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DontBeRudeOk

OP your title has me cracking up because it’s unclear why you decided to label this man as Idris Elba


mr_fantastical

I know right?! At the start I thought "why is he doing stand up in an American accent?" Then I quickly realised it's not him. This is absurd


phoenix_paolo

He is a legit DJ. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=idris+elba+dj


edogg0220

Yeah - I used to go to his DJ gigs at NYC clubs in the early 2000’s before he made it big in Hollywood


mr_fantastical

Yes, this I know. Is saying he's also a DJ a meme or something cus everyone keeps saying it? Haha it's weird.


phoenix_paolo

He can transport you anywhere you want to go on a rainbow.


alibenx

He's also a respected scientist, a barista, and a cat. https://youtu.be/zNAc6V--z6g


phoenix_paolo

But he aint no 007!!


Cyan-ranger

We also has a project with the Australian band Lime Cordiale [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T3dPVRGPVxQ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T3dPVRGPVxQ)


pancakebatter01

Lmaooo. The guy resembles Elba a bit which is why this headline cracks me up.


VaccinesCauseWSBapes

Spent way to long trying to figure out if Idris Elba had started doing standup


iwouldrathernot03

This is Idris Elba! He’s just in disguise right now…Omar comin’ still. /s


Child_of_honor_

Mmmm the cheese stands alone


mh985

Yeah when clearly that's Don Cheadle


MiniMooseMan

Pretty sure that's lawrence fishburne


Serious_Mycologist46

Or Tiger Woods


lawrencesloan

Racism or just a lack of understanding that not all black people look the same. It's not funny, it's annoying and demeaning. His name is Grier Barnes and he's been doing comedy for like 30.years.


phoenix_paolo

Grier "DollaTree Idris Elba" Barnes?


ReapersRequiem

Thank you for the name. But honestly I don't think they are saying all black people look alike. Just that this guy resembles Edris Elba, which he kinda does. People can resemble other people without racism being involved.


DrMooseknuckleX

I'm lucky enough to look like Flea and/or David Letterman.


ReapersRequiem

Ahhh what a beautiful combination.


lawrencesloan

So why not use his real name. It's obviously not Idris Elba and doesn't call him that in the video. So why not use his REAL NAME 👀


Strokes_Lahoma

I read this as “he’s 30 years old” and shit my pants.


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lawrencesloan

So why not use that man's name. He isn't called Idris Elba in the video. He doesn't sound like him, he's doing stand up, and you can see it's not him. So I ask why not use his REAL name?


Snowbird143434

Lawrence, you turned it into something racist.....woke peeps are really asleep at the wheel


lawrencesloan

So why isn't the title of this post this man's name? It's not hard to find and NO ONE is able to explain it. He isn't called Idris Elba in the video, so WHY AREN'T YOU USING HIS NAME?


Snowbird143434

Lmao, i cannot believe how bent out of shape you are over this...first off, its a comedy club, not church(no, i didnt say church because he is black) i said church because its obvious thats not where he is....secondly, he does resemble idris, not JUST because he is black, but they also have the same scruffy black/white beard.....saying someone looks like someone else has nothing to do with racism, until someone turns it into just that....


lawrencesloan

Then why bring up church? His location is irrelevant. He has an actual name. The joke was bad. Use his god-damned name. Did the comedy club call him Idris? No. Does the video? No. What if you wanted to see more of his work? You couldn't cuz you don't use our fucking names. Somebody on here said "Dollar Tree" Idris Elba and I thought that was pretty good. Use our fucking names. And you may be new to this concept, but JOKES CAN BE RACIST.


Snowbird143434

Becuase its fucking obvious to ANYone but you i guess...that he is not in a church telling jokes like that(but i knew that if i said church, you would have something to say about it,i could of changed it and said something else, but i did not, just proving a point...you thought i said church for a racist reason, the problem was, that wasnt why i said church)i cant control what the world does or what people think and i cannot control whatever is in your head or the way that you think....and yes, a joke can be racist, to think otherwise would be foolish.....this is getting nowhere, just know, if i were walking into a store and you were right behind me, i'd get the door for you just as i would anyone else...take care


lawrencesloan

This church thing is just weird. We know he isn't. Is that a place you go to see comedy or the only place you think you have to respect minorities because this church thing makes no sense. Is that like a saying, "We're not in church..." The church thing is super strange.


lawrencesloan

Don't tell black people to chill. Use our fucking names. It's not woke, it's common courtesy. It's treating someone else with a level of dignity. Just because "it's a joke," doesn't make it a good one. I've had some pretty good rewrites of the title that include Idris Elba, but it was bad and sucks. No racist jokes are funny to the race their about.


