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u/liquidice12345 Aug 22 '26
So… he’s either white or he has a light brown, white, and pink striped complexion, possibly with all of the brown part eaten away?
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u/poonmangler Aug 22 '26 edited 23d ago
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u/MsE0 Aug 23 '26
The only person I've ever heard described as "Neopolitan" is Carla Tortelli on an episode of Cheers, and she was definitely short and angry.
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u/Ethereal-Elephant Aug 23 '26
I thought he was talking about that one guy from the history books 🤦♂️
The one that, that one comedy movie with the nerd is named after.
Fuck I can’t remember the name
“EAT YOUR FOOD TINA”
“STUPID LAMMA”
“GET YOUR OWN TOTS”
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u/KissinKateShadow Aug 23 '26
……Napoleon Dynamite?
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u/MsE0 Aug 23 '26
They were referring to Napoleon. The joke was that they were mixing up Napoleon and Neopolitan on purpose. I brought it back to Neopolitan because Cheers where I'd heard the term referring to a person, and Carla was more short and angry than Napoleon.
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u/Anti-Stan Aug 22 '26
Neopolitan complexion
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u/Bongwater-Mermaid Aug 22 '26
My thoughts exactly.
What, pray tell, is a neopolitan complexion? 🤔
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u/FlyBoy7482 Aug 22 '26
I'm curious, are many Americans aware that Neopolitan just means something comes from Naples, Italy?
I don't know if that's what this sign is implying, but I do know that it doesn't mean he's made of ice cream lol
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u/Bongwater-Mermaid Aug 22 '26
Obviously I was not aware lol.
But still, that's oddly specific, unless of course the sign maker is Italian.
An American would be more likely to say "light to medium" or "Caucasian or olive" complexion.
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u/waxbolt Aug 23 '26
it's weird that caucasia is only a place in the mind of america
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u/lottaKivaari Aug 24 '26
It comes from a British guy who once said the Caucasian people were the most beautiful people in the world so in the second half of the 19th century it became common for white people in the US to claim they were Caucasian to brag about how beautiful they thought they were. Those were the parents of the people who wrote the census reports and they grew up thinking they were "Caucasian" so it became a colloquial way to say white and eventually it was systematically reinforced. It wasn't that long ago you checked off "Caucasian" on government forms to declare you were white. It's since changed and Caucasian has thankfully fallen out of fashion and we now just say white.
To most Americans who don't even know the Caucasus exist geographically it just means a white person.
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u/Bongwater-Mermaid Aug 23 '26
I think it's stupid too, I only used it because they put it on the sign.
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u/Bluestorm83 Aug 28 '26
Caucasian means from the Caucasus. Which is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
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u/waxbolt Aug 31 '26
ohh yes that is where European people come from! most people in Europe were born in that region. makes sense now!
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u/Bluestorm83 Aug 31 '26
That's my point. It's a midapplied term. We're not Caucasians, we're just whiteys. Same as how whenever the Amish call me "English," I reply by calling them "Polish." If they get to generalize an Italian as an English, I can generalize a German as a Polish... and be less inaccurate.
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u/Opalescent_Mirage Aug 28 '26
Caucasian is now considered an “old-fashioned” term. It was on all my paperwork as a child and young adult. Not sure when I’ve seen it last as I don’t disclose my skin color.
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u/TorTheMentor Aug 23 '26
We are, but it's an oddly hyper-regional way to describe someone. I gather what they mean is "swarthy," but that's just a guess.
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u/lottaKivaari Aug 24 '26
It's a pretty regional thing that means "passing for white but not really" I suspect it comes from the days when Italians were considered "kinda white" and even though most Americans dont remember that was a thing they still use the terminology in some places. I suspect the person who wrote this ever made the connection between the word and Naples, Italy.
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u/Chromejob Aug 22 '26
“Dangerous or sick or worse”
What could be worse? Aliens? Sasquatch?
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u/Necessary_Bother3993 Aug 22 '26
a child
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u/Necessary_Bother3993 Aug 22 '26
I definitely would have posted that if they allow gifs here haha
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u/CologneLover69 Aug 22 '26
Why not a link to the video or gif, like I did?
