i’ve been there before.
i’ve walked this road.
it was a long time coming, but the change finally came.
you see, i used to be a pretentious piece of sh*t.
for a year (from may of 02 to the following may) i was “that guy”, that asshole, that diva dude who’d ostentatiously play with his sidekick in public because he knew that nobody else had one, who owned 150 dollar t-shirts despite making less than 30 g’s a year, who once refuse to call a “solid 8” he met at the club because he thought her first name was stupid.
a young champ (on the left) and one of his infamous t-shirts
i made my “recovery” sometime around the summer of 2003, when realizing that my outrageousness was becoming increasingly detrimental to my overall growth. i wasn’t pleased with who i was becoming as a person, and my pretentious aura attracted pretentious women…a fact that still makes me dry heave when thinking about it.
this state of mind isn’t uncommon though. there are many pretentious people among us, some completely unaware of their dangerous levels of pretention and how theyre self-sabotaging their own dating experiences.
so, as a service from vsb, i’ve decided to provide you all with a simple ledger, a guide, a list naming…
…9 signs that you can very well be a pretentious piece of sh*t
1. you refuse to eat at chain restaurants.
i don’t know whats worse, the fact that people actually think like this, or the fact that people think like this and actually arent ashamed to admit it in public. luckily, ive never had to date a woman who felt like this, because i would have been tempted to go all morgan spurlock on her ass, making every outing nbmd (nothing but mickey d’s)
2. you leave comments on blogs/message boards just to let everyone know that you think the topic of the day sucks
a huge pet-peeve of mine, this also happens to be a close relative of…
3. you leave comments on blogs/message boards just to let everyone know that something made your b*tch ass upset, and you won’t be returning
4. you’re black, and you have a college degree.
my freshman year of college, the champ and a few of his buddies caught a train to the hoodest movie theater in western ny to see “lisaraye’s fine milfy ass” “the players club”. if you recall, in the middle of the flick diamond gets clowned by some fellas in one of her classes after they find out her, ummmm, “hobby”, a scene which prompted one of the many remy ma dopplegangers sitting in the row behind us to remark “see, thats why i hate them college-ass nigg*s“.
after a decade of dealing with educated-ass “college-ass nigg*s” (and niggetts), i see her point.
we kind of suck.
seriously.
5. you think that nyc, la, d.c. and atlanta are the only acceptable places to live in the entire country.
if you feel this way, please stop reading this, please get up from your pc, please go find a way to rupture your own spleen, and please do it
6. you’ve often referred to yourself as “the black…” (ie, “the black carrie bradshaw”, “the black ethan hunt”, “the black verne troyer”, etc, etc)
7. you have business cards but no benefits
8. you make completely random and completely inane concrete demands of the opposite sex
ah, how these people tickle me. theres nothing more fun than hearing a woman remark “he has to be at least 6’2..and this is non-negotiable” and asking her “well, what if he was 6’1 and 7/8ths? 6’1 and 3/4ths? 6″1 and 16/29ths? 6’0 and 99/100ths? would these be acceptable?”
what amazes me most about this is the fact that usually, these horrific demands have absolutely nothing to do with that persons happiness, and everything to do with the perpetual pissing contest they’re having with their peers.
9. you inneccesantly brag about your eclectic tastes
you have both joni mitchell, janis joplin, and g-unit in your ipod? whoopdy f*cking doo. do you want a sugar cookie? fine. now take it and shove it up your ass.
if you suspect that you might be a pretentious piece of sh*t, please take the next public bus to the nearest wendys, and ask for the finest junior bacon cheeseburger they have on their menu. also, make sure you do this during the noon lunch rush, just so that you’ll hafta wait in line and so that as many people as possible will witness you actually ordering food from wendys. it might be painful, but, like john rambo says, pain is just pretentiousness leaving your body.
–the champ
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This rabbit hole goes much deeper, especially if you introduce the double life social networking phenomena! I often wonder why we need to put on such hiers, but one night of piss poor treatment at the club will answer that question!
“I often wonder why we need to put on such hiers”
i blame it on jim jones. i blame everything on jim jones
(sigh of relief) FINALLY!! I thought I was the only one that blames everything on Jim Jones! LOL
oh no homey…
we’ve been blaming things jim jones for years. probably one of the reasons why the champ and i realized we could work together…
He is like bizaro world’s forest gump. (I hope the double bads don’t cancel each other)
Fuck it. I blame Hip Hop in general. If the older people who REALLY have control over this nation, hold office, run media, control what we see via TV, radio, and print can blame rap music, shiiiddd…then why can’t I?
I’m charging Jim Jones, the entire DipSet, 50 Cent, and Souljah Boy Tell Em for all of our probs.
*brushing hands* Gee, that was easy.
Don’t forget Shawty Lo. Or Lil Carlos as he’s appropriately called on the Westside.
Oh wait…it must be 2 sides.
Come on just say bad hip hop. Cuz after my rock the bells experience. I have a reaffirmed love for hip hop. I mean errbody was all they gonna shut that down wu wu wu this n that. Okay security had to do 1 thing. There was a rab battle cypher that broke out inbetween sets that got roudy for like a min. That was it. There was beer mixed drinks… hmm maybe it was the outdoorsieness. Did I go to hip hop woodstock?
“Cuz after my rock the bells experience. I have a reaffirmed love for hip hop. I mean errbody was all they gonna shut that down wu wu wu this n that. Okay security had to do 1 thing. There was a rab battle cypher that broke out inbetween sets that got roudy for like a min. That was it. There was beer mixed drinks… hmm maybe it was the outdoorsieness. Did I go to hip hop woodstock?”
you’re the third person today to tell me about that. maybe i should have left the cave this weekend to visit nyc
oh yeah Champ it was incredible. I caught the D.C. performance. But that’s not why I’m tired today. I took a road trip to Toronto for Caribana.
Jim Jones who?…the rapper or the former “preacher”…either way I don’t get it!
I hope they mean the rapper…lol
yes. the rapper. though you can also blame “the preacher” for turning Kool-Aid, a lovely concoction for the entire family to enjoy and wax poetically around, into the laughing stock of the induced-suicide game.
not to mention they drank Red Kool-Aid. He used a Black national treasure trove against us.
“not to mention they drank Red Kool-Aid. He used a Black national treasure trove against us”
I never looked at it that way. But ,but keep in mind that most of his follwing was Black.
Hmmmm.
but keep in mind that most of his follwing was Black.
i know. that’s my point exactly.
LOL @ He used a Black national treasure trove against us.
teacia, since we’ve pretty much agreed that jim jones is the worst human being on the planet, we blame everything, from global warming to roaches, on him and the entire dipset crew
Yeah you right entire dipset… because I am still mad at Killa Cam over that men wearing pink period…
Me 2 Alise.
Me 2.
men dont wear pink. my grandfather said it so that makes it so.
It’s all about HOW you wear pink. Pink t-shirt? No. However a pink polo shirt may work. I may even rock a pink tie or dress shirt…it depends on how you rock it.
Your grandfather is a smart man.
my grandfather’s words “When I was young no one with a working set of balls wore pink. These lil mu***f****** out here would catch lead if they walked the block when I was young just for fun.” Then he showed me the pistol he would shoot them with. His friends concurred. Then he referred to some young dude walking in front of the house with a pink tshirt down to his knees as a pussy.
this was one of the few times in my life i witnessed my grandfather turn into who he was before he transformed into my grandfather.
“because I am still mad at Killa Cam over that men wearing pink period…”
hey…dont hate on pink. pink was actually a manly color until before the first world war. sh*t, the great gatsby had a closet full of pink slacks
So….you say….lol
shout out to F. Scott Fitzgerald up in this piece…lol!!!
Actually, I think you mean the Great Summer G, whose life was loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgerold’s Great Gatsby but was a terrible gangsta rapper who went to F.I.T. and wore a pink linen outfit in the great Black movie, “G”.
Word to Christopher Scott Cherot.
Damn Champ, it seems like yo came hard at particular posters with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd points. I still never understood the whole chain restaurant thing but as a poster on here I don’t really mind criticisms of the topic of the day because that’s how you learn. I think I know where you’re going though, another site that I post of from time to time (okayplayer) seems to be riddled with flame posts about topics and other posters as well. From what I’ve seen here everyone seems to play nice when they disagree which is cool.
As for the topic I married my wife because she wasn’t pretentious being a country girl and all. Just a thought for the ladies, in my 8 years of marriage we’ve certainly had ups and downs, emotionally and financially. I don’t think I would still have a ring on my finger if wifey was giving me hell about taking her to Boston Market, Qdoba, or Subway for a night out when the mortgage was late and and the next check was over two weeks away.
I don’t understand the whole chain restaurants are beneath me either. I didn’t encounter that attitude until I moved to DC for a few years and met a few people who were like that. I’m a down-to-earth girl and if I can get something decent for a low price, I’ll take it especially if my money is tight.
If a woman can’t get down with a ‘chain restaurant’ then that’s a dead giveaway – we’re NOT compatible. I’ll go a step further to say that if you can’t do fast food, under no circumstances, then it might be a wrap.
I’m becoming more health conscious with what I ingest, but I’m also a fan of convenience because of my schedule (a Wendy’s baked potato, side salad, and chili…or some type of combination has been my dinner many of nights). And pretty much, if we’re BOTH exhausted and don’t feel like cooking or preparing a meal, then shiiiiiidddd…”Pizza or Popeyes? Pick Your Preference” (Say that 3X real fast) is my motto.
Yeah, I’m guilty of 1,4,8 and 9. No, I don’t want a sugar cookie. But some Chinaco Blanco on the rocks would be lovely (’cause yeah, I’m too snooty to still drink Patron).
“I don’t understand the whole chain restaurants are beneath me either. I didn’t encounter that attitude until I moved to DC for a few years and met a few people who were like that. I’m a down-to-earth girl and if I can get something decent for a low price, I’ll take it especially if my money is tight.”
what’s especially funny about this state of mind is the fact that they usually contradict themselves when attempting to justify it.
for instance, if you’ve never stepped foot in a “friday’s”, how would you know that the food there is terrible?
Okay…I have met chics like that and I just don’t get it. Personally I HATE the snooty restaurants, the food portions are too small.
Take me to Ruby T’s for a full rack of ribs and I’m skrait!
“Okay…I have met chics like that and I just don’t get it. Personally I HATE the snooty restaurants, the food portions are too small.”
you know whats funny? the married men who post regularly here all talk about how their wives are unpretentious women, and i dont know if some younger women see the obvious correlation between pretentiousness and perpetual singleness.
Yeah, bc the guys date the pretensious broads when they are young , and then wife the down to earth lady, or if they do wife the pretensious ones the marriages do not last very long
Thanks for pointing that out Champ.
Down to earthedness (I think I just made up a word)is a good thing.
“obvious correlation between pretentiousness and perpetual singleness”
B.I.N.G.O
**Amen**
It’s haven’t encountered a brotha who refuses to eat a chain restaurant. I hope I don’t. Cause we’re gonna have a problem from jumpstreet.
interesting, i seriously doubt you will. then again i could be wrong, but i’ll bet even lebron james and michael jacksons like ruby tuesdays salad bar.
This is a random azz pairing. You got both sides of the spectrum. Love it.
Brothas ain’t trippin’ off that. If they are, you should question them.