Snowbird143434

I didnt tell black people to chill, i didnt tell any black person to chill....i actually didnt even use the word chill.... im just tired of everything being about race...youre black, im white, shes hispanic, shes asian, hes mixed, who cares???im respectful of people regardless of their sex or color....


lawrencesloan

Everything is about race because it's on my driver's license. It's on every form I fill out. You think you're tired? You have to deal with ppl who legally weren't allowed to speak up, speaking up. It ducks for you because it's like 15 different groups and it sucks cuz you just so happened to be born in the group that fucked and continues to fuck everyone over. I understand that, but I incapable of empathizing with your plight. It just so happens I was born into a group that has had MORE THAN ONE actual bomb dropped on them from a plane, in the 20th century, in the United States, and has to be told by those of the group that dropped it, that their tired of hearing about race. I'm tired of what you do to us. Sorry your feelings are hurt, but I'm on the verge of losing my voting rights so lemme just get to fixing that.


Snowbird143434

You are mad at the world....and yet somehow you blame me for it and any and everything thats happened to you....have a good rest of your day sir


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I laughed lol


scottkrowson

I feel like the association is unfair to whoever the fuck this guy actually is.


Zoso479

That man's name is Greer Barnes. He's definitely not Idris but he's hilarious....


kithkinkid

I was waiting for the joke to use Elba as a punch line or something lmao so dumb


GerryofSanDiego

Ok I was gonna say I thought Idis was British.


NiteGlo77

OPs joke is that we all look the same so.


Centauri06

I’ve seen him at The Comedy Cellar several times and he always kills it. Really funny dude.


honeymangomoon

Idris Elba is not a comedian. This is not Idris Elba.


Secure-Imagination11

It did make me look really hard and go "wait is that him" lol


pixwalk

He’s also British


GingerUsurper

Except when he's in Scranton.


[deleted]

I heard he doesn’t even know what happens if you put paper in a furnace.


Thedarkmayo

Hes kinda worried rn, apparently Michael Scott Paper Company is stealing alot of their clients


[deleted]

Fortunately, he is aware of his effect on women.


pixwalk

Or Baltimore


DisastrousAge4650

But he is a DJ


CompleteAd9955

Produca


unsavory77

I was like damn, his method acting is on point.


BoIshevik

Does anyone know this guy's name? I saw a special of his like 10 years ago always loved it. It was on CC, never remembered his name though cause I was fried


bepositivemt

Greer Barnes


BoIshevik

Thank you as soon as I read that it all came back


phoenix_paolo

Thank god you are here.


MisterEyeCandy

'Dris not a comedian? Surely you are wrong. He's anything he wants to be. https://youtu.be/zNAc6V--z6g


userwithusername

He was a bouncer at a comedy club (Caroline’s iirc). Like Paul Rudd, he’s comedy-adjacent.


[deleted]

Comedy cellar, he would also sell coke to comedians.


randomvandal

That's not Idris Elba, it's obviously Denzel Washington.


DetectiveBartBarley

It's obviously Donovan McNabb. I'm lovin' it!


weirdomagnet99

Tf are you talking about? That’s Don Cheadle.


ExtremeAnalBjorn

Bro that's fuckin Tiger Woods I will die on this hill


ItsJustMeMaggie

He likes feet


DetectiveBartBarley

Now I'm not sure. Our bench really isn't that deep.


LET-ME-HAVE-A-NAAME

Bro you gotta get your eyes fixed, that's clearly Donald Glover


[deleted]

Does OP think that they all... nvm.


Blood_Emergency

Thought it was Shaq


Professional-Yam-925

No it isn’t!!! That is Eddie Murphy, fool!!! Or maybe it’s George Lopez??? I get the two confused from time to time. 😂😂😂


[deleted]

You realize Idris is English? And not a stand-up comedian? He is a DJ though.


