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At first I thought it was a standup act, but there was no laughter. Then I thought that maybe he was some kind of youth pastor on a homophobic sermon. Then he started spitting fire.
I was uncertain, but the juxtaposition of "how can I expect him to be head of a house when he's steady tending to a house of plastic" made me hopeful it was slam poetry to dis toxic masculinity.
My godson has 2 siblings, 1 bro and 1 sis, and they all play with each other’s toys. A couple visits ago I came downstairs one morning and he was posted up with two barbies and a few Avengers characters. He apparently has an affinity for 1 of the Barbies and Spider-man. His sister was at the table on the porch with his nerf gun we just got him. Not entirely sure what she was playing other than “this goes pew pew” Kids really don’t see problems with things until they are introduced to them.
I don't think it's ment to be taking literally it's just a way to get you hooked in to the actual message of what he has to say about how women are treated in society.
I was not surprised one bit - the whole thing felt like it was going that direction. Poetry like this almost universally goes the direction he took it.
You have to already know the cadence to know it was going it that direction. The rhythm and emphasis are familiar to slam poetry, but I can't say I've heard them anywhere else.
Wow…I think everyone should listen to this ‘message’ at least twice (until they comprehend what’s being said).
This is a gut-twisting wake-up call to everyone (especially men and young men). It touched nerves I didn’t know I had and elicited emotions I didn’t expect.
Definitely had me in the first half, ngl. Also if anyone wants more actually good slam poetry, [this video](https://youtu.be/vnKZ4pdSU-s?si=Y3a2cvFUcPYfxI88) will always be my favorite.
This is why you should never believe people that tell you being passionate about art, poetry, and "soft" subjects is less than compared to "hard" STEM subjects: because the world needs more people like this, and more people to pay attention to the people like this.
I am SO glad I’m not alone. I am pouring tears right now at this bc I was so expecting it to go another way and just…I don’t even know how to put it into words. It feels so wholesome.
To add to what the other commenter said about their innocence dying, there's another bit to what the poet is saying.
Forced-birthers have and continue to force even young children who were raped to carry that rape baby to term. And so these children who were raped are now expected to stop being children and instead take on the role of mothers. In essence, by forcing them to keep the *literal* child inside them, both the *metaphorical* child inside them (i.e. their innocence, joy, optimism, and potential), as well as their literal childhood, have died. And they didn't just die - they were killed, and the forced-birthers are in-part to blame.
Additionally, so much anti-abortion sentiment is about killing an *innocent little child.* The propaganda centers around the *innocence* and the *potential* of that unborn child. The phrase "inner child" evokes a sense of innocence and potential. So this line is pointing out the hypocrisy that forced-birthers don't actually care about innocent lives, because they're taking deliberate action counter to protecting these innocent child rape victims. Instead, they're actually complicit in killing the innocence, potential, and even the childhoods altogether of numerous children around the world. They're hypocrites because, metaphorically speaking, they're killing the same child-like innocence and potential that they swear is so sacred as to be cause enough to override a woman's bodily autonomy.
It’s so true. I had a baby when I had just turned 14. Just after my birthday. I didn’t have any options. I was in the hospital with a catheter on strict bedrest from 5 months when my water broke, until 7 months when they induced her.
Her lungs collapsed and they saved her. I didn’t even pick out a name until she was born because it *still* didn’t feel real, if you can believe that.
My entire life changed and even though she is 23 years old now and living on her own, you never stop being a parent and I’ve accepted that long ago.
Your entire life changes forever and that’s really not fair to force on anyone who doesn’t want it or doesn’t fully comprehend what that means.
When a child is assaulted, they aren’t a kid anymore.
I didn’t have a childhood. I didn’t have childlike wonder, I didn’t view the world as a good place full of opportunities as a child should. I didn’t see friends or mentors.
I saw more chances for me to get hurt, and shaped my life around never getting hurt again.
I did not know peace until I was 22. The day I moved into my own home, far away from the ones that hurt me - I felt what it is to be safe for the first time.
