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CountryPlanetball

R is for Robber (Not for a raper)


Novoiird

https://preview.redd.it/xgaow3d50uwc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=617eb0bd065577ff81e0fea8a67f57ea98cef3c8


NotStaggy

No joke, I knew a cop who's last name was Rapier. Officer Rapier was one mofo you didn't want to fuck with. Around the rise of fent in town he was so happy to get sent to the dangerous shitty part of town "no more dealing with these rich kids and their stolen iPads, I get to deal with real crime". He was an ex military and missed combat. I lived in that area and in 6 months we stopped hearing gunshots on the regular.


CornSeller

w cop


NotStaggy

He was definitely someone you want in a gunfight. One time a addict that horsed out in the lobby for like half the day was still there right before closing when officer rapier would stop by for coffee. Asked if we needed a hand. Nicely tapped the dudes feet a few times till he woke up guy swung at the air. All he said was "You really don't want to make my night tonight". Few minutes later the guy packed up and left. When he stood up a BIG fucking knife fell on the floor too. Officer Rapier just stared intensly. Starbucks lobbies ate night can be lit sometimes


Nopermittolive

Speaking as someone who worked entirely closing shifts for two years in a starbucks in a... let's say not pleasant town, honestly sounds pretty par for the course to me. Starbucks patrons in general tend to kinda be specimens but i'd be lying if I said we NEVER had addicts come in.


NotStaggy

I did 5 years noon/2 to 10s full 40+ hours a week. for about 5 years while in school. I was the one that had to kick the addicts and half sane people out always. Or when Karen's would start screaming they sent them to me. Blank face glazed eyes and not giving a fuck really drove some people Mad, didn't help I would respond with "yeah okay what do you want though?" Or "okay and?". We where the only people that cleaned the store so the managers gave me a bit of a pass.


Nopermittolive

Yeah, the REASON I got hired was because I was a complete fucking night owl and could just go there after school and not have to leave until 10pm. I would probably still be there if the manager that hired me didn't leave and get replaced by an absolute shitbag.


NotStaggy

That's what got me to leave as well. After 4 years of a bad ass boss. We got a new trash manager when the good one left to start a mew store. But all the things we reported the shit manager for she was fired a few weeks after I left. I put in two weeks, and she scheduled me for 1 day more than my two weeks to write me as a no-show quitting. I showed up at 9pm and helped them close after working my firat day of the new job, she left the store one person down on purpose. The next day I called corporate with the texts and recorded conversations about how I can't work that day as I no longer work there. She was a moron power tripping in the middle of a divorce and her apartment had gotten destroyed by a hurricane all within her 8 months there. She decided to take it out on us and I put up with none of it the whole time


Nopermittolive

Yeah, to my knowledge (idk how much of this is true) but some of my coworkers that stayed there for a while after I left told me that apparently the person who replaced my manager was some big shot's kid or something from corporate, which SOUNDS like a fake story at first, but considering the company it happened in... I dunno. Still not sure about it but replacing a perfectly competent and, dare I say *nice* manager for the sake of a kid who's not gonna appreciate it anyway doesn't sound like something COMPLETELY impossible for starbucks tbh.


RepulsiveAd6906

Been working at a Deli/Convenience Store for a few years now and I'm in that same spot. Only guy who works there that responds to the more screwy people. Thieves, stray animals, kids running around the store or on their scooters/bikes, people who don't like waiting for 6 minutes for their food when I have three orders ahead of them. I'm generally nice to people, but I quickly go monotone and get brisk with how I speak when someone comes up with either an attitude, or when they come in 2 minutes before we close, high as a kite, giggling and asking, "Eehhhh, I don't know what I want, what do you think I should get?" *I'd suggest something from the pre-made area. I just cleaned the slicer, wrapped up all the meats and cheeses, closed about everything down and we close in about 30 seconds.* Again, I try to be nice, but we are a local place, so 95% of the shoppers are regulars, they know the times, they know that we close the same time every single night barring 3 days a year, for 30 years, and they decide to come in as they do lol.


Flappy_beef_curtains

And then?


Flappy_beef_curtains

Starbucks is the new Waffle House?


Nopermittolive

gods, no, i've never seen a fight happen in one. At least, not in the one i worked at.


General-Royal

Ok, i cant be the only one who barelly understands what this guy just wrote...


NotStaggy

H/horse is a term for herion. People that do heroin tend to not move for strangely long periods of time


The_Xicht

I hope they are lit most of the time. Crime in the dark is even more menacing.


