Posted on 10/15/2017 2:57:41 AM PDT by x1stcav
Pop Culture, Commercials, and White Guys
by Dystopic | Oct 14, 2017 | Culture War, SJWs | 12 comments
It isn’t difficult to find people complaining about how “people of color” are treated in America today. Turn on the TV, and you’ll see highly-paid NFL players lamenting this. White liberals are constantly bashing “whiteness”, and attending lectures and classes wherein white people are variously termed devils, demons, oppressors, or some other thing. It is the same for men in general, as opposed to women.
Whites, and white men in particular, are generally seen as squares. They can’t dance, can’t sing, are uncool, lame, stupid, and as the famous movie title once explained for us, white men can’t jump. If white men do anything interesting or cool, it will be seen as cultural appropriation, denounced as racism, or become an Obama “you didn’t build that” situation. White people either have no culture (that link is interesting, because many white American liberals genuinely believe that they have no culture), or their culture is based primarily on white supremacy.
You have the basis for a new TV show. :)
RE: Tokens. As bad as they are, if you have to interact with them, and they at least know enough to GTF out of the way and let the people that “can do the job” do the job, it’s workable.
When you have a token(s) that actually think “they’re in charge”, that’s when the real problems start and become front and center. My former manager at “the name on the football/soccer stadium in Foxborough, MA” was one of those. And it was terrible.
You ought to do a video.
I understand what you describe, but at my workplace that is difficult; when a real worker is abused by a token like that, they’d call in sick when a meeting was scheduled where the token would be left to explain something on her own - and when the real worker returned, the lesson had been learned (not just by the token, but by the other attendees as well). I’ve noticed that the tokens hire a bunch of their friends, but only if they are not a threat to the token’s job - they are even less competent, and just grateful to have basically no-show jobs with a paycheck and health insurance.
They become the “army of skanks” from the “Mean Girls” movie.
What pisses me off the most is seeing the white women driving and the african American male leaned back in the passenger seat. Living in the Memphis area I see this quite often. One time in Jackson Tennessee I had stopped at a gas station and the white girl got out opened up the trunk filled up the gas cans and place them back in the car while her fuck boyfriend did not bother to get out and help do anything. The only thing he contributed was yelling at her after she got back in the car.
My ex-girlfriend’s 24-year-old daughter has been living with a black guy and they have gotten into physical fights a few times. She’s back with him again but she’s not my daughter and she’s an adult so maybe one day she will learn her lesson. She is also very over weight.
I want to tell these girls that they can do so much better even if that means being single they would be doing better.
Sorry to hear that,
To be honest I happen to be a American of the darker shade and I can easily say those men are ghetto rats, I would not want any of my family to be caught up with them myself, and I stay the hell away from them.
“I understand what you describe, but at my workplace that is difficult; when a real worker is abused by a token like that, they’d call in sick when a meeting was scheduled where the token would be left to explain something on her own - and when the real worker returned, the lesson had been learned (not just by the token, but by the other attendees as well).”
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s a Klingonesque level of revenge!!!
“I’ve noticed that the tokens hire a bunch of their friends, but only if they are not a threat to the token’s job - they are even less competent, and just grateful to have basically no-show jobs with a paycheck and health insurance./They become the “army of skanks” from the “Mean Girls” movie.”
No surprise that those closest to “tribal think” operate like a tribe. And then there’s “safety in numbers”.
Yep.
Fat, stupid and pathetic is a poor way to go through life.
Sure; they all get glowing evaluations from their boss-friend, and if a problem arises the scapegoat is usually some outside contractor with no way to defend themselves. There is no way to refute the alternate reality they present on paper; they are part of the “post-work” economy, with more than half a dozen allegedly performing the work that had been done by three men when I started there years ago. As long as I can take my foot off the gas to meet the lowered expectations, that is fine with me; I’m getting’ paid!
I’ve seen it go a step further.
The token cancels/reschedules the meeting. And the knowledgeable person finds out it’s still in the offing in the near future. And they’re still expected to perform
That is certainly a good way to evade, providing there is time to do so. When they are quarterly meetings to which people travel, and the token gets the word “morning of”, there is no such defense.
That’s sad. But, it’s tolerated, so...
“...with more than half a dozen allegedly performing the work that had been done by three men when I started there years ago...”
If you ever look at LinkedIn, Facebook, etc., and see the titles that the majority of (((them))) have, the titles are pure examples of “corporate nothing speak”. And since said employees do absolutely nothing, it’s a very symbiotic setup.
“As long as I can take my foot off the gas to meet the lowered expectations, that is fine with me; I’m getting’ paid!”
At the end of the day, that’s all that matters - the green.
Sure; I watch some of these older guys retire, and I’m so happy for them. The damage is felt immediately, and they don’t even respond to outreach by the fake workers moved into their positions. I just keep my eyes on that finish line (while keeping them peeled for other opportunities), but I’m still decades away. It is an odd way to work; years ago it was a mission that consumed 60+ hours per week, now it is a 40-hour “job”.
“Sure; I watch some of these older guys retire, and I’m so happy for them.”
Amen. Yes.
“The damage is felt immediately, and they don’t even respond to outreach by the fake workers moved into their positions.”
I would respond either. Even if they did, would (((they))) understand what was being communicated to (((them)))? Nah.
“I just keep my eyes on that finish line (while keeping them peeled for other opportunities), but I’m still decades away.”
I’m in the same boat as you.
“It is an odd way to work; years ago it was a mission that consumed 60+ hours per week, now it is a 40-hour “job”.”
I understand exactly what you’re saying. And when a relationship (romantic, professional, etc.) changes, dedication to the relationship is usually the first thing that goes. “Going through the motions” becomes SOP.
OTOH, you’ve unilaterally given yourself a rai$e, while feeing up time for other things in life that are important for you (family, other business opportunities, hobbies, etc.).
“wouldn’t” respond
That’s a typical portrayal of white guys as “clueless buffoons” deserving of ridicule.
The liberal media types are hard at work trying to debase and discredit white culture, yet nothing of the sort is ever implied about blacks or any other ethnic group in this country. This goes well beyond bias. Its an outright propaganda campaign of the most insidious kind that is targeted at diminishing the image of white people. This nonsense should be investigated by the FCC.
It is not just the commercials. Watch some of those Disney shows aimed at tweens. I block Disney channels. The tweenagers always respond to adults with snotty wise cracks.
Exactly; I hope you can do the same!
One angle often overlooked is that much of this advertising is aimed at the last demographics stupid enough to respond to such blatant propaganda
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Absolutely true. About 95% of advertisements on TV have virtually nothing to do with the characteristics, benefits or value of the product. Typically just a bunch of manic people dancing and cavorting around in some sort of childlike euphoric state, implying that you’ll be happy just like them if you buy the product or service.
It seems that the ads are attempting to equate their product with (multicultural) group acceptance. A completely inane and blatantly false premise.
So who falls for such ridiculous nonsense? The low IQ demographic of course. Everyone else sees this mindless drivel for what it is.
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