Earlier I said roasting is an art form and I truly believe that. I don’t know how you find those imperfections in a person that quickly
Edit: Also I have no evidence for the claims in this video which is why I refrained from making it a race thing in the title. I shared only bc his roasts are God like and hilarious. Nothing more
Edit: So an older person in the comments asked me to add a script to this as their ears couldn’t keep up. Also given the mans accent I understand some might not be able to understand him for reasons such as being a non native speaker etc. Also those who are hard of hearing will miss out on the belly laugh of the year. So here it is
Man-You told me to go back to Oakland right? Let me tell yo dusty, dirty, dingy, mannequin built ass something, you don't tel me where the fuck to go. When you leave your house...
Lady - (interrupting him) Language, language, respectful language!
Man - (continuing on) ...you old stanky ass lady you are in the world so you don't tell me to go back to Oakland. You take yo wrinkle pussy ass to Oakland. Get yo funk mask ass to Oakland. You have a whole COVID-19 fit (outfit) on witcho (with your) dusty ass. You the reason why this shit is here (Covid 19). You got (repeats 2x) you got hella (slang for "alot of") senior citizen spit on your fucking sweater tellin somebody to go to Oakland!Man- HUH?
Woman- Stop talking for a minute! Can you control your mouth for a minute
Man- You need to control yo ass cuz it stanks. You need to go get in a wheel chair
Woman (partially interrupting him) - Don't be vulgar (not too sure if this is accurate)
Man (partially interrupting woman) - Get yo old funky ass up outta here telling somebody to go back to Oakland
Woman- Im 80 years old!
Man- You don't (He cuts off was likely going to say you dont look like you're 80)
Man- Well act like you're 80 something years old, your age doesn't matter. You seem like you're racist. You seen me riding by and you tell a black person to go back to Oakland. So it's black people in Oakland?
Woman (interrupts him)- I'm in Oakland!
Man- Ain't no black people in Alameda??
Woman- There's more white people that live in Oakland than black people! (walks away)
Man- Well get yo dusty wrinkle trash bag having ass up outta here then. Don't tell no black person to go back to Oakland. You can't tell me where to go alright! I'm fucking grown! (End of video)
I lived in east oakland for almost 5 years. It was a great neighborhood. Like pretty much anywhere there are good blocks and bad blocks, but I never felt like I was in danger walking around in oakland.
Thou art a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy worsted-stocking knave; a lily-liver’d, action-taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, superserviceable, finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch.
I think the opening alliteration is key to the roast. It allows all others around to be like yo someone about to get roasted hard. These are videos that need to come out more and more.
What I find especially interesting is that she initiates this exchange by insulting him for no reason. Then, when she realizes her insult skills are no match for his, she tries to divert his attention in hopes of claiming the upper hand by:
invoking her age to command the respect she lost by insulting him
claiming that SHE is in Oakland (to cast doubt on her racist intentions)
noting that more white people live in Oakland (an irrelevant deflection)
suggesting that he "control" his mouth (while he is in COMPLETE control)
I'm pretty sure that when she tells the story of what happened, she will paint herself as the victim of a black dude who made her afraid because he wouldn't take her racist crap that she thinks he's supposed to accept.
If that was my mother or grandmother, I would go into convulsions from cringing so hard. Hoping her family sees this (for her own good). This guy gave her a free life lesson.
I worked with a guy like this. No one would ever make fun of him because of how instantly he could come back with a roast. I remember my supervisor tried one day and after he got roasted he just stood there and said, "There's no winning with this guy, He's too damn fast" Haven't met anyone that natural and quick at roasting in a long time.
It is called doing the dozens or playing the dozens. One explanation for how it started was for blacks to harden each other so other's insults didn't sting. I'm a white guy but got some exposure through my mom. She taught in the projects in the West End of Cincinnati. Effectively an all black school.
The importance of mothers in African and African-American families is at the heart of the game: insulting someone else's mother is sure to inflame the passions of the other player.
I learned of the dozens from George Carlin in some standup recording I had on a vinyl record a long time ago and have never heard it referenced again until just now.
I was extremely sensitive growing up so I wasn’t always a fan hahah but it definitely helped me learn to laugh at myself. My little sister is a little too good though. She’s only 10 and sometimes I’m like damn bruh that hurt 😂
But that's the thing about kids though.. They have less of a filter than most because it hasn't developed yet. Haha. I know what you mean, though. They cut deep sometimes.
sorry that youre a young ass pokemon ass yugioh ass nintendo switch playing ass bitch, but some of us grew up before your kanye west, wiz khalifa ass, mia khalifa having ass listening AND watching ass bitch ass
sorry that you’re an old head ass “you don’t know nothin bout this right here” jheri curl havin, fuckin to ginuwine in 2020, can barely stand up straight cause you threw your back out trying to lift a crate of colt 45 from the liquor store, decrepit cinnabun from the corner store eatin ass but yes some of us were born after 227 was canceled
Yo! 513 reporting! My dad was a social worker in the West End back in the day. He remembers before they built the highway right through the middle and destroyed the neighborhood.
