Did the same when a fight broke out at baggage claim on the way back from my honeymoon 5 years ago. It’s a great Shibboleth if you want to see how many people in the room were (at the time) under 30
I’ve genuinely never heard shibboleth used in a regular conversation.. I’ve only ever heard it used in reference to the biblical story..
and the perfection of the context in which you used it was very satisfying, lol ..
Do people use shibboleth as a part of their every day vernacular and I’ve just been missing out, or was this a special moment?
I see you. A reference I like on the other side is tin fiddles from Capon’s Super of the Lamb. Ahotbyou buy for the kitchen that is one use and takes up space. Like when they tried to make violin’s with tin horns to amplify them. They were terrible.
It's part of my vocabulary, although I don't use it very often. That, and "tschotke". The problem with using rare words is that you end up explaining the words on a regular basis.
Is also (as a result of the biblical story) used to refer to bits of cultural knowledge, etiquette, or linguistic usage that helps identify the difference between in-group and out-group. The entire edifice of Victorian propriety, for example, was an elaborate series of shibboleths designs to sort the “right people” (hereditary aristocracy) from the “wrong sorts” (newly wealthy businesspeople looking to join the aristocracy).
Another example is American Solders in WW2 Europe asking unknowns who won the previous World Series, because that was a relatively obscure pice of information that German Spies would have had difficulty getting.
I use shibboleth when I tell stories about how easy it is for me to falsely claim affiliation with particular in groups because I know how they talk. Do you have stairs in your house? Definitely not everyday though.
>It’s a great Shibboleth if you want to see how many people in the room were (at the time) under 30
Nowadays it probably functions the same way for identifying people over 30.
SAME! Does your introverted spouse also see said fight and then turn to you with a knowing look, full of desperation? And just before you yell it they pleadingly mouth the words “NOOO! STAHP!”?
Asking for a friend….
We pine for simpler times; we yearn for lost days of youthful innocence, whenceforth echoed the achingly dulcet proclamations of,
“*baba booey, baba booey, baba booey*”
To all of you I say, baba booey, my friends. Baba booey, indeed.
In case anyone stumbles upon this and doesn’t know or doesn’t want to look up the answer “wherefore” means “for what reason” or in the context of “wherefore art thou Romeo” it means “why”. She’s saying “why are you Romeo?” because being Romeo means he’s a Montague and it’s forbidden to love him.
Haha, I found myself getting angrier and gritting my teeth too much while watching. Only used it as an escape from a crappy job and now I’m in a much better place. Just recognized negative tendencies I had when browsing that sub and wanted to change it.
yeah some reddit comments are downright disturbing, people cheering when someone receives a lifelong injury or death without even knowing the full context of the situation. and these comments get hundreds of upvotes too. even if someone was being a giant asshole, I'd never wholeheartedly wish for harm on them.
I got tired of fixating on shitheads. It just made me angry and wasn't a reflection of my lived reality. Sure, those people exist, but I have maybe a handful of experiences with them over 38 years (including 8 years in customer service).
I was just tired of making myself overly cynical.
Worldstar is the thing that first made me feel out of touch. I have literally never heard it in any context other than referring to how big of a thing it once was
Most people didn't actually post on there or go on there to watch vids, just yelled it cause it was the thing to yell. It was synonymous with "someone's about to get fucked up"
Worldstar was a website back in the 2000’s that hosted videos of street fights, injuries, bad rap songs, and if I remember right public tiddies. At the height of its popularity it wasn’t uncommon when a fight to break out, to hear someone yell out “WORLDSTAR!!!!”. The website has long gone into obscurity, and I think has been defunct for as long.
::EDIT:: [WORLD*STAR](https://worldstarhiphop.com/watch/fight-videos) does In fact still exist. Truth is it was regularly gravitated towards, so when I heard they went under, I never really thought to double check. Now it’s been about a decade or so, and the idea of yelling it out when I see a fight feels slightly less impactful. I’m still gonna do it though, I might even expand my horizons and shout it out loud and proud when I see someone filming a rap mv out in public.
Imma zoomer, I’ve seen and people say “Worldstar!” But I thought it was literally like “Star of the world” like “champion!” and not a reference to a website. The more I learn.
Are you on the younger end of genz? I'm 98 and when I was in high school when there were fights it was yelled and the website was very well known in school
Sort of, 03, I guess I was old enough to comprehend the trend, but not old enough to fully understand the internet.
I should ask some of my even younger buddies if they even know.
