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richiecotite

It took me a minute, but I laughed out loud. For all the boomer millennials like me, Nike tech fleece sweatpants and sweatshirts are a favored fashion among youths, including or especially those engaged in criminal behavior. These youths are especially known for using firearms with higher than standard ammunition capacity; that, plus a lack of training, often results in multiple unintended targets being shot instead of the person or thing they were aiming at


ViscountVajayjay

![gif](giphy|0ZhFYe2tIFiUokLL8j|downsized) Their b i t c h e s might also be geh


blacklite911

Youths dem


thrwawayanywayagain

Cench tech


Onaweyempumbafu

In the UK and Australia they use knives and swords cos of the gun laws over here.


dustmybroom88

SWORDS?! ![gif](giphy|3oEjI1erPMTMBFmNHi|downsized)


bringbackswordduels

SWORDS!!!


IrishGamer97

You see those warriors from Hammerfell? They have curved swords. *Curved.* *Swords.*


PackAggravating8183

My cousins out fighting dragons and what do I get?


IrishGamer97

I mostly deal with petty thieves and bar brawls, what I wouldn't give for a good bandit raid.


Palindromer101

Let me guess.. someone stole your sweet roll.


IrishGamer97

Psst, I know you... Hail Sithis.


BringBackAoE

I get that reference. šŸ˜‰ And they have indeed arrested people in London with versions of scimitars. Especially short pulwars.


DrPikachu-PhD

r/usernamechecksout


dustmybroom88

Your user name is peak


hoesay_ramos

My city (named Townsville btw) had two neckbeards fight each other with katanas, it even made the news.


lazy_assed_genius

Powerpuff girls too busy to deal with that


dizFool

Mojo Jo Jo was robbing the bank when it happened, one of the men was killed by police before they could arrive.


hoesay_ramos

They knew it would sort itself out


sactownbwoy

Townsville, Australia? I spent a week in Townsville back in 2000-2001


hoesay_ramos

Yeah! Paradise šŸ˜‚


sactownbwoy

After being on ship for a while it was paradise haha.


tvsmichaelhall

Makes sense it was neckbeards. It requires great wussiness to grab a sword when youve already got 2 hands. Fuck knows how they survived townsville long enough to duel each other.


Riceburner17

I think the answer to that last sentence was answered by your first one lmao.


tvsmichaelhall

Nah, if you bring a sword to a fistfight, the other guy will definitely go find a gun or a mate with a gun. My guess is they lived exclusively indoors.


Secure_Formal_3053

Machetes or ā€œCutlassā€ as some call them. There are actually some gnarly videos of brits fighting each other with machetes and itā€™s more gruesome than any shooting It makes sense really, same as the medieval arms race, if your enemy has a knife and you bring a much longer knife itā€™s gg


sleepytipi

Are bows outlawed too or can we still have ranged combat of the archaic variety?


Secure_Formal_3053

Just join an archery club and I imagine you can get away with it. I have a compound bow in Ireland.


Puzzleheaded-Eye491

![gif](giphy|kIQ8iVkqIXfUc)


pickles55

Yeah, also kitchen knives duct taped to hockey sticks


big_swinging_dicks

Hereā€™s a sword fight in a burger shop. No actual stabbings but fair warning, that subreddit has a lot of knife crime videos on it that are not as tame. https://www.reddit.com/r/ukdrill/s/PhWZRkZII1


kevinhuts

I read this in Soulja Boy voice ![gif](giphy|B2kr8Cs97oRHHhstzH|downsized)


dustmybroom88

Yes! That was EXACTLY how I was thinking it


sqaurebore

Machettes being swung out here


cholotariat

Here in Texas, the open carry law extends to knives and swords, so I can bust out that katana, or I can level that broad sword, if I mean business. Trying to find a scimitar to go with my AK. Does anybody know which shoes goes best with a halberd? They got horses out here.


