Funny Pictures Thread. It begins again

AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Bowielee said:
With these types of memes, I've started getting the feeling that it's mostly white kids making them for some reason.
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That's what I thought at first, but apparently shounen anime in general is really big in young adult Black culture and Dragon Ball Z (being the first, biggest, and most widely available in the US during the anime boom) is especially beloved. It's pretty big in hip-hop/rap culture too. Want to seem some vintage 90's fanart of black DBZ characters? Fuck, even the RZA (of the Wu-Tang Clan) talks about it in the Tao of Wu.

Take a cartoon like Dragon Ball Z. I mean, it’s a cartoon, but it’s one of the deepest cartoons in history. It’s hero, Son Goku, starts out as a kid, begins martial art training like San Te, and goes off on a quest for seven balls that unleash dragons that can grant wishes. Now that’s a fantasy, obviously, a children’s story. But it’s also based on a sixteenth-century Chinese folk novel, about a Buddhist monk who travels to India to find the Buddhist sutras. That voyage represents a journey to enlightenment. But to me, Dragon Ball Z also represents the journey of the black man in America.

You see it more clearly as the story goes on. You learn that Son Goku is part of an ancient race called the Saiyans, who come from a distant planet and were known as the fiercest warriors in the galaxy. So Son Goku has superpowers but doesn’t realize it – a head injury destroyed his memory, robbed his knowledge of self. Then one day, he gets stressed beyond his limits and Hulks out into his alter ego, Super Saiyan – a nigga with dreadlocks. (Get it?)
This kind of story comes up in world literature, even in the Bible: Abraham is told his seed will be lost for four hundred years, in a land not their own, not knowing who they are or where they’re from. That’s the story of the Jewish people, but it’s also the story of the black man in America.

So I say we are the Saiyans; I even use the name Goku as a tag when I write. And when my hair is in an Afro? Word up: I’m Super Saiyan. (pp. 54-55)
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“Today, some brothers get mad at me saying things like this. They say, “Why you fuckin’ with Chinese dudes? How come you talk to Caucasian motherfuckers like they’re brothers?” I know how they feel. And I bear witness that Allah is one, the Father of the black man, who must take his proper place as God of himself. But over the years, I came to believe the basic lesson of Mathematics is the same as that of Taoism, Buddhism, and every great spiritual path. It’s that we all have the potential to become like God.

Even Son Goku eventually learns how to develop chi on his own, to become Super Saiyan at will. And today I believe we’ve all got a Saiyan inside us, because God is in each of us. That’s what we’re all trying to reach, through all the chambers of our lives.” (p. 62)
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Soulja Boy did a song called Goku about DBZ.



... and then did another piece called Super Saiyan with Young Sam.



Here's MarZ B and Uriah doing Black Goku.



So yeah... Black kids dug Dragon Ball Z and GT and those things had influence on Black culture. It's a legitimate thing.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

My first thought was that they were going to strip off all her clothes...
...and then exchange them for higher-fashion garb and give her a fabulous makeover.

--Patrick
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Hrm, need to get the word out... I better take a screenshot of a tumblr post of a photo of a printout of a facebook post, then post it on facebook.

[DOUBLEPOST=1428180654,1428180292][/DOUBLEPOST]We've done it. We have developed the ultimate lure to attract the human female.

I give you... the life sized chocolate bust of Benedict Cumberbatch.



Science is an amazing thing.[DOUBLEPOST=1428180977][/DOUBLEPOST]Playing the waiting game.

 
Cheesy1

Cheesy1

GasBandit said:
We've done it. We have developed the ultimate lure to attract the human female.

I give you... the life sized chocolate bust of Benedict Cumberbatch.



Science is an amazing thing.
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She enjoyed it a lot, but you won't find evidence of that on her face. :p
 
GasBandit

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Terrik said:
Why is the panhandle so angry
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You ever been to the panhandle?

Well, obviously not, you wouldn't have asked that question if you had.

The geographical area of the Texas Panhandle is known as the "Llano Estacado," which is spanish for "Holy shit it's unpleasant here." Part tundra, part desert, part rock formation, this area has all of the bad aspects of Texas with few of the good ones. The only reason it has human habitation at all is because people trying to get from DFW to New Mexico or Colorado ran out of gas, and the shantytown they were forced to found to survive was named "Amarillo" because ol' Toothless Jed saw an Armadillo and got excited enough to shout about it at the exact moment that they were trying to come up with a name. Thus, the city became the gas-and-potty stop between the Metroplex and the rocky mountains, allowing thousands of other, more fortunate Texans to successfully have skiing vacations.
 
Celt Z

Celt Z

GasBandit said:
You ever been to the panhandle?

Well, obviously not, you wouldn't have asked that question if you had.

The geographical area of the Texas Panhandle is known as the "Llano Estacado," which is spanish for "Holy shit it's unpleasant here." Part tundra, part desert, part rock formation, this area has all of the bad aspects of Texas with few of the good ones. The only reason it has human habitation at all is because people trying to get from DFW to New Mexico or Colorado ran out of gas, and the shantytown they were forced to found to survive was named "Amarillo" because ol' Toothless Jed saw an Armadillo and got excited enough to shout about it at the exact moment that they were trying to come up with a name. Thus, the city became the gas-and-potty stop between the Metroplex and the rocky mountains, allowing thousands of other, more fortunate Texans to successfully have skiing vacations.
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This is the part of Texas I drove though. Can confirm.
 
Sparhawk

Sparhawk

GasBandit said:
You ever been to the panhandle?

Well, obviously not, you wouldn't have asked that question if you had.

The geographical area of the Texas Panhandle is known as the "Llano Estacado," which is spanish for "Holy shit it's unpleasant here." Part tundra, part desert, part rock formation, this area has all of the bad aspects of Texas with few of the good ones. The only reason it has human habitation at all is because people trying to get from DFW to New Mexico or Colorado ran out of gas, and the shantytown they were forced to found to survive was named "Amarillo" because ol' Toothless Jed saw an Armadillo and got excited enough to shout about it at the exact moment that they were trying to come up with a name. Thus, the city became the gas-and-potty stop between the Metroplex and the rocky mountains, allowing thousands of other, more fortunate Texans to successfully have skiing vacations.
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True story, as a teen, my scout troop was traveling to New Mexico and the Philmont Scout Ranch, we left Wichita Falls that morning, and on the way west, on a very straight road, I noticed that everyone else in the van was asleep... including the driver. Good thing the van was in great alignment, because I'm not sure how long the driver was asleep. I woke him up, and we made a stop for more coffee for him at the next "last" place to get gas we saw.

Also, accurate description of the panhandle, and the original map was obviously made by someone from texas university in Austin.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Sparhawk said:
Also, accurate description of the panhandle, and the original map was obviously made by someone from texas university in Austin.
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For those of you not familiar with Texanisms, texas university (lower case intentional) is what Texas A&M students call the University of Texas to piss off those patchouli-smelling t-sips.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Ravenpoe said:
Wait, why the hell was that yanked?
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The two things that seem to get yanked most are risque pics when they hit the front page and webcomics. I think maybe this sort of was halfway between the two? Iunno, imgur's thought police are very black-boxish. Anything they don't like just vanishes with no explanation.
 
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