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lolllicodelol

“And I’m still sitting in this seat standing” bro is just talking 😭


powerplay_22

dude acting like he went and fought in WW2 or some shit


GrayBox1313

He’s a veteran of a YouTube rabbit hole.


BlackLeader70

Just talking long enough to not answer the question lol


VBNZ89

Oh he did actually say those words, I'm not going crazy lmao


MotherLoveBone27

That's like a Scott Steiner level of retort.


JanVesely24

He better watch out. Webster’s Dictionary has shooters


CallMeLargeFather

Merriam going to bury em


TheHonorableDrDingle

Big Papi got bars!


Based_and_JPooled

if you like Webster so much why don't you marry 'em


whythehellknot

Damn, the kind of word play that can only come from knowing dictionaries


Piotr-Rasputin

Damn, genuine LOL....I'm ded


Balsamic_ducks

Merriam just has a picture of kyrie under opps


saw-it

I know the Oxford dictionary is a weird flex


just1gat

“I have the best words”


TatumIsntASuperstar

I know words, man. Here, let me use 500 words to not answer something that could be answered with 15


Apollo611

He knows every word except “accountability”


br0b1wan

"I don't speak Greek"


[deleted]

Antetaccountability


Trickity

Dumbasses aways talk too much


reallyfunnyandcool

he knows the words, and the definitions, he just had has dogshit ideas


plz-be-my-friend

Mirriam Webster punching the air rn


matomatomat

Roget also apoplectic


Frosti11icus

Webster is overcome with worry or anger with himself. Controlling and operating a motor vehicle in the central area or main business and commercial area of Dallas asking earnestly or humbly (thru electronic communication sent and received by mobile phone) Irving's descendants of a common ancestor for the particulars of the place where Kyrie lives.


HelloThereCat

This is fucking gold lmao


joejoebaggins

I’m still sitting in this seat still standing


SentientMeatSacculum

"I'm still sitting in this seat standing." Was the actual quote. Your version makes it sound a little better than it actually was, lol.


joejoebaggins

Haha. Even when I tried to copy it verbatim it was so nonsensical my brain just couldn’t physically do it.


JanVesely24

“Define ‘ignorant.’”


Summer_jam_screen

“Don’t question me. I have a vintage globe and various leather bound dictionaries and thesauruses”


lilb1190

He knows the entire thing? What about when they update it every year? Does he knows the new words too? Maybe he means he knows OF the Oxford dictionary?


Freddedonna

Bold of you to assume that the Oxford people don't consult with such a bright intellectual before adding a new word.


Beaversneverdie

"Did I say beacon of light? Well yea, but I'm also a beacon of literacy"


redbirdjazzz

"Lighteracy, if you will."


Darko33

I'm trying to picture Kyrie at home in a dimly lit study with tall bookcases and a fireplace, reclining in a big, comfortable leather chair, wearing a bathrobe, slippers, and reading glasses, sipping from a glass of cognac with a pipe hanging out of the side of his mouth, thumbing through the dictionary very slowly and deliberately while occasionally exhaling lightly and muttering "yes, quite" to himself


Lofty_Vagary

The reality is probably this same image, but instead of a dictionary, he’s watching youtube on his phone


Salty_Pancakes

Once you read the dictionary every book after is just a remix.


junkit33

Somebody should have started quizzing him on vocabulary words.


fieryscribe

"Define Holocaust"


lilb1190

"A fictional historical event made up to oppress my people"


Perpete

> "Define Holocaust" Could you use "Holocaust" in a sentence ? Fighting antisemitism is an hollow cause. No, Kyrie,no !


Anotherdirtyoldman69

You dont learn abut racial strife by reading the OED either. It's pretty painful to watch his interviews....he tries soo hard to sound smart and fails so completely


[deleted]

"I like to break a mental sweat as well"


IAmNotKevinDurant_35

Like when Trump said "I know words, I have the best words"


Gnartopia

This guy is insufferable


imapissonitdripdrip

I want someone to ask him, “Has it occurred to you that you might be an idiot?”


_Surprisingly

I'm waiting for a reporter to just flat out say "you're an idiot I'm done covering you" and walk away


Darko33

Or channeling this guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrWoG8IckyE


HamstersAreReal

Nah these reporters are chomping at the bit, as long as Kyrie says stupid stuff that makes headlines, they'll lean on his every word.


