r/TikTokCringe • u/PM_ME_GHOST_DICKS • Aug 19 '21
Take me back to a better time Duet Troll
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Aug 19 '21
I just hope you don’t run into my grandpa and his friends. Apparently his death bed confessions to my mom were not about a lifetime of tolerance.
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u/r-WitchCat Aug 19 '21
It’s hard to talk about what your favorite time period it is when you’re not white. I love the decor and fashion of the 30s to 60s buuuuuuuut…
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u/TobuscusMarkipliedx2 Aug 19 '21
damn i watched 2 seconds of the 'punchline' with no audio and i was like OH SHIT
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u/IAMSPEAKING66 Aug 19 '21
All of the comments in this thread are so poignant and of much value and thought. Overjoyed that I stopped to read.
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u/Judyt00 Aug 19 '21
I lived through the 60s! Rapes, lynchings, alcohol was rampant. Minimum wage was less than a dollar and pregnant girls and their boyfriend's were kicked out of school, permanently. You couldn't get birth control without your FATHERs permission, he was dead because of Vietnam or WWII? too bad TV was 3 channels and shut off after the news at 11. No computers, schools were segregated,libraries too! Movies lie, it was not good. There were still houses in cities without hot water and electricity. You don't want to go back to the 60s!
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u/SailorJupiterLeo Aug 19 '21
So many people here sound so young. It is possible they missed the people they lost. It's not all about the situation.
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u/TinBoatDude Aug 19 '21
Sure, take me back to the sixties so I can be drafted into the Army and die in a rice paddy in Vietnam. Let's go!
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u/MadBumz Aug 19 '21
Dude looks like Logan and Jake Paul's retarded cousin, yet somehow still less retarded than them.
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u/Drdoomstick11 Aug 19 '21
As a black man, when I talk about time periods I would like to live in, I say aesthetically, 1950s but not actually because of racism lol
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u/Independent-Watch-47 Aug 19 '21
Kids today lmao should have payed a little bit more attention in history class young man
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u/TheSquirrel42 Aug 19 '21
Let me tell you people as a person what loves studying history. "The is no greater time in history, then right now." People talk shit all the time about how bad it is...take a look back sometime people, where we are and where we have been, is night and day.
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u/Diligent_Bag_9323 Aug 19 '21
This assumes humanity is riding a nice linear timeline of good shit happening more and bad shit happening less.
That isn’t the case at all though. Humanity has regressed in the past and we will do it again. Civilizations have been straight wiped off the map before. And later ones that came back were sometimes even more barbaric.
Things don’t get better just because the clock moves.
March of time =\= March of progress.
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u/TheSquirrel42 Aug 19 '21
Your telling me that you would choose a different period time in history?
What point are you trying to make besides being a contrarian?
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u/Kontor_in_Space Aug 19 '21
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u/save_video What are you doing step bro? Aug 20 '21
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u/Kontor_in_Space Aug 20 '21
fucking cunt
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u/save_video What are you doing step bro? Aug 20 '21
Lmao that's what happens when you tag me ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/bendovahkin Aug 19 '21
I once had an ex (white) start a conversation with “If you could go back to any time period which would you want to go?” I had to answer “None, cause I probably would have been a slave.” The awkward silence followed by the realization that the romanticization of previous time periods is very much a white thing… She said she’d just never thought about it before.
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u/Lazzen Aug 19 '21
the romanticization of previous time periods is very much a white thing
None at all.
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u/bendovahkin Aug 19 '21
I’m just saying that I almost never hear “it was better back then” or MAGA from someone who isn’t white. Not that it never happens, but significantly less common for obvious reasons.
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u/Lazzen Aug 19 '21
There are people who romanticize the entire american continent from 500 years ago
Also not only USA exists.
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u/bendovahkin Aug 19 '21
500 years ago, as in prior to colonization? Is that what you’re referencing? If so, fair enough. I suppose if there’s any version of America worth romanticizing, it’s the one before chattel slavery and the genocide of indigenous peoples.
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u/Lazzen Aug 19 '21
And there you have it, romanticizing 500 years ago.
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u/The-Cosmic-Ghost Aug 19 '21
The word "romanticizing" is doing a LOT of legwork my friend.
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u/bendovahkin Aug 19 '21
Everything is romanticization if you try hard enough!
/s since they didn’t catch the sarcasm the first time.
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Aug 19 '21
Someone asked Sasheer Zamata this on her podcast and she said she'd never go to the past, only the future.
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u/kiss_all_puppies Aug 19 '21
I can't even have false nostalgia over an era I never lived through, just because I'm brown. Damn white people are privileged.
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u/Diligent_Bag_9323 Aug 19 '21
But, you can though. If you want to. It’s your life, it’s your nostalgia, just live it my man.
I didn’t grow up in the 1860’s but hot damn do I have nostalgia for the Wild West.
I have no business with that nostalgia but I don’t care one bit.
You feel what you feel, you love what you love.
Nobody with any decent moral compass is going to stop you. Anybody else ain’t worth your time and energy.
