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These curfews would be used arbitrarily when police want to disperse a rowdy group of juveniles. OTOH, it won't be applied to rowdy sports fans acting a fool after a game. My concern would be when, where and to whom the curfews would be applied.😎

Nothing stops us from doing our own research and data collection. The real question is how badly do we want to *know* it. 😎

Kresge's was in DC too. The good ole days of *affordable* toys, candy and food.😁😎

https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2025/04/16/brian-hopkins-8-pm-downtown-curfew-city-council-vote In America's favorite punching bag city when it comes to violence, a Chicago alderman brought forth legislation that would allow police to impose targeted curfews whenever teens gather and/or get rowdy. We can already surmise these curfews would be imposed in and disproportionately affect Black neighborhoods. Let's see what Mayor Brandon Johnson does of anything to circumvent such a thing. Other cities are considering summer curfews too. Helluva way to welcome young folks to their break from school.😁😎

Congrats cataract surgery went well.👍🏿 No need to waste your newfound 20/20 vision on Gayle's fitted hat.🤣😎

Happy Resurrection Sunday to the believers. @aka Contrarian, the move towards a nation of fascism and theocracy rooted in racism white supremacy is going to be an interesting experiment.😁 The shift can only happen if the opposition falls in line to support it. I don't see the judicial or legislative branch doing enough to keep the snowball from becoming an avalanche. 😎

A half-century later, those stores were a fun spot for a kid with a couple dollars in his/her pocket.😁😎

Absolutely. Dollar Trees like bodegas serve the community. Especially when it comes to people of modest means whether it's money or transportation or any other deficiency. Psychologically, there's something about getting items for a dollar or less that makes people feel like they're winning. Similar to lottery tickets.🤣😎

Comedian Bill Maher has always been a Libertarian Centrist who masquerades as a Liberal. Democrats got all dewy-eyed as long as Maher was attacking the Right. They gave him a pass on his low key racist views especially when it comes to Muslims. As a rich white man, Bill Maher lives in the best of all worlds. He's a weed smoking atheist who likes to bang non-white women despite harboring views antithetical to their own group of people. Literally sleeping with the enemy. I see Bill Maher for what he is...a rich, well privileged white man.😎

It doesn't make your assertion *right* but you're always entitled to your VGQ. If such is the case and folks are content with the status quo...there's nothing left to discuss. It is what it is.. Low intelligence isn't the main factor. There's a whole programme at work here. Unless you've lived everywhere and seen everything your personal observation and perspective is limited. If you've talked to other folks, you've collected some empirical data...part of statistics. Life experience shapes perspective and opinions. Do your own research. For whatever reason you choose to focus on one dataset. Interestingly enough, it doesn't include any numbers in relation to anything else. Statisticians conduct polls and studies using a variety of data collection methods. It's understandable that you not to trust the numbers provided. There's nothing to stop you from verifying or collecting the data. It does exist.😎

Yep. The natursl comedy just rolls off top of my dome and through fingertips or mouth-piece ITRW.😁😎

All of the data stated can be compiled and added to the analysis. 😎

Personal observations can confirm or corroborate facts but it mainly serves as a form of mental masturbation. Statistics provide real data to define and reinforce a position or belief. Well constructed arguments require both statistical data and analysis combined with relevant personal observation. Personal observation on its own doesn't verify or prove anything. Gotta produce receipts i.e. statistical data.😎

Sure. There's no universal standard of beauty. As we've mentioned, it mostly lies in the beholder's eyes. Marketing and promotion is a helluva drug when it comes to selling stuff.🤣 It worked for a bunch of nappy headed dudes in the hood. Shiny azz heads and waves to make folks seasick. 🤣 They were not s8xually attractive but served as an alternative to jerking off. Human receptables for body fluids. Most men place value on women for very different reasons than women place value on men. Real men don't need women to protect and provide for them. They need women for different reasons i.e. s8x partner, bear children, companionship, etc. OTOH, most heterosexual women want a man who can protect and provide for her. She's willing to satisfy his needs in return. Of course, both men and women settle for something else especially when if comes to their needs and desires. There's a woman somewhere suffering underneath an obese man because he has a few dollars. There's a man wasting his s8xual energy on a woman for the streets or an ugly woman because the snatch box speaks in tongues.🤣 Different strokes for different folks as the world turns.😁😎

Americans are not going to trade their 5 star prison for a 1 star penalty box.😁😎

Broke, homeless, locked up or locked in low wage jobs stem from poor choices being made whether it's not taking education seriously or believing crime pays. Those FBA/AfroAmericans should have been creating businesses and buildings institutions for future generations to work. As it stands, most FBA/AfroAmericans have to depend white folks for every crumb of their daily bread. That was a failure on our part. Making ends meet will never lead to building wealth. It insures the continuity of poverty. Some FBA/AfroAmericans were similar to Hispanics today. They worked hard to have a little bit. Plenty of fun though. At the same time, white folks destroyed snd criminalized FBA/AfroAmericans through drugs. They chipped away at the safety nets that allowed folks to live at basic level. As mentioned above, that's by deisgn. The question is why did FBA/AfroAmericans allow themselves to be disproportionately affected by it. Understood. Statistics show that FBA/AfroAmericans are collectively wealthier and better off than decades ago. It's easy to romanticize the past because 1) there's nothing that can be done to change it and 2) allows folks to do nothing about right and the future. It's relative. Families are smaller too. I realize you're not a huge fan of researching statistics preferring instead to lean into your own observations. However, the numbers are available. It's easy to fall into tunnel vision and not see the bigger picture. Right. The same folks some would consider model citizens i.e. hard working, pull themselves up by the bootstraps, are running around doing dysfunctional sh8t too. They have gangs, drug & alcohol abuse, s8xual assaults, etc. Solve the *problems* you see and can handle. Constructive fun is fine when the work is done i.e. problems solved. Spending too much time in therapy won't solve a d8mn thing.🤣😎

Absolutely. There are more millionaires and a few billionaires among Gen-Xers than every generation before it combined. You're certainly entitled to your point of view. There are statistics to prove Gen-Xers have been able to accumulate more wealth and live a better life than previous generations. Surely, family structures and relationships are different now. Folks are more spread out. Over the past 30-40 years, one person can afford to run the whole show i.e. buy a house, vehicle, clothes, shoes, groceries, pay utilities and take vacations. Other groups of people have their own share of dysfunction. It's part of the reason they fled their home countries. By necessity, people who work for low wages understand the importance of cooperating with others in order to havd a roof overhead, lights on, running water and groceries in the refrigerator. Interestingly, people who have the least materially often seem to have the most *fun* in life.😎

I blame it on Love & Hip-Hop [pick a city] and celebrities. I know fake eyelashes can be tastefully done. But, leave it up to Black folks to take that sh8t over top. Eyelashes start out as filler and she ends up looking like Thriller.😁 Wigs aka fitted hats and weaves can also look nice when it's bought to complement and not too scream like a neon sign. Those crayon colored hats and weaves are ridiculous too. Nobody was born with yellow or blue or green or pink hair. Right. Nothing wrong with enhancing our appearance. No need to go to extremes though. Our society focuses on beautiful people and pushes a bunch of sh8t to get others to buy into it. Yep. One man's treasure is trash to another. Along the same lines, an ugly duckling to some folks could be a flamingo to someone else. I remember growing up with two sisters. Everyone in the neighborhood agreed the girls looked like senior citizens despite they were children.🤣 When the girls became active teenagers, their looks did not improve. However, there was a couple dudes in the hood who had no problem creeping with them at night. Of course, they wouldn't admit it. Another beauty-challenged girl in the neighborhood got pregnant and had a baby. Turns out one of my friends was the father of that child. People will do whatever it takes to satisfy their wants, needs and desires. Especially in the dark. There's absolutely nothing wrong with self-improvement. I've seen plenty folks clean up by investing in themselves.😎

I was referring s8x as there's no benchmark of quality. Social status can be qualified. Net worth, intelligence, physical appearance, etc., can determine one's value. Most women would not consider a broke man high value compared to well off man. Of course, That's has nothing to do what that same woman is willing to settle for depending on her own status. For example, busted chicks wanna get with a Lebron James type dude. Ugly dudes want a dime-piece on their arm. They know better but it doesn't stop them from dreaming and scheming to get there. Gen-Xers have more access to wealth than the previous generation. Some Millennials may appear to be lost but that's only because their Gen-Xer parents or grandparents can afford to take care of them. Bro...there's no shortage of tech from computer hardware and software to other tools and conveniences that has made it easier for me to get things done. Yes...FBA/AfroAmericans are better off today than 30-40 years ago. Right. The thought process is that we should be solving more problems than having a lot of fun. Right. STEM students often considered nerds find ways to make problem solving and projects fun. Same goes for all aspects of life. The main thing is constructive fun. No party & BS leading to arguments and fights type of *fun*. Right. Most people who are quick to label someone else arrogant have their own insecurities. Exactly. H8ters especially among Black folks are like crabs in a barrel. They love you right up to realizing you're better off than them.🤣😎

Definitely. Not everyone can rock a bald head. Yep. Cut close evenly is better than patches of nappy azz hair crumbled up on a dome. Sh8t looks more ridiculous than mishaped bald head. Nah bro...Cynique @aka Contrarian are in agreement on Gayle's fitted auburn hats.🤣 That's mainly because I prefer natural women. No fake hair or too much make-up or windshield wiper eyelashes. I don't wanna wake up next to a surprise when a woman takes that crap off. She probably doesn't want to get shot.😁😎

Unless that hefty fee was greater than her CBS contract, it doesn't make sense to jeopardize the loaf of bread for crumbs. Clearly the auburn wig lady has no idea of what it means to be an astronaut. I guess delivering the news only requires being smart enough to read the notes. If she loses her *job*, the saving grace is that she's already a multimillionaire and her BFF is a billionaire. I certainly appreciate whenever you choose to drop in and spill the tea.😁😎

Right. Nowadays, more Black men are willing to let hair go rather rock a half-fro or a receding hairline that makes their forehead look ripe for beach front properties: The late Sherman Hemsley had a half-fro. Mr. Pudding Pop has beach erosion happening around his hairline. I see condos in his future. A good barber can solve that sh8t in a matter of minutes.🤣😎

Quality goes both ways relative to the participants. The same snatch box I consider trash could be solid gold to another dude. The same dude who was punishing one woman's box might be a lame to another woman. Quality is subjective because there are no benchmarks. The Baby Boomers thought Gen-Xers were going to take the world to h8ll in a handbasket. It didn't happen. Whatever Gen-Xers think of Millennials wont matter either. Rep. Jasmine Crockett and them will be just fine. Right. Technology doesn't lie. Every generation improves upon it making life a little bit easier than it was for their predecessors. The blessing and curse of Back progress. Folks don't need each other as much ss they disld back in those decades. However, there's no decline in the Black population. It has steadily grown. Folks still bumping and grinding. Definitely not projecting. Just paying it forward for younger dudes who might be reading. Backxl in the day, the OGs taught us that chasing snatch box doesn't make any money. But, chasing money will bring plenty snatch box. I have found it to be true. It's all good. There's no shortage of women for the streets willing to entertain them too. Absolutely. Thd knowledge is free. Their choice in how they choose to apply it. As long as those n8gglets stay in their lanes...it's cool. The late NF Jr. was adamant that Black folks had no business having fun as long as there are problems to solve.🤣 S8x, drugs and alcohol aren't solving any problems. In fact, those habits seem to cause more problems in one way or another. My compensatory definition of arrogance is a false sense of superiority using words and/or actions to degrade, demean and/or belittle others. My compensatory definition of confidence is a strong sense of belief in one's knowledge, skills and abilities to achieve and/or accomplish their goals.😎

Yep. Like Can't Get Right from the movie Life.🤣 Right. Their family or the government or something else was after them. Cuckoo birds. Beyond the exceptions we mentioned above, the largest population of homeless folks have a drug, alcohol or mental problem. It was comical listening to a well-spoken, clearly educated Black man and seeing him out of place among the rag-tag crew he kicked it with on the streets. A few decades ago, I remember one such guy who had a pension. He had two beautiful, successful adult daughters. He could have lived with either one of them on a condition...stop drinking. He refused. The daughters had to find their dad every month to give him his own money. I'm sure he spent it on his *friends*. I would be surprised if he's still alive now. Not clownish or silly to the point of not being taken seriously. A combination of intellect and a sense of humor. I can find the funny in d8mn near anything and use it in every aspect of life. Yep. The late Paul Mooney was one of my favorite comedians. He wrote for the late great Richard Pryor too. The best comedians are often highly intelligent too. They draw from a wealth of knowledge and information and observation to make the world around us...funny. I believe music and comedy make the world a better place.😎

Whether it is genetics or physical fitness or a combination...Black don't crack.😁 It's hard to convince some older Black folks to embrace their naturally good looks. From refusing to give up thinning or straggling stands of hair in favor of a neat low cut or a bald head, some Black folks are too self-conscious to embrace a new, better look. The coolest part is when a person does embrace a new look and wishing they had done it sooner. Positive encouragement goes a long way in older Black folks still remaining fly and fabulous. IMO, no other race of people can pull it off so well. 😎