“Brothas ain’t trippin’ off that. If they are, you should question them.”
i would change “question them” to “shoot them”
This actually true. Lebron James (and many NBA players) are BIG fans of The Cheesecake Factory. For those that question that take a look a espn’s nba blog true hoop and just search for Cheesecake Factory you’ll read some funny stories about how the ballers love this place! Also this points out one of the main differences between men and women. Most of the ballers talk about going somewhere that they KNOW is good and they know the menu becaus ethey go out to eat because they are hungry, hence a chain. While women are often times looking for an EXPERIENCE when they go out, hence the anti-chain and ethnic or exotic food fetish.
yo Jay this is a great observation that men desire good food they know over the noteriety or “EXPERIENCE” of eating at a non-chain restaurant. …being non chain surely doesn’t guarantee that you will be pleased with the taste and have a fullfilling experience. …however the khan is willing to go both ways. the key here is being open minded to both experiences and not having a self limiting belief that precludes, presupposes or excludes “chains.”
…and ahh P, that Ruby Tuesdays salad bar I vote best SB in the city. so fresh. i miss the metallic salad plates they used to have. it kept the salad cooler, fresher. the white plates they now have show the half ass wash job they do sometimes even more.
“Damn Champ, it seems like yo came hard at particular posters with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd points”
nah, lol. i like and appreciate the regulars here, but i do sometimes witness that behavior 0n other message boards and blogs.
vsb-er’s are a cut above.
don’t think I would still have a ring on my finger if wifey was giving me hell about taking her to Boston Market, Qdoba, or Subway for a night out when the mortgage was late and and the next check was over two weeks away.
She’s a keeper!
Word.
I fux wit IHOP. Thats my spot, esp after a night of ice-grilling busted people and needing some scrambled eggs w/ cheese at 4am
10. You divide your friends into segments…those who would make the New York Times wedding section and those who wouldn’t.
11. You decide brunch places not based on the quality of food, but who will see you there.
12. You scoff at life in the suburbs….we’ll I guess I’m guilty of this one…South Loop all the way!!! (shameless plug)
13. if you have a brunch place
even if your brunch place is IHOP or a hood spot around the way? or is it more the mere fact that you do brunch?
The whole brunch concept just bothers me…I just say ‘I’m getting something to eat’ why does it have to have a silly name? I feel like my balls are being removed saying “I’m going to brunch”. I eat Kix at 3 a.m. cause I like cereal and I’m hungry. What should I call that?
“I eat Kix at 3 a.m. cause I like cereal and I’m hungry. What should I call that?”
heartburn
the cereal at 3 a.m. thing doesn’t happen nowaways (the whole dayjob thing) but I used to do it like that in college. ( Cereal + tekken + Theory of Structures – sleep) maryjahwanna = college
I don’t remember why I said that. It was the first thign that popped in my head as I read the post. Thats been my formula for posting here. I like to keep it honest.
Deviant, I was preparing the type that exact statement before I scrolled down and saw that you did. My wedding was going to be a “brunch” because it was cheaper to use the facility in the daytime… but waffles and sirloin just don’t go for me, and I’ll be damned if I wasn’t going to have my palate pleased at my own wedding.
We eloped.
( Cereal + tekken + Theory of Structures – sleep) maryjahwanna = college
This is a T-shirt!!
*extends hand to hi-5 Deviant*
“I eat Kix at 3 a.m. cause I like cereal and I’m hungry. What should I call that?”
Delicious
Deviant, you know you’ll never make it to breakfast before 10am on the weekends and you’re still gonna want cage-free eggs, applewood-smoked bacon, strawberry rum crepes and a side of sweet potato hasbrowns…lol
KAMILAH…ok…ummm that sounds BOMB-liscious! maybe I was a little too hard on “brunch”…lol..but how bout we split the difference and call it..I dunno…food or some shit? lol
LOL!!!
‘want cage-free eggs, applewood-smoked bacon, strawberry rum crepes and a side of sweet potato hasbrowns…lol’
umm…damn. i think i just slobbered on my shirt
That it…I’m officially in charge of the brunch festivities at the VSB Family Reunion…lol!
the best part about brunch is that you have options…you can choose either omelets or salmon, sausage caserole or a juicy steak….mmmm, and my personal favorite Banana Foster.
I don’t know WHO came up with Banana Foster…but they deserve a damn award!
Oh how I miss Sunday Brunch at Jackson’s in Tampa….*sighing*
“the best part about brunch is that you have options…you can choose either omelets or salmon, sausage caserole or a juicy steak….mmmm, and my personal favorite Banana Foster.”
**panting**
Dont these options exist throughout the day? Why are they limited to this thing you people refer to as brunch?
Deviant, it’s party of the whole brunch experience.
I don’t know it just is…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunch
“Why are they limited to this thing you people refer to as brunch?”
the wording of this question has me cracking up
Brunch? lol
Shoooot. I’d rather kick it at Waffle House or a little taqueria around the way from my house. Get down with some Huevos Rancheros.
TLEE…ok I dont’ like Waffle House..but notdue to it’s chain-ness…but due to the fact that they don’t have french fries…who does that? a burger and hash browns? really? NILL (ni99a+kill) Yo’Self!!
I didn’t even know that GOODE. I always have the waffles or other breakfast food. Good lookin’ out. Don’t sleep on the taquerias though…you live here, you know what’s up!!! lol
girl I almost went off road when I was driving on 35 and saw a Taqueria Arandas…in DALLAS!! I was like (happy dance)…lol…I love the places youhave to order your sh*t in Spanish!! lol..you can’t beat it!
Yep we have Taqueria Arandas down here too. They’re a chain outta Houston. LOL
I haven’t had a bad Taqueria meal yet.
t-lee..you know I knew that…I fell in love with ARANDAS in the “H”, back when I a “coog”…lol…I was just surprised to see one in Dallas…
Ain’t nothing like some good Mexican food. I’ll have the chorizo eggs w/ soft corn tortillas please.
“I love the places youhave to order your sh*t in Spanish!! ”
Thats called my mama’s house
hahah!!! You was happy huh?
you dammm right I was. Food is fuggn delicious. and that is my brunch order. There are many favorits but I just got to throuw it out there torta
who goes to get waffles and fries though?
good point.
But she wanted fries with her burger.
good point…so better question.
who goes to a waffle spot to get a burger? that’s like going to red lobster and ordering the spaghetti.
I don’t. I go tot he waffle spot of the breakfast. lol
GOODE–this ones yours…lol
I can’t front, when I eat chicken & waffles…I like fries with it too.
Fries + waffles + chicken = Good!
“Fries + waffles + chicken = Good!”
this is my type of math.
I *heart* bacon with this combo.
@Panama…I feel you, but fries go with EVERYTHING! when I went to WH it was after the club of course…it was my first time there, so we did the everybody orders something different and we crate a “sampler”…but WTF is a sampler with no fries? I will tell you…it’s a mental to note to stick with IHOP!
I love IHOP, but you have to seek them out here. Oh, but Waffle House? Is on every corner…LITERALLY! I pass 3 WH’s to get to the interstate from my crib…and I’m ony a mile away from the interstate!
hmm…i’ll have to disagree. fries do not go with everything.
i know folks who put their fries into wendy’s frosties and that’s just insane to me.
consequently, i wouldn’t leave these people alone with my children.
“i know folks who put their fries into wendy’s frosties and that’s just insane to me.”
are these people from harrisburg, pa?
“i know folks who put their fries into wendy’s frosties and that’s just insane to me.”
We used to do this back in HS. lol
a few girls I cheered with in high school hipped me to this combination…and while I was initally skeptical…and agree the pairing is unnatrual…it wasn’t dry-heave-able…just not something I would ever do again…LOL…
Okay this weekend I had a fry experience. The Canadians call it Poutin pronounced pooteen. It’s cheese curds over fries under gravy. I got an order @ a Burger King son.
@champ :
Naw, these folks are all from DC. all of ‘em. i blame marion barry (and jim jones) for this.
I don’t appreciate the dig at Marion Barry…while he did keep mad dead people on the payroll…he did help create the black middle class in PG county aka as ward 9 (the extension of DC).
@comeback girl: i’m trying to determine if you’re proud of this or not. cuz PG is as hood as DC now. even WAY out there folks are acting up.
not to mention that the most affluent majority-minority county in the nation is also home to one of the WORST school systems in the nation and slightly inept government.
thing is i understand the affinity that folks from DC have for marion barry…y’all love him. that’s great. he did a lot for dc.
crack and all.
black people are very forgiving.
“not to mention that the most affluent majority-minority county in the nation is also home to one of the WORST school systems in the nation and slightly inept government.”
this is rather fascinating to me as a prior DC resident. Part of DC’s rise and simultaneous fall had alot to also do with black flight (to PG county) on top of corruption and lack of statehood. (DC is still the nations litte bi%tc$, from a legislative perspective and an economic one.)
Black people are VERY forgiving. I have black folk compassion for everybody cept’ OJ.
cuz his azz knows he was guilty as sin. I think this destroyed some of his friends who departed this life early.
@ Panama~my favorite guilty pleasure is McDonalds fries dipped in a McDonalds hot fudge sundae with nuts… it satisfies me every time when I’m PMS’n
and because “i wouldn’t leave these people alone with my children.” your wife will crave only this concoction when she is pregnant with your triplets
taquerias are what’s up! *salivating*
give you daps
“Ain’t nothing like some good Mexican food. I’ll have the chorizo eggs w/ soft corn tortillas please.”
@ Wu
See…I KNEW you was good people.
“Shoooot. I’d rather kick it at Waffle House”
you know, i’d never been toa waffle house until 3 years ago, when i stayed with some cousins in cincy. they dont have em in the cave, er, the burgh.
i was quite impressed. im a big fan of the greasy spoon
@DEVIANT…AMEN! I was thinking that…brunch? really? what IS that exactly?
i dunno. who says i have to eat certain foods during this time slot. if i wanna eat crabs at 8 am i will do so. I will eat eggoes while I watch south park @ nine pm
Word @ both of yall. Buck the system! But if your gonna buck the system you got to know what it is first. And along the way some of us took a look @ the system and realized they had a point. Let me take yall to one of the Greek owned Mexican run eateries of NW Indiana. Sophia’s pancakes are sweet even w/o syrp. N Jedi’s is only closed for like 4 hours of the entire day. So you can get your belgian waffle on @ 8 p.m. don’t be a L7 daddyo.
I’m a fan of eating whatever the f*ck you wanna eat also.
“10. You divide your friends into segments…those who would make the New York Times wedding section and those who wouldn’t.”
guilty…I’m sorry but there are some friends that you cannot take to some places and they may feel the same way about me…so we have that understanding–so, does that make them just as guilty as me? Help me out…
Me personally, if I call you my friend that means I can bring you anywhere. I don’t give a shit what the others think of you. I don’t really spend my time in places where only a certain crowd can enter…that is pretentious in itself isn’t it?
‘Me personally’ is redundant. I’m sorry, I sat here cringing and had to say something.
Please don’t hate me, I studied English! (Though I don’t nearly practice perfect speech or written language. I’m from Mississippi, do I get a pass for this?)
yeah I know I like to bend the rules on occasion irregardless of the situation. I break a rule everytime I conversate with people.
LMAO!!!!! I love the intentional grammar mistakes this time.
Niiiiice.
