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[richiek]

Holy shit at the Amber Lamps Facebook page. :lol

 

[MisterNugNug]

something tells me that she's completely unaware that some dudes on the internet have spent the day talking about her.

"call a ambalamps" is totally my favorite meme of the year so far.

I freakin love her outfit. :lol

She's totally ambivalent to the situation. She's completely wrapped up in some MGMT tune on her headphones.

Purple spandex and chuck taylors! :lol

 

[Byakuya769]

ITT- calling a black guy black makes you a racist.

Not really. Though it is interesting how "black" is usually thrown in as an extra descriptor, and white is used as a normative here and other places in general. Even more interesting how "offended" people can get when you point it out... calm down, you're not being called racist...

 

[SnakeXs]

 

[Beezy]

Some of you actually think that the black guy is young? Are you fucking blind?

 

[wonderkins]

http://deadspin.com/5474034/bus-fightin-man-already-an-oakland-legend?skyline=true&s=i

Following that deadspin link to sfist.com:

"I was working at the intersection of 2nd & Market. Each and every day the man pictured above would walk by my shop, wave a loaf of sourdough in my face, and scream obscenities about the San Francisco 49′ers."

And for anyone less concerned about labeling the two men and instead their welfare:

Alameda County Sheriff's deputies arrived on the scene and took both men to the hospital, said AC Transit spokesman Clarence Johnson. The younger man was treated for cuts and bruises received during the fight, and the older man was under observation for mental instability.

Link

 

[Zeliard]

The old man does seem to have some mental instability. In that second video he's just raging out on the street like a, well, like a crazy old man.

 

[Schrade]

Quote:
"I was working at the intersection of 2nd & Market. Each and every day the man pictured above would walk by my shop, wave a loaf of sourdough in my face, and scream obscenities about the San Francisco 49′ers."

Fuck. As if the Epic Beard Man couldn't get any more cool. That's awesome! Fuck the niners.

 

[agrajag]

EBG also got tasered at a baseball game before this incident.

 

[bosskoss21]

get worked

 

[MechDX]

The MOrtal Kombat version of the fight made me fucking stop breathing!:lol :lol

 

[xbhaskarx]

True, it could've been a Chinaman that punched him down, it don't matter

:lol :lol

 

[SnakeXs]

EBG also got tasered at a baseball game before this incident.

I thought people said it wasn't the same dude?

 

[Daigoro]

Probably the most unintentionally brilliant comment of the last 5 pages.

unintentional, that's what it was... yeah. :lol

 

[YoungHav]

Not really. Though it is interesting how "black" is usually thrown in as an extra descriptor, and white is used as a normative here and other places in general. Even more interesting how "offended" people can get when you point it out... calm down, you're not being called racist...

Exactly. People act like children when it comes to race, can't even talk about basic stuff without getting squeamish.

 

[-COOLIO-]

Its amazing to me. I wonder what she was thinking? She got on a bus (minding her own business) and after a youtube video, she's now an Internet Meme. How does that feel?:lol

she might not even know yet. or ever.

 

[-COOLIO-]

Not really. Though it is interesting how "black" is usually thrown in as an extra descriptor, and white is used as a normative here and other places in general. Even more interesting how "offended" people can get when you point it out... calm down, you're not being called racist...

it's because white people are the majority. it's usually easier to point out the 'black guy' in a crowd

 

[YoungHav]

this is the best meme I've seen in a long time. Amber has to acknowledge her internet celebritiness.

 

[industrian]

The MOrtal Kombat version of the fight made me fucking stop breathing!:lol :lol

It was incredible.

 

[Daheza]

If there isn't a headphone girl interview on youtube within the week then I will have lost faith in the internet.

 

[MisterNugNug]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDUFgNB6584&feature=player_embedded#

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[innervision961]

Not really. Though it is interesting how "black" is usually thrown in as an extra descriptor, and white is used as a normative here and other places in general. Even more interesting how "offended" people can get when you point it out... calm down, you're not being called racist...

But there is a big difference between someone saying;
"that belongs to that black man over there" &
"kick his black ass"

in the first example black is being used for descriptive purposes to help point the person out, in the second, black is being used to show a racial difference and seperate the person from you... A dividing line if you will. And that is racist IMO.

 

[SmokyDave]

Lol...yes...obviously the bag wasn't the black guys lol. What I meant was, the camera women stealing the guys bag isn't really that heinous given that he just had a fight with her mate. Hell, if the White guy really did start this whole malarkey with a racist comment about shoe shining as the video interview suggests, if I was the friend of the black guys I'd probably do a bit more than just "steal his bag" (which I wouldn't do) anyway.

Old man needs to learn that, that kind of old fashioned mentality doesn't cut it any more. Just as the Black guy needs to learn not to be so damn hot tempered or let the words old some old buffoon affect him. He did after all move away from him, should have ended there really.

So much wrong with this. Because you suspect this guy might be racist, it's ok for the demonstrably racist crowd to steal his bag and go through it?

