IWasDragon
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Wow.. My biggest hit...
Send nudes.
Feb 13, 2018 8:50 AM
IWasDragon
260625
8346
484
Wow.. My biggest hit...
Send nudes.
adriedupoldprune
Holy shit 6%. Charge your phones people we are not animals.
tsunamijoe
I've known kids that grew up this way. society sucks sometimes
SirBrendan
The comments warned me....but I was curious. I mean, how bad could 'bad replies' be? That was when I learned to love the firing lines.
himynameisRi
Whilst I agree with the sentiment, if I give you a pen on Monday and you've lost it by Tuesday morning, I'M MAKING A FUSS.
thefrisbeewasgettingcloserthenithitme
Breaks my fucking heart but it’s so true.
DrMrSirEsquire
....This is a nice narrative poem that illustrates the hardships of youth growing up in impoverished areas. Why is this hard to understand
VectorCross
From my experience, no pencil, can't take the test,failed school,don't have a good job l,don't have all the nice stuff because I didn't have
VectorCross
A pencil
BigBallsRandy
https://twitter.com/joshtdickerson/status/963275985654251520?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
AntiCircleJerker
People seem really reluctant to believe the truth. Hell I got downvoted to oblivion, because circle-jerkers on here prefer the lie.
JustDontCare
Which puts perspective for those teachers that always has one ready for their students.
cerpintaxt475
I remember this season of The Wire.
VelociTrapLord
gaystoner
Lololol.
Ghauf
foulballtocenterfield
There are a lot of them this time around, jeez
Sernikb
malachilenomade
Good to know I'm not the only one that goes directly for the bad comments.
JohnFloorwalker
this is mine
Saker82
This is so appropriate it hurts.
psuedon
Sauce? https://curmilus.wordpress.com/2015/11/08/cause-i-aint-got-a-pencil-awesome-example-of-the-world-today-you-dont-know-my-story/
RecurringNightmare
"the world today" uhmm, nope, just the US today...
0x5F3759DF
Sauce: https://twitter.com/joshtdickerson/status/963275985654251520
nastywomen
wrote a song about it. Wanna hear it? Here it goes...
spiderqueendemon
Pencils can be ordered, 144 at a time, with anything you want printed on them. One of the easiest ways to advertise is to donate pencils.
spiderqueendemon
Parents who are struggling with school supplies and see "Good luck, North Elementary! -Dave's BBQ' will eat at Dave's BBQ.
spiderqueendemon
About $23 buys 144. Easiest fifty-buck ad buy in the world for a small business, donating pencils to a school.
ghsdkgb
When I taught in low-income areas I always bought packs of cheap pencils from Target, to make sure every kid had one
ghsdkgb
There were kids who'd take a new pencil every day, always losing the previous one. I couldn't figure it out.
septillion
That was me, sorry
ghsdkgb
dick; give 'em back.
XaviersSnakeArm
Holy shit, now ive seen retards before but holy moly the people in this comment section
HolyHellJezebel
That is absolutely heartbreaking. I hope he has a good day today.
IFoughtTheLawAndTheLaw1
This isn’t a kid writing. I’m not sure why the person implied they were a current student or child.
FreyjaAE
https://twitter.com/SydneySnowEsq/status/963288718466519040
0x5F3759DF
She is the type of person that has Esq at the end of her twitter handle.
Texantioch
well, she studied law, so.....
Oglogoth
The Wire Season 4 covered this subject pretty fantastically.
melissalorraine
This breaks my heart
IFoughtTheLawAndTheLaw1
Why? This isn’t written by a child currently experiencing this. Although I guess the idea can be heartbreaking
MrrSir
Lol what? you know this still happens even if it wasn’t written by a student going through it right now right?
IFoughtTheLawAndTheLaw1
Hence: “although the idea can be heartbreaking”. I was understanding your point. Just clarifying it wasn’t a child in this situation.
CatThief
This person needs to charge their phone
GoldenSun3DS
cforcalvin
seriously how are all these phone posts running on fumes
RandomIsotope
They ain't got no charger.
circlebreaker
Asking the real questions; why can't they afford a phone charger *braces for flak*
screwdriverone
Still better than a Drake song
GloriousWalrus
I ONLY LOVE MY BED AND MY MAMA IM SORRY
BlackJesus367
I wouldn't say Drake is necessarily bad so much as boring, generic, and overly emotion
ZeekandAqua
That's not saying much
CoachL4D
Don't you dare say that about Drake bell
theottermenempire
He'll always be picking you up when you're down
BabyWitchErika
If beating Drake is all you need to be happy, you're setting the bar extremly low. a better love story than twilight would be a better bar.
texasfoodman
Dickbutt > Dr. Dre > Drake > Gonzo Porn > Twilight > Your mom. Get it right.
