Dread Insult Turned Ugly (almost)

My way of thinking is basically if they're "perfect" and don't offend people on a daily basis enough to make them say something shitty to you then they aren't real dreads

 

How about just walk away and avoid negativity? People very so greatly in views and beleifs, there is no point in adding fuel to the fire. Eye for an eye and the world is blind

 

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RooRshack, wikipedia is smarter than you:

link to source

But my thing is, even IF it originated with Rastafari, that doesn't mean it is connected to it.
I mean, are all people with memory foam beds associated with NASA?

 

If you read what I said, that's exactly it. The only difference is that wikipedia used the incorrect word.

People have had locks since the beginning of time. Rastafari have had dreadlocks, because various authorities called them dreadful locks when worn by this group, which turned from a loose description to a compound word, and was then "taken back".

No, of course they're not. You don't understand the bone I'm picking, and need to in order to pick back. Read more carefully. It's like the difference between a six-fo and a 1964 chevy. Well sort of. If you drive a six-fo, you's a knickka. If you drive a 1964 chevy, you're pretty much anyone with good taste in cars. But they're the same car.

 

I think the fact that hair can dread with neglect proves that dreads didn't originate with ANY religion or group, but with whoever was the first person to not run their fingers through their hair

 

You're still not reading my shit, man.

The term "dreadlocks", as well as "dread" in the way that you just used it, originated among the rastafari. It is a description of locks grown for their religious signifigance to that group.

I would be very offended by any one fool enough to suggest that a locked hairstyle originated with the rastafari. Not what I said at all.

 

regardless of where the term originated it is a term used by most to describe the hairstyle i sport. which has nothing to do with religion. it just doesn't. you are incorrect. please get over it.
maybe NASA personnel call memory foam matresses "remember foam" matresses. if i were to call my memory foam matress a "remember foam" matress, it wouldn't mean mine was affilliated with NASA. we just happen to call it the same thing. and even if i just used the term memory foam, it is still the same type of matress. ok?

 

Oh yeah, I was more talking that matted hair didn't start with rastas. I know the term dreadlock did (or at least I've read it enough times to believe it to be the truth)

 

If I wear aviator glasses, does that mean I'm associated with flying?

The word 'manager' is based off of an old French word 'manege', which meant 'caring for and training a horse'. If I'm the highest ranking staff at a McDonald's am I associated with French horse raising?

 

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tha answer is yes. you are a french horse raising pilot sympathiser. you do affiliate yourself with these peoples.

 

Sorry buddy but you're not right. Black people do differentiate -- strongly, I might add.

To this day I have no idea why this still confuses any white people.

*And some black people say Hate-urr, some say Hay-tuh. Some say Hater. Even the "er" for "A" sound is outdated nowadays. Please don't act like you understand how black people speak especially with an outdated and all-encompassing blanket statement such as the one above.



Op where are you from? I thought you were European but I might be mistaken.
Kinda weird that you would heavily insult Bob marley like that -- especially since you're rocking dreads and posting here. N**ger is horribly offensive. Just shouldn't be used.

 

I had an incident like this one a few weeks back, coming home to NJ from a Furthur show in NY. I grew up in NJ and confrontation is a common thing.

Anyway, long story short I was just chilling with my gf and friend when a group of younger girls (dressed up nice, probably drunk) started shit with her for no reason. They were shooting us dirty looks the second we got on the train. I was coming down from a trip and was in no mood for this shit - they said some really disgusting shit to her and before I could think things out I turned the corner and started screaming at them.. that they were filthy c**ts and to shut their fucking mouths. It was immature of me but I was so enraged that I could not control myself at the time.

As you might have guessed all it did was get them all yelling making one annoying noise together.. the only insults I heard after that were "smoker" and "comb your hair". Anyway after the rage wore off I actually felt really bad about stooping to their level. In fact, I should have just walked away or said something nice instead. Sometimes not responding to someone's bait, is the best comeback. Fighting on a shitty NJ train with strangers while you're tripping is NOT fun.. my mind was stuck on it the rest of the night.

I'm sure the guidos forgot about this incident a lot faster than you did, seeing how you went online to post it on a message board.

 

Oh Jersey.... Almost my beautiful new england, but all melty and full of douchebags...

 

you guys are all retarded.

Jesus wore sandals, therefore, if you wear sandals, you`re paying tribute to Christianity. Its common sense.



on a completely unrelated note,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igHuG0HWVf4"]YouTube - Goodfellas: The Billy Batts Situation

 

My boyfriend calls mine Irish friendship knots which I think is adorable. I personally like calling them predator locks. [as in the movie predator...Im not a child molester]

 

ooops...I mean celtic friendship knots.

 

Because it isn't in our growing-up-culture?

Agreed

 

I bet they were thinking 'lol u mad?'

 

The edit button is your friend

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I like to think of mine as Viking locks, but I just call them locks. I will explain the difference to people that I care about, but your average civilian on the street I let slide. For some reason people don't start shit with me over my hair, other than when someone yells out "hey Rasta!" I usually say, "I'm not Rasta and that that's not my name. Peace." If they say "hey dread!" I just smile and shake my head :biggrinjester:

I think the "I just couldn't let them get away with that" attitude is a dangerous and negative one. Better to be straight up with people or ignore them entirely...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhZxnqi7BOc"]Epic Beard Man...