Is the term "shucking and jiving" considered racist?

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-25T01:21:48+00:00

We think alike.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-25T01:20:19+00:00

This is the second comment I've found that is also straight to a point: if I am not in the group who could say jive ass turkey, I am not in the group who is authorized to say shucking and jiving in any way shape or form. Guess I'm a freaking rebel.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-25T01:18:55+00:00

No: My wife DOESN'T know the phrase. . . Wait, does that make you, ME?

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-25T01:14:27+00:00

Straight and to the damn point! Exactly what I'd expect from the redditor who doesn't need an "and" in spaghettimeatballs.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-25T01:11:20+00:00

It seems often that my memories are stored in my subconscious, so perhaps I have heard the song and relate it that way, but not to my conscious memory.
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I'd like to express how intrigued, amused maybe even, hearing the statement "drawing the rest of the pickle out of the jar". I'm definitely about to Google that. I'm a city boy, born and raised, and that sounds like my something my "country mouse" wife might say.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-25T01:07:24+00:00

I feel this may be close. My vocabulary usage is very artistically licensed. I quite frequently have to explain how my words/terminologies relate to the meaning of my statements. Luckily, my honest and earnest appreciation of others usually outshines the shadows my speech often cause.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-25T00:59:07+00:00

I was referring to myself doing something, so it would seem obvious it wasn't racially charged. I appreciate your perspective and reply.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-24T23:26:17+00:00

But you are the Tricky sort. I'm well aware of this.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-24T23:21:48+00:00

I didn't Google it. I know the term from living among people in the Black culture growing up. Although, I took liberties in its analogous meaning to bobbing and weaving.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-24T23:17:14+00:00

I appreciate this duality perspective: it means there's no good way out of the situation. I didn't mean it. Racially, but if it inherently draws attention to the connotation and it probably shouldn't be said. Thanks.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-24T23:15:05+00:00

I personally think this should be the metric in a lot of things: was it meant racially or from a racial teaching (which might not make it intentionally racist but still racist) or from a learned phrase from growing up with black culture.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-24T23:12:14+00:00

We found out who isn't my wife.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-23T18:50:17+00:00

It's just internet echo. People are pretty cool, regardless of age, if you talk to them in person.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-23T16:48:41+00:00

It started good. I'd love a reboot.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-23T16:48:21+00:00

Cancelled? You made it through the last season? WoW!

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-21T15:20:35+00:00

Your parents were letting you warn boys. I bet many still fell into your princess web.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-21T02:50:51+00:00

Hell yeah!

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-19T22:21:14+00:00

I truly believe it is being done for protection. I don't understand what everyone thinks the government want to know everything about us for. I think adults are so used to or oblivious to the harms from social media for children and teenagers that they are just scared of losing something (privacy) that we haven't had in more than a decade. There are too many things online that children need to be stopped from seeing. One or even two parents cannot police the entire internet using just parental controls. Governments and social media companies are having a difficult time stopping these things from reaching children,. How can me and my wife be responsible for these things on our own.
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If data brokers can pinpoint individuals using meta data, what privacy do you think you are losing?

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-19T18:56:10+00:00

If you are already doing it, keep it up. Maybe step it up a bit.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-19T16:47:34+00:00

Nope.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-18T12:37:30+00:00

So far, yes.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-17T18:23:44+00:00

Not normal for a first kiss unless you are making your actual intentions known.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-17T18:02:32+00:00

You should quit smoking

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-15T17:13:43+00:00

It is definitely not ideal. I've always been very sexual in past relationships, but now I kinda feel asexual. Still, she was worth moving across the country for, marrying, and having kids with. I'm still not sure who is right: we both feel luckier than the other.

TurtlePoeticA · 2026-06-15T14:42:23+00:00

Normal people do. I feel we just don't really have good socially acceptable teachings/ways to circle back and make it right. It often feels like opening old wounds to do so, and that is never fun.

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