GRRRRR! LOL
My husband’s ex wife told us that she was trying start her own business and she tells me:
“You know me girl, I’m so enterprenuriship.”
*DEAD*
that’s not as bad as folks who say, “pacific” when they mean “specific”.
that, my good people, drives me to drink.
I live with one who says “pacific”. “I didn’t know you meant take out the trash RIGHT THEN, next time be more PACIFIC!!”
*Sigh*
Panama I agree.
It’s like nails on a chalkboard.
My pet peeve. Li-berry.
Chew on that.
did she happen to be lightskinneded?
I feel ya, I hate when people say “supposably” instead of “supposedly”.
did she happen to be lightskinneded?
*throat punch*
My sister is dating the epitome of ghetto hood ninja. So ghetto in fact his great uncle lost his farm and kept his one remaining horse in the projects. I am going to let that sink in before I continue….
That being said his mom asked my sister to look something up on line because she wasn’t and I quote “computerlistic”. LOL
the Pacific/specific thing has actually driven me to physical violence during a vicious game of spades …
@ Deviant~ I hate you
“irregardless”
“I’m sorry but there are some friends that you cannot take to some places and they may feel the same way about me…so we have that understanding–so, does that make them just as guilty as me? Help me out…”
i don’t think this is pretentiousness as much as it’s just being cautious
you know, i want to object to this but it seems to me that Ray-J would be a good person to hang out with considering how many chicks actually want to bang him. seems like good entertainment.
not sure i’d want to hang out with him if a club, strippers, and danity kane wasn’t involved though.
Precautious is one thing…but I was getting at the fact that some people separate friends into ivy league legacy/investment banker and public university/teacher groups….now that’s pretentious!
I don’t normally have friends that I can’t take anywhere with me. I have many groups of friends from all walks of life, but they all mesh well together. It’s a trip at parties, trust and believe.
Alicia says: ” I’m sorry but there are some friends that you cannot take to some places and they may feel the same way about me…… Help me out.”
Leash I’m the guy who has some groups of friends who don’t really feel each other but i let them figure it out and whether or not they want to deal on a case by case basis. i don’t feel like there is a friend (used loosely) that i can’t invite to a set because they don’t mix well with some peoples at the set. I mean unless it’s private or i have been specifically advised not to bring someone. (no one has said don’t bring a specific person) …but when i invite, there is usualy the question of who is going to be there or whose sponsoring the set. people usualy know from my answer if they want to attend. maybe i have at the least, respectful friends so i don’t have to filter them before mixing.
my inner circle (maybe 4 people) sometimes don’t get along with each other in certain sityos but i seem to be the guy that they all like and favor. (the thread)
same way in business. i have alliances with goups that expressly don’t fuc* with each other but i can move comfortably between them and they sometimes do business indirectly with each other thru me. (where they would not do so directly)
point is i don’t feel or ever want to feel under my own volition that i cant invite a friends fellowship because of another. of course i understand that it may not be good to mix gas and fire unless i want a molotov cocktail but, like i said maybe i just have respectful friends even if they are not always of the same mindset.
“my inner circle (maybe 4 people) sometimes don’t get along with each other in certain sityos but i seem to be the guy that they all like and favor. (the thread)”
my inner circle is like this as well…i seem to be the crux…and if we are all together at same time (which is like once in a blue moon), i MAKE them chicks get along, if only because we’re all sorority sisters.
I had to get in even though i know nobody will probably read this but in Atlanta there is a place called THUMBS Up……talk about brunch. Fried CAtfish with eggs, spuds with cheese and a wheat biscuit with preserves. COmE ON ATLANTA. STAND UP……makes me wanna call off work to go get it. I dont say brunch either I just say LETS GO EAT…………..
@#5: Couldn’t put Detroit on that list huh?? What about Houston??
How much of appearing pretentious is really having preferences?? Cus for real, some might say moving away from your (not you per se) cousin Ray-Ray at the first opportunity is pretentious. Some might also say an unwillingness to drive your nice car and wear your nice watch to go see Aunt Bertha (Ray-Ray’s mom and your favorite aunt) is pretentious.
If you’re not from Detroit, you’ll never put Detroit on this list. The ‘D’ is no ‘mecca’ in which pretentious folks (outside of the metropolitan area) wish to live.
Hostess, I love my city (just came back from there), but for outsiders, I don’t see why they would put Detroit into the same category as the other cities, fa real.
Nah, Houston would NOT make that list. I mean, it’s an awesome place to live (yep, I’m biased) but does not fit into the category of those OTHER cities (which to me, are great places to visit, but with the exception of DC, couldn’t see me living there).
eff dat…that H-town traffic will make you kill somebody!!
True dat. I wanted to kill someone when I got stuck on I-10 last month…who had rush hour at 2pm? LMAO and my BFF’s (both of ‘em) want me to move down there. No thank you.
“who had rush hour at 2pm?”
- Atlanta…
right, rush hour doesn’t officially end in Atlanta.
right, rush hour doesn’t officially end in Atlanta.
So true. Did you notice that 75/85 is a parking lot on the weekends? Madness.
y’all have me not even wanting to visit Atlanta for real!
Hey…it’s a great city, it just happens to have some of the most f*cked up traffic in the history of trafficdom.
I-10 has the new HOV lane, I hope this opens the freeway more! I would rather gnaw my arm than sit in Houston traffic.
Yeah, they don’t tell people outside of Houston that I-10 is actually, really a parking lot…
Yeah, traffic will kill a mofo in Houston… if the heat doesn’t get to them first.
It’s still a great place to live though.
yep…which is why i made sure to get a job that requires to only drive 4.5 to and from…no freeways involved LOL.
You sound like my homegirl. LOL
“@#5: Couldn’t put Detroit on that list huh?? What about Houston??”
for the truly pretentious person, these cities dont count (as well as philly), despite the fact that they have millions of people living there.
the only city i originally left off the list that could probably count is miami.
also, to you other point, the difference between pretentiousness and preference is the fact that pretentiousness is done with other people in mind. its not about you as much as it’s about how you think others might perceive you.
moving away from and not wearing your bling around ray-ray n dem isn’t pretentious…its safe.
I disagree with you champ, I think Houston and Philly make the list and Miami doesn’t for the truly pretentious person. To me, anyone worth their Boule membership doesn’t live in Miami. Unless you’re a model, hip hop producer, or porn industry mogul, there is no reason to make Miami your primary residence.
hmm…why is miami a bad place live? and i assume you don’t mean north miami/carol city/hialeah/opa locka aka shoot’em up miami, but miami beach…
“To me, anyone worth their Boule membership doesn’t live in Miami. Unless you’re a model, hip hop producer, or porn industry mogul, there is no reason to make Miami your primary residence.”
gotta love the reality kings
you do have to love the reality kings.
Damn! You through out the Boule membership card!!!
Dag no Chicago. ah well
I didn’t want to own a trailer on my Grandmother’s land because….well I just don’t like them enough to be that close to them all the time. Pretentious, or smart?
With the foreclosure crisis though, a lot of were straight up re-thinking that. Big Mama’s meddling ain’t looking so bad…
“Pretentious, or smart?”
Smart. Most Def.
There’s nothing wrong w/ being less than enthused by the prospect of spending one’s hard earned cash at Applebee’s. I don’t really see the point of eating at chain restaurants b/c they all serve the exact same thing. Plus, much of it is prepackaged frozen gunk that some teenage “chef” is reheating in a sauce pan. I’m a big fan of supporting local independent restaurants instead of corporate efforts, mainly b/c one usually gets better food. However, I will tear up some Oceannaire’s or Stoney River…I can’t not sit here and lie…
One thing that annoys me to the point of fist-cuffs is people who brag about their love for sushi, insist on only eating at extremely high-end spots, and in actuality aren’t ordering anything more exciting than an unagi roll! I have colleagues who get off on paying $15 for a California roll and turn their nose up at a piece of sashimi. Madness!
Champ how the heezy were you affording $150 shirts on less than 30Gs?
*Disclaimer* I just realized my entire first paragraph was pretentious. (Checks self into Betty Ford)
“people who brag about their love for sushi, insist on only eating at extremely high-end spots, and in actuality aren’t ordering anything more exciting than an unagi roll!”
I used to work with this one co-worker who only would eat sushi everyday at lunch and told us this everyday. It wasn’t even a great sushi spot, it was this cheap spot but I guess she felt like she had to tell this to everyone to make her feel like she was better than everyone.
Stoney River is the bomb!! Damn, you just made me hungry.
I love that I live in the MECCA of Seafood world and DO NOT eat seafood…. No lobsta, crab legs, Quahogs, stuffies, clams, etc… so sushi is most def out the question.
Sushi…lol. I love it when pretentious mofos brag on it, then eat some bad sh*t and swear they’ll never eat it again.
Throwing up in the mall parking lot behind that California roll was enough for me.
*slowly tips out of room*
“Plus, much of it is prepackaged frozen gunk that some teenage “chef” is reheating in a sauce pan”
my problem with this is the presumption that steaks at the elbow room or simmies (two locally owned pittsburgh establishments) are inherently better than a steak at applebees, and that you’re not gonna have the exact same teenage chefs working in the kitchen at each place.
for the majority of the people who feel this way, its not about the actual food as much as its them not wanting to go somewhere with pictures on the menu. i like pictures
oh, and…
“Champ how the heezy were you affording $150 shirts on less than 30Gs?”
three words: living at home
I rather see the picture than read a description and get it and feel like I got robbed cause its too small a portion or it doesn’t look like I thought it would in my head. I don’t want to feel like I’m gambling when I am eating. I guess I lean the other way. The more pictures the better. I don’t like surprises with my food.
thats how i am. i just went to a ‘uber-nice’ restaurant on saturday and though the food was alright – i had this seafood gumbo thing – shit wasn’t any better than any food i’ve had at copelands. or papadeaux’s.
and it was probably at least 50 bucks more in total.
plus…sometimes, you really just want something simple, effective, that’s cooked in the proper unhealthy manner that optimizes taste over presentation.
Hell i just want to see these chain places you all are talking about. Michigan sucks.
“Hell i just want to see these chain places you all are talking about. Michigan sucks.”
shit, me too. i find out about new chains every time i read the comments here
I too had to google Qdobo. It’s looks kinda like Chipotle.
it is but they have this really good salsa conqueso actually four quesos. I like their nachos.
While in DC a couple of weeks ago I went to Maggiano’s based upon someone’s reccomendation from a previous blog, come to find out Liz and Panama were eating next door at Cheesecake Factory (I think). I didnt get to see them, but Liz told me when we had lunch at this other fabulous mexican spot.
you had me @
“sometimes, you really just want something simple, effective, that’s cooked in the proper unhealthy manner that optimizes taste over presentation.” like Harold n Kumar w/ their white casltes or Krystals pending your us local
LOL @ sometimes, you really just want something simple, effective, that’s cooked in the proper unhealthy manner that optimizes taste over presentation.
I agree. Sometimes I’m sucked in by a guaranteed delicious meal.
However ……..
I have one beef with the chains. After the meal, I have to wonder how much will my blood pressure and the scale go up after I eat this meal.
The one advantage of the more pretentious places is that with the small portion sizes you definitely won’t eat more than the recommended daily allotment for XYZ (XYZ = fat, sodium, cholesterol, etc.) in one meal.
