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[MaulerX]

I just noticed something Chris Rock said that I don't think anyone caught. After Will said Keep her name out his mouth, Chris responded with I'm going to. Then he says "Oh I could..." And then stops. I think he was going to correlate something to the word mouth to Jada cheating.

Rembember August actually said this:

 

[akimbo009]

Yeeesh. That's some word salad for sure. Shit can't just be simple for them, can it? Great cabal and all that. Amazing they have energy to tie their own shoes.

 

[Fake]

"In short, just go outside"

 

[Celcius]

Yes Will was out of line, 100%. But let’s not let Chris Rock off the hook either, that was a low blow.

I had a teacher in high school that had that condition (probably in her late 30’s and completely bald because of it) and it’s not something that people should be making fun of.

 

[Scotty W]

 

[akimbo009]

Yes Will was out of line, 100%. But let’s not let Chris Rock off the hook either, that was a low blow.

I had a teacher in high school that had that condition (probably in her late 30’s and completely bald because of it) and it’s not something that people should be making fun of.

Millionaire 50 something can't afford a whig? There's options for folks of her means and station. I'm sure there are poorer people worse things going on who would engage and behave more classy than what we saw.

 

[Celcius]

Millionaire 50 something can't afford a whig? There's options for folks of her means and station. I'm sure there are poorer people worse things going on who would engage and behave more classy than what we saw.

Whether she wore a wig or not, whether she had money or not, that shouldn’t excuse Chris’s joke.

 

[chromhound]

 

[Neolombax]

Why wasn't Jada the one doing the slapping?

All in all, its pathetic of Will Smith to do this.

 

[docmindbender]

That R-era statement. Holy fuck, one of the most laughably pathetic and (actual, i mean, actual) cringe inducing things I can think of.

"..so sit down and get comfortable kids."

Jettison these people into outer fucking space.

 

[Scotty W]

 

[InfiniteCombo]

One thing to come out of this... The Internet has been delivering on the jokes. That's for damn sure

 

[Deleted member 1159]

(Not my joke)

What did Chris Rock find on his face this morning?

Spoiler

Fresh Prints

 

[Lognor]

Yes Will was out of line, 100%. But let’s not let Chris Rock off the hook either, that was a low blow.

I had a teacher in high school that had that condition (probably in her late 30’s and completely bald because of it) and it’s not something that people should be making fun of.

So alopecia is where we draw the line? Got it.

 

[Renoir]

im wondering if that's going to be a trend now. Thats the most I've heard about the oscars in yeaaaaaarrrss.
Every oscar some outlandish shit happening to bring in views. Have a crazier comic and have him jab every one see who snaps next?

 

[Classicrockfan]

Dude loves slapping people.

 

[FunkMiller]

There is something incredibly dangerous about warping the intent behind an action into something else to suit your own political or social agenda.

They are trying to make this about race, when it was about an unjustified act of violence.

And, it should be noted, a sure sign of an inherent racism is to automatically link a man's actions to the colour of his skin.

'Man hits man over joke about man's wife' becomes 'this is about having black skin'.

I wonder if they even have the capacity to wonder what black people think when they read this stuff. That there's the implication they simply cannot do or say anything without it being put through the prism of their skin colour.

 

[zeorhymer]

This doesn't look good after dancing in the after party and "Getting Jiggy Wit It"

Edit: Knew it. He'd spin it as a victim

 

[Elysion]

The best thing about this incident is that it totally overshadowed all the other cringe stuff at the Oscars that people would be talking about. For that reason alone Will Smith deserves our deepest gratitude.

 

[Hayabusabruh]

Rembember August actually said this:

Did he or is that a recent meme? That's crazy if so

 

[belmarduk]

That R-era statement. Holy fuck, one of the most laughably pathetic and (actual, i mean, actual) cringe inducing things I can think of.

"..so sit down and get comfortable kids."

Jettison these people into outer fucking space.

I doubt that even ResetEra could come up with a worse take than Airbus Jr ’s victim-blaming decapitation nonsense. Truly something I hope he will be shameful about upon reflection.

 

[Ionian]

There is something incredibly dangerous about warping the intent behind an action into something else to suit your own political or social agenda.

They are trying to make this about race, when it was about an unjustified act of violence.

And, it should be noted, a sure sign of an inherent racism is to automatically link a man's actions to the colour of his skin.

'Man hits man over joke about man's wife' becomes 'this is about having black skin'.

I wonder if they even have the capacity to wonder what black people think when they read this stuff. That there's the implication they simply cannot do or say anything without it being put through the prism of their skin colour.

Has Nepthene written all over it.

If this was posted before, sorry was asleep.

That site isn't even funny to laugh at, they banned anyone with humour.

I can just imagine the dude who sold it laughing everytime he checks his bank balance.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

LOL. For all of you who dont want to read that giant Reeee post (which they locked their thread about it), here's the recap:

"One rich Black guy hit another rich Black guy on stage for a bad joke in front of millions of people. Let's call it a nothingburger or else people will associate Black people with violence, since this is the first time something like this happened at this awards gala."

