Topic: Yo, Internet, I'mma let you finish in a minute, but... (Read 28197 times)

LTK · « **Reply #50 on:** 19 Sep 2009, 05:02 »

Man, the whole internet is so flooded with this meme that I can't even find where it originated from. Anyone got a vid?

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #51 on:** 19 Sep 2009, 08:11 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z8gCZ7zpsQ

axerton · « **Reply #52 on:** 19 Sep 2009, 09:42 »

I hope this works - cos it is one of the few times I shall ever involve myself in such a meme

snalin · « **Reply #53 on:** 19 Sep 2009, 10:18 »

Mashing popular culture is the best thing.

SWOON! at My Gravitas · « **Reply #54 on:** 21 Sep 2009, 22:19 »

Yo Snalin, I'mma let you finish, but mashing popular culture with MORE popular culture is the best thing of all time. OF ALL TIME.

JD · « **Reply #55 on:** 24 Sep 2009, 18:26 »

Yo Taylor, I'm sorry

Slick · « **Reply #56 on:** 24 Sep 2009, 18:41 »

Man so guys I just read this thread and like, you guys don't understand I'mma. First off, it oughta be spelled I'ma. I don't see where that second 'm' comes from. The internet at large kinda dropped the ball on that. Second-like, it ain't "I am going to" contracted. Like, it is kind of a re-imagining of language conventions. You can say "I'ma do a thing" or "I'ma gonna do a thing".
I'ma get off my horse and let you finish, though.

Hat · « **Reply #57 on:** 24 Sep 2009, 18:44 »

Quote from: Slick on 24 Sep 2009, 18:41

Man so guys I just read this thread and like, you guys don't understand I'mma. First off, it oughta be spelled I'ma. I don't see where that second 'm' comes from.

phonological convention regarding vowel length and voice onset times between syllables, like the extra n in "gonna" which is conveniently enough where I'mma borrows its final vowel from, which is a good proof that this:

Quote from: Slick on 24 Sep 2009, 18:41

Second-like, it ain't "I am going to" contracted. Like, it is kind of a re-imagining of language conventions.

is completely wrong. All contractions are re-imaginings of language conventions what are you talking about.

also: like is a really ugly word when used unnecessarily

Slick · « **Reply #58 on:** 24 Sep 2009, 18:58 »

Well I don't know about that. It is kind of an outlier. Compare the sounds of tiny and tinny? Those are weird though. Also you are Australian so our comparative notions of how things sound could be way off.
If we were to contract ain't and a would we wake it ain'tta? I think it's probably because someone thought I'ma looked too short and silly. I've just been typing I'ma for a while now and it seems odd to see I'mma everywhere all off a sudden.

Hat · « **Reply #59 on:** 24 Sep 2009, 19:05 »

Quote from: Slick on 24 Sep 2009, 18:58

Well I don't know about that. It is kind of an outlier. Compare the sounds of tiny and tinny?

that is another example perfectly illustrating what I am talking about, discrepancy in the length of vowels causes voice onset time to increase causing a partial ghosting of the consonant sound in between them thank you for proving me right!

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Also you are Australian so our comparative notions of how things sound could be way off.

Well I heard Kanye say something in the same accent the rest of the world did so this isn't really relevant at all

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If we were to contract ain't and a would we wake it ain'tta? I think it's probNO CONTENT/NOT RELEVANTably because someone thought I'ma looked too short and silly. I've just been typing I'ma for a while now and it seems odd to see I'mma everywhere all off a sudden.

Slick · « **Reply #60 on:** 24 Sep 2009, 19:10 »

Quote from: Hat on 24 Sep 2009, 19:05

thank you for proving me right!

oh yeah I guess so. I thought I had another point but I've no idea what it was now

P.S. I am just taking a 101 course in a new language and thinking about how sentences are formed and what the hell sense does saying "what it was now" make, huh?

Hat · « **Reply #61 on:** 24 Sep 2009, 19:13 »

Sorry if I am being a dick but I made a resolution to only mouth off about things that I actually know about.

Unfortunately this is one of them.

Slick · « **Reply #62 on:** 24 Sep 2009, 22:35 »

It's cool I can take your dick.

elizaknowswhatshesfor · « **Reply #63 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 02:41 »

Favourite by miles.

Also I've really enjoyed the discussion above. It's made me google something interesting for the first time in a long time. I'ma gonna look into this contractions of words thing.

Johnny C · « **Reply #64 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 03:46 »

hilariously the black eyed peas appear to have used both spellings of it

David_Dovey · « **Reply #65 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 03:48 »

There is nothing funny about the Black Eyed Peas, Johnny C.

