Books And Covers
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You know, in life, trust is one of the hardest things to come by.
Some people are slow to offer up their trust, others trust blindly until you screw them. I tend to be in that latter group. Once lost, some people make you work to get their trust back, and others (like me) just say “fuck you and go die.”
Then there are also situations where no matter what, some people just refuse to trust individuals, things, occurences, etc.
The inability to trust can keep people into a shell forever afraid to venture out into the world or allow other people into their lives. The inability to trust can keep you from new life experiences and adventures. It can keep you from meeting the the people who could have the most profound effect on your life.
And it is with those thoughts in mind that I say…
…who the fuck cares?
There are just some things that cannot or should not be trusted under any circumstance. And I for one do not feel bad about it. Look kimosabe, I’m just as nice as the next person, but there are just certain observations you can make that can help you save yourself the trouble upfront of having to call the police and beat a muhfucka down two years from now. That’s where I come in.
For today, I give you…
Panama Jackson Presents…Can’t Truss It: Judging a Book By It’s Cover So I Don’t Have To Kill Somebody Later
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1. Black Men With No Bass In Their Voices Whatsoever
Look, my momma’s white, and anybody who’s heard me talk knows that I got a hefty voice. So if I’m largely persuasion, then any of you all-nigga menfolks need to have some bass in your voice. I’m offended when I meet a black dude, gay or straight, with no bass in his voice whatsoever. Nobody should feel like they’re talking to a flute when you speak. Besides, you’re fucking up the stereotype. Bassless voices do not put the fear of God into white people. It makes them feel comfortable. That’s how we lose our neighborhoods.
Niggas with no bass in their voices are Starbucks’ First Lieutenants!
2. People Who Intentionally Give You Left Hand Dap
I’ll never understand this for the life of me. In damn near every country, using your left hand as a sign of “respect” is shitted upon and might end in your death. It’s like not having a drink with a mobster or a white Russian. Hmm…that’s a pun. Anyway, in some places, if you even wave your left hand at a motherfucker, you just might lose your hand. This shit should honestly be in the Bible: Thou shalt not use thine left hand, unless the right hand is missing, totally encumbered, or holding Jesus’ hand, as a sign of welcome and respect. The right hand should be used under any and all circumstances. If you don’t, I can’t trust you.
Especially if you think it’s okay.
Hell, I might have to kill you in two weeks and I knew it ahead of time because of that left hand dap.
And speaking of dap…
3. Men Who Give Weak-Ass Feminine Hand Dap
What kind of shit is that? You ever met a dude who just gave you an ole limp hand dap or didn’t even finish the shit off? Like a black dude who forgot to lock the shit up at the end? Fuckin’ offends me. I always wonder where they come from or where they were raised. I know some folks who give pussydap. And it makes me feel dirty. I’ve intentionally tried to break this one dude’s hand because of that shit. Had me thinking to myself, “self, I don’t think you can trust this dude. He doesn’t even know how to properly greet a King…LOOK LOOK…he ain’t even close the deal!!! Limp handed bitch!” Real men lock that shit up doggy.
Can’t truss it.
4. Green Sauces
Look, I know that one is kind of offkilter and isn’t exaclty in line with normal thinking, but this is my site bitch. I just don’t trust green sauces. Avocado, guacamole, relish. Do you remember the Garbage Pail Kids? Me too. When the garbage can fell over, slimey green sauce that favorited guacamole came out. I’ve been ruined since I was 8. I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like green sauces…if you try to give me green sauce, I’ll try to kill you with the force of a thousand men.
Or I’ll just ask for some ketchup or something. Something that resembles blood because that’s natural!
5. People Who Can’t Look Me Straight In The Eye
I know I might go to hell for this one, but oh well. One of the best ways to talk to somebody is to get them to look you dead in the eye and tell you the truth. If I have to set up a kaleidoscope, a periscope, and some lemon juice so we can do this, I can’t trust it. I might be willing to bend on this one though seeing as I just got my Credit Report from Heaven First Financial Bank Of Eternal Tranquility and my Halo Score is somewhere in the negative numbers.
6. Black Men Who Exclusively Date White Women Or Any Combo of People Who Exclusively Date Outside of Their Race AKA Wesley Snipes Niggas and Bitches
Because I don’t understand it, I can’t trust it. When faced with the buffet of beautiful women of your same race, I do not understand how a man can rebuke them all and determine they aren’t good enough. That man doesn’t like himself and probably has a bad case of Ajax. Or Avian Bird Flu. Or he’s a close associate of Willie Lump Lump. Fact is, I can’t them. They’re hiding something. I saw Imitation of Life, nigga. I saw Tiny Toons and I have seen fuckin’ Animaniacs. I know when something’s up!
7. Black Folks Who Wear Blue Contacts
Umm…you’re lying to yourself so you will lie to me. Hell, I’d be skeptical if they told me that 2+2=4. I’d want to know exactly how they came to that conclusion because I’d think there was a lie in there somewhere.