Well, up to you whether you want to listen to that advice or not. Next time at home or at work and you get the short end of a bad joke, just go up to that person and smack them in the face.

Heck, be a real man. Next time you are at work in one of those boring 200 people town hall meetings in the company cafe, walk up the middle aisle and slap the exec who dished out one of their lame jokes. Dont be afraid, it'll be a nothingburger.

 

[docmindbender]

I doubt that even ResetEra could come up with a worse take than Airbus Jr ’s victim-blaming decapitation nonsense. Truly something I hope he will be shameful about upon reflection.

I don't know what that is. You might be right. I gotta stay the fuck off the internet. That had been working just fine for me. Too old for this shit.

 

[InfiniteCombo]

This is what I noticed with these people. A lot of words to say.... in the best case scenario, nothing at all. In the worst case, factually incorrect stuff.

I'll just do a rebuttal to a few things for fun:

1. Stop making everything about race. But, since you insist...
2. .... did you see the race of the person "in a temporary position of power over her?" Not to mention that an entertainment awards host doesn't have any "power" over anybody. It's not that deep.
3. Very "personal" for her? Are we talking about the same Jada Pinkett Smith, and the Smiths in general? Very little (I'd actually say nothing) is very private or personal for these people, they need to air all of their dirty laundry.
4. The CROWN act is a virtue-filled piece of legislation that is being worked on almost purely along party lines. Should be called the CLOWN act, in honor of the people in Congress that proposed this nonsense.
5. I wouldn't trust John Oliver with much of anything. BritGAF -- I like you guys. I really do. But people like John Oliver and the Carpool Karaoke dude, among others, are not the best representatives of your great land. We need more Ricky Gervais, less John Oliver.
6. She wasn't "attacked." It was a joke. I swear, half of these people would shatter like glass if they were around for 5 minutes in any of the sports teams I played when I was a teenager. The roasting gets... hot. And you better be thick skinned, otherwise you're done for.
7. As a way to emasculate her husband? That wasn't done by Chris Rock. That was done by... Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith. When they both talked about her sexual liaisons with other men. I know the word "cuck" likes to get thrown around but based on (the little) I've read, seems Will Smith very closely fits the definition.
8. "Armchair diagnosis"... like the kind you're doing with your giant wall of text?
9. I don't know all that word salad/tripe in the "blackness" paragraph, but I'm glad he/she brought up the point of a previous Oscar attack, and security. There was security involved in that other incident he/she mentioned. With this Will Smith incident, security did not get involved. So, tell me, who is more privileged... (a) the person that assaulted someone and got restrained by security, or (b) the person who assaulted someone, calmly sat down and proceeded to verbally abuse the person they just assaulted, all while security didn't get involved and the assailant got an award (with people loudly cheering for him), then danced the night away? Spoiler alert, answer seems to be "(b)"
10. Thanks for the summary; without your summary, I wouldn't have known what happened by this point. But also "this is a nothingbuger" and "incident between two multimillionaires at an awards showed watched by millions around the globe" seem to be... mutually contradictory statements?
11. Staff are going through reports because your website sucks and is full of people that have an equal or higher fragility quotient as yourself.
12. "Go outside." Oh, the irony for people that show multiple signs of never stepping outside. Not to mention, didn't he/she say "ableism" earlier on? Assuming everyone can go outside is itself ableism, I would think.

Points 1-12 only took me a few minutes to type out after quickly scanning the wall of text in that "big scary red background" post. I wonder how long that word diarrhea actually took for her/him to type out.

 

[BaneIsPain]

I propose an octagon ring for next year. Beats the lecture or cringe jokes.

 

[Bullet Club]

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

I hope he uses the Will Smith slap as material

 

[Deleted member 1159]

Good

 

[Lord Panda]

Nauseating how far up their own butts they are. Geesus.

 

[nush]

Has Nepthene written all over it.

It was, massive walls of text thinks it makes her look intelligent. Everybody always laughs at them.

 

[GeorgioCostanzaX]

…he could allow other men into his wife’s mouth but not himself?

 

[gow3isben]

Aight boiiz I want you to guess which mentally handicapped staffer at which special needs forum posted this as official staff message:

It is firstly most important to recognize the largest victim in this scenario: Jada Pinkett Smith. What happened to her last night is that, in a mostly white space, a Black woman was directly targeted by a person in a temporary position of power over her and made to feel lesser over an issue that not only is very personal for her, but one she cannot control. It's also an issue that, even if she could control it, inevitably plays into the sociopolitical ramifications of Black hair, especially Black women's hair, which is irrevocably tied to Black oppression. Look at the CROWN Act. Look at John Oliver's take on the matter. Hell, look at Rock's own documentary about the very subject. This is not a subject equivalent to the treatment of male pattern baldness in men, especially white men, and to treat it as such shows a telling ignorance of the matter. Pile on top of this all of the glaringly inappropriate comments about her relationship to her husband, which is all rooted in the realms of sexism and bias against those in open relationships, and what you have left at the end of it all is textbook misogynoir.