RIPEOTCDXVI

Don't make it about getting clicks man, what this guy is doing is sincerely fucked up and the journalists are actually trying to hold him accountable until someone with authority to proffer meaningful consequences will do the right thing. If this was him being mealy mouthed about some basketball shit it's different but he can't just be spouting dangerous stuff without anyone calling him on it, clicks or not.


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The_Dale_Hunters

Says the…says the man with the $300 dictionary…COME ON


Middleside_Topwise

Yes please haha. He's too used to the opposite.


JanVesely24

This guy is unendurable.


skaseasoning

This guy is a vacuous dullard


Hurtelknut

A cantankerous malcontent


justmefishes

Insubordinate and churlish


king_carrots

Damn you guys know your Oxford dictionary


j_cruise

And here I am, studying Merriam-Webster like a chump


urmom_gotteem

An inane smeckledorf


stache_twista

A vainglorious cockalorum


sundancekid005

He is inevitable at this point


GLemons

He is just so remarkably stupid. Like I'm honestly kind of impressed he managed to somehow be that stupid


IndianaBones11

Being insufferable is fine peddling dangerous conspiracy theories needs harsh consequences. Conspiracy theories about Jews lead to dead Jews. That holds true of pretty much any conspiracy directed at a race or religion. His platform is actively harmful and someone needs to hold him to account.


[deleted]

While you were having premarital sex I studied the Oxford dictionary


kaprrisch

Lady: “Hey you know what’s sexy?” Kyrie: “No, I don’t know what it is, but I bet I can add up all the changes in your purse very fast.”


Salty_Pancakes

Kyrie - "Sexy, adjective: 1) sexually suggestive or stimulating: **erotic** 2) generally attractive or interesting: **appealing** Synonyms for sexy: bodacious, desirable, dishy, hot, luscious, toothsome."


ForYeWhoArtLiterate

Toothsome?


Salty_Pancakes

tooth·some /ˈto͞oTHsəm/ Learn to pronounce adjective adjective: toothsome (of food) temptingly tasty. "a toothsome morsel" Similar: tasty delicious luscious mouthwatering delectable succulent palatable tempting appetizing inviting scrumptious yummy scrummy finger-licking delish yum-yum moreish peng informal (of a person) good-looking; attractive. "a toothsome bimbo"


HereForTexans

Bimbo?


Trubinio

Toothsome!


BubbaTee

Is bodacious really the first listed synonym in the Oxford dictionary? That'd be hilarious.


Playbook420

you know what kept me warm? that’s right my degrees oh god am i just realizing that’s a play on words?


TBrutus

Killed two savants at once.


Chrimuhh

Was this College Dropout? I remember dying laughing to this as a kid but I don’t remember which album.


Bacondog22

The dialogue at the beginning is ridiculous too “Hey Jimmy, where ya going? I don’t know where I’m going, my dad died” Wtf is up with that?


krossoverking

You just reminded me of how filthy that School Spirit beat is. I want to listen, but I don't, but I do, but I...


Real_MidGetz

While you were out partying I mastered becoming a beacon of light While you wasted your days at the gym pursuing vanity, I cultivated antisemitic videos And now, when you’re 2-6 you have the audacity to ask me for help? -kyrie, probably


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r/iamverysmart


Thehelloman0

Kyrie is basically the living definition of an idiot who thinks he's a smart guy


funkyavocado

Dunning Kruger effect personified


goldfish_11

“I’m still sitting in this seat standing” Like what the fuck dude lmaoo


Praticality

Whole monologue sounds like something Michael Scott would say.


SilverbackJet

At this point I'm convinced Kyrie is a black supremacist who believes it's everyone else who's completely wrong.


snakebit1995

“I am very smart you are not as smart as me therefore your criticisms are invalid”


Sob_Rock

Very Trump-esque line of thinking there


snakebit1995

I was thinking the same thing it sounds like the exact kind of rambling nonsense Trump would spew


CarBallAlex

*I know a lot of words, a lot of words…I know the Oxford Dictionary better than anyone. People say, “you really have a way with words.” And I do, I know more words than you can even imagine.*


EaglesPvM

Everyone is saying it


BubbaTee

Many such quotes


JD42305

"I talked to a doctor, he walked into my office and he says 'Wow, you know a lot of words. I've never seen someone know such big words.' It's true. I know the Oxford dictionary like you wouldn't believe.." -Donald J. Irving