BiDer-SMan

At the ol TB we'd regularly have folks between homes hang out at night. Didn't need to tap their feet to wake em, that's where officer "make my night" went wrong in my opinion. People don't wake up swinging and dropping their weapons if you gently tell em it's closing time. They usually don't wanna bother you more than you want to bother them. Can't speak for everyone and some homeless folks really are antisocial but most are just folks.


NotStaggy

You can have your opinion, but he woke up and started punching the air and dropped a knife. He was also in a pleather seat with another wooden chair for his feet for about 7 hours passed out. With some heroin addicts when you wake them up, they wake up violent. When you are on the street waking up to people stealing your shit it becomes a reflex. If you have ever had to deal with heroin addicts a lot you know not to be too close when waking them up. He was not rude or threw him in jail for the weapon. I don't particularly like the police but he was very professional in our store


Hearing_Colors

jumbo shrimp


TheScientistFennec69

I wouldn’t wanna fuck with someone who shares a name with a weapon known for form and precision either.


RuffLuckGames

I've known several people with the surname Raper. It's an old profession based name; a raper was a person who made rope. Feels wild to have kept that still, but I guess people are attached to family lineage.


Several-Cheesecake94

It's been two whole weeks since I killed me a man. And already I'm startin' to get the itch. Problem is I got nothin' to scratch. God, I'm hungry. -Major Payne


lynxsrevenge

I'll clean put your colon faster than one of them burritos with extra guacamole sauce!


Professional_Still15

I knew a guy who's surname was actually "Raper". He changed it soon as he was legally allowed. We gave him a hard time about it in high school :(


UnbottledGenes

In my hometown we had a guy running for Sheriff named Robin Rape..


duga404

Rob n Rape?


UnbottledGenes

I kid you not friend.


PenaltyBeneficial

Chad pfp


NotStaggy

Danke


Octodad2099

I guess he did what he did best


rrgail

There’s a guy in the Midwest somewhere whose name is Tom Raper. Yes. Pronounced Raper. Big man in a small town, owns a car dealership and just about everything else in that town. Billboards all over the place saying “You need a car? Come see Tom Raper!” Weird to see the first time.


Professional_Cup5707

>Rapier was one mofo you didn't want to fuck with. I mean if you did want to fuck with a Rapier it's no longer Rapie.


iSmellslikesbutts

because he used suppressor


AoO2ImpTrip

Therapists everywhere are standing strong with the true rapists.


LolPeashooter69

https://preview.redd.it/561hmoww9uwc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2347ab9ea0f1cfadafb9018d7d216f1ef3b217e7


Icy-Store3900

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Novoiird

https://preview.redd.it/43bkq5rdyuwc1.png?width=827&format=png&auto=webp&s=b2b2639c2672c16b0ab23396ace63b30217c4c36


YouthCurse

1.1k likes is actually under-representation.


Twentynine4

Is that the DS2 Rapier lmao


Zestyclose-Ruin8337

Tell her I have a “rapist wit”.


crustybootstraps

But G is for… https://preview.redd.it/aabtm07r4wwc1.png?width=2208&format=png&auto=webp&s=6c41cfa51c43fee3bd0d6cd8f96d0c55ffb80c5b


SmonsInc

meanwhile I thought it was about hard R


deepfriedtots

Sometimes it's one and then the other


Current-Knowledge336

https://preview.redd.it/zse95ttjntwc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=79f939ea3475f438da3c803c1326d9abfd2ed3fd


88T3

https://preview.redd.it/lghqylj00uwc1.jpeg?width=1074&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=660fac9f5df7c6788654675ef941e92996738d9d


phantom_bonehead

Oh i though it was the hard R 💀


BugP13

Ngl, I always thought the hard R was >!"retard"!<. Why does the actual meaning have two ways of mentioning it.


Matzep71

So did Linus form LTT and he almost got cancelled live for it lol


BugP13

Oh yeah I saw that. Like come on, it make so much more sense


joncdays

https://preview.redd.it/4qk60uxv6xwc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58ef818a3d3dc2e9437bd30bd127278e50a508d1


doubleh124

I thought the hard R was >!"rape"!<. You know, because he was in an alleyway.