DAREALWARBOSS
If beating Twilight is all you need to be happy, you're setting the bar extremely low.
WenchMinion
That's the joke
BabyWitchErika
We need to go deeper. How about being a better person than say, trump?
LONETROMBONE
Ninjapanguin
When you write "still better than..." it implies that what you saw was bad. Wich is weird, because I thought the poem was beautiful
usernamepolice
Either way liking it or not is an opinion snd they have every right to not like it. Just as u have urs to like it
RedDwarfIV
Still better than a world-famous chart-topping rap artist... makes it bad?
Ninjapanguin
"Still better" implies(at least for me) that it's bad, but still not as bad as X. It also implies that the writer didn't like X
NotSoMuch
A surprising number of the comments on this image:
GoldenSun3DS
I'd rather miss the point if I could ride a rocket.
DragonWalker
I like this reaction image. Take an upvote while I steal this.
atrillionaliens
Funny thing about blatantly lying to try and make a point: it undermines the point.
NotSoMuch
Ah, yes. "Writing in character" and "blatantly lying." Definitely the same thing.
atrillionaliens
The tweet says Written By A Student of Baltimore City Public Schools. That is a lie. You don't know a lot, do you.
FreyjaAE
atrillionaliens
https://twitter.com/joshtdickerson/status/963275985654251520
NotSoMuch
My dude, the person tweeting is using the poem to highlight problems faced by a lot of students in Baltimore.
atrillionaliens
blatantly lying*. Fixed that for you no problem mate.
FreyjaAE
Unsafefurball
How crazy is it that this picture makes sense here. Like, because he's implied to be black? There's literally no other reason.
FreyjaAE
What are you talking about?
MarkGuy
Wow no kidding. The comments are an absolute train wreck on this post
Appy7
Oh this picture is so perfect. People just love to be toxic on posts that have subjects like this one. I'm keeping the pic m8. :P
IAmBiGiveMeAMedal
I'm reminded of a teacher I had in MS. She gave everyone shit--including yours truly--but NOBODY got as shat on as this one guy in my (1/?)
iamcoolmike
If that teacher is still teaching, report her. That's messed up
IAmBiGiveMeAMedal
class. He wasn't the brightest, but it wasn't his fault as he clearly had some form of learning disability. This bitch CONSTANTLY (2/?)
IAmBiGiveMeAMedal
picked on him by making him go up in front of the class, knowing damn well he would just make a fool of himself--though that was a (3/?)
IAmBiGiveMeAMedal
common practice of hers. When the class laughed and called him stupid, she did nothing. I heard her call him worthless on several (4/?)
IAmBiGiveMeAMedal
occasions, and never once stepped in when the other kids started to light him up. Girls would literally sexually harass him by (5/?)
IAmBiGiveMeAMedal
grabbing his dick and shit, and she'd say shit like: "Oh you should enjoy that, ___, you perv." I was too young to realize just how (6/?)
Acciopower
And then they tell me the society ain't a class system.
USAcanuck
Who tells you that?
Mewmus
The people who like to make people think that they are perpetual victims
Mewmus
A class system based on money yes
Tinkrr
Well when you have a "middle class" you obviously have classes, what you don't have is a rigid caste system as there is mobility.
mardukkur
US has the lowest class mobility in the developed world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socioeconomic_mobility_in_the_United_States
Tinkrr
Read the absolute mobility section.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
Imagine not being allowed to advance beyond a certain station in life no matter what you did, INCLUDING developing a basic degree of wealth.
thatguywhodoesthething
Yeah I can't imagine that since I live in America. While there are no doubt barriers I refuse to believe people cannot adv. "no matter what"
omh1
Heck of a thing when wealthy parents basically guarantee some degree of future stability, and poor parents almost entirely preclude it
thatguywhodoesthething
And our government provides grants and scholarships to those who chose to fight for it and are unable to pay for a good education.
omh1
Yeah... no they don't. Can't get most of those benefits if you went to a poor school. Can't even be considered for most universities
IFoughtTheLawAndTheLaw1
Well, while I see your point, i think it’s a little too broad and generalized. Being poor or a minority doesn’t mean you CANT but it is (1)
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
That's a class system.
IFoughtTheLawAndTheLaw1
Very DIFFICULT to advance your station in life. So my sympathies to that. (2)
Ttarler
Most recent economic studies it takes 20 years of nothing going wrong for an impoverished person to move up to middle class. It’s a struggle
wadatahmydamie
You’re thinking of a caste system.
