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Offline Mary Ann

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Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« on: April 24, 2017, 09:10:26 AM »
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The RUSSIAN HACK is the still the biggest story of the day...stay woke.

Don't let them try to 'smooth this over'. Don't let them try to 'change the subject' or 'run down the clock'.

America is under siege right now and we must stay woke.

There is no other more important story this day, or any other since they infiltrated our nation.

Stay woke.

This is AT LEAST the third time I have seen Bugbrain use that phrase, and I literally cringe every time I see it. The thing is, I think it's intentional. Like she's trying to coin a phrase--maybe like "oh, for f*cks face." My message to Bughead: Stop trying. You're no Nadin.
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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2017, 09:15:42 AM »
She messed up on a post and now she has to ride it out as if she meant to say "stay woke" instead of "stay awake". So, on the contrary, I get a kick out of her having to cover for her own goof up, which no doubt she would deny it's what happened, but it is what happened.

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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2017, 09:21:26 AM »
I never heard of this usage of "woke" until a few months ago when MTV put out a racist video, I think it was "What white people can do in 2017 to be less evil" or something like that and one of the racists in that video said, "Stop saying, 'woke,' white people."

And I'm like, "What?"

But after I started coming into greater contact with this new context, I have to say I agree with the MTV racists on this one thing.
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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2017, 09:23:33 AM »
Stay woke has been a "thing" for some time on twitter. As usual, the DUmmies are late to the trend.

https://twitter.com/search?q=stay%20woke&src=typd
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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2017, 09:26:48 AM »
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stay-woke
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Stay Woke, derived from the phrase “stay awake,” is an Internet slang term often used to demonstrate the need for awareness of an issue, particularly those relating to social justice or the Black Lives Matter movement. The term is also used ironically in a similar manner to Wake Up, Sheeple.
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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2017, 09:28:52 AM »
Okay, now I feel stupid for not knowing that.
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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2017, 09:31:25 AM »
Quote from: Mary Ann on April 24, 2017, 09:28:52 AM
Okay, now I feel stupid for not knowing that.
I think you were correct to feel irritated. No point in feeling stupid about an annoying slang usage.
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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2017, 09:51:53 AM »
Quote from: Mary Ann on April 24, 2017, 09:28:52 AM
Okay, now I feel stupid for not knowing that.

You're still two orders of magnitude smarter than the trash-for-brains idiots that are actually saying it.
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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2017, 10:07:47 AM »
Internet slang, huh? OK, glad I was wrong about it. It makes the person saying it sound stupid, and the primitives don't need anymore of that as they're already there and rolling in it. Not only does "stay woke" sound dumb, it's a sign that the speaker is dumb.

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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2017, 10:17:57 AM »
Quote from: Mary Ann on April 24, 2017, 09:28:52 AM
Okay, now I feel stupid for not knowing that.

No need to feel bad. That sort of slang is, at best, a surrogate for effective communication, and more crudely, a way for some elite-wannabe group/member to mark their territory.
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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2017, 11:48:57 AM »
Well if you "aks" me, there nothing wrong with using the phrase "stay woke"
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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2017, 04:48:44 PM »
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The RUSSIAN HACK is the still the biggest story of the day...stay woke.

Don't let them try to 'smooth this over'. Don't let them try to 'change the subject' or 'run down the clock'.

America is under siege right now and we must stay woke.

There is no other more important story this day, or any other since they infiltrated our nation.

Stay woke.

Please off yourself. 

Get dead and stay dead.
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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #12 on: April 29, 2017, 08:41:56 AM »
I ran into the phrase on the cover of some magazine at the checkout aisle.  It's extremely irritating and stupid.  It's illiterate.  Please make it go away. 
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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #13 on: April 29, 2017, 10:55:14 AM »
In my mind, that phrase is the updated version of "speaking truth to power".
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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #14 on: April 29, 2017, 11:04:15 AM »
Quote from: YupItsMe on April 24, 2017, 11:48:57 AM
Well if you "aks" me, there nothing wrong with using the phrase "stay woke"

There is if you can't frame it to come-off as anything other than a poor man's Maya Angelou-quote.  -Which is what laydeebug's sounded like.

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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #15 on: April 29, 2017, 03:26:11 PM »
Oh, now I get it it's like:


[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5Mr5eCF2U[/youtube]


or[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJC2gZW0KGU[/youtube]
 :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:








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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #16 on: April 30, 2017, 01:36:21 AM »
Quote from: zeitgeist on April 29, 2017, 03:26:11 PM
Oh, now I get it it's like:


[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5Mr5eCF2U[/youtube]


or[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJC2gZW0KGU[/youtube]
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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #17 on: April 30, 2017, 08:11:32 AM »
Quote from: Karin on April 29, 2017, 08:41:56 AM
I ran into the phrase on the cover of some magazine at the checkout aisle.  It's extremely irritating and stupid.  It's illiterate.  Please make it go away.

It is on the latest Essence - I delivered a few copies of that magazine maybe Monday or Tuesday. It is a dumb campaign. But, I suppose since it is on the cover of Essence, I just became a racist by calling the campaign dumb.




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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #18 on: April 30, 2017, 08:40:45 AM »
Quote from: Mary Ann on April 24, 2017, 09:28:52 AM
Okay, now I feel stupid for not knowing that.
I agree that your irritation is justified. There are several *sayings* that cause me to cringe, among them are:

"just saying" appended to a statement; "LOL" inserted randomly; "you know" inserted randomly.
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Re: Does "stay woke" irritate anyone else like it does me??
« Reply #19 on: April 30, 2017, 09:01:34 AM »
Quote from: zeitgeist on April 29, 2017, 03:26:11 PM
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5Mr5eCF2U[/youtube]

Oh my gosh!  This video is a reflection of most DU threads!   :lmao:

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