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Balrog0
05/06/17 5:33:41 PM
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Coco was the only good character, though.

Everyone else, especially the white folks, were awful
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Sada_Pop
05/06/17 5:36:12 PM
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Low quality bait but ok
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Balrog0
05/06/17 5:37:15 PM
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How is this bait?
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Menardi
05/06/17 5:38:11 PM
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I've seen the first two episodes so far. I'm liking it.

I absolutely love how just the title of the show triggers white people.
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TendoDRM
05/06/17 5:38:55 PM
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Menardi posted...
I absolutely love how just the title of the show triggers white people.

Not all white people. Stop stereotyping.
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Menardi
05/06/17 5:39:28 PM
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TendoDRM posted...
Menardi posted...
I absolutely love how just the title of the show triggers white people.

Not all white people. Stop stereotyping.

Not all white people, but a lot of them lmao.
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faizan_faizan
05/06/17 5:41:42 PM
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Menardi posted...
TendoDRM posted...
Menardi posted...
I absolutely love how just the title of the show triggers white people.

Not all white people. Stop stereotyping.

Not all white people, but a lot of them lmao.

Just like how a Dear Black People would trigger a lot of black people, or how Dear Asian People would trigger a lot of asian people?
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Menardi
05/06/17 5:43:07 PM
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People complaining about the title haven't even watched the show.

It shows both sides of the story (at least so far).
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Hexenherz
05/06/17 5:44:28 PM
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Seen that show listed on Netflix, what's it about?
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HydraSlayer82
05/06/17 5:44:54 PM
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It's good. I like how it's subtle in how it makes fun of the regressives. Then there's moments like with Reggie that's like damn.
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Leanaunfurled
05/06/17 5:45:22 PM
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Menardi posted...
TendoDRM posted...
Menardi posted...
I absolutely love how just the title of the show triggers white people.

Not all white people. Stop stereotyping.

Not all white people, but a lot of them lmao.

Only the dumb ones who haven't learned the age old lesson of "don't judge a book by its cover." Or in this case, its title, which is even worse.
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Menardi
05/06/17 5:46:22 PM
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HydraSlayer82 posted...
It's good. I like how it's subtle in how it makes fun of the regressives. Then there's moments like with Reggie that's like damn.

Yeah I didn't like how Reggie was treating that one white guy (Gabe I think?).

Dude was trying to open up to him, but got shot down because he wasn't black.
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Leanaunfurled
05/06/17 5:47:26 PM
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Menardi posted...
Yeah I didn't like how Reggie was treating that one white guy (Gabe I think?).

Reggie was being a dick but he didn't deserve that. A lot of dicks in this show, though lol
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Menardi
05/06/17 5:48:53 PM
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Leanaunfurled posted...
Menardi posted...
Yeah I didn't like how Reggie was treating that one white guy (Gabe I think?).

Reggie was being a dick but he didn't deserve that. A lot of dicks in this show, though lol

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Pogo_Marimo
05/06/17 5:55:43 PM
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Leanaunfurled posted...
Menardi posted...
TendoDRM posted...
Menardi posted...
I absolutely love how just the title of the show triggers white people.

Not all white people. Stop stereotyping.

Not all white people, but a lot of them lmao.

Only the dumb ones who haven't learned the age old lesson of "don't judge a book by its cover." Or in this case, its title, which is even worse.

The title being shit has nothing to do with the quality of the show. Criticizing how shitty the title is is not an indictment of the show, either.

If someone made a show called "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong" but made a very insightful and in-depth look at the decision making of Adolf Hitler, I'd still say, "Wow, what a shitty title. You'd have to be trolling, an idiot, a racist, or some combination of those three to name your show that."
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armandro
05/06/17 6:07:03 PM
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The movie was funny.

Is the show just as funny?
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Balrog0
05/06/17 6:14:15 PM
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Hella funny
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Pogo_Marimo
05/06/17 6:33:40 PM
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CrimsonRage posted...
Pogo_Marimo posted...
The title being shit has nothing to do with the quality of the show. Criticizing how shitty the title is is not an indictment of the show, either.

If someone made a show called "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong" but made a very insightful and in-depth look at the decision making of Adolf Hitler, I'd still say, "Wow, what a shitty title. You'd have to be trolling, an idiot, a racist, or some combination of those three to name your show that."


A show titled "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong" that totally eviscerated Hitler and showed everything he was wrong about would be hilarious.

Well, you'll be happy to hear about this new historic-documentary I'm developing for Netflix, then!
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Ammonitida
05/06/17 6:36:33 PM
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CrimsonRage posted...
Pogo_Marimo posted...
The title being shit has nothing to do with the quality of the show. Criticizing how shitty the title is is not an indictment of the show, either.

If someone made a show called "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong" but made a very insightful and in-depth look at the decision making of Adolf Hitler, I'd still say, "Wow, what a shitty title. You'd have to be trolling, an idiot, a racist, or some combination of those three to name your show that."