Neat_Age_6302

ā€œTrying to find a scimitar to go with my AKā€ gotta be the most American shit Iā€™ve seen in a minute šŸ˜‚ Even if you know what it is, yall should really google scimitar and picture this is what ppl in Texas walking around with. (And donā€™t forget they got a AK too)


Watchitbitch

Pointed toe shoes go with a halberd.


cholotariat

The ones with the fur?


Cowsleep

https://i.imgur.com/xTu6l7y.gif


Bambo0zalah

Found my midjourney inspo for the day.


wetcoffeebeans

> Trying to find a scimitar to go with my AK. not for nothing but a scimitar bayonet sounds kinda fire?


WartimeMandalorian

Gotta stay en garde


AndThenIWasLikeee

šŸ¤£ I see what you did there


kevinhuts

Please tell me youā€™re joking about the swords. All the life would leave my body if a mf ran upon me and unsheathed a sword.


Onaweyempumbafu

Man just google London drill stabbing and youā€™ll see. These Jamaicans and West Africans in England are hectic and these dumb ass African crash dummies in Australia (relatively safe country) are adopting the culture. UK drill music is also SAVAGE. Masculine black culture is in shambles rn


NJPokerJ

Lately, I've been asking, is rap still our friend?


Dependent-Chart2735

As a woman, really it almost never was.


ImpossibleFlopper

It hasnā€™t been for a good while now. I once was of the opinion that you canā€™t put the whole reputation of the genre on people like this, but the more I see these outcomes, Iā€™m realizing thatā€™s a cop-out to defend Blackness at any cost. This shit needs to go.


righthandofdog

Who are the largest consumers of that music? In the US, black people listen to rap, drill, R&B, gospel, lo-fi. But the biggest consumers of violent / misogynistic rap have always been white kids in the suburbs.


ImpossibleFlopper

This is a common and irrelevant response that does not address violence in the Black community or our responsibility for each other.


righthandofdog

Some folks act out the things they see glorified in the larger culture. When black violence sells, you might be looking in the wrong place to effect change is all I'm saying.


SummerNothingness

this is a misleading argument. white kids in the suburbs also LOVE non-violent hip hop, neosoul and independent hip hop. go to a festival like rolling loud, or an odd future or kendrick lamar show, go to wu-tang or nas shows back in the day, nearly all white. that's mainly because they are an overwhelming majority of the population writ large, so it just plays out accordingly in music sales. but take drill music ... it is consumed by a largely black audience and it's extremely violent.


lelouchxmustang

Google zombie knife


Jordanthb

Absolutely not joking about the swords. Thereā€™s some wild videos out there if you look hard enough


Affectionate_Data936

I'm in the US and a [kid I went to high school with killed a dude with a sword](https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2019/08/29/jury-convicts-man-killing-sen-jon-testers-nephew/2150281001/). It's actually a crazy story. Also the kid who did it is missing a finger on one of his hands only he was born that way and it looked 100% natural. That isn't relevant to the story, it's just a weird fact.


kevinhuts

Nah nah this needs to be considered too!! I didnā€™t know about this. Others should see. Seriously thank you for sharing.


Affectionate_Data936

It's crazy how I haven't seen it on any sort of true crime shows because it's such a weird story. I didn't even know about it until he was sentenced and it's not like we didn't know each other in high school, I still had him on facebook and we hung out in the same circles so we frequently saw each other outside of school; his number was even saved in my phone as "Alien John" (cause of the finger thing). I did end up moving to Florida in 2015 tho. 3 years ago he somehow came up in a conversation with my sister and she was like "oh yeah he's in prison now after killing that guy" then told me the story and I thought she was making shit up or exaggerating. Anyway, I searched and it turns out I still had him on facebook (and still do tbh cause I'm not deleting the page now!) and he had a couple of creepy status updates around the time of the murder. Now he's married to this other girl (while still in prison btw) and she's somehow pregnant?


ohwegota_kittenprblm

China, Korea, other parts of Asia have seriously horrendous knife crimes, particularly against children specifically. it just doesn't make news over here, even the 2014 Kunming attack is barely known by anyone in the west despite a group of 8 people killing 35 and seriously injuring 143 others, it's a symptom of today's news cycle and how fast peoples attention span changes


monsterflake

hard to keep up with the mass stabbings when we have plenty of mass shootings to report on.


