaim our position and play it for all its worth and not let outside mediums (men, TV, movies, self-help books, etc) convince us otherwise. Also, when we become mothers of young men we need to show them an example of a good woman and teach them how to seek, identify, appreciate, and marry good women.
Brothas, men, males, this post isn’t to hate on you or your position as head of household. I love y’all wholeheartedly. Remember though – it may be a man’s world, but it wouldn’t be nothing without a woman.
@Madame Zenobia,
This post gets respect. I think my stan tries to articulate this, but, lacks the ability to articulate it or simply lacks the intellect. Nevertheless, you are correct. This is actually what I believe females refer to when they say they love being a woman and do not aspire to be like men. By utilizing your strengths you have a better chance of accomplishing your goals, rather than trying to play someone else’s game (men’s game).
Bond. BlkBond.
@Madame Zenobia,
That was tome-tastic….. and AWESOME.
and can be summed up with my favorite wisdom:
“The man is the HEAD, but the WOMAN is the NECK. The neck can turn the head any way she wants.”
@blackberry molasses,
“The man is the HEAD, but the WOMAN is the NECK. The neck can turn the head any way she wants.”
I likey! *writes in notepad*
@blackberry molasses,
I stan for My Big Fat Greek Wedding just for that quote… Lol!
@Madame Zenobia,
I wanna give this comment a hug.
@Madame Zenobia,
Full co-sign.
@Madame Zenobia,
co-sign 385%
@Madame Zenobia,
Ehh. I’ll go out on a limb and say I agree with MOST of the comment. But here’s what made me cringe:
“At some point as women’s rights came to the forefront there was some negative connotation to the natural position women play. I’m not saying we have to be barefoot and in the kitchen, but we ARE supposed to run things in a supposed “background” role. We always have. ”
This sounds somewhat patronizing. I’m not “naturally” given to playing the background of anything. I am a BORN LEADER, meaning I’ve been described as assertive and authoritative for as long as my parents have recognized that I have a discernible personality.
And I think that’s part of the bad PR. Not simply the cliches and normative rhetoric (“women are catty”, “women are too emotional”) but that we should be resigned to the “background” for no reason other than a lack of dangly parts. Not to mention, it kinda makes men sound dumb that we can lord some innate Machiavellian cunning over dimwitted menfolk by mere power of suggestion. I pride myself on dealing with mainly alpha males who are pretty stealthy their damn selves. I can suggest and they can either agree or disagree. I wouldn’t respect a man that I can “make him think stuff”.
There is nothing inherently masculine about being masterful or risk-appetitive and I’ve always resented the implication. We really need to shift the paradigm here.
Vol. 1
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
damn. someone took their sonia sanchez pills this morning.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
great points!!!!!
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave, melovemefail.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
MESSAGE!
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
I agree with you.
And I think those gender roles were assigned based on Bell Curve numbers. Maybe 60-66% of women are naturally inclined to play a “background” role, but what do you do with the outliers? Ban them from society like it’s been done for millenia? Or find a better/adequate way to funnel that non-background energy?
And if women are meant to serve a “background” role… does that apply only to household duties/functions or does it translate to the workplace as well?
We need to be careful when we make those types of assertions. I don’t give a flying hoot how every woman behaves within the confines of her household, but I’ll be damned if I am to take a “background” position to my incompetent colleague just because he is a male.
@Madame Zenobia,
MAZALTOV…oh, and Vestibule!
@Madame Zenobia,
This comment is so awesome, that I wanna take it to dinner at the swankiest restaurant I cant afford. Then buy it diamonds at De Beers, then serenade it with a Babyface song under the moonlight. Yes. YES!
@Thuggie Luvvie,
this is gay.
@Thuggie Luvvie, no to the DeBeers. NO!
@overitnomore!,
word. blood diamonds are never cute.
@overitnomore!,
AW NAW! Fine I shall find one of them companies that got certificates to prove they dont use blood diamonds
@Madame Zenobia,
four little girls in a Birmingham church
this is a bit off-topic, but i just watched “four little girls” for the first time a month or so ago, and i honestly think it beats out “malcolm x”, “do the right thing”, and the mars blackman nike commercials as his best work
@Madame Zenobia,
My morning class got canceled, and you just forced me to learn anyway.
I’m thankful and upset, all at once. Kind of like an emotional case of the devil-beating-his-wife weather.
@Madame Zenobia,
I’m not trying to be funny, but I think part of this has to do with the loss of gender roles.
Yeah. I really just wanna rock my skirts. And let him wear the pants.
I can clap to what both Madame Zenobia and Me fail english? said, to extents….
One day we WILL rule the world..and Men will have hell to pay once a month..lol So just wrap ya mind around it and get ready!
Payback is a motha! lol
@aja,
LOL. Why did just get a visual of women being like Nino Brown and storming the Carter.
@aja,
“and Men will have hell to pay once a month..”
Oh, gosh, imagine the kind of wars that will occur when WE rule…
@Cheekie,
Oh, gosh, imagine the kind of wars that will occur when WE rule…
i’ve thought about this many times. i usually imagine miles of war-scorched battlefields filled with high heeled women, wrestling and jousting each other with bra straps and bubble gum for the world’s queendom.
@The Champ,
And there will be blood*.
*And milkshakes, naturally.
@Cheekie,
and buckets of ky
Totally agree with mam.z, and to that note, women don’t “rule the world” because we don’t want to. We are already responsible for giving human life, it’s the least we could do to let men “think” they running something. And I personally never thought men ran the world, just like I never fed into the white is always right mindset. But, eh…maybe it’s just me. Great post btw. And I second the motion for your job title.
@collegebunni,
And I second the motion for your job title.
thanks and sh*t. i think i’m the front-runner actually. now i just need to find someone to pay me
What a GOOOD Post, Champ
I personally endorse your candidacy for the position of female earthling PR specialist. Wooot Wooot! OWWW! (heee hee hee my coffee’s kicking in)…
ne who. I don’t necessarily think that women are supposed to rule the world. I think that our position is supposed to be equally respected, and elevated however. The problem IS the PR – and women have drunk the Koolaid themselves. I don’t think we KNOW exactly how to exalt femininity without juxtaposing it against masculinity, but to me, it’s yin and yang, and about balance and love – not who’s better than who or who should run who. Mothers and old aunties also reinforce the negative stigmas about femininity. Hell, in countries where genital mutilation occurs, it’s the female relatives who do the cutting, so in youth a lot of girls learn that being a woman is supposed to be painful.
