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It’s called copula deletion, or zero copula. Many languages and dialects, including Ancient Greek and Russian, delete the copula (the verb to be) when the context is obvious.

So an utterance like “you a bitch” in AAVE is not an example of a misused you, but an example of a sentence that deletes the copular verb (are), which is a perfectly valid thing to do in that dialect, just as deleting an /r/ after a vowel is a perfectly valid thing to do in an upper-class British dialect.

What’s more, it’s been shown that copula deletion occurs in AAVE exactly in those contexts where copula contraction occurs in so-called “Standard American English.” That is, the basic sentence “You are great” can become “You’re great” in SAE and “You great” in AAVE, but “I know who you are” cannot become “I know who you’re” in SAE, and according to reports, neither can you get “I know who you” in AAVE.

In other words, AAVE is a set of grammatical rules just as complex and systematic as SAE, and the widespread belief that it is not is nothing more than yet another manifestation of deeply internalized racism.

This is the most intellectual drag I’ve ever read.

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To add further:

Stuff like copula deletion occurs naturally over time. Consider the word “Imma,” as in “Imma get breakfast.”

I am going to get breakfast

I’m going to get breakfast

I’m gonna get breakfast

Imma get breakfast

“Imma” is only about 15 years old. I first heard it in 2008.

Here’s another example, which occurred over centuries:

God be with ye

God be w’ ye

God b’ w’ ye

God b wye

Godb wye

Godbye

And because the word originally formed in Old English, “god” was pronounced similarly to modern “good.” Hence: goodbye.

Forms of English that aren’t AAVE also do this, and if you were honest with yourself, you’d know that.

But instead—as the AAVE speakers would say—you be racist.

But instead—as the

AAVE speakers would

say—you be racist.

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fascinating 2 me that the first generation of kids who have been subjected to this kind of thing are now growing up and posting online independently. very upsetting tho. and this isnt exactly a surprise. who would want this? what is to be expected from a child raised on money made from the consumption of their own image, at the hands of their mother of all things. shit sucks man lol

the “humans are inherently selfish” fanclub can genuinely and in all honesty go to hell. i once came back from a school yard where the kids had heaped piles of leaves and cut wildflowers on a narrow strip of grass bc a bee had died. i actually want to cry.

when i was a child, my parents told me our houseplant would die of lack of sunlight. i was so young i don’t even remember this, but apparently, my response to this was starting to carry the plant around like an emotional support stuffed animal. whenever my family went outside i would hold the pot on my head to make it reach the sun better. i wasn’t in school yet, didn’t have any exposure to the lessons on caring they give in elementary, i don’t remember my thought process - but i can guess. kids integrally care about things, even tiny bugs and inanimate plants. humans care.

don’t let them beat it out of you

as someone in my 40s, may i also add: if they beat it out of you? put in the work to relearn it until it’s a part of you again. a part you’re proud enough of that if someone tells you it’s dumb and you should stop, you can laugh and say “oh, no. no, i don’t believe i will.” and then keep on keepin’ on.

compassion can often be a skill that needs to be relearned. so relearn it and revel in it.

You should be allowed to cruise in bookstores

like if i see a tall woman in the sci fi section i should be able to brush against her to see if she wants to fuck in the back

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BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! SHE DOIBLES DOWN!

It is actually rare that I get shown stuff that could ACTUALLY be the spawning point of a new and proper named heresy within Holy Roman Catholicism.

“Jesus actually survived the crucifixion” is legitimately one of the most terrifyingly viable heretical traditions you could start. It fulfills the exact ramifications for a popular and overwhelming heresy: It supports and glorifies Christ’s strength (so powerful he could not die in a meaningful way), encouraging different theological philosophies and understandings of the source material, and is COMPLETELY RUINOUS about the WHOLE POINT of Jesus as the Lamb of God. He is destined to die to take on the sins of all humanity forever so we can br forgiven. The death and the resurrection of Christ after his journey into Hell for three days is cosmologically as important as the Trinity. It is one of the pivotal foundations of the entirety of the religion.

If Jesus didn’t die, he didn’t die for us. That changes a LOT of things. But it is at its root a heresy which is not anti-Christian and is instead just a completely irreconcilable veneration.

I love this woman. I need to encourage her to be like this.

tOxIcItY iS a ChArAcTeR tYpE this is fucking amazing

Okay it’s been several hours and I’m still not even slightly over this.

Like, Jesus said “I am the resurrection and the life, except the resurrection bit is metaphorical, because I’m too swole to actually die.”

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, but not really, for he made his only begotten son super fucking butch. Like, obviously way too butch to actually succumb to a little crucifying.”

“Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. The centurion said to him, ‘Jesus is too shredded to kill, he’s like the Terminator, nothing can take him out.’ Pilate sent Joseph away with nothing, for Jesus was indestructible.”

“The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified but absolutely did not die. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was just taking a little nap. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He never died, you all really jumped the gun this time.’”

“The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men, but it would take an atomic bomb to kill him, he’ll be fine.”

I’m sorry I’m still stuck on the idea that Jesus couldn’t possibly be a “weak, frail, emotional man” when the shortest and best-known line in the Bible is “Jesus wept” and three out of four Gospels describe Jesus as being extremely emotionally upset and anxious in the Garden of Gethsemane, to the point that in Luke’s gospel he’s described as sweating blood (which is a real thing that happens when your capillaries burst out of extreme stress).

The Gospel of Luke, according to this lady:

Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him. Jesus said to them, “I’m honestly not even really bothered about this, but I’d appreciate it if you stayed up with me. You know, like a sleepover.” Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Not because it’s a big deal or anything, it’s just really annoying and I’d rather not.” And then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping, and was really bummed out about it, because he’d been hoping to play a few rounds of Go Fish with them before he was betrayed.

For he shall grow up before him as the most rugged, aggressive, unkillable weed… he shall be super ripped; and when we shall see him, he’s just gonna be like, super masculine and amazing, you have no idea. (Isaiah 53:2)

“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for my muscles are super big and I am strong and brutal of heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” (Matthew 11:29)

Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear… Then said Jesus unto Peter, “Yeah! Get him!” and then he decked the guy while he was down for good measure. (John 18:10-11)

And of course, we mustn’t forget the first few verses of Jesus’ most well-known sermon, the Sermon On The Mount:

Blessed are the strong in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that suck it up: for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the aggressive: for they shall inherit the earth.

(Matthew 5:3-5)

as a devout and studious christian, please allow me to say: this is funny as FUCK

“I am the resurrection and the life, except the resurrection bit is metaphorical, because I’m too swole to actually die.”

“The centurion said to him, ‘Jesus is too shredded to kill, he’s like the Terminator, nothing can take him out.’ Pilate sent Joseph away with nothing, for Jesus was indestructible.”

Listen, I was gonna make some cool comments about epic (literally and figuratively) 17th Century female poet Aemelia Lanyer and her epic poem, Salve Deus Rex Judæorum, in which Lanyer describes Jesus exclusively in feminine terms a proto-feminist critique of toxic masculinity, but you guys are just too funny.

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