TheOtherOneWithTheHair
They're thinking of India, what a shithole
IcyPeter
Dear kindly Sergeant Krupke, You gotta understand, It's just our bringin' up-ke That gets us out of hand
SenatorFrankUnderwear
Get the lead out, fat boy!
usernameblankityblank
You sound depraved on account a you were deprived.
willi828
IVE GOT A SOCIAL DISEASE!
GetOffMyLawnYa
He's ^^^ got a social disease
Ireplywithgifsandjpegs
So take him to a social worker!
HartigansBumTicker
Ay officer krupke krup you!
ManLonG
I SAID KRUP YOU NOT FUCK YOU
theartofmath
https://youtu.be/JpyRcxrpydE
YourVeryOwnBackupSanta
The world needs more snap-fights.
inyourfacespacecoyote
Imgur needs more musical references. Love this.
Ireplywithgifsandjpegs
Our mothers all are junkies, Our fathers all are drunks, golly moses! Natcherly we're punks!
FatBastardVegetarian
Gee, Officer Krupke, we’re very upset. We never had the love that every child oughta get. We ain’t no delinquents, we’re misunderstood...
FatBastardVegetarian
Deep down in side us there is good!
Trian3
There is good! There is good, there is good good good, deep down inside of us is GOOD!
NoSleepTilBrooklyn
Like inside the worst of us is GOOD!
Crawley
"That's a good, touching story!" "Let me tell it to the world!!!" "just tell it to the judge!"
GrimRiderJ
What is this?
Charboo2
I did this play but I don’t remember the words cuz I was in the booth with the lights lol
igivetheinternets
I was in the band so I recognize it but those guys above know it
Ireplywithgifsandjpegs
I was A-rab in our high school production
FragileReality
My favorite spot to watch a production is from the orchestra pit
Counterfit
Last one I played, I was in the pit with a stage thrust deck 6 inches above my head.
trebuchet11
Wow a whole 6 inches! My hair was brushing the top in the last one I did haha
Counterfit
No matter which way I went, I had to crawl in. Slightly awkward
FragileReality
I hope you didn’t play bassoon. I played flute I normally got the outer wings.
Counterfit
Trombone, so it was a little close at times
GlobalConstitution4all
Poor kid is barely literate.
GorramBatman
Word choice is intentional. He's a renowned poet.
blooregardqkazoo
Artistic License
budthespudfromthebrightredmud
Autistic license
TodayInSA
The "kid" is Joshua T Dickerson professional speaker and poet. He is 42. He has 3 children.
quickhand
We have no idea the kid's age. And he/she might be deliberately writing in vernacular.
IFoughtTheLawAndTheLaw1
He is. This is written by an adult professional.
ItsRealTalk
Kid is perfectly literate; a difference in cultural vernacular =/= uneducated. Especially in a poem using that vernacular to be relatable.
1Person
It's not a kid..This was written by an adult poet.
IFoughtTheLawAndTheLaw1
Well... this was written by an adult, professional writer and poet. It’s intentional word choice that reflects a cultural experience.
limeyptwo
ampedUP
Higher vocabulary than the current President
SomewhatSoberSometimes
someone had to say it!
imgurianitarian
Do you mean Poor as in ‘kid got no money’ or poor as in ‘you have the feels for the kid’?
idieeverytime
Yes
Bruiserbrother
I would guess both.
Pegussu
Maybe it's because I'm in the south, but using the word "ain't" doesn't qualify as barely literate IMO.
feeltheice
To eat us a...
MisadventurousFlapJack
Think that was a joke on their part
TheLannistersSendALovelyFruitBasket
Well maybe if he had a fucking pencil....
thorhallericson
https://media.giphy.com/media/gC1rcpqf2fKak/giphy.gif
dacyka
What show/movie is this from?
N0ledge
The pencilman
nanovad
It's from the first John Wick. Would recommend both 1 and 2 if you like accurate action and protagonists that can get hurt.
MakeMeWannaShoop
https://mobile.twitter.com/joshtdickerson?lang=en
TheS4ndm4n
"Ain't got no" is a common mistake. But this kid doesn't make it.
IFoughtTheLawAndTheLaw1
This isn’t a kid. But I also don’t think he has a literacy problem.
poets
It's not a mistake if enough people make it. Language is fluid. Just because phrase breaks a certain rule doesn't make it inherently wrong.
poets
I think there's a class/race based reason people don't like some phrases and refuse to legitimise them, yet others sail into the dictionary.