I was at Homewood’s Community Day last weekend and a fight broke out between a teenaged boy and his teenaged sister – the young man literally punched his sister in the face a couple times and when the mother raced over, she went to get, and protect her son from the police. Her daughter walked home alone, scraped and bruised while her mama was walking with and talking to the son. Who knows… when they got home did the mama blame her daughter for provoking her brother? Shyt like that. Women aren’t protected and valued. I don’t blame it on the women’s movement. I think the women’s movement helped shed light on a lot of inequities and moved women’s studies forward, and a lot of things. Yes, i think the women’s movement also threw the old ways of doing things out of wack, which is kinda where we are today. But wasn’t that necessary so we can be having this discussion today?
For the Christians (I have a deep respect for Christianity btw let me preface my comment with that so I don’t get skewered. I truly do.) ne who, For the Christians (and anyone else reading), there is a scripture that doesn’t get the play I think it deserves in singles ministry and when couples are preparing to marry. Or anywhere in the Christian Church. The scripture is Galatians 3:28 – and it says VERY clearly that there is no male or female, jew or Greek, bondsman or freeman in Christ. bible.cc/galatians/3-28.htm Lots of folks don’t know that one – but we’ve all heard the man is the head scripture (even folks who aren’t Christian have heard it), wonder why?
I’m done, before this turns into a book.
@pgh muse,
Y’all are givin’ me happy feelings this morning!! Amen!
@Smiley Face,
Y’all are givin’ me happy feelings this morning!! Amen!
…………………………………………
@The Champ,
………………………………………… deez
@Smiley Face,
“………………………………………… deez”
The above must be nominated for induction into the Deez Hall of Fame.
@pgh muse,
“Yes, i think the women’s movement also threw the old ways of doing things out of wack, which is kinda where we are today. But wasn’t that necessary so we can be having this discussion today?”
Thank you for this, ED. I am EXTREMELY thankful for the women’s movement. All positive movement has a downside but all in all I probably missed the point at which women were “ruling the world” before (Was this period coinciding with back-alley abortions, “rule of thumb” or the witch trials???).
And I just hope younger ladies grow up knowing the difference between the women’s mvmt as championed by people like Gloria Steinem and Elaine Brown.
@pgh muse,
I wouldn’t be quite sure about the conclusion. In most black families I know, the boy would be pleading with the cops to take him to jail because at least there, he knows in the morning, at worst he’d be sore but alive. He might go home and not even make it through the night.
@kamakula, “I wouldn’t be quite sure about the conclusion. In most black families I know, the boy would be pleading with the cops to take him to jail because at least there, he knows in the morning, at worst he’d be sore but alive. He might go home and not even make it through the night.”
This is truth . . . there is no escaping that @ss whoopin.
@kamakula,
I’m not so sure there was an a–whoopin coming. A lot of women coddle (sp?) their boys the same way many men dote on their little girls. Where there’s a single mom involved the little boys get no balance and turn to monsters.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
thank you. even if the mama had a beating for that azz, the daughter was still left unattended to and ignored. THAT is what stuck out most to me. she just got punched in the face (doesn’t matter by who) and she’s walkin home by herself as if nothin happened?? that’s outta order in the court.
@pgh muse,
I was at Homewood’s Community Day last weekend
i’m still pissed about the east liberty community days being cancelled. they never should have given garfield n*ggas bus passes
@pgh muse,
And this is WHY my dear e-twin, you ARE my e-twin.
You said a mouthful sister and that was a great mouthful. Kudos! (I am counting on you to raise our little boy as a beautiful feminist black man.
)
(This was in respnse to Madam Zenobia…don’t know how it got down here…smh)
CHUUCH!!
“Also, when we become mothers of young men we need to show them an example of a good woman and teach them how to seek, identify, appreciate, and marry good women.”
You betta talk!!! Likewise with our daughters; we need to show them what a good man ‘looks’ like and how he’s supposed to be treated!
@Smiley Face,
we need to show them what a good man ‘looks’ like and how he’s supposed to be treated!
how exactly is that?
@The Champ,
with respect to who he is, that means no trying to change him. if he’s a good man what needs to be changed about him?
@Smiley Face,
what i meant was, what constitutes a good man?
I think some women think being in charge means losing their got dayum (yes…got) minds and forgetting the power of femininity. I work with a chick who literally pi$$ed off someone working on a big project by acting like an out of control control freak. He now refuses to speak to her. Her behavior could have put our whole project in jeopardy. I am now the one who works with him…he’s only met me once but ‘likes’ me. All I did was act like I had sense, smile and bat my eyes a couple of times.
I take pride in knowing that I’m (reasonably) intelligent and I can get tough at work – I can get stuff done. But I don’t see any of these things as reasons to act like a bish and proclaim my greatness at every turn. I think charm – along with a dress and heels – can get you somewhere in life. I may set the women’s movement back but hey…we were given certain assets in life and must learn to use them in a classy way to get where we want to go.
@V.E.G.,
Yes ma’am!
@V.E.G.,
In honor of Players’ Club showing on FX the past 3 days…
Ebony: “Some of us gotta use what we got to get what we want”
Diamond: “Don’t be using those Ronni whoe-quotes…just say professional”
And scene.
@K to the…,
In honor of Players’ Club showing on FX the past 3 days…
yeah, whats up with that? also, with the exception of a couple boob shots, they haven’t edited sh*t out. i wasn’t expecting to see monica calhouns ass when i woke up this morning, especially since its not sunday
@V.E.G.,
I think charm – along with a dress and heels – can get you somewhere in life.
I completely agree with this. Call me setting back women’s lib. Ion’t care. Sheeit, I GETS what I WANT.
@V.E.G.,
AHHH!! I gotta write that post for tiff about charm. More inspiration, good look VEG….
Bond.
You made great points.
***sips green apple martini, kicks heels on virtual executive desk in high rise office and ponders world takeover***
@Nicki Sunshine,
lol. ‘Drinking’ this early and at ‘work’?
Hmmm. There is a group I want to talk to you about.
@V.E.G., LMBO… my boss got on my nerves FIRST THING this morning.
@Nicki Sunshine,
Move over…*sits next to Nikki with an Italian Margarita*
@Smiley Face, **cheers**
@Nicki Sunshine,
We po’in up already?
*sippin’ on my category 5*
@miss t-lee, It is absolutely necessary. lol
@Nicki Sunshine,
I completely understand.
@miss t-lee,
Well be careful, cuz I’m in Detox….at work…FAIL
@Happy Meal,
Awwww no fair!!!
@Nicki Sunshine,
I’mma do it classy like
**sips on Irish Coffee**
@BlackBerry Molasses, Hey hey now. I see you!
Wasn’t there a time when women had power?
Czarina Catherine? Golda Meir? Indira Gandhi? Elizabeth I? Cleopatra?