This takes me back to being in Jr high and passing around a "snaps" cd. Basically the dozens, bagging, snapping, all that just people roasting each other
I mean, There is also the fact that your entire life would be nuked from space if you came at someone who was black the way this guy did to the old white lady. reddit is proof of this. There are special rules for blacks in the US. They're allowed to openly call you a shitty racist fragile white POS. You are objectively NOT allowed to respond in kind.
Soooo. The special groups look great when literally nobody outside the special group is allowed to respond to them lol. I'm open to being proven wrong.
Edit: The "dislike button" feels good, Anyone want to actually disprove my claims? Wander over to BPT and call a "check marked" user a "Fragile Black Redditor" and see how it goes for you lol. What are you afraid of? We can actually test this nonsense in real time.
Edit2: Still waiting for one of you to disprove my claims. Reality hurts, Doesn't it? What if some "communities" are not Magic?
It’s truly an art, now you become this hood by getting bagged on. Most kids are already playing yo momma jokes, or the dozens or whatever you’re hood calls it, by the time they reach elementary school. Now as an immigrant who came to America at age five, ironically in the Bay Area, you gonna learn to roast back, or you’re whole day is gonna be spent getting joked on by everyone and they’re momma. But yes there’s a few who emerge from roster to master
I also knew a guy like this. It's righteous and funny when they're targeting someone who deserves it, but it seems they get into a habit and then it's not really funny when they flip over a word fumble or dumb brain moment. I barely spoke around the guy because I'm prone to lots of dumb-brain moments. I once accidentally told a coworker that hanging out was not gonna ever happen when I meant "it's not gonna happen if you only give me an hour's notice." Never recovered from that fumble, even after I explained what I was trying to say.
A secret is you say something randomly insulting and roll with it. Saying they're funny looking or fat is pretty easy ngl. Still not the same as you actually having something to say. Also more difficult if they're good looking, but tbh it doesn't even have to be true. My man who's the best roaster of my girl talked about how flat this girls ass was even though she's thick af. Still was funny though.
Source: former middle and high school roasting professional
Patrice O’Neal was probably the master of the talent you’re referring to. He would devastate you not with quantity but quality roasting in contrast to OP’s vid. Bill Burr once said that he would have to think up of 4 or 5 good insults before meeting up with Patrice back in their NY comedy days just because he knew Patrice always brought the heat, and that was someone Patrice considered a close friend. You can imagine how he would utterly eviscerate total strangers with his roasting capabilities. The man was a true master.
A lot of it is the use of blunt language and weaving in colorful metaphors and references, combined with a confident and emphatic delivery. Let’s say you have a big nose. If I say, “Ha ha, he has a big nose,” that is a lame roast.
Muthafucka, get the fuck outta here with yo big-ass nose. Lookin' like you could snort a rail of Amtrak. Your nose so god-damn big, you sneeze, we gotta see that shit on the Weather Channel. God damn, man.
It’s a passed down skill. As I said upthread in (most) black families it’s roast or be roasted. My parents are both hilarious and quick as hell and so are my sisters. My 10 year old sister out roasts us all though lmao
It’s definitely roast or be roasted. Sometimes you can just be walking by and not even doing anything and get roasted. Like chill.. I’m not even involved.
Nothing stops my heart faster than laughing at funny roasts and someone saying “I know you ain’t laughing.”
Kid roasts are hilariously hurtful. They have no filter and don’t understand the gravity of their roasts lmao. They hit you where it hurts the most and you can’t even be mad lmao.
It is definitely a passed down skill. I don’t roast often but sometimes I come out on top with good quality roasts lmao.
the reality is that funny and witty people get more practice, like a shit ton more practice cuz since they are already funny and witty everyone gives them the time to speak. and non witty people generally sit there quietly.
It’s not genetically passed down. Your parents teach you. It teaches resilience which you often need in this world. My Mom always told me that my words will hurt someone more than my fists and it’s true. People always remember the way you make them feel
Man-You told 🗣 me to go 👉 back 🔙 to Oakland right ✔? Let 👫👬👭 me tell 🗣 yo 👋 dusty 💨, dirty 😷, dingy 😷, mannequin 👖 built 👷♀️ ass 🍑 something 😅, you 👉🏻 don't 🚫 tel 😘 me where the fuck 👉🏼 to go 🏃. When 🍑 you 🖕👈 leave 🍃 your 👉 house 🏠...
Lady 👩 - (interrupting him 👴) Language 🇪🇸, language 🇪🇸, respectful 🙏 language 🗣!
