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The Black Culture Thread |OT11| In This Salon, Everyone Gets A Perm

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neojubei

Will drop pants for Sony.
From the GameInformer H5 reveal:

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that realistic stubble texturing tho
Who is that and what game is it?
 

Shy

Member
What's up BCT? I lurk here a lot and always having a good laugh, so why not post?

Where you're from - São Paulo, Brazil
Where you live - São Paulo, SP
What is your age? - 21
Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy - Black and Spanish
Do you know your roots - No.
Favorite musical genre - Soul, R&B, Southern Rap and some Metal
Your profession/major/career interest - Information Security Consulting
Your religious affiliation - None.
Hobbies - Video games, music, fantasy/sciene fiction books, comics, tech and science in general
KFC, Popeye's, Churches, or Bojangles? - KFC (the only available around here that I know of)

Awww shit I finally got accepted y'all.

Where you're from - Stockton, California
Where you live - Stockton, California
What is your age? - 22
Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy - Black
Do you know your roots - No
Favorite musical genre - Rap, Hip-Hop
Your profession/major/career interest - Undecided
Your religious affiliation - Christian
Hobbies - Gaming, Anime, Manga, Sports
KFC, Popeye's, Churches, or Bojangles? - KFC all day.
Holyshit look at all these new peoples *shakes hands and hugs* welcome new fams
Wait were we supposed to post these when we start posting in here?

Where you're from - Pennsylvania
Where you live - California
What is your age? - 20
Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy - Black
Do you know your roots - To a certain point. They were Robert E Lee's former slaves and there were some Native Americans involved.
Favorite musical genre - R&B, Alternative
Your profession/major/career interest - Computer Science
Your religious affiliation - Christian
Hobbies - Games, horror movies, reading
KFC, Popeye's, Churches, or Bojangles? - Roscoes, but it's not there so Popeye's
Yep. welcome new-old fam. :p
lowest sales confirmed

I can't relate.
It just feels so forced having him be black. :p
Who is that and what game is it?
It's the new main protagonist from halo5.
 

Young Magus

Junior Member
In mourning, BCT. I'll be gone for..who knows. I'll talk to you when I can figure out the words to say. My thanks to all of you..

Hope things get better for ya.
*internet hug*

I just costarred in a play in front of a packed 1300 person auditorium. Drilling and training and when it came time, it's funny how it was like nothing. I might have been bitten by the bug.

Yo good job b, what was the play?

Gonna stop lurking this thread. I feel like I owe it posts for having me waste an hour or two reading through it.

Where you're from - Montgomery
Where you live - near Marysville, CA
What is your age? - 21
Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy - Black
Do you know your roots - Nope.
Favorite musical genre - Nearly all forms of Hip Hop. Rap.
Your profession/major/career interest - Yes.
Your religious affiliation - None.
Hobbies - Video games, music, casual internet browsing. Making music will be a thing in the future, tho.
KFC, Popeye's, Churches, or Bojangles? - I'm mad Zaxby's is not a choice on this.



I'm guilty of this with friends and family I'm with. We would creep behind someone in line and slowly merge in. If you move like you have a purpose, it works most of the time.


After lurking for years, my account is finally validated, just in time for E3. My body is ready.

Where you're from - Brooklyn
Where you live - Brooklyn
What is your age? - 25
Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy - Black and Hispanic
Do you know your roots - Nah
Favorite musical genre - Chillwave, Rap, Electronic, R&B, sheeeit I like everything
Your profession/major/career interest - School counseling
Your religious affiliation - Nah
Hobbies - Video games, cooking, sleeping, basketball
KFC, Popeye's, Churches, or Bojangles? - None. Rather make my own banging fried chicken

Welcome new folks, hope you enjoy it here :D

Edit:
What's up BCT? I lurk here a lot and always having a good laugh, so why not post?

