Yes, I deserve that. Look, I know what I said before, but your words got to me. For the record, I’ve been keeping up with the noise over here at this new-and-improved ‘The Root.’ Watching it all go down at interweb speed on these here treacherous ass e-streets. And now I know that this ish is real!

So very, VERY true.....Hey, hon!

That’s a shame. They should definitely reboot this- carefully...respectfully- but a reboot nonetheless.

I’m dating myself, but I was in junior high when this first came out and was hooked immediately. This is what happens when they finally let subscription TV come to the inner cities. You get the “exposure” and then it’s all down hill after that. My kid brother got hooked, too. Great movie.

Yes, lawd! The Johns were in rare form, for sure! This is one of my all time favs...Buckeroo, that damned Penny Priddy and the crew was the shyte.

Your name, though! It. Is. EVERYTHING! I’m all about that Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th Dimension life.

Reading material while you wait...

No lies told here. Except those caramelized brown-sugar-coated bacon nuggets they serve at breakfast will be the death of me. Like, when I’m older and I can legally euthanize, I pray that they still exist because I will eat them (preferably in one sitting) until my arteries clog and I die instantaneously. Rapture...

I had to come out of my air conditioned 2 bedroom condo in Lurker Meadows Estates to comment on this article. I don’t do makeup, but I will definitely be hitting up Nubian Skin for some hot ‘lingeree.’ However, this was highly informative for other reasons, particularly since I am losing a battle with my addlepated…

I have a friend who self-loathes because she loves K-Pop. I have no sympathy for her, however, because I’ve been telling her for several years now that the real contenders for the “non-black ‘blacks’” have always been and will always be Filipinos:

No...just like it hasn’t worked out so well here, either.

I used to believe this myself, until I started to pay closer attention to what happens in my neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods here in Chicago where I live. And what I realized is that the burning, looting and destruction of property pales in comparison to the systemic and organized terror inflicted upon us…

And she will pay...right there...in sweat!

Right! Like lean and healthy bodies don’t end up in the friggin ground, too? Those additional years that you MAY add to your life can go either way so feel good while you can.

OMG! You know, I was thinking about writing a comic book, Zack! Thanks for the vote of confidence!

Yeah, I agree completely. Obesity is one of those hot-button issues that is so subjective to me that any debate about it seems almost disingenuous. So some think she’s being irresponsible or wrong to affirm her body, but I can make a similar argument about the people who may be on the extreme of “healthy,” severing…

Yeah, and being overweight and diabetes are not mutually exclusive. As I’m sure most of us are aware, one can be overweight and be diabetes-free, just like one can be of normal weight and have diabetes.

This is good stuff. I made the mistake of wandering over to WaPo and reading the story and browsing through the comments section. Then I had to come back here to center myself, but not before I had a good lousing. I won’t bring those nasty little buggers back with me to contaminate this thread.

Hate much?

You are correct. They are woefully missing from the comment. Also, curiously, this is how the comment appears on The Root, where I was able to link and reply to this site: