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Cynique At 90 something years old, people in their 60s or even early 70s would probably be considered "young" to you because it's whole a generation behind....lol The word "jive" went out of circulation in the early 80s.....along with bell bottoms.....lol. Certainly few people under 60 use that word on a regular basis. Now this is interesting....... It's what is called the "Mandela Effect". People of different backgrounds having different memories about the existence or nature of something. Me and a few other people over a certain age clearly remember Jive magazine. We saw it in supermarkets, barbershops, and liquor stores back in the 70s and 80s. But over half of the people of that same age range say they DON'T remember the magazine! Interesting!

Hey, I was actually making fun of it with my Simone Biles-Dancing With The Stars scenario, but it appears I was nailing exactly how a lot of people would feel about his "prime time address"! Donald Trump angers 'Survivor' fans Fans of the reality show Survivor took to social media after President Donald Trump’s address to the nation interrupted the show’s season finale. Many X users questioned the importance of the prime-time address, which summed up the president’s time so far in office and mentioned future plans. The timing of the address caused major networks to cut into prime-time programming, including the Survivor finale on CBS and the season finale of The Floor on FOX. Survivor resumed where it left off immediately following the address for Eastern and Central Time Zone viewers of CBS, according to a press release from Paramount. The finale aired in its entirety. Why It Matters US presidential speeches often interrupt programming and are scheduled to go out at prime time, to maximize viewership and impact. However, Trump’s address Wednesday was unusual in that it was not tied to a national emergency but was rather aimed at defending his record in office. Donald Trump angers 'Survivor' fans Even those who voted for and supported him are turning away because of shit like this.

Thanks for sharing that with us! I found it delightful!

Well... If you want it to stay up I'll leave it alone...lol

And do what? Make musical tracks with her....lol. Certainly that VOICE wouldn't be turning you on while you were "laying it down".....lol.

ProfD East coast dialects are generally not attractive to me....lol. Not sexually. If I hear a man with a strong Eastcoast dialect like a New York one....I think of Mike Tyson or some of the rappers I grew up listening too. But a WOMAN with a New York dialect is often times a turn off. Take MC Lyte for example. Fine woman with a nice pair of girls hanging on her....lol. But as soon as she opens her mouth and that strong ass dialect comes out....it's over, lol. "You ain't guuuuwaadin' the dooooah.... Do you rob from the rich and give to the pooooah.... Yo' Daddio, school 'em some mooooah....." The only famous female who's strong New York dialect doesn't seem to affect her sexiness is MARY J. BLIGE....lol. Her voice is so sweet, feminine, and inviting...I can listen to her all day.

Hey @Troy I know you posted in it a couple times but there's not much to this thread. It was just a product of a random nostalgic thought....lol. So unless you object, I'm going to go ahead and delete it. Besides.... "you know who" doesn't like it when I clutter up the board, lol.

It certainly appears that way. To be honest I didn't even bother watching it. I pretty much knew it would be the same old shit, but a little piece of me hoped that perhaps he may have said something exciting and actually news worth....lol.

If I'm my OWN employer....that won't happen, lol. This is why Marcus Garvey and Elijah Muhammad encouraged us to DO FOR SELF (or suffer the consequences of not doing so.) It's hard to feel sorry for actors being replaced by AI when you have so many working class men and women being replaced by cheaper illegal immigrants and HAVE been since the 70s in this nation. But more to YOUR point.....actually Michael B. Jordan put AI to work for him in the movie Sinners by using AI to cast a double of himself as his own twin brother!