TheS4ndm4n
So grammar nazi's are racist?
FitPrince
This is under appreciated.
ITalkAboutGoats
Ayup
Subjugatealllife
No, just because enough people make a mistake, does not mean it’s suddenly not a mistake. What type of nonsense is that?
poets
English is made of so many different language bases that they contradict each other constantly i.e I before except after C: Weird/Seize etc
poets
These were probably seen as mistakes at one point, but with use have become part of the language.
morelikeconsham
The nature of language itself. Everything in language is by convention and arbitrary, meaning it can be changed by consensus.
ananarama
Joshua Dickerson is actually a professional author and poet. He wasn’t a kid when he wrote this. The word choice is intentional.
xoverthirtyx
Gotcha! Amirite? Fuck the poor! Ahahaaaa yes!
aninvisiblemaniac
you're not wanted here please leave
xoverthirtyx
Apparently people can’t bare to acknowledge the sentiment of the very real issue presented in that image, regardless of who wrote it.
PaulSmackageFromGrapevineTexas
I was thinking it seemed to good for a kid.
hewpsydaisy
That fact doesn't undermine the poignancy of the poem itself.
NoYouStupid
Exposed!!!
honeyleaf
No you stupid
ananarama
https://mobile.twitter.com/joshtdickerson?lang=en
handydandy11
Lol found you
ananarama
gonnatellyouaboutthebird
He is also not from Baltimore city if you read his tweets...
JonSnowForKing
mos words people choose to write are intentional
Mikeiller
For instance, right now, I am choosing to write the word "Kumquat".
Kelryn42
Yes, "mos" are.
ImguriansFillMySaltReservoir
Tornadotaco
I'm guessing 2019 when republicans successfully kill subsidized school food programs and then this poem will feel nostalgic.
conservativenightmare24
Every republican I know supports school lunch, but most are against taking advantage of the welfare system. Falsely Demonizing us is what
tcc3
You ask not to be falsely demonized but "most are taking advantage" falsely demonizes poor people
railgap
If you're still calling yourself a Republican at this point, you ARE a fucking demon.
Gayforbae
What is the republican party the party of now? What do they do that aligns with your views? Are they the party of fiscal responsibility? Not
Gayforbae
With that 1.5 trillion $ debt they just passed. The family values party? Not when they close ranks around child molesters & domestic abusers
Gayforbae
Are they the personal liberty party? Not when they take away all sorts of consumer and worker protections so their corperate sugar daddies
Tornadotaco
I find republican voters tend to have a hard time generalizing. You support a welfare program, school lunches, but also don't support it?
Studoku
Just because the republicans in charge do or say things, doesn't mean they represent the views of people who voted them there. /s
MrSwaggerMcJaeger
For people who dont know, "/s" means sarcasm.
lollercide
I'm not sure why this is downvoted. We need to accept responsibility for the people we elect and hold our elected accountable.
Azzyryth
If that's true, vote them out. Vote your beliefs, not your party.
conservativenightmare24
will get us re-elected because people are tired of the false accusations of racism and General lies like you spread so keep it up.
lollercide
I'm not sure what the lie was. The Republican party has been fighting against subsidized school meals. If most republicans support it,
lollercide
they need to start busting their representatives' balls to let them know what you want.
CreepyPhlox
But was he also a student of BCPS at one point?
TodayInSA
No. He talks about this post on his twitter stream. Never went to Baltimore. Grew up in south if i remember correctly.
80percentlegs
Nope. https://mobile.twitter.com/joshtdickerson/status/963275985654251520?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
DamnTXyouhot
I turned out ok
ThePunishersVengefulBrother
meh
KansasComrade
That’s what you think.
DamnTXyouhot
Hahaha it may still be too early to tell
MakeItBackAlright
Still pretty dead-on when it comes to underprivileged upbringing :/
DruncleCal2000
Yes, but not in American and not at this point in time
TamereEsti
Underwhowhat now?.. Bitch please. They broke as fuck.
TheOtherOneWithTheHair
Pretty dead-on when it comes to petty dickhead teachers too
SarcasticComment
Are teachers "just supposed to know" if kids don't share your struggles with them?
TheOtherOneWithTheHair
No, but they could have the common sense to know that many kids have far bigger problems than your tantrum about them not having a 10c item.
SarcasticComment
Not every teacher has a tantrum. Grab one from the cup of floor pencles on the desk
SarcasticComment
Also, teachers buy those 10c items out of pocket, so there lies another shitty social expectation; using your salary to find your classroom
SarcasticComment
2/ Wife teaches in a poor rural district. Unless you tell her "I got kicked out of the house" or "mom is in jail for heroin", she can't help
omgwtfhuh
I never trusted the school or teacher enough to tell them about any problems at home, no kid I knew would do so.