Man 👨🙏 - (continuing 🔄 on 🔛) ...you 👈 old 👴 stanky 🦠 ass 🅰 lady 👩 you 👈 are in the world 🌎 so you 👈 don't 🚫 tell 🗣 me to go 🏃 back 🔙 to Oakland. You 👉 take 💅 yo 👋😳 wrankle pussy 🐱 ass 🍑 to Oakland. Get 🉐 yo 👋 funk 😜 mask 🎭 ass 🍑 to Oakland. You 👉 have a whole 💦 COVID-19 💉🧬 fit 💪 (outfit 👗) on 🔛 witcho (with your 👉) dusty 💨 ass 🍑. You 👈 the reason 🌟 why 🤔 this shit 💩 is here (Covid 😷 19 🎤🦧🍼). You 👉🤵👈 got 🉐🅰 (repeats 🔁 2x 🍄) you 👈 got 🍸 hella 🚷 (slang 🤬🙊 for "alot 🔥💯💪 of") senior 👴🏼 citizen 🙊 spit 💦 on 🔛 your 👉 fucking 🖕 sweater 🍑💦 tellin somebody 😐 to go 🏃 to Oakland! Man 💪🏼👨🏼- HUH 😕?
Woman 👩- Stop 🚫 talking 🗨💬 for a minute ⏱! Can you 👉🏿 control 🎮 your 👉 mouth 👄 for a minute 😲
Man 👨- You 👉 need 👉 to control 🤔🎮 yo 👋 ass 🍑 cuz ✨ it stanks. You 👈 need 👉 to go 🏃 get 🉐 in a wheel 🎡 chair 💺
Woman 👩 (partially 〽 interrupting him 👴) - Don't 🚫 be vulgar 🔞 (not too sure 🤐🤒💯 if this is accurate ✅)
Man 👨🙏 (partially 〽 interrupting woman 👩) - Get 🉐 yo 👋 old 👴 funky 🎶 ass 🍑 up ⬆ outta ⏪😂 here telling 🗣 somebody 😐 to go 🏃 back 🔙 to Oakland
Woman 👩- Im 👌 80 💲💵 years 📅🥤 old 👴!
Man 👦- You 👉😫 don't ❌ (He 👥 cuts ✂ off 🔜📴 was likely 🎮 going 👉🏼 to say 👱🏿💬🙈 you 👈🏼 dont ❌ look 👀 like 👍 you're 80 🙊)
Man 👦- Well 😦 act 🎭 like 👍🅰✔ you're 80 🙊 something 😅 years 📅 old 👴, your 👈 age 👵 doesn't matter 🙅. You 👈 seem 🤔 like 😄 you're racist 🤜🏻💥👶🏾. You 👈👀 seen 👀 me riding ♿ by and you 👈 tell 🗣 a black ⬛ person 👨 to go 🏃 back 🔙 to Oakland. So it's black ⚫🙏🏿💔 people 👨👩 in Oakland?
Woman 👧🏽 (interrupts ❌💢 him 👴)- I'm 💘 in Oakland!
Man 👨- Ain't 🚫 no 😣 black ⚫ people 👨🏻👨🏼👨🏽 in Alameda??
Woman 👩- There's 👌 more white ⚪ people 👫 that live 🐙 in Oakland than black ⚫ people 👨! (walks 🚶 away 😂)
Man 👨- Well 😦 get 🔟 yo 💯 dusty ⚱ wrinkle 🌝👴 trash 🗑 bag 💰 having ass 👑🍑🙀 up ✊⬆ outta 📍 here then. Don't 🚫 tell 🗣 no 🙅 black ⬛ person 👫🗑 to go 👉👌 back ⬅ to Oakland. You 👈 can't ❌ tell 💬 me where to go 🏃🏼♀️ alright 👋! I'm 💘 fucking 🖕👦 grown 💪!
I don’t know how you can find those imperfections in a person that quickly.
It’s a learned ability. When I was in school, either you got the tongue lashing of the morning or you got them first. Loser lost their dignity for that class. Pretty much went on like that for the entirety of my middle and high school career. The positive is that I can make out pretty clear and concise details of just about anything in the blink of an eye and accurately describe it. School social life inadvertently turned my boys and I into high quality detectives.
In some families the art of talking shit is passed down from one dysfunctional event to the next. One stereotype I've found to be true here is black folks know a good roast
It really is in art form. It's a major past time here on the Southside of Chicago. The worst thing in school was getting caught in a drive-by roasting while you are caught off guard. So you try to come back but you're rattled and that makes everything so much worst
I THOUGHT that was Alameda! I live near this street - moved here from Oakland last year, in fact.
Context if you’re not local to this hyper specific slice of the San Francisco Bay Area: COVID drove a lot of people to pack up and ditch Alameda last March, and house prices fell for the first time in decades. A ton of people from Oakland made the jump to become homeowners just in time to participate in the local election, very nearly flipping some traditional “Not in MY backyard” voting issues toward affordable housing and racially diverse school board members.