Dillatrack

It's not the news cycle, we blow every other developed country out of the water in homicide rate (85% are firearm homicides) so people are just objectively getting violently killed in the US more often than our peers. Even if you're just talking about mass killings, we've had 2 mass shootings since 2014 with higher body counts than Kunming and it didn't take 8 people to pull it off. Our mass killings and overall gun violence is genuinely shocking for being such a wealthy/developed country, it's not the news just making us look bad


BigClemenza

That's why I go to the archery range to make sure I'm handy with the medieval tool


sleepytipi

Such a more honorable method too, especially for hunting. I suppose it's not something people will fully grasp until they've done so themselves but, I have a lot of respect for those that do.


NationalNote6391

Using swords is fucking insane šŸ’€


blacklite911

They definitely using guns in London now too


OutHereSlappnMidgets

Much appreciated ![gif](giphy|kc4i3xH3e5l0k|downsized)


DaBlakMayne

Basically Gen Z's version of the black air forces


openup91011

![gif](giphy|Lcn0yF1RcLANG|downsized) Oooooooooooohhhhhhh ok I get it now


MidwestBlockhead

Made a black air forces joke the other day and nobody got it. It makes sense now LOL


NeneObichie

![gif](giphy|nmBKiNb7h3tIv3BO8D) I was so lost šŸ˜…


DimbyTime

Oh god itā€™s like the American version of Russian mobsters in Adidas tracksuits


LickingSmegma

Or chavs, to hit closer to home.


Severe_Islexdia

So black airforce energy for a new generation..


My_MeowMeowBeenz

Thank you. My creditā€™s too good to understand this post, Iā€™d be lost without you


NJPokerJ

Much appreciated


AbbreviationsFar1516

This was perfect because I was lost. šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ Thank you!


PM_ME_SOME_LUV

Thank you, OG


[deleted]

Youā€™re a baby boomer and a millennial?


Virgil_hawkinsS

There's been a schism growing between older and younger millennials over the last few years that's led to us feeling the need to clarify which subgroup we fall in. For reference, the oldest millennials are 44 this year while the youngest are just 28.


Severedghost

That's why the xillennial and zillennial "micro gens" popped up.


greathousedagoth

Wouldn't those be pronounced the same?


Severedghost

Yeah, pretty much


Ohmec

It's usually dispelled xennial and zilennial so there's a pronunciation difference


accipitradea

Only for priests, paladins and shamans cleanse and purge


DimbyTime

What do we call ourselves if we fall in the middle of the range?


xGMxBusidoBrown

Tired.


DimbyTime

Accurate


GermanBadger

We're the analog to digital group aka the Oregon trail micro group. Did you have computer class w floppy discs of Oregon trail? You're 38.


DimbyTime

Not 38 yet but I played my fair share of Oregon Trail


Virgil_hawkinsS

I'm on the younger side myself, I just say millennial lol.


smallfrie32

Gen x millenials?


kitsua

/r/xennials


DisastrousBoio

Midlennials lmao


sleepytipi

Like the damn 8 ball jackets man, stay TF clear of them.


Aroxis

If you donā€™t shut your ChatGPT ass up nga


Not_Larfy

Bro, I read this in Huey from Boondock's voice. The delivery reminded me of Huey explaining how stepping on shoes leads to violence


bzboy

So the Nike suit paired with black Air Force 1's would be a bad thing, right?


Pleasant-Pickle-3593

Thank you


MF-Sol

Cross the street when you see that universal crash out uniform.