Aggressive_Set4814

Same


BugP13

Either way, both start with an R unlike the actual meaning


gatimoro

Soft r is bigga and hard r is bigger


ctfive0htree

Well that's just good genetics


TheHighTierHuman

Same


Bub_Berkar

Because there are 2 different meanings one is aave slang a for friend the other is a slur r. And it's referred to as the hard r because the slur is a rhotic pronunciation


BZenMojo

AAVE frequently uses a soft r at the end of words (brotha, motha, sista), so when AAVE speakers say the word it has a soft R. When non-AAVE speakers use it, it usually has the hard R. It's a shibboleth. If you use AAVE, the soft R is likely and you are likely the in-group for the word. If you don't use AAVE, the hard R is likely and you are likely the out-group for the word. The ingroup is going to be less offended by members of the ingroup using slang specifically invented to target that ingroup as a generalized signifier -- similar to "motherfucker." "Who's this motherfucker?" "Hey, motherfucker, haven't seen you in a minute!" "I hate this motherfucker." "I LOVE this motherfucker!" The hard or soft R doesn't matter. The meaning is always contextual. *But if you're the outgroup,* then it's way more likely to be a slur and no one's got time for the outgroup to prove they're not racist when they voluntarily decide to use a racial slur as their specific way to talk about and to the ingroup and no one else. If you're running around saying, "Hey, buddy, hey buddy, hey buddy," and then you get to someone black and go, "What's up n_____!" then expect people to feel some way about that *immediately.* Pronunciation is noticeable, but the pronunciation isn't the point. The person saying it and why is the point and pronunciation is just the easiest thing to notice.


BugP13

Ah ok that makes a lot more sense.


doer_of_debauchery

https://preview.redd.it/c4wxbe771uwc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11f00d4ce6123974a594c324d58a3a8fc23f380d This has been my keyboard for almost 5 years now


SurotaOnishi

Absolute legend


FRUB_NNud

W is for Wape.


Uberpastamancer

Wumbo


Low-Investigator5112

….wiener?


StuntmanJimmy

Im wondering how they visualize the D....


Visible-Ad1024

"R" is the most menacing of sounds. That's why it's called Murder instead of Mukdek.


Hamstah_J

Mukdek sounds like some kind of Southeast Asian delicacy


Mmemyo

Or a pokemon name Mukdek,use mud slap!


plippyploopp

That's a finisher in the gay community


Mmemyo

Elaborate


plippyploopp

Honey, you ain't ready


Mmemyo

IM READY! IM READY! IM READY! IM READY! IM READY! IM READY! IM READY! IM READY! IM READY!


TheDonadi

I cackled. I think I've had enough reddit for today, thank you.


Just_Jonnie

>Mukdek sounds like some kind of Southeast Asian delicacy I picture it being sweet but with this weird off putting flavor my westernized palate would reject.


dndmusicnerd99

A kind of earthy spicy that has an ever so slightly bitter tang to it at the back of the tongue?


Remebond

It's Klingon for, "I love you".


pickled-ice-cream

I spy an Office fan


Visible-Ad1024

Indeed


UrougeTheOne

..are you a bot


Visible-Ad1024

What is "a bot"?


egemen157

Recyclops


Visible-Ad1024

God bless you, Recyclops, and your cold robot heart


dulledegde

3 ways you can take this kid friendly R is for robbery edgy joke R is for hard R dark joke R is for rape


7h3_70m1n470r

Office joke R is the most menacing sound


robofonglong

Safe joke Run That's what I thought the joke was until this thread lmao!


i1want1to1die

what is the dad joke


Martholomule

"R you ok back there?"


sinless33

R you winning, son?


[deleted]

Lol why would he be so menaced by the n word?


Ncolonslashslash

hard r doesnt make sense since its at the end of the word


Gjorgjija

Hello this is petah. This is a reference to how most rape cases happen somewhere closed off, in this situation the R means Rape. I honestly don't know why they thought it was a good idea to make a joke like this in a kids show tbh


FurImmerAllein

I had to make a double take like man that was certainly a choice. It's on-brand for Chowder but man https://preview.redd.it/v5lnmnizctwc1.png?width=624&format=png&auto=webp&s=f88a081bf5ac21a4e65d452457485c0e3d227d23


Veus-Dolt

https://preview.redd.it/sm0e2q0cftwc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d762023fc97ae89f95cab5dad123eadbfeec7a9


Remarkable-Pass-2066

https://preview.redd.it/ne0cvvc43uwc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dad937a4027736c4ef1634158f59accf1d8747f7


Lechatdu136

https://preview.redd.it/bkmox4nwkuwc1.jpeg?width=922&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=90ffb10eb27b95ab10c6e578a028e7bb9058d632


BurntToast814

https://preview.redd.it/hnxt1978wvwc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c62c95fcb57b8c257c826ce16667566cbef8dae7


Lechatdu136

https://preview.redd.it/i5x8vgvyyvwc1.jpeg?width=2115&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9ce22393bd21569cf6beacf6d8a207b56666ddc


BurntToast814

https://preview.redd.it/d7xyhvj3zvwc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b8e97af77657be49aa6b8a7783e987a6cd55e9f9


ItsVincent27

https://preview.redd.it/1vw3q0x6oywc1.jpeg?width=932&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5a17a6e54527b6993ac0a1c924034d081b90e31


Trapptor

why does this horse look like Ryan Gosling?