ProfD Millions more people still means men and women are carrying out their biological duties. Again, the question has to be WHO is having all of these children....or what portion of society shares the biggest responsibility for the population increase? Not sure about the DMV area but in Michigan and the other places I've lived like the South and West Coast, the immigrant population both legal and illegal has grown TREMENDOUSLY. And they tend to have FAR more children than the native population of this country regardless of race. Not sure if you believe the population growth rates between the immigrants and native citizens are on par, but that's certainly not what I've seen in my travels...lol. I don't think the native/foundational Americans of any race under 30 are having children like they were just a generation ago let alone several generations ago. Black folks spend and donate enough money on dumb sh8t that they can become venture capitalists I know you were just making a casual point but that term "venture capitalist" brings up many images and scenarios. I've heard so many struggling Black people claim they either are or want to be "venture capitalists" and although the term sounds cool, as I've gotten wiser and more observant I realize that it's probably just another one of those deceptive terms put out by the Racists to confuse people. What do I mean? I joke with Troy from time to time about White folks having some sort of "secret access" to money and wealth that other races don't and you only get access to it if you're labeled as "White" in this society. Kind of like what Neely Fuller Jr. teaches in a way...lol. Perhaps you might make a mistake on some census form or registration form and get a accidentally package in the mail that was INTENDED for an actual White person! And it has hundreds of thousands of dollars of disposable income, a list of all the hidden stores where the REAL food is kept, and debit cards for money and credit to buy the things you want and need...lol. That's how they REALLY got their wealth and ownership, not through investing or playing the lottery...lol. Anyway...... At the risk of sounding like @richardmurray....lol....I say all of that to say: We really don't know HOW White folks are really getting their wealth. They throw out terms like Venture Capitalist and Investor and you see the eyes of some Black men shining and they're rubbing their hands together eager to participate thinking THAT'S how they'll get wealth too not knowing about the "secret package" which is the real wealth builder. -Investing. -Buying land or property and flipping it. -Taking chances. -Stocks These might be just GAMES being played by those with so much money they can afford to play them, while their REAL millions and billions may actually be GIVEN to them. Troy Yeah, but if you are asserting something that she says is untrue why don’t you just share the link or admit that you was telling stories or being hyperbolic? Assuming you don’t wanna say you were just lying. I'm not the one casting aspersions or even making strong assertions. She is. She's the one calling me a liar and strongly denying that she said this. I casually say it from time to time because she made mention of it years ago while talking to another poster. I'm not prone to hallucinations...lol...I know what I read. Nor do I have a reason to just lie out of the blue and keep repeating that lie over the years....I know what I read. The only hyperbole is my framing it as a sexual relationship but the part about a man who used take her out to buy groceries definitely part of what I remember reading from her...lol. Agreed birds have to fly… eventually and drug addicts need to be in rehab. Or behind bars if they are violent and pose a threat to the family, until they are "cured" of their disease. I used to think it was a race/class issue that so many obviously sick and violent individuals who obviously should be locked up were not being institutionalized for the safety of family and society in general. Although I still think race and class plays a huge role in this....the Nick Reiner case is one of many examples of how this dysfunctional mental health system seems to be affect all parts of strata of society even if you're White and rich. So many people are fucked up that they no longer want to house and feed them, so they're letting them roam around in the streets UNTIL they either die or do something violent enough to warrant their incarceration. Prevention isn't even on the table anymore.

ProfD When I said it was a "strategic" response, I didn't mean it in a negative way. When you said that, it opened up all kinds of questions as to what you meant and why you felt that way...lol. It made me wonder whether or not you agreed with the statement. If you didn't...why not? If you did....did you agree with it for the same reasons I did? Etc.... It was literally a THOUGHT PROVOKING response that opened up so many avenues. Troy I was about to surmise the same thing —a biological adaptation. Why would we find foreign accents sexy when it would seem more reasonable to find them odd or even repulsive? Also, I think most men are programmed to seek and help out women they find attractive. If you notice a woman has an accent you subconsciously presume she's not from THIS territory/land/country and if she's attractive you'll use that to your advantage to try to help her navigate through this society/territory/country and gain her trust, confidence, and attraction. It doesn't matter the fact that she may have been here 40 years or probably was even BORN here and probably picked up her accent from her immigrant parents...lol. We're just programmed to presume such. I always found foreign accents, including the southern ones attractive all things being equal if a sister had a southern accent I found them more appealing Same here. I think it's because we subconsciously associate the South with being a bit slower than the North or Westcoast which means we may expect her to be less hip and more submissive. We know that's not necessarily true, especially today; but when I was a kid was more true because the South WAS much slower than places like Chicago, Detroit, and definitely slower than New York...lol. But I've noticed that this seems to be the OPPOSITE effect when it comes to men with Southern dialects...lol. When I lived in the South, most women said they found men with Northern and New York dialects more attractive. Not only were they different but they conveyed a sense of "big city" coolness and hipness.

Less money in the pockets of actors? Well, considering what's been going on with Hollywood, especially lately; look at it this way....... Less money in the pockets of some actors might be a GOOD thing. It would also mean: -Less drug use -Less money in the pockets of drug dealer -Less suicides -Less overdoses -Less gambling -Less (fill in the blank with any other self destructive habit that often comes with more money)

That was a......strategic.....response to my statement, lol.

It depends WHERE the population is growing and among who. In the West.....the NATIVE population is either stagnant or declining. The only reason the population in general is growing in the West is because of IMMIGRATION and the children of immigrants. When it comes to most immigrant cultures....be they Asian, African, or Latin American....the male/female dynamic is remained pretty much the same; so whatever the men were doing to get women 100 or even 200 years ago, they're doing today. Their approach is the same and their results are the same. But in the West....the male/female dynamic has changed drastically over the past 75 years or so.

So in other words..... He couldn't have waited to put all of that in the State of the Union speech coming up in a month or 2? But he needed to come on primetime to address the nation and say what he's pretty much ALREADY been saying every time he talks to reporters....lol.

Easy...... Because as far as I'm concerned they're not dead. They live on in Spirit. Imagination is EXTREMELY powerful and it's one of the greatest Gifts given to humanity. You can watch Richard Pryor or Redd Foxx or Esther Rolle on film or video and IMAGINE that they are still acting in their prime. AI will only amplify this already inherent Gift. On top of that...... The younger actors of today don't carry the same MEMORIES of the ones we grew up with. When you see Shirley Hemphill...you can hear her voice and even see her in your mind saying something similar to what I posted...lol. The same with Richard Pryor. I bet you couldn't imagine....say....Nate Parker's voice....if I offered you $100 to do so, lol.