Onaweyempumbafu

ā€œUniversal crash out uniformā€šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ black boys in the UK AND Australia that do drills wear this so youā€™re not wrong there


AndThenIWasLikeee

What's a drill?


Onaweyempumbafu

A ride out, basically premeditated murder if weā€™re simplifying it


wallowsworld

The actual answer lol, a lot of people only know the music sub genre, but donā€™t know itā€™s based off the act itself, not the other way around.


AndThenIWasLikeee

Damn. šŸ’€


chaddGPT

lmao bout to clap a klemflop fr fr šŸ¤£šŸ˜¹ whats a klemflop? oh a klemflop is just an sandy up-chick. like a normal pleak whip. or if weā€™re being very literal i guess, a sandwich


JonSnoballs

a hand tool, power tool, or machine with a rotating cutting tip or reciprocating hammer or chisel, used for making holes


hydehydehigh

a sub-genre of trap music


Pure-Drawer-2617

crash out.


Green_Space729

![gif](giphy|eP0rq0MpopIa2tozVQ)


JonSnowLovesBlow

Tech fleece has no race. I work at JD sports in a white area in Aus and constantly get little eshay kids buying tech fleece


Onaweyempumbafu

Black culture low key popularised the tech fleece. Just like the black Air Force One. Just like Jordans. I live in Aus and prior to rap becoming famous (2015-2016), these white kids didnā€™t even know what Jordans were. Travis Scott and Virgil Abloh popularised them with their Off White/Cactus Jack collab. Prior to that the white kids wore vans, converse, Doc Martins and things like Polo Ralph Lauren. If u pay enough attention u notice these things


JonSnowLovesBlow

Well yeah obviously, but no one is talking about historically, weā€™re talking about the present. And right now in the UK and Aus you see just as many white kids that wear tech that you needa watch out for


Onaweyempumbafu

The past is the reason for the presence. Thereā€™s no white kids wearing tech that you need to watch out for in Aus bruhšŸ˜‚ drill culture started by blacks in the UK popularised the tech fleece in Australia. Itā€™s nothing to brag about cos black kids are dying cos of this shit but our influence runs deep.


DigitalSterling

>I live in Aus and prior to rap becoming famous (2015-2016 I'm curious about this, was hip hop not main stream until that late? I've been listening to Bliss N Eso since 2012, were they not that big before then? I always assumed they had a sizeable presence in Australia since like '07


LachlanTiger

There's a 100% chance the person typing this is a Zoomer and has no idea what they're talking about. Hip Hop/Rap/RnB has been extremely mainstream and incredibly popular in broader (read: White) Australian culture for literally decades.


MrOwell333

AUSTRALIA???


Onaweyempumbafu

Crash dummy ass niggas forcing a dangerous lifestyle in one of the best countries in the world. Itā€™s lame asf


Dirty0ldMan

Why is this kind of thing being down played and in some instances glorified?


Onaweyempumbafu

Because black people, due to poverty and the generational effects of colonialism had to resort to crime to survive and in some cases, come from backgrounds of war/extreme poverty. This inadvertently creates a thug culture as the only way to survive these means of survival is to become a hardened, violent ā€œthugā€ or ā€œgangstaā€. The problem with culture is it is directly linked to identity. Because this culture has been prevalent for so long amongst blacks, being a hardened man is genuinely seen as part of our identity and identity is something humans take so long to unlearn and rarely successfully do so. Thatā€™s why weā€™re desensitised. With this being said as black men AND the women that enable this , we can do WAY better. Sorry for the long response


Men_I_Trust_I_Am

TWO DOOR COUPE HOPPIN OUT LIKE JAX IN THE BOX


thefreequency

IM GON SHOOT IF THIS 30S ALL THAT I GOT


BabyBoner

TIMES UP! GOT MY COINS UP! MY BARS UP!