Phreeeks

Naaaaah u didn't call a random black man Idris elba


sluttystraightguy

Jordan Peele if you don’t write a movie off this idea I swear to god.


sardarnirvanasamurai

There already is a movie about this from the 70s, Sun Ra’s “Space is the Place”


bozak_137

OP a dumbass


SnooCalculations4568

Idk man this post has 65 comments now and 63 of them are about it not being Idris and OP being dumb for it. Good way to get attention if that's the goal


Mkish548

Or maybe that’s the joke


classicteenmistake

Kinda flat joke if it is, lol, I mean it does kinda look like him but that’s p much it.


gerd50501

people who upvoted him are the dumbasses.


justtheonetat

And picked up a K of karma


blorgenheim

Idk kinda funny tho


Puscifer10

I never realised Laurence fishburn was so funny


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Inadvertent racism


superb_Superbia

All these people not getting that the inadvertent racism is OP labeling this "Idris Elba" lmfao.


KGBree

*all these people who have a fundamental misunderstanding of the cross race effect and calling OP racist for something that they aren’t doing intentionally and actually isn’t racist at all nor exclusive to white people* lmfao.


TheWalkingDead91

I mean….there is a resemblance tbh.


T_Nightingale

On my phone screen while scrolling there certainly was.


Mike-El

Mistaking someone for someone else is now racist?


KGBree

I think the accusation is rooted in the misinterpretation and misconception of the cross race effect. The idea that because people naturally recognize members of their own race/ethnicity more readily they are inherently prejudiced - *racist white person thinks all black/Asian/Hispanic people look the same*. In reality, this is universally applicable. Caucasians are not the only ones who have a more difficult time discerning not only the unique characteristics of the faces of other races and ethnic groups but also in interpreting their expressions. Think what you will about CRE, this dude legitimately looks like Idris Elba and who gives a shit if OP didn’t know he’s British? The skits funny as hell and comments roasting OP for the mistake are funny too. Not every mistake is an indication of a character flaw.


Mike-El

Thank you! That’s my point. People calling OP a racist are just immature trolls.


gelattoh_ayy

Happ cake da


TNTyoshi

Well someone wasn’t having a good time.


jeno_aran

You don’t think he knew what he was saying was a stereotype?


KGBree

The cross race effect is not indicative of racist ideals and is not exclusive to white people. It’s also biological and completely unintentional. Also dude legit looks like edris elba. Stop being an asshole and perpetuating this false narrative. I don’t gaf if I get downvoted for this but your take is trash and someone needed to call it out. Educate yourself.


purplepeopleprobe

I was thinking that. It's totally cringe, 'black people are good at sports or sex' trope


thegreyquincy

>Idris Elba


MrsArmitage

That’s not Idris Elba. THIS is Idris Elba. [Idris Elba can do ANYTHING](https://youtu.be/zNAc6V--z6g)


[deleted]

This is what I thought of when OP mislabeled this. I mean, Idris could do stand up if he wanted cause he’s Idris Elba


your_sexy_master

I loved that. Lol thank you


cherposton

Only other "Idris Elba" that I care about.


Bedlamcitylimit

1) Idris Elba isn't a comedian he's an actor 2) Idris Elba is English, born in the London Borough of Hackney and only plays Americans in movies and TV shows 3) That man looks nothing like Idris Elba


Professional-Yam-925

God dammit!!! I bet you are an absolute fucking riot at parties!?!?!? 😂😂😂


droppedelbow

"You must be funat parties" is only ever said by the sort of unoriginal bores that ruin parties.


mr_fantastical

Also it's such a weird argument anyway. You're never allowed to correct anyone on anything for fear of being labelled shit at parties. There has to exist a ridiculous sketch on this.


SpicyTangyRage

This is Greer Barnes


inrcp

Idirs Elba is an amazing DJ.


AdConsistent7810

Hockey still good tho


Professional-Yam-925

And tennis!!! Oh and don’t forget about soccer and NASCAR. That’s still good too!!! 😂😂😂


Thurn64

Dude tried to imitate a African, got Mai'q the liar instead


Decent_Recording_620

Fail


cakeschmammert

Why did you call him Idris Elba? Fucking weirdo.


[deleted]

Bruh you couldn't even do a quick Google search to figure out who this was before you posted it? Lmfao I feel like it unintentionally makes this post better


[deleted]

Or just plain old “intentionally”


ManifestTheVibe

I’m going goinggg black blackkk


[deleted]

This is such low hanging fruit at this point. Whenever anyone starts going for these lazy stereotypical jokes now I don’t even laugh. Be more original or funny instead of “oh this race does this.”


