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Macklemore pledges $1 million to Palestinian relief, challenges Robert Kraft to match it (www.nbcnews.com)

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[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 hours ago

It's almost definitely antisemitic, but I suspect rather than being actual hatred, it was probably just an antisemitic joke in poor taste, and more importantly, he apologized for it in... 2014.

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 15 points 2 hours ago

2014! I thought that was from the current tour. People born that year will be teenagers next year. Robert Kraft associates with people who would fuck those teenagers.

[-] huppakee@lemmy.world -3 points 1 hour ago

You become a teenager at ten, we are in 2026. 2026 - 2014 = 12.

[-] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I thought it was 13 because it goes eleven, twelve, thirteen

But then different languages are different when it comes to the numbers, in Estonian we have "teismeline" as the word for teenager and you could argue it starts at 11 because the numbers are üksteist, kaksteist and so on (11, 12)

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

That was not my experience, thirteen for me. Because of the teen in it. Where does your idea come from?

[-] ultranaut@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

From what I read, he was supposedly trying to dress up in a costume inspired by Humpty Hump (of Humpty Dance fame) and wasn't aware enough at the time to realize how fucked up it came across.

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 2 points 12 minutes ago

It's racist because he didn't do blackface.

[-] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 46 minutes ago

the article says

He explained that he randomly chose the elements of the outfit so that he could disguise himself and move freely around during the secret show.

so to make nobody recognize him. the facial features do seem like things you’d grab off the closet in a quick decision to look the most drastically different easily. the rest of the outfit, though? … ooof. i’m willing to trust him if there’s nothing else

[-] ultranaut@lemmy.world 2 points 34 minutes ago

Yes, all I'm saying is the inspiration was supposedly Humpty Hump, a rapper who famously disguises himself with a big fake nose. It seems totally plausible that he was going for that look without realizing it came across wrong.