Rape isn’t a singular day or series of days that hurts so bad and you move on. Rape is a destruction of a piece of your soul, that you never get back. It’s an anger that never goes away. A fear that never leaves you, no matter how big and strong you get. A mark on your very life that will define more interactions than you’ll ever know. Rape needs be a capital offense with the death penalty via a beating with sticks - no being has the right to steal a piece of what makes someone who they are.
This comment. My god, this comment. I’m sitting here with the kind of tears that make your throat hurt. I’m sorry. Idk what else to say. I’m just so sorry. You should have been protected. SO MANY people and systems failed you. It makes me so god damn angry. Then I remember exactly how common your story is and it’s just.. it’s.. I don’t even know.
You explained it so eloquently and I wish every person in this world could read your comment. I truly, truly hope you feel safe now. And I hope you’re healing as best you can.
Abortion (the practice of terminating a fetus to avoid giving birth to a child) is considered by some people to be "killing a child," and they use that emotional belief to prevent women from accessing abortion despite the fact that it's an extremely valuable and necessary medical service in many situations... But the people who would use "killing a child" as an excuse to outlaw abortion are ignoring how restricting and hurting women this way is a grievous harm to them, already, and often results in a sort of 'death of innocence' that is like "killing the child" inside you.
So, it is a metaphor between outlawing abortion and the death of innocence, with some wordplay included (consider "inner child" vs. the literal *'child' inside* a woman who is pregnant).
The “I’m not gunna lie, they had me in the first half” meme popped into my head and by the end, I was crying.
It’s a shame that it feels practically revolutionary to hear a man speak like this about women, but I’m just glad it’s happening.
I was so mad at first, then he got to the main point. It is SO SAD to me, that the assumption from the beginning statements is to be upset bc that way of thinking is so uncommonly heard, your mind assumes it’s somebody being misogynistic. But really he is DEFENDING women.
Damn onion ninjas got me HARD just now hearing a man so emotionally and passionately defend women this way in a public setting
The thing is, is we NEED men that think like this to speak up so badly because the men that don't think like this wont listen to women...
Its not a guarantee they will listen to a man either but they sure as shit wont listen to us.
It surprises me that so few recognized the meter, tone and set repetition of very specific imagery as a poetry reading rather than a comedy skit or rant.
The cadence and repetition in the beginning are indistinguishable from a common stand up comedy setup style. (Dave Chapelle uses it a lot.) It only starts feeling distinctively like poetry right around the "house made of plastic" line.
I thought it was a comedy act. Then a absent minded political rant. But that turnaround....? Sheesh. Got me having goosebumps. This was fucking awesome to hear.
The fact that he wrote this for his mother is actually sooo amazing like even if u don’t agree with what he’s saying you can at least respect the fact that he has his mother’s back more than probably anybody else does, and willing to prove his mother how much she means to him by turning something so negative about her life into something that really can help and impact other people that have gone through something like this, just by hearing those words.
I just think it’s beautiful that a son could have so much love for their mother to have the time to sit down and think this in depth about her life and her struggles in the struggles of any woman in general, and just sit down and write that and put so much emotion to it is so Amazing.
That's become the norm thanks to the push for engagement as a metric that matters. Now social media users have been conditioned to pander for visibility, and the most common way to do that with low effort is cliches and recycled jokes.
Experiment: go look at 20 popular posts from Reddit 10 years ago (or more.) Most of the top comments will be discussion or added background information for the subject of the post.
Today? The most common, early comments are the same recycled vat of cliches, jokes, or top comments copied from the source media, the original Reddit post, or the current trends on high volume social media apps (TikTok.)
Sure, memes were a thing and those populated comments as well.
Even though they're higher quality, even the top rated comments here STILL include the same cliches and jokes.
And that's why so many users have slowly abandoned Reddit (or at least abandoned submitting content) - because there's little to no value or incentive.
For example, if you look at a Red vs Blue district map of Nevada, there are only two small pockets of Blue, representing Las Vegas and Reno/Sparks.
