Originally Posted By goodgirl Okay, let's get back on topic. My last year of college I moved out of the dorm into an apartment. My little sister moved in with me. When we were really hungry we would go through all the pockets of our clothes and look under all the sofa and chair seat cushions and anywhere else we might scrounge up some loose change. We walk down to the market and buy a box of Rice Krispies (the generic brand) and a bag of the cheapest marshmallows we could find and a pound of butter or margarine (whatever was cheapses). We would make as many batches of Rice Krispie Treats as we could. And then we would eat them. That would be our dinner. And late night snack. And breakfast. And lunch. And dinner again. And then they were gone and we were glad because we were sick of them and on a sugar high. Until a couple months later when we would be watching TV and would look at each other and read each others minds and then go scrounging for change.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 That's a lot of assuming Kimrue, that everyone here is upper middle class. I know for a fact that you ae wrong. So, this totally proves my point about the word ghetto. Ghetto was a word that originated long before you or I. I don't think anyone was being personally offended by you - it was the word. Saying it was uncomfortably used in this topic. I can see there will be no reasoning with you. Not much different than many other topics. I apologize for derailing the thread but I don't apologize for being offended by the word and it's use. I was just expressing my feelings and I was not the first to express that. It hit a nerve with quite a few people. I think I'd think about that.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Sorry goodgirl, I blew your effort to get things back on track. Top Ramen seasoning for soup. Boiled rice and nothing else. Beans, Beans, Beans, and more beans.
Originally Posted By Kimrue For those of you who need an education on modern urban slang and pop culture...please read the urban dictionary definition for the term 'ghetto' namely definition number 4...apologies already accepted, let's get back on topic.... <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ghetto" target="_blank">http://www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=ghetto</a> 3. (adj.) poor; of or relating to the poor life 4. (adj.) jury-rigged, improvised, or home-made (usually with extremely cheap or sub-standard components), yet still deserving of an odd sense of respect from ghetto dwellers and non-ghetto dwellers alike
Originally Posted By Kimrue <<apologies already accepted>> ps, for those of you who can't tell, this was a joke
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka Here's another definition from the Urban Dictionary: 1. I'm leaving Something someone says when they want attention.I hate this place and I'm leaving.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Oh brother! You are so hard-headed you wouldn't catch what we are trying to say if it hit you square in the face. I'm done. And there are no apologies.
Originally Posted By Kimrue first of all, get off my back second of all if you read my post I didn't say "I'm leaving" I said "I'm out of here" which meant...Out of this topic...which obviously, I didn't do either, also, when I have left the boards it's only been for a couple months because I was sick of the negativity and hate...You need to lighten up and stop getting heated about something that is already being beaten into the ground something awful! I apologize that my knowledge of urban terminology and pop culture exceeds most of you, but not for my use of such terminology...now that I've educated you guys I feel we can put this little misunderstanding behind us and continue with the topic at hand...if you do not wish to post on "low budget food that you have desperately eaten.." YOU leave...I created this topic and I don't need your permission to stay or leave. I don't need attention from you guys, that's kinda funny, I don't even know any of you personally. Besides, I get plenty attention here at home...this is just fun for me...
Originally Posted By Kimrue <<Oh brother! You are so hard-headed you wouldn't catch what we are trying to say if it hit you square in the face.>> What ARE you trying to say? You're right, I don't get it. First it's insulting that I used the word "ghetto" to describe low budget food...when I SHOWED you where I got this term from and the fact that I'm using the term correctly, it's still "wrong" your right...what's the problem here?
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Originally Posted By Kimrue I got you both...I'm sorry for offending you truly.."f" for sex is just gross....however, I've heard black people using the "n" word amongst themselves and I do not take offense to that personally that is a cultural difference that I know nothing about. If I heard a white or a different race other than black people using that term, I would be disgusted. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong. I grew up in an area and went to a school that too was very racially diverse. So I've heard every slang term known to man. and am very numb to it. It was perfectly acceptable for people of the same ethnic background to use the slang words for their own background, I never felt it acceptable for that boundary to be crossed. Most of my classmates respected that...It does hurt when I hear words like "gringa/gringo" or "ghostface" it doesn't have the hate background that so many other racial slurs do have so I can't imagine those who have been through generations of hate because of their race or background and I respect that more than ever being where I grew up. The area that I've lived in and even where I live now (upper middle class area...yeah, made it!)the term "ghetto" is NOT offensive. I'm sorry that I didn't take into consideration that perhaps others in other areas of the country take EXTREME offense to that word. I seriously do NOT put that word on the same level as the "f" word or the "n" word for that matter. If you see it that way, I do apologize. I really didn't know what the hullaballoo was all about. I felt, hey, I grew up poor in the ghetto, all my friends use the term "ghetto fabulous" and ghetto casserole like it's nothing...being we grew up in it...I'm really sorry.
Originally Posted By Kimrue I got you both...I'm sorry for offending you truly.."f" for sex is just gross....however, I've heard black people using the "n" word amongst themselves and I do not take offense to that personally that is a cultural difference that I know nothing about. If I heard a white or a different race other than black people using that term, I would be disgusted. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong. I grew up in an area and went to a school that too was very racially diverse. So I've heard every slang term known to man. and am very numb to it. It was perfectly acceptable for people of the same ethnic background to use the slang words for their own background, I never felt it acceptable for that boundary to be crossed. Most of my classmates respected that...It does hurt when I hear words like "gringa/gringo" or "ghostface" it doesn't have the hate background that so many other racial slurs do have so I can't imagine those who have been through generations of hate because of their race or background and I respect that more than ever being where I grew up. The area that I've lived in and even where I live now (upper middle class area...yeah, made it!)the term "ghetto" is NOT offensive. I'm sorry that I didn't take into consideration that perhaps others in other areas of the country take EXTREME offense to that word. I seriously do NOT put that word on the same level as the "f" word or the "n" word for that matter. If you see it that way, I do apologize. I really didn't know what the hullaballoo was all about. I felt, hey, I grew up poor in the ghetto, all my friends use the term "ghetto fabulous" and ghetto casserole like it's nothing...being we grew up in it...I'm really sorry.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 We are even Kimrue. I don't put ghetto in the same category as either of those words either. I was just making a point. <shake hands and let's move on?>
Originally Posted By Labuda "I grew up with cinnamon and sugar toast. 2oonlet1 makes it all the time for herself. Also...I love peanut butter and crackers." Yep yep - same here, Mrs 2oony! We had cinnamon toast at least once a month or so in my house when we were growing up. Good stuff, but OINLY if on wheat bread (I never liked white). And I only like peanut butter & crackers if it's chunky PB and I have a nice tall glass of milk to go with.
Originally Posted By Labuda *phew* Glad to hear you meant you, not me, Suzie. Would be kinda rough to ensure I always had milk ready in case you're having PB.
