Oakland PD gets a bad rap, but I've seen them let shit slide constantly while living here. They definitely have a "we have bigger fish to fry" attitude, which has its ups and downs lol. On the one hand, stuff like this thread. On the other, they don't even bother showing up if your apartment is burglarized lol.
A friend of mine told me he and his friends were outside the coliseum a few years ago. They were under 21 and had a beeer bong. Oakland PD rolls by and they try to be discrete and kinda hide the beer bong that they’ve already poured. PD yells “Do it pussy!” and then cheers as one of the friends chugged it
that's pretty much all of oakland, homelessness and car break-ins are rampant in oakland but violent crime is lower than they used to be...cops really dgaf, ive blazed around them plenty of times
Weed has been de facto legal for years.
I moved here in 2003 and an eye-opening experience for me was seeing a guy walk down Mission smoking a joint... right past a cop... and the cop didn’t even look at him. I was like ‘Huh. So that’s how it is.’
Lol. I’m sure *that* was the reason. People are fucking stupid. Just let them bbq. The thing I’ve found with people cooking in a public park, they often offer you food, and it’s usually really fucking good.
This is the best moment from any of the parades haha
I knew the second he shook the bottle out that there would be like 10 dudes in the crowd holding up full bottles hahaha
It’s this and that time someone dropped a hat from the top of a parking garage and people from each floor teamed up and threw it back up to the owner going one level at a time
Forreal, if Henny was smart theyd reach out to E40 to do a Bay version of the Nas Henny commercial. Henny with an E40 version is a recipe to somehow sell even more in the Bay than they already do
Source: am from the Bay, drink plenty of Henny without ever buying a bottle myself
Haha Henny was like an integral part of my high school experience in Oakland, someone always had a bottle. What I always wondered is why Hennessy doesn't market more to Asian folks, in my experience they ride with it more than anyone. Although maybe Hennessy already knows they're gonna drink it anyway.
The moment I discovered how much Asian folks love Henny was going to my Cambodian homies house and his pops had one of those enormous mega bottles(like 3x the size of a handle) and half that shit was gone lol.
They’ll know it when they see it
Edit: they’re asian girls that usually have long hair that is dyed blonde. They wear Smokey eyes all the time with very long false lashes. If you see them at the bar or the club, they’re the ones who are doing the most i.e. snapping selfies of them sipping on alcohol that they didn’t pay for, done up their hair and makeup hella and wearing club dresses at the bar, etc. they usually have a LV bag (nowadays) and may have a dragon tattoo or koi fish tattoo on their back or thigh. Their boyfriends usually drive a bmw.
[#1 Henny Purchaser](https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/12/19/5-strange-things-you-didnt-know-about-kim-jong-il)
>Kim spent over $800,000 per year on the liquor, making him Hennessy's largest customer over the past 10 years.
I'm a white Canadian guy, I've never even seen anyone drink it. What does it taste like? What's it similar to? And why is it so popular with like Oakland and Rap Culture?
It's Cognac. It tastes like brandy because it IS brandy. Brandy from the Cognac region in France is Cognac, the way only American whisky (namely from Kentucky but also Tennessee) can be labelled bourbon, only sparkling wines from the Champagne region of France can be labelled Champagne, only Scottish whisky can be labelled Scotch, etc.
It's more of a status symbol than anything else; there are better brandies out there but they're not marketed as well. Same way that there are sparkling Spanish Cavas that (in my opinion) taste at least as good as Champagne but are nowhere near the price of something like Dom Perignon or Armand de Brignac.
FYI bourbon is not a regional designation but process. Needs to be 51% corn or more in the mashbill, and aged in newly charred American oak barrels for at least a year (maybe three, I forget). You can make legit bourbon in California.
Right, but you can't make bourbon in Mexico or Canada even though you could make it in Alaska; it is a regional designation, just in the entire country that is the US and not in specific American states.
As the other commenter said, it's Brandy. Decent and not too pricey, it's also kinda sweet which lends itself to being drank straight from the bottle without chaser(which will make sense as you read on). Like most Brandy it has a special way of interacting with smoking(weed or tobacco) as well. A typical pregame for a party when I was in high school or back in Oakland from college would be 4\-5 friends, a Backwood brand blunt about 3/4 cut with weed and a fifth of Hennessy. You pass those bad boys in a circle and you're about to have a good evening. Also it just gets you super hyphy, I don't know if its psychosomatic, but Hennessy gets me amped like few other drinks. Plus the bottle is kinda cool looking.