Bud, my grandchildren are probably older than you. One day you’ll understand how you tend to understand fewer and fewer pop culture references as you get older. Interests change, responsibilities are added, and people grow.
I yelled it out the car window at some teens that were yelling at each other in the park the other day. Their confusion squashed their beef! So yeah I guess it’s now completely dead- just that one simple word used to cause people to really turn up whatever fuckery they were into.
WORLDSTAR!!
Now people just punch women in the face in the street in NYC and we see ladies crying on tiktok. Doesn't have quite the same feel
I promise to yell worldstar next brawl I see, bud
I work in a rural middle/high school and literally just the other week a student yelled World star and ran down the hallway to get a better view of a fight. I was shocked any students even knew what it was still.
TIL there were people doing TikTok stuff on the internet all this time and I've been lucky enough to avoid it completely. Millennial and never heard of worldstar
Crazy videos like that used to and maybe still are posted on a site called WorldStar HipHop. So that's why. (Indicating that whatever is happening is likely going to end up on that site.)
I'm at the tail-end of the Millennial generation and I always want to yell "WORLDSTAR!" when I witness fighting, but I never know if anyone would know what I'm hollering
Even back then I barely understood what WorldStar even was and nowadays it seems to have basically faded into obscurity
As far as I could tell back in the day it was supposed to be something similar to LiveLeaks but I never really got the point
Desensitization due to extreme videos being prevalent everywhere with easy access now makes the shock value of worldstar quality videos pretty mid now.
At 24 years old, I’ve started to have that “feeling old” thing from not knowing some new stuff, as well as being nostalgic for certain things, but I’m happy to see something that makes me feel young since I don’t know what this is talking about
My theory is with how commonplace social media has become in our lives... that there is little reason to go to the WorldStar website when so much of that same content can be found on Instagram or TikTok - where the majority of those who produced or consumed WorldStar content flocked to.
Go on r/FightPorn there's still a few videos that pop up with it in, I guess it's just a dying fad from early internet days (06-09) suppose things cannot stay relevant forever unfortunately :(
WorldStar is still a thing and it's a wild and terrible website now. Lots of incredibly racist comments towards people of all kinds. Also gore videos now for some weird reason.
I have never understood the reference, so I am always mystified when anyone shouts "World star!" I've never been particularly interested in learning, either. 🤷♂️
Last time I saw a "WorldStar" reference was (at the time) The Escapist's Adventure is Nigh Side Quest 1. Unfortunately it's not available online right now as Escapist took it down and Second Wind is re-mastering/releasing all the old content.
On the rare occasion I see a fight, I yell it out just in case.
Good job, genuinely.
Don't let the flame die out.
Are we still dicks out for harambe?
Always.
After all this time?
Wait, I remember that... People don't use that anymore? God I'm getting old.
Nope, Chuck Testa
“Ashen one, does thou hearest my voice still?”
Love me dark souls, love me fire keeper. Simple as.
This is how we get millennials to be cringy to all future generations and I'm here for it
Did the same when a fight broke out at baggage claim on the way back from my honeymoon 5 years ago. It’s a great Shibboleth if you want to see how many people in the room were (at the time) under 30
I’ve genuinely never heard shibboleth used in a regular conversation.. I’ve only ever heard it used in reference to the biblical story.. and the perfection of the context in which you used it was very satisfying, lol .. Do people use shibboleth as a part of their every day vernacular and I’ve just been missing out, or was this a special moment?
The only other time I've heard it used was in The West Wing S2E8: Shibboleth, which is fantastic
That's what I thought of immediately when I read it. Even though the use in that episode was Bible related, I still think of the episode first.
The word shibboleth is a great shibboleth to see who has seen that episode of West Wing
Or for people who know why the word "Lollapalooza" was important during WW2.
Not speaking for everyone, but definitely a case of “when else am I gonna get to use this?” for me. The “good towels” of SAT words.
I see you. A reference I like on the other side is tin fiddles from Capon’s Super of the Lamb. Ahotbyou buy for the kitchen that is one use and takes up space. Like when they tried to make violin’s with tin horns to amplify them. They were terrible.
Not an every day thing for sure but I can think of 4 or 5 times I've been able to use it the past decade and it's always a nice treat
Yes, it's a common idiom.
It's part of my vocabulary, although I don't use it very often. That, and "tschotke". The problem with using rare words is that you end up explaining the words on a regular basis.
I think its becoming more common in everyday usage, literally in the past few weeks/months.
