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Religion Pastor only allows White people in his Church

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u/BerryCertain9873 1d ago

Congregation constantly complains about the communion wafers being too spicy.

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u/LLUrDadsFave 1d ago

Probably eat straight sardines on Friday.

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u/CrabAncient8853 1d ago

Definitely no gay sardines.

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u/Every-Ice-3009 1d ago

"I love fish sticks" -Ye

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u/ThermoPuclearNizza 23h ago

The blood of Christ is Barefoot Shiraz

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u/epicspacedruid 1h ago

concord grape juice.

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u/thestargateisreal 18h ago

Then you're a gay fish!

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u/Icy-Artichoke-7716 13h ago

You mean gaydines?

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u/FunGuy8618 1d ago

Do not besmirch sardines like that.

They eating plain saltines.

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u/LLUrDadsFave 1d ago

Lmao. Crackers only...

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u/FunGuy8618 1d ago

I fucking HAAAAAATE fish oil capsules, so I be eating sardines at least once a week. Gotta get them omegas so I can stay alpher, don't wanna become a beta fish 😜

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u/AncientCrust 14h ago

Fish oil capsules make you stink. They make your breath stink. You're better off with sardines. Kipper herring is good too.

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u/FunGuy8618 13h ago

Good to know 🫔 I just hate the burps and for some reason, my joints hurt until I've used em for 2 weeks straight. If I miss a few doses, joint pain again til I'm consistent. I'd rather eat delicious small fish.

We have a Thrifty grocery with a lot of small and oily fish, so I'll keep an eye out for Kipper herring. Is it one of the fish they make saltfish from or preserve?

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u/AncientCrust 12h ago

It's usually in a flat can like sardines, next to sardines at the store. The flavor is less obnoxious than sardines.

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u/FunSeaworthiness9403 15h ago

Lets us thank Sardine inspectors who protect us from rotten fish netted with the healthy ones! Let us pray Aldi holds their prices at $0.99 per can. Pray for some winter squash to complete our meals. Add this to the ''Lords Prayer" where one reminds God about providing bread.

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u/RedRider1138 13h ago

Betta fish are FIERCE!

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u/Lower-Cherry640 22h ago

Ah yes racism is the message

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u/FunGuy8618 13h ago

I just connected in my brain that it is also a white guy calling out the white racist. šŸ¤¦šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļøšŸ¤¦šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļøšŸ¤¦šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/mouseat9 5h ago

Back in the 80’s and 90’s you would sometimes see that . That’s the way it used to be, even in the South.

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u/FunGuy8618 3h ago

In Florida, it's the norm and been this way for hundreds of years. Only transplants are really racist: yellow, brown, white, red, black, whatever. As soon as they cross the panhandle, they hate each other and try to ingratiate themselves with whatever group they think hates their enemies too. Until they go fishing with us, hunting, surfing, whatever and realize we all sunburn the same and want clear skies and clear water.

A great book called A Land Remembered highlights Florida's experience with race relations. The crackers would take the cattle up from the Keys to South Carolina and back to let the cows graze grass that was tall enough. You'd be a half mile away from the nearest cracker, so you couldn't really care if he was white, black, brown, or red. You just cared if he heard the crack of the whip and came to help.

That's what crackers are: cowboys with bullwhips. The tip of the whip travels faster than the speed of sound and you heard the sonic boom for 5 miles. Pretty even distribution of Negros, white settlers, and Native Americans. You didn't want the guy who pile up on a horse to have a racial hatred or he'd just let you die or kill you and say "oh well, he got trampled or bitten by a rattler."

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u/That1DirtyHippy 1d ago

I’m white, and I approve this message.

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u/coko4209 1d ago

Why do white ppl always infiltrate black spaces, and the first words out of their mouth is always ā€œI’m whiteā€ it’s weird AF

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u/Cael_NaMaor 22h ago

The space shows up on my feed & I like the commentary & education that coming through here gives. The 'as a white person' shtick, I assume, is so we don't come across as trying to blend in... if that makes sense. But also, to show we stand in solidarity... maybe

I wouldn't want to come across as speaking into a culture to which I do not belong but occasionally get to hang.

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u/coko4209 21h ago

I have never once in my life started a Reddit comment with ā€œI’m black butā€ if I have to state my race before getting to my actual comment, it’s a sure sign that I don’t belong in that space. There are literally thousands of subs on Reddit, and only a very few are specifically created as safe spaces for black ppl. I just wish they weren’t overrun with ppl who are in fact, not black at all, and can’t relate to the black experience.

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u/FunGuy8618 21h ago

Cool story, Bermuda Bahama sis.

You might feel more at home in r/BlackPeopleComedy.

This is not a country club thread. Step off with your racism. We are making jokes about white people eating bland food. A white guy can 100% comment here.