Johnny C · « **Reply #66 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 03:52 »

was googlin yeezy's blog for any use of "i'mma" (fission: mailed) and found two things

1) woah
2) the best titled blog post in the world

elizaknowswhatshesfor · « **Reply #67 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 03:52 »

mosletov

That's funny.

I also found this funny.

The two that aren't Will I Am scare the shit out of me though & that's not funny.

Johnny C you have just cost me my day. Oh lord is that ever a funny blog, it's on a par with Fred Durst & Courtney Love's internet out pourings, I can't stop reading it....

Johnny C · « **Reply #68 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 04:00 »

p.s. fun fact did you guys know that kells' "i'm a flirt" is actually using "i'm a" the same way that the lolcat people decided kanye used "i'mma"? a challenger appears god i wish i could sleep

also kanye's blog is legitimately awesome and he likes all kinds of cool shit. come for the meltdowns, stay for the posts about interesting architecture.

elizaknowswhatshesfor · « **Reply #69 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 04:04 »

oh yes. agreed. It's taking me a while to get used to reading the way he types though...

Wow, His favourite blog list is pretty interesting: Cobrasnake really? Then I had a look at stuffwhitepeoplelike (He must be on there right?)as I hadn't for ages. This made me laugh:

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Often it can be easier to find common ground with a white person by talking to them about something you both hate. Discussing things you both like might lead to an argument over who likes it more or who liked it first. Clearly, the safest route is mutual hatred. When choosing to talk about something that white people hate, it’s best to choose something that will allow white people to make clever comments or at the very least feel better about themselves. Currently, the easiest way to do that is to ask a white person for their thoughts on people who wear Ed Hardy.

Ed Hardy is a clothing company that makes a wide range of expensive t-shirts, hoodies, and jeans. These clothes are notable for their use of elements from classic tattoo design such as skulls, hearts, and dragons. On the surface, the use of the words “classic” “tattoo” and “t-shirt” would seem like a logical fit for white people, but it is not. White people hate these clothes unilaterally and it is advised that you merely accept that at face value. If you were to ask a white person to explain why a regular size dragon logo is ok but one that goes around the neck is not, you would be trapped in a long and fruitless conversation.

To put this in proper perspective, Ed Hardy is so hated by white people that it cannot be worn ironically. This is no small feat. As it stands, the only other entries in this category are Nazi Uniforms, Ku Klux Klan Robes, and self-tanner.

Since you cannot in good conscience have an Ed Hardy themed party, the best way to make use of this white hatred is to give your stories a little more appeal to white people.

For example, if you take the reasonable but not compelling story: “I got cut off in traffic this morning and when I honked the guy gave me the finger,” and replace it with: “I got cut off in traffic this morning by this guy in an Ed Hardy shirt. I honked and then he gave me the finger!” The story will become sixty percent more interesting to white people because it allows them to make a witty response like: “I guess that douche bag had to get to a UFC party or a nightclub event he was promoting.”

Follow this up with a laugh, a high five, and a compliment about the acceptable shirt the white person is wearing and you will find yourself with a new friend.

Johnny C · « **Reply #70 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 04:11 »

WHAT'S WRONG WITH TYPING LIKE THIS????????!???? YO YOU SEE HIS POSTS ALL OVER MTV AN THE INTERNET AN SHIT BUT YOU AINT EVER ACTUALLY STOPPED TO READ EM??? COME ON!! KANYE PUTS HIS HEART OUT ON THE LINE FOR YOU, EVERY DAY, EVERY POST, EVERY SONG, EVERY APPEARANCE, EVERY EVERYTHING!!!!!!

Johnny C · « **Reply #71 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 04:24 »

it's been pointed out that the variant "imma" is preferable to "i'mma" so imma use it when i'm feelin footloose and caps-free

KharBevNor · « **Reply #72 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 08:23 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 19 Sep 2009, 01:56

honestly don't do this it's embarrassing

So is simultaneously being intelligent and enjoying rap music.

I kid

...OR DO I?

Johnny C · « **Reply #73 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 08:49 »

hopefully so cause otherwise i'll have to unveil my complex and sophisticated rube goldberg device that, when completed, spray paints the word "doofus" on your chest

Johnny C · « **Reply #74 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 08:51 »

and like i don't really think you're a doofus and it was a bitch to set up so i don't wanna waste it. you gotta make it special.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #75 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 09:48 »

Seriously though can we agree that Kanye West is probably just kinda a dumbass?

allison · « **Reply #76 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 10:00 »

Did that not happen yet?

Bastardous Bassist · « **Reply #77 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 10:22 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 25 Sep 2009, 09:48

Seriously though can we agree that Kanye West is probably just kinda a dumbass?

