Justin Lamb - For the People Who Ask Me If I'm Tired
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- Опубліковано 8 лис 2014
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Justin Lamb, performing at IWPS 2014 in Phoenix, AZ.
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"hey are you tired... of homophobia? me too! let's start a rally. but _no_ you never want to start a rally. you just want to talk about the bags under my eyes."
I teared up at that part
"And he's not even a recognizable Disney character, asshole."
Perfection ❤️
How he can come up with this line? Awesome hahaahaa
+Jessica Carter He must have been right, 'cause he said the name wrong, lol
" how i look like miku the raccoon from Pocahontas and he's not even a recognizable Disney character, asshole"
amazing
Gosh, i love spoken word.
Totally on my bucket lists of things to do before i leave this vast planet.
ooo can I pick the topic?
Hmm if you are in 6th grade I would do some about history if you could or there is easy formats for stuff such as debates.
I'm with you on that
Saw the name of this and immediately thought, 'yes, I am going to relate to this performance' ... I was not wrong xD
Also I usually say " No! I'm not tired! I got plenty of sleep, but designer bags under my eyes are just too fabulous to rest!"
I always say "Bitch, the bags under my eyes are Louis Vuitton."
I usually say, "Yeah, tired of your shit."
McKenna Pipher I have double bags under my eyes, on both sides. Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Coach & Chanel.
***** I made a face at someone today and they told me to "hold it" and put a caption on their snapchat story with that face of "tired of your shit". Lol, I guess I say that a lot too
Mine are bags for life.
Him: "Are you feeling tired?"
Me: *trying very hard not to curse at him* "No, I'm just not wearing makeup today."
Him: *leans in to take a closer look* "But you look tired."
Me: *rolls eyes* "Thanks dude."
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Have had this happen as well. Idiots.
I remeber one Polish youtuber saying something that went more or less like this:
When men tell women not to wear make up, the women sigh and go put on the kind of make up that makes men say "Here you go, you look so nice without make up", because actual no make up look makes men go "hey, is everything okay?"
"But no, you never want to start a rally!" I love that line so much! *hearts*
I love this poem because it's so relatable.. Every time I don't wear makeup I get this. Why does anyone ever feel the need to tell someone else that they look tired? It's just flat out rude. Just bad etiquette in general..
ScottishPEACEguy Poems don't need to rhyme to be poems. It's called free verse, and both Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson were some of the most famous poets to use the free verse 'structure'. This video, however, is spoken word poetry, meaning poetry intended or written to be performed orally.
ScottishPEACEguy That's a preeeettty ignorant comment, not meaning to offend... Haha sorry.
+Julia Wagner I did tend to ask if people were tired when I was younger and out in the work force. In those days it was received how I meant it to be received which was simple concern. Many times I was told "Yes. I am exhausted" so we would set about doing what we could to change some things to alleviate the exhaustion. I had no idea that my simple query, not often asked, would be taken as anything but genuine concern. I have stopped asking it now.
I know somebody who never says nice things to people, always negative. He's obviously insecure with himself. Insecure people find it very difficult to say nice things to people.
This poem resonates in the soul of every insomniac.
"and he's not even a recognizable disney character, asshole!" me
people who ask me if I am tired will wonder why I'm yelling at them that Meeko is not a recognizable Disney character from now on.
I may be watching this at 3am.. Now i know what to say when someone asks me if i am tired! ^_^
I've watched this poem a dozen times and shown it to several people. Just wanted to say, I love it.
That last line got me rolling. 😂😂😂💨
so good
For the people who ask me if I’m tired, you present your question as some sort of benign inquiry, like you’re collecting data for the “sleep census” as if there weren’t two possible results. A) I am tired, and now I’m aware that I look like shit, or B) I’m not tired, and now I’m aware that I look like shit. The only way your query would be useful is if it were the preface to a longer, more solution-orientated statement, like “Hey, are you tired? Because I just set up a hammock in your office,” or “Hey, are you tired? Of homophobia? Me too, let’s start a rally.”
But no, you never wanna start a rally, you just want to talk about the bags under my eyes. How I look like Meeko, the racoon from Pocahontas, and he’s not even a recognisable Disney character. Asshole!
