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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
they don't think it be like it is, but it do
That's different, in that its grammatical in a dialect but not in Standard American English.
In particular, it's using the 'habitual be'. It's saying something like "people don't think it always is like it currently is, but it's always like this."
It's a Futurama quote, my dude
"They don't think it be like it is, but it do" is originally a quote from a Yankees player, Oscar Gamble, about Yankees management in 1975.
It's a sensible, grammatical construction in his native dialect, but is well remembered mostly because it isn't very sensible in SAE.
That is a neat tidbit! Thanks for sharing
As an aside, what Futurama episode did they quote him in?
I already did!
Am I missing something? Ctrl-f on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Futurama_episodes doesnt turn up an episode with that name, and googling "they don't think it be like it is but it do Futurama" turns up nothing interesting.
Honestly I don’t know which episode but I 100% guarantee it’s in the show because that’s where I heard it first.
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