“three words: living at home”
but of course…
I love sushi…and I love Applebee’s… RIBLETS baby!
word I love Temaki n rib tips
I make no apologies about how pretentious I can be. Although I try to treat everyone with respect, I can be very condescending toward people who I don’t view as equals. I’m also very pretentious when it comes who I will allow in my life. My views are if someone isn’t making positive contributions to society or being productive then I’m really not interested in getting to know them. Life is too short to waste time on people just taking up air. My goal is to surround myself with fabulous people who enrich my life in all areas. I need meaningful interactions and quite frankly some folks aren’t worth my time or energy.
I don’t think this makes you pretentious…so much as SMART! I can’t do stupid people…they make me itch.
like champ said, this depends on what you view as equals.
like 4 years ago, this chick i went to school with was at my apartment visiting my roommate at the time. we were at times on some nerd shit so we’d have uber-geeky ass magazines and shit in our coffee table. so this chick is there, and decides to tell me that her and my roommate were intellectuals b/c they could appreciate conversations about nerd shit like the 4th dimension and black holes and space travel, etc. she actually tells me that she’s not sure if i’m an intellectual or not b/c she doesnt know if i can fully offer anything to a conversation regarding somethign abstract.
mind you, i’ve never once had a deep convo with this broad or had a reason to – can’t say she was really my friend – but after that, i decided that i hated her. especially cuz i know i’m smarter than her but that she could actually bring herself to tell a motherfucker in his OWN HOME that she thinks she’s smarter than him.
not to mention on a different occasion, this bitch actually came out her mouth with some, “i could never date a school teacher b/c his status isn’t high enough for me”.
i tried to put a 32 excedrin and a glass of water in her hands but my friends kept stopping me before i got to her.
lmao@”they make me itch”
ditto…
“I can be very condescending toward people who I don’t view as equals”
your pretentiousness depends on how you define “equals”.
I judge individuals based on how they conduct themselves in public and private, do they strive to improve their live? Do these people care about what goes on in the world? ARe they content with medocrity? These are questions I ask myself when I’m in the process of getting to know someone.
“I judge individuals based on how they conduct themselves in public and private, do they strive to improve their live? Do these people care about what goes on in the world? ARe they content with medocrity? These are questions I ask myself when I’m in the process of getting to know someone.”
this isn’t pretentious…this is being a grown-up
Well Champ some folks might interprete my choices as elitist. I don’t really invest too much time in people who aren’t doing much in their lives. I also found that I don’t have much in common with the majority of people who don’t have an education.
I’m perceived as condescending, but at least I’m consistent I treat all people as if they are beneath me. LOL
I’m joking of course
I can be very condescending toward people who I don’t view as equals
At least you admitted it.
I will admit…I had to “clutch the pearls” when I started parking and riding…I felt bad about it…and I am better now…but it was a culture shock…fo’real…as far as “equals”…you never know who is stupid/ignorant or whatever until you talk to them…stupid knows and doesn’t care..ignorant just isn’t aware…as smart as we are here on VSB, I am sure there are some things that WE don’t know…
you can’t fault someone for being unaware can you? I mean, how can you know what you don’t know, if you didn’t know that you didn’t know it?? huh? huh? HUH?!!?
And just to piggyback off of you Goode, you never know who is smart/genius until you really get to know them. I think one of the thing that bothers me when some people graduate from college, is that all of a sudden they know everything and if you don’t have a degree you don’t know anything. I call bull$hit. Some of the smartest people I know never stepped foot on a college campus (well at least not to attend class), but because they don’t look smart, they are automatically dismissed.
yup…i concur
“I think one of the thing that bothers me when some people graduate from college, is that all of a sudden they know everything and if you don’t have a degree you don’t know anything”
I know plenty of them, including my x who tried to do that ish to me.
Throat punches all around.
V Renee notes:
“I think one of the thing that bothers me when some people graduate from college, is that all of a sudden they know everything and if you don’t have a degree you don’t know anything.”
oh GOD please don’t get me started on these degreed assholes. i went to school with plenty of them. formal education or degree does not necessarily make you intelligent and lack thereof does not necessarily make you any less intelligent than one who does. i know a bunch of degreed idiots. aint nothing more aggravating than to be in a social setting and most of what’s going on is people standing around circle jerking about their degrees. ima take a pause right here. before you know it somebody will be writing about it hoping to provoke us/me to go on about this. pretention bourgeois-ness and prejudice surrounding intelligence, degrees, universities and the like is one of my greatest pet peeves.
whoa…..
“pretention bourgeois-ness and prejudice surrounding intelligence, degrees, universities and the like is one of my greatest pet peeves”
growing up in the shadow of an Ivy League institution and attending the State U in the same state I found it hysterical when a friend of mine that went to said Ivy League discovered that he was using the same psychology book that one of my fellow schoolmates was using, and became even more offended when we informed him the author was one of the professors. I was like dude get over yourself really, its not that serious.
I need to send this to some of my friends who are guilty of at least half of the list, especially #5 and #8. #1 is a big one too. One of my cousins married a guy who told me that Applebee’s and other chain restaurants are beneath him. This is the same guy who has 6 figures in student loans & other bills, lives in small cramped apt, but is pretentious as they come and even has Gucci pens…I would add one more to the list and that would be people who think public transportation are below them. I live in a big city where there is heavy traffic and it’s much faster (and cheaper) to take public transporation, so I take the bus to work. I told people how I commute to work and they made snide comments about taking public transportation and acted like it’s way beneath them.
funny I live in a city where gas is teatering at $4.00/gallon and Ihave to drive 35 miles each way to work and really dont feel like spending $60 per week to get to work when I can get a monthly bus pass for $40… just makes fiscal sense to me, has very little to do with traffic.
“funny I live in a city where gas is teatering at $4.00/gallon”
shit…is there a city where this ISN’T happening? i need to move there. i drive a damn HEMI.
Yo, just this a.m., I left south NJ where gas was as low as $3.58 a gallon. You know things are bad when that price starts looking good.
I got some gas yesterday for $3.75 it’s dropped a nickel is about 4 days here. I almost wrecked my car trying to get over into the turn lane.
You’re right…things are bad when $3.75 is looking good.
Reminds me of the dialog between John Travolta n Andre 3000 in Be Cool.
John; “yeah how many miles to the gallon does that thing get? 11?”
Andre; emphaticly “NINE”
Gas here ranges from $4.25-4.45 and it costs $14/day to park at my job, but they give us $500/yr to take public transportation. It was a no-brainer for me.
I am trying to move to a city with a God Damn public transportation system so I can STOP driving.
I hate driving.
Yep…I agree on the pub trans thing.
“I would add one more to the list and that would be people who think public transportation are below them. I live in a big city where there is heavy traffic and it’s much faster (and cheaper) to take public transporation, so I take the bus to work. I told people how I commute to work and they made snide comments about taking public transportation and acted like it’s way beneath them.”
good point
“Gucci pens”
Throat punch on GP.
well this post hurt my Mutg#jfytjkin feelings. AND I AM NOT COMING BACK.
how you like them apples.
“well this post hurt my Mutg#jfytjkin feelings. AND I AM NOT COMING BACK.
how you like them apples”
lol, thanks will hunting. don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out
I am the black Samuel L Jackson. Now get your muthafuc*in pretentions a** snakes off my muthafuc*in plane!
::snicker::
oh mah gwd
honestly, there is a Samuel Jackson or Jay-Z line for everything.
…ok i have returned.
LOL…um isn’t everyone a little pretentsious about something. I’m sorry for you to have an itemized list of what constitutes this, well kinds of makes you one (reformed or otherwise).
Isn’t an alcholic …always an alcholic.
I think some pretense is good. I find it rather quirky. Everybody has their something (work cited Nika Costa).
so show me somebody who isn’t prententious about SOMETHING (intellecutal, material, social, enviornmental, geographic, religious, poltical). I’ll show you a liar.
I think a little pretentiousness is cool and acceptable as long as you recognize such pretentiousness. One shouldn’t be in denial.
Being pretentious is kinda like having standards, and there’s nothing wrong with that. However, it tends to go overboard when we start to ‘feel’ ourselves a lil’ bit too much and think that we’re SO removed from others.
Pretense is good just as I feel being prejudice (pre-judging a situation or person) can be good.
But I think what we forget is that it goes either way. Its all pretense if even of the ironic variety.
I know people who would break their own neck to NOT GO TO STARBUCKS. So they go to Dunkin Donuts or Mc Donald’s just to prove that they are “anti-mocachino and establishment”.
Same for people who don’t like fine dining, name brands, “apple” gadgets..the list goes on and on. By their very disdain-they are making a judgement and are equally pretentious but of course too pretentious to see the errors of their ways.
But I think what we forget is that it goes either way. Its all pretense if even of the ironic variety.
“I know people who would break their own neck to NOT GO TO STARBUCKS. So they go to Dunkin Donuts or Mc Donald’s just to prove that they are “anti-mocachino and establishment””
great point. many times, some of your most “conscious” cats are also pretentious pieces of sh*t
i’m one of those folks that refuses to go to Starbucks…and have never been inside one.
but that’s more b/c i think starbucks is evil and is actually the “man” we all speak of. no pretentiousness…i’m on my conspiracy theory shit.
plus f*ck coffee. black people drink tea.
“plus f*ck coffee. black people drink tea.”
Is you SMOKIN crack P. Is you ????
Ethiopia and Kenya have some of the best coffee in the WORLD. And surprise, these are black countries.
Again the coffee is secondary when it comes to starbucks (where you can also get great blends of tea too). ..it really is about the experience (and everything else you pay a premium for).
I love walking into my local spot and feeling like its Cheer’s up in that piece…everybody knows my name and my drink..thats worth 5 bucks right there dammit.
eh…i stand by my assertion. coffee and caffeine were drummed up by the republicans.
I like coffee. I don’t care if I make it or get it from Starbucks or 7-11.
I would mainline it if I could.
I like tea also…especially iced. I’m from the South, sue me.
fuck coffee!
“fuck coffee!”
this is so randomly vulgar that it made me lol
“fuck coffee”
P and Deev’s I can always count on yall for some ignorant shit i like. …on the humbug too. did you all grow up in the same group home? it’s like 2 bullies team up to be good friends. they only fall out and fight each other once a year and the rest of the time they fuc*ing with everybody else. i’m all hello mrs. cleaver like eddie haskell and then orchestrate some fuc*ery behind her back and leave but yall niccaz like Debo and Broad Street Bully wit it. just fuc* coffee huh? the shits evil and brought to us by “The Man”
lol!
Tell em GK especially when coffee came from east africa originally. But I don’t like it either. I usually do the tea. cream n sugar please.
oh and btw did yall know that the ceo of starbucks grew up in marcy projects just like jigga man
@WuDaMan: actually, howard schultz is from Bayview Houses in Carnarsie, Brooklyn…not Marcy Houses in Bed-Stuy.
@GK: I state facts, pimpin’.
word to big bird.
@GK
“did you all grow up in the same group home?” I am using this on my students… LMAO!!!
Thanks Panama I must haver remembered it incorrectly from the 60 minutes interview.
I happen to enjoy my double tall non-fat no foam 2 splenda lattes very much, thank you.
wtf u just say? u drink that? it sounds like a surgical procedure
Holla if you hear me I have two drinks. One is when I’m trying to be good the other is when I’m feeling the need for SPEED and SUGAR.