Where you're from - São Paulo, Brazil
Where you live - São Paulo, SP
What is your age? - 21
Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy - Black and Spanish
Do you know your roots - No.
Favorite musical genre - Soul, R&B, Southern Rap and some Metal
Your profession/major/career interest - Information Security Consulting
Your religious affiliation - None.
Hobbies - Video games, music, fantasy/sciene fiction books, comics, tech and science in general
KFC, Popeye's, Churches, or Bojangles? - KFC (the only available around here that I know of)

Awww shit I finally got accepted y'all.

Where you're from - Stockton, California
Where you live - Stockton, California
What is your age? - 22
Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy - Black
Do you know your roots - No
Favorite musical genre - Rap, Hip-Hop
Your profession/major/career interest - Undecided
Your religious affiliation - Christian
Hobbies - Gaming, Anime, Manga, Sports
KFC, Popeye's, Churches, or Bojangles? - KFC all day.

Wait were we supposed to post these when we start posting in here?

Where you're from - Pennsylvania
Where you live - California
What is your age? - 20
Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy - Black
Do you know your roots - To a certain point. They were Robert E Lee's former slaves and there were some Native Americans involved.
Favorite musical genre - R&B, Alternative
Your profession/major/career interest - Computer Science
Your religious affiliation - Christian
Hobbies - Games, horror movies, reading
KFC, Popeye's, Churches, or Bojangles? - Roscoes, but it's not there so Popeye's

Welcome to ya'll folks as well!!!!!!

From the GameInformer H5 reveal:

spartanlockeh5iaj9b.png


that realistic stubble texturing tho

Cant wait for the variation of "I cant even watch black porn" during the outrage :D
 

akira28

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Yo good job b, what was the play?

An original play called The Wave. About a man who goes through different life times through time, always encountering true love and always having circumstances of war or society destroying his dreams and killing him. Lots of dancing, a few fight and death scenes. Surprisingly fun. And reading the reviews is fun too.
 

Numb

Member
An original play called The Wave. About a man who goes through different life times through time, always encountering true love and always having circumstances of war or society destroying his dreams and killing him. Lots of dancing, a few fight and death scenes. Surprisingly fun. And reading the reviews is fun too.
That sounds very fun to watch.

Also welcome to everyone new.
 

RedSwirl

Junior Member
As someone has collected the Sonic Archie comic since like the mid 90's and continues to do so today, while also feeling some nagging obligation as a Sonic fan to try out Sonic 06, I'm done. I haven't even really played Sonic since I quit Unleashed. Generations is on my Steam backlog but that's it.
 
Who is that and what game is it?

The actor is Mike Colter. He was the lead in the Halo: Nightfall tv show and they're bringing the character into Halo 5.

He's also been tapped to play Luke Cage in A.K.A. Jessica Jones,his own Luke Cage show and eventually The Defenders in the Marvel TV Universe stuff that's on Netflix.
 
Just checked and Halo: Nightfall is on Redbox. Might have to go pick that up to give it a shot. Only 2 and a half stars in Redbox rating but I don't know if that means anything.
 
dyrewulf, check pms

EDIT: Halo Nightfall was pretty middling even as a Halo fan. Probably isn't too entertaining if you're not.

Oh nice. That the main character?

More than likely the one getting the most time playable, but I doubt Chief will be giving up his main character seat anytime soon.
 

Numb

Member
Not having split screen coop in Halo 5 has brought down my hype to the floor.
My little brother got me into Halo and we cooped the entire series and were looking forward to it immensely.
 

Trey

Member
Watch forward unto dawn instead if you haven't seen it. That and Halo Legend: Origins are the perfect primers for the franchise short of reading the books and playing CE.
 
Watch forward unto dawn instead if you haven't seen it. That and Halo Legend: Origins are the perfect primers for the franchise short of reading the books and playing CE.

Caught that on Netflix awhile back. That's what made me want to check out Nightfall.


I'll probably still check out Nightfall anyways to be honest. I watch all kinds of Sci Fi of varying quality so I doubt I'll hate it.
 

Jacir

Member
Shit, so I got a call today from a Verizon contractor about hiring me for fiber optic installation (laying cable & residential installation) but they won't consider me because I don't have a truck or van 😩. My cursed life continues. Google save me!!!