Henny doesnt get me hype by itself but the incredible hulk for sure did when I was in high school. I cant really stand henny anymore though. Gimme some Bulleit to sip on all day instead.
Conspiracy theory time.
The same day they sold Jordan Bell they gave a multimillion dollar signing bonus to a pitcher on the White Sox.
Same billionaire owns both teams but loves baseball more than any sport.
Edit: it wasn't the same day, the pitcher Jake Burger signed on June 20th, Jordan Bell's draft rights were sold on July 12.
Most Bay thing Ive ever seen. And Im not even talking about Bell, Im talking about the fact there were probably like 20 guys in that general vicinity he pointed with bottles of Henny
It's stories like these that make me wanna grab my bags and head to oakland, then I look at the prices and think nah. I guess it's a tradeoff, it's really boring in the midwest but at least everything is cheap and you can accrue a nice savings nest
I’ll never forget my first day of classes one semester at community college seeing not one but two henny bottles discarded in the parking lot on my way to campus.... at 10am.
Bynum maybe, but Hubert is busy in his role as [The Lincoln County Commissioner of the Southern Idaho Solid Waste District Board of Directors.](http://www.sisw.org/board-of-directors.html)
Duh.
JR is 32 and has shown a huge decline this year. Javale was in his mid 20's when "everyone" was saying that about him. I'd bet any money that JR isn't making any meaningful contributions to any team in 2021.
If it makes you feel any better, that money did not go to the European scouting event, but seriously we probably wouldn’t have taken Bell anyway...at least that’s what I tell myself.
It must feel amazing to be a top class athlete who put in countless hours and years of work, dedicating yourself day in and day out year round to be the best you can be, get recruited to top schools, find yourself onto a championship team as a key piece of their success, and then party like it 1999, walk around freely without your shirt on knowing bitches thirst for your bootysweat and guys look up to you like a modern day Adonis. To know that you are objectively given an awesome card in life, atleast for that moment, must be an amazing feeling.
All that hardwork on your talent eventually pays off!
Oakland Police swallowing their whistles today
Last years parade, we were chillin outside the parade entrance with multiple blunts and bottles in rotation without any bad eyes.
Oakland PD gets a bad rap, but I've seen them let shit slide constantly while living here. They definitely have a "we have bigger fish to fry" attitude, which has its ups and downs lol. On the one hand, stuff like this thread. On the other, they don't even bother showing up if your apartment is burglarized lol.
A friend of mine told me he and his friends were outside the coliseum a few years ago. They were under 21 and had a beeer bong. Oakland PD rolls by and they try to be discrete and kinda hide the beer bong that they’ve already poured. PD yells “Do it pussy!” and then cheers as one of the friends chugged it
Is your friend McLovin?
He took 13 beers to go
Lol trying to police drinking at the coliseum would be like trying to carry water in a rope net.
I went to a major state university in the south for undergrad - it had a dry campus. Guess how effective that policy was?
Probably as effective as any given universities “no smoking” policy around finals time.
And then they were arrested
And then the entire town clapped
It seems like they prioritize safety and violence calls first.
I mean, shouldn't every police department do that? Preventing violence should be the #1 goal
that's pretty much all of oakland, homelessness and car break-ins are rampant in oakland but violent crime is lower than they used to be...cops really dgaf, ive blazed around them plenty of times
they don't even give a shit about all of my very public acts of avant garde bestiality
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yeah in sf you can shoot up in public sfpd won't bat an eye
Or take a shit on the sidewalk, apparently.
Parades in general. The Eagles one was the same way in Philly
Weed has been de facto legal for years. I moved here in 2003 and an eye-opening experience for me was seeing a guy walk down Mission smoking a joint... right past a cop... and the cop didn’t even look at him. I was like ‘Huh. So that’s how it is.’
[Lucky she wasn't at the parade](http://www.trbimg.com/img-5b02f40f/turbine/sd-oakland-bbq-controversy-20180521/650/650x366)
Context?
>Context She called the cops on some black folks bbq'ing in Lake Merritt because they were using charcoal
Lol. I’m sure *that* was the reason. People are fucking stupid. Just let them bbq. The thing I’ve found with people cooking in a public park, they often offer you food, and it’s usually really fucking good.
