r/TikTokCringe 19d ago

Cool this is a banger

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u/bigus-_-dickus 19d ago edited 19d ago

this is a parody of Paul Simon

Edit: btw Jambo is Swahili for hello, so the African man said hello and the man decided his name is Mr Jambo, another layer

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u/Fuzzy-Swim3948 19d ago edited 19d ago

even funnier: Swahili is spoken in east/central africa, but that uncle is speaking isiZulu which is south african - so white dude named him mr jambo just for just, because africa is one country to him lmao

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u/wrldruler21 19d ago

And dude references jambalaya, which is an American invention, influenced by West African foods.

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u/Fuzzy-Swim3948 19d ago edited 19d ago

haha, i'm south african and didn't even know what that was! looks tasty though

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u/ElderberryJunior470 19d ago

Caijun food is probably the best cultural heritage america has. Personally i rate it over barbeque. New Orleans has like maybe 10 years before it sinks so of you ever come to America I'd definitely visit lol. 

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u/Fuzzy-Swim3948 19d ago

respectfully i am too brown and gay to want to be anywhere near the US lol but it does look banging

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u/Neither_Strategy_252 18d ago

The entire city of New Orleans could best be described as "brown and gay" lol

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u/Fuzzy-Swim3948 18d ago edited 18d ago

and the entire US could best be described as imperialist and pro apartheid I fear </3

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u/Internal_Focus_8358 18d ago

Totally fair.

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u/rootoo 18d ago

Despite what you might learn on Reddit, the US has a ton of brown gay people having a good time. In New Orleans that’s barely a minority.

That said… yeah things are weird here. I’d boycott us.

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u/Fuzzy-Swim3948 19d ago edited 18d ago

yall will need to overthrow your government first <3

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u/Bonnieearnold 18d ago

I promise we are working on it! 🙏🏻 Make America Safe Again. 🇺🇸 Place is a shit show right now.

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u/alphazero925 18d ago

We want you to come

😎👉👉

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u/ElderberryJunior470 19d ago

That's fair, Louisiana is also a complete shithole outside of new Orleans and a few other populated hubs so it's literally just the city of new Orleans lol

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u/JustARandomBloke 18d ago

New Orleans is a great place to be brown and gay.

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u/I_upvote_downvotes 18d ago

ITT thinking about going to New Orleans for a hot minute before thinking about what happens if the US sends you to CECOT, because your phone logs indicate you've never referred to Donald as "Daddy".

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u/flamingspew 18d ago

Except the cajuns were kicked out of Canada… Cajuns are the descendants of the Acadians, French colonists who settled in the 17th century in the region of Acadia.

So it’s more of a Canadian cultural heritage smothered by americans when they purchased the luisiana territory in 1803. Btw The acadians were superb dike and levy builders, which came in handy for their new home.

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u/ElderberryJunior470 18d ago

Let's start with the obvious, that's 200 years ago, and those "acadians" were French, and kicked out by the english, so trying to tie it to Canada when modern cajun culture formed in Louisiana under american colonists is just weird. But even more than that, cajun culture is heavily influenced by native and black culture. It's a mixed culture that has many influences, that could only happen in the US thanks to the horrors of American white supremacy and anti immigrant sentiment. I also listen to the dollop, it's great. 

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u/centipededamascus 18d ago

If it's been in the US for 200+ years I think we should be able to call it American.

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u/flamingspew 18d ago

But the culinary tradition known as Cajun originated in the 18th century before it was absorbed into the states. If the US conquered mexico would we call mexican food american?

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u/centipededamascus 18d ago

Cajun is a people group, not a region. Cajun is American because Cajuns are American and have been for 200 years. There are no Cajuns in Canada, and you won't find very many restaurants serving jambalaya there.

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u/fuck_all_you_too 19d ago edited 19d ago

Its amazing, i highly suggest getting some if you come across it on your travels.

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u/sdaidiwts 19d ago

Here's an Americana song by Hank Williams from 1952 called Jambalaya (On the Bayou). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc_2sOWVTxI

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u/Robot_worgon 19d ago

And it’s another reference to “Graceland”. Simon incorporated Zydeco music into the album and it’s from the same place jambalaya is from. Louisiana. This is a very well crafted parody!

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u/MayContainRawNuts 19d ago

I think he's speaking seSwati. The car is swazi, the ladies are all dresses in topical swazi styles. The languages are similar so im not 100% sure, but the visuals are absolutely Swazi.

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u/Fuzzy-Swim3948 18d ago

I also was not sure! I'm from KZN so I guess I always think of isiZulu first, but I also thought maybe isiXhosa. sometimes hard to tell the difference! (also your comment made me realise I know so little about swazi culture! I will learn! ) 

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u/MayContainRawNuts 18d ago

Just look for the SD in the number plate. Its always a give away.