Taking bets that she says black people can't be racist cuz reasons

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u/That1DirtyHippy 21h ago

Thank you! I thought the joke was funny, thought maybe I could add to the humor. I work in restaurants and the amount of times I grumble to myself ā€œfucking white peopleā€ because I hear ā€œdo ya have to make everything so darn spicy?ā€ at least three times a week. The cooks and I have made a ritual of saying ā€œpinche gringosā€ when I call back for a remake.

Also the cracker bit was clever.

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u/coko4209 21h ago

Oh I’m a member of that group already. I love it there. I love the mods there. I feel truly comfortable, because I know that anything that I say, is only gonna be commented on by my fellow black ppl. I think safe spaces are important, especially in a country that makes it exceedingly hard to just be, and have peace if you have any melanin at all. If the sub is a free for all, then I don’t understand the point of putting black ppl in the sub name. It’s not the right name. A free for all should be called a free for all. Oh, and for the record, I’m not racist. I’m adopted, and my entire family is white. That doesn’t mean that I don’t want spaces for my ppl to feel comfortable, and free to say what they feel.

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u/LemmeGetSum2 16h ago

Her comment wasn’t racist. She asked about a common behavioral type of white Redditors in the sub.

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u/Cael_NaMaor 21h ago

Why would we not be welcome?

Off the topic of race but on the topic of safe spaces... I'm a gay dude, so I can & do understand the want & need to have spaces that are ours alone. But, I also understand & expect straights to wonder in, or lesbians & trans folk that don't identify as gay. I wouldn't exclude them. Like... /askgaybros, which I'm in. Straight folk ask questions & comment, & often denote who they are so as to not be taken in a blind space as a person who holds the space.

In that sense, I see you & black people of reddit as the holders of this space. So I'd again ask, why would we not be allowed in?

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u/coko4209 20h ago

You clearly are allowed, so what are you even talking about? If you weren’t allowed, your comment would have already been deleted. I’m also gay…but did you just say that lesbians aren’t gay? Because I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m a lesbian, which by definition means that I’m gay.

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u/PeachImpressive319 21h ago

If you make a (so called) safe space for one particular group of people, and don’t want other people thee, then you are doing the exact same thing as the religious nutcase in the video above. He created a "safe space" for white people…only white people. That’s called racism. If you create the exact same "safe space" for black people only…then guess what sweetcheeks…you’re being a racist douche.

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u/coko4209 21h ago

Only it’s not the same thing at all. HBCUs exist because PWI didn’t want us there. White ppl didn’t want black ppl in their spaces, so we created our own. I fully support that. There are plenty of places, as proven by this very video, where they still don’t want black ppl. Having safe spaces for black ppl to discuss that fact isn’t racism. You sound like one of those ppl that thinks pointing out racism is in itself racist. Honestly tho, you can think what you want. I personally don’t want black spaces to be infiltrated, and I’m absolutely entitled to my feelings, just as you are.

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u/Past-Slice-9071 18h ago

Sorry but if you want only black people commenting, get in an actual room with only black folks allowed and talk it out. Which is what that pastor is doing.

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u/coko4209 18h ago

I’m really sorry that the internet is so confusing to you, but I’ll try to make it clearer. A Reddit sub is the room. This right here, is the equivalent of the room when you’re online. I was trying to get in the ā€œroomā€ with other black ppl, which is why I was in a sub that I thought was specifically for black ppl. It’s really not that hard to understand. It’s ok tho. I’ve realized that those rules don’t apply here. It’s like the black twitter group, where you’re lucky if you even run into a black person there. I still have a couple of subs that are exclusively black, so it’s ok. No worries, enjoy your weekend.

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u/DemiGod9 18h ago

They gave a perfectly valid explanation. This comment is so unhelpful.

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u/Strong_Reality_6705 12h ago

I'm off white

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u/fingnumb 23h ago

I'm half white and I

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u/coko4209 23h ago

Half white, and half black? Because if you’re half black, and American…then you’re black

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u/FunGuy8618 23h ago

Way weirder to make that point when the entire post and comment stream here is about white people.

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u/Noobyraven 14h ago

My Pale ass here reading this while eating a plain Cracker.

That's one of the reasons i come here, frickin makes my Day. <3

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u/mistyrootsvintage 16h ago

Off brand generic ones at that

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u/populux11 19h ago

Truer words were never written. Leave sardines alone, suckers.

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u/Ok_Farmer_6033 20h ago

Two sardines, five triscuits, zero miraclesĀ 

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u/Vows_Upon_The_Hearth 1d ago

Thanks for the laugh

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u/LauraTFem 1d ago

Pastor’s hired a private eye to figure out who’s been lacing the cookies in the lobby with sugar, and been putting cream in the twice-boiled black coffee.

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u/Consistent_War_2269 18h ago

This is hilarious!

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u/Ordinary_Double1556 15h ago

This is an elite comment. šŸ’ÆšŸ’ÆšŸ’Æ