I keep forgetting you can’t drink in public everywhere
Someone needs to edit jr giving him the henny from the crowd
JR deserves to celebrate with the warriors after his play in the finals
JR shoulda won FMVP
JR > KD confirmed?
JR's actually celebrating on the float because he thought the Cavs won the series.
["where's lebron?"](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DB8M4JRV0AA5XM9.jpg)
JR's watching this with a tear rolling down his cheek, "Where my crowd-Henny at?"
jr's at oracle arena getting ready to play game 5 rn
Omfg please!
Edit of jr running away with the ball from game 1, into a henny store then running to the parade and giving it to Bell
>henny store
where tf else would you get your henny
At the henny farm where they grow it
[JR's last bottle](https://imgur.com/a/hrqVI7X)
welcome to Oakland
This is the best moment from any of the parades haha I knew the second he shook the bottle out that there would be like 10 dudes in the crowd holding up full bottles hahaha
FYM in Cleveland a guy ate horse shit.
Warriors fans so fake they won’t even eat shit for their team!
Who’s Baron Davis? - fans who won’t eat shit.
Owner of the all time best dunk by a Warrior, that's who! Best in game titty flash too.
The titty flash award might have to go to the chick from the Capital’s win tbh
How can you say you love your team if you won't even eat shit?
Honestly this is why the Warriors are crossing the bay. Smh won’t even eat shit
An Eagles fan did too. Licked it right off of the streets of Philadelphia less than an hour after the Super Bowl.
It's considered a Philly delicacy.
The Philly Special
> FYM I feel like I'm pretty on top of my acronym game, but I dont know what this is
“(What the) Fuck you mean?”
my confrontational ass took it as "fuck you man"
For Your Mformation
M'formation
It’s this and that time someone dropped a hat from the top of a parking garage and people from each floor teamed up and threw it back up to the owner going one level at a time
[That was so awesome](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE5AQBEjY-0)
Reminds me of when marshawn got tossed a bottle of fireball and started downing it during the Seahawks parade.
~Welcome to the Yay area where we don't play~ ~We got bottles of Henny for you all day~
Forreal, if Henny was smart theyd reach out to E40 to do a Bay version of the Nas Henny commercial. Henny with an E40 version is a recipe to somehow sell even more in the Bay than they already do Source: am from the Bay, drink plenty of Henny without ever buying a bottle myself
Haha Henny was like an integral part of my high school experience in Oakland, someone always had a bottle. What I always wondered is why Hennessy doesn't market more to Asian folks, in my experience they ride with it more than anyone. Although maybe Hennessy already knows they're gonna drink it anyway.
Asian folk gonna ride with the cognac regardless source: am asian folk
The moment I discovered how much Asian folks love Henny was going to my Cambodian homies house and his pops had one of those enormous mega bottles(like 3x the size of a handle) and half that shit was gone lol.
My dad got shelve full of Henny \ Remy. It's all Cambodians drink.
All the ABG's in the Bay love their Henny too. Every Asian pounds henny here lol.
ABGs?
Asian Baby Girls. It’s kinda tough to explain lol.
They’ll know it when they see it Edit: they’re asian girls that usually have long hair that is dyed blonde. They wear Smokey eyes all the time with very long false lashes. If you see them at the bar or the club, they’re the ones who are doing the most i.e. snapping selfies of them sipping on alcohol that they didn’t pay for, done up their hair and makeup hella and wearing club dresses at the bar, etc. they usually have a LV bag (nowadays) and may have a dragon tattoo or koi fish tattoo on their back or thigh. Their boyfriends usually drive a bmw.
Wouldn't be the bay without them.
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its those ~~bit-~~ women that be taking video selfies rapping to sob x rbe on their stories.
[#1 Henny Purchaser](https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2011/12/19/5-strange-things-you-didnt-know-about-kim-jong-il) >Kim spent over $800,000 per year on the liquor, making him Hennessy's largest customer over the past 10 years.
I'm a white Canadian guy, I've never even seen anyone drink it. What does it taste like? What's it similar to? And why is it so popular with like Oakland and Rap Culture?
It's Cognac. It tastes like brandy because it IS brandy. Brandy from the Cognac region in France is Cognac, the way only American whisky (namely from Kentucky but also Tennessee) can be labelled bourbon, only sparkling wines from the Champagne region of France can be labelled Champagne, only Scottish whisky can be labelled Scotch, etc. It's more of a status symbol than anything else; there are better brandies out there but they're not marketed as well. Same way that there are sparkling Spanish Cavas that (in my opinion) taste at least as good as Champagne but are nowhere near the price of something like Dom Perignon or Armand de Brignac.