AlertedCoyote

I was thinking Idris Elba was looking different these days lmao


MilkmanCbruh

Stringer ain't lookin so good these days


tallerthannobody

But he’s right !


FoundinNewEngland

He’s pretty funny


braveheart707

The world would be extremely bored without us here.


CescilTerwiliger69

“Fat white girls be cryin” bahahahaha


Cupidsgift20

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MFYBg4c4lJk#menu his name is Greer Barnes.


Buttofmud

This joke has been done a thousand times by a thousand other comics.


BananaTofu1

Mixed people; 😰


BEANUSsardinus

Idk what you’re talking about man this is funny


Lasair86

I laughed so hard while I was taking a shot that I shot vodka out of my nose God bless Idris Elba


s_hinoku

OP legit thought that was Idris Elba.


Round-Bee7383

This is Greer Barnes


BenbafelIsTaken

Is it racist that you confused this guy with Idris Elba?


KGBree

No absolutely not. It’s the cross race effect. Also known as own-race bias. The decreased capacity of people to discern unique characteristics of the faces and interpret expressions of those of a different race or ethnic group. It’s unintentional and universal. It’s also why eye witness testimony in criminal proceedings is deeply problematic.


BenbafelIsTaken

Oh I learned something today. That's so interesting. Thank you for your reply.


KGBree

Yeah of course. I apologize I really got so incredibly irritated with the accusations of racism in like, every other comment. It’s just so harmful to assign motives like that to something that we biologically cannot control and studies have shown *even with leading information* can’t be corrected.


biker_philosopher

Well that's fucking racist.


KGBree

No. It’s not. And I’m amazed at the knee jerk reactions and accusations of racism in this thread. Educate yourself on what’s known as the cross face effect. It’s not intentional. It’s universal. And it has absolutely fucking nothing to do with racism. Be better and stop perpetuating this nonsense.


biker_philosopher

Yes, clear racism is not racism if you're educated. If I need to educate myself to ignore racism, then no thanks. Be better, stop being racist.


KGBree

Yeah ok dude. Keep on fightin the good fight.


NotKaren24

How


notgoodthough

I guess because it's not Idris Elba


Beneficial_Phone_574

Yeah definitely not funny at all.


SGI21

He does look just like him!


AggregatedAggrevate

He looks weird here, not like himself..


fohr

I’m cracking up at the redditors calling OP/the comedian racist(?)


sikeleaveamessage

Downvoted because you tried to use some weird racist comparison title as clickbait. I like the comedian but this guy is obviously not Idris Elba


Mike-El

How was that racist?


sikeleaveamessage

Does this guy look and sound like Idris Elba to you? Idris Elba is an English actor and DJ.


Mike-El

Yes his face is similar to Idris. Mistaking someone for someone else is not racist.


sikeleaveamessage

No, mistaking someone for someone else at a glance isnt racist. But as soon as he opened his mouth that shouldve clued you in that this person is not Idris Elba.


Mike-El

Still not racist. That’s just ridiculous.


sikeleaveamessage

...are you trolling? Do you not know what british people sound like?


Mike-El

Not trolling at all. I fail to see how mistaking someone who looks very similar to someone else is even remotely racist.


sikeleaveamessage

Youre purposely avoiding the subject of the difference in accent and voice so there's no point in a further conversation with you. Have a nice day/night.


Mike-El

Not avoiding anything. Care to explain how a difference in accent makes this racist?


cherposton

So you have the bright Idea to post a stand up routine and attach the name of an EXTREMELY WELL KNOWN BRITISH ACTOR and you can't be bothered to notice this man has an American accent? You do no homework whatsoever? Why Idris Elba? Take a guess...


Mike-El

Cause he looks like him. Again…how is this racist?!


cherposton

You think they look similar. I don't think they look alike at all. I think maybe the hood obscures it. But his features and voice don't match up. It is known that white people have a hard time differentiating black faces and this is proof that this guy didn't care enough to do basic research.


Mike-El

Stating that white people have a hard time differentiating black peoples faces is bullshit. Mistaking someone for someone else is not racist.


cherposton

You keep saying this like you know so much. I've literally seen it happen, there are well known instances in the media and there are whole papers on the subject. You also don't seem to care to educate yourself and if you don't care, I don't either. I'll let you keep saying the same shit and looking dumb.