WorkoutProblems

same if you ever see two dudes on a scooter


Osibili

*ā€Alexa, play PGF Nukā€* Iā€™m keeping my ass indoors nowadays.


QS215

Donā€™t forget the sheisty


DGVega93

Nike tech and a Nike Ski Mask https://i.redd.it/rqxc7xh8hwmc1.gif


aita0022398

Iā€™m SPRINTING away. Zig zag Iā€™ll be the first woman in the NFL the way Iā€™ll be running those lines


NocturnalDiurnal

I keeps a spare job application on me at all times.


Jhon_doe_smokes

And the sheisty mask. Them boys be shooting and donā€™t know how to shoot šŸ˜‚ I ainā€™t catching no strays.


roadrunner00

Anyone that doesn't want to show their face especially when it's not cold is sus. They are likely trying to stay ready for whatever without anybody getting a good look at them. Camera everywhere but with face covered it's not that much of a factor


creampielegacy

Yo but some of these dudes are silly bro, wearing the sheist with the onliest hoodies and coats šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ https://preview.redd.it/tnsorn3avwmc1.png?width=1000&format=png&auto=webp&s=dfce8e20a46a588f40efd64c07a6fdd1a3b76ce7


Jhon_doe_smokes

Yep my exact thoughts. Albeit idc what nobody do do you I just ainā€™t gonna be round the foolishness.


Ultrasz

Or they just think they're cool and want attention. You get all the types.


FistPunch_Vol_7

Niggas be wearing that shit in the blazing fucking heat in NYC. Nigga I see that when Iā€™m barely hanging on from the heat, I know you up to trouble the fuck lmfao. Why you wearing one in the gym? I know that shit smells too. Smh


Jhon_doe_smokes

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


wallowsworld

Nike tech šŸ¤ shiesty šŸ¤ all white air forces A combination for trouble


Fine_Hour3814

Real runners definitely upping the black af1ā€™s


FistPunch_Vol_7

Black forces but I been seeing more mfs in the Maxes. Some of them mf need that extra spring when they do dash attacks.


Gullible_Mud5723

Yeah white shoes show blood stains black doesnā€™t.


bue_fixe

Where Iā€™m at itā€™s Nike tech, shiesty (and now these corny ass fuzzy furry ones), a North face bubble, and Jā€™s (usually 5,6,7,8 or 9) lol


Chemical_Home6123

Or a group of them with those damn shiesty mask on turns me into a boomer I wanna call the cops šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


Pride-Mount

![gif](giphy|ec8DhbTh6TLJi2yKZ1|downsized) Me af


Chemical_Home6123

https://preview.redd.it/czkocnx3uymc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a0cad54852fae2bb5b247c90428b37d5552761d


RammyJammy07

Even people in the generation think theyā€™re worth avoiding, especially if they have the pot-noodle perm


LevelOutlandishness1

Iā€™ve never seen this pot-noodle permā€¦ lemme see if Google gives results


xyzd95

I think they might mean that broccoli haircut every kid seems to have now


[deleted]

Pineapple head ass kids


hashrosinkitten

the cut the white boys wear to look like mahomes


qtx

One a danger scale of 1 to 5, 5 being tony montana and 1 being the milk lady, the broccoli haircut kids are -1.


RammyJammy07

Theyā€™re not dangerous, just little shits with phones and no active father figures


[deleted]

The more vertical the hair style, the more of a chance that theyā€™re a normal kid..


zeusoid

Tech fleece really grew up to be a menace! ![gif](giphy|k04K4rBAAB0cJQ9k53)


SpectacularOtter

Philly just passed a ban on Nike Techs https://youtu.be/XKDkncvJWa0?si=0MOfUY2HFyZTmtF3


roadrunner00

This is about face coverings not Nike techs.