Ultimately, all Jada did last night was show up to support her husband in one of the most pivotal moments of his professional career, and she was not only attacked twice for it, but she has primarily been brought up only as a way to emasculate her husband. Jada was humiliated and then further dehumanized as a mere weapon, and that is unacceptable.

What is also unacceptable is the rampant ableism that has occurred in that thread. Of course the use of her alopecia in Chris Rock's set qualifies as this, but just as well, any psychological professional will tell you that a single moment of lost control or lack of inhibition is not any serious indicator or symptom of mental illness, or of more inappropriate terms such as being "unhinged" or "dangerous." All this kind of concern trolling and armchair diagnosis does is reinforce stereotypes that physical violence is strictly the realm of the mentally unwell, it upholds people to impossible and unrealistic standards, and it pushes away uncomfortable conversations about violence's role in the establishment and maintenance of modern society.

Edit - just realized everyone is already making fun of this garbage.

 

[j0hnnix]

 

[InfiniteCombo]

Nauseating how far up their own butts they are. Geesus.

Maybe that's what's causing their nausea in the first place. They should go to a doctor about that.

 

[clem84]

Nauseating how far up their own butts they are. Geesus.

This is the kind of community they want. They love the outrage, and they love victims. They go out of their way to find opportunities to virtue signal and to impose their views on others. And yeah, these kind of community standards breed narcisism. But again, this is the community they wanted.

 

[SiteSeer]

Chris Rock ate that shit without flinching, which even big polish dudes in a slap fight league on YouTube flinch knowing it’s coming.

if you slow it down to 1/4 speed he does flinch, not much but its there. whether its foreknowledge or not only they know for sure, but that strike looked fake to me. the whole thing seems fake. that said i don't really care, just my 2c.

 

[MaulerX]

Nauseating how far up their own butts they are. Geesus.

It's like the movie The Human Centipede.
But instead of having a beginning and an end everybody's in a circle attached to each other.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Well, good on Will Smith hoarding the spotlight. I'm sure Fresh Prince will figure out a way to turn this into positive PR win in the long run.

Out of all the awards given out for all the categories, actors, directors etc.... there's only one thing you hear about from the entire 3 hour show last night.

Will Smith.

 

[MayauMiao]

I hope he'll get a Netflix special.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Look guys, we finally found a non-partisan issue.

 

[Airbus Jr]

I doubt that even ResetEra could come up with a worse take than Airbus Jr ’s victim-blaming decapitation nonsense. Truly something I hope he will be shameful about upon reflection.

Like i told before you cant control how people react to your joke

As long as you dont attack those 3 sensitive points i mentioned then you should be save with your joke

Oh and theres the fourth i forgot to mentioned not to be joke on

4. His/ Her unspesified personal issue. Could be anything, any information from..lets say child history...his sexual perversion...financial problem....drug abuse...anything that could trigger that person...

 

[Thirty7ven]

Incredible. Rich black man slaps another rich black man because of a joke he made about rich black wife and somehow the rich white people in the room are the ones who created the environment for it to happen, in short white people are evil they did this.

Why are we talking about race again? Oh right, the narrative.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I hope he uses the Will Smith slap as material

I think he'll puss out. Look, he even declined to press charges, no?

 

[Fbh]

im wondering if that's going to be a trend now. Thats the most I've heard about the oscars in yeaaaaaarrrss.
Every oscar some outlandish shit happening to bring in views. Have a crazier comic and have him jab every one see who snaps next?

To be fair at this point the only realistic thing that could get me to watch the Oscars is if they have Ricky Gervais hosting them with free reign to joke about anything

 

[InfiniteCombo]

Incredible. Rich black man slaps another rich black man because of a joke he made about rich black wife and somehow the rich white people in the room are the ones who created the environment for it to happen, in short white people are evil they did this.

Why are we talking about race again? Oh right, the narrative.

I actually considered reporting you and having a mod ban you because...

... logic isn't allowed around these parts. So you best pack up, cowboy, and go back to wherever you came from. We don't like yer kind 'round here.

 

[belmarduk]

Like i told before you cant control how people react to your joke

As long as you dont attack those 3 sensitive points i mentioned then you should be save with your joke

Oh and theres the fourth i forgot to mentioned not to be joke on

4. His/ Her unspesified personal issue. Could be anything, any information from..lets say child history...his sexual perversion...financial problem....drug abuse...anything that could trigger that person...

Chris Rock is a comedian.. its his job to tell jokes. Yes, it isn't polite to joke about someone's medical condition... but did Rock even know Jada Pinkett Smith had one? I didn't know.. and even if he did, it's ok because he is a comedian and its his job to tell jokes.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

The 53 year old man said he is a work in progress.

Will Smiths spirit animal is a 17 year old girl.

 

[Toons]

Gotta say wills slap had some amazing form though

Needs to become his signature move in movies like tom cruise running

 

[ManaByte]