Save it. We all know what you really wanted to do.....lol.

also starring....... You know and love her as the sassy Shirley from What's Happening! "Whoa whoa whoa...hold on turkey tail. You call this a TIP? A jive ass penny??? I ain't got no fuse at home to fix, sucka!" SHIRLEY HEMPHILL as Big Bertha Dolemita's second in command

She reminds me of Shirley from What's Happening....lol.

Aight mayne........................ I heard that Trump is going to address the nation live tonight with some sort of "special" announcement. Maybe he's declaring Martial Law. Maybe he's declaring that aliens have landed and will take over. Maybe he's announcing open war with some country. Maybe even a $10,000 stimulus check for every U.S. citizen! Whatever it is, the shit better be important! Don't get people all hyped up for some big ass NOTHING burger that could have waited to be aired on NBC Nightly News or something you could have tweeted. Or some "we inherited a mess but now we're fixing it" shit, that could have waited until your State of the Union address in a couple months. Most people are so jaded with "breaking news" and "special address to the nation" that turn out to be the same ole mundane shit. It's like crying wolf now. I remember back in the day when a president addressed the entire nation....it was for something SHOCKING. Like Bush announcing he was going to war with Iraq Or Nixon announcing that he was resigning Now you have breaking news for routine snow storms in the middle of winter...... Man, yall interrupted Simone Biles dancing in a sexy outfit on Dancing With The Stars for THIS shit???? WTF???? So.....let's see what the man is up on tonight.

Troy Funny you mention women with accents. I've been attracted to women with foreign accents since I was a kid. I think men are psychologically (and perhaps biologically) programed to find foreign accents attractive for a number of reasons. Not only are they "different" or "exotic" but if they come from another nation that usually means they are further away from the gene pool and less likely to produce defects that come from inbreeding.

Troy This is easy to resolve just do a search for the post and share it. It doesn't need to be resolved because on MY end it's not a problem...lol. It's not that important to me. I know what I read and understood it clearly. Yeah, I don’t know if guys asking girls out less or if this is just some social media hype, but I did notice a couple of things that I think hurt the culture: Young males (men and boys) approach females FAR less today than when we were children. They rarely even flirt anymore. I think it's been "beat" out of them by so many messages in the media, online, and at work that tell them approaching women in assertive manner is considered "harassment". Even if it's on the street....."street harassment". Ofcourse some men ignore this, but the majority take it seriously. Especially if you've been or you've seen someone punished at work or by law enforcement for being assertive or aggressive. I don’t begrudge any person in their 20s living at home, especially in places like New York; the “rent is too damn high.” Seriously, if parents have the space why force a kid to move out when they can be saving money. Living at home in your 20s is one thing. Living at home with your parents in your 40s and 50s is another...lol. Especially if you have a history or drugs and alcohol abuse. There's a fine line between "helping out" your elderly parents and basically living off of them. I would imagine for men it is really hard today; you graduate from college saddled with debt, back in your childhood bedroom, can’t afford to take a girl out to a nice restaurant… the culture has not changed so much that this can’t wreck havoc with your self-esteem. What's even worse is....these are the type of conditions most MACHO men in the past used to revolt against. Back in the "old days" of history, most men wouldn't tolerate such conditions and would get together and DEMAND good decent paying jobs. Either from private employers or from the government itself. They had wives to support and children to feed, so they had far more responsibilities to simply accept "we're not hiring" or minimum wage. They'd organize, form unions, and DEMAND higher pay. Today most men aren't married and many of them aren't taking care of the children they produce anyway, so there's no real pressure on them to be the bread winner or even work...let alone demand a decent wage. AI replacing all entry level professional jobs will only make things worse— unless we take action to avert the pending disaster. Goes back to what I was saying about men no longer having the responsibilities they used to have to motivate them. When a man's back is against the wall and he's getting pressure from his wife, children, and possibly even his elderly parents who are all relying on HIM to make enough money to support them -that FORCES him into action. The powers that be were AFRAID to let conditions get too bad for the men in society...in those days...because they KNEW what would happen. Today, most men don't want to work or the responsibility of raising a family anyway....so low income is just the excuse they need.

That's ok She's used to it....lol.

"Oooooh shit honey.... Later for them jive ass Chicago Bears...my JAM is on! Move out the way sucka....and pass Mamma that bottle of muscatel." "Got DAMN gull....... You rockin' the whole house with all that shakin' and shit! I thought we was havin' one of them California Earthquakes. You ain't Michael Jaxun! Shit..... You keep bouncin' yo big necked ass 'round like that and I'ma change yo name from from Dolemita to THUNDA CLAPS!"