I love her trying to chide him for his language and being disrespectful. He's cussing you out and disrespecting you, explicitly. She just can't comprehend that.
This is literally how we treat each other in the Northeast from grade school. Massachusetts, New York & New Jersey, this is our lingo. Feel right at home listening to these altercations. I practice my lines in traffic all the time on people that aren't even an issue, so when you get a person who's an issue, the arsenal is already there. 😂😂😂
Some people when they feel true rage freeze and can’t think of shit to say. Some people go into overdrive. I’ve experienced this. Most of the times I freeze. But everyone once in a while I get so mad that my brain starts working at warp speed and I can tear apart everything about someone in 5 seconds. This dude is a master of that
Earlier I said roasting is an art form and I truly believe that. I don’t know how you find those imperfections in a person that quickly
Edit: Also I have no evidence for the claims in this video which is why I refrained from making it a race thing in the title. I shared only bc his roasts are God like and hilarious. Nothing more
Edit 3: thanks u/pedron209 the man explains himself in this video. here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_kMooz40JY
Edit: So an older person in the comments asked me to add a script to this as their ears couldn’t keep up. Also given the mans accent I understand some might not be able to understand him for reasons such as being a non native speaker etc. Also those who are hard of hearing will miss out on the belly laugh of the year. So here it is
Man-You told me to go back to Oakland right? Let me tell yo dusty, dirty, dingy, mannequin built ass something, you don't tel me where the fuck to go. When you leave your house...
Lady - (interrupting him) Language, language, respectful language!
Man - (continuing on) ...you old stanky ass lady you are in the world so you don't tell me to go back to Oakland. You take yo wrinkle pussy ass to Oakland. Get yo funk mask ass to Oakland. You have a whole COVID-19 fit (outfit) on witcho (with your) dusty ass. You the reason why this shit is here (Covid 19). You got (repeats 2x) you got hella (slang for "alot of") senior citizen spit on your fucking sweater tellin somebody to go to Oakland! Man- HUH?
Woman- Stop talking for a minute! Can you control your mouth for a minute
Man- You need to control yo ass cuz it stanks. You need to go get in a wheel chair
Woman (partially interrupting him) - Don't be vulgar (not too sure if this is accurate)
Man (partially interrupting woman) - Get yo old funky ass up outta here telling somebody to go back to Oakland
Woman- Im 80 years old!
Man- You don't (He cuts off was likely going to say you dont look like you're 80)
Man- Well act like you're 80 something years old, your age doesn't matter. You seem like you're racist. You seen me riding by and you tell a black person to go back to Oakland. So it's black people in Oakland?
Woman (interrupts him)- I'm in Oakland!
Man- Ain't no black people in Alameda??
Woman- There's more white people that live in Oakland than black people! (walks away)
Man- Well get yo dusty wrinkle trash bag having ass up outta here then. Don't tell no black person to go back to Oakland. You can't tell me where to go alright! I'm fucking grown! (End of video)
"Lemme tell yo dusty, dirty, dingy mannequin-built ass somethin"
The alliteration, the accuracy, and the passion
Shakespeare of dissing. This man is gold.
To Oakland or not to Oakland, that is the question your dusty old ass should not be asking this grown ass black man.
"you gotta senior spill on yo motha fuckin sweater tellin somebody to go to oakland" 😂
I thought he said Senior citizen spit
This right here is art.
See how she leans her cheek upon her hand.
O, that I were a glove upon that hand That I might touch that Dusty wrinkle bag trash having ass cheek.
Oh Oakland is not bad not now, East Oakland is still very dangerous in some parts tho.
I lived in east oakland for almost 5 years. It was a great neighborhood. Like pretty much anywhere there are good blocks and bad blocks, but I never felt like I was in danger walking around in oakland.
Well my friend seminary st would like a word would like a word. 70% of all killing in Oakland, happen there
Shit, I'll walk right up to your friend and give them a high five. Then we can all chill and smoke a blunt.
Thou art a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy worsted-stocking knave; a lily-liver’d, action-taking, whoreson, glass-gazing, superserviceable, finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch.
Pulling out the bard
no u
No you both
That was... comprehensive.
Shakespeare was a madman.
there might be unrecorded Shakespeare roast back in the day and we never know
Allow Horrible Histories to demonstrate...
https://vimeo.com/188850432
Closest I can find (from 1:58) Neo-Shakespearean rap battle https://youtu.be/GSvDzg3Up70
You mean mw2 lobby roasts?
Slam poetry. Bitch got slammed. Poetry.
What, you egg!
What if that is how Shakespeare got his start? Lol By spittin words of truth in a flow that would make any Queen buckle at the bustle.
For once, they sent a poet after all.
Seeing this written out makes is so much more funny. 🤣
The execution. Immaculate.
I thought this was staged at first with how quick and accurate he was. Pretty sure that's some real anger though, and justified too.