Their rule wasn’t markedly different from a man’s.
I believe there would be an increased emphasis on domestic concerns, but warfare is necessary in an anarchical system.
I feel like both sexes lost a little something after the Women’s Lib morphed into trying to be mini-men. In the words of Hobbs, men are brutish at times. We compete with each other for everything.
There’s a reason married men live longer than single men. The power of stay-at-home chex is part of it, but women do rub some the edges away.
I’m rambling…I’m done.
@Stank-0,
I was all set to ask you why you would suggest that “domestic concerns” (I’m assuming you mean this as opposed to foreign) would be the domain of women rulers almost immediately after mentioning Catherine the Great, Queen Elizabeth and Cleo I. And also what exactly an “anarchical sytem” is…
…but then I got high
la da da da da
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
I didn’t say domain, but more emphasis.
Anarchical system is one without an overriding authority. International relations is marked by anarchy because each country is its own boss. No nation can tell another nation what to do and expect for it to be done.
@kamakula,
Maybe so. I was thinkin single men tend to do more life shortening activities like ghost riding a whip, skydiving,
calling out the wrong name in chexfree running, and stupid dares from your friends.@Stank-0,
I think it’s because married men in general are one with more responsibility and ones (again in general) who have stepped up to their responsibility to themselves and others. So, they are more likely to do things that lead to longer lives because they need to make sure they are home the next morning to take care of someone.
@Stank-0,
I feel like both sexes lost a little something after the Women’s Lib morphed into trying to be mini-men
one of the strangest parts of the women’s movement was some women’s insistence on emulating the worst traits of men.
@The Champ,
“one of the strangest parts of the women’s movement was some women’s insistence on emulating the worst traits of men.”
There was a VSB post from way back where we talked bout this. If only it could be found and linked…
@The Champ, care to break that down?
Immediately off, I can only think of the douchebag factor. And of course when the term “control freak” is mentioned, that usually refers to a woman. Straight Der Fuehrer business. But what else?
So of the hunned something comments, only 2 have been from dudes? You wanna know why women don’t run the world?
1. They don’t watch/root for sports
2. They have almost no experience with adversity at an early age. By the time they are dealt with real problems they either crumble, or overreact due to inexperience.
Plus there’s the whole thing of they have no bass in their voice, but you know Mike Tyson struck fear and he didn’t either.
GENDER WARS!!!!
@Dorian G.,
1. They don’t watch/root for sports
No.
@miss t-lee,
Hmm… not sure how “No.” is a valid answer to this. Do I need 2 give u another ticket for misuse of “No.”?
To THIS, a response of “No.” will be appropriate
@Thuggie Luvvie,
No….lol
@Dorian G.,
Well the reason men SHOULDNT rule the world is cause:
-You dont wear heels and therefore have no idea what it means to truly “elevate” your mind
-You don’t birth kids which means your muscles don’t stretch as far
-Plus without periods how can you possibly predict the weather????
SEXSHAL CHOCLIT!!! *drops mic*
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
A. We don’t have to wear heels because we have natural elevation lifts called good genes
2. Kids are nature’s way of neutralizing y’all for at least 9 months, we don’t have that natural liability
III. Who needs to predict weather when we have a built in compass pointing us north. We always know where we need to go.
*Stands on fiery rock holding manly sword*
@Dorian G.,
“*Stands on fiery rock holding manly sword*”
*side eye* …for real? your manly sword? bwahahahahahaha!
@Smiley Face,
I also cackled loudly at this.
@Smiley Face,
That fiery rock kilt me dead.
@Smiley Face,
Yup like He-Man lmao
@Dorian G.,
*Stands on fiery rock holding manly sword*
i was with you until this. that image is at least 63 percent gay
@The Champ,
LMBAO.org <———-great site
I was going for the William Wallace thing, but by the time I hit submit I realized it could be interpreted differently. Then I further realized I'm a man, I rule the world, so I don't have to care.
@The Champ,
*Stands on fiery rock holding manly sword*
i was with you until this. that image is at least 63 percent gay
Tell that to 80s and 90s rappers.
@Dorian G., 2. Kids are nature’s way of neutralizing y’all for at least 9 months, we don’t have that natural liability
9 months? Try 18 years. i have 2 kids on my lap while i’m typing this…
@Dorian G.,
Who needs bass when one carefully and slowly raised eyebrow would suffice?
@Dorian G.,
“2. They have almost no experience with adversity at an early age. By the time they are dealt with real problems they either crumble, or overreact due to inexperience.”
Huh? What problems do yall boys go through at an early age? How NOT to piss on the floor of the toilet? Help me out here.
@Thuggie Luvvie,
Please boys are continuously taught life lessons at an early age. Being picked last for bball on the playground teaches them the value of hard work and sacrificing to get better. Girls let anyone play with them. I used to get beatings for crying as early as 6. Taught me to handle problems on my own. First got rejected at 11 years old by Monique Patterson (I will never forget that day smh so embarrassing) taught me how to deal and rebound from rejection. I’m saying men are groomed into leadership positions from the jump really.
@Dorian G.,
No.
Sorry.
Try again.
@BlackBerry Molasses,
The floor is yours lol
@Dorian G.,
*Sigh* This comment makes me sad, especially the part bout getting beat for crying. Since I cant see it coming down my eyes, I gotta make this comment cry. If I wasnt a thug myself, I’d do something nice, like give u a hug.
@Thuggie Luvvie,
Stood shocked on the other end of the phone/Word back home was you had a special friend/So what was special then?/You have given away without getting at me/Thats yo fault
@Dorian G,
Que??
@Thuggie Luvvie,
Song cry? Wow
@Dorian G,
Oh yeah. I have failed :-/
@Dorian G., I will agree that this occurs in households where parents are actually raising their children… but that’s not always happening.
@Dorian G.,
Booooo-urns. My pops “gave me sumthin to cry about it” (insert fist shake here) too.
@Dorian G.,
You are correct…for the most part fam’. There is also the tests of tenacity. Where I am from, ninjas a messy–not in a gossip way, but in a beat yo’ arse way. I remember having fights because I was too ‘red/light skinned’, fights because of my brother (responsibility), not making the first team JV squad in basketball (rejection), etc. All of these things shape character. My father raised us with alot of tough love (little praise, heavy criticism, etc.) and at this age I see the benefits.
Alot of the females I know did not see many personal obstacles until their teenage years and beyond. Usually when something drastic happens or requires you to change, it can leave some people bitter, which is often the case with these women.
Bond.
@BlkBond,
Is it possible you’re just used to seeing sheltered women?
I’m trying to figure out where yall come from that women dont have fights, get teased, blow team tryouts or have overly critical parents.
