# Way to kill my blowing off steam, cute lil' white boy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 12, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183 "2005-12-12T00:54:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/101 "2005-12-13T02:12:20Z")
**magellan01.** I had a loooOoooong, stressful day working in a busy retail store in a busy suburban mall on a major sale day. I indulged myself in some minor jerkitude right after work and it blew up in my face. I recognized it as being funny and shared it. It’s not like I made the kid cry. What’s the dilly, yo? Nowhere do I say what I did yesterday was at all appropriate. But isn’t it cool that at the end of the day no one was hurt except maybe my pride? Maybe **flight** is right and the Mom saw right through my little game and gave me a calculated cheery response that deflated my ego. I appreciate any move that’s well-played, even one against me. Not everybody is in a position to just up and quit a job just because. It’s just a holiday gig, I made it clear I was only interested in holiday work when I applied, and I’ve already given notice over a week ago I plan to quit on December 28th… and while I’m sure they’d love to keep me on after the New Year, I recognize the job taps moods I’d rather avoid, so I agree: it’s time to move on. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/102 "2005-12-13T02:14:37Z")
I’m just a little surprised at how surprised **Askia** was. Us whites have been taking black music since at least Elvis and maybe even jazz. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/103 "2005-12-13T02:25:09Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I’m just a little surprised at how surprised **Askia** was. Us whites have been taking black music since at least Elvis and maybe even jazz. I was a bit surprised it happened with a five year old in neo-conservative Greenville County, SC in a mall with a dress code expressly forbiding “widely recognized gang clothing.” But that’s another rant. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/104 "2005-12-13T02:32:06Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > I was a bit surprised it happened with a five year old in neo-conservative Greenville County, SC in a mall with a dress code expressly forbiding “widely recognized gang clothing.” But that’s another rant. Greenville County, SC, huh? The location tag had me thinking you were in Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/105 "2005-12-13T02:41:26Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Greenville County, SC, huh? The location tag had me thinking you were in Georgia. I’ve been working here in Greenville the last two months, which is about a two hour drive from Atlanta up I-85. ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/106 "2005-12-13T04:02:13Z")
> [@tim314](#): > > Given the lyrics of the kids “favorite song”, I think the fact that he was white contributes to the humor. > [@Updike](#): > > Given that the kid likes watermelon, I think that he was black contributes to the humor. :rolleyes: Sorry, I wasn’t aware that little tow-headed white kids were stereotyped as liking songs with the lyrics "Fuck them other niggas cause I’m down for my niggas! " :rolleyes: Either that, or your analogy fails utterly. The reason it’s funny is that the kid was acting in a way that _defies_ one’s expectations, not in a way that conforms to stereotypes. Not every joke involving race is a racist joke. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/107 "2005-12-13T05:14:37Z")
What annoys me the most about **Magellan’s** comments is that he so obviously misses the sublties and humor of **Askia’s** writing style which is a juxtaposition of sophisticated commentary on a youthful and more common theme. Magellan just didn’t get that it’s done with a little poetic license. > [@](#): > > **Magellan** :To believe that we should not protect our children from ugliness and seek to teach them certain things when they are of an age able to understand them is simply beyond my mental abilities. I hope that it is not beyond your mental abilities to understand that reasonable adults disagree about what is “ugly” and about the extent to which children should be protected and at what age. If you have had sufficient training in developmental psychology and child psychology, you would not to be overly concerned about this five year old in this particular situation. Children at that age generally don’t absorb the _meaning_ of the lyrics and would not be using them against anyone in meaningful context. There might be a rare exception. Certainly his psyche would not be damaged by the lyrics. (Compare that with the trauma that the Katrina disaster had on the minds of five year old children, for example.) I would be far more inclined to protect children from people who have a basic coldness in the center of their natures. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/108 "2005-12-13T13:39:45Z")
[Let’s settle this in the correct forum.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6894196#post6894196) ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/109 "2005-12-13T14:17:30Z")
> [@Faruiza](#): > > Thanks, **CandidGamera** , your response to his lunatic ravings was satisfying, but I fear you wasted a good 115 more seconds. As did I, apparently. Oh, no, didn’t take that long. Sarcasm’s as natural to me as breathing. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/110 "2005-12-13T16:41:05Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Oh, no, didn’t take that long. Sarcasm’s as natural to me as breathing. 😉 Greeaaaaat. Now I’m strangely attracted to you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/111 "2005-12-13T17:06:06Z")
Geez. Talk about strange attractors! Complete and total hijack: … which happened to be one of my favorite comics, back in the day. _Strange Attractors_, that is. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/112 "2005-12-13T17:40:05Z")
When people are attracted to me, it is always strange. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/77aa72/32.png) [@Heart\_On\_My\_Sleeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_On_My_Sleeve)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/113 "2005-12-13T23:01:27Z")
**Askia** , I thought the story was cute. And the next time a black guy glowers at me in the mall, I’ll wink at him and think of you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/114 "2005-12-14T00:50:32Z")
**Heart On A Sleeve.** For Og’s sake, don’t mention my name. They could be fellow-members of the black guy secret society, FUBU. (Federated Union of Brothers Unlimited.) I’m still catching hell for revealing details about our guest speaker last year. Oh, great. Now they’re going to be pissed I revealed we’re a secret society. Everybody avert your eyes. We didn’t just orchestrate the fake death of Tookie Williams. La la la la la. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/115 "2005-12-14T00:51:35Z")
I meant, **Heart On MY Sleeve.** Sorry. Next time I’ll cut and paste. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/116 "2005-12-14T00:55:20Z")
Total hijack: are you a teacher, **Askia**? My wife says you are, but I don’t remember seeing you mention that. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/117 "2005-12-14T01:11:46Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > But who’s going to be offended by a joke on the pig-ignorance of racist bigots? On behalf of bigost everywhere… Oh, shit, I just can’t 😃 Fuck da po-lice! Fuck da po-lice! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/118 "2005-12-14T01:20:06Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Total hijack: are you a teacher, **Askia**? My wife says you are, but I don’t remember seeing you mention that. I’m not teaching this year, but yeah. Kindergarten. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/119 "2005-12-14T01:28:25Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > I’m not teaching this year, but yeah. Kindergarten. Music appreciation? Sorry, I just can’t help it. I’m, must having a blast reading the “wild indignation” over some little white kid being EXPOSED to something other than “I love you you love me, We’re a happy … Bleeruuuurrrrrghhhhh! Baaarrrrffff!” 😃 Tell ya what. Next time play some 2 Live Crew (the nasty stuff) or some old school Easy E at full blast. Right near a bunch of church ladies. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183/120 "2005-12-14T01:52:29Z")
I downloaded 2 Live Crew’s “Me So Horny” video the other month, and was astounded by how tame the song and imagery was. Gangsta rap has made leaps and strides in sexuality and explicit lyrics since Luke Skyywalker’s day. If I had been thinking, I’d have skipped to Khia’s “My Neck, My Back,” Akinyele’s “Put It In Your Mouth” or QB Finest’s “Oochie Wally.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-kill-my-blowing-off-steam-cute-lil-white-boy/335183.md?page=7)