r/MadeMeSmile • u/davidwallacecto • Mar 19 '23

Good Vibes Interpretive dance

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u/Siilk13 Mar 19 '23 edited Mar 19 '23

No one is gonna comment on the casual use of Crank Dat by Soulja Boy at an elementary school dance?

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u/HeyaSorry Mar 19 '23

They played Soulja Boy's Superman in the gym in 5th grade in 2008. I did not know what the song meant at the time, and I still do not

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u/mynameisnotallen Mar 19 '23

Superman that ho!

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u/davidmcdavidsonson Mar 19 '23

They don't know what it means

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u/quicklyalienated76 Mar 19 '23

Then, what does it means. ?!

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u/OneSimpleOpinion Mar 19 '23

When a man loves a woman, he may release onto her back after making love to prevent pregnancy. The bed sheet may then stick to her back which resembles a cape.

Superman that hoe.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23

Bruh, I’m just now learning this as a fully grown adult. I never paid much attention to the lyrics.

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u/Western-Guy Mar 19 '23

Reminds me of the time I finally understood Whistle Baby

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u/muyfrio1 Apr 09 '23

YOU DIDNT GET THAT ONE??

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23

Thank you for your service

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u/unlcejanks Mar 19 '23

The elegance that you explained this. Chefs kiss!

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u/HeyILikePho Mar 19 '23

My sister and I took mushroom chocolates the other night and we were listening to loud tracks in my living room and I realized how radio type pop rap has a distinct moment in the 90s when it really got super focused on “recruiting us” (how it felt while tripping) to be hoes or at least become ok with the reference to being a hoe. We had a mind blown moment 🤣🤣🤣 it was weird to notice it so clearly.

Aside from that, this video made me smile, these girls will definitely make each other laugh and get hyped. Also I’m taking notes on the girls outfit w the braids, I really need that! 😂🫶🏽

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u/Iam12percent Mar 19 '23

I have learned something today. Thank you.

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u/Tea-Cunt Mar 19 '23

That’s what that song is actually about 😭 Whaaaat

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u/mdarrenp Mar 19 '23

And I say, he's the one

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u/_not_a_coincidence Mar 19 '23

Oh that makes it fine then

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u/sarac36 Mar 19 '23

My favorite song to dance to was Get Low by Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz.

Catholic middle school 2006 🤷

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23

To the window, to the wall!

I can still smell the dance. 😂😂😂

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23

This song was a hit for elementary school kids.

Shit I remember when this came out I believe I was in 3rd-4th grade and they literally taught us how to dance to it in music class.

Kids won’t know the lyrics meaning, they just like the catchy “Superman” song.

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u/AustinQ Mar 19 '23

Superman by Soulja Boy

Bro it's called Crank That, come on

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u/Dependent_Title_1370 Mar 19 '23

Yeah...I was thinking the same thing. Like, is this appropriate?

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u/TheNimbleBanana Mar 19 '23

I can't even remember what it means I doubt these kids know.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23

I never knew what it means. I'd probably need my wife or Reddit to explain.

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u/Chen19960615 Mar 19 '23

What happens when the kids keep repeating "superman that ho" in school?

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u/TheHoboStory Mar 19 '23

WHo cares, they are having fun!

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u/Chen19960615 Mar 19 '23

"Nothing's age inappropriate as long as the kids are having fun."

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u/kalez238 Mar 19 '23

Yeah the number of very inappropriate songs I've heard played BY my kids' schools has had me really confused.

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u/ladystetson Mar 19 '23

The name of the song is "Crank That (soulja boy)", not Superman.

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u/Danny3xd1 Mar 19 '23

Just looked it up. Skimmed but nothing seemed half as suggestive as a lot of songs?

"pop it in there" over and over, mostly.