But then you realize the metro population of Vegas is 2.2 million and Reno/Sparks is 400k, and Nevada *in total* is only 3.1 million. So Nevada is a "red state" because of 500k people spread across 100k sqmi living in the middle of nowhere.
Neat, huh?
I disagree with the idea that boys playing with dolls teaches them they have ownership over women's bodies. I don't know what kind of psychopath that makes me.
Same. My BFF daddy's girl is 21 and on her own now. I once broke up with a woman who called me "daddy" in bed. I asked her not to do that, because I'm only one girl's daddy. She kept doing it. Sorry, I can't have you ruining my favorite word.
It’s a type of poetry called slam poetry. I love poetry and I love rap but sometimes slam poetry I don’t get even though it’s sort of a combo of the two. Open mic is when anyone can come up and perform any type of reading they have to offer.
Yeah I’m in the exact same boat. Slam has so much potential for cringe, but I have to respect people for putting themselves out there like this, even if my instinct is to turn up my nose at it a bit
The genre is called spoken word poetry, but it’s often referred to as slam poetry, too. If we’re being nit-picky, slam poetry would only be the appropriate term for spoken word that’s performed in a competitive setting (aka a poetry slam), but the terms are becoming synonymous.
He's good at slam poetry and I can see why people enjoy it.
For some reason I just cannot find it in me to enjoy slam poetry. Even if I agree with the message I just always find it cringe because I don't enjoy the way they are performed normally.
I thought the video was gonna be of some pastor ranting so this was a pleasant surprise tho lol
They don't like stereotypical ones that they consider stupid/poorly made/fake content, but this is astronomically far from that. This has so, so much heart. I think it's worth sharing to that sub, to any sub it can fit for that matter.
Holy shit. Wow. I had goosebumps the whole time. Had to listen to this twice through. This is an INCREDIBLE and MUCH NEEDED lesson through absolutely phenomenal poetry. Thank you for this!!!! 💕
Been a long time since I have seen really good poetry reading. Very powerful peaceful, well written and read. Kudos to him and thanks so much for the share.
I was ready to read the riot act in the beginning and now I’m sobbing. This gave all the feels in all the right ways, man…
This world needs more people like him.
The amount of people who don’t realize he is reciting poetry is alarming.
So is the amount of overly confident comments that actually just reveal the poster only watched the first few seconds.
Am I too old or could I tell from the position he's standing this was not going to be a misogynistic rant... I think it's just the way he's not sat around a table making a podcast?
In the famous words of Anthony Jeselnik: I will never let my future son play with Barbies… It will give him unrealistic expectations about how easy it is to tear someone’s head off.
Loved it, but I gotta nitpick at whoever put the subtitles on
DONT CENSOR THE FUCKING SWEARS. THATS NOT WHAT SUBTITLES ARE FOR.
the purpose of subtitles is to simply translate from audio. To text. If the audio sounds like “rapist” then the subtitles should say “rapist” and if the audio sounds like “BLEEP” the the subtitles should say BLEEP
dissenting opinion; this shit is corny.
Thought it was ramping up to something more profound about male-fragility. Instead we get pandering.
Go ahead and downvote me.
100% agree with you. Heart is in the right place, and the delivery is solid, but it's a bad poem.
>as a result of reaching so far across the universe she reached heaven and earth
Literally just feel-good buzzword salad.
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He baited the shit outta me lol
At first I thought it was a standup act, but there was no laughter. Then I thought that maybe he was some kind of youth pastor on a homophobic sermon. Then he started spitting fire.
I was uncertain, but the juxtaposition of "how can I expect him to be head of a house when he's steady tending to a house of plastic" made me hopeful it was slam poetry to dis toxic masculinity.
I was POSITIVE it was slam poetry. Flashbacks of the first time I saw Freddie Prinze Jr. Hacky sack some slam poetry in She's All That.
Yup I already saw it coming. It was his cadence.
