The problem here is that he obviously didn’t get her new Tupperware after.
Was gonna say. You know the solution here.
attending a Tupperware meeting? How do you even do that?!
You can buy mom’s Tupperware, but one cannot just buy granny’s Tupperware.
There were parties, and appetizers and large purchases.
Occasionally you can find a classic piece on eBay for $26 like this specimen
But the new stuff just isn’t the same and granny wants her legacy back gosh darn it.
I understand, however even nonoptimal plastic boxes are better than a bag.
For my man here, absolutely. But he’s dissapointed grandma. He’s gettin the bag as a reminder.
Maybe he did, but that’s not the point grandmother is making.
we all know granny isn’t using actual Tupperware. It’s old butter or cottage cheese containers.
They will still disown you if you lose them though.
My grandma had her original Tupperware from the 70s!
What’s with people omitting the possessive apostrophe and letter S? The word “granny” reads like an adjective here
It seems to be a feature of African-American Vernacular English It seems to be well documented. This is one of the random websites that popped up when I searched for it.
Thats super cool, thanks for the link!
classic one is “baby momma” in general american would be “[my] baby’s mother”
Anyone else feel guilty when bad grammar is explained by aave? I understand it’s cultural but it feels patronizing af
It’s not bad grammar. It’s different grammar than the “Standard American English” most of us learned in school, and sometimes described as bad grammar for generally racist historical reasons.
Right but aave was in part formed because of restricted access to education, not preference or rule governance. That was kind of my point.
Language is largely an arbitrary collection of rules consensually agreed upon. It’s no wonder that throughout history, it has been the ruling classes that spoke the most “correctly” and the poor that spoke “incorrectly.” Grammar is a tool of social control.
Free your mind.
I agree but aave was partly formed due to systemic oppression, isolation and restricted access to education so that’s where I was coming from. It feels a little like flattery.
Also I’m not American so spare me the insinuation that I’m an ignorant racist because I don’t fit your definition of being an open minded liberal.
Why does everyone in the world think they can’t be racists simply by virtue of not being American?
I wasn’t calling you racist, but do you find that a lot of people do?
Anyway, this linguistic tendency goes way beyond race; think of how the BBC accent was posh London for the longest time, or how Quebecois are ashamed of their accents, or how Argentines envy continental castellano… it’s a race thing only in so much as it’s a class thing.
Possessive determiners are adjectives.
It’s common in AAVE - nothing wrong with it
How do you know it’s supposed to have an apostrophe and an S though?
Context, but I do think that it’s important enough to not omit
Blud, count yourself fortunate that she’s still giving you food. If I’d gone and lost my grandma’s Tupperware, she’d straight up murder me ass.
Get in the mud to have some gud fud, blud.
That is some artful bagging of a meal. One bag, yet neatly compartmentalized with virtually no smearing on the bag. Damn.
And everything in that picture was hours of cooking, cleaning. God I’m tired just looking at that bag.
Granny could probably sell those on doordash for $35 a pop :)
My leftovers look more like some strange sea life from the murky depths.
In Canada, care comes in bags.
So does milk but that don’t make it right.
Nah, j/k. Go on with your wacky milk bags, ya crazy hosers.
Not in bears?
Canada comes in Care Bears.
I’m conflicted if I should upvote this. I’m a little disgusted, but also turned on.
Damn that looks delicious.
Wise woman, your gran.
THE BAG OF SHAMEEEE
I prefer bags.