@ Me Fail,
Tabernacle!
@BlkBond,
I will agree with Me Fail? here… You probably have seen and/or met a lot of sheltered women.
Being the first born of a gang of girls, I can assure that I was taught EARLY how to take responsibility, deal with rejection and handle a beating. Then again, I believe it’s mostly personality wise. I was one of those “assertive” little girls and my parents put me in positions where that skill could be honed and refined (read I was “handled” when I didn’t own up to my sh!t
). They did use different techniques for my sisters based on our personality traits.
Not all women are meek, shy, timid and want to play with everybody. That’s the bad PR. I remember stopping a dance recital to reprimand my dance partner because he missed a step. I also recall the very stern talking-to my dad gave me afterwards about sticking things through even when we think our partners are not up to par. I cried a little that day but that nugget of wisdom has stayed with me…
So again, the majority(which I still don’t believe it is) may act a certain way but it doesn’t and shouldn’t discount the outliers.
@ Me Fail,
It is possible that most of these women are sheltered. Could it be possible that you are the outlier? If this is possible, based on a generalized statement, which party do you think is more likely to resemble the statement I made, thus, the generalization?
Exactly.
The average running back in the NFL career expectancy is a little over 4 years. Ladanian Tomlinson has been in the league since 2001. Thus, when I make statements about ‘running backs’ I am speaking about the average, not the exception. There goes that logic again…
Bond.
@Dorian G., yep, rejection from chicks, baggin’ on moms and each other, getting picked last if at all to play sports, fights…we had to develop thick skins and better game to get ahead.
@Dorian G.,
1. They don’t watch/root for sports
lol, i spoke about this already. you can’t minimize the positive effects of sports culture on men and sh*t.
@The Champ,
Yeah its a shame that girls arent encouraged to participate in more team-building, competitive, meritocratic activities.
I’ve always wanted to tackle the shet outta somebody
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
You too?
*giggling*
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
I’ve always wanted to tackle the shet outta somebody
maybe we should organize a flag football game at the vsb bbq
@The Champ,
That’s scheduled for the 37th of…. ahhhh f*ck it. This joke is OLD
I’m just not holding my breath waiting for this BBQ. I’ll die from oxygen deprivation.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
“Yeah its a shame that girls arent encouraged to participate in more team-building, competitive, meritocratic activities.
”
I’m slightly thankful for that. For someone like I, who is fragile (read: a bum). I’d hurt myself. H*ll, I pulled a muscle in my shoulder 2 days ago for reaching for something and stretching too far. I can be SUCH a girl sometimes.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
And I think this is a major drawback of being raised as “girls”.
My parents being the wonderful third-world country parents they are did not necessarily encourage sports (they didn’t discourage it either, I ran track) but they made sure they didn’t give us gender specific entertainment. I never received a doll as a gift and had to cry and insist to have a dinner set. Instead, my dad offered books, puzzles, legos and all the other stuff that will eventually turn his girls into NASA astronomers… (poor man. lol!)
@Dorian G., in response to your number 2, here’s a few examples of adversity that’s thrown in the path of women which does not cause us to crumble.
1) the little boy in kindergarten that wouldn’t hold our hand -taught us rejection
2) that creepy “play uncle” with the weird look/touch – taught us not be alone with certain adults.
3) bra shopping with your dad – taught us that when we grow up that the mom should have her own dept store credit card.
4) parents separating – taught us sometimes sh*t don’t work out, but that the world will twist it around and say it was mom’s fault.
5) getting a period at age 11 – taught us about pain, inconvenience, and timing in a way that men will never understand.
6) not getting boobs until way way way after college – taught us the pain of rejection of ‘breast men’.
7) the first late/ am i pregnant? scare- taught us the power of prayer
8 ) not being allowed to date until you’re 17- taught us the power and misery of holding out.
*** i could go on, but i’m saving certain tales for my memoir when i’m 95 and all of my male counterparts are dead and sh*t. lol. which brings me to…
NUMBER 9- we know how to keep some of the most painful secrets for our entire lives. we might gossip about d*mb shit. but the stuff that matters, we go to the grave with.
@Miss Patterson,
*** i could go on, but i’m saving certain tales for my memoir when i’m 95 and all of my male counterparts are dead and sh*t.
thanks
@The Champ, *i’m giving you the middle finger right now*
@Miss Patterson,
Great comment, especially #9…whoooo!!
@miss t-lee,
thanks, miss t-lee
@miss t-lee,
ESPECIALLY numbah 9. If y’all really knew the real deal about how women keep their own counsel….. shew…
@Miss Patterson,
“the little boy in kindergarten that wouldn’t hold our hand -taught us rejection”
This isn’t even close to rejection. I don’t know if women can really understand the rejection men get.
@Humble_One aka Field Ninja,
**gives you a stonecutters wheel for the axe you continue to grind**
@Miss Patterson,
But about 60% of your list is not gender specific so I don’t know if that’s a strong counter argument to Dorian G’s #2.
@Sula, it wasn’t meant to be gender specific. i just wanted to point out the fact that we experience adversity at a young age as much as men do.
Champ you really are a very smart brotha
@OrangeStar616,
i’m not really. i just saved a ton of money by switching to geico
@The Champ,
either that, or you stayed at a Holiday Inn last night
@insomN.I.A.,
lol, i totally got my commercials mixed up.
@The Champ,
Or someone spiked ur Noni Juice with Vitamin water
as well as their ability to dance for seven consecutive hours in eight inch nine west stilts without flinching
“Blame it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol!” Please believe once the dancing has stopped and the liquor has be juked out of your system…the feets hurt dearly!
@K to the…,
*liquor has been juked…
@K to the…,
Yeah, eff that. Maybe I’m a dude after all cuz aint no way Im dancing in stilettoes for more than an hour without some Remy in the system
@K to the…,
Tell it! Please believe, I end up taking them suckas OFF since I love to dance so much. In fact, all the women start simultaneously going barefoot after a while if they’ve been dancing for that long. lol
@Cheekie,
“In fact, all the women start simultaneously going barefoot after a while if they’ve been dancing for that long. lol”
I wonder what the place smells like when that happens?
@Humble_One aka Field Ninja,
Another way alcohol helps. lol
Besides, there’s already the sweaty body smell in there…too many ninjas in one room type thing…
Why women should rule the world.
1) They are not as war prone or violent as men. (unless you hurt them emotionally)
2) Compassion
3) You don’t have to worry about them f’ing up anything over sex.
4) The ability to function in the professional world and still have domestic or motherly characteristics. (Men for the most part don’t have to balance these 2 worlds)
Champ I think you could have added a few more to this list of why women don’t rule the world.