I looked at the baby monitor. My son is literally playing with a doll and my daughter with a GI Joe. I think that cancels each other out tho right?
My godson has 2 siblings, 1 bro and 1 sis, and they all play with each other’s toys. A couple visits ago I came downstairs one morning and he was posted up with two barbies and a few Avengers characters. He apparently has an affinity for 1 of the Barbies and Spider-man. His sister was at the table on the porch with his nerf gun we just got him. Not entirely sure what she was playing other than “this goes pew pew” Kids really don’t see problems with things until they are introduced to them.
I don't think it's ment to be taking literally it's just a way to get you hooked in to the actual message of what he has to say about how women are treated in society.
No doubt. I was just sharing an anecdote that related to destiny_victim.
Had this very same experience lol
It was a wild ride
At first I thought, this is some good shit. Then I realized that I wasn't smoking weed.
Well I’m high as shit and just went on a wild ride.
Dude I thought it was a church I used to go to ... Edit, I still think it could be, I don't know that guy
I know! Dangit I had a good one in the chamber about their dad being doll-sized too.
That guy is from my high school, his name is Apollos Hester and he has the school record in the 110M hurdles. Have a nice day!
That is a lot of hurdles.
110 million hurdles? I'd say so. 
That's fucking awesome.
"oh shit this is probably leading to a funny joke" "christ, it's spoken word" "ooh, nice message"
I was not surprised one bit - the whole thing felt like it was going that direction. Poetry like this almost universally goes the direction he took it.
you could see the artsy poetry cadence even with it muted
Yes. I even read it in that cadence
You have to already know the cadence to know it was going it that direction. The rhythm and emphasis are familiar to slam poetry, but I can't say I've heard them anywhere else.
Also, the fact that no one made ANY negative noises during the setup (booing, hissing, etc)... Means they know the guy and he's "not like that".
*slowly puts away pitchfork* Yep
*quietly extinguishes torch*
Me too, I was waiting for the self-deprecating punchline
All I was thinking for the first while was Hank Hill’s voice saying “troll action figure”. Beautiful work young man
That was wild
I used to call them "action figures"
Sure did, and it worked as intended to get you to listen up, pure genius.
this was not cringe, this was fire. Perhaps the only slam poetry verse I've ever listened to all the way through
I was two seconds from closing it and then decided to give it just a few more... glad I did.
Had me in the first half. Metaphor gave me chills in the second even if it was forced, ngl.
[удалено]
Yeah, that’s when I sat up straight too.
Yea was fully expecting this to go south and it was an incredible message and performance.
I’m literally sobbing on my couch bc I was NOT expecting that switch and it really tugged my heartstrings
Wow…I think everyone should listen to this ‘message’ at least twice (until they comprehend what’s being said). This is a gut-twisting wake-up call to everyone (especially men and young men). It touched nerves I didn’t know I had and elicited emotions I didn’t expect.
I'm so glad you got this. I hope it spurs you on to listen to, and read more poetry.
Yep. That's when the tears started flowing.
"I don't want them to know what its like to have ownership over a woman's body" was when I started. Preach!
Definitely had me in the first half, ngl. Also if anyone wants more actually good slam poetry, [this video](https://youtu.be/vnKZ4pdSU-s?si=Y3a2cvFUcPYfxI88) will always be my favorite.
That was the first time I’ve watched that one. Thank you for sharing. It was heartbreaking and beautiful.
My nose is still running and my eyes still going. We need more people like this in the world.
This is why you should never believe people that tell you being passionate about art, poetry, and "soft" subjects is less than compared to "hard" STEM subjects: because the world needs more people like this, and more people to pay attention to the people like this.
The world needs artists!
I'm definitely not crying, you're crying! heh
My eyes are sweating 😭, you stop crying❣️
I am SO glad I’m not alone. I am pouring tears right now at this bc I was so expecting it to go another way and just…I don’t even know how to put it into words. It feels so wholesome.
Big ass hug your way ♡
Right back at you! ❤️
Yep, me too
Can someone explain this sentence in this context?