8. White People
I keed, I keed. My best friend is white! :))
That’s a lie too. Don’t trust me.
9. Cauliflower
This is true though. I do not trust white vegetables. There is something seriously wrong when there is only one white vegetable out there. How is it that only ONE veggie is white? There are a few green veggies, a few yellow, and a few orange. But just one white. The gig is up bitch. And I ain’t drinkin’ the kool-aid.
Hmm…
10. Black People Who Are Too Good For Kool-Aid
I vehemently believe that if you are too good for Kool-aid, you should just drop dead right now. By the power of Grayskull…die bitch.
11. Anybody Who Drinks Starbucks Coffee
MMhmm…I see y’all muhfuckas out there. Do you know Starbucks EMAILED ME?? No bullshit. Starbucks is the “man”. Period. Point Blank. Anybody who drinks Starbucks cannot be trusted under any circumstance! That includes them damn frozen Frappucino drinks. Take no prisoners and post no bills. Also, always wear shower shoes when you live in a dorm. That’s important information…for real.
12. Black People Who Don’t Like Black People
Does this even need an explanation?
13. Anybody who participates in or sponsors black-themed parties at White colleges that don’t include any Black People
Umm…fuck you and die. Seriously, if you are black, and go to a school where this happens, you might as well start rocking Black Panther shit because you can’t trust anybody there to have your best interest at heart. Change your name to Huey or Jawanza and just start shit on campus. They don’t care about you anyway and have already called you a nigga, so make them pay for it by raising hell.
Or transfer to a real school like Morehouse or Spelman. We still love you…for now.
14. Anybody Who Voted For Bush or Thinks He’s Doing a Bangup Job
So let me get this right…you honestly feel like Bush is doing a great job as President, despite all of the fuckedupness that has occurred. I’m even ready to blame him for shit that happened when he wasn’t living. Slavery…Bush’s fault. The Great Depression…Bush’s fault. Hitler…fucked up thinking…and Bush’s fault. This one hurts, because I have friends who actually think this. Let’s just say I don’t let them pick the movies we go see.
Hmm…
15. Anybody With a Consistently Shitty Record When It Comes to Picking Movies
Just trust me on this one.
16. Folks Who Tell You They’d Never Kick You While You’re Down…Right After You Watch Them Do It To Somebody Else
The dumb shit here is that folks will honestly mean it…right up until they do it to you. They’ll tell you that you aren’t like other people then WHAM! Steel-toed workboots all up in your ass.
17. Ugly People Who Are Mean
They’re going to hell anyway, it’s best to stay out of their way before they drag you down there with them.
Hmm…see also mean midgets.
18. Anybody Who Hates on Brandy Unnecessarily
If I tell you that I like Brandy, and the first think you say is that she’s ugly…I can’t trust you. Similarly, anybody who thinks Alicia Keys is the most talented female performer of the past 25 years. You are clearly biased and unable to think for yourself.
19. Niggas Who Police The Internet In Bitchmade Manners
A coward dies a million deaths, a soldier dies but one. That has nothing to do with anything, that line just popped in my head so I decided to share it. Thing is, any nigga who decides that they have the right to police another nigga’s site, needs to be put in check and cannot be trusted under any circumstance. Especially if…you know what, fuck it. They just need to be placed in gasoline showers with terpentine laced drawers and Oprah magazines.
I’ll just stop after this next one…
20. Anybody Who Hasn’t Seen The Five Heartbeats or The Color Purple
Those two movies should cover damn near everybody. If you haven’t seen them, you were raised around nothing but white people and don’t know that a black perm makes your hair straight. You also think Snoop is the best rapper ever.
Can’t truss it.

November 15th, 2005 16:25
Ummmm………I wanna hear the story about what Starbucks had to say to you. I agree with pretty much all you have to say, except for the Starbucks comment. And technically, cauliflower is not the ONLY white vegetable.
November 15th, 2005 17:36
A pussy-ass dap is THE MOST DISRESPECTFUL SHIT a dude can do to another dude!! Just give me a head nod or nothing at all before you do some shit like that.
November 15th, 2005 19:39
Ok…pussydap? I am through with you, for the rest of the day, hmk?
and you KNOW #19 had me noddin my head!! WOO BOI!
November 15th, 2005 21:39
Alicia Keys is overrated
November 16th, 2005 08:56
Re #1: These are usually the men who date white women only. And they often, once they are with a white woman, stop getting a haircut and forget that lotion is their friend.
Re #15: That’s me. andyes, I might really go so the 50 Cent movie. And yes, Manfriend has banned me from movie choosing forevuh. But I am trustworthy.
Re #16: You won’t get an argument from me. I’m always raising a brow at someone when I see then treat other people foul Cus I just know they are capable to doing exactly that to me. Just like I don’t understand how women marry men when they used to be the mistress. Don’t they know a man who cheats with you will cheat on you?
November 16th, 2005 10:30
But you know I’ve cheated before… and I definitely don’t think it means I’m doomed to repeat that going forward. *shrug*
but I’ve definitely heard the “What they will do with you they will do to you.” before.
