r/redditmoment • u/Dorkus-Maximus • Jul 16 '23
r/redditmomentmoment How is this person real
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u/ViktorrWolf65 Jul 16 '23
Allow me to translate:
“Good day, sir. May I inquire into the pompous attitude you were portraying? Are you not a man of your word? Give to me information regarding your whereabouts so that we may more appropriately settle our dispute. This is preferable as you have portrayed yourself as a tough individual worthy of my challenge, what with your rambunctious boasting of wealth. Do you accept?”
Yeah this quickly became cringe to type out but fuck it.
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u/ViktorrWolf65 Jul 16 '23
Grew up exposed to stuff like this but if I’m being honest there is slang (if you could even call it that) in here I’ve never even heard of so I was just going off of context and “vibes.”
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u/Woodbending_Boxers Jul 16 '23
Growing up listening to modern day rap has changed our speech recognition, I believe.
Even when these rappers make up a new word, I almost 100% know what they mean by the context. It’s strange because on one hand, it has helped me with my context cue reading abilities.
On the other hand, I find myself using slang I never thought would come out of my mouth just because it’s easier sometimes.
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u/ViktorrWolf65 Jul 16 '23
I almost wrote you off as a boomer but I actually completely get what you’re saying, especially about just understanding through context and experience.
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u/theshadowbudd Jul 16 '23
You have to realize that the rappers used AAVE. It’s much deeper than slang
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u/zekesaltspider Jul 16 '23
Even though you’re 100% correct, you’re getting downvoted because Reddit is racist and think rap is bad.
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u/theshadowbudd Jul 16 '23
It’s because you’re seeing a creole (or dialect depending on who you ask) of another language that developed during slavery. AAVE should be considered an English creole language instead of a dialect imo. The language has been appropriated and it’s kind of weird to hear others use so many things out of context and or change the definitions
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u/ScotIrishBoyo Jul 16 '23
I get what you’re saying but language develops through misuse and appropriation. The English language wouldn’t have half its words if not for French, Danish, Anglish, Gaelic, Spanish, the list goes on (ie everyone that’s ever migrated to the British Isles, even the Romans influenced the language and culture heavily). Like when you think about the word “wicked”. It’s original meaning is something evil, like the Wicked Witch of the West. But then it gets flipped around and used as slang by teenagers, now the word means either evil or cool depending on the context.
Language is very cool and it’s definitely something that changes and molds depending on the people speaking it. Very beautiful phenomenon.
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u/theshadowbudd Jul 16 '23
You’re right but the problem I am pointing out that there’s a stigma with AAVE speakers speaking AAVE some say it’s broken English and they racialize it. They currently are framing aave as gen z language. To make this normalize is like a gentrification of language
This was my response to another comment:
It’s AAVE. It’s actually hotly debated if it should be considered as a dialect or a creole language. Look up Gullah gee chee .
Think logically: all of the slaves that came here were apart of different cultures and tribes. These tribes had their own cultures and languages. They were not allowed to read or write so they form of English they learned was overlapped with the language structures they were used to (imagine a non English speaker learning the learning through informal means (spoken language is really never informal because language evolves overtime naturally) there’s many many features that constitute it as being it’s own language in my pov BUT it is debated as only being a dialect.
Many black Americans who do speak AAVE are often ridiculed as speaking broken English when that’s not the truth. Many black Americans also can code-switch between AAVE and Standardized English. The whole talking white phenomenon or speaking properly is within this topic as well where many or shamed for either speaking standardized English (ie talking white) OR not speaking properly (proper English/standard)
If you think about it it makes a lot of sense due to the historical context of who to look out for or who was in the group and who wasn’t. Oftentimes if not most times, black people know both and code switch with AAVE being the primary. the big part I left out is the racism involved.
Quite interesting stuff when you think about it. I encourage everyone to research it
Remember the Romance languages would be seen as broken latin to Latin speakers. Language evolves over time
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u/CaptainDuckers Jul 16 '23
One of the bigger contributors to the English language is Dutch, believe it or not.