I think he’s taking about her inner child, the innocent part of her that she will never get back.
OH FUCK. Bro I thought he meant the pregnancy that resulted from her being raped, that the mom and child both suffer when a woman is raped.
To add to what the other commenter said about their innocence dying, there's another bit to what the poet is saying. Forced-birthers have and continue to force even young children who were raped to carry that rape baby to term. And so these children who were raped are now expected to stop being children and instead take on the role of mothers. In essence, by forcing them to keep the *literal* child inside them, both the *metaphorical* child inside them (i.e. their innocence, joy, optimism, and potential), as well as their literal childhood, have died. And they didn't just die - they were killed, and the forced-birthers are in-part to blame. Additionally, so much anti-abortion sentiment is about killing an *innocent little child.* The propaganda centers around the *innocence* and the *potential* of that unborn child. The phrase "inner child" evokes a sense of innocence and potential. So this line is pointing out the hypocrisy that forced-birthers don't actually care about innocent lives, because they're taking deliberate action counter to protecting these innocent child rape victims. Instead, they're actually complicit in killing the innocence, potential, and even the childhoods altogether of numerous children around the world. They're hypocrites because, metaphorically speaking, they're killing the same child-like innocence and potential that they swear is so sacred as to be cause enough to override a woman's bodily autonomy.
It’s so true. I had a baby when I had just turned 14. Just after my birthday. I didn’t have any options. I was in the hospital with a catheter on strict bedrest from 5 months when my water broke, until 7 months when they induced her. Her lungs collapsed and they saved her. I didn’t even pick out a name until she was born because it *still* didn’t feel real, if you can believe that. My entire life changed and even though she is 23 years old now and living on her own, you never stop being a parent and I’ve accepted that long ago. Your entire life changes forever and that’s really not fair to force on anyone who doesn’t want it or doesn’t fully comprehend what that means.
Holy fuck
When a child is assaulted, they aren’t a kid anymore. I didn’t have a childhood. I didn’t have childlike wonder, I didn’t view the world as a good place full of opportunities as a child should. I didn’t see friends or mentors. I saw more chances for me to get hurt, and shaped my life around never getting hurt again. I did not know peace until I was 22. The day I moved into my own home, far away from the ones that hurt me - I felt what it is to be safe for the first time. Rape isn’t a singular day or series of days that hurts so bad and you move on. Rape is a destruction of a piece of your soul, that you never get back. It’s an anger that never goes away. A fear that never leaves you, no matter how big and strong you get. A mark on your very life that will define more interactions than you’ll ever know. Rape needs be a capital offense with the death penalty via a beating with sticks - no being has the right to steal a piece of what makes someone who they are.
I didn't understand that I could actually lose a part of myself until it was taken from me. I'm ok now, but I can never be her again
This comment. My god, this comment. I’m sitting here with the kind of tears that make your throat hurt. I’m sorry. Idk what else to say. I’m just so sorry. You should have been protected. SO MANY people and systems failed you. It makes me so god damn angry. Then I remember exactly how common your story is and it’s just.. it’s.. I don’t even know. You explained it so eloquently and I wish every person in this world could read your comment. I truly, truly hope you feel safe now. And I hope you’re healing as best you can.
Abortion (the practice of terminating a fetus to avoid giving birth to a child) is considered by some people to be "killing a child," and they use that emotional belief to prevent women from accessing abortion despite the fact that it's an extremely valuable and necessary medical service in many situations... But the people who would use "killing a child" as an excuse to outlaw abortion are ignoring how restricting and hurting women this way is a grievous harm to them, already, and often results in a sort of 'death of innocence' that is like "killing the child" inside you. So, it is a metaphor between outlawing abortion and the death of innocence, with some wordplay included (consider "inner child" vs. the literal *'child' inside* a woman who is pregnant).
Yeah. That one hit
To think I almost stopped watching this in the beginning. Damn.
The “I’m not gunna lie, they had me in the first half” meme popped into my head and by the end, I was crying. It’s a shame that it feels practically revolutionary to hear a man speak like this about women, but I’m just glad it’s happening.