I hate these types of requirements. I'm sure Verizon is rich enough to let you drive a truck if you have a proper licence and are old enough. Also you don't even have to be the driver. You can be shotgun and be the assistant on the job. Good luck anyways.

that's actually the last few seconds of the final cut scene in the game. They needed to show viewers months ahead of time so they would be able to come to terms with playing as a black man for the majority of the game.

Hopefully they are ready for the dumbass shitstorm that will come if people think hes the weakest part of the game.
 

Jacir

Member
Shy you too nice to be black.

Shy's one of the good ones. He speaks so well and is very articulate.

I get this impression of him too. He might have a double life during the night. Show us your crazy side
only for the ladies
and watch him be some big ass dude.

Looooooooooooooool. gotta welcome the new peoples though fam.

Weell technically i'm not black (i'm half Egyptian) so i'm brown. :p

Lol. irl i'm not articulate at all, or on here for that matter. :p

Just do us a favor, don't be shy for life. Have fun at expressing yourself and don't let anybody tell you that you ain't shit.

Again, twins indeed.
 

Slayven

Member
Slayven what in theeeeeeeee fuck is with Starfire in red hood and the outlaws #1?

DC going to DC, Starfire has always been free character, not a "slut" or anything but just a nature of her character. Her people have the power to learn any language by touch people, Starfire use to kiss people to do it in a playful, Manner.

Starfire is really a good character in control of her agency, considering her sister sold her into sexual slavery, she is actually pretty well adjusted.
 

Numb

Member
Ah eu saltei essa parte quando eu tava lendo o seu post.

How did I do? I can't write and communicate for my life lol.

How easy is it to learn portuguese?
Don't want to learn yet another language but curious since it sounded so cool when Eddy spoke it in his pre fight taunt.
 

royalan

Member
Oh BCT, I meant to ask y'all about this last night. I have some friendship drama I need advice on.

So, in my tight circle of friends, two are currently squabbling. To protect identities, let's call them 'Friend A' and 'Friend B'. A little bit about these two:

Friend A: A lesbian in her forties. The matriarch of the group, loved by all.

Friend B: Shady as hell. Has already almost been ousted from the group, due in part to her complete inability to know when to shut the fuck up. Always in other people's business. Always talking about other people's business. Doing sloppy shit like you talking to her in private about another friend, and then she goes right to THAT friend and tells them everything you said, and then plays dumb like, "Oh, I didn't know you didn't want me to talk to her about that. My bad." You know the type, just messy. Azealia Banks messy.

Anyway.

Two weeks ago Friend B is surfing through Tinder niggas. She connects with a guy. They go on a date and hit it off. They go on another date. During a discussion of their exes in date #2, it comes out that the dude Friend B is on a date with is an ex of Friend A from 15 years ago. And not just any ex, literally the last dude she dated before she realized she liked women. Small fucking world, right!?

However, instead of doing the mature thing and sitting on the information and putting some serious thought into how to approach Friend A with the news that she's seeing her ex, Friend B goes messy: She and the ex start attempting to text and Facetime Friend A, and finally they send her a picture (the two of them cheesing into the camera with the caption, "Guess who I'm on a date with!")

To make matters worse, Friend B then continues to text EVERYONE and give us the full deets about this date. And come to find out, not only is this ex the last guy Friend A dated, but when she met him he had just turned 18 and she was in her thirties. It was a Stella getting her groove back sorta of deal.

and Friend B is telling EVERYONE. She even told a mutual friend she has At Friend A's job and now Friend A's entire office knows about this.

To put it simply: the group is over Friend B's bullshit. And Friend A is past the point of words, and has moved on to "Next time I see that hoe I'm beating her ass."

I told a friend of mine outside the group about what was going on, and she thought we were overreacting, because if Friend B gets serious with the ex, Friend A would have to find out eventually, and they dated almost 2 decades ago. But my thing is, in the black community, there is a Clear Line between minding your business, and NOT minding your business. Friend A is a completely private person, and now her business is all out on front street. And besides that, sending a picture out of the blue of your on a date with your friend's ex is not something friends do.