A show titled "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong" that totally eviscerated Hitler and showed everything he was wrong about would be hilarious.


"Hitler did nothing wrong" is obviously offensive.

"Dear White People" not so much. Perhaps it means, "Dear white people, you guys are so awesome!!!!!!1"
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Axiom
05/06/17 6:38:38 PM
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JFC are people STILL bitching about the title. I thought this was settled weeks ago when the usual people got up in arms until they realized their ignorance
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Parappa09
05/06/17 6:40:33 PM
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not a fan of reggie, but respect his fight for the cause

gabe is p cool even though he called the cops. there's no positive which comes from calling them to a party

sam is beautiful tho god damn
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Balrog0
05/06/17 7:05:17 PM
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Calling the cops on top of asking Reggie if he was gonna hit him made him seem p unintentionally racist IMO

Coco is the best, followed by Jo
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Blusalina
05/06/17 7:07:56 PM
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I'm disappointed that the show isn't based on activism and all that other equality stuff. It's okay I guess but I expected it to be a protest show.
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apocalyptic_4
05/06/17 7:09:34 PM
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Pogo_Marimo posted...
Leanaunfurled posted...
Menardi posted...
TendoDRM posted...
Menardi posted...
I absolutely love how just the title of the show triggers white people.

Not all white people. Stop stereotyping.

Not all white people, but a lot of them lmao.

Only the dumb ones who haven't learned the age old lesson of "don't judge a book by its cover." Or in this case, its title, which is even worse.

The title being shit has nothing to do with the quality of the show. Criticizing how shitty the title is is not an indictment of the show, either.

If someone made a show called "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong" but made a very insightful and in-depth look at the decision making of Adolf Hitler, I'd still say, "Wow, what a shitty title. You'd have to be trolling, an idiot, a racist, or some combination of those three to name your show that."


How do you leap to Hitler in a comparison with this show are you that bothered
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Balrog0
05/06/17 7:11:56 PM
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Im sure I'm biased though

I'm white and my gf is black and we live and went to school in Arkansas

Our main thought was, damn, these people are privileged
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Parappa09
05/06/17 7:18:26 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Im sure I'm biased though

I'm white and my gf is black and we live and went to school in Arkansas

Our main thought was, damn, these people are privileged

i'm black and my bf is white

which people do you think are privileged?
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Balrog0
05/06/17 8:29:58 PM
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Parappa09 posted...
Balrog0 posted...
Im sure I'm biased though

I'm white and my gf is black and we live and went to school in Arkansas

Our main thought was, damn, these people are privileged

i'm black and my bf is white

which people do you think are privileged?


Whichever one of you went to an ivy league school and never dealt with cops until you were 20

You're British though so it is kinda different
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Balrog0
05/06/17 8:30:55 PM
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Oh I get what you're asking

Everyone but coco
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SSJGrimReaper
05/06/17 8:45:16 PM
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Sam is the worst character

She's hot but her character is awful
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Parappa09
05/06/17 9:03:10 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
You're British though so it is kinda different

that's p true

I read and watch stuff in the news with black people in the US and the struggle is real over there. not that there's no struggles in being black in britain/want to compare between countries but it's a whole other level out there

SSJGrimReaper posted...
Sam is the worst character

She's hot but her character is awful

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SSJGrimReaper
05/06/17 9:08:30 PM
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fav characters were Reggie & Lionel
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Parappa09
05/06/17 9:10:32 PM
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SSJGrimReaper posted...
fav characters were Reggie & Lionel

why reggie?
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Sephiroth1288
05/06/17 9:16:55 PM
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It was annoying that literally every interaction tion with the police involved them getting a gun pointed at them even though wrongful shootings by police are extremely rare even when only looking at altercations with black people.

Reggie should have been shot. It would've actually given them some stakes to fight for, and since they didn't the writers had to throw in the thing about the donors being racists in the 11th hour which had nothing to do with the plot at all.
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SSJGrimReaper
05/06/17 9:17:12 PM
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idk i just felt he was best actor out of all of them and delivered his lines/emotions well

in my opinion of course
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Sephiroth1288
05/06/17 9:46:23 PM
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SSJGrimReaper posted...
idk i just felt he was best actor out of all of them and delivered his lines/emotions well

in my opinion of course

Whenever he was supposed to be mad he just looked like he was squeezing out a massive shit
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SSJGrimReaper
05/06/17 9:50:35 PM
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Sephiroth1288 posted...
SSJGrimReaper posted...
idk i just felt he was best actor out of all of them and delivered his lines/emotions well

in my opinion of course

Whenever he was supposed to be mad he just looked like he was squeezing out a massive shit

lmao
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Balrog0
05/07/17 12:52:45 AM
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Sephiroth1288 posted...
It was annoying that literally every interaction tion with the police involved them getting a gun pointed at them even though wrongful shootings by police are extremely rare even when only looking at altercations with black people.