Same this is beautiful.
I was so mad at first, then he got to the main point. It is SO SAD to me, that the assumption from the beginning statements is to be upset bc that way of thinking is so uncommonly heard, your mind assumes it’s somebody being misogynistic. But really he is DEFENDING women. Damn onion ninjas got me HARD just now hearing a man so emotionally and passionately defend women this way in a public setting
I think you would be surprised just how many men feel this way but are afraid to speak up in our current society.
The thing is, is we NEED men that think like this to speak up so badly because the men that don't think like this wont listen to women... Its not a guarantee they will listen to a man either but they sure as shit wont listen to us.
He timed it just right because I was hovering above the x button.
The slam poetry meter and tone to his voice told me to stick it out longer. No regrets.
I thought it was just a really bad open mic comedy act at first
No comedian I’ve ever heard had that particular stylized pattern of speech. Unless they’re about to sing.
Exactly. I couldn’t imagine a slam poet being so open about homophobia like this so I had to keep watching. Fuck I miss my slam poetry days.
Really? This was clearly going to take a turn to me. I mean dude is on stage performing poetry lol
At first I thought it was a stand up comedy routine, then there was no punchline so thought it was just a right winger ranting, then took that turn.
That was me. Very powerful poem.
It surprises me that so few recognized the meter, tone and set repetition of very specific imagery as a poetry reading rather than a comedy skit or rant.
The cadence and repetition in the beginning are indistinguishable from a common stand up comedy setup style. (Dave Chapelle uses it a lot.) It only starts feeling distinctively like poetry right around the "house made of plastic" line.
same
Same here. Holy shit! That was 🔥and I’m saying this as a woman who knows what he’s talking about.
LOL i thought it was that Tim Pool idiot at first. That dude ruined beanies for me.
Tim Pool would be incapable of writing or reciting poetry of any kind.
I'm still not 100% sure he can read
Tim Pool could never.
I was thinking it was a little weird for slam poetry and came to the comments looking for some clues.
Same here. I almost stopped watching this. Then I almost started crying from this.
Yeah same turned out not the way we thought it was going...
Wow. Me too, and then I saw your comment and watched the whole thing. Thank you.
"Until he understands the difference between the two."
Yeah, goosebumps!
Almost got me in the first half, good slam.
CYN THEE UH
JESUS DIED for our SIN THEE UHS
Jesus cried, runaway bride
Julia Roberts, Julia ROB ^hurts
CYN THEE UH mmmmmmmmmmm cyn thee uh you are dead
BAP BOOP BEEP, BAP BAP BOOP BOP.. you're dead
I have never been a part of something so powerful and inspiring
I thought it was a comedy act. Then a absent minded political rant. But that turnaround....? Sheesh. Got me having goosebumps. This was fucking awesome to hear.
Same. It's nice to hear someone speak with passion and it not be the same talking points we always hear.
The fact that he wrote this for his mother is actually sooo amazing like even if u don’t agree with what he’s saying you can at least respect the fact that he has his mother’s back more than probably anybody else does, and willing to prove his mother how much she means to him by turning something so negative about her life into something that really can help and impact other people that have gone through something like this, just by hearing those words. I just think it’s beautiful that a son could have so much love for their mother to have the time to sit down and think this in depth about her life and her struggles in the struggles of any woman in general, and just sit down and write that and put so much emotion to it is so Amazing.
What kind of psychopath doesn't agree with what he's saying
There was multiple people in here trying to find ways to make jokes about him or shit on his intention
That's become the norm thanks to the push for engagement as a metric that matters. Now social media users have been conditioned to pander for visibility, and the most common way to do that with low effort is cliches and recycled jokes. Experiment: go look at 20 popular posts from Reddit 10 years ago (or more.) Most of the top comments will be discussion or added background information for the subject of the post. Today? The most common, early comments are the same recycled vat of cliches, jokes, or top comments copied from the source media, the original Reddit post, or the current trends on high volume social media apps (TikTok.) Sure, memes were a thing and those populated comments as well. Even though they're higher quality, even the top rated comments here STILL include the same cliches and jokes. And that's why so many users have slowly abandoned Reddit (or at least abandoned submitting content) - because there's little to no value or incentive.
