What's This Harlem Shake Meme Thingy

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Anbessa725 said:
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how do you organize some shyt like this


It just goes to show you when white people really want to get together and accomplish something, its usually for some shyt like this
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not to be outdone

 
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Don't know if this has been posted yet, but explains where "Do the Harlem shake" line comes from...

FADER Explains: Harlem Shake « The FADER

The lyric came about as a result of getting into a fist fight over graffiti back in 2001, the same year that “Miller Time” was made. A friend of mine told me this kid was crossing me out, so logically I began crossing him out. Then one night after a [Plastic Little] show, I heard that the writer I had issue with was waiting to see me outside the venue. So I head outside with Kurt [Hunte], who is also in Plastic Little, to I guess talk with this guy. As I walk outside, I hear someone call me by my graffiti name so I turn to see who it is, only to be greeted by a 40 bottle to the face. Despite sneaking his opponent with a bottle, this kid got his ass beat (he was really bad at fighting). After several minutes, I got pretty bored with throwing punches so I grabbed him by his collar and tried to put his head through the passenger side window of a parked car. It didn’t go through luckily, but it created a lull in the fight where the two of us just stared at each other covered in blood. This was my first fight and I didn’t know how to properly “end” a fight, so I just smiled at him and did the Harlem shake, blood gushing from glass cuts on my face. The other kid, I guess not wanting to fight anymore, or maybe not wanting to fight someone who just danced at him, got on his skateboard and took off without his shoes. That’s why “Miller Time” ends with the line, And if you bring a forty bottle to battle me/ I’ll just punch you in the face/ then do the Harlem Shake.

Read more: FADER Explains: Harlem Shake « The FADER
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All I see is a bunch of people that are mad their shyt is less interesting than a bunch of generic white people :umad:
 
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Phoenix_Knightly23 said:
I don't understand it but I don't think it's meant to be understood.
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What is there not to understand. Someone started it, everyone started copying it. Sounds like everything else in life to me. Same as there being 20 different cooking shows on tv. Why?? One starts caking, and everyone else follows.

in other words. Americans/humans are a bunch of sheep
 
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tbf, white people aren't stealing the 'actual' harlem shake, blame baauer for naming the track that :yeshrug:



I was confused as hell for the longest thinking "why are white people all of a sudden making all of these harlem shake videos?"...then curiosity got the best of me and I did a meme check and :wtf: :laff: and :snoop: when I watched a video of it



it would be good if a group of people did one of these videos and had a mass of people do the actual harlem shake when the drop kicks in
 
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