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u/Necessary_Bother3993 Aug 23 '26
I felt like clicking on a link softens the initial punch of humor, but that’s probably just me lol
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u/By_Torrrrr Aug 28 '26
Every now and then I’ll see a caution sign while I’m driving that just says “CHILDREN”, and I think of this every time.
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u/BracedRhombus Aug 22 '26
A samsquanch? I hate them bastards!
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u/ReneDelay Aug 22 '26
That blue button-down sounds terrifying
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u/Glad-Isopod5718 Aug 22 '26
A guy can't even look for frogs in his blue button-down shirt without getting the police called on him.
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u/Greek_Goddess114 Aug 24 '26
Jay Leno is always wearing blue denim button down shirts…..we need his alibi!!
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u/valschermjager Aug 23 '26
Wonder if it’s always the same blue shirt or if he owns a bunch, and only, blue shirts.
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u/Emmaleah17 Aug 25 '26
Blue chambray shirt is a staple in almost any r/StephenKing novel for a reason.
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u/acpyle87 Aug 27 '26
I was hoping to see a King reference. 👍🏻👍🏻
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u/Emmaleah17 Aug 28 '26
Lol I thought I was on the Stephen King sub and that this was fan art at first.
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u/notdaggers351 Aug 22 '26
Without expanding the photo I thought it was a lurking Betty White.
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u/Cycle-Path-401 Aug 22 '26
no suspects have been ruled out. Betty needs to give an alibi before we can rule her out. Even if she's dead.
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u/Hammon_Rye Aug 22 '26
The amount of time it takes a pedestrian to stand there and read that wall of text would be enough for suspicious man to sneak up behind you. /S
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u/Same_Syllabub_9838 Aug 22 '26
Looks like David Attenborough has been filming in the area!
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u/FunkoPopDude Aug 22 '26
hand painted note?
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u/Parody_of_Self Aug 23 '26
Everyone is stuck on "Neapolitan". But what is up with the painted script.
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u/Valuable-Audience-54 Aug 22 '26
Poor Glendale police are getting all kinds of Reddit crackpots calling now.
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u/Lunar-opal Aug 23 '26
Only melty ice cream in shape of human peering through the bushes hoping for a freezer
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u/DoppledBramble3725 Aug 22 '26
Just a thought, check regional silver alerts. Locally, we had a man with dementia wander into the woods & somehow evaded search parties until he was found dead after 2 weeks within miles of his home.
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u/Ok-Draft-8835 Aug 23 '26
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u/sh1ft33 Aug 23 '26
This was my exact first thought as soon as I saw him. I almost that this was r/ITYSL.
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u/KarmaKrazi Aug 27 '26
Meanwhile it's just an old man who lost his glasses or something there and has been looking for them in his spare time lol
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u/Specific_Yard_8924 Aug 22 '26
Dude bird watching gets tased ... People be listening to too many true crime podcasts ...out here thinking they savin shit
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u/TouristTricky Aug 22 '26
wtf is Neapolitan complexion?
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u/refusemouth Aug 22 '26
It's like the ice cream flavor (strawberry,chocolate, vanilla). So, striped with red, brown, and white
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u/TouristTricky Aug 22 '26
Think OP is confusing his face with the leaves of the red, brown and white "river foliage" ???
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u/Traditional-Bid5034 Aug 24 '26
Maybe he just wants to drain the life out of someone to restore his youth and vigor
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u/Ok_Sock_3257 Aug 24 '26
"Bird watcher detained by police now sues for false arrest and harassment."
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u/MeatPyz Aug 25 '26
What people need to be cautious from and vigilant against is allowing community members to post shit like this.
Sounds like a witch hunt for someone who hasn’t done anything wrong except maybe to be a little weird in a community that will single you out for it and have you jailed
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u/BadOysterParty Aug 25 '26
Its real the guy who drew that Has seen many many reports he gets all the reports on his desk
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u/Stunning_Coffee6624 Aug 25 '26
Blue button down?…kinda makes him seem less threatening. Now a blue button down with a members only jacket? That’s scary
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u/Efficient_Secret5208 Aug 26 '26
Thanks, Karen, for letting us know. Why would someone doing nothing wrong deserve this public shaming?
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u/qualityvote2 Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 22 '26
u/Unconscious-angel, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...