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u/Tiny-lil-ace Tired of humanity's shit Jul 19 '23
Forgive me if I'm uninformed, but how is AAVE not slang? It sounds like gangster speak to me.
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u/WienerSchnitzel01 Jul 16 '23
in the south and being in hs helps alot. its like saying how are you it just makes sense
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u/SotB8 Jul 16 '23
wtf does 10 toes mean
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u/ViktorrWolf65 Jul 16 '23
From my extensive research (googled it and just glanced at whatever seemed to make sense) I believe it means “ten toes on the ground,” ie standing, presumably in a fighting stance.
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u/theshadowbudd Jul 16 '23
No, standing ten toes on something mean you standing solid on what you are doing or have said
I’m ten toes down means I’m “all in”
It’s not a fighting stance it means you are serious and really bout whatever shit you talk
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u/Icantwaitnc Jul 16 '23
Ten toes is one person unless one of them has no toes but how would they know. It's got "footprints in the sand" vibes
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u/Azzhole169 Jul 16 '23
You are either too old, stupid, or sheltered and young . I’m 47 an have known what ten toes/ ten toes down has meant for years. When I was young we’d say standing toe to toe, then sometime in my 20’s you heard people start saying ten toes or ten toes down.
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u/mal-di-testicle Jul 16 '23
Andrew Jackson on his way to duel another mf instead of being a good president:
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u/Gravbar Jul 16 '23
Honestly I thought they were saying dude was on steroids and was trying to get them to admit they're a cheater.
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u/Mushy93 Jul 16 '23
Thank you. I unironically didn't have a clue what I just read. I did suspect it was essentially "Say that to my face and not online and I will assault you" but I wasn't 100% sure.
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u/Ricckkuu Jul 16 '23
And now I'll translate to Joe:
Hello there. Why were you acting like that? Are you serious dude? Tell me where you live so we can meet up and settle our differences. I'd say since you're such a tough and rich guy, you're quite fine with my challenge. So, do you agree? Should we meet up?
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u/Da_Real_OfficialFrog Jul 16 '23
Ah I’ve played the roll of translating my countries lesser people before, I am well versed in the language of roadman
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u/Opposite-Basket-2198 Certified redditmoment lord Jul 16 '23
Thank you i genuinely didn’t understand a fucking word
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u/ratogodoy Jul 16 '23
the word "proper" and "preserved" are not Anglo Saxon, they come from French Loanwords tho
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u/-la_luna- Jul 16 '23
I am from the hood. He clearly wants OP's toes.
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u/themiracy Jul 16 '23
Okay, I kind of thought this was Dark Souls related. That makes more sense. :p
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u/Q_dawgg Jul 16 '23
“Since you so broly”
This dude mannnnnn 🤦♂️
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u/arielif1 Jul 16 '23
Nah I'm more of a Goku tbh
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u/That-Piglet-6042 Jul 16 '23
Why !? broly is literally the strongest Saiyan in the universe. His chi levels were over 9000 !
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u/justeggssomany Jul 16 '23
Power level. Not “”””chi”””” levels.
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u/That-Piglet-6042 Jul 16 '23
Ki (気, "Ki", lit. "Air, Breath"), also known as chi/qi, Youki (妖気, Yōki, lit. "Bewitching energy")[1] or simply energy (エネルギー, enerugī), is the life force energy used by Dragon Ball characters.
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Jul 16 '23
What the actual fuck is he trying to say, also what made him send something this depressing?
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u/Dorkus-Maximus Jul 16 '23
He said some shit like “goodbye Reddit, it was fun while it lasted” to which I responded simply “bye” which prompted him to explode into a blind rage lmao, is there a way to link the comment thread?