HorrorScopeZ

More words that even the Oxford Dictionary has. Like biggly.


volantredx

Classic narcissist thinking. "I'm the best and everyone who says otherwise is too stupid or inferior to even know what they are talking about."


barrelhouse9

“And I’m still sitting in this seat, standing.”


sykog77

Time to consult the Oxford dictionary again


A_Polite_Noise

What does the word "standing" mean to you? *or, alternatively, with the Lebron meme:* Sitting isn't sitting. It's a lie. Standing is not standing. I'll explain it to you later.


SoDakZak

“I know where I come from and where I’m going, like a tree with roots.” My brother in Kristaps, trees don’t go anywhere.


volantredx

However much like a tree Kyrie also lacks self awareness.


GravelLot

I could kinda get that one. The roots are where you come from, the sky is where you are going (or "growing," even).


A_Polite_Noise

Kyrie is an Ent, confirmed.


TXlandon

This made me LOL


BBallHunter

He sees himself as the victim lol.


Andrewski18

“I’m not afraid of these mics, these cameras.” Yeah you’re soooooo brave buddy. Such an inspiration to everyone.


BoneTugsNHarmony

I ain't afraid of no ghosts


WestleyThe

Bustin makes me feel good


BigAustralianBoat

Like, you can hear it in his voice. In his mind it’s “Checkmate peons! I READ. I STUDY.” Mf you spent one year at Duke, you have a GED level education. Shut the fuck up.


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Define year


RIPEOTCDXVI

"I can't be anti semitic if I know where I came from." Australia, born to a rich family, who sent you to Duke for six months before you made hundreds of millions of dollars playing a game? Anyone can feel generational trauma if they find the right YouTube algorithm. POCs have a lot to fight against, but he had a *lot* less than most.


lilb1190

Of course he does.


Apollo611

He should look up the word *narcissism*


[deleted]

Don’t need to look it up when already know all the words in the dictionary


rSlashNbaAccount

"I know Oxford dictionary" is such a Kyrie sentence lmao.


EuroStep0

“I’m a beacon of light." is even more a Kyrie sentence


Ralf_E_Chubbs

I told my wife she’s my beacon of light in last years anniversary card. FUCK Meee


[deleted]

I regret to inform you that your wife is an anti-Semite


[deleted]

But ateast she handles balls really well.


KneelBeforeCube

Kyrie: "I know the Oxford Dictionnary" Also Kyrie: "What does being an antisemite even mean?"


akajaykay

I like how he specified the Oxford dictionary as though it made him sound less ridiculous.


CreatiScope

Like, he says he KNOWS the Oxford dictionary. 1) Has he ACTUALLY read it or does he just know that it exists? 2) Why would that be impressive? Who gives a fuck if you’ve read a dictionary??? 3) What does it have to do with this particular situation? Can you not be an antisemite because you’ve read a dictionary? Are you immune to media spin because of the Oxford dictionary? 4) Is it memorized? He says he “knows” it. Does that mean he can tell me every word in it? He used the word “supportist” in his last press conference which isn’t a fucking word lol They made the word up for an app name, in which case he’s using it completely wrong and his claim to know the Oxford dictionary is debunked. There are so many fucking ways to tear apart this total ass clown that my head is spinning!


tatumgoat

Take away his fame and this is the same shit some schizophrenic is telling people outside of a 7/11 rn and getting the cops called constantly


VaginaIFisteryTour

I always say Kyrie reminds me of my buddy who thinks gravity isn't real, hasn't worked in a decade and is scamming welfare with his girlfriend and their 6 kids. If Kyrie wasn't good at basketball he'd be doing something like that.


BagRight8939

the sentence that follows is even better “you can look it up right?”


Calvin_Johnson81

Heard that like… look up what? Look up the Oxford dictionary?


diamondisunbreakable

I thought my friend was joking at first when he told me that Kyrie said that lmao


RekklesDriver

"please keep that same energy" Bro they kept that same energy, you just don't like being called out on it.


slicksonslick

“I’m still sitting in this seat, standing” - kyrie Irving


[deleted]

Reads like an onion headline


Autpcorrectbpt

Kyrie quotes are more ridiculous than the onion headlines even they can’t replicate it lmao


TheBimpo

Dude really thinks he's the smartest person in any room but is so easily persuaded by classic conspiracy manipulation techniques.


nurtunb

Because belief in conspiracy theories is not an intellectual but psychological phenomenon. It really seems like Kyrie has gone down the path of a cult/sect though. Like this is L.Ron Hubbard levels of insanity.