SarcasticComment
Your choice in the end
TheOtherOneWithTheHair
She can help by not disrupting her own class about minor things like forgetting a pencil and just buy a box pencils for a few bucks instead.
SarcasticComment
You could also be donating pencils to poor schools. The woman you are complaining about is, you can too.
SarcasticComment
But I totally love that just because my wife teaches high school chem in a poor district, you assume she is a terrible human being
SarcasticComment
Who says she disrespects her class? If anything my wife uses her own salary to buy things her kids need. Also hands kids things like jackets
TheBlackVan
There is a difference between "forgetting a pencil" and "not having a pencil." One requires a lot more attention.
Fauxcused
Anyone who reads this and is more worried about the use of the word ain't than the underlying message is a real prick.
elderlyechbert
Ain't n'body gan' read me. Abundant amanities. Words ain't defeat i.
NotSoMuch
ITT: people with poor reading comprehension bitching about contractions and bootstrapping.
DianNaoChong
Why debate substance when you can shout "ACKSHULLAALY" or nitpick in an uncomfortable conversation?
icookfoodandfightfire
Also written by a prof. poet to be intentionally like that. And iirc he was older when this was written but was a student at that school
PhenTsoksar
Poetry(lyrics) and contemporary conversation allows for words like "ain't". I wasn't worried about that word, I simply do not like Balitmore
demobytom
What's the underlying message? My non native-english friend doesn't get it..
chromed
That poor people have it rough. And often use the word ain't? I might be missing something too.
ArdentSlacker
Some kids have poverty and/or absent parents, and have to move mountains to get to school... and still get blamed for coming up short.
morelikeconsham
And also completely missed the point of the word choice itself.
MadHakon
Ain't is a perfectly acceptable word. English teachers simply don't like the word or know where it comes from.
Islandace
I've had teachers tell me to not use can't, use cannot instead... Wait. Do 'can not' and 'cannot' mean different things?
MadHakon
Not that I'm aware of. It's probably that they prefer writing without contractions as it appears more professional
allibaster12
Why do you think teachers don't know where the word comes from? That's not a valid argument statement.
MadHakon
Some do not know where it comes from. It was not my only argument. You're cherry picking
plzdownvote
I have no problem with it but it isn’t a proper English word.
jcole01
Found the english teacher.
Venomous474
"I have no problem with it but it ain't a proper English word." Fixed it for ya.
plzdownvote
If you take the contraction away, that says “I have no problem with it but it are not a proper English word.” Does that make sense to you?
MadHakon
You can't speak about proper when you're not using the proper word to describe it. Ain't is a proper word; it isn't however a formal word.
plzdownvote
I looked it up and it isn’t
ThatTransformersDude
Plus, Ain't is actually proper English if they bother to look up it's origin.
sulfuratus
Using “it's” as a possessive pronoun isn't, however :)
GoldenSun3DS
Technically, it makes no sense that you can't use "it's" as a possessive pronoun, but English makes no sense. If " 's" indicates ownership
GoldenSun3DS
Then " 's" should be able to be applied to "it" just like you can apply it to someone's name. "That's the cat's hat." "That's it's hat."
Bunsen
Then how do you contract "it is?" Giving the apostrophe to the contraction is an arbitrary choice, but most of us can remember it.
GoldenSun3DS
But again, English is dumb and its rules make no sense.
plzdownvote
“Ain’t isn’t a proper English word.
ENCHANTMEN
Language is defined by usage, and ain't has been in usage for a very long time.
plzdownvote
That’s not how it works man, “are” and “not” don’t contract.
ENCHANTMEN
aren't?
eviade
Only if you ignore centuries of use, but you do you, brotha
plzdownvote
It doesn’t matter if it is used, that doesn’t make it a real word if it still hasn’t been approved as standard.
plzdownvote
That’s like saying: “Oh most people spell a lot as alot, so that’s totally the correct spelling now, even if it isn’t
eviade
Common mistakes and common usage are not the same thing dummy, work on your comparisons
ThatTransformersDude
The upper class would use it for decades until the lower class incorporated it and then the rich said it was vulgar. So the reason for the
ThatTransformersDude
For that is the rich just wanted to be better.
pookieeatworld
Never knew this... You got a source?
ThatTransformersDude
Better! I have a cartoon! https://youtu.be/fu5XDrdD7KM