1) The ability to believe their own BS.
2) Being able to judge a man’s character or personality on first site.
3) The ability to make decisions based on how you think things should be instead of how they actually are.
4) The knack for being told what you want to hear and believing it.
@Humble_One aka Field Ninja,
Champ I think you could have added a few more to this list of why women don’t rule the world.
1) The ability to believe their own BS.
2) Being able to judge a man’s character or personality on first site.
3) The ability to make decisions based on how you think things should be instead of how they actually are.
4) The knack for being told what you want to hear and believing it.
while these are all true, i think they all still come down to bad marketing/communications. they dont have the right pr coaches to write the right sh*t on their teleprompters
@Humble_One aka Field Ninja,
1) The ability to believe their own BS.
this is how the Republican party (MEN) has run this country. dont put that all on women.
@Gem of the Ocean,
I can’t argue with you on that. Actually Republican or Conservative men have a LOT of female tendencies.
@Humble_One aka Field Ninja,
I’m still tryna figure out when and where this became a female tendency. Coulda sworn men were doing this from time immemorial (see Organized Religion)
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
I agree. Men also display this behavior. But from my experience women display this behavior more than men.
@Humble,
Unrelated… but between me being a runaway slave and you being a field ninja…
…are we doing smthg bad…
*Does penance to St. Sojourner*
@Humble_One aka Field Ninja,
I’m gonna co-sign you forever on the 4 reasons they do not rule the world.
1. Emotions cannot always be justification for action. I try to point that out, but they seem to miss the point. I was taught that showing your emotions was a sign of weakness–you allow your opposition to know what bothers you. I cringe everytime I hear some woman proudly proclaim how they “never bite their tongue” and “ALWAYS say what they feel”
2. Women need to b*tcharse barometers. Alot of females choose men with female tendencies, giving a whole new meaning to loving self. What’s crazy is usually it’s a guy most other men already recognize as a b*tch, but they choose him anyway based on his title (he runs a non-profit), his salary (he paid!!), or looks (he’s pretty like Prince!). Umm….NO.
3. Idealism is good for motivating children, but I find it to be a tad useless in the real world. I am currently engaged in a heated argument with one of my female friends about how Obama is handling this healthcare issue. If he were practical (my view), he would say “fk them” and simply push the bill through congress, curry favor, blackmail, etc. to get it through the senate. SHE believes, he is doing he right thing by trying to ‘unite’ both sides on the issue. Idealism at its worst.
4. This one is rampant. I wonder if this is an issue of confidence, self-esteem, etc. It just seems that alot of women want reassurance. I used to teach my proteges, “tell a smart woman how beautiful she is, tell a beautiful woman how smart she is” always result in pantie pudding.
Carry on…
Bond. BlkBond.
@BlkBond,
so um…. do you even LIKE girls?
@BlackBerry Molasses,
“so um…. do you even LIKE girls?”
I’ve been asked this before too. The funny thing is that women don’t ask this when a dude is spitting 94 octane.
@BlackBerry Molasses,
Yeah this sounds like the mark of a cynic…or at least the mark of a man who doesn’t have much respect for women.
Also, the logic fallacy (the notion that men tend to apply logic in their decision making more often than not) must cease. We have two wars in the mid-East and a global economic meltdown to prove that men often get carried away. Just cause yall like to use words like “gut” or “instinct” doesn’t make it any less emotional
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
Just cause yall like to use words like “gut” or “instinct” doesn’t make it any less emotional
or ,ore logical. logic and instinct really on two separately distinct brain regions. logic allows for influence and adaptation while instinct doesnt.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
Damn Me fail…I respect women. I just speak what I see and know. It’s unfortunate you all gather I am a cynic. Whenever I engage females in dialogue and I am honest (personally & generalized) I realize why most men are content just giving the smirk and smile and back to sipping the corona. (SMH)
You cannot use the extreme policy of one man (Bush) to nullify the fact that men use logic over emotions.
Bond. BlkBond.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
this is the truth….
@BlkBond,
“You cannot use the extreme policy of one man (Bush) to nullify the fact that men use logic over emotions.”
And you can not reduce two wars and a worldwide financial collapse to the “extreme policy” (singular? really?) of one man. This has been in the works for decades (one could argue centuries if you take it back to Locke an ‘em) as a result of several schools of thought/policy crafted and endorsed by Y-chromosome characters.
And I’d be interested in knowing why you conveniently leave out how much of men’s “logic” is driven by “ego”, “adrenaline”, “machismo”, “gut” and all those other cute tagnames yall like to use in place of “feelings”
@BlackBerry Molasses,
I love women. WOMEN. Not somebody’s daughter I gotta finish raising. Pull your skirt down B.
Bond.
@BlkBond,
I see someone left their playground rulebook (and sense of humor) at home.
**takes her good a$$ kickball and walks home, kicking pebbles**
p.s. I’m more than likely more grown woman than you care to or ever have known.
@BlkBond,
I think we all agree on that point. But if the post is about why “Women” should rule the world, why make no mention of the women you love, instead list four lengthy points about the “girls” you have contempt for?
@BlackBerry Molasses,
Emotions.
If you read the post, you would see that my enumerated response was a nod to Humble. I didn’t just write that list to contrast the topic. If you scroll even farther, you will see that I answered several posts before this one.
I did not list the 4 points of contempt, you took it as such.
I also did not imply that you were not a woman/girl, and judging from your comment up top, you took it as such. If you were offended, I apologize. Be mindful that you don’t know the women I know—so your statement about ‘being more than…’ is an incorrect assumption.
Respectfully,
Bond. BlkBond.
@BlkBond,
WOWIE…
**overnight express ships a box of “Lighten the F*ck Up” pills to Blk Bond**
And they say women are touchy…. sheesh.
@BlkBond,
I think you’re getting… emotional. None of the four apply to me and I know you weren’t calling me a “girl”. How did you infer that from the above post?
Not sure what “being more than” comment you’re referring to since your reply is addressed to BBMo but mostly addresses what I wrote.
Your post about “pulling one’s skirt down” is dripping with contempt for the females whose “fathers didn’t finish raising them”.
But I’ll be happy to submit this post as evidence of men’s predisposition towards not getting emotional and relying on logic. *insert sarcastic emoticon here* LOL
@Me fail…,
THANK .YOU .
@ Me Fail,
LOL!! Y’all are hilarious… That response was to Blackberry, but you felt compelled to jump in….and emotional?!?!
A reply is unwarranted because the post wasn’t addressed to you.
My comment for pull your skirt down is from Paid in Full….lol. Hilarious ladies.
Carry on (SMH)
Bond. BlkBond.