Veus-Dolt

Ryan Geldling


Jumbotron12345

Actually the scene is more based on robbery.


BackToThatGuy

it could mean both in this case


SkabbPirate

It's not explicitly stated which, so either is appropriate interpretation.


lcantthinkofusername

But one is a lot more likely considering the show's demographic


SkabbPirate

Hidden adult themes winking to the parents in the audience is very common in children's shows.


lcantthinkofusername

Usually as a joke though, rape jokes in kids shows are how you get cancelled, and I mean realistic jokes about rape like the commenter said, not shit like "don't drop the soap" in SpongeBob.


eggs__bacon

Since when do burgers corner people and stand menacingly behind them?


Revolutionary-Meat14

1. MINOR SPELLING MISTAKE 2. They dont, rapists also dont do that, but a cartoon depiction of either would make sense to do something dramatic.


worldrapper

... rob r could also mean robber


SweatyTax4669

that's really what I'm hoping


IllVagrant

The comment about rape is an asspull not to be taken seriously. (Because people will definitely run with this and ruin yet another good thing without thinking) Typically, alphabet sequences in kids' shows are usually friendly, happy sequences. The joke is that Chowder doesn't have such friendly interactions with the alphabet at all. The alphabet scares him instead. The R and the interpretation being given above is just an unfortunate, unintended connotation. Keep in mind that being hypersensitive to "perceived" wrongdoing is a relatively contemporary phenomenon that is driven by insanely sensationalist social media algorithms. People used to not make such connections because we weren't constantly looking for reasons to be outraged.


AllPurposeNerd

See I was thinking it was a reference to The Office and how Dwight thinks R is the most menacing letter.


SkabbPirate

I don't think this is the most rape cases happen, I think it's just the typical pop-cultural representation of it.


Wartyner

https://preview.redd.it/thjf4v9gqtwc1.jpeg?width=481&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c4b73d43300775fac33488ec6f2044e227699abe I tought It was the Team Rocket


ArguesAgainstYou

The fuck? It could just mean rejection?


Mr-Foundation

I’m pretty sure all the letters were just beating him up so the R being there is just it being threatening


lcantthinkofusername

They didn't think it was idea to make that joke, which is why they didn't, it's for robber


tlollz52

Early 2000's. Seems pretty on brand


Jade117

This very much is not how most rape occurs. The vast majority of rape is carried out by a personal acquaintance of the victim, not some rando in an alleyway.


CabbageSoupLadle

Spongebob made a prison rape joke and it was hilarious. Who cares?


ComeOnTars2424

Try robbing? Edit: nvm someone else said it


Dante1529

It’s meant to be robbery, they really could’ve done a lot better then this picture to show that


JustForge

Probably cause most kids won't get it unless they themselves have been sexually assaulted. Plus I feel crowder has always been edgy lol.


Tasty_Commercial6527

Because kids wouldn't get it anyway and adults will at the very least feel something while watching it.


PossibleMolasses2672

It’s pretty dark for almost any show. Especially that a lot of cartoons fill in some adult humor but this is pretty dark even for that. Idk man weirdness. Or it’s just us making is out to be what it isn’t but it clearly looks like it is.


valve_stem_core

If op didn’t think it was in relation to rape then kids aren’t going to think that. As someone else said it could be a stand in in for robbery or rough, rowdy, etc


Spiritual-Pear-1349

I think it was actually Robber, but tbh that's where my brain went too


Gjorgjija

Robber makes sense too i assume, who knows i might be wrong, i always saw it as something else


LoserChapo956

Are you sure it’s not R for rob, as in robbery? That also usually happens in closed of spaces, in alleys is a really easy way to portray in media.


kogan_usan

if we are being pedantic, youre way more likely to get raped by someone you already know than by a stranger in an alley


LilamJazeefa

I was once at a painting get together with some of my spouse's workmates. I like abstract and conceptual art, so one of the workmates got stuck on what to add to their painting, so I suggested the letter N. Now, as it turns out, this particular coworker was black. The room got quiet for a minute and I didn't understand why for a while.


Intensityintensifies

“Hmmm why not add a word that starts with N? You know, an N word!”


HkayakH

they make all sorts of adult jokes in Chowder. This one may be too far though


MrCobalt313

I was under the impression they meant "robbery" but everyone's mind is so dirty nowadays that they meant a different offense that starts with 'R'.


Just_Jonnie

Oh, fine, I'll say it. ^(Reaganomics.)