He's like the Dr. Seuss of dissing. I'd buy that book.
" you need to control ya ass, cuz it stank." Rekt.
I feel a dizzy not a dingy.
"Hey!, I'm gonna you the count of ten, to get your ugly, yella, no-kester off my property. Before I pump your gull of lead. One, two, ten."
I think the opening alliteration is key to the roast. It allows all others around to be like yo someone about to get roasted hard. These are videos that need to come out more and more.
What I find especially interesting is that she initiates this exchange by insulting him for no reason. Then, when she realizes her insult skills are no match for his, she tries to divert his attention in hopes of claiming the upper hand by:
I'm pretty sure that when she tells the story of what happened, she will paint herself as the victim of a black dude who made her afraid because he wouldn't take her racist crap that she thinks he's supposed to accept.
If that was my mother or grandmother, I would go into convulsions from cringing so hard. Hoping her family sees this (for her own good). This guy gave her a free life lesson.
I worked with a guy like this. No one would ever make fun of him because of how instantly he could come back with a roast. I remember my supervisor tried one day and after he got roasted he just stood there and said, "There's no winning with this guy, He's too damn fast" Haven't met anyone that natural and quick at roasting in a long time.
It is called doing the dozens or playing the dozens. One explanation for how it started was for blacks to harden each other so other's insults didn't sting. I'm a white guy but got some exposure through my mom. She taught in the projects in the West End of Cincinnati. Effectively an all black school.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dozens_(game)
That's the best 'yo mama' origin story.
A beautiful way to describe "yo momma" jokes
It's hilariously neutral. Sounds like the tone someone would have while narrating a documentary.
"Yo momma inflames your passions!"
I learned about it from in living color as a kid. https://youtu.be/3E3-2FLjuVM
First time I hear of this. That was a fun watch haha
Thank you!
I learned of the dozens from George Carlin in some standup recording I had on a vinyl record a long time ago and have never heard it referenced again until just now.
https://youtu.be/3E3-2FLjuVM
"Your mama is so stupid, she gotta pap smear from Dr. Dre"
Man, if this was a real game show I would watch it.
Best 40 minutes I've spent tonight, thanks for the laughs
Dozens always made think about the Spartans and their training of wits.
Ok, I find this fascinating! Legit thank you internet human for linking the wiki
Yeah, I hear this starts at a yung age, and is encouraged to build up their resilience against bullying.
I always say...in black households it’s roast or be roasted. A main reason why I can’t understand how some people take themselves so seriously.
I can attest to this. White dude adopted into a black family when I was 3. The hits just keep coming. If you don't fire back, you end up burnt. Haha
I was extremely sensitive growing up so I wasn’t always a fan hahah but it definitely helped me learn to laugh at myself. My little sister is a little too good though. She’s only 10 and sometimes I’m like damn bruh that hurt 😂
But that's the thing about kids though.. They have less of a filter than most because it hasn't developed yet. Haha. I know what you mean, though. They cut deep sometimes.
Navin?
Lmao. That shit is too perfect!
Facts, if you can roast bullies will leave you alone for most parts. I was fast and could talk a lil shit.
lol I never heard it called the dozens you gotta be over 40
sorry that youre a young ass pokemon ass yugioh ass nintendo switch playing ass bitch, but some of us grew up before your kanye west, wiz khalifa ass, mia khalifa having ass listening AND watching ass bitch ass
sorry that you’re an old head ass “you don’t know nothin bout this right here” jheri curl havin, fuckin to ginuwine in 2020, can barely stand up straight cause you threw your back out trying to lift a crate of colt 45 from the liquor store, decrepit cinnabun from the corner store eatin ass but yes some of us were born after 227 was canceled
dead
how do you call it?
In dc it was called joanin but it wasn’t a game it was just a thing
So what's the name of the game itself?
In dc it wasn’t a game just a thing
Last time I heard "sounding" was putting a thing into your dickhole so this whole w'pedia entry is as sketchy af
/r/sounding nsfw 🥴
Upvote for being resourceful
Downvote for linking sounding And making my dick cringe
What dick?SHREDDED
Of which he’s going in your file.
Damn, I haven't heard of that since I was growing up in the Bahamas, though we called it the rounds.
What! This has a name? I think playing this game throughout adolescence was some wit-sharpening magic, honestly
This explains a lot of shit that I was ignorant of. My life will seriously never be the same.
Yo! 513 reporting! My dad was a social worker in the West End back in the day. He remembers before they built the highway right through the middle and destroyed the neighborhood.
I never knew this! How interesting. Thanks for sharing.
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This takes me back to being in Jr high and passing around a "snaps" cd. Basically the dozens, bagging, snapping, all that just people roasting each other
https://youtu.be/iLuqIzlGz8A
"shooting the dozens" where I grew up.