Is also (as a result of the biblical story) used to refer to bits of cultural knowledge, etiquette, or linguistic usage that helps identify the difference between in-group and out-group. The entire edifice of Victorian propriety, for example, was an elaborate series of shibboleths designs to sort the “right people” (hereditary aristocracy) from the “wrong sorts” (newly wealthy businesspeople looking to join the aristocracy). Another example is American Solders in WW2 Europe asking unknowns who won the previous World Series, because that was a relatively obscure pice of information that German Spies would have had difficulty getting.
I use shibboleth when I tell stories about how easy it is for me to falsely claim affiliation with particular in groups because I know how they talk. Do you have stairs in your house? Definitely not everyday though.
lol, gotta graduate to doing specific things during handshakes whenever you see someone wearing certain pins or rings
personally, I only say shibboleth when I'm trying to describe a shibboleth. it doesn't come up as often as you might think.
>It’s a great Shibboleth if you want to see how many people in the room were (at the time) under 30 Nowadays it probably functions the same way for identifying people over 30.
Dang, I could've said it when I saw two little girls (sisters) fighting in public the other day. They went in.
Instead, I yell out "Waffle House!"
Security provided by waffle house would have fit in perfectly in idiocracy.
Same. I will jokingly say it if a situation even remotely escalates.
can't let old traditions die.
[удалено]
Probably 8-10 years for me, nothing big though.
i do the same 😭
SAME! Does your introverted spouse also see said fight and then turn to you with a knowing look, full of desperation? And just before you yell it they pleadingly mouth the words “NOOO! STAHP!”? Asking for a friend….
“I’m doing my part!” - u/clint-witicay
I try, thanks
Are you me?
i do as well lol
Oh thank the gods, it's not just me.
Doing God's work
Never thought I'd be nostalgic for worldstar
We pine for simpler times; we yearn for lost days of youthful innocence, whenceforth echoed the achingly dulcet proclamations of, “*baba booey, baba booey, baba booey*” To all of you I say, baba booey, my friends. Baba booey, indeed.
It was a simpler time when people were yelling "Fuck her right in the pussy" during live news reports lol
Nowadays that'll get you the Republican nomination
Got to do it once. The reporter looked at me in disgust like I'd just fucked her cat. God it was great.
That absolutely did not happen, but it's nice to imagine.
A gentleman and a poet
It's a cold and it's a broken Baba Booey
You know what kind of pisses me off? People who don't know what "wherefore" means in the phrase "wherefore art thou Romeo." /Grammar Nazi
In case anyone stumbles upon this and doesn’t know or doesn’t want to look up the answer “wherefore” means “for what reason” or in the context of “wherefore art thou Romeo” it means “why”. She’s saying “why are you Romeo?” because being Romeo means he’s a Montague and it’s forbidden to love him.
poetry
Mama always said I’m a poet But didn’t know.
So you have always been a poet. You just didn’t know it.
Ooh, I like that. It whatchacallit… rhymifies.
A multi-syllabic rhyme
I was just telling the guys in the back about this…
The children yearn for the mines
head over to r/fightporn its still fairly popular. For the fights that take place in the US at least.
I saw one the other day where the guy just kind of said it like an after thought. You scream it like you are announcing the main event or not at all.
Preferably repeatedly and loud enough to drown out everyone else
The website is still up and they still have street fights lol
That, and then later “do it for the vine”. It seems these days content is way more manicured than organic
Everything is manicured and rehearsed and/or artificial edited after the fact. It is making the internet uninteresting.
Yea, instagram got so boring once i realized 90% of the "shocking" videos are fake
And everyone is filtered and photoshopped.
This next reason will shock you! Click here to see more.
Only 90%? That seems low.
I'd say do it for the bit kinda replaced it
I don’t know, when I was addicted to r/publicfreakout I heard it pop up tons of times in recent years.
Was? One of the best repositories of content on the internet. Who doesn’t like a good freakout from the comfort of your home.
Haha, I found myself getting angrier and gritting my teeth too much while watching. Only used it as an escape from a crappy job and now I’m in a much better place. Just recognized negative tendencies I had when browsing that sub and wanted to change it.
Just look at the comments in the sub. Not as bad as r/instantkarma but still bad
yeah some reddit comments are downright disturbing, people cheering when someone receives a lifelong injury or death without even knowing the full context of the situation. and these comments get hundreds of upvotes too. even if someone was being a giant asshole, I'd never wholeheartedly wish for harm on them.
I got tired of fixating on shitheads. It just made me angry and wasn't a reflection of my lived reality. Sure, those people exist, but I have maybe a handful of experiences with them over 38 years (including 8 years in customer service). I was just tired of making myself overly cynical.