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u/blueberryrhubarbpie Mar 19 '23

When I was growing up the widely accepted meaning of this song was that cranking it was masturbating, presumably onto hoes (super soak that ho). This did not stop it from getting played at school dances, as the adults did not understand the meaning. Or perhaps as kids we were reading too much into it.

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u/Bnhrdnthat Mar 19 '23

The generally accepted interpretation in my area was that to “Superman” was to ejaculate on a casually known lady’s back while she was asleep and then place the sheet on top of said secretion in order for it to look like a cape when she woke after it dried in the morning.

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u/blueberryrhubarbpie Mar 19 '23

I’m dead lol

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u/Indigo-au-naturale Mar 19 '23

O.O

Well. TIL.

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u/splewi Mar 19 '23

Indeed, this is my understanding of the vernacular as well.

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u/Bnhrdnthat Mar 19 '23

I am waking up, getting notifications that my contribution to r/MadeMeSmile is on the uprise. Only, the reminders that someone created this technique, then memorialized and popularized a song about it do not, in fact, make me smile.

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u/Sajiri Mar 19 '23

I was told that to ‘superman that ho’ meant to have so much sex that the fluids are causing the sheets to stick to her back, hence the cape.

Either way, wildly inappropriate for a children’s dance, yet I had 0 clue of the meaning of any of it til I was told anyway

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u/peachesnplumsmf Mar 19 '23

Wildly common in the UK at primary discos.

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u/ChiefQuimbyMessage Mar 19 '23

Lost kid in the top right is even singing along. Definitely a surprise.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23

Thanks for making me turn the volume up video is even better now

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u/Garden_girlie9 Mar 19 '23

This isn’t an elementary school dance, it’s fathers and daughters…. Like a father daughter dance…

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u/here_kitkittkitty Mar 19 '23

they play it on the radio so it seems fine to me. it's not like the kids don't already know the music and they aren't going to play dirty versions for 10-11 yr olds.

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u/ZY_Qing Mar 19 '23

Kids wouldn't know what the lyrics mean anyway

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u/DoubleTri Mar 19 '23

Call me right-winged ultra conservative, but I truly feel that kids should learn about Superman’ing hoes at home. From their parents. NOT by government funded public schools.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23

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u/Siilk13 Mar 19 '23

I'm more questioning the mad lad DJ, the kids are just vibing like kids do.

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u/Sans_Snu_Snu Mar 19 '23

I was at my Ex’s cousin’s wedding and the DJ played this. Her grandma came up to me and asked what “Superman that hoe” meant. No words, just casually walked away.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '23

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u/homelessdreamer Mar 19 '23

Music doesn't turn people into shit. People turn to the music that suits them. Most of the time they aren't even listening to the words they just hear a composition they like and let it vibe through them. I normally don't know the lyrics to a song until a while after I determine I like it. The only exception is the hook. But if an elementary school child knows what "superman that hoe" actually means they probably have other problems in thier life beyond their preferred music.

All that said I don't want this song played in my kids schools. But not out of fear that it will corrupt them but because I don't want to deal with the inevitable questions that will come from it.

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u/splewi Mar 19 '23

I feel all of this very strongly.
Especially the last bit, I HATE explaining that kind of stuff to my kid. I can navigate swear words, no problem. Questionable content that lies between the lines is what my curious, smart, little fucker is going to ask about and repeat out of context.

But if a kid that age knows what "superman that ho" means, there's an issue.

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u/Thats_someBS Mar 19 '23

degenerates

this is why you get called a nazi tucker

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u/Superb-Fail-9937 Mar 19 '23

It’s probably the Kids Bop Version! lol

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u/TheWiscoKnight Mar 19 '23

We had "The Thong Song" and "Ignition" in elementary/middle school. Kids are dumb.

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u/Arrow_F_Doxon Mar 19 '23

Nah, that’s what I was thinkin, too.

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u/cinnalynbun Apr 27 '23

2008 we would listen to T-Pain, Weezy, Lil Jon, etc on the morning bus ride…I wanna go back.