@BlkBond,
I’ve heard “pull your skirt down” since before Paid in Full. I was referring to the tone of the entire post.
And your post addresses comments I made (e.g. 4 points of contempt) moreso than BBMo’s one-liners.
Your “logic” is impressive tho
@BlkBond,
Aight, I FEEL (though this is somehow a dirty word all of a sudden) the need to clear this up, from my POV.
My initial response to you was tongue in cheek and meant to be light hearted.
My second response was all snark. Cuz I LOVE snark.
You FELT the need to take the whole thing just a wee bit too seriously.
I’m sorry I tweaked a nerve.
My bad.
@ Me Fail,
LOL!! If you heard the term “pull your skirt down” you know it is said in jest.
If you knew the 4 points of contempt (as you call it) did not apply to you…why respond?
You are welcome.
@Blackberry, I took it as tongue in cheek and responded with the same (re: pull your skirt down), but Me Fail took it into a whole other direction and I was only responding to what was put out there. No hard feelings BB, I hope you did not take it as such because I do not and did not.
Bond.
@BlkBond,
*sigh*
Whatevs. I’ve got 3 extra- dirty martinis waiting at Sully’s with my name on ‘em. I down one in honor of this ‘truce’.
Have a lovely evenin’.
@BlkBond,
“Alot of females choose men with female tendencies, giving a whole new meaning to loving self. ”
No.
@miss t-lee,
You didn’t like this one…guess I sharpened my sarcasm sword a little too sharp this weekend (shrugs).
Bond.
@BlkBond,
I agree with the b*tcharse barometer, I wish you would market that…it would be a best seller.
However, I didn’t agree with the point that we choose men on purpose with female tendencies, why would I want to date myself? That would be pointless.
It’s all good, you are entitled to your opinion and I respect that.
@miss t-lee,
The statement was in regard to the type of men alot of these women are choosing—-homotional, more interested in what they have on than what’s actually going on, etc.
It was a personal observation that I made, if it does not apply to you, cool. I didn’t mean to offend you.
Bond.
@BlkBond,
No offense taken…
@BlkBond,
“tell a smart woman how beautiful she is, tell a beautiful woman how smart she is” always result in pantie pudding.
***nodding head***
@BlkBond,
4. This one is rampant. I wonder if this is an issue of confidence, self-esteem, etc. It just seems that alot of women want reassurance. I used to teach my proteges, “tell a smart woman how beautiful she is, tell a beautiful woman how smart she is” always result in pantie pudding.
Damn, that should be bottled and properly marketed dawg…
Inch. 10Inch
@Tx10inch,
lmao @ “Inch. 10Inch”
@Gem of the Ocean,
lol. yeah..10. OO10 just didn’t sound right.
@BlkBond,
Idealism is good for motivating children, but I find it to be a tad useless in the real world
Because this real world is ruled by Guess who? Men! Duh!
@Sula,
But this is the world we are living in and as long as things continue this way, which they likely will, these ‘theories’ and ‘ideals’ are only good for writing dissertations and blogs.
Bond.
@Humble_One aka Field Ninja,
3) You don’t have to worry about them f’ing up anything over sex.
And that is the reason why I might start an NGO for “More women as presidents of African Countries”… Because 90% of bad decisions made by corrupt African dignitaries are made while thinking with their little heads.
We need more Johnson-Sirleaf around them parts…
@Sula, Johnson-Sirleaf…YES!
Uhhhhhh… Hellooooooo… We DO RULE THE WORLD! We just don’t give a dayumm about the noteriety. Our self worth and egos do not require the recogntion. Our love and encouragement gives us all of the satisfaction that we need to simply lean back and watch you men get “hard-onz” while playing with your grown up cars, trains and Kung-Fu grip action figures. For all VSB… how many of you that grew up in 2 parent households ever witnessed your fathers tell your mothers “no”? The only reason women have began take further steps toward the front lines of the new world in busines, politics, media, etc… Is because yall have been phuking up, and embarressing the holy shyt out of us, making us ashamed of the effort it took for us to get you to the point of where you stand today. We put every ounce of blood sweat and tears into squeezing your little arrogant behinds out the holy sacred birth canal. We sacrifice out bodies and allow you to survive off of the milk of our breast… We teach you to talk, walk, dress, eat,… We give you etiquette, standards… basically what I’m saying is that we teach you EVERYTHING you know.. To solve the problem, we can sabotage your lives starting form birth… but we LOVE you too much for that!
@Lanieanna,
Uhhhhhh… Hellooooooo… We DO RULE THE WORLD! We just don’t give a dayumm about the noteriety
nah, lol. i’m not buying the prop joe approach. try again
@The Champ,
LOL! my friend read my post over my shoulder and told me that my comment probably would not be too popular! LOL!…. But just imagine if women decided to change the way we raised our girls, vs. they way we raise our boys….. hmmmmmm. There’s a lot of emphasis put on the absent father… but just imagine how the world would be if it were the other way around.
@Lanieanna,
“We put every ounce of blood sweat and tears into squeezing your little arrogant behinds out the holy sacred birth canal. We sacrifice out bodies and allow you to survive off of the milk of our breast…”
If every mother said these exact words to her son everytime he messed up, he’d become a saint just to keep from hearing this and the visual that comes w/ it.
@Thuggie Luvvie,
LOL. It’ll be extra effective if you substitute the word “breast” for “bosom”.
@Cheekie,
i think “teet” would work even better
@The Champ,
that would be TEAT mr. i-have-an-english-degree. no wonder you dont get paid to utilize your “qualifications”
@Gem,
LMAO!
@Thuggie Luvvie, that IS good. I’m definitely going to use it on my sons to guilt trip them when they get outta line.
@Lanieanna, Good comment. Too many women just don’t know it.
“ever since 8th grade, when i allowed a smile and a plaid skirt to convince me to pick the ridiculously endowed and hilariously uncoordinated ericka white on my team for ultimate dodgeball, i’ve been convinced that women should and eventually would rule the world.”
Well, now you know. Never trust a plaid skirt and a smile.
As far as women ruling the world, I think Michelle Obama is in the perfect position right now. I mean think about, she was the mentor of the man who is now the POTUS (aside: does anyone actually sound-out the word “potus”, instead of saying each letter…because that’s the way I read this acronym), so if anyone is in the position to rule the world, it’s her. And I’ve heard several folks say that if she were running against Barack, he really would’ve been in trouble. Thank God that wasn’t the case, but still. Michelle and her short-shorts (which, she should rock when she pleases…have you SEEN those gams? Yeah, I would too) would OWN.
@Cheekie,
“And I’ve heard several folks say that if she were running against Barack, he really would’ve been in trouble.”
and when you left the waiting room at bobby j’s beauty supplies and services, did you get a wash or a full treatment?