He's not a dumbass, he's just like Ben Stiller in "Meet the Parents" when he messed up everything and Robert De Niro asked him to leave. Ben Stiller wasn't a dumbass, he was just trying too hard!

KharBevNor · « **Reply #78 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 11:50 »

Well I got told off for making fun of him.

Joseph · « **Reply #79 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 13:48 »

Have you read his book?

Joseph · « **Reply #80 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 14:09 »

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Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #81 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 14:11 »

Quote from: Ptommydski on 25 Sep 2009, 13:56

Also, he's a prolific and critically acclaimed songwriter as well, which is hard to be if you're dumb.

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #82 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 14:21 »

i chose to ignore "critically acclaimed" and "songwriter" for the sake of comedy.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #83 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 19:12 »

Quote from: Bastardous Bassist on 18 Sep 2009, 15:34

Quote from: Nodaisho on 18 Sep 2009, 09:29
Bassist, I never understood where it got to mean I'm going to, I had always heard it as a version of I'm, so you would say "Imma gonna" for how people use it these days. Then again, I heard it from rednecks, rather than rappers, so that could be the difference.

Whoa. I can't imagine somebody doing more work to say something. Maybe the crowd I hang out with tends to like rap more? I can't believe that to be the case. Maybe people say it more in the south?

Just noticed this. It isn't really more work, it sort of... bounces. The extra a at the end of I'm brings your mouth into pretty much the perfect position to roll straight on into the g, sort of like auctioneer speak but not so fast, rolls off the tongue easier than going from m directly to g.

Or maybe it is just how people are used to talking. Some people say "I do believe I will be heading down to the grocery store after we finish our dinner," some people say "I'ma goin' to the shop after this." It's just how people speak. I myself have quite a bit of variation in my vocabulary and dialect depending on what I am talking about and the mood I am in at the time.

Slick · « **Reply #84 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 19:36 »

I would just like to weigh in that I think if you're dropping the apostrophe, imma is totally the way to go.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #85 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 19:37 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 25 Sep 2009, 11:50

Well I got told off for making fun of him.

Well no it's just the way you attempted to zing Kanye just showed you up as being really white. Like, really super-duper white. And it was kind of cringe-worthy. It's like whenever your parents try to impress your friends with pop culture knowlege.

Johnny C · « **Reply #86 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 21:10 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 25 Sep 2009, 19:37

And it was kind of cringe-worthy. It's like whenever your parents try to impress your friends with pop culture knowlege.

this is more on the money. it's like when your parents tell you "i'm down with rock and roll" and then they put on triumph and start parent-dancing and your girlfriend politely excuses herself and you never see her again and then you're drinking an $8 bottle of wine by yourself on friday night while playing batman on the xbox

KharBevNor · « **Reply #87 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 21:54 »

Quote from: David_Dovey on 25 Sep 2009, 19:37

Well no it's just the way you attempted to zing Kanye just showed you up as being really white. Like, really super-duper white.

Do you not think for one second that that may have been intentional?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #88 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 21:55 »

Like I am not that stupid come on.

Joseph · « **Reply #89 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 22:10 »

I demand you take an internet IQ test to prove it.

JD · « **Reply #90 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 22:14 »

The plot thickens

KharBevNor · « **Reply #91 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 22:24 »

Whatevs.

This may be common knowledge to you pop culture aware types, but how did he get on stage? Like, I know he was probably in the VIP area, but still...?

Nodaisho · « **Reply #92 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 22:25 »

He was probably near the stage, and nobody would expect someone like him (read: famous) to try to get on stage, so security was completely blindsided?

JD · « **Reply #93 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 22:28 »

Maybe it was staged? Man no way that could happen what am I thinking.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #94 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 22:28 »

But like, why didn't they drag him of instantly.

Also why was his mic tuned in? or did he steal hers.

scarred · « **Reply #95 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 22:28 »

He stole hers.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #96 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 22:40 »

If it wasn't staged- something which I refuse to discount, especially considering Kanye has a history of invading the stage at MTV awards ceremonies- then it probably had a lot to do with security being a mix of completely shocked and recalcitrant to actually give a VIP the bum's rush off of the stage.

Eris · « **Reply #97 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 22:41 »

obviously the whole thing is a dastardly plan to make the country relaxed while the lizard-men take over the government!

Also yeah, the more I think about it, why wasn't he dragged off, or the mic turned off once he grabbed it? The sound tech turned it off after kanye's speil, so then swifty didn't get to say anything after that. there are a few things that don't add up, but I also don't really care about it that much.

JD · « **Reply #98 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 22:44 »

Maybe MTV just hates Taylor Swift

David_Dovey · « **Reply #99 on:** 25 Sep 2009, 22:49 »

They're not the only ones

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