# I pit 'Tyra' for misuse of the word 'culture' **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 26, 2009, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-tyra-for-misuse-of-the-word-culture/497656 "2009-05-26T07:17:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fastidiots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fastidiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fastidiots)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-tyra-for-misuse-of-the-word-culture/497656/41 "2009-05-27T01:36:27Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Love Tyra. Love her. Don’t watch her show (did watch a few episodes of ANTM, which I actually enjoyed), but I love anyone that a ton of people get together and think they are so smart for hating. Love Oprah most of ALL! Are you provoking? I can’t tell. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-tyra-for-misuse-of-the-word-culture/497656/42 "2009-05-27T01:41:16Z")
Provoking what? ETA: Wait. I think I figured it out… I think you are accusing me of trolling. When we have these threads in the pit…is it considered threadshitting to make posts that don’t agree that Tyra is clueless? Or is it considered ok form to drop into the pit thread and say that I loves me some Tyra because she has lots of haters? Lemme know. ---
**Author:** ![Fastidiots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fastidiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fastidiots)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-tyra-for-misuse-of-the-word-culture/497656/43 "2009-05-27T02:07:23Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Provoking what? > > ETA: Wait. I think I figured it out… I think you are accusing me of trolling. When we have these threads in the pit…is it considered threadshitting to make posts that don’t agree that Tyra is clueless? Or is it considered ok form to drop into the pit thread and say that I loves me some Tyra because she has lots of haters? Lemme know. I suppose it might be considered threadshitting if adding to the thread nothing regards her clue-ness, the word culture, Purity Balls, or her show. That’s probably harsh, I guess dropping in to say “I LOVE TYRA!” is more of a hijack. And loving someone just because they’re hated might put you in strange company, Bush-ites, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-tyra-for-misuse-of-the-word-culture/497656/44 "2009-05-27T02:16:23Z")
> [@tvvat](#): > > I suppose it might be considered threadshitting if adding to the thread nothing regards her clue-ness, the word culture, Purity Balls, or her show. That’s probably harsh, I guess dropping in to say “I LOVE TYRA!” is more of a hijack. > > And loving someone just because they’re hated might put you in strange company, Bush-ites, for example. See, Bush isn’t as fun, because all sane people hate him. It is only fun when I suspect people think that hating a person is some sign of intellectual superiority. Or that it makes them cool. But! I have defended Bush too, plenty of times. When people call him stupid, I say, I don’t really think he is. But enough of my pointless hijacks. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-tyra-for-misuse-of-the-word-culture/497656/45 "2009-05-27T03:13:28Z")
Dammit **tvvat** , Tyra is such an easy target and you choose THIS to bitch about!! I’m leaving this thread very disapointed!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-tyra-for-misuse-of-the-word-culture/497656/46 "2009-05-27T13:54:34Z")
> [@tvvat](#): > > The show made clear that they were from the same town, and attended the same Purity Ball. The show didn’t say anything about the same church, and neither have I. Though I have made the assumption that they are both christian - which was obvious. I wouldn’t be the slightest bit surprised that they are from the same church, but there is no evidence for it. Right, so the white family could be going to a white church and the black family to a black church. That is a cultural difference. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-tyra-for-misuse-of-the-word-culture/497656/47 "2009-05-27T18:26:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Or is it considered ok form to drop into the pit thread and say that I loves me some Tyra because she has lots of haters? And if that’s considered okay, is it okay for me to drop into this thread and say I love Tyra because she has great breasts? ---
**Author:** ![Fastidiots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fastidiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fastidiots)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-tyra-for-misuse-of-the-word-culture/497656/48 "2009-05-27T22:39:27Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Right, so the white family could be going to a white church and the black family to a black church. That is a cultural difference. Perhaps, but only if we assume that “white church” means something considerably different from “black church”, other than the congregation being predominantly full of white or black people. If you have in mind a hip swinging, full choir, teeth rattling, Baptist, black church portrayed in movies, then sure. I’d call that culturally different in enough significant ways to be discerned from any other regular “white church”. Otherwise, no. When I was a christian, I went to a brown church. Meaning if you added up all the skin tones and divided by the number of the congregation, you’d have kind of a beige brown. You’d probably call it a white church though, because it wasn’t a stereotypical “black church”. See what I’m getting at? The assumption of what a black church is verses a white church? The differences are implied and the skin color hasn’t much to do with what could make them culturally distinct. ---
**Author:** ![Fastidiots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fastidiots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fastidiots)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-tyra-for-misuse-of-the-word-culture/497656/49 "2009-05-27T22:47:55Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > And if that’s considered okay, is it okay for me to drop into this thread and say I love Tyra because she has great breasts? ht A resounding yes. tp://johnnydain.com/celeb-pics/tyra-banks/tyra-banks-purple-bikini.jpg ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-tyra-for-misuse-of-the-word-culture/497656/50 "2009-05-27T22:54:55Z")
> [@tvvat](#): > > Perhaps, but only if we assume that “white church” means something considerably different from “black church”, other than the congregation being predominantly full of white or black people. > > If you have in mind a hip swinging, full choir, teeth rattling, Baptist, black church portrayed in movies, then sure. I’d call that culturally different in enough significant ways to be discerned from any other regular “white church”. Exactly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-tyra-for-misuse-of-the-word-culture/497656.md?page=2)