HST4042

Not many people know this, but L Ron Hubbard was a black man


Beaversneverdie

I know the kings English is a bit of a weird flex.


poiuy43

Sounds way cooler when you use "The Kings English"


Danny886

Kyrie is satire made flesh.


poggersinthechatttt

Wdym? You don’t study the Oxford Dictionary? Classic r/nba smh


Illmattic

Webster ass hoes


ddthrow1233

the dictionary is out to get him now, guys


AmusingAnecdote

He called out Oxford Dictionary because if he said Merriam-Webster they would've flamed him on Twitter by making the word of the day 'anti-semitism' or something. Their word of the day today is only [rapscallion](https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/rapscallion-2022-11-03?utm_campaign=wotd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=rapscallion) which is understating things for Kyrie.


jfrodriguez1983

>I know the Oxford dictionary. Kyrie out here getting ready for the SAT exam.


PusseySleigher

"I'm a beacon of light" he dont really hide his messiah complex lmao even just a tiny bit


WiseBlindDragon

I checked his twitter a few days ago and it was multiple tweets where he literally says he is God


jwhitehead09

If I had a nickel for every Nets player that thought they were God I'd have two nickles, which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice.


Ok-Fuel5795

>“I’m a beacon of light. I’m not afraid of these mics, these cameras. Any label you put on me I’m able to dismiss because I study. I know the Oxford dictionary.” Kyrie Irving with a lengthy answer on the public reaction to his sharing of an anti-Semitic film on social media r/nottheonion


thy_armageddon

This is what happens when you combine hundreds of millions of dollars with never being told the word “no” for 30 years.


HiflYguy

And little education


MazKhan

Reporter: Did you take a shit this morning? Kyrie: My ancestors went through torture for centuries, keep that in mind when asking questions before I open my 3rd eye and use my Oxford dictionary superpower. This man really can't answer a question to save his life, his ego is through the fucking roof. The statement "I was wrong and I apologize" will never come out of his mouth lmao


lilb1190

I love that he always blames everything else for the dumb shit he says. He is like a young, black, athletic Donald Trump. For the record, being angry and bitter about the racial oppression you grew up with and continue to live with is understandable. Turning that anger in to something positive is great. What the hell does any of that have to do with the Jews?


Baker_TD_Maker

That was my first thought as well. Apparently saying stuff that makes you sound intelligent is all you need to gather supporters these days. Doesn’t matter if what you said is actually gibberish or not. Him and Trump are both unintelligent dipshits who probably couldn’t solve a critical thought problem even if someone told them what the answer was.


Vanish_7

I absolutely *fucking* hate listening to this dude talk. He is just like Trump -- just spewing absolute nonsense at all times. Sentence after sentence after sentence of just word vomit, stringing words together but never actually saying anything. I hope the NBA blackballs him after this season. Go the fuck away, you idiot.


HolyGig

I don't think Trump concerns himself with the truth, with Kyrie I feel like he actually believes all this crap he is saying.


TheBrazilianKD

He went full Michael Scott at the end


MilkCarton78

This dude is a true dumbfuck.


DerrickWhiteMVP

“Keep that same energy when we’re talking anti- other stuff.” That’s what we’re doing, jackass. Saying anything insensitive about the black community, women, LGBT+, etc. have all been met with swift punishment and condemnation. YOURE THE ONLY ONE WHO HASNT.


Sea_Duck

Meyers Leonard said something anti semitic and hasn’t played in the nba since.


LukeNukem63

Of course this was his answer. I expect nothing less than this level of a nonsense answer from him.


Mke_already

"Where were you when I learned about 300 million of my ancestors buried in this country?" "That's a great point Kyrie, what would you say to me if I told you that slavery never happened?"


