African-American Appreciation Thread - Highlighting contributions from our most productive citizens

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"JUS GOT BAK FRUM STREEPIN AT DA CLUB BABAY U KNO AH LUV HOW STRAHBERY MAKE YO JEEZ TAYSE J'YEAH WE GOTS HERPEEZ N SHEEIT"
 
Not about blacks, but you may enjoy Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes, about an indigenous tribe along the Amazon. The author is pretty retarded, since he went to learn their language and translate the bible to convert them to Christianity, but ended up thinking that these people really had things figured out and subsequently became an atheist. Nonetheless, the book is hilarious and it's incredible to realize how far these people were from anything resembling a civilization.
The Pirahã tribe? They must be really simple-minded in how their language might have limited recursion, has no root words for colors, and lacks proper words for numbers, instead just relying on two words for relative quantities, one for small amounts, and one for big amounts. They also have ignored lessons on how to preserve meats, having what may be the simplest kinship system known on Earth, and their culture being concerned only with matters in personal experiences.
 
The Pirahã tribe? They must be really simple-minded in how their language might have limited recursion, has no root words for colors, and lacks proper words for numbers, instead just relying on two words for relative quantities, one for small amounts, and one for big amounts. They also have ignored lessons on how to preserve meats, having what may be the simplest kinship system known on Earth, and their culture being concerned only with matters in personal experiences.

Apparently they are so remote that only two academics have studied them, and the one who made the claims about the lack of complexity in the Pirahã language and culture was accused of being full of shit by the other guy. You should always distrust "sexy" claims made by academics, whether they be women's studies trannies or Stephen Hawking, until more people have followed up on it.
 
Apparently they are so remote that only two academics have studied them, and the one who made the claims about the lack of complexity in the Pirahã language and culture was accused of being full of shit by the other guy. You should always distrust "sexy" claims made by academics, whether they be women's studies trannies or Stephen Hawking, until more people have followed up on it.

That checks out. Limited recursion would make it not even a proper language at all (per Chomsky). That seems to spicy to be true.
 
Experienced an IRL nigger moment at work the other day. I work nights doing IT and during my shift the cleaning crew is there. I got up from my desk to take a leak and as soon as I left my office and headed into the hallway I was hit like a truck by a wall of weed smell. Obviously it was the groid janitor. He does a fine job and Ive never had an issue with him, so I decide to do him a solid and mention that I dont care what he does, but if my boss happened to stop in he'd likely lose his shit and have the guy canned. Now did this nigger say "aw thankya missuh wyt mans, Ize just a dum knee-grow and dont know no bettah"? Of course not, He immediately lied, yelled at me and repeatedly told me I dont know nuffin bout his life. I of course, being white and civilised, walked off and went about my business while the ape continued his tirade. around 20 minutes later I think this groid realised what he had done and might lose his job over this, so he came and found me and offered a very insincere apology where he still denied smoking weed lol. Fucking niggers man...
 
That checks out. Limited recursion would make it not even a proper language at all (per Chomsky). That seems to spicy to be true.

He went too far when he made that claim about recursion, it drew an inordinate amount of scrutiny because of how exceptional that would have been, and all that scrutiny is not good if you're possibly manipulating the data you've gathered. Although that doesn't really matter as much as you'd think, as long as the data remain scarce there will be people who choose to believe it because how cool would it be if it's true?

Experienced an IRL nigger moment at work the other day. I work nights doing IT and during my shift the cleaning crew is there. I got up from my desk to take a leak and as soon as I left my office and headed into the hallway I was hit like a truck by a wall of weed smell. Obviously it was the groid janitor. He does a fine job and Ive never had an issue with him, so I decide to do him a solid and mention that I dont care what he does, but if my boss happened to stop in he'd likely lose his shit and have the guy canned. Now did this nigger say "aw thankya missuh wyt mans, Ize just a dum knee-grow and dont know no bettah"? Of course not, He immediately lied, yelled at me and repeatedly told me I dont know nuffin bout his life. I of course, being white and civilised, walked off and went about my business while the ape continued his tirade. around 20 minutes later I think this groid realised what he had done and might lose his job over this, so he came and found me and offered a very insincere apology where he still denied smoking weed lol. Fucking niggers man...

Never, ever tell a negro that he reeks of weed. For one, you're walking up to him and telling him that he stinks, which would offend anyone, but two, negroes are hypersensitive to the issue of their odors because they know that humans think they smell bad and are constantly applying deoderants, creams, lotions, and perfumes to their bodies in a futile attempt to mask it.
 
Experienced an IRL nigger moment at work the other day. I work nights doing IT and during my shift the cleaning crew is there. I got up from my desk to take a leak and as soon as I left my office and headed into the hallway I was hit like a truck by a wall of weed smell. Obviously it was the groid janitor. He does a fine job and Ive never had an issue with him, so I decide to do him a solid and mention that I dont care what he does, but if my boss happened to stop in he'd likely lose his shit and have the guy canned. Now did this nigger say "aw thankya missuh wyt mans, Ize just a dum knee-grow and dont know no bettah"? Of course not, He immediately lied, yelled at me and repeatedly told me I dont know nuffin bout his life. I of course, being white and civilised, walked off and went about my business while the ape continued his tirade. around 20 minutes later I think this groid realised what he had done and might lose his job over this, so he came and found me and offered a very insincere apology where he still denied smoking weed lol. Fucking niggers man...

Never offer to do favor to a nigger if it requires suggesting lack of professionalism, ethics, intelligence or just ignorance we have all started life with. If they are cool they'll appreciate it , if they are a nigger you will be met with nothing but trouble.