What do y'all think? Are we overreacting? Or does Friend B need an ass-whooping?

EDIT: Whew, that was long. Sorry, y'all.
 

Jacir

Member
How easy is it to learn portuguese?
Don't want to learn yet another language but curious since it sounded so cool when Eddy spoke it in his pre fight taunt.

Well, I can definitely say it was easier than Spanish and French for me. However throughout middle school to HS, I did have classes in all the Latin languages (except Italian), including Latin itself as a foundation. Also, Portuguese is spoken in the house, except for me. So I have an advantage in many ways. I would pick Portuguese over spanish and then have French as optional. I hear there is an increase of popularity of it in the country too. The only problem is that Brazilian Portuguese is mostly taught in the Americas. That is slight problem for those who want to start from European (Portugal) Portuguese like me and most likely people from the rest of the lusophone. For example, the path I'm taking is European then sometime after that I will finally learn the creole from my country of birth, Sao Tome.
 
Friend B: Shady as hell. Has already almost been ousted from the group, due in part to her complete inability to know when to shut the fuck up. Always in other people's business. Always talking about other people's business. Doing sloppy shit like you talking to her in private about another friend, and then she goes right to THAT friend and tells them everything you said, and then plays dumb like, "Oh, I didn't know you didn't want me to talk to her about that. My bad." You know the type, just messy. Azealia Banks messy.

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Slayven

Member
Oh BCT, I meant to ask y'all about this last night. I have some friendship drama I need advice on.

So, in my tight circle of friends, two are currently squabbling. To protect identities, let's call them 'Friend A' and 'Friend B'. A little bit about these two:

Friend A: A lesbian in her forties. The matriarch of the group, loved by all.

Friend B: Shady as hell. Has already almost been ousted from the group, due in part to her complete inability to know when to shut the fuck up. Always in other people's business. Always talking about other people's business. Doing sloppy shit like you talking to her in private about another friend, and then she goes right to THAT friend and tells them everything you said, and then plays dumb like, "Oh, I didn't know you didn't want me to talk to her about that. My bad." You know the type, just messy. Azealia Banks messy.

Anyway.

Two weeks ago Friend B is surfing through Tinder niggas. She connects with a guy. They go on a date and hit it off. They go on another date. During a discussion of their exes in date #2, it comes out that the dude Friend B is on a date with is an ex of Friend A from 15 years ago. And not just any ex, literally the last dude she dated before she realized she liked women. Small fucking world, right!?

However, instead of doing the mature thing and sitting on the information and putting some serious thought into how to approach Friend A with the news that she's seeing her ex, Friend B goes messy: She and the ex start attempting to text and Facetime Friend A, and finally they send her a picture (the two of them cheesing into the camera with the caption, "Guess who I'm on a date with!")

To make matters worse, Friend B then continues to text EVERYONE and give us the full deets about this date. And come to find out, not only is this ex the last guy Friend A dated, but when she met him he had just turned 18 and she was in her thirties. It was a Stella getting her groove back sorta of deal.

and Friend B is telling EVERYONE. She even told a mutual friend she has At Friend A's job and now Friend A's entire office knows about this.

To put it simply: the group is over Friend B's bullshit. And Friend A is past the point of words, and has moved on to "Next time I see that hoe I'm beating her ass."

I told a friend of mine outside the group about what was going on, and she thought we were overreacting, because if Friend B gets serious with the ex, Friend A would have to find out eventually, and they dated almost 2 decades ago. But my thing is, in the black community, there is a Clear Line between minding your business, and NOT minding your business. Friend A is a completely private person, and now her business is all out on front street. And besides that, sending a picture out of the blue of your on a date with your friend's ex is not something friends do.

What do y'all think? Are we overreacting? Or does Friend B need an ass-whooping?

EDIT: Whew, that was long. Sorry, y'all.