I mean, There is also the fact that your entire life would be nuked from space if you came at someone who was black the way this guy did to the old white lady. reddit is proof of this. There are special rules for blacks in the US. They're allowed to openly call you a shitty racist fragile white POS. You are objectively NOT allowed to respond in kind.
Soooo. The special groups look great when literally nobody outside the special group is allowed to respond to them lol. I'm open to being proven wrong.
Edit: The "dislike button" feels good, Anyone want to actually disprove my claims? Wander over to BPT and call a "check marked" user a "Fragile Black Redditor" and see how it goes for you lol. What are you afraid of? We can actually test this nonsense in real time.
Edit2: Still waiting for one of you to disprove my claims. Reality hurts, Doesn't it? What if some "communities" are not Magic?
dude plenty of white kids talked shit, you just couldnt talk shit if your family was well to do no matter your skin color
Where? And about what? You're being really vague here.
Again... What? Where? What are you talking about?
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-baked potato! Roasted!
It’s truly an art, now you become this hood by getting bagged on. Most kids are already playing yo momma jokes, or the dozens or whatever you’re hood calls it, by the time they reach elementary school. Now as an immigrant who came to America at age five, ironically in the Bay Area, you gonna learn to roast back, or you’re whole day is gonna be spent getting joked on by everyone and they’re momma. But yes there’s a few who emerge from roster to master
I also knew a guy like this. It's righteous and funny when they're targeting someone who deserves it, but it seems they get into a habit and then it's not really funny when they flip over a word fumble or dumb brain moment. I barely spoke around the guy because I'm prone to lots of dumb-brain moments. I once accidentally told a coworker that hanging out was not gonna ever happen when I meant "it's not gonna happen if you only give me an hour's notice." Never recovered from that fumble, even after I explained what I was trying to say.
Too damn fast, takes after his papa
Bianca Del Rio (insult comic) once said it was her “Rolodex of hate” when she was faced with these types of issues.
A secret is you say something randomly insulting and roll with it. Saying they're funny looking or fat is pretty easy ngl. Still not the same as you actually having something to say. Also more difficult if they're good looking, but tbh it doesn't even have to be true. My man who's the best roaster of my girl talked about how flat this girls ass was even though she's thick af. Still was funny though.
Source: former middle and high school roasting professional
Remember that guy on the bus saying everyone had a job?
my fav: https://youtu.be/jAvuEyDy5JE
If there was ever a set of videos to highlight the difference between East and West Coast frame of mind. . .
Yeah dude went live in this lady. I have no idea why she wanted to speak. It would have been funny if she snapped back with something clever.
Patrice O’Neal was probably the master of the talent you’re referring to. He would devastate you not with quantity but quality roasting in contrast to OP’s vid. Bill Burr once said that he would have to think up of 4 or 5 good insults before meeting up with Patrice back in their NY comedy days just because he knew Patrice always brought the heat, and that was someone Patrice considered a close friend. You can imagine how he would utterly eviscerate total strangers with his roasting capabilities. The man was a true master.
Fellow comedians were terrified!! Also loved how he used to roast his audience members as well RIP to the Goat
Patrice is the GOAT. If you like him, I highly recommend his protege Jay Oakerson.
I really like Jay (and Dan), and it’s cool to learn that Patrice was his mentor.
Their styles are obviously distinctive from one another bc of identity, and both feel very natural.
Cool example of how we can all learn and grow from those that appear different on the surface, in so doing find a better version of ourselves.
Haha wow, thanks for the link - this guy is great!
I’m familiar with Jay and I don’t particularly like his brand of humor or the rest of the LoS comedians.
RIP to Patrice. I loved him on Hater’s ball. Always enjoyed watching him on the Chappell Show
If you haven’t already, you should consider checking out his 1 hour special Elephant in the Room. It’s free on YouTube.
He's still got Pyramid Brick Dust on his fingers!
A lot of it is the use of blunt language and weaving in colorful metaphors and references, combined with a confident and emphatic delivery. Let’s say you have a big nose. If I say, “Ha ha, he has a big nose,” that is a lame roast.
This guys nose so big he can smoke a cigarette in the damn shower.
...is what I'd come up with 5 hours later when I'm in the shower.
gotta love that sad and proud moment of Staircase Wit
Dude got so much nose I don't even google anymore, I just ask him.
He nose.
All nose.
It’s the nose that knows.
Nose what? Who nose!
If you nose you nose
Muthafucka, get the fuck outta here with yo big-ass nose. Lookin' like you could snort a rail of Amtrak. Your nose so god-damn big, you sneeze, we gotta see that shit on the Weather Channel. God damn, man.
As an owner of a big nose, id fucking bow down to anyone that came up with "snort a rail of Amtrak" 😂
You can’t make this shit up
You don’t see the part where that happened
Steve Martin in the movie Roxanne
That's what it is right there, you find someone's flaws and exaggerate the hell out of it.
I used to love playing the dozens or snaps in school.
Its like a natural canopy.