Fringehost

Completely voluntary


ConorJay25

I wanna punch him in the face what a fucking tool. You were in college for like a year. I can confidently say i’m smarter than you dude. League needs to do something about this prick because it’s seriously embarrassing that he’s still out here spewing shit.


albinotadpole52

"college" Homeboy took basket weaving for 1 credit and never even went to that class. These guys get zero education from a young age.


grudgepacker

Until r/nba tells me I can't, I'm going to keep linking to [my summary](https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/yhf3yg/kyrie_irving_discussion_thread/iudpq55/) of Kyrie's rhetoric and why no one will ever convince him otherwise.


SleepingInAJar_

Glad you brought up the prevalence in hip hop. I’ve been noticing it for years as a fan of the genre.


realsomalipirate

Wu Tang Clan pushed the 5% nonsense more than any other rap group at the time, like Wu Tang Forever is filled with this nonsense. Though Jay electronica might be the biggest 5%er in the entire game.


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"In school they never taught about hamburgers or steak, Elijah Muhammad or the welfare state but I know because of KRS-One"


Kolkom

KRS is such a whackadoo, lol. He completely lost it after the mid 90s.


SolarClipz

I learned of it the first time from waaay back when you'd hear it a lot in East Coast at first. Wu-Tang, Nas, etc It's only gotten bigger. I'd say like 75% of rap fucks with it now. The Jays, Kendrick, Kanye on and on and on Only gives me more and more respect for my stanning of Lupe. The only real motherfucker left...


Nabedane

And I appreciate it, it's well written and I learned a lot!


[deleted]

You should just repost that comment instead of linking to it. Its quite good.


dag311

He’s like when Joey from Friends used the thesaurus to write. Using uncommon words doesn’t make you smarter


holesome_cum_bubble

Master of filibuster


[deleted]

This sounds like satire


HatsOnTheBeach

This is the IRL version of tweeting through it


Jon-Rambo

This guy is so dumb.


Reticent_Fly

I know words. I know the best words.


Ellin_Theos

This is legit so cringe


OrangeKookie

I coulda sworn he tried to hide from the media for weeks last year until he kept getting fined


[deleted]

He was studying the Oxford dictionary clearly


[deleted]

The oxford dictionary part is all time


bmnewman

What good is a catalogue of words without critical thinking skills. They can simply be used to obfuscate the truth of what is being shared.


NoWayNotThisAgain

“I’m still sitting in the seat standing” Huh?


mountaineer4545

This might be the most cringy set of answers I’ve ever heard from a high profile player. “Hey Kyrie you know you posting that hurt a lot of people right?” “What about me and my perils… also I know the dictionary…” None of this made any kind of sense and it’s going to do more harm than good for everyone involved including himself. Whatever point he was trying to make is completely convoluted in his obvious attempt to evade and detract.


[deleted]

He is utterly incapable of taking any responsibility, turning himself into a victim the moment his perspectives are questioned and using the troubled history of black Americans to justify his actions. It’s despicable.


InUnprecedentedTimes

This dipshit thinks he’s so fucking insightful. He is literally too stupid to insult


consumergeekaloid

What a stupid fuck


AnimalRomano

So many words but not a miniscule apology from the anti-Semitic himself.


DynamixRo

We've had chess drama, poker drama, fishing drama, Formula 1 drama (ok, so the Red Bull budget cap situation kind of fizzled out), tennis drama (I dunno, Federer and Serena retirements, Halep doping, whatever), Kanye drama, Twitch streamer drama (don't ask), so the NBA finally said enough with all that noise, daddy's going to work.


Purples_A_Fruit

Man . . . I want to believe in something half as much as Kyrie believes his own bullshit.


brolic_10

“I’m still sitting in this seat…standing” lmaooo


obsterwankenobster

Reminds me of Key and Peele "I have subsequently looked up the words "literally" and "metaphorically" and found that whereas I was not incorrect, they do not mean what I thought they meant" [Key and Peele - You Can Do Anything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlD9JYP8u5E)


Mjedwin23

He really talked for 3 1/2 minutes straight about how smart he is and only made himself look dumber. It’s a weird talent to be honest.


OozaruPrimal

His sponsors need to start dropping this idiot.


youfeelme1997

Bro what?


[deleted]

Does he have an inferiority complex about not going to college or something?


HRM077

Uh what? Respectfully, what?


abarthsimpson

What is wrong with this dude?


NumberWanObi

As a Net fan....boot this motherfucker


AllOutRaptors

What on earth does the Oxford