1. Grande cafe au lait Pike Place steamed to 180 degrees, with a little tiny teeny bit of steamed breve like starting at the last box on the cup.
2. triple grande 2 pumps, upside down extra whip no foam 180 degrees, light on the caramel, breve caramel machiatto-filled half way with breve and the shots and the rest whip.
@Deviant:
word.boogie.son.
if you have to practice your order like a speech in order to place your order properly…you doing too much.
point and click bitches. point and click. it’s why i like pictures. i just be like, “yo, give me this right there…” (points)
I hear you Comeback Girl! Sometimes I’ll throw in a single pump of sugar free vanilla.
And I have a custom Starbucks card with my name & order on it so that I dont have to repeat it every time I go in.
*sticks tongue out at Panama*
“wtf u just say? u drink that? it sounds like a surgical procedure”
you’re crackin me up today, seriously
how do you even get to the point where you even know to order some shit like that? If i was standing in line anywhere and someone ordered like that in front of me I would probly leg sweep them
Plus that just reminds me of Niles and Frasier..2 people who personify what this blog is talking about
@ Dev
“how do you even get to the point where you even know to order some shit like that? If i was standing in line anywhere and someone ordered like that in front of me”
Practice…and the wounderous and beautiful concept of customization…you learn to love what you like and like what you love…and for it to be REALLY right. I’m anal about my coffee, cause I come up with some great stuff when I’m on my starbucks high.
“Being pretentious is kinda like having standards, and there’s nothing wrong with that. However, it tends to go overboard when we start to ‘feel’ ourselves a lil’ bit too much and think that we’re SO removed from others.”
Good stuff.
“Being pretentious is kinda like having standards, and there’s nothing wrong with that. However, it tends to go overboard when we start to ‘feel’ ourselves a lil’ bit too much and think that we’re SO removed from others.”
This defines it clearly. There are some folks who once they “make it” so to speak, they forget where they came from. They act like they never heard of Wal-Mart or Target or that The Olive Garden is an italian “chain” resturant.
We should all strive to do better but don’t fake the funk–because there’s at least one person who knows where you come from and know that your s*** does stink like everybody else’s.
I agree..
target and walmart does have some pretty fly shyt, ie dresses and shoes.
wearing a skirt and sandals from target right now…along with a coach bag. mofos never know…they get all shocked and isht when i tell them where i buy some of my clothes from lol…
YES…mixing and matching is the key with these places. I have no shame about this. I’m all over the place label wise.
Target is that store for me. Absolutely adore it.
Wally World on the other hand? I’ll keep it to the cleaning supplies and the 21-point Oil Change. Thanx much.
i dunno…i found the CUTEST summer dress at a walmart in tulsa Oklahoma. I didn’t believe it either…but come on you not down with martha stewart everyday living comforter, flatsheets and shams!!!!
for shame…for shame.
We should all strive to do better but don’t fake the funk–because there’s at least one person who knows where you come from and know that your s*** does stink like everybody else’s. <- PREACH
Mofo’s kill me trying to act like they don’t know where they are from. Some of the most bourgie people have a closet full of skeletons, bones hanging out to the point that you’re unable to shut the door completely.
I completely agree.
@ Sheila~ “because there’s at least one person who knows where you come from and know that your s*** does stink like everybody else’s.” He’s called my dad, evry once and I while my dad reminds me that we (he my mom, my older brother, and I) “came to this country with NOTHING, and barely had clothes on our back…so dont act like your ass is too good to…” sit on a bus, or walk somewhere, or shop at walmart, or eat at a hood spot or you fill in the blank.
“Being pretentious is kinda like having standards, and there’s nothing wrong with that. However, it tends to go overboard when we start to ‘feel’ ourselves a lil’ bit too much and think that we’re SO removed from others.”
my 750 word entry, summed up in two sentences
(hanging head in pseudo-shame) My name in GOODENess and I am pretentious about my music! I feel so much better now…
Me too…I make judgements just based on people’s favorites and from that I can ascertain their level (or lack of ) exposure.
People do that all the time. But today…its somehow a bad thing..
“Me too…I make judgements just based on people’s favorites and from that I can ascertain their level (or lack of ) exposure.
People do that all the time. But today…its somehow a bad thing..”
see…i think theres a huge difference between making slight judgements based on someones music tastes and thinking that your particular taste make you more special than everyone else.
in summary…giving the side-eye to a chick who feels that jeezy is the goat? cool
thinking that your shit doesnt stink because you have both tha carter 3 and the white album in your ipod? asshole
dammit. i thought i was doing hot shit by having shawty lo’s “units in the city” album, the shekinah glory ministry’s “jesus(live)” album and ac/dc “back in black” album and it made me better than you people.
fuck.
Word Panama this is the attitude we working against. “it made me better than you people.” You know just cuz you down w/ the man’s culture doesn’t make you his fav house ninja. But if you on some I partied w/ these bloodie wankers in western europe then we went to the island and got our socca on b4 the beat from the kakai drums just took us over in tokyo then your actually progressive and cool. There’s levels of getting along and when you can celebrate a persons diffrences from yourself reciprcatively. the student has become the sensai.
I have been doin that since I could operate a stereo without my dad’s help. I do look down on people that like certain music.
Yeah, this is one area where I do get carried away. I’m a music snob like a mothertrucker and assume that most people’s music tastes are not up to par with mine.
in fact, i will argue with anybody about music. however, there are only a select few people who i will entertain suggestions on new shit from.
as a further sign on assholishness on the music front, after i’d meet chicks, i’d determine if i’d talk to them again based on what music they listened to.
hell, one of my boys would ask chicks what they had intheir CD changers off break. if he wasn’t feeling it…he’d tell them to kick rocks.
i fully support this. nothing wrong with dumping a chick cause she likes lil wayne
CTFU
music snobs unite! i damn sure eval dudes on WHAT they listen to…for instance, if you think any rapper who came out in the last 8-10 years is the GOAT…nah, we ain’t gettin’ along. If all you listen to is the latest “Durrty Souf” rap…we’re probably not getting along. I can go on and on about all genres…but I got work to do today lol.
I ask men what’s in their changers too…I NEED to know…music snobs rock! lol
fuck everyone who doesn’t agree with me on music
word.life.
fuck everyone who doesn’t agree with me on music
what is wrong with you today? You are crackin me up!!! And I thought that I was in a bad mood.
I have actually been doing this and didn’t realize until I saw it written in front of me.
My name is Sula, and I am a music snob.
Now, where’s the rehab?
I can happily say..according to this list..i am not pretentious!
However…
the other day a friend called me “bougie” because i turned down a trip to Reno, NV because it’s a dirty city. Im sorry, no disrespect to Reno..but downtown looks like you could catch a staph infection just walking down the street. I dont know if this qualifies as me being pretentious or not but i figure if im paying my money i want to be around beautiful and pristine surroundings..lol There are somethings i just dont and wont do..and i dont feel i need to settle. If thats bougie..then so be it! LOL
wow! so I guess you will never travel to any of the carribean islands (most of which are third world countries or look like they are), or Latin America, or New Orleans (yeah I said it !).
or Philly. or East Philly (aka South Jersey)
snickering. Just moved to phili not that bad but I grew up in a real DC dirty city I ain’t never scared I also blame the republicans and their gentrifycation of america’s hoods
“the other day a friend called me “bougie” because i turned down a trip to Reno, NV because it’s a dirty city. Im sorry, no disrespect to Reno..but downtown looks like you could catch a staph infection just walking down the street.”
turning down reno because its dirty and you feel unsafe: cautious
turning down reno because you wouldnt wanna vacation anywhere that has a comedy named after it (ie: “reno 911″): pretentious
“turning down reno because you wouldnt wanna vacation anywhere that has a comedy named after it (ie: “reno 911″): pretentious”
LOL!
For the record, is their a crucial difference between pretentious and bourgy? Please let’s set the records straight before we start arguing over it…cause I DO think I’m a tad bourgy….pretentious though? Hmmmm…someone clear this up for me first and then I can chime into the discussion.
I thought it was the same thing…taking standards too far or being stuck up about them
bourgie and prententious are synonymous… too me neither are bad. I find that when you can be self-deprecating about them all it makes the medicine go down easy. And makes one seem like less of an azz. No one wants to be an azz. but everybody has their rathers.
I enjoy all people. Instead of prententious I like “discriminating taste”…I mean hell if you know what you like what is really the problem.
Yes! I like this: “discriminating taste!” I mean I like things the way that I like them…and SOMETIMES I can chill and just go with the flow if things are not up to my usual standards. I’m a traveler and when you’re going to new places the whole point is to have your “discriminating tastes” blown up. That’s the whole fun.
So in that context, I can be very easy-going and flexible, but usually? I can’t. Though, I’m never the first to vocalize it …I think that THAT person is the pretentious one. Usually I will only complain if I agree with them and just make a mental note not to venture into that situation, person, or environment again.
I’m still not completely able to understand bourgy and pretentious as two separate ideas. Eh.
“For the record, is their a crucial difference between pretentious and bourgy”
yes. you can be pretentious without being bougie. there are tons of pretentious hoodrats and “conscious cats” out there as well
pretentious hoodrats =misguided
Chain restaurants aren’t necessarily beneath people…I maintain that most of them have bland food.
For example, Red Lobster ain’t what it used to be…
Red Lobster will always hold a dear place in my heart because that was my family’s ‘unofficial’ special occasions spot. And i pity the fool who has anything negative to say about RL.
Red Lobster is sacred.
living in New England we went to RL for the bread (I forgot what they call it, cause I haent been there in so long, the closest one is like 65 miles away)
chedda biscuits
I have to admit those are the bomb. Redlobster has its place. However its not on my short list for romantic eateries and excursions.
That’s what I’m talking bout. I go for the biscuits.
LOL!!!!
This reminds me of the Boondocks episode “Guess H0es Comin’ to Dinner”:
“You taking her to Red Lobster with the chedda biscuits, Grandad! The fam ain’t eatin’ chedda biscuits, but this random broad is eatin’ chedda biscuits!”
LOL!!!!
THE CHEDDAR BAY BISCUITS!!! ok..I got a smidge crunk..but I STILL go in there and get the bread to go! MAN! HOLD UP!!!
Hedo are you in Boston by chance?
GK,
are YOU in Boston?
Dom i don’t live in Boston but i’m there from time to time. what’s good? is that where you lay ur head? Beantown?
Yerp. I pray for the day I can get away…
Dom is Boston that bad luv? seriously cold but what else is wrong luv?
@ GK~sorry it took me all day to answer, first day back at work catching up on 3 weeks of not being here
“Hedo are you in Boston by chance?”
no baby, but do you need me to be in Boston just say the word its only 45 minutes away. You let me know
Hedo Hedo Hedo…
“…but do you need me to be in Boston just say the word…”
gorgeous what a lovely attitude. where do you want to be Hedo? huh? what color/s are you wearing today? submit and then caress yourself.
“where do you want to be Hedo? ” Wherever you are GK, where ever you are.
“Wherever you are GK, where ever you are.”
umm keep this up and ______________ (fill in the blank)
***blushing***
I’ve filled in the blanks many times over just waiting for you to join in.
Umm no.