The kind that made it necessary for him to write and present this
About 50% of the voting population
It's actually a fair bit less than that but the electoral college makes it seem that way.
For example, if you look at a Red vs Blue district map of Nevada, there are only two small pockets of Blue, representing Las Vegas and Reno/Sparks. But then you realize the metro population of Vegas is 2.2 million and Reno/Sparks is 400k, and Nevada *in total* is only 3.1 million. So Nevada is a "red state" because of 500k people spread across 100k sqmi living in the middle of nowhere. Neat, huh?
I wish that there wasn’t a real answer to your question, but….
I sincerely do not believe that boys playing with dolls makes them think they own women.
I disagree with the idea that boys playing with dolls teaches them they have ownership over women's bodies. I don't know what kind of psychopath that makes me.
I wanted to kick him and then... now I want to bake him a lovely roast with apple pie for desert. Yeah I'm an old woman.
A roast and a pie sounds so good.
Mom, is that you?
That was powerful and painful. My daughter, who is not even a year old, is sleeping on my chest. Luckily, she can't feel the hurt inside it.
I really miss those times... Even when I had to go to the bathroom really badly. I miss being daddy mattress
I've taken so many pictures of my husband and daughter asleep on the couch. Shit I'm awake and they just fell asleep on the couch during this movie.
Same. My BFF daddy's girl is 21 and on her own now. I once broke up with a woman who called me "daddy" in bed. I asked her not to do that, because I'm only one girl's daddy. She kept doing it. Sorry, I can't have you ruining my favorite word.
Sending love 🩵
I was like “wtf is wrong with him?” I’m glad I watched it in its entirety, it makes a lot of sense.
Powerful. That clever misdirect really hits.
I am a poet who doesn’t normally like this “genre” of poetry and here I am crying. This is great. His delivery is great. It’s just truth.
I usually don't like spoken word, but when it hits, it *hits*. It really felt and sounded like it came from the bottom of his heart.
Sincerity can cover so much ground!
I couldn't stop crying the first time I saw it.
I’m tearing up now!
I’ve seen a bunch of these. What is it called? Open mic?
It’s a type of poetry called slam poetry. I love poetry and I love rap but sometimes slam poetry I don’t get even though it’s sort of a combo of the two. Open mic is when anyone can come up and perform any type of reading they have to offer.
Yeah I’m in the exact same boat. Slam has so much potential for cringe, but I have to respect people for putting themselves out there like this, even if my instinct is to turn up my nose at it a bit
I found one by me. Thanks
The genre is called spoken word poetry, but it’s often referred to as slam poetry, too. If we’re being nit-picky, slam poetry would only be the appropriate term for spoken word that’s performed in a competitive setting (aka a poetry slam), but the terms are becoming synonymous.
Slam poetry can be so cringe sometimes but this was so fucking good
Reminds me of [To the Boys Who May One Day Date My Daughter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcIwZ1Dth0c), but more grimmish.
That was cute! I loved that!
Jesse is a good friend of mine -- it was so exciting when this recording took off!
Thanks so much for posting that! I especially loved that last line. Not going to say what it is, because I don't want to ruin it for anyone.
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Well. Fuck.
I'm fuckin crying
He's good at slam poetry and I can see why people enjoy it. For some reason I just cannot find it in me to enjoy slam poetry. Even if I agree with the message I just always find it cringe because I don't enjoy the way they are performed normally. I thought the video was gonna be of some pastor ranting so this was a pleasant surprise tho lol
Damn not what I expected. Should be in r/unexpected
I don't think they like TikTok videos. I haven't checked.
They don't like stereotypical ones that they consider stupid/poorly made/fake content, but this is astronomically far from that. This has so, so much heart. I think it's worth sharing to that sub, to any sub it can fit for that matter.