1. I don’t trust motherfuckas who TRY to make me trust them. Like beg me to confide in them and shit like that. I don’t have time for that.
2. I don’t trust muthafuckas who “low-talk” (Seinfeld - c. 1990’s) I don’t have time to be asking you HUH??? all fucking night.
3. muhfuckas who smile too fucking much. There aint shit that’s THAT amusing… all the teeth-showage at all times??? Makes me wonder what the fuck are you up to???
4. Overly happy and cheery muhfuckas… not to be confused with “smilers” these muhfuckas are EXCITED about EVERYTHING and nothing gets them down. There’s something very wrong with that.
5. Judgmental people. The muhfucka who will sit there and judge OTHERS and say what they’re doing in muted whispers accompanied with a whole buncha lotta head shaking and teeth-sucking and such… hate those types. I don’t judge ANYONE because I’ve said “never” before and BOOM… wound up in a same or similar situation. I don’t judge shit and those who do??? Dont’ trust em.
There’s clearly stuff missing since I don’t trust but like 3 people. LOL So I’ll come back when I think of more.
November 16th, 2005 11:32
Green sauces irritate me as well, along with any food or beverage that’s blue. Shit just reminds me of the slime from “you can’t do that on television” or “double dare”
November 16th, 2005 12:00
hmm what are the other white veggies?
And did anyone see the VIBE awards last night? i missed 99% of it but from what I saw…terrible
It looked as if a college student, no make that hs film student shot it with his home videocamera. The audio and footage was just of very poor quality or is it just ch. 9 in general?
November 16th, 2005 12:29
I want to know what the other white veggies are too!!!! Who’s infringing on cauliflower’s reign at the top.
I half-assedly watched the Vibe awards last night…but I just couldn’t after I saw that 112 got nominated for Best Group with Dipset. Who the living fuck picks these categories and nominates folks.
Best group of what?? Niggas??? Shit…I demand that all bootleg black award shows be dismantled to include the Source, Vibe, hell, any show sponsored by a ghetto ass magazine. BET Awards is onea one year probationary period since 2005 was a good eyar for them, though Anthony Hamilton got nominated for an award for an album that came out in 2003.
November 16th, 2005 13:08
6. Black Men Who Exclusively Date White Women Or Any Combo of People Who Exclusively Date Outside of Their Race AKA Wesley Snipes Niggas and Bitches
As someone who does fuck with all types of girls, these cats piss me off the most.
I’m talking to one of my boys the other day and I’m like “Damn, its been a minute since I’ve dated (and I mean beyond just consistent hook-up) a black chick. I’m falling off.” To which he replies “Oh, I don’t even like black chick.”
I felt like I was Daffy Duck or Bugs Bunny or some shit, because I could feel a huge question mark hovering over my head. Then I’m like “Dog, this is ya boy right now. You know I got love for the fairer skinned ladies too. But come on! Ya momma’s black. How would she feel about you saying that.” Then this nigga dropped a bomb on me.
“Well, its her damn fault…”
The the question mark turned into an exclamation point. I was going to ask him why he felt like that, but I knew whatever answer he gave would just make me furious. I mean, we all got crazy ass black mommas. There’s gotta be something deeper than that.
November 16th, 2005 13:27
Puulllezze Guacamole is the best thing since…well since the Avocado you betta recognize.
November 16th, 2005 16:58
I had to come back and add:
Black men with no facial hair on their faces.
November 16th, 2005 18:00
I have to amend Kajuana’s last post. It’s not all black men without facial hair. Yella dudes w/o facial hair (like panama the most) are okay.
November 17th, 2005 10:54
Man, so much to respond to in this post:
No matter how fine you are, #1 and #3 will GUARANTEE that you will never get downwind of the coochie…along with sweaty/soft-handed guys.
#16 has always confounded me. I belong to the UN of dating, and that’s the way it should be. With that said-if you can’t see the beauty in you/your people that I see in you, you’ve got an advanced case of self-hate, and more issues than I can deal with.
#11-If they would just stop sprouting all over the place like a fungus, maybe I wouldn’t hate on Starbucks. But I do. Go to an independent to feed your habit, people!
#18-as long as you don’t start trying to convert me to the cult of Brandi/et al, I have no quarrel with you. I’ll keep it to myself unless you ask me.
Great post!
November 17th, 2005 13:26
112? best group since when ummm 96? LOL
and what are the OTHER white veggies?!!!
and Black men with no bass in their voices, ummm disturbing….as a black woman i have bass in mine, so u have to have more than me.
November 17th, 2005 14:41
This is one of your best posts. “by the power of Greyskull die bitch.” That line almost had me falling out my seat. I can’t read your sjit at work man.
November 18th, 2005 08:03
I.cant.stop.laughing. You just made my morning and just about 95% of my weekend. LMAO!
November 20th, 2005 18:00
*fucking with Kajuana*
As opposed to having facial hair on other parts of their body??? ROFLMAO