"Nose long like a garden hose". - Big Shaq, 2019
Your nose is so big Toucan Sam just follows you.
DAMMMN HE SAID HE GOT A BIG NOSE
100% an art form and I don’t think it can be learned. You’re blessed or you just don’t have the gift.
It’s a passed down skill. As I said upthread in (most) black families it’s roast or be roasted. My parents are both hilarious and quick as hell and so are my sisters. My 10 year old sister out roasts us all though lmao
It’s definitely roast or be roasted. Sometimes you can just be walking by and not even doing anything and get roasted. Like chill.. I’m not even involved.
Nothing stops my heart faster than laughing at funny roasts and someone saying “I know you ain’t laughing.”
Kid roasts are hilariously hurtful. They have no filter and don’t understand the gravity of their roasts lmao. They hit you where it hurts the most and you can’t even be mad lmao.
It is definitely a passed down skill. I don’t roast often but sometimes I come out on top with good quality roasts lmao.
“I know you ain’t laughing” lmaoo my dad always gets me with that one 😂
i really doubt its genetic.
the reality is that funny and witty people get more practice, like a shit ton more practice cuz since they are already funny and witty everyone gives them the time to speak. and non witty people generally sit there quietly.
It’s not genetically passed down. Your parents teach you. It teaches resilience which you often need in this world. My Mom always told me that my words will hurt someone more than my fists and it’s true. People always remember the way you make them feel
Practice my friend.....practice
I made it to “Wrankle pussy-ass” and lost my shit
I just listened again and I’m still laughing
He was that one dude from the hood, that would crack on anybody, anytime any where. There's always one dude.
Haveeeeeeeeee you heard of battlerap?
boy do i have some art for you to see
Man-You told 🗣 me to go 👉 back 🔙 to Oakland right ✔? Let 👫👬👭 me tell 🗣 yo 👋 dusty 💨, dirty 😷, dingy 😷, mannequin 👖 built 👷♀️ ass 🍑 something 😅, you 👉🏻 don't 🚫 tel 😘 me where the fuck 👉🏼 to go 🏃. When 🍑 you 🖕👈 leave 🍃 your 👉 house 🏠...
Lady 👩 - (interrupting him 👴) Language 🇪🇸, language 🇪🇸, respectful 🙏 language 🗣!
Man 👨🙏 - (continuing 🔄 on 🔛) ...you 👈 old 👴 stanky 🦠 ass 🅰 lady 👩 you 👈 are in the world 🌎 so you 👈 don't 🚫 tell 🗣 me to go 🏃 back 🔙 to Oakland. You 👉 take 💅 yo 👋😳 wrankle pussy 🐱 ass 🍑 to Oakland. Get 🉐 yo 👋 funk 😜 mask 🎭 ass 🍑 to Oakland. You 👉 have a whole 💦 COVID-19 💉🧬 fit 💪 (outfit 👗) on 🔛 witcho (with your 👉) dusty 💨 ass 🍑. You 👈 the reason 🌟 why 🤔 this shit 💩 is here (Covid 😷 19 🎤🦧🍼). You 👉🤵👈 got 🉐🅰 (repeats 🔁 2x 🍄) you 👈 got 🍸 hella 🚷 (slang 🤬🙊 for "alot 🔥💯💪 of") senior 👴🏼 citizen 🙊 spit 💦 on 🔛 your 👉 fucking 🖕 sweater 🍑💦 tellin somebody 😐 to go 🏃 to Oakland! Man 💪🏼👨🏼- HUH 😕?
Woman 👩- Stop 🚫 talking 🗨💬 for a minute ⏱! Can you 👉🏿 control 🎮 your 👉 mouth 👄 for a minute 😲
Man 👨- You 👉 need 👉 to control 🤔🎮 yo 👋 ass 🍑 cuz ✨ it stanks. You 👈 need 👉 to go 🏃 get 🉐 in a wheel 🎡 chair 💺
Woman 👩 (partially 〽 interrupting him 👴) - Don't 🚫 be vulgar 🔞 (not too sure 🤐🤒💯 if this is accurate ✅)
Man 👨🙏 (partially 〽 interrupting woman 👩) - Get 🉐 yo 👋 old 👴 funky 🎶 ass 🍑 up ⬆ outta ⏪😂 here telling 🗣 somebody 😐 to go 🏃 back 🔙 to Oakland
Woman 👩- Im 👌 80 💲💵 years 📅🥤 old 👴!
Man 👦- You 👉😫 don't ❌ (He 👥 cuts ✂ off 🔜📴 was likely 🎮 going 👉🏼 to say 👱🏿💬🙈 you 👈🏼 dont ❌ look 👀 like 👍 you're 80 🙊)
Man 👦- Well 😦 act 🎭 like 👍🅰✔ you're 80 🙊 something 😅 years 📅 old 👴, your 👈 age 👵 doesn't matter 🙅. You 👈 seem 🤔 like 😄 you're racist 🤜🏻💥👶🏾. You 👈👀 seen 👀 me riding ♿ by and you 👈 tell 🗣 a black ⬛ person 👨 to go 🏃 back 🔙 to Oakland. So it's black ⚫🙏🏿💔 people 👨👩 in Oakland?