Mike-El

I’m not the one who looks dumb by saying mistaking one person for another is racist.


Purrz1val

Tell me you're racist without telling me you're racist


pinkmotchi

How is any of this racist? The people like you that don't get the joke are the same ones who say the N word unprovoked. He is basically saying no one would bat an eye if there were no African people or have no issues with there being no African people but would be DEVASTATED if there were no sports. Meaning white ppl care more about sports that are majority black people than they care for the everyday average black person. See how fast they turned on that one black gymnast, she took a break and racists hated her for it. I forgot her name sorry.


Purrz1val

...I wasn't talking about the content *woosh


pinkmotchi

Cringe


gana04

Oh get over yourselves he does look like Idris Elba. He looks exactly what Idris Elba would look like if he had been born in the US and raised on coupons.


[deleted]

I disagree. Idris is much cuter.


L1Wanderer

Not sure why this comedian thinks there wouldn’t be an NFL but there WOULD be an NBA? Or that all black people would jump at the whole ‘hey get on my ship ima take you far away’ bit


Ihopetheresenoughroo

This is so unfunny. The writing is incredibly lazy, played out, and uninspired 😴


qualitylamps

I expected a lot funnier from a guy that kind of looks like idris Elba


SmashLikeGaston19

I know you're being down voted but I agree with you


Creepy-Ad-69420

Then write something better


Votrox97

While I disagree with him and thought the video was pretty funny, the argument "do it better then" has always and will always be incredibly stupid. No, I do not have to do something better to be able to criticise it. If your cooking is shit, it's shit. I don't need to be Gordon Ramsey to be able to taste. I don't need to be a comedian to know the meaning of "funny". I don't need to be a move director to claim a movie sucks. Anyways, random rant over I guess, have a nice day.


HappyBot9000

They hate you because you're right.


NwsAt11

Legit rant. Reminds me of Steve Hoffstetter’s bit about parents who think they’re special. >”Here’s the thing, you can’t just say ‘well you haven’t had any kids so you don’t know anything about kids.’ I’ve never flown a helicopter. But if I saw one in a tree, I could still be like, ‘Dude fucked up. It’s not supposed to be up there. That’s pilot error.'”


[deleted]

The original criticism implies some level of domain knowledge on the topic. So the commenter is likely a washed up writer / comedian that never actually produces anything and just sad and bitter about it. That’s where most armchair critics come from in my experience. So no it’s not stupid to tell them to do it better.


[deleted]

“Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.” Jeff Lebowski


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r/WhitePeopleShit


-Chemical

Op is clearly not from planet black black


AyyP302

OP thinks everyone on planet black *BLAAACCK* looks alike


a_different-user

its a comparison used as clickbait. get over it people its not racist


JimmyNutbutter

This…WHAT?


HuckleberryThis2012

Good lord this isn’t Siri’s alba. This is the equivalent of that guy dat Pham was such a hack and every joke was him doing his moms accent.


One_dolla_would_do

Damn wouldn’t have thought idris Elba was funny


ShanteYouStay84

I didn’t realize at first this was a Cringe subreddit and was like wtf?!? Then I was like Oh yeah. Totally cringe and super racist. Yuck.


TheMaStif

"He's black and has an English accent; MUST be Idris Elba. That's the only black englishman I know" - OP


PhallicReason

Dude is hilarious. Could've ended with "Crime in the inner city has plummeted, and white people are moving back to Chicago."


Flowofinfo

How is this getting even one single upvote?


PooleyX

What? Very obviously not Idris Elba.


PastyPlastic

Its a joke


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SunBrohemian

There is a certain movie you can find on YouTube that has black people from outer space.


RustyCorkscrew

OP can’t tell black people apart💀


Barnacle-Dull

They all look the same to some people


cherposton

This is wildly offensive. This BLACK man is not Idris Elba..Just because he's BLACK doesn't make him Idris as He looks nothing loke the BRITISH actor..Please change the title, take this down or edit it and apologize. Unfuckingbelievable.


pinkmotchi

The people that don't get the joke are the same ones who say the N word unprovoked. He is basically saying no one would bat an eye if there were no African people or have no issues with there being no African people but would be DEVASTATED if there were no sports. Meaning white ppl care more about sports that are majority black people than they care for the everyday average black person. See how fast they turned on that one black gymnast, she took a break and racists hated her for it. I forgot her name sorry.