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  • Pandemic made people crazy.

  • I thought we're all gonna come together.

  • That's what I believed.

  • From all the movies I watched as a kid,

  • I thought if humans were ever threatened with an existential threat, we would abandon every single fight we were having and we would come together to win.

  • Hell, I thought if that virus came, we'd all be there, we'd be like, all right, no more racism, no more sexism.

  • Let's do this together.

  • And we'd go and we'd defeat the enemy aliens and then we'd come back and be like, all right, let's get back to the racism and sexism.

  • It's like an independence day.

  • That's what happened, remember?

  • Yeah, that's what I grew up watching.

  • Everyone in the world came together to fight the aliens.

  • We stopped all of our, there was no politics.

  • There was no nothing.

  • We unified and we won.

  • And then in real life, what do we do?

  • We fought each other and we lost.

  • We were supposed to be a team.

  • Will Smith was supposed to be our hero.

  • None of it went as planned.

  • As humans, we've become so comfortable knowing that we forget how uncertain life is.

  • We get taught every single day that we know, we know, we know, we get comfortable knowing.

  • So you think you'll always know.

  • What's the traffic gonna be like?

  • You know.

  • What's the weather gonna be like?

  • You know, oh, it'll rain on Thursday.

  • You understand what a magic trick that is?

  • If you had that technology 500 years ago, you were like, oh, it'll rain on Thursday.

  • People would be like, kumba dindang, ginga wandang, ginga kumba dindang, ginga wandang, dindang kumba, wanda.

  • I remember how confident world leaders were as well.

  • Some more cocky than others.

  • One of my favorites was Prime Minister of the UK,

  • Boris Johnson.

  • Yeah, he was an interesting one.

  • He went to a hospital during the pandemic and he was hugging people.

  • Like right at the beginning, he was hugging people, going around hugging people.

  • Journalists asked him, they're like,

  • Prime Minister Johnson, do you think it's appropriate for you to be hugging people during a pandemic?

  • He's like, first of all, everyone needs to calm down.

  • This is not a pandemic.

  • This is not a pandemic.

  • Look at my hair.

  • Do I look stressed?

  • Everybody needs to calm down.

  • Nothing, everything is fine.

  • Well, I can touch people.

  • We're not shutting down.

  • Everything's staying open.

  • The pubs are staying open.

  • The football's staying open.

  • Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma, ma.

  • He's just gone.

  • He didn't give a shit.

  • America's president.

  • Oh, he was even cockier.

  • Yeah.

  • You see him when he came out?

  • Donald J. Trump.

  • Oh, he had all the swag.

  • He was like, folks, we're gonna have it handled in 21 days, 21 days.

  • The virus will be gone, 21 days.

  • Some are even saying 20.

  • That disease came and kicked Trump and Boris deep in the chest.

  • Both men went to the ICU, almost died.

  • Only reason they survived is because they're both heads of state.

  • They gave them that secret juice.

  • Boris, to his credit, he came out of that hospital like he had seen Jesus.

  • He came from the hospital, held a press conference, shut everything down.

  • He came there, barely dressed.

  • He was like, everybody, this is not a joke.

  • I've seen it.

  • I've seen it.

  • I've seen it.

  • I've seen it.

  • I've seen it.

  • This is not a joke.

  • I've seen it for myself.

  • The UK's shutting down.

  • Please, the football's gone.

  • The pubs are gone.

  • Do not take this lightly.

  • I've experienced it myself.

  • I promise, this is not fun.

  • I can't talk to you.

  • I have to go.

  • Please, I can't talk.

  • I have to.

  • And he was just gone.

  • Gone.

  • That man was terrified.

  • I was half expecting coronavirus to come around the corner like.

  • Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough.

  • Trump, on the other hand, didn't give a damn.

  • That man will die from being stubborn.

  • He came out of the hospital, could barely breathe, but still held a press conference.

  • Didn't even speak.

  • He was just like.

  • Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm.

  • Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm.

  • If I can do it, hmm, so can you.

  • Such a fun sound.

  • Sound of happiness.

  • The sound of white happiness, in particular.

  • Yeah.

  • I've tracked it.

  • I've searched for the source of woohoo, and I found it originated with white people.

  • White, white woman, in particular.

  • That's where it comes from.

  • That is the sound of a white woman's turn up.

  • That is the sound of her getting into the game.

  • She's like, Tammy, woohoo!

  • And that's when you know it's on.

  • Because everyone else learned it from white women.

  • That's where it came from.

  • You know, it spread through society like a virus.

  • It's not the natural sound anybody else makes.

  • White women make that sound instinctively, but everyone else has learned it.

  • Like, white men were the first ones to learn it, because for them it's sort of like a mating call.

  • They know what it means.

  • They have to reciprocate.

  • They're like, woohoo!

  • Woohoo!

  • But everyone else had to learn it.

  • It's a natural sound for them, but for nobody else.

  • Like, black people woohoo, but it's not the natural sound black people make for fun.

  • You know, black people can woohoo.

  • Black people often do woohoo.

  • But it's not instinctively a black sound of happiness.

