I got that loud
“Dudes gotta stop congregating outside of gas stations..just making everyone uncomfortable.” Is this anti-black?
- Thread starter ThrobbingHood
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Loitering can be annoying, but it ain't scary. Cats in here are frightened. I thought we were men.
FeverPitch2
Superstar
Nobody, regardless of race, sex, class, or age, should be loitering in front of a business.
Are there times when it happens spontaneously or temporarily and it's more fun than reckless?
Sure, but those are blue moon occasions.
Some of these arguments in favor of it might halfway make sense if we didn't know for a fact that it goes down at the gas station regularly.
Beef, fights, murders, robberies, shootings, car jackings, and sexual harassment go down all the goddamn time at the janky gas stations in Any Hood, USA.
The "you scared!" Jedi Mind Trick is a function of arrested psychological and emotional development.
The need to throw yourself into questionable situations to prove something is a result of deep seated insecurity.
That's like nikkas who let gay nikkas touch all over them to prove that they're not homophobic.
You always have people who try to conflate Blackness with nikka shyt when they're not the same.
Some opinions just don't matter.
Are there times when it happens spontaneously or temporarily and it's more fun than reckless?
Sure, but those are blue moon occasions.
Some of these arguments in favor of it might halfway make sense if we didn't know for a fact that it goes down at the gas station regularly.
Beef, fights, murders, robberies, shootings, car jackings, and sexual harassment go down all the goddamn time at the janky gas stations in Any Hood, USA.
The "you scared!" Jedi Mind Trick is a function of arrested psychological and emotional development.
The need to throw yourself into questionable situations to prove something is a result of deep seated insecurity.
That's like nikkas who let gay nikkas touch all over them to prove that they're not homophobic.
You always have people who try to conflate Blackness with nikka shyt when they're not the same.
Some opinions just don't matter.
I agree w the sentiment however op just wanted to flex and shyt on nikkas. I hate the narrative of being productive 24/7 that shyt is out and not actually productive as you’ll burnout fast. U think CEOs working 80 hour weeks? They learn to work smarter, some do but again see the above on burnout. Balance is everything and there’s nothing wrong w leisure time. I work in luxury/fine jewelry but around the corner you’ll catch me getting faded at the corner store between my breaks and sometimes I kick it there for a hour or so but that’s because I know the people there.
Born2BKing
Veteran
The Valero gas station on Cheshire Bridge in Buckhead (Atlanta) is a fukking war zone. Pimps, hoes, addicts, dope boys, homeless people with mental issues, gay addicts, etc.
TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?
I walk around a little edgy already
Start talking about the sex workers who loiter outside gas stations,and see what happens
Restaurants, concerts and theatres aren't third-places.
Third places are social areas between work and home where people can socialize - pubs/taverns/bars *can* be, but in the U.S. this is a lot less common, coffee shops and tea houses, parks and lounges, and older clubs function like third-places - but a lot of areas don't have them.
I'm not supporting gas station hang-outs, but there is a need to have third-places.
This isn’t about being productive 24/7.
It’s about not standing in front of a place of business blocking/annoying other potential patrons.
Again, you aren’t going to be crowding the entrance of a store in the mall because security is there to tell you to leave.
You aren’t crowding the entrance of the club/lounge because the bouncer/security will tell you to get out the way and make room for people who can afford to enter.
You aren’t crowding the entrance of a restaurant because security will tell you to move.
Why are you crowding the damn gas station? Low cost/barrier of entry and no one there to tell you to move.
Can someone explain the appeal of hanging out in front of a business?
They don't got back yards?
They don't got back yards?
Vic Damone. Jr
Don't support the phonies, support the real
hanging out w/ your boys unharrassed, real community.
Hang out with your boys in your backyard. You can also save money that way.