“I maintain that most of them have bland food. ”
like i said before, if its just about the food, its cool. theres nothing wrong with going to the olive garden a few times and avoiding it now because you found that you didnt really like anything on their menu.
You can get bland food anywhere tho…lack of pictorials isnt a guarantee of good food. I think its more about the atmosphere of certain places. A few years ago I went to this chinese food place for lunch with these girls. They kept talking about now nice the place was. Afterwards I felt like I paid three times a much for a third of the food I could have gotten delivered to me. They all admitted it was about the atmosphere of the place was and not the food (altho they thought it was good)and I never went to lunch with them again. I also never respected their opinion on food again either.
Yep.
My homegirls already know that if they invite me out, it better be good, or I’ma talk about you. Badly.
“Yep.
My homegirls already know that if they invite me out, it better be good, or I’ma talk about you. Badly.”
throat punches?
You gotta know when to hold ‘em Champ.
Yeah Champ throat punch em. Skip past Indian arm burns wedgies n back shots.
Throat punch they asses!
“Throat punch they asses!”
this sounds…complicated
don’t think about throat punching they asses. Do it. You’ve got to feeeeel it.
Fists of Furry too appropriate.
you know how i knew i was broke…when i found out olive garden wasn’t fine dining.
i used to think you had to get dressed up to go there and you only went there on special occasions.
^^^
We went there for junior prom. We thought that it was fancy too.
Top that.
Man, I went there for my senior prom and I didn’t like sh!t but the bread sticks! My date was fine as hayo though, so I wasn’t even thinking about eating…food atleast.
“My date was fine as hayo though, so I wasn’t even thinking about eating…food atleast.”
you were eating in high school? damn…you were a couple years ahead of the curve
Way ahead of the curve.
Yeah, she was the first and that night was my first time trying. The anxiety was a B!tch…hence, my lack of appetite.
I agree 18 was really early, but you’d have to know the history about the BIGGEST ladies man I’ve ever known and my tenure of his teaching upon this young lad, plus…I was in love, so for her…I tried it.
I’m pretentious to a degree and I think it’s a good thing.
For example, I went through a phase where I dated or “went with” nothing but hood rats. I eventually grew out of that phase because I started to encounter too much baby-daddy drama, lack of connectivity, and other issues. Then again, I’ve encountered the same thing post my hood rat phase so I’ve kinda lost my point.
Oh well.
“For example, I went through a phase where I dated or “went with” nothing but hood rats. I eventually grew out of that phase because I started to encounter too much baby-daddy drama, lack of connectivity, and other issues”
this isn’t pretentious at all. just smart, lol
I agree. I don’t think it’s pretentious, I think you just grew up and decided you didn’t wanna deal with all the extra added BS.
I love the fact that you debunked your own point with truth…smart b*tches have drama too…although probation/parole and court ordered community service aren’t as prevelant, I’m sure…lol
“smart b*tches have drama too”
first t-shirt of the day
This is the first t-shirt I would actually rock.
@ Treezy… I am over here doing the cabbage prep (the prep and cabbage patch at the same time) happy you would rock my shirt!
i heard a quote similar to that:
even good girls get into trouble, but only the smart ones get out alive…
yeah shay i like that 1.
…good girls get in trouble but… smart ones… out alive.
ima work with that.
Monk notices: “I dated or “went with” nothing but hood rats. …Then again, I’ve encountered the same thing post my hood rat phase…”
you mean to tell me non textbook hoodrats can have hoodrat ways and tendencies?
hmmmmmm…..
so are you saying from personal experience that “hoodrats” are not exclusively found in the “hood” or “ghetto” (geographical) and that it is a state of mind that can be found among all walks of life, in all neighborhoods, amongst all upbringings?
hmmmmm…….
talk black to me.
I’d say that exactly. I think the famous hip hop line is incorrect “it ain’t where your from it’s where your @” I call bullshyiat. But I’d repace it w/ Barry White’s (R.I.P) It’s yo attitude
“talk black to me”
GK, u rock!
Do you need a hug Champ? u sounding like you got some things heav on your heart lol.
“Do you need a hug Champ?”
sure. i like hugs. especially if you have big boobs
I think I am equipped to handle that. And BTW, can men really get a boob feel with a hug? Cuz I give out hugs all the time, but maybe I need to refrain from men like you LOL.
“And BTW, can men really get a boob feel with a hug?”
ummm…yeah.
Duly noted. I am rationing out the hugs from here on out.
i always wondered why i would stop breathing for 3 seconds with the squeeze from some folks…
“And BTW, can men really get a boob feel with a hug?”
ummm…yeah.
that has to be the worst free feel ever. What can you really feel from a hug? I feel used in a way because men insist on hugs from me all the time, I thought they were just being friendly. So while I’m concentrating on where the hands are you mean yall got something else going on? that is crazy
“So while I’m concentrating on where the hands are you mean yall got something else going on?”
I had to watch where my friends placed their heads… they stayed trying to snuggle the girls.
“that has to be the worst free feel ever. What can you really feel from a hug?”
nipples
nipples really? Isn’t that better for me than for you?
Luckily my bras all have built in nipple guards. all u’ll be feelin is fabric.
Luckily my bras all have built in nipple guards. all u’ll be feelin is fabric.
that’s what I thought @ liz. You can’t feel a nipple with yo chest with all the clothing in place. That is your nasty over active imagination. I don’t mind being in the Hug booth, I like hugs as much as i like smilies
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@ The Champ
Same with the name man, why is it that your mind is always in the gutter ? My son is nine and everytime someone says balls he cracks up. Is this another male thing that I just don’t get?
It’s a nick name, it comes from my intials. It’s insane that all these very smart brothas up in here I say nut and your mind does a beeline to the gutter. why are yall like that? It has more than one meaning people!!!!
I was going to say like a nut you eat, but ……well anyway. I was going to use screw and nut but not a good one. I was gonna say nut colored but no good either. Just stop it!!! Next your gonna say that you stand under the escalator in the mall to look under dresses. Just stop it. lol
Champ Panama I say @ the bar b q we have a “hugs from nut” booth. Kind of like a kissing booth. Wadddlya say?!)
“Champ Panama I say @ the bar b q we have a “hugs from nut” booth. Kind of like a kissing booth. Wadddlya say?!)”
i think that you’re not gonna get many (straight) men to frequent the “hugs from nut” booth. might wanna do something about changing the name of the display
“hugs from (insert chic name here) aka nut” booth. Speaking of crazy names n e 1 seen tits mcgee
I was floored the day a dude told me, “Yeah, I liked that hug you gave me…your chest felt nice”. First I got embarrassed, then I laughed cause I should have known better.
The Champ says:
“8. you make completely random and completely inane concrete demands of the opposite sexah, how these people tickle me. theres nothing more fun than hearing a woman remark “he has to be at least 6′2..and this is non-negotiable” and asking her “well, what if he was 6′1 and 7/8ths? 6′1 and 3/4ths? 6″1 and 16/29ths? 6′0 and 99/100ths? would these be acceptable?”what amazes me most about this is the fact that usually, these horrific demands have absolutely nothing to do with that persons happiness, and everything to do with the perpetual pissing contest they’re having with their peers.”
***Ghandi’s memoirs***
Trying to keep up with the Jones’ (or one’s self) when it comes to such specifics is comical when it’s ridiculously strict. We all have our preferences, but aligning your standards with the ‘perfect’ person is a tad bit unrealistic. That’s how MANY of us miss out on great relationships. As I said before, it’s nothing wrong with having standards, but DAMN…get over yourself.
And how about people that write comments just to show how smart they are and link it to something they posted on their site. Oh wait, I just did that. Damnit.
“And how about people that write comments just to show how smart they are and link it to something they posted on their site. Oh wait, I just did that. Damnit.”
funny
I’m happy to say that according to Champ’s list, I am NOT pretentious…not evenbeing black and having that college degree (and two more semesters away from a masters) qualifies me lol. Unfortunately, I am borderline bougie. I have certain standards, which I rarely compromise. For example, dude betta NOT take me to McD’s on the first date…now, after we been talking for a while and we cool…shidd, I will NOT trip off an outing to Wendy’s (their chili is awesome!) or any of my other fave chains.
“For example, dude betta NOT take me to McD’s on the first date…now, after we been talking for a while and we cool…shidd, I will NOT trip off an outing to Wendy’s (their chili is awesome!) or any of my other fave chains”
and theres nothing wrong with this. you can be unpretentious without being a cheap bastard, lol
i find this funny b/c i can’t imagine anybody actually taking anybody to mcdonald’s on a first date.
does this really happen to people or is this just that all encompassing way of saying, “don’t take me anywhere cheap”
no, i actually know a girl who met this guy that she met online at a McD’s for the first time. but for me, yeah, that would be my all-encompassing way of saying, “Don’t take me anywhere where I gotta pick up my food from a counter on a first date”
“i find this funny b/c i can’t imagine anybody actually taking anybody to mcdonald’s on a first date.”
me neither. its akin to the woman who’ll talk about not wanting to be with someone built like a tootsie roll “down there”. i seriously doubt any chick has ever encountered that.
Please, please, speak only for the women you know personally.
{Hangs head in shame}
“Please, please, speak only for the women you know personally.”
oh damn, lol
Oh My Gowd! Champ did my sleep deprived eyes just halucinate or did I really read what I just read. Holy Moly!
did the tootsie roll take you to mcdonalds too?
No, no. He did take me to a few chain resturants though.
Everytime someone mentions regrets my mind IMMEDIATELY flashes to him. Ugh.
According to the list I am pretentious. That label doesnt bother me. I like what I like and dont like what I dont like just like any other person. Chains just arent my thing when it comes to dates….there are far to many places to go in the DMV that are reasonably priced that dont have pictures on the menu.
Good post! I knew it was coming..
“there are far to many places to go in the DMV that are reasonably priced that dont have pictures on the menu.”
pictures…LOL
…nor the menus with the plastic covers that need to be wipped down at every seating…
Amen.
“Chains just arent my thing when it comes to dates”
i guess my question is…why? if its just about the food, like i said before, if you never go there, how would you know that the food sucks?
They dont have pictures on the MENU. Champ, I swear everytime I make this comment you ask me the same thing. I just dont like them and I think if I’ve been talking to someone for a while and we go out on a date a little thought should be put into it that goes beyond the menu with pictures.. I’ve actually never had to have this conversation with anyone I have dated and since I’ve been over the age of 23 I have never been taken to a chain for a dinner date. So it isnt like I go around saying “you better not take me to a chain nagga!” no that doesnt happen.
“I’ve actually never had to have this conversation with anyone I have dated and since I’ve been over the age of 23 I have never been taken to a chain for a dinner date. So it isnt like I go around saying “you better not take me to a chain nagga!” no that doesnt happen.”
i usually dont go to chains for dinner either, and the only chain i’ve taken a first date to was the cheesecake factory, so you’re not talking to someone who’s staunchly pro-chain, lol.
thing is, i just think it’s a bit odd to eliminate a place strickly because of the presentation of their menu. by this way of thinking, if ruth’s chris decided to add a couple pictures to their menu, theyd be off the “acceptable” list as well.
to me, its akin to the person who’ll buy a pair of chucks taylors at saks instead of just getting them at foot locker or burlington.
I don’t think in my mind I’ve ever been opposed to chains on date. But I’ve never recommended them for suggestions EITHER.