Reggie should have been shot. It would've actually given them some stakes to fight for, and since they didn't the writers had to throw in the thing about the donors being racists in the 11th hour which had nothing to do with the plot at all.


I kind of agree.

The super low stakes made it hard to take any of their activism seriously.

I'm not sure that wasn't the point, though.

I kinda thought we were meant to think that.

"Rich black kids face micro aggressions in their fancy rich people school and think that makes them "woke" - are super shook the. first time they face something close to real adversity" is as accurate a title as dear white people, just less punchy
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HydraSlayer82
05/07/17 12:04:36 PM
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Yeah, I think the point was to show how faux it all is. A bunch of rich kids getting triggered over pettiness. Coco was the only one that legitimately saw systematic fuck ups and was still way more level headed than everyone else.
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Sephiroth1288
05/07/17 1:29:19 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
I kind of agree.

The super low stakes made it hard to take any of their activism seriously.

I'm not sure that wasn't the point, though.

I kinda thought we were meant to think that.

"Rich black kids face micro aggressions in their fancy rich people school and think that makes them "woke" - are super shook the. first time they face something close to real adversity" is as accurate a title as dear white people, just less punchy

If that was the case, why bring the issue full-circle by having the dean save his son from (almost) getting a gun pulled on him all slow-mo, and hold on his face for awhile as if he may change his mind about guns on campus

I think the writers are on the side of the AP kids more than you guys believe.
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_Near_
05/07/17 4:07:21 PM
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I like the show. Pretty much all the characters have flaws, which I like. My favorites are Reggie and Coco. I loved it when coco was all like what does it matter if you're woke or not if you're dead.
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_Near_
05/07/17 5:08:39 PM
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Just finished watching the finale.

Sephiroth1288 posted...
It was annoying that literally every interaction tion with the police involved them getting a gun pointed at them even though wrongful shootings by police are extremely rare even when only looking at altercations with black people.


No one pointed the gun in the last confrontation. And no one was shot, so I don't know why you're talking about the show representing wrongful shootings when there were none. Also, it's a bit silly of you to insinuate that the show overrepresents minority shootings while in the same breath claim that it would be better if Reggie was shot.
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Sada_Pop
05/07/17 6:27:25 PM
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Damn
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RuffledPeanuts
05/07/17 6:39:35 PM
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I loved the show. The only thing that I didn't like was that the episodes were short for a Netflix series. Lionel is the best character by far.
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Pogo_Marimo
05/07/17 9:22:09 PM
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apocalyptic_4 posted...
Pogo_Marimo posted...
Leanaunfurled posted...
Menardi posted...
TendoDRM posted...
Menardi posted...
I absolutely love how just the title of the show triggers white people.

Not all white people. Stop stereotyping.

Not all white people, but a lot of them lmao.

Only the dumb ones who haven't learned the age old lesson of "don't judge a book by its cover." Or in this case, its title, which is even worse.

The title being shit has nothing to do with the quality of the show. Criticizing how shitty the title is is not an indictment of the show, either.

If someone made a show called "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong" but made a very insightful and in-depth look at the decision making of Adolf Hitler, I'd still say, "Wow, what a shitty title. You'd have to be trolling, an idiot, a racist, or some combination of those three to name your show that."


How do you leap to Hitler in a comparison with this show are you that bothered

No, it's a simple logical exercise. I don't give two shits about this show and have no idea what it's about.
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Balrog0
05/07/17 9:38:32 PM
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It's a good title and the Hitler comparison is really dumb
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faizan_faizan
05/07/17 9:45:38 PM
#48:


Pogo_Marimo posted...
apocalyptic_4 posted...
Pogo_Marimo posted...
Leanaunfurled posted...
Menardi posted...
TendoDRM posted...
Menardi posted...
I absolutely love how just the title of the show triggers white people.

Not all white people. Stop stereotyping.

Not all white people, but a lot of them lmao.

Only the dumb ones who haven't learned the age old lesson of "don't judge a book by its cover." Or in this case, its title, which is even worse.

The title being shit has nothing to do with the quality of the show. Criticizing how shitty the title is is not an indictment of the show, either.

If someone made a show called "Hitler Did Nothing Wrong" but made a very insightful and in-depth look at the decision making of Adolf Hitler, I'd still say, "Wow, what a shitty title. You'd have to be trolling, an idiot, a racist, or some combination of those three to name your show that."


How do you leap to Hitler in a comparison with this show are you that bothered

No, it's a simple logical exercise. I don't give two shits about this show and have no idea what it's about.

Saw the show, title is still pretty dumb, Hitler example isn't far-fetched at all
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scoobydoobydont
05/07/17 9:47:28 PM
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TendoDRM posted...
Menardi posted...
I absolutely love how just the title of the show triggers white people.

Not all white people. Stop stereotyping.


Just the racist ones. Which is an unfortunately large number.
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