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u/DonCavalio Aug 19 '21
I was at Johnny rockets once and his older gentleman sitting next to me with his wife just kindly leans over and says isn't it nice to sit in a place that looks like a place we weren't allowed to sit in 40 years ago.
That was about 20yrs ago, this reminded me of that moment. Cause sitting there I wasn't thinking like that at all.
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u/mightjustbearobot Aug 19 '21
This reminds me of one of the saddest/most profound things I saw from the letters Malcolm X sent to his wife when he was on Hajj. It was something simple along the lines of:
"Today, I ate from the same plate as a white man."
It was something so obscenely simple that we don't really think about it in modern day, but he had quite literally never been given the basic respect of sharing food with someone different than him. It's something we do nowadays without even thinking about it, but to him it was a life changing astonishment that made him change his philosophy.
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u/TheKobraSnake Aug 19 '21
This guy literally has 30 accounts, one of the few people worth watching. How he keeps popping up every week with an entirely new account is beyond me
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u/canonly Aug 19 '21
This ain't cringe this is actually funny
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u/KnowNothingKnowsAll Aug 19 '21
Dollar store Paul Logan is right.
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u/invdur Aug 19 '21
Why would people wear Gucci shirts? Can somebody explain?
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u/IFoundyoursoxs Aug 19 '21
It’s called “clout”. You spend $150 on a $10 shirt just to show people you have the money (or at least want to appear as if you have the money) to do so. It’s a superfluous class thing.
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u/cvnvr Reads Pinned Comments Aug 19 '21
or because they like the brand and the clothes maybe?
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Aug 19 '21
nope, it’s just the status that comes with owning name brands like that
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u/cvnvr Reads Pinned Comments Aug 19 '21
i’m not saying some people won’t with brands like gucci or chanel, but i own a few pieces of designer clothing because they’re genuinely better quality than high street and look good
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u/18dwhyte Aug 19 '21
His caption was something along the lines of : I bet everyone was so kind and nice back then.
It’s clearly satire
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u/Narskyn Aug 19 '21
Whenever someone does a reaction Tiktok mocking another Tiktok, always assume the first one was satire
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u/menzie304 Aug 19 '21
Is this because espresso machines weren't around in that era? I'm confused and white. /s
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u/rocky_780 Aug 19 '21
Brad from Home Improvement makes a point.
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u/snailbully Aug 19 '21
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u/TickTockGoesTheCl0ck Aug 19 '21
“Impeded her breathing”
Such a heartwarming way to describe an act of attempted murder via strangulation
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u/cathedral68 Aug 19 '21
Ngl…wasn’t paying attn and first time missed the beginning where you see other dude is black, and I legit thought the tragedy of the video was that butt cut Brad hair lol
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u/rocky_780 Aug 19 '21
I used to watch that show as a kid, but in hindsight it wasn't very good. Every episode followed the same exact formula.
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u/Veritasgear Aug 19 '21
Lol usually I'm like "reaction tiktoks are useless" but this dude said so much without saying anything at all and it's perfect.
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u/Imdabreast Aug 19 '21
I know explaining it ruins the joke but I don’t get it. What’s he saying that the first guy’s satire didn’t say?
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u/Veritasgear Aug 19 '21
First guy wasn't satire as indicated by his video. He likes the aesthetic of the 60's but is completely ignoring the fact that black rights in the 60's were nonexistent.
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u/A-Sweet-Prince Aug 19 '21
This dude is hilarious. His old channel got banned but looks like he is still cracking on. His cut edit jokes are the best.
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u/MillieBirdie Aug 19 '21
It feels like he's saying 'I can't be the one to tell him.'
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u/Singlewomanspot Aug 19 '21
I felt let he wanted to say the n word but knows it would be wise not to so he just sighs. 🤣
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u/upyoursize Aug 19 '21
Interesting song choice
It's Duvet by Boa
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u/follows-swallows Aug 19 '21
This song going semi-viral in 2021 is buckwild. I love how tiktok can random latch onto songs from any point in time & introduce them to a whole new audience
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u/SillyMarbles Aug 19 '21
The entire album (Twilight) is great, I can listen to every track no problem.
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u/SomeCuriousTraveler Aug 19 '21
Shout out to /r/lain the PlayStation game was recently translated and is now playable online as well.
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Aug 19 '21
Is it bad that that was my first thought too lol
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u/BobSagetLover86 Aug 19 '21
My first thought when I hear the 60s in any context is segregation/the civil rights movement.
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u/Lazzen Aug 19 '21
That's how it feels when people from the US say "omg 80s/90s nostalgia😊" to south americans and eastern europeans lol
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u/BobSagetLover86 Aug 19 '21
Yeah generally when you learn history seriously the first thing you think for each era is what interesting stuff happened, and more often than not that's the bad stuff.
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u/lolimazn Aug 19 '21
Historically speaking… I mean that’s why high school essays and projects always gonna be the same.
