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who's 'we,' white man? I've never been billed.
by mock-possum 4y ago
who's 'we,' white man? I've never been billed.
- gumballindie 4y ago> white man? Eh? > I've never been billed. Curious how much people's bills are inflated by ai crawlers constantly sucking their data and how much in revenue is lost since traffic is not brought to their websites. And since there's no way to stop this theft, since most of them don't honor robots.txt, people are forced to remove content. Perhaps those charged for bandwidth are losing some dime right now.
- jsnell 4y ago> Eh? It's the punchline of a vaguely racist old joke involving Lone Ranger and Tonto. I have to admit that I also often think of when somebody uses "we" inappropriately to make their opinion or experience appear universal. (But as seen here, you can't really just drop the punchline into a conversation.)
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- mock-possum 4y agoSorry that’s my bad, I forget not everyone knows that reference.
- hohg 4y agoThe phrase "Who's 'we,' white man?" is a reference to a scene in the 1991 film "Grand Canyon." In the scene, a wealthy white man tries to help a stranded African American man in a dangerous part of town. The African American man responds to the white man's offer of help with the question "Who's 'we,' white man?" which is a critique of the white man's assumption that they are part of the same group. The phrase has since been used in various contexts to challenge assumptions of shared identity or experience.