Two Guys, Half a Brain, and a Pizza Place

So I'm grabbing a quick slice the other day, and there are two wannabe white gangstas (read: rich kids from the suburbs desperate to prove they have street cred, because MTV said it was cool, even for white kids) standing in line in front of me.

PimpDaddy #1:
"Yo yo yo yo, dude, you want to go to the library and study?"

PimpDaddy #2:
"I can't, man. There's a Halo tournament at D-Train's house, yo, and all the boyz is gonna be there."

Umm ... last I checked, Halo tournaments were the territory of the geek crowd, PimpDaddy. Might not do too many favors for your cred, you know what I'm saying? But hey, what do I know? Maybe it's an attempt at expanding the cultural barriers that segregate society.

Or, maybe these guys are douchebags.

I do have to ask: what gangsta has ever used the word "dude"? I'm a geeky librarian, as far from the gangsta culture as you can get, and even I know the answer to that one.

A simple word of advice: if you can't talk it, don't bother trying to walk it. Unless of course you actually enjoy being the butt of your own joke.

A guy trying to pull off a fake personality, or worse, a culture that is not his own, is like a woman with implants trying to convince the world that they're real. When will these people ever realize that we can ALWAYS tell, and we will NEVER respect it?

Sheeeesh ...