A date should be about atmosphere (I guess that’s prentense coming in) TO ME. And great imaginative food, as I am a foodie. I can get a chicken enchilada with my mama.
sometimes if you’re diggin a guy you want a unique foodie experience that arouses and engages all your senses. And Jolie is right it doesn’t have to cost a fortune…it just needs to be an experience (maybe fusion, or moroccan with belly dancers…shyt like that.
and a date is NOT about the food.
Comeback, Jolie and any of you other women who are opposed to chains: what about whips and spankings? …or stockings and garters? do tell…
gk I’m not sure how to answer this. But if I got a Moroccan 8 course dinner with the belly dancers giving their little show…who knows what type of chains, whips and swords I might be pulling out for dessert when home…for my man that is.
…funny…
Is liking witty men pretentious?
MsSula liking witty men is not pretentious but moistening i hear. tell us how they make you feel?
“the black verne troyer”,
Seriously, I shed a tear crying on this one. You are too silly!!!
This is a great list. GREAT!!!!
Morgan Spurlock huh? Throw a double cheeseburger on that snitch! lol
According to the list…
Oh yeah…I’m not pretentious!! Yay!
ok ok .. I was just talking to one of my female friends who thinks i’m stupid for the whole chain thing but … let me clarify .. I just dont wanna go somewhere with pictures on the menu on the first date! some chains as she mentioned like ruth chris, melting pot and the lot are acceptable.. peer pressure is a mother fugger damn ..
chains to me is defined by the fridays, chillis, applebees, chevys of them all..
“some chains as she mentioned like ruth chris, melting pot and the lot are acceptable.. peer pressure is a mother fugger damn ..”
what makes these acceptable?
Melting Pot is waaay overpriced. It’s cheese, meat, vegetables, and bread. It shouldn’t cost a bill for that.
The Melting Pot smells strange to me…
It’s that Guyere and Muenster. LMAO!!!
whats wrong with them…the chains?
“ruth chris, melting pot and the lot are acceptable”
I agree. Ruth Chris is an exception because I like her story!! And the melting pot is again an experience. Its not about the food. Its about sitting in your communal situation with your peeps, cooking your food.
I actually think the melting pot is too much work for ME personally…but its a cute concept.
Jolie I think you and me should start a club or something LOL.
“Its about sitting in your communal situation with your peeps, cooking your food.
I actually think the melting pot is too much work for ME personally…but its a cute concept.”
My rule of thumb is:: if I gotta work and actually cook my own food, I will stay at home. I go out to get a break from actually cooking…lol Why am I paying you and I’m doing all the work?
There was a restaurant here for a while where you could grill your own steak. If they cooked it they charged you $2 more. I always had to pay the money, because I didn’t see the fun in cooking my own steak at a restaurant. lol.
I guess I wasn’t alone, because they are no longer in business.
i agree…but it is a cute spot. I go and dip. But I’m not cooking my food.
I feel that way about any iteration of crab (ie, legs etc)…that right there is TOO much work to be crackin shyt open and your not sure exactly what your gonna find and if its gonna be enough.
i guess thats my thing. I dont care about experience I want to eat and get food and like it.
“I agree. Ruth Chris is an exception because I like her story!!”
lol…ok
Also try Timbuktu’s just south of Baltimore. They got some mad crab cakes that are broiled, not that fried stuff!!
Thoses crabcakes sound good as heyll.
**off to eat my Lean Cuisine**
“Timbuktu’s just south of Baltimore”
No…its in a little town called Hanover. And it smells like old people in there…(and I love the old people btw–shout out to AARP up in this joint).
Lets stick to legal seafood (Chain gang) and Phillips.
no as in…hell no…dont go there. It is south of bmore.
Yo, DC is south of B’more also. LOL!
Seriously, the crab cakes at Timbuktu look like a mound of mashed potatoes until you dig in. They’re da bomb! And the Saturday afternoon/evening I was there, I didn’t smell any old people!!
Treezy F. Baaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbyyyyy! (i like saying that in my mind.)
she wants to know:
bourgeois (adj) – Held to be preoccupied with respectability and material values.
pretention (adv) – Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified. Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious.
in the eyes of another we may all be a lil or more of both the descriptions above. the degree to which we are in denial about it or steadfast and allegiant to our chosen points of pretension or bourgeoi-ness is commensurate with the degree of asshole we are. the more closed and narrowminded we are about something the bigger pretentious bourgeoi asshole we are. …see the point? no? look in the mirror.
ok is there an imaginary line that’s accepted by the majority that once you go over, you’re defenitely that asshole? maybe but i don’t pretend to make that judgement for the majority. we all draw the line personally though. i think Champs point was to give some guidlines and clues to why: You Might Be A Pretentious/Bourgeoi Jackass If…
the more you define and pride yourself by these class distinctions and/or convince yourself that other ways are inferior, you move from casual to chronic, mental to pshcho, organized to anal retentive etc. et. etc.
somehow methinks that life is such that the more rigid you are about your positions the more life is going to put you in positions that you claim you would never be in, now isn’t it? i probably won’t be there but be sure to look at your face.
eat a dic* and kick rocks wit no socks you pretentious, bourgeoi, delusions of gandeur having, pompous, cuntwatting lametardo…..
dam i can’t believe i talk to myself like that. so self deprecating. LOL!
“somehow methinks that life is such that the more rigid you are about your positions the more life is going to put you in positions that you claim you would never be in, now isn’t it?”
good point
the more you define and pride yourself by these class distinctions and/or convince yourself that other ways are inferior, you move from casual to chronic, mental to pshcho, organized to anal retentive etc. et. etc.
This helped a lot…I’m just not THAT bad…I like what I like but I am very understanding of others in their own likes and dislikes and sometimes I’ll join them “down there” just to get the opportunity to relate. LOL….thanks for clearing this up. We at VSB often like to make inane argumentative comments that merely boil down to a disagreement about terms. And yes in this moment, I was definitely going for “smart ass.”
Hilarious list Champ, and 1-3 really get to me too.
The worst are pretentious people who don’t live up to their OWN standards, but exactingly apply them to others, and convince themselves that all of the dudes they like/want are just intimidated by them rather than realizing they fall short of everything they demand in others.
“The worst are pretentious people who don’t live up to their OWN standards, but exactingly apply them to others, and convince themselves that all of the dudes they like/want are just intimidated by them rather than realizing they fall short of everything they demand in others.”
**nodding head in agreement**
ForReals’ insight:
“The worst are pretentious people who don’t live up to their OWN standards, but exactingly apply them to others…”
ON POINT! FOR REAL!
Thanks Genius
“The worst are pretentious people who don’t live up to their OWN standards, but exactingly apply them to others”
i.e., dudes who only date “dymes”, but they look like the Stay-Puft Marshmellow Man…this kills me for real!
You know! The dudes are the worst, but chicks got their issues too. Chicks who wouldn’t know a gym or a physical activity if it hit them in the head, demanding 6’2″ model/body building looking dudes. And chicks without two dimes to rub together talking bout how they don’t even SEE dudes that don’t drive luxury vehicles. Hobbyless hoes (thanks Champ) that want Renaissance men. Women with 3 kids and 4 possible baby daddies that won’t date a man with a kid.
Now if u are working on these things and/or bringing these things to the table and you want the same, alright. You can legitimately call it a preference. But i ain’t too hot on all the rampant hypocrisy i see.
“But i ain’t too hot on all the rampant hypocrisy i see.”
lol…yeah, i see.
“Women with 3 kids and 4 possible baby daddies…”
DIZAYUM
omg i am adding that to my memory banks and i might just start spelling it out when i use it (a la “lol” or “omg”)…
“Hobbyless hoes (thanks Champ) that want Renaissance men.”
this really did make me go hmmm today!!!
“And chicks without two dimes to rub together talking bout how they don’t even SEE dudes that don’t drive luxury vehicles”
I know a lot of women who fall in this category. I was just talking to one of my friends and she makes a decent living but still can’t afford to live on her own yet, but still will only date guys who make at least 6 figures, drive a nice car, and can wine & dine her. I don’t get it, but it makes perfect sense to her.
I guess I dont understand the outrage about that, i mean who wants to be with someone they dont even find attractive? Being broke and wanting a baller is different, because you can change being broke, but for the most part how you look is concrete. A guy may be a “5″ to you, but maybe to someone else hes a 10. He shouldnt want to find his own “10″ just because you dont think he’s one? Why does he have to be doomed to having a “5″ just like him?
I definitely see what u are saying, but people also need to be realistic. It’s about applying *pretentious* standards to others that you ain’t even close to living up to.
If you are 5′ and discount compatible men because they are only 6′ and not 6’2, and if you claim everyone is ‘intimidated’ by you instead of taking a hard look at what you bring to the table, you need to re-evaluate.
If you are 500lbs and you only find dudes with 6 packs attractive, you can’t be surprised if you have a harder time dating those men and you damn sure can’t be mad if they don’t want you because just like you apply standards to others, people can/will apply standards to you. And being pretentious about the whole thing just makes it worse.
If you drive an Accord, I think it’s wrong to automatically turn your nose up to the dude that drives a Camry cause it ain’t a Benz. That’s my whole point.
I see, its nothing wrong with wanting dimes but when you say you “only date dimes” the pretentiousness sets in, especially if you arent dime-status yourself.
It seems like the guys lacking in the physical department are the ones demanding dimes most of the time. The guys that I know that are really fine usually aren’t as demanding when it comes to women. It seems like it’s more an insecurity issue.
Boogz u stupid.
…the Stay-Puft_Marshmellow Man.
heh, heh, heh (inhales) whooooooo!
and who is this other jboogy person posting as of late? any clue?
Yo GK, I wondered that myself…but I left it alone lol.
preach!!!!
my philosophy on life is if you stand next to someone you feel is not your “equal” and you both get sliced open the same guts are gonna fall out, so its no use sayin some dumb shit or braggin about the next shit or judging my shit cause we are the same inside.
i love how we get into saying that we are “better” than one another when we might just be in a more flexible situation. everybody has their own problems, their own mindset, and its all different. no 1 is better, higher, bigger, more concious, whatever than the other. just because you have your eye on a certain prize that Jenny from the block doesnt even know exists, doesnt mean the prize she got her eye on is worth less than yours.
coming up i used to be on that bullshit “bitch i’m better than you shit” but i realized where i came from and i understand all walks of life on the strength of that. have been on a few different walks of life in my few years. i understand your goals change as your situation does, and where a person making six figures would get jealous of someone driving a better car, i was a hungry nigga gettin jealous of niggas who ate dinner every night, so these days, instead of tryna make a hungry nigga feel bad about himself so i can make myself feel better, im just grateful to be eating. ill carry that mentality with me thru the rest of my life.
honestly, i feel like the “pretentious” are really the empty ones and have no experiences and no growth to draw from and so thats why they feel the need to swing a “i do this so that makes me better than you” stick in your face to compensate for what they dont have, whether it be financial or spiritual. its really to make them feel better about themselves.
we need to respect one another’s interests and differences as exactly that, differences, and not make up out minds to judge or even gauge ourselves against each other, cause like i said, we are all pink on the inside.
shay shay la ghost (Wu represent!) says:
“…the “pretentious” are really the empty ones…
…they feel the need to swing a “i do this so that makes me better than you” stick in your face to compensate for what they dont have, whether it be financial or spiritual.”
yes insecurity is manytimes why the pretentious are pretentious. good call shay.
i would say “thanks and shit” but instead ill say “‘preciate the shoutout, GK”.