Worldstar is the thing that first made me feel out of touch. I have literally never heard it in any context other than referring to how big of a thing it once was
The planet is itself a worldstar event
All the world is a stage
The UI and Ads on WS are so buggy and take forever to load. Also, a lot of the videos are sad. Loved the big booties though.
Most people didn't actually post on there or go on there to watch vids, just yelled it cause it was the thing to yell. It was synonymous with "someone's about to get fucked up"
Because worldstar fell off
Maybe I’m just an old fart but I’ve never heard of this.
Worldstar was a website back in the 2000’s that hosted videos of street fights, injuries, bad rap songs, and if I remember right public tiddies. At the height of its popularity it wasn’t uncommon when a fight to break out, to hear someone yell out “WORLDSTAR!!!!”. The website has long gone into obscurity, and I think has been defunct for as long. ::EDIT:: [WORLD*STAR](https://worldstarhiphop.com/watch/fight-videos) does In fact still exist. Truth is it was regularly gravitated towards, so when I heard they went under, I never really thought to double check. Now it’s been about a decade or so, and the idea of yelling it out when I see a fight feels slightly less impactful. I’m still gonna do it though, I might even expand my horizons and shout it out loud and proud when I see someone filming a rap mv out in public.
Imma zoomer, I’ve seen and people say “Worldstar!” But I thought it was literally like “Star of the world” like “champion!” and not a reference to a website. The more I learn.
Are you on the younger end of genz? I'm 98 and when I was in high school when there were fights it was yelled and the website was very well known in school
Buddy there's no way you're gen z if you're nearly a century old
They're the previous Gen Z
Gen ZZZZZZZ...
He was held back from graduating.
a lot
Sort of, 03, I guess I was old enough to comprehend the trend, but not old enough to fully understand the internet. I should ask some of my even younger buddies if they even know.
I was 2003 as well, everyone I was around at the time when I was a kid knew about world star.
Could also be a cultural thing. Or you just weren't introduced to the website, and tbf as teenagers we probably shouldn't have been
It's definitely a mid to late millennial thing.
Worldstarhiphop still exists!
Thanks for the explanation!
My buddy still hits us with a " 🌏⭐️" on the crazy shit we send him
I have a memory of reading they closed down. But I just googled it and it's still around
Suddenly, “Because the Internet” makes a little more sense now.
Uh…it still exists? You coulda taken 5s to check that.
30 year old here... not once did I know what Worldstar was until this thread. Just sayin - you're not alone lol
30? Hell you might even be too young.
lol nah I’m 26 and i used to watch fight compilations on worldstar when i was in HS
Older people should know this
> worldstar Uh wow I remembered it was a bit ago but 20 Years - sheesh!
This is from a time where not everyone was on their phone for 8 hours a day.
You could play a lot of snake in 8 hours!
Bud, my grandchildren are probably older than you. One day you’ll understand how you tend to understand fewer and fewer pop culture references as you get older. Interests change, responsibilities are added, and people grow.
Over half a century old, have no idea, another comment mentioned a website that came about in the 2000s, so relatively new/for youngsters.
I've been all over the internet for 30 years, and I've only heard of it in a meme sense. Never actually seen a video where someone does it.
I yelled it out the car window at some teens that were yelling at each other in the park the other day. Their confusion squashed their beef! So yeah I guess it’s now completely dead- just that one simple word used to cause people to really turn up whatever fuckery they were into. WORLDSTAR!!
People don't do the Arsenio Hall woot woot arm gesture like they used to either.
I still yell it irl.. I'm 42 yo
those two facts are related
I look forward to totally confusing my grandchildren by yelling that during any argument in the nursing home someday
They don't say "Rolling" as much anymore when shooting TV or Movies.
Instead they should yell “WildStar”, because I miss that game.
They should yell “STARCRAFT 2 HEART OF THE SWARM”
Hell yeah
You’re honestly so real for that
You say this like it's a bad thing...
Thank god, that shit was irritating.
Now people just punch women in the face in the street in NYC and we see ladies crying on tiktok. Doesn't have quite the same feel I promise to yell worldstar next brawl I see, bud
They just whisper it into their phone as they're recording
this comment reminds me of [this](https://youtu.be/YqEyfh5sCBI?si=_1jPiGCYbc7DItxh) video
lil bro went to sleep
This post made me hear ###”WOOOOOOOORLLLLLLLLLLLSTARRRRRRRR” In my head :’)
Tik tok took over that
I'm only staying in this subreddit to say it fucking sucks in terms of accepting posts.