Nope, there is 2 ways to handle this situation the grown ass nigga way and the way Friend B did. Lose all her contact info.
 

Africanus

Member
Oh BCT, I meant to ask y'all about this last night. I have some friendship drama I need advice on.

So, in my tight circle of friends, two are currently squabbling. To protect identities, let's call them 'Friend A' and 'Friend B'. A little bit about these two:

Friend A: A lesbian in her forties. The matriarch of the group, loved by all.

Friend B: Shady as hell. Has already almost been ousted from the group, due in part to her complete inability to know when to shut the fuck up. Always in other people's business. Always talking about other people's business. Doing sloppy shit like you talking to her in private about another friend, and then she goes right to THAT friend and tells them everything you said, and then plays dumb like, "Oh, I didn't know you didn't want me to talk to her about that. My bad." You know the type, just messy. Azealia Banks messy.

Anyway.

Two weeks ago Friend B is surfing through Tinder niggas. She connects with a guy. They go on a date and hit it off. They go on another date. During a discussion of their exes in date #2, it comes out that the dude Friend B is on a date with is an ex of Friend A from 15 years ago. And not just any ex, literally the last dude she dated before she realized she liked women. Small fucking world, right!?

However, instead of doing the mature thing and sitting on the information and putting some serious thought into how to approach Friend A with the news that she's seeing her ex, Friend B goes messy: She and the ex start attempting to text and Facetime Friend A, and finally they send her a picture (the two of them cheesing into the camera with the caption, "Guess who I'm on a date with!")

To make matters worse, Friend B then continues to text EVERYONE and give us the full deets about this date. And come to find out, not only is this ex the last guy Friend A dated, but when she met him he had just turned 18 and she was in her thirties. It was a Stella getting her groove back sorta of deal.

and Friend B is telling EVERYONE. She even told a mutual friend she has At Friend A's job and now Friend A's entire office knows about this.

To put it simply: the group is over Friend B's bullshit. And Friend A is past the point of words, and has moved on to "Next time I see that hoe I'm beating her ass."

I told a friend of mine outside the group about what was going on, and she thought we were overreacting, because if Friend B gets serious with the ex, Friend A would have to find out eventually, and they dated almost 2 decades ago. But my thing is, in the black community, there is a Clear Line between minding your business, and NOT minding your business. Friend A is a completely private person, and now her business is all out on front street. And besides that, sending a picture out of the blue of your on a date with your friend's ex is not something friends do.

What do y'all think? Are we overreacting? Or does Friend B need an ass-whooping?

EDIT: Whew, that was long. Sorry, y'all.

Perhaps not an ass whooping, but your "Friend B" must be immediately shunned.
It's one matter to send a picture in bad taste to the original friend. It's quite another business to air out another's personal dealings to multiple people in vivid detail.

I feel there was little overreaction.
 

Numb

Member
Well, I can definitely say it was easier than Spanish and French for me. However throughout middle school to HS, I did have classes in all the Latin languages (except Italian), including Latin itself as a foundation. Also, Portuguese is spoken in the house, except for me. So I have an advantage in many ways. I would pick Portuguese over spanish and then have French as optional. I hear there is an increase of popularity of it in the country too. The only problem is that Brazilian Portuguese is mostly taught in the Americas. That is slight problem for those who want to start from European (Portugal) Portuguese like me and most likely people from the rest of the lusophone. For example, the path I'm taking is European then sometime after that I will finally learn the creole from my country of birth, Sao Tome.

Is Brazilian portuguese different than the one spoken in Portugal to a small or large degree?
I found learning languages(not counting mother tongue) such as Swahili,Swedish and English easy and was lucky to pick up the majority of them when younger other than swedish ofcourse. You do get a huge huge boost if you already know english when learning swedish so got lucky yet again. I feel like having learnt these easy languages first has made me weak to any hard languages and no longer even have the capicity to learn a new one unless i dedicate a huge amount of time to it. I even used to know some Arabic but keeping in mind a whole other alphabet can be really difficult when you never use it outside of schools that you graduate from and never look back at.
 
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