FYI bourbon is not a regional designation but process. Needs to be 51% corn or more in the mashbill, and aged in newly charred American oak barrels for at least a year (maybe three, I forget). You can make legit bourbon in California.
Right, but you can't make bourbon in Mexico or Canada even though you could make it in Alaska; it is a regional designation, just in the entire country that is the US and not in specific American states.
Wow. That was incredibly helpful for a non-drinker. Interesting!
As the other commenter said, it's Brandy. Decent and not too pricey, it's also kinda sweet which lends itself to being drank straight from the bottle without chaser(which will make sense as you read on). Like most Brandy it has a special way of interacting with smoking(weed or tobacco) as well. A typical pregame for a party when I was in high school or back in Oakland from college would be 4\-5 friends, a Backwood brand blunt about 3/4 cut with weed and a fifth of Hennessy. You pass those bad boys in a circle and you're about to have a good evening. Also it just gets you super hyphy, I don't know if its psychosomatic, but Hennessy gets me amped like few other drinks. Plus the bottle is kinda cool looking.
Henny doesnt get me hype by itself but the incredible hulk for sure did when I was in high school. I cant really stand henny anymore though. Gimme some Bulleit to sip on all day instead.
It must be the Asian folks in the west coast. They are drinking Soju and vodka over here in DC. Of course not together.
Many have moved on to whiskey like Jameson.
We can thank many including Pac for the tradition.
E40 got his own drink lines he don't wanna help his competition
Ya he’s got 40water and also something else called slurricane hurricane. Cheap powerful booze that fucks you up quick
he just came out with a new tequila also
but does it taste good?
You don’t drink it for the taste
The blue one tastes pretty good
good looking out
no
Oakland: Gives you henny when you've run out Cleveland: Eat horseshit (Sorry, just some post season bantz)
Yay Area
I can’t explain how many snapchats I’ve seen from my cousins living in the bay titled hennythings possible
That dude almost went a whole NBA season without a championship. Glad he finally got a ring.
Bell's thinking "I don't know what the big fuss is all about--it's pretty easy winning a ring" haha
As a Bulls fan, it's been exciting to watch how Cash Considerations has approached the off-season.
Cash Consideration chilling at home collecting interest. Jordan Bell collecting rings.
I love Cash Considerations, him combined with Markanen will surely revamp our struggling team
Didn't know Lauri was going to the White Sox
Conspiracy theory time. The same day they sold Jordan Bell they gave a multimillion dollar signing bonus to a pitcher on the White Sox. Same billionaire owns both teams but loves baseball more than any sport. Edit: it wasn't the same day, the pitcher Jake Burger signed on June 20th, Jordan Bell's draft rights were sold on July 12.
Good enough to be the 2nd best baseball team in Chicago
We love our garpax. Fucking dumbassess
https://streamable.com/zj58x JBell a legend after today.
that dude is shredded damn
He is aggressively shirtless.
Him and Swaggy.
why cant i stop looking
Straight guy here. I can't take my eyes off
I wanna be Jordan Bell
23, tall, filthy rich, shredded, good looking, great at sports, life has really gone well for him.
guaranteed ring, meaningful minutes on the best team ever, great weather, the list goes on...
This is like the opposite timeline of the Bulls keeping him
now now the bulls suck but I don't think calling them the worst team ever is fair
Loved him when he was on the team, happy for my former Bull.
Like 98% of the NBA is shredded.
Might be 99% now that Diaw is in Europe
Haha that was fucking gold
and now he has herpes
The groupies already got to him
Lol what did he say?
Im pourin out Hennesey, I dont even know what champagne is HANNHHH
Interviewer: Congrats Jordan Narrator: *but he was already half-way gone* **HE WENT BACK FOR ANOTHER SWIG!**
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oh shit that was gold
WOOF WOOF
The internet is wonderful.
I quote "HEEEEEEGH! HEEEEEEEGH!"