 

[Alfarif]

this is the best meme I've seen in a long time. Amber has to acknowledge her internet celebritiness.

If she's younger than, say, 45, no doubt she knows about it. And she's hiding because of the complete and utter OBSESSION over her.

 

[Loki]

No way is the black guy 50 years old. I can see 40 tops. He does look a bit older. Best guess would be 30-35 somewhere imo.

 

[TheThunder]

Not getting the amber lambs chick either. She looks average as hell but I guess everyone has a fetish.

 

[Bleepey]

Not getting the amber lambs chick either. She looks average as hell but I guess everyone has a fetish.

this.

 

[timetokill]

So much wrong with this. Because you suspect this guy might be racist, it's ok for the demonstrably racist crowd to steal his bag and go through it?

Well according to some people black people can't be racist. Maybe nibs is of that mindset?

 

[smurfx]

lol i just noticed the person that screams "jesus christ" at 1:53. that guy sounds a lot like mr slave on southpark.

 

[cobragt4001]

Well according to some people black people can't be racist. Maybe nibs is of that mindset?

if blacks were in power and held other races down through so many subtle ways so the other races couldnt advance then blacks would indeed be racist. blacks can be racially prejudice like everyone else though.

 

[gdt]

There are pictures of Amber Lamps around?

 

[ChackanKun]

Ok, so the chick is getting famous because of her aparently calm atitude, but why Amber Lamps?

 

[NeoUltima]

Ok, so the chick is getting famous because of her aparently calm atitude, but why Amber Lamps?

...:lol

 

[R2D4]

Ok, so the chick is getting famous because of her aparently calm atitude, but why Amber Lamps?

Amber Lamps = Ambulance when a guy with ghetto speak that just got punched in the mouth says it.

 

[SmokyDave]

if blacks were in power and held other races down through so many subtle ways so the other races couldnt advance then blacks would indeed be racist. blacks can be racially prejudice like everyone else though.

What a fucked up mindset just 2 years after the election of a black president.

 

[ChackanKun]

Amber Lamps = Ambulance when a guy with ghetto speak that just got punched in the mouth says it.

Oh, ok lol

 

[Sanjuro]

if blacks were in power and held other races down through so many subtle ways so the other races couldnt advance then blacks would indeed be racist. blacks can be racially prejudice like everyone else though.

This makes no sense. The NBA is very racist then.

 

[R2D4]

What a fucked up mindset just 2 years after the election of a black president.

I thought after Obama was elected it would put to rest the white man keeping you down argument but I guess not. What else has to happen?

 

[SmokyDave]

I thought after Obama was elected it would put to rest the white man keeping you down argument but I guess not. What else has to happen?

To be honest, I think I know the answer

 

[Spirit of Jazz]

If she's younger than, say, 45, no doubt she knows about it. And she's hiding because of the complete and utter OBSESSION over her.

The celestial Amber lamps was born outside of time and space, she's both as young as a baby just left her mothers womb and as old as the galaxy itself. Though to suggest anything posted on the internet is outside of her omniscience is simply foolish.

 

[YoungHav]

To be honest, I think I know the answer

I hope you're kidding. It would be the equivalent of having an aborigine being Australia's prime minister then declaring racism is over just based on that.

I thought after Obama was elected it would put to rest the white man keeping you down argument but I guess not. What else has to happen?

I guess if Hillary Clinton were elected president that would mean sexism would automatically end and all men in the U.S. would consider women their equals and glass ceilings would just vanish... right...

 

[tapedeck]

 

[cobragt4001]

This makes no sense. The NBA is very racist then.

lol are you serious, those players are nothing but entertainers and they are drafted like slaves.

 

[Hari Seldon]

if blacks were in power and held other races down through so many subtle ways so the other races couldnt advance then blacks would indeed be racist. blacks can be racially prejudice like everyone else though.

:lol :lol :lol

 

[cobragt4001]

What a fucked up mindset just 2 years after the election of a black president.

lol he got that position through hard work huh:lol come on now obama was picked and given a shot like any other president

 

[R2D4]

I guess if Hillary Clinton were elected president that would mean sexism would automatically end and all men in the U.S. would consider women their equals and glass ceilings would just vanish... right...

I didn't say racism doesn't exist. I said you can't blame your laziness and attitude on it anymore.

 

[SmokyDave]

lol are you serious, those players are nothing but entertainers and they are drafted like slaves.

lol he got that position through hard work huh:lol come on now obama was picked and given a shot like any other president

I suspect I've been trolled

 

[That Singer Guy...]

why does everyone keep saying he was Fitty? I thought he looked more like Ludacris.

:lol i love you man

 

[YoungHav]

I didn't say racism doesn't exist. I said you can't blame your laziness and attitude on it anymore.

ok, fair enough. lol I hate the people that do that.

 

[cobragt4001]

I suspect I've been trolled

nah, i'm simply stating my opinion like the next man