@The Champ,
“and when you left the waiting room at bobby j’s beauty supplies and services, did you get a wash or a full treatment?”
lol Champ, please proceed to the STFU corner.
And, yes, all of these folks were women…which uh, last time I checked, was an important demographic. Badda bing.
Seriously, though, Michelle really captured a lot of people’s hearts and she not only reached Barack’s celeb status…she surpassed it in some circles. I remember reading this article about women fainting and ish because they got to touch her hand. Like, she was the real life Matrix Oracle or something.
@The Champ,
LOL. I’ve heard alot of ppl say that. But now that you mention it, they were all women.
That aside, Michelle either isnt ruling that house or she isnt who I thought she was cause Barack’s been pissing me off all goddamn summer!
Beer summit/no public option deez!
@Cheekie,
And ya know what…. Much like how Bill catapulted Hillary, and the respect she gained serving our nation as the First Lady, I believe Michelle will be that and then some. America soooooooo needs Michelle Obama
@Cheekie,
LOL folks need to leave Michelle O and her mom shorts alone. As long as she aint rocking nothing Dereon or Baby Phat, she cant do much wrong. Folks want her in those ugly pink wool suits that first ladies usually wear. But her Gams of Glory wanna shine, like this little light of mine.
@Thuggie Luvvie,
LOL folks need to leave Michelle O and her mom shorts alone
the first thing i thought when i saw that was “since when did air force one have a garden on board?”
@The Champ,
Seriously did ya’ll expect Shelly O to step out in some coochie cutterz?
For serious?
@miss t-lee,
Yes and no. lol
@miss t-lee,
She did not have on coochie cutters. They were mid-thigh. She jus happened to have a lotta thigh lol
@Thuggie Luvvie ,
I know they weren’t coochie cutterz…I’m saying everyone is talking about her shorts, now if she woulda stepped out in booty shorts then it woulda been a whole ‘nother story…
bottom line…she can’t win! LOL
Ohh my goshhhh… you are actually the funniest blogger I have read… in my lifeeee… seriouslyyy. I’ve just read some of your old blogs (yeah, i have time on my hands), and the stuff you write is kinda funny. Especially when you’re tryna analyse women loooool, it’s so funny to see the way guys think lololol. Anyway, I’m a student from London, found your blog on one of my friends blogs…. who the hell areee you?? I mean, who are you? Coz the way you’re writing issss actually refresshinggggg. I’m intruiged.
xxx
Dear Champ,
Don’t you think you’re established enough at this point that you dont still need your mama “ghost”-commenting on the blogs to feel special? The toast is burnt. The jig is up.
Love,
All of Us
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
lol,
nah, i just saw the ‘about a brother’ section lololol…..
I genuwinely don’t know who you are…. I just clicked on a link on my friend, Christiana’s blog
seriously tho, this stuff is funnnyy !!!! I need to move to America or sumthinnnn jheeeeeze
@S.P,
Just messing with yall.
Welcome from the other side of the pond!
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
dead @ “The toast is burnt. The jig is up.”
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave, Dear Champ,
Don’t you think you’re established enough at this point that you dont still need your mama “ghost”-commenting on the blogs to feel special? The toast is burnt. The jig is up.
Love,
All of Us
LMAO, im just gon go back to lurking cause yall speak my mind to much.
@S.P,
“Anyway, I’m a student from London, found your blog on one of my friends blogs…. who the hell areee you?? I mean, who are you?”
Look at the post from yesterday. His picture is there.
@Cheekie,
So Champ is the same dude that went to protest Obama with the AR-15.
@Humble_One aka Field Ninja,
Yes. His real name is Toby, but you’d best call him Levar.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
Yeah, he doesn’t take too kindly to the question, “What’s your name, boy?”
@Humble_One aka Field Ninja,
is that really him? or is it a joke? i can only understand certain jokes through a computer lol, it looses some of the emotion. anyway, this blog is pure comedy. some of the funniest stuff i’ve read in a loongg timee. anyway, i’m logging off now… xxx
@S.P,
LOL, naw, it’s not really him. My reply was just standard Champ banter. VSBs like to be all mysterious and ish.
@S.P,
aww champie I think she’s in love.
And I think I’m jealous. LOL
@Selah,
loool, in love with the writing on my computer screen??????
ok, i’m gonna stop now, this is getting sad!!!!
you should check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQf-s58rDUM
a little taste of london for you lolol xxx
but why are there so many people replying to the blog, are you reaaaallly famous in America?? how come i’m only hearing about this blog now(?)
@S.P,
this is actually a light day in commenting.
and Champ is REALLY famous… in his mind.
@BlackBerry Molasses,
mind deez
@The Champ,
*sigh* Must we go through this PAINFUL exercise AGAIN?
@S.P,
I watched that video and the Black Boys video. Clearly there is a world of difference is comedic standards between the US and the UK.
Bond. BlkBond.
@BlkBond, lol, but these guys are just average guys from the street, they aren’t signed to record labels and stuff…. … comee onn how can you not find that funnny???
@S.P,
LOL at the video…. and yea it is a pretty light day lol
@Selah,
light day…???!?!
@S.P,
“light day…???!?!”
Meaning, even though we have nearly 300 comments at this time, usually at the time, we’d have much more. VSBs,VSSs and VSOs (very smart others) like to talk a lot.
@S.P,
I watched the video and I have one question. Asians own the black beauty supply shops in London also? WTF? Do Black folks own any beauty supply shops in Black neighborhoods in the world?
@Humble_One aka Field Ninja,
lol, yeahhhh Asians own ALLLL the hair shops here aswell, Peckham and Brixton is where the majority of black people live in LDN, lool and nahh I don’t think they do!
@Humble_One aka Field Ninja,
Actually when I think about it, even back home (that would be Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire), the shops are mostly owned by people of Lebanese descent.
Interesting.
@S.P,
who the hell areee you?? I mean, who are you?
i’m the champ. duh
lol, thanks and sh*t for the compliments, and welcome
@S.P,
You’re adorable for this comment. lol LOVE it! AAWWW Champie! Someone loves ya. Tis prolly cuz she aint seent ur egghead.
@S.P,
Oh and since u are new here to the Isle of the VerySmartBrothas, I shall give u one of my tours. I used to be the reg’lah tour guide but had to stop since negros are cheap and aint wanna tip afterwards. How’s a niglet ‘posed to feed the folks in The Corner w/ no eIncome? Cheap bastids.