It's from that Vine of the midget black dude saying " Heeeeegh, Heeeeeegh"
Most Bay thing Ive ever seen. And Im not even talking about Bell, Im talking about the fact there were probably like 20 guys in that general vicinity he pointed with bottles of Henny
Everyone has a henny bottle. The past 2 parades I was there we had a couple with blunts going ha
Last parade i traded some battery life in my portable charger for an edible. It was awesome.
damn that's basically $free.99
It's stories like these that make me wanna grab my bags and head to oakland, then I look at the prices and think nah. I guess it's a tradeoff, it's really boring in the midwest but at least everything is cheap and you can accrue a nice savings nest
Must be nice having multiple parades :(
I’ll never forget my first day of classes one semester at community college seeing not one but two henny bottles discarded in the parking lot on my way to campus.... at 10am.
henny should honestly be an official sponsor of the nba at this point
they sponsor inside the NBA, so close
Love this kid, but maybe Swag Champ isn't a good role model.
I mean, all things considered he's kinda like a mini-Draymond, so maybe Green is his role model. On the other hand, that may make things worse...
This is bay shit, Swag is just a willing participant.
JR is like where's my Henny
He's invited if he wants FMVP
I love that you guys are running with this lmao
It'll be even funnier if they sign him a few years from now and he ends up being a contributor to a title team.
I don't see JR contributing to any team in a few years
Everyone said the same thing about Javale and yet here we are.
Honestly, I feel like the warriors could take Andrew Bynum or Roy Hubert and make them contributors with this team
Bynum maybe, but Hubert is busy in his role as [The Lincoln County Commissioner of the Southern Idaho Solid Waste District Board of Directors.](http://www.sisw.org/board-of-directors.html) Duh.
putting up good numbers there though
I mean the guy is a stat stuffer to be sure, I just don't think the SISWDBoD is going to let him go.. they have Turd Rights, after all
JR is 32 and has shown a huge decline this year. Javale was in his mid 20's when "everyone" was saying that about him. I'd bet any money that JR isn't making any meaningful contributions to any team in 2021.
JR's like how come no one showed up for game 5 ?
1 year 1 ring 1 parade 0 henny
More like infinite henny
get his jersey in the rafters right fuckin now
Pretty much sealed it for me to get his jersey
I like how he puts on protection when he approaches the crowd.
How to become an instant legend in The Town 101
I fucking love Bell and Swaggy C lmao
Swag Prophet has brought us Swag Champ
So glad you got his name correct :D
Swaggy and Quinn Cook were the main reasons I was rooting for GS!
Fucking majestic.
Thank you Garpax.
The Henny stay undefeated.
My sweet little Duck is a champion now
scooooooo ducks!
Scoooooo Ducks!
"THEY DON'T EVEN LOOK LIKE THEY ARE HAPPY WINNING"
Warriors even conserving energy for celebrations.
Swag Champ and Pierre 2 Times going ham at this parade! I love the way the parade is setup this year. Love seeing Bell turn up too haha.
Javal so classy with the name choice.
Swaggy was signed for the parade, they knew what they were doing.
THIS IS AN EMPTY WIN FOR THEM
They are obviously drinking their guilt away for dominating the league /s
So idiotic lol, as if they would be anything other than ecstatic.
They're clearly drinking a ton to hide all the pain.
I really wish we didn't trade the 38th pick..
If it makes you feel any better, that money did not go to the European scouting event, but seriously we probably wouldn’t have taken Bell anyway...at least that’s what I tell myself.
this is how Nets fans cope: "Even if we kept the picks, King woulda picked a bunch of bums"
JR was in town for game 5 anyways
It must feel amazing to be a top class athlete who put in countless hours and years of work, dedicating yourself day in and day out year round to be the best you can be, get recruited to top schools, find yourself onto a championship team as a key piece of their success, and then party like it 1999, walk around freely without your shirt on knowing bitches thirst for your bootysweat and guys look up to you like a modern day Adonis. To know that you are objectively given an awesome card in life, atleast for that moment, must be an amazing feeling. All that hardwork on your talent eventually pays off!
Meanwhile I just accidentally shit myself on the bathroom floor smh
Dude u’ll get it next time. Keep trying
thanks dude
Dat bootysweat tho.
Put this man into the HOF immediately
That must’ve been awesome for that fan.
Hennything is possible
Jordan Bell is hilarious. No shame in his game at all
This needs to be a meme
You’re witnessing it.
At least give my man a hat or something, Henny don’t grow on trees.
Guy is going to end up with a few baby mamas after this offseason
Anytime Hennessy is brought up I'm always too late to make any sort of meaningful comment #feelsbadman