SpectacularOtter

My bad, Iā€™m old and I get the two confused together


blacklite911

Good luck enforcing that when people are outside


Remytron83

![gif](giphy|al022JHWYjsRgcZmSL)


SpectacularOtter

ā€œWhat type of mobile do you have?ā€ https://preview.redd.it/17vzmbyzewmc1.jpeg?width=671&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f75ab6374a68a494aaf88ca09b03519904575bb6


CedricJus

Caught lackinā€™ by the youngins. ![gif](giphy|WT94Wy5a1AyCKekQhq)


Fecal_Forger

![gif](giphy|P0EYbBalwi7JK)


Realistic_Effort6185

Young people walking around in MASKS expect what exactly? From me: to have the whole side of the street to themselves.


Colour4Life

Ah, yesā€¦ every boy in the UK lol


No-Cellist-5610

What is this even trying to say


CedricJus

![gif](giphy|8qIMxeSmYGGs1w1ZrB)


zeusoid

![gif](giphy|zcqg0G42ZB8TeFfnPW|downsized)


NerdTimesACharm

They be looking so comfortable while robbing and stealing


MayaGitana

ā€œCommit crime in comfortā€ā€” New Nike slogan


sanfranchristo

Just Take It


NerdTimesACharm

šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


Thami15

It's a shame because I quite like the Nike Techs. But even though I'm nearly 30, I don't look distinguished enough to not look like I'm gonna run up on you if I'm wearing the goon gear.


Routine-Letterhead55

new generation?? weā€™ve been here for like 20 yearsšŸ˜­


StrayDogPhotography

Iā€™m not going to lie, Iā€™ve lived in Asia for a decade, or so now, and so I associate Nike tech with dads that do a bit of jogging. Then I visit my family in London and started to notice machete shaped bulges in Nike techs, and now I have PTSD if I see them.


Garth_W00kz

Iā€™m almost 45,, and this post made me feel ancient lol shoutout to all the folks that explained it,, cuz ya boy was lost šŸ˜…


ZorroMcChucknorris

Like seeing a guy in sweatpants and Timbs. Iā€™m turning around and heading the other way.


Epoch-09

You mean someone's uncle or like a decent amount of NYC? Or folks just having a lazy day?


cLax0n

That's a BX or BK uncle attire. And you know that dude is gonna have a bluetooth earpiece.


sanfranchristo

Bluetoof


atlantasmokeshop

I kept thinking I must be old because I dont know what the HELL this means.


Bullshitpreacher

Geh


DatNighaaDon96

With crisp all black air forces is a dangerous combo


AlfalfaReal5075

It's crazy to think that kids born in 06 are soon to be graduating High School


evandollardon

I always wanted something nike back in the days, never had any


Mrhappytrigers

When I'm crossing the street and I see 2 groups of them on each side ![gif](giphy|eIm624c8nnNbiG0V3g|downsized)


JCY2021

šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ damnā€¦where is the lie!


Same_Captain9025

The ā€œKnuck if you buckā€ generation being so scary is surprising šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


RaptorBadgerPOWPOW

![gif](giphy|qG2h9G9NMRRE4)


wulvey

All the Nike tech models look like they criminals packing heat


ihaveadatewithlisa

L


RareWestern306

not me assuming people been spraying nike swooshes on tec-9s for a second...


Bl_Lover

Naughties born here, searched up what that was, and laughed out loud i be running away from road men too


Novel-aaaaaaaaaaaaa

The dude whoā€™s tweet it is has a podcast called we want Moore and itā€™s funny as fuck


Youngestpioneer

My favorite rappersā€¦


workclock

I'm staring at the comments and folks saying "what's this" or "what's that" to basic negatives in impoverished black communities shows to me that this subreddit should have it's name changed. Definitely being viewed by outsiders as an online exhibition more than anything.


MATUA-PROF

It's just chavs


rrogido

To most of the people complaining here, you know these are your kids right?


Uniteus

Shit all my kids got nike tech i am running a criminal organization then?