(starts the slow clap)
Forget the slow clap, I’m doing a standing ovation.
I LOVE slow claps and I’m eager for any opportunity that has earned such accolades
And with that I nominate Shay as the newest member of the “I always drop golden nuggets of wisdom” club here at the VSB. Any seconds?
*gasp* they like me, they really like me…
i’d like to thank god, my moms, apple cinnamon cheerios, and the entire cast of the fresh prince of Bel-Air when they had the dark skinned Vivian.
Thank you, and please say the Baby!
*gasp* they like me, they really like me…
i’d like to thank god, my moms, apple cinnamon cheerios, and the entire cast of the fresh prince of Bel-Air when they had the dark skinned Vivian.
Thank you, and please say the Baby
this fool said Apple Cinnamon Cheerios and the dark skinned Vivian… CLASSIC… I love her…can we keeo her? please?
nah just give her the rap it up box quickly lol
i got that jingle stuck in my head and i dont even remember if they still sell that at the supermarket (seeing as i havent been there in months (maybe i shut up now))
this is a great list! Numbers 4 and 8 are so me
first off… I LOVE YOU CHAMP!!! i refuse to believe that you were ever pretentious!!!
anywho, i do have 2 in common with this list… i’m not too embarrassed about it… but i’m #4 & #5… I mean, i’m from NY and live in ATL now… I don’t think i would know how to live somewhere else!!! (shuddering)… and yeah, i’m black and educated, however, i think i was the most down to earth chick at Spelman (where most are pretentious… comes with the territory though)…
“first off… I LOVE YOU CHAMP!!! i refuse to believe that you were ever pretentious!!! ”
i love you too, ladebelle!!!!!!
***super big cheese***
as a morehouse man who’s engaged in more than enough debate and cordiality with spelman women i’ve always felt that the majority of spelman women were down to earth and nice. of course, there are definitely a gang of women who’s head is stuck up their arse (like at morehouse) but i just want to stand up for my spelman sisters…cuz they got good hearts.
it also helps that quite a few of them look good. so maybe i’m biased. admittedly, a more attractive women gets more leeway.
howard broads on the other hand…
*snicker*
“of course, there are definitely a gang of women who’s head is stuck up their arse (like at morehouse)”
this is sooooo the truth… but i think that they intentionally try to make us that way… only the strong survive!!!
“but i just want to stand up for my spelman sisters…cuz they got good hearts.”
thank God someone will!!! lol… nowadays everyone is callin everyone else every damn name in the book… there’s just too much hate!! (plus spelman is the real sister school for morehouse… forget bennett… i mean, how are you a sister school so far away?)
and not all us spelman women are attractive!!! i definitely remember thinking during orientation “i thought they screened people before letting them in…”
Woe I think it’s awesome. Champ is like The Champ. I haven’t and can’t read all of the other posts. Really I can’t. I’m @ work tryin to not be high. I haven’t had anything to drink but I haven’t had any sleep either. 2 things 1. why the sugar cookie in their ‘cookies?’ I like sugar cookies. Not as much as snickerdoodles but I like em. I get it though the sugar crystals would be all like the rocks in road rash. And 2. big ups to one of Gary’s finest LisaRae woo wee. Oh yeah the college people on the list. I see that point too. Sleep depervation is a hell of a drug.
“Sleep depervation is a hell of a drug.”
yeah…judging from the comment you shouldnt be operating any heavy machinery today
Snickerdoodle is my poison of the day today. God bless the sugar high!
Well I’m #4…and I fought that decision tooth and nail. I only got an education because the “MAN” said I needed one to succeed.
Unfortunately he was right…still a little salty about that one though…especially since I consider organized and institutionalized education to be overrated. Wish I could have just tested out of college.
…kind of boggling that I want to start an academy now…who really ever understands one’s purpose in life. (sorry to go left field with this one, just rambling)
Ok … so at my worst I hit like 75% of the list … but I’ve changed … I think. #1 and #8 are like my biggest pet peeves. Somone I used to date truly exuded both of these (plus several other) characteristics.
I think I’m gonna get a shirt that says “B*tch … your not special”. And I’m copyrighting that one now so its not stolen!
“Ok … so at my worst I hit like 75% of the list … but I’ve changed … I think.”
you know, i’d go as far to say that most of us (and by “us” i mean, “young, somewhat educated blacks”) have gone through this stage in some form
” think I’m gonna get a shirt that says “B*tch … your not special”. And I’m copyrighting that one now so its not stolen!”
…I soooo want that shirt!!!
Yeah I was thinking about this…people all have something they are pretentious about…hence the terms music snob, food snob, etc. Also, if you have a specialization in something you get a pass to be a snob about whatever it is that relates to your work. For example, I’m a film student so I GET to be pretentious about what movies I will go see. Ain’t no way in hell you can get me to go see a movie along the lines of Don’t Be A Menace While Flying on the Soul Plane on Friday with Your Baby’s Daddy. It just ain’t happening…so don’t even try to convince me.
“Ain’t no way in hell you can get me to go see a movie along the lines of Don’t Be A Menace While Flying on the Soul Plane on Friday with Your Baby’s Daddy”
not even if orson wells (came back from the grave) to write and direct it???
Hmmm…now that I’d pay my left kidney to go see!
I actually am a recovering pretentious POS my dang on self, but a super serious car accided that had me f***ed up for a hot minute made me see the err of my annoying ways:
1. A dose of near death makes you realize what is important in life
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2. Filtered out all of the “friends” I was trying to impress….. surprise surprise they ditched da kid
3. Hospital bills are a bitch even with insurance so I could not keep up with the Joneses even if I had wanted to (Jim Jones included and blamed….
“1. A dose of near death makes you realize what is important in life”
glad you were able to recover with a better outlook
I prefer to be called a snob than a pretentious ass, thank you very much!
I’m a very laid back, go with the flow kinda gal. Until I don’t like you. Then I become a pretentious snobby bitch, but just to you.
Leave me be, thats my pleasure.
“I’m a very laid back, go with the flow kinda gal. Until I don’t like you. Then I become a pretentious snobby bitch, but just to you.”
is that what you did to dj jesus freak?
I wish. I mighta got over his crazy ass sooner if I had.
“The Black Verne Troyer”
That literally made me snort!
““The Black Verne Troyer”
That literally made me snort!”
the first time i read this i thought you typed “squirt”.
i need some toast
Did the Champ spend the weekend alone in the cave? bwahahah
“i need some toast”
…or something.
This was a good list. I think that I may be a little picky (i.e. I will eat at Micky D’s or Da Kang but not if it’s filthy) but some people just over do it. I have friends and former classmates that refuse to eat at places like Qdoba. Now I would understand if they said Taco Bell (due to side effects that some people experience) but really…
‘I have friends and former classmates that refuse to eat at places like Qdoba”
ive never actually been there. not a huge fan of mexican food. it always seems to give me mud butt.
Mud butt…if you don’t shut up RIGHT NOW!!! Soy meat gives me mud butt.
LOL! Krystal’s is my culprit. I couldn’t think of another middle priced place. How about Macaroni Grill (the only thing I like at Olive Garden is the salad and bread sticks).
@ champ which is better a hug froma big breasted woman or the a$$ peak
“@ champ which is better a hug froma big breasted woman or the a$$ peak”
thats like asking whos better, magic or bird.
yeah either one will definately brighten your day.
Man, I was doing great until I got to 4 and 5. Anyway, thanks for making me laugh out loud at the people with business cards and no benefits. LOL!
no problem and shit. my pleasure
“Remember what Daddy always says – an ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure! ”
(quote from “Steel Magnolias of all places, and I concur…)
I read this, laughed my ass off and realized that my love of McDonald’s $1 hot fudge sundaes and my desire to NOT live in Atlanta might be two of the few things keeping me from being a pretentious piece of sh*t. Thanks for the laugh
Ya know, I have a weird crush on Tina Fey…I think it’s the glasses mixed with the cute face, accompanied by the subtle scar along with the smart wittiness.
LOL! Your moniker is killing me. Good one.
Ok I’ve read all the comments and I have to say that I don’t think that I’m pretentious. I’ve always been a down to earth kinda gal. Now don’t get me wrong, I am a music snob and can be a bit of an elitist when it comes to movies but I think that is common for adults; more about what I prefer. I can go to a chain restuarant but they are not my favorite. I can listen to anything ….. ok no that is a lie I don’t like booty butt cheeks music when it’s all loud and shit. I like James Morrison and Jean Grae that makes me cool right? Ok yes that makes me cool, I’m not asking it’s a fact. This was a good topic, very entertaining. I’m tring to sound all high falootin’ so I guess I am pretentious…..damn.
I’ve lived in NYC for a year and a half and haven’t eaten at a chain restaurant since I’ve been here. This has nothing to do with be pretentious and everything to do with not having rodent feces in my food.
Hey Erica, don’t think that you’re not eating rodent feces because you don’t eat at chains.
Some of NYC’s best restaurants have rodents.
There is a website which details health department inspections. I couldn’t finish looking at the info because it was TMI.
You’d never eat out again if you saw some of the names on that list.
I really do have eclectic tastes… I promise I am not pretentious… Promise.
Do I redeem myself by saying that I would love to live in Seattle? No?
Ok, let me go puncture my spleen now…
*Whew*
When I read the topic I was thinking I am about to fit the bill completely with these 9 little characteristics…
…but thank goodness… I am only a quarter pretentious.
So I either have room to be even more pretentious…or room to overcome my quarter-pretentions (? lol)
But since I am moving to the DC area…fat chance of that happening. By years end, I shall be a full grown prententious shit.
*Sidenote: no offense to those now living in the DC metro area…just sayin’*
Do they have support groups for that?
7 & 9 are classic, man!
*hi five* on this one, Champ. Hi.Freakin.Five.
THANK YOU!
LOL
This was HILLARIOUS! I’m really enjoying you guys blog…keep up the good posts!
That is the problem with people…… We always have to have someone else to blame…… Rap is like country music , rock and pop if you don’t like it don’t listen. What 50 Cent eat does not come out YOUR ass. We have to take RESPONSIBILITY for our own actions. You are who you are because of the choices you make and if you choose to FOLLOW a rapper instead of leading your life you are the one to blame. Rap will never die because people are so curious about it. The media makes everything out to be more then what it is. You have to know what is reality and what is only T.V. My suggestion is to stop wathing t.v. Turn off all your devices and see how bored you will be.
Shoot. I know I’m about 2 years late on this post and everybody who clicked “notify me of followup comments via e-mail” will be angry but I just got around to this post and…
I’m guilty… of some of this. Or maybe most. But ya know it has not gotten to an excessive level..yet. I’m trying to do better. But this small, private (top 5) liberal arts degree has done something to my brain. (Did you see how I added that top 5?? Pretension.) I only eat organic food but thankfully I still buy it from Wal-Mart. There’s hope for me after all. Imma do better though. Promise!
Okay. Whew. I feel better now. I just needed to get that off of my chest.
Oh Noo! ::diagnoses self and runs away:: lol, yikes. im guilty of a couple of these. ::shrugs:: hell, im still growing,maturing,etc. sue me.
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