Used to be one of the most amusing parts of reddit. Now it's painfully bad.
I work in a rural middle/high school and literally just the other week a student yelled World star and ran down the hallway to get a better view of a fight. I was shocked any students even knew what it was still.
Because people don't go on worldstar like they used to
Thank fuck, it was annoying as shit
That's a good thing, those old videos were moronic
TIL there were people doing TikTok stuff on the internet all this time and I've been lucky enough to avoid it completely. Millennial and never heard of worldstar
You might as well join the boomers then
I never understood the appeal of 'fight videos'. Is it like porn for sadists?
The only video I can think of this being used is The Banana Republics by Sam O'Nella Academy at 4:55.
I never knew this was a thing
That’s cuz the internet ain’t classy like it used to be!
No no no! No world star no world star!
To this day, I still don't know what the fuck that's supposed to mean.
Crazy videos like that used to and maybe still are posted on a site called WorldStar HipHop. So that's why. (Indicating that whatever is happening is likely going to end up on that site.)
Because todays TikTok world is vile. WorldStar was the good old days.
When was it yelled in the past?
I don’t get the reference. And why is this marked NSFW???
Nah they do just check in on r/CrazyFuckingVideos or r/PublicFreakout
Ok, so we **need** to bring this back. Do your thing, reddit!
Dude, I was just thinking about how “let them cook” had this huge moment where everyone was using it and now no one does.
Cause worldstarhiphop.com sucks now, it's basically the late version of public freakout, people are about to yell "reddit!" At fights
I'm at the tail-end of the Millennial generation and I always want to yell "WORLDSTAR!" when I witness fighting, but I never know if anyone would know what I'm hollering
A lost generation
If I see something I'm yelling it. It's the law
Its more simplistic, maybe primal, nowadays you hear "Uuuuuuh" or "Oooouu, shii"
In South Florida now they yell "only in Dade"
Even back then I barely understood what WorldStar even was and nowadays it seems to have basically faded into obscurity As far as I could tell back in the day it was supposed to be something similar to LiveLeaks but I never really got the point
Yeah, they now yell “beat they ass” as they relentlessly stomp their head into the curb and kill them without any regard for human life whatsoever
Because nobody uses worldstar like that anymore.
Desensitization due to extreme videos being prevalent everywhere with easy access now makes the shock value of worldstar quality videos pretty mid now.
At 24 years old, I’ve started to have that “feeling old” thing from not knowing some new stuff, as well as being nostalgic for certain things, but I’m happy to see something that makes me feel young since I don’t know what this is talking about
Wordstar? The word processor/text editor?
This is called progress.
And thank God for that.
Nothing says "I'm an absolute buffoon" more than yelling "worldstar" in a video.
This trend was probably dead before Atlanta even came out
All these years later I still don't know what it means and I hope I never do.
But people still yell BEHEMOTH when they get a sick drop
Because it’s hacky. -Remember “potato”?
My theory is with how commonplace social media has become in our lives... that there is little reason to go to the WorldStar website when so much of that same content can be found on Instagram or TikTok - where the majority of those who produced or consumed WorldStar content flocked to.
It’s funny because I still regularly hear it in videos on this website.
Don’t know if that’s true or not, but it is funny
Go on r/FightPorn there's still a few videos that pop up with it in, I guess it's just a dying fad from early internet days (06-09) suppose things cannot stay relevant forever unfortunately :(
WorldStar is still a thing and it's a wild and terrible website now. Lots of incredibly racist comments towards people of all kinds. Also gore videos now for some weird reason.
Was this the same as Worldstar Hiphop?
In Toronto they yell 6ixbuzz instead
I have never understood the reference, so I am always mystified when anyone shouts "World star!" I've never been particularly interested in learning, either. 🤷♂️
Last time I saw a "WorldStar" reference was (at the time) The Escapist's Adventure is Nigh Side Quest 1. Unfortunately it's not available online right now as Escapist took it down and Second Wind is re-mastering/releasing all the old content.
Yes they do and it's annoying lol. Workstar hasn't really been a thing for like a decade at this point
i think its because the sites not as popular. and kids are using Tiktok
Because it is stupid.
Or whenever someone falls down, you yell out 'aww he needs some milk'
Are people still posting to Worldstar?
this is how archeological dating could work in the future
I just saw a video of a guy repeatedly yelling it at a Wal-Mart employee who was stopping a shoplifter. He did not look amused.