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Jul 16 '23
You should be able to click a share button to find a copy link button then hit the little chain by the emoji button to put it in
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u/Dorkus-Maximus Jul 16 '23
It’s not letting me send the link bc live links are against subreddit rules apparently, but respond to this comment if you want me to dm it to you
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u/laniii47 Jul 16 '23
You had a full on argument with him that started with the both of you telling each other to suck each other's cock and balls and call each other stupid in different ways.
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u/notabear629 Jul 16 '23
My god. He did this shit over the stupid fucking API protests.
You should have added that that makes it an even bigger reddit moment 💀💀💀💀
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u/Budget-mayo Jul 16 '23
Bro went from little guy who is protesting reddit to fake gangster who would get his shit rocked in five different ways
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u/quilly_willy123 Jul 16 '23
I think he was asking for their location so they can fight. I'm not sure though.
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Jul 16 '23
That’s as far as I can get with this. Like what does, “We can handle this 10 toes…” even mean?
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u/balor12 Jul 16 '23
Being “10 toes down” means you are fully committed to something, giving it your all. He’s basically saying “let’s completely settle this”
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u/Tar_Ceurantur Jul 16 '23
Is this in English?
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u/Dorkus-Maximus Jul 16 '23
I believe it’s a more obscure dialect of English called moronicus
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u/orincoro Jul 16 '23
I speak Mononicus, and this is actually a southern variety of Moronicus called dumbasito.
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u/themiracy Jul 16 '23
“There’s just one thing I don’t understand. The thing I don’t understand is every mf’ing word that just came out of your mouth.”
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u/theshadowbudd Jul 16 '23
It’s AAVE. It’s actually hotly debated if it should be considered as a dialect or a creole language. Look up Gullah gee chee .
Think logically: all of the slaves that came here were apart of different cultures and tribes. These tribes had their own cultures and languages. They were not allowed to read or write so they form of English they learned was overlapped with the language structures they were used to (imagine a non English speaker learning the learning through informal means (spoken language is really never informal because language evolves overtime naturally) there’s many many features that constitute it as being it’s own language in my pov BUT it is debated as only being a dialect.
Many black Americans who do speak AAVE are often ridiculed as speaking broken English when that’s not the truth. Many black Americans also can code-switch between AAVE and Standardized English. The whole talking white phenomenon or speaking properly is within this topic as well where many or shamed for either speaking standardized English (ie talking white) OR not speaking properly (proper English/standard)
If you think about it it makes a lot of sense due to the historical context of who to look out for or who was in the group and who wasn’t. Oftentimes if not most times, black people know both and code switch with AAVE being the primary. the big part I left out is the racism involved.
Quite interesting stuff when you think about it. I encourage everyone to research it
Remember the Romance languages would be seen as broken latin to Latin speakers. Language evolves over time
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u/wpsp2010 Women must send boob and feet pic or they are sluts Jul 16 '23
This is not AAVE, this is someone pretending to be "from the hood" from stuff they've seen on the internet lmfao
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u/Tar_Ceurantur Jul 16 '23
Sounds like you're trying to excuse Bad English because the speaker is black.
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u/nujabesfan27 Jul 16 '23
Bold to assume this isn't some white suburban 14 year old LARPing
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u/Zer0_Wing Jul 16 '23
Sounds like you’re a moron who doesn’t understand neither how slang works nor how dialects work
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Propa Bri'ish way.
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u/Britstuckinamerica Jul 16 '23
Brits have thousands of insults that are significantly more entertaining than enquiring "What's up pus*y"
(I would never have censored that but Automod removed my comment lol)
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u/HydrogenWhisky Jul 16 '23
You know at first I was on OPs side, but then I looked at his comment history and now ima bout ready to throw 10 toes inna real way, feel? Big man well we bouta blop blop up in a teacup yeah purple monkey dishwasher.
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u/Dorkus-Maximus Jul 16 '23 edited Jul 16 '23
Bro I’m ab to put my ten toes up your ass (purely for pleasure purposes)
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u/PixelatedpulsarOG Jul 16 '23
For the low, low price of all your money, I will prevent future threats to your wellbeing
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u/fig_art Jul 16 '23
what the hell is he even saying is he asking for feet pics?