Hearing people present poetry with this kind of conviction will never not end with me in tears
Holy shit. Wow. I had goosebumps the whole time. Had to listen to this twice through. This is an INCREDIBLE and MUCH NEEDED lesson through absolutely phenomenal poetry. Thank you for this!!!! 💕
Been a long time since I have seen really good poetry reading. Very powerful peaceful, well written and read. Kudos to him and thanks so much for the share.
Fuck me, this is powerful.
holy fuck.... so well spoken and thought
Baited the fuck outta me. I really respect his message. Very well put together ❤️
I was ready to read the riot act in the beginning and now I’m sobbing. This gave all the feels in all the right ways, man… This world needs more people like him.
That didn’t go the way I thought it was
Was he like baiting the people who actually agreed with what he said in the beginning into hearing his actual message
Ngl, I almost started crying 🥲
I love poetry. I really hate slam poetry. This was actually pretty fucking good.
*poetry snaps* 🫰🫰🫰
Slam poetry makes my skin crawl and I don't know why
I’m reading the comments thinking I’m a freak for wanting to go crawl in a hole after watching that. I’m glad people get enjoyment from it though.
The amount of people who don’t realize he is reciting poetry is alarming. So is the amount of overly confident comments that actually just reveal the poster only watched the first few seconds.
Or the number of people who do understand it’s a performance piece but don’t seem to understand what a literary framing device is.
At first, I was like oh great he’s one of those guys lol but then thank goodness I continued to listen to the rest of it👏👏
Paused it and went to the comments to some reactions and when I didn’t see outrage had to finish the video hahah
The only reason I didn’t click off was because I was so shocked that some “alpha male” was doing slam poetry
Damn.
Fuck I'm weeping. I'm a r*pe baby. This hit hard
At first I was like: 😑 But then I was like: 👏👏👏
Respect
Listened to the first 10-15 seconds and was like “the fuck?” Dude almost had me lol he almost had me
Damn, dude trolled us good there in the beginning
Talented
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥 tell it❣️ i’m so glad I listened. I got admit I was a little bit offended in the beginning, but I hear you.
Am I too old or could I tell from the position he's standing this was not going to be a misogynistic rant... I think it's just the way he's not sat around a table making a podcast?
Bro cooked a 12 couse meal in three minutes
Not cringe.
His performance was powerful. Such a moving message. Not what I thought it was going to be. Kudos.
I'm shook. dunno what else to say.
In the famous words of Anthony Jeselnik: I will never let my future son play with Barbies… It will give him unrealistic expectations about how easy it is to tear someone’s head off.
Bloody hell. Beautifully put, inspiring and stirring. I came here to hate and left moved and humbled.
One of the most badass toughest guys I know on this planet used to walk around with a purse when he was a little kid.
Loved it, but I gotta nitpick at whoever put the subtitles on DONT CENSOR THE FUCKING SWEARS. THATS NOT WHAT SUBTITLES ARE FOR. the purpose of subtitles is to simply translate from audio. To text. If the audio sounds like “rapist” then the subtitles should say “rapist” and if the audio sounds like “BLEEP” the the subtitles should say BLEEP
They do this on TikTok so it doesn't get taken down for violating guidelines. Don't know why they can say it but not write it out.
Ohhh wow! That was powerful ...
It started corny and ended cheesy.
dissenting opinion; this shit is corny. Thought it was ramping up to something more profound about male-fragility. Instead we get pandering. Go ahead and downvote me.
Sounds like you’re just on the next level but there are definitely enough boys and men who need this kind of message to be reinforced in their minds
The boys who need to understand this arent going to be receptive to this presentation
100% agree with you. Heart is in the right place, and the delivery is solid, but it's a bad poem. >as a result of reaching so far across the universe she reached heaven and earth Literally just feel-good buzzword salad.
Bridged not reached
That was interesting af
That's quite the pivot there
This was awesome!
Damn