-Justin Lamb
Hope this helps XD
(why did I just type that all...?)
yhh
I don't know why you did, but I definitely appreciate it. Enjoyed the spoken word too.
Story of my freaking life. Everyday someone will say "you look tired" or "are you tired?" Actually no I'm not tired from lack of sleep, I'm tired of everyone's bullshit I had to put up with that day. And I don't wear makeup. But naturally I do have bags under my eyes, I can't really get rid of them. But that's just how my face is, so I really don't give a damn if you think I look like shit because I didn't get enough "sleep."
Bags add character.
This is one of my favorite poems on button poetry.
all the other poems were making me sad, this was good to cheer me up
oh my god what even was this? no matter, because i love it so much
couldn't have said it better myself 👏👏👏👏
If I ever need something to cheer me up, this will forever be what I'll turn to
the delivery of this is GOLDEN. it wouldn't be half as entertaining if it hadn't been done this way.
That was great
I love this
This is one of my favourite poems ever.
Oh my gosh I'm dying, the ending was so perfect
forreal if someone looks tired they probably are aware that they look tired.
That last line is just perfect
amazing.
this was so refreshing after all the depressing ones about love i watched
Oh my god, I love this.
as someone with chronic anxiety and insomnia i'm feelin this. also the line about homophobia made me weak, god I love this
love love love this
From the start to that great ending. Priceless and real
this is one of my favorite poems from button poetry.
Loved this-so true and now when people ask me this I can laugh remembering your poem instead of just getting pissed of. I hope you come back to it, maybe make it longer. Either way-it's awesome.
This. Is. Fantastic.
I love this so much. It is short and to the point. I can completely relate.
I FEEL HIM SO BAD.. DAMN
This is one of my favorite things
is this spencer form icarly
no but they gave similar voices
+Aidan Cantwell More like crazy steve than spencer ~
Really sounds like Ben Stiller to me
This poem is AMAZING!!!
Loooooooovvvvvveeeeeee this poem sooooooooo much :D
This is perfect
i love this
So funny but so true! XD bravo, Justin Lamb!
woah this blew me away. epic delivery.
this is pure fire
i love this.
That was amazing, I can 100% relate
You said it perfectly, Justin!
I appreciate this poem them more times I listen to it and absorb his words.
Loved it!
This made my life
ENJOYED THISSSSSS
Yes!
This is great.
Are you tired? Hysterical!
That was so hilarious I loved all of it yes
LOVE
*perfection*
Your words rock
Read this at my funeral.
This is great.
I love this!!! XD so true
that was funny!!!! spectacular poetry!
literally my entire life
I wish I had seen this before finals week so I could use this as a defense to everyone who asked me if I got any sleep the night before
Lol I've never really thought about it before, but this is so true
well after watching this i am ready to start a rally
ICON
This video is underrated!
I applauded to an empty room after watching this.
hahahaha bloody brilliant!
Me too me too
YES YES YES YES YES
You are soooo fucking funny .. Thank you.. i just shot some tea out my nose from laughing so hard.
hahahah i love this!
mIC DROP yoooo this was really good.
gooooood
People make a complete statement, saying, "you LOOK tired" is worse than asking, "are you tired?" And yes, many people told me this and I respond with awkward laughs, "ya, I only got 4 hours of sleep" (in my mind, 'they don't need to remind me that I look like shit/zombie with that intense dark circle game').
HAHAH LOVE IT!
I don't think I'll be asking anyone if they are tired after watching this lol
Tired? Yes of your invasive questions you don't care about the answer to.
True
This was fucking awesome.
So true, and thanks a lot Lamb. Now I too, will only be envisioning your A and B answers as a response to this often asked question. Yawn
Gahd. This performance is amazing. I wish a download link for the transcript came along with it.
Happens to me all the time
I wanna start a rally! ❤️
YESYESYESYEYESSYESYESYES
Was anyone else noticing how tired he looks? I don't even know what the poem was about, I was too distracted by the bags under his eyes.
This is devastating.
@Chigozirim ᴖᴥᴖ its satire
this is too real
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️😂😂😂😂😂 last line
slaaaay
Damn fam
👏👏👏
At least people care enough to ask
Gunna start spitting verses when someone asks me the same damn thing >__>
That ending.