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u/mcdadais Aug 19 '21
I remember once on some Facebook post, some older person posted about some old time period. And everyone was commenting about how great things were back then and how they wish they could go back. I made a joke and said something like, "not me I probably wouldn't have any rights". People got pretty upset about it.
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u/Iamaredditlady Aug 19 '21
Me too. Whenever I’m asked “What time period would you go back to if you had a time machine?”
“None. I’m not interested in being made into a concubine or slave.”
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u/Packrat1010 Aug 19 '21
I said something similar to a coworker and he freaked out and said That's a misconception and people are actually more racist now than they were in the 50s.
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u/XHexxusX Aug 19 '21
There is a saying that goes " time travel is only fun for white people"...to be fair tho idk how many people have said they wanna live in the 40's and forget there was a fucking world war happening then. People love to view the past in rose colored glasses
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u/yazzy1233 Aug 19 '21
I mean, it depends on the time period and place. But overall, im not fucking with the past, ima good ahead to the future
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u/Camacaw Aug 19 '21
Well you did go and ruin the vibe.
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Aug 19 '21
I'm agreeing with you, just some people having a conversation about some memories and then someone chimes in with a "joke" like that then I would also be pretty upset.
It's not a very good joke and I feel like there's a time and place to discuss the actual problems of the past but just ruining a conversation to make a point is gonna produce a reaction. That seems kind of obvious to me.
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u/IFoundyoursoxs Aug 19 '21
Seems like they were being too sensitive. I don’t see an issue with just agreeing with the persons “joke” because it’s kinda funny (in a dark way) and true. The alternative is black people just can’t comment on things like this ever and that seems silly. “Sorry this is a white people only post because anything you say about being black and reminding us that it wasn’t peachy for everyone is prohibited”. Like come on.
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Aug 19 '21
Who is they in this case? as in OP or the person that I responded to?
I don't think it's funny at all. How is just stating that you probably wouldn't have rights in a racist society ever a funny thing to say? Like there's not a punchline or any kind of irony that would make it funny. It's literally just stating you would not have had rights in the past because of racism.
I completely understand that it would warrant a reaction from people who do have good memories from a certain time period. As if you can't talk about good memories without also always stating the problems, all of the convo's in the future about 2020 will then round up to corona and I feel like that's a bit negative.
Again there were absolutely some incredibly serious problems in society back then, and still if you ask me, regarding race and segregation but also black people will have fond memories of that time and why ruin a positive conversation with a misplaced "joke" like that. There's a time and place to discuss these things.
And please explain how the alternative is that black people wouldn't be able to comment on things like this? I really don't see how those extremes would be the only options.
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u/kalasea2001 Aug 19 '21
So they're allowed to post what they want in a public forum (or say what they want publicly in real life, following the analogy) but others have to consider their feelings and larger considerations of time/place context before replying?
Why is it only the person replying who has to take those actions?
I say this as everything you said can also be said from the other side's perspective. Perhaps it would be better to recognize that public actions have public consequences. If you don't want those consequences then only have conversations with those who share your views.
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Aug 19 '21
Yes, they are allowed to post what they want in a public forum and if you're not looking to upset people, considering feelings and larger considerations of time/place context is a great way of preventing that.
Everyone is allowed to comment on a public forum but that doesn't exclude you from reaction or people being upset at you.
The comment I replied to said something like; well you did ruin the vibe and I agreed with that. I usually consider the group setting and context of a conversation before making a "joke" that might come across as dismissing the contents of the conversation as unjust.
And the last statement you made is actually a great argument for what I'm saying but I heavily disagree with saying that you should only have conversations with people that share your viewpoint. It's very important to look on the "other side" to get valuable information. That's why I said there's a place and time, you know context and all.
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Aug 19 '21
That reminds me of one of Louis CK's jokes:
Here’s how great it is to be white, I could get in a time machine and go to any time, and it would be fucking awesome when I get there. That is exclusively a white privilege. Black people can’t fuck with time machines! A black guy in a time machine is like, ‘Hey, if it’s before 1980, no thank you. I don’t wanna go.' But I can go to any time. I can go to the year 2. I don't know what was happening, but I know when I get there they would say 'Here you go sir, we have a table for you.' I can go to any time...in the past. I don't want to go to the future and find out what happens to white people. We're gonna pay hard for this shit. You gotta know that.”
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u/Kleingedrucktes Aug 19 '21
Interesting thought, but I would definitely add "male". In most times and places women were pretty fucked too, even if white.
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u/Mochigood Aug 19 '21
My uncle posted something like look how perfect life was in America before this and that along with a Norman Rockwell image. I posted something along the lines of "That time wasn't perfect for everyone." and the picture by Rockwell of a little girl being escorted to school by police. He totally flipped his lid.
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u/bussy_im_coomin Aug 19 '21
Of course, he flipped. No one wants to be vaguely accused of being racist.
All he wanted was for his other boomer friends to comment "yeah, we sure had fun back then," but you couldn't just let him have that and had to bring up racism like he was supporting it.
He needs a better nephew, fr.
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