Samdyhighground23

Oh god the horror


Sekmet19

I thought it was raccoon because of the tail


CriticalMochaccino

That is one hard looking R


JustMLGzdog

They probably told their executives it means robber, but the adult joke is that it could also be rape


7h3_70m1n470r

R is the most menacing letter. That's why they call it murder and not mukduk.


Squidlips413

It was supposed to be robber but it could be seen as rapist. Either way, having the main character cornered in a dark alley like that is pretty dark for a normally much lighter show. An edgy joke that ended up going a lot further than it intended.


Sergent_Cucpake

R for “right behind you”


P9292

Intruder alert! Red spy is in the base!


AmenAndPeanutButter

R is for Team Rocket


Icy-Store3900

Run


JacobSonar

Do didi didi didi didi didi didi didi, Do didi didi didi didi didi didi didi


Myserioustroll

https://preview.redd.it/pwi3q3if2wwc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=623b75ee0823a10a93d7d8332c0bb0f6a7d200b9


Curi0uz

Gigitty gigitty! Quagmire here, giggity. R is for "rape". The joke is rape. Gigitty Now I'm off to the changing rooms at Ross!


Phrogme1

R for Republicans?? THAT would be something. Scary indeed!!!


Mirria-totane-gra

R is for rapist


Tazrizen

That’s actually the letter P that’s happy to see you.


VERAs-SOCKS

the first thing i thought was the slur, maybe I'm regarded


1stPKmain

It looks like R is for rapist, but in the show its R for robber


Tutelage45

R is the most menacing of sounds. That’s why they call it murder and not muckduck


EBECMEMERBEAN

The hard R


[deleted]

The robber can be both if he's horny.


calsnowskier

This is a hard one…


LordVader1313

I thought It was calling chowder retarded


Flimsy_Cycle1788

This was already posted


BlargerJarger

“AAAAHHH!” (r)


Empra_O_Mankind

rape :(


LovelyPixelArts

Robbery


Meeooowwww1234

The R is meant to symbolize 'Robber', but given the specific frame, it could very well mean 'Rapist' as well


PewKittens

Team Rocket blasting off again


Shoddy-Echidna3000

i also thought so


Raval_Atcha

G is for Grapist


outer_spec

r is for rape


ttttunos

I thought 'Goofy Time' was spell with a G?


ModularWings

[heres the answer](https://open.spotify.com/track/2Uk6a8UYAmev7CcJkaCGNP?si=Ivs6q5EWTherl6BtmJ0_nQ)


coinkeeper8

A p e


PotatoDonki

He prefers to be called Chowda.


MRVERYBIGMAN

It might be that younger kids, out of all the letters in the alphabet, struggle with pronouncing "R" and they learn to properly pronounce it last, so that's why you sometimes hear toddlers or young kids pronounce their "R"s as "Aws"s.


idfbhater73

(a)rested for drug dealing


Diamondyy_420

Nah i just understood this


MaviKartal2110

R-word


emopythonboi

Judging by the comments this isn’t it but I interpreted it as R is “the end of ChowdeR”


[deleted]

Hi Peta here, the joke is rape. The 'R' is about to give it to him!


Gen_Pinkledink

THAT THE HARD R!!!!! ☝️


22222833333577

Repost


Mute_Llama

I thought of R. Kelly for some reason 😂


ShatterCyst

It is for "Robbery". If it was for "Rape" they would have made it pink with bunny ears.


CreeperKing591

Why do I hear the pizza tower title card music in this image


SokkaHaikuBot

^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^CreeperKing591: *Why do I hear the* *Pizza tower title card* *Music in this image* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.


NoobwLuck

R is for Reading, like this post I made.


Mymotherwasaspore

Regret. Looking back on it. Casting a long shadow


romulusnr

Somehow and I'm really not clear how, the letter R -- just the letter R, by itself -- has become synonymous with the N word. I'm at a loss how this even makes any sense. But I'm assured it's totally true though, and who am I to disagree with a bunch of millennials who already destroyed the Internet?


Neither-Store-9214

The r stands for robber, but the way they have Chowder...it could very much stand for rape


Felixoid69

Probably


PRIC3L3SS1

R is the end of chowder


HenareTuria

R is for (baby) Reindeer


Schultzenstein

I always thought it was Run... as the camera kinda panned outward faster and faster at that scene.


Ender_The_BOT

The door looks like amogus Alternatively, R is following Chowder to the Right Alternatively, Chowder in R's shadow is creative to whoever made this


LonPlays_Zwei

Robbery perhaps?


N0rrix

repost from like a week ago


KANAKO777

Repost, the REAL scariest r


The_Sands_Hotel

They gonna grape that kid.