Anyway… there are 3 corners. THE Corner, where all those IGnificent go to reside. Those who reside there include: Me, MeFail, Overit, BBMo, WuDa, Champ… eh I could list many more. But I’ont wanna. Then there’s the “SADDOWN” corner, where hopefully you dont end up. GK got put in there permanently. o_O. Then there’s the prayer cubicle, with Imam Overit & Deacon PBG, who seems to have quit the ministry to engage in outside debauchery.
We’re a sarcastic, but loving bunch. Feels free to crack jokes bout Champ’s eggheadedness. And Overit’s hijab. This ends the tour. That’ll be 5 pounds. Kthx!
Women don’t rule tha world for one simple reason. Emotions and sh*t.
Sweet Pea from Baby boy: I’m not going to use the b-word. I’ll just call y’all unstable creatures.
@Tx10inch,
Booo.
Just cause yall use clever code words like “gut” and “adrenaline” doesn’t mean yall keep your emotions in check well either. Check your local prison to see who has more trouble exercising restraint.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
Tell him, me fail. They have an unstable feature that starts with an ‘e’ as well: ego.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
Check your local prison to see who has more trouble exercising restraint.
Bubba?
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
Prison thing doesn’t work here though because
1. Anything drug related has nothing to do with restraint and everything to do with business
2. Same for parole violations or 3 strikes. Since thats 95% of the jail population, I’m gonna go ahead and give you an L on this one.
GENDER WARS!!!
@Dorian G., Same for parole violations or 3 strikes
Repeatedly going back to jail shows error in judgement or a lack of restraint.
And hustling to the point of imprisonment shows a lack of restraint. Hustling isn’t the only option… there are legal ways to make money – but lots of men choose to hustle, knowing that it don’t cash retirement checks. Once again a lack of restraint and better judgement. Good try though
@pgh muse and Me fail english?
I don’t neccessarily believe it’s a matter of restraint when it comes to men vs. women. I mean, lets be real..women by nature ARE more emotional than men. Period. Men tend to be more logical. Of course they’re are the women out there that try to be more logical than emotional JUST to prove like minded men such as myself wrong but it’s enbedded in ya DNA babygurl. The prison population is overcrowed right now not neccessary due to restrait, but more because cycles of poverty, racism, abuse, neglect, lack of education and non-rehabilitation programs contribute to the revolving door of young black men. None of these are excuses because these circumstances CAN be overcome. Just facts.
@Tx,
Ummmm… sure men may be more logical, linear thinkers, but in life as a whole who said that this was the highest form of thought? I think it was the Greeks/Romans… and their civilizations died. Sorry boo, the logic argument doesn’t win w/me. U can be logical all the way to an early grave. And good luck with that my XY brotha.
@Tx10inch,
I have no idea who’s more emo, men vs. women so I’ll just take your word for it. I take exception with the idea that men are more logical than they are emotional.
More logical than women? *shrugs* Perhaps. More logical than emotional? *side-eye*
@Dorian G.,
Well I’m TAKING my W cuz:
Number A – It isnt very logical to enter a high risk, low reward situation, wherein most participants in the “game” don’t even survive/remain free long enough to reap the rewards. Esp. considering their peers who show the restraint to delay gratification wind up with better long term rewards (e.g. life, liberty, 401k).
# Ochocinco – Parole violations and recidivism are never good for business. If you dont learn that by strike two, its time to review your logic/method of “reasoning”
Purple – Prison food sucks
GENDER WARS!!
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
I wanted to back him up but I couldn’t for these reasons. You all win this one.
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave, and pgh muse,
.. I read an article in the paper last year that stated that if the illegal drug industry was legitimate, it would be the 3rd largest industry in MD, overtaking hospitality. Think about that. Ain’t no way all that money and people involved in it are all in jail.
— Its called a game because you can lose. Instead of losing to a life of debt and dead end job titles, you go to jail. Not everyone loses tho, the dude that owns my barber shop was a lower level hustler back in the day, saved his bread and now is cakey.
.. Can’t compare someone who logically finds their way and opportunity when born with nothing, to someone who just has to not mess up
D. The Man would rather lock up men cuz he knows women are weak and powerless
GENDER WARZ!!!!!
@Dorian,
Just for the record I was thinking of kids in the hood who sold drugs vs. kids in the hood didnt (e.g. MeFail)
soo….CHallangE! (GENDER WARS!!!)
@ Humble,
It was purple wasnt it?
@Dorian G.,
I keep picturing the phrase “GENDER WARS” and thinking of the “CHALLONJ” Cosby episode. lol
@Thuggie Luvvie,
You, too?
@Dorian G.,
“Can’t compare someone who logically finds their way and opportunity when born with nothing, to someone who just has to not mess up”
The problem with this is that a lot of these dudes locked up didn’t have to do this. I don’t know what the percentage is but a lot of dudes in the street choose to do it by choice. IMHO what happens is that dudes want to take the easy way out and they don’t have the grounding to keep them from taking the easy way out.
@Humble_One aka Field Ninja,
I agree. Seems more like a need for instant gratification than a genuine necessity for survival.
GENDER WARS!!
*taps foots CHALLONJ style*
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave, me fail, i hope that overseer don’t find you, we need out here in the wilderness. ninjas is LOST.
Women don’t rule the world because we love men.
Checkmate. Game Over.
@pgh muse,
Word. Life.
@Sula,
E-twin!!! Where u been? I was bout to stalk ur blog
is it just me or does the “woman” in the pic look like a man?? or is it supposed to be a man?? or is the androgynous-ness of it purposeful??
inquiring minds… and sh*t….
@Gem of the Ocean,
She does give off a certain Adebisi-esque quality…
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
“Adebisi”
Hmmm
I’m gonna hafta watch OZ now when I get home…thanks me fail!!!
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave
Email me graywords1000@yahoo.com and we’ll start doing preliminary planning for this BBQ
@Dorian G.,
I put in an early vote for Philly
@pgh muse,
**BIG SMILE**
Yes.
@pgh muse,
That is so not fair for the Down South crowd. We need to have a poll to assess location spread.
@Sula, i heart you but…the south aint really in the running, lmao.
double kisses!
@Sula, how do you think the west coast feels? So many sites seem to have a northeast bias to them these days.
@Dorian G.,
Eh Big Homie, just emailed you.
You ladies have a location in mind? What’s that big park where the Greek be at?
@Me fail english?, the runaway slave,
The Belmont Plateau at Fairmount Park.
I suggest we do it by the river on Kelly Drive. Prettier.
lol..duly noted Champ..lol Thanks for sharing!!!
We don’t need Karl Rove…we got Michelle Obama! She look like she don’t play no games
Btw, I have a Journalism degree and a Master’s in Managment and writing is the only job I’m qualified for as well. But I digress.
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