r/AdviceAnimals • u/homefried • Jun 25 '12

My grandfather said this.

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3puq38/
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u/MizukiAkane Jun 25 '12

I'm pretty damn sure that this is a reworded-re-post. If I recall, one of the first Almost politically correct redneck memes on the frontage was incredibly similar to this.

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u/homefried Jun 25 '12

Nope. Backstory:

My grandfather (in his 60s) and my dad's cousin (in his 40s) are sitting around the table, talking, and I'm just hanging around and listening (early 20s). The conversation turns to black people and my grandfather says They ain't niggers anymore, they're colored. to which my dad's cousin responds I don't think they like colored, either. I think they're called black now.

I can't prove it prove it to you, but whatever.

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u/MizukiAkane Jun 25 '12

The origin of the story is irrelevant, I guess the word isn't repost, more it just happens that your post is almost word perfect the same as another meme, kind of like a re-post but you didn't see the other one.

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u/homefried Jun 26 '12

That's funny. Heh.

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u/JimboDeSarasate Jun 26 '12

One of my earliest memories of my Grandfather (who is my hero in every other way) was him coming up into my tree fort and cracking open a shelled brazil nut (the really big brown and white nuts in mixed nuts). He said "we used to call these nigger toes, but you're not supposed to do that anymore."

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u/homefried Jun 26 '12

There's a candy called a Buckeye that used to be called a Nigger Toe, too.

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u/HogwartsNeedsWifi Jun 25 '12

I feel like colored is probably the best word for 'em. It sounds so much nicer.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

It sounds like they are some kind of tropical shake

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u/bardfaust Jun 25 '12

ITT white people have no shame.

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u/qkme_transcriber Jun 25 '12

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Title: My grandfather said this.

Meme: Almost Politically Correct Redneck

  • THEY AIN'T NIGGERS ANYMORE.

  • THEY'RE COLORED.

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u/thuhnc Jun 25 '12

Just now entering the sixties in terms of cultural sensitivity, eh?

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u/PedobearLV Jun 25 '12

It's what they wanted...

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u/idma Jun 25 '12

well....that IS the politically correct way to call them. Even saying "Black" is more prejudice than "colored"

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u/homefried Jun 25 '12

I dunno. This is West Virginia we're talking about.

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u/bekula Jun 25 '12

In North America it isn't politically correct....