I already posted this story of a negress 4 kids no baby daddy 10pm at night , she had informed us her car key was "broken" assured me and the guy who sent me her contact info the car key was "broken". Replacing a key on this car typically around $600, opening the door on that car middle of the night typically around $150-$200, Jumpstart alone minimum charge is $100. Lo and behold not a broken car key just a dead car battery. when she couldn't open the car she installed a new battery BACKWARDS in her remote key-fob making it not function even if she didn't run down her car's battery. IDK how the fuck you manage to do this on a modern car with an auto-off headlights setting but she figured it out. I fix the remote battery, pick the door lock, jump start the car and save her somewhere around $300-$1000 depending on who she has replace this "broken key" she claims.

My internal monologue is "Oh man, she is gonna be so happy I got this entire car fixed, the whole problem solved, this fast and saved her hundred of dollars" I call her out to car to explain the situation and collect the exact dollar amount we agree upon if I could do a half-ass version of this job with a key that worked just good enough to drive the car, no remote functions etc etc. It was a pitiful amount around $175 IIRC we finally agreed too. I was planning of mickey-mousing her broken remote into something that started the car but never functioned as a proper remote, I explained all this to her in detail before she agreed. I ended up making it good as new.

She comes out to the car sees it running and I explain the good news, and her remote is working perfectly to not only start but remotely lock/unlock the car; she simply ran down her own battery in her car. She is furious. Accuses me of overcharging her for "jump-starting her car" I explain to her I fixed her key she broke, opened a locked vehicle and jump started the car. Her retort was perfect, that she "has AAA and they coulda done all dat" I said "OK then why didn't they?" there's a long pause before she finally admits they came out couldn't even get the fucking door open and didn't know how to diagnose/repair the key. There's this reoccurring theme among niggers especially women that; "I have kids you are now morally obligated to help me". She played that card heavily, then played "you being racist card" when I showed her a tattoo I have that roughly translates to I do not let people fuck me over, ever. She refuses to pay what she agreed to pay, only after shutting off her car engine and telling her I'm leaving the fucking key I fixed or else she pays did she pay me, all while complaining the whole time.
 
He went too far when he made that claim about recursion
does anyone have a piece of what was actually said i could read somewhere? sounds interesting, a language with little to no recursion whatsoever would effectively just be complete unga bunga speak- "apple give" "throw rock" *points* "mountain!"
 
Never offer to do favor to a nigger
This is my personal mantra when out and about. I don’t care how trivial the help needed or how much it would help. A nigger will never get more than a “nope, can’t help” from me. Even life saving help would only be last resort and only if I could get in trouble for not helping.

I figure they are the protected class now and they don’t need my help.
 
does anyone have a piece of what was actually said i could read somewhere? sounds interesting, a language with little to no recursion whatsoever would effectively just be complete unga bunga speak- "apple give" "throw rock" *points* "mountain!"

Wikipedia has a link to this paper which describes the lack of embedding on pp 628-631. I draw your attention to the fact that this was published in an anthropological journal and not a linguistic one (his doctoral thesis was published in the Handbook of Amazonian Languages in 1986 and is straightforward linguistics with old school handwritten notation for prosody: scribbling.png.) He seems to have moved on from pure linguistics to analyzing the philosophy supposedly embedded in Piraha culture, a subject which is not as falsifiable...

His recent writings have a rather defensive tone which you rarely see in academic papers and is a strong indication of severe butthurt. Even better (if you like to see academics sperg out) is this defense of Everett's work, which is so angry that I wonder if the author choked up when he read it out loud at some conference at the start of this year.
 
The Pirahã tribe?
Yes, that is the tribe.
They also have ignored lessons on how to preserve meats
The author of the book (the same one who emerged from the forest to challenge Chomsky) also brought someone in to teach them how to make boats, since they rely heavily on fishing for sustenance but have to purchase the boats from outside. They made a whole boat with this guy from start to finish, then the author said, gee this will be great for your tribe, you can make them yourselves and be more independent now! Next scene, they broke the boat and asked him to buy them a new one. He said, but you have the skills now, and they were just like, but Pirahã don't make boats, and walked away.
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He also spent like a week at one point trying to teach them how to count to 10 and not a single person amongst them could grasp the concept.

It is genuinely puzzling how they managed to survive amongst themselves for that long before the government stepped in to give them free stuff. Even African pastoralists can count their cattle, and on top of that they had some form of material culture and social structure/organization. The Pirahã are just kind of there.
 
This is my personal mantra when out and about. I don’t care how trivial the help needed or how much it would help. A nigger will never get more than a “nope, can’t help” from me. Even life saving help would only be last resort and only if I could get in trouble for not helping.

I figure they are the protected class now and they don’t need my he

This is my personal mantra when out and about. I don’t care how trivial the help needed or how much it would help. A nigger will never get more than a “nope, can’t help” from me. Even life saving help would only be last resort and only if I could get in trouble for not helping.

I figure they are the protected class now and they don’t need my help.
This is generally my policy as well regarding all non whites in public and the like. My real motivation for telling he reeked like a Bob Marley after party was that right now, my company in this awesome economy is struggling hard. I know my boss pretty well and if he fires this dumb nig, myself and the rest of my crew are gonna get saddled with the janitorial duties at my shop on top of our regular duties and the various other maintenance tasks we perform as well. Glad I recently updated my resume, 2025 is going to be very "interesting" from an economic perspective.
 
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