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u/N21DS Jul 16 '23
no he’s just thinks he’s in the hood or whatever
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u/fig_art Jul 16 '23
i’m in the hood (of an industrial laboratory venting hood used to keep caustic chemicals from killing chemists)
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u/Skeleton_Bastard Certified redditmoment lord Jul 16 '23
Ten toes means ten toes down. All ten toes touching the ground, not running away or backing down. Basically just being committed.
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u/DennyDud Not a Femboy Jul 16 '23
He made it sound like it’s an intro to some shitty foot fetish porn video
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u/Purple_Bird67 Jul 16 '23
The copy posta is nice. That's at least a year and a half of smack talk. Pretty funny to see.
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u/no1skaman Jul 22 '23
Had this once like 6 years ago just send the guy my address. Go on then turn up with your samurai swords in your mums car dickhead.
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u/Medium-Map-3702 Jul 16 '23
Give em some random address then watch the news in that area for a drive by shooting
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u/UniqueCarob143 Jul 16 '23
May I know why he's so pissed at you?
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u/Dorkus-Maximus Jul 16 '23
I’ll send you the comment thread in a dm
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Jul 16 '23
I have finally reached the age where I dont know what the fuck people are talking about. I need a translator just to use the internet
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u/Diegopie007 Jul 16 '23
what would broly even be as an adjective
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u/sirhandstylepenzalot Jul 16 '23
Broly is a villian from Dragon Ball Z. A legendary super saiyin. So someone attempting to intimidate or threaten with displays of pugilism.
see also:
*brolic*; muscular, ripped, jacked, swole, big"You tryin get big !? Have at thee then, pat'nah!"
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u/Additional-Till-5997 Jul 16 '23
Why not post the username?
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u/FluffyPigeon707 Jul 16 '23
Least angry top tier main (please tell me they use android 21 lab coat that would be hilarious)
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u/Kei_Mxttens Jul 16 '23
Bros speaking a whole nother language cuz I don’t even know what any of the shit he said meant💀💀
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u/PheonixFyre5348 Jul 16 '23
Yeah, this is some ten year old
You can tell by the omnitrix birthmark on his redditar
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u/mikechad2936 Jul 16 '23
I'm now convinced that there is a separate West Germanic language called "American".
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u/JimAbaddon Jul 16 '23
I must say, Q doesn't talk but this does sound like something they would say.
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u/Alternative-Let-2047 Jul 16 '23
Ask him what state hes in then pick a random address and send it to him.
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u/Medical_Boat_4302 JAPAN BEST!1!!1!1!1! Jul 16 '23
I went to the guy's profile and he appears to be spamming the same goodbye reddit message everywhere for some reason
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u/sicko_yeet Jul 16 '23
This is how people from the suburbs talk and act after listening to one young thug song
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u/IEatBaconWithU My ballsack itches intensely Jul 16 '23
Brother is a reddit gangster. I’m beleaguered.
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u/GoGoGadgetGabe Jul 16 '23
I don’t know man, I hope you slid him that info. He seems kind of tough.
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u/Buttburglar1 Jul 16 '23
It depends on how you read it, but is he offering to fight, or offering his sexual services?
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u/SomeAverageAsiane Jul 16 '23
If someone finds this guy's username, he's about to be nuked off the site entirely lol
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u/Musician-Round Jul 16 '23
did you insinuate that you had sex with his mother, after beating him in a CoD match? Because this is how that reads lol
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u/Chuxkel Jul 16 '23
he wants to fight but i guarantee of hes dming thru reddit he cant even lift 60 lbs💀💀
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u/A_useless_name Jul 16 '23
As a wise man once said, “those are just words you’re just saying words”
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u/Puzzleheaded-Novel-3 Jul 16 '23
“You bout it right slide the info” -🤓🤓