Woman 👧🏽 (interrupts ❌💢 him 👴)- I'm 💘 in Oakland!
Man 👨- Ain't 🚫 no 😣 black ⚫ people 👨🏻👨🏼👨🏽 in Alameda??
Woman 👩- There's 👌 more white ⚪ people 👫 that live 🐙 in Oakland than black ⚫ people 👨! (walks 🚶 away 😂)
Man 👨- Well 😦 get 🔟 yo 💯 dusty ⚱ wrinkle 🌝👴 trash 🗑 bag 💰 having ass 👑🍑🙀 up ✊⬆ outta 📍 here then. Don't 🚫 tell 🗣 no 🙅 black ⬛ person 👫🗑 to go 👉👌 back ⬅ to Oakland. You 👈 can't ❌ tell 💬 me where to go 🏃🏼♀️ alright 👋! I'm 💘 fucking 🖕👦 grown 💪!
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I love roast battles at comedy clubs. They are magical.
It’s a learned ability. When I was in school, either you got the tongue lashing of the morning or you got them first. Loser lost their dignity for that class. Pretty much went on like that for the entirety of my middle and high school career. The positive is that I can make out pretty clear and concise details of just about anything in the blink of an eye and accurately describe it. School social life inadvertently turned my boys and I into high quality detectives.
"Can you control your mouth for a second"
"You need to control your ass cause it stank"
CHEF'S FUCKING KISS
In some families the art of talking shit is passed down from one dysfunctional event to the next. One stereotype I've found to be true here is black folks know a good roast
Dizzy not dingy, not 100% sure but almost.
" Dusty, dirty, dingy" the alliteration here
try an improv class
talkin' like ryan stiles will take you miles
It really is in art form. It's a major past time here on the Southside of Chicago. The worst thing in school was getting caught in a drive-by roasting while you are caught off guard. So you try to come back but you're rattled and that makes everything so much worst
It helps to have grown up around judgmental people, and spent many years getting picked on. You learn to beat everyone to the punch.
Thank you! As a British person, I'm not that familiar with his accent or dialect so this really helped! He did a great job 👍🏼
"Don't need vulgarity" is what I got from her.
Some strong This Message Is For Rachel vibes from this.
Sounds like she’s about to talk about her taxes at the end
I loved your transcription (and with translation!). It made me think of this scene from Airplane!
So fight perceived racism with aggressive racism, ageism and sexism....cool. Then post your side of the argument for likes.
For someone not from the area, is Oakland a stereotype? (I’m guessing this is California?)
You are the MVP for writing all this down, bruv.
Uh, OP you forgot the part at the very beginning when he says, "You told me to go back to Oakland, right?"
And, she straight up says, "Yeah"
Well she mouthed it she didn’t actually utter it
Maybe turn your sound up? (but back down real quick lol) I hear it pretty clearly
Ok I will. Thanks for pointing it out
Roasting is an art form that the Scots and African Americans can go to levels of untold disrespect.
Ah I plan on going abroad sooner or later so I’ll definitely get to experience the “Scottish roast”
Prepare to not even understand at least half of it.
I THOUGHT that was Alameda! I live near this street - moved here from Oakland last year, in fact.
Context if you’re not local to this hyper specific slice of the San Francisco Bay Area: COVID drove a lot of people to pack up and ditch Alameda last March, and house prices fell for the first time in decades. A ton of people from Oakland made the jump to become homeowners just in time to participate in the local election, very nearly flipping some traditional “Not in MY backyard” voting issues toward affordable housing and racially diverse school board members.
I love her trying to chide him for his language and being disrespectful. He's cussing you out and disrespecting you, explicitly. She just can't comprehend that.
This is literally how we treat each other in the Northeast from grade school. Massachusetts, New York & New Jersey, this is our lingo. Feel right at home listening to these altercations. I practice my lines in traffic all the time on people that aren't even an issue, so when you get a person who's an issue, the arsenal is already there. 😂😂😂
It's the intersection of improv comedy and poetry
It should be a major in college lol
This guy is related to Samuel L. Jackson, you can't tell me otherwise.
I'm so confused. Where's the racism in this encounter?
People are implying it in the comments so I’m addressing it
i wish there's a subreddit for that
Some people when they feel true rage freeze and can’t think of shit to say. Some people go into overdrive. I’ve experienced this. Most of the times I freeze. But everyone once in a while I get so mad that my brain starts working at warp speed and I can tear apart everything about someone in 5 seconds. This dude is a master of that
Unless it's rehearsed.
Clearly you haven’t been around roast masters