  • And I think it's because black people are uncomfortable with the woohoo.

  • Deep down inside, there's a certain moment in woohoo when every black person stops enjoying it.

  • There's just a moment when, and maybe this is just my personal experiences, but I feel it sounds eerily similar to a police siren.

  • There's just a moment where it stops being fun.

  • It's just that split second where it's like, woohoo!

  • Woo!

  • Woo!

  • Woo!

  • Woo!

  • Woo!

  • Woo!

  • Woo!

  • Woo!

  • Woo!

  • Woo!

  • Woo!

  • Woo!

  • Like, put your hands in the air!

  • And keep them there.

  • Terrorism is not a race, it's an act.

  • It evolved over time.

  • Yes, right now we're dealing with extremism,

  • Islamic terror in some parts of the world.

  • But if you go to other parts of the world and ask them what a terrorist is, they'll show you a different face.

  • You go to England 20 years ago, and you said, what was a terrorist?

  • They show you a drunk Irishman.

  • I didn't need to say drunk,

  • I could have just said Irishman.

  • There was a time when Nelson Mandela was labeled a terrorist.

  • Like, terrorism is an act, it's not a face.

  • People say these things, well, these Muslims, you gotta admit, there's an awful lot of them, awful lot of them doing the same thing.

  • You're like, yeah, but you know who's not a terrorist?

  • Most Muslims.

  • Yeah.

  • Most Muslims are not terrorists.

  • I'm not even Muslim, but it gets to me, because I'm like, most Muslim people are not terrorists.

  • You know how you know this?

  • Because we're still alive.

  • They've had ample opportunity to take us out, people.

  • There's a billion Muslim people on the planet.

  • They've had every chance.

  • They could have killed us using those falafels they sell us after midnight when we come out of the club.

  • They could have wiped us all out.

  • But they're killer kebabs.

  • I would have never learned about America,

  • I would have never come to America.

  • I would have never learned about America.

  • I would have never come out to places like Washington, D.C.

  • Would never learn to drive on the other side of the road.

  • I would have never learned about charming racism had I not come to this beautiful country.

  • Probably something that changed my life forever.

  • Charming racism.

  • Classic American charming racism.

  • I never knew there was such a thing growing up.

  • And I thought I knew all about racism.

  • I always, you know, coming from the home of some of the best racism in the world, I...

  • No, and I don't mean to brag, but South Africa is by far.

  • Like, we've got top quality racism out there.

  • Like, it's handcrafted.

  • You don't get racism like that anymore.

  • Like, I've seen racism all over the world.

  • To be honest, the standards have dropped.

  • It's not what it used to be.

  • Like, I'm talking about quality racism.

  • You know, now it's cheap and mass produced.

  • Probably made in China now.

  • I'm talking about real racism.

  • I discovered charming racism in a place called Lexington, Kentucky.

  • I don't know if you've ever been, but you really need to go.

  • It's a beautiful place.

  • Old school, charming racism with a smile and the tip of a hat.

  • Everyone in Lexington had this vibe.

  • The smile, the charm, the drawl.

  • Oh, the Southern drawl.

  • I love it so much.

  • They would speak out there.

  • The grammar's horrible, but it's still beautiful.

  • It's...

  • No, because the sentences don't really make sense.

  • They'd be like, y'all ain't never done gone seen none of them out.

  • And it's like, that's, that's...

  • That's not English.

  • Your autocorrect is broken.

  • I don't know what that...

  • But it's beautiful.

  • You know, in fact, when they speak really fast, sometimes it sounds like someone's playing a banjo inside their mouths.

  • That's what it sounds like to me.

  • I asked two men for directions and they started arguing.

  • It was the most beautiful sound I've ever heard in my life.

  • The guy was like, where are you going, boy?

  • I said, I'm going to the theater.

  • Can you direct me?

  • He said, oh, y'all getting on the way on that road.

  • Maybe they don't seen y'all down that way.

  • And the friend was like, no, they ain't getting on that way.

  • They don't buy, man.

  • They don't get that same.

  • I'm like, they ain't never gone gone been on there.

  • They only getting on me, but they ain't gone many on to get on me.

  • It was almost...

  • It was almost...

  • It sounded like someone started a Mumford and Sons concert in their mouth.

  • Cause one minute they were talking and then they got into it and the guy was like, they don't get along.

  • Why?

  • No, so you like, they ain't on the game.

  • Don't they?

  • They don't get along.

  • Don't get along.

  • They get along.

  • They get along.

  • They get along.

  • They get along.

  • They get along.

  • Don't they?

  • They ain't get along.

  • They don't get along.

  • They ain't get along.

  • Get on, get on, get on!

  • Get me on.

  • That one.

  • Get on the gambling.

  • Get on the gambling.

  • They don't get along.

  • Get on the gambling.

  • They don't get along.

  • Get along.

  • They don't get along.

  • Get on our game.

  • Get on our game.

  • Get on our game.

  • They don't get along.

  • Get on the mall.

  • Get on the mall.

  • Get on our game.

  • Get on the mall.

  • Get on the land...

  • Hey, I done won a human.

Pandemic made people crazy.

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