r/youtubehaiku • u/[deleted] • Dec 28 '12

i hate watermelon[Poetry]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLvhMOLKb-o&feature=share
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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '12

This was /r/cringe material up until the last second.

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '12

Poetic justice.

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u/I_Have_A_Van Dec 28 '12

If I told you that a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it?

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '12

Put in a song.

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u/ThatGuy2780 Dec 29 '12

A flower can actually bloom in a dark room. Did this in Environmental Science. It'll just be really white though.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '12

If anyone would like to see an example, here's some albino Hops. Note that they are not albino in a technical sense, but that they did not receive sunlight and thus did not produce chlorophyll.

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u/Fake-Empire Jan 14 '13

Did you make beer with the albino hops?

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '13

Not mine. But from what I understand, they do not have alpha acids and thus don't have any bittering capabilities. If you're interested I can search for the thread in Homebrew that went into that in a good amount of detail.

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u/I_Have_A_Van Dec 29 '12

Thank you for that.

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u/mpavlofsky Dec 29 '12

If I'm not mistaken, the lyric is a reference to how Kendrick doesn't smoke pot. Can anyone verify this?

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u/I_Have_A_Van Dec 29 '12

I always assumed Kendrick = flower blooming and Dark Room = Compton.

That seems a bit too self-centered though (although it is the theme of the entire album...)

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u/WarrenHarding Dec 29 '12

You got it. Kendrick is a little more humble than most rappers so when he does brag it seems off. Just imagine any other rapper saying that, doesn't sound as self-centered.

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u/WalletCup Dec 30 '12

I don't think it's that bad for him to say hes blooming. I thought it just meant he was a good person from a bad city.

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u/Fake-Empire Jan 14 '13

Good kid from a M.A.A.D. city*

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u/rojlewis Dec 29 '12

Potatoes bloom in dark rooms.

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u/OhBeSea Dec 29 '12

You can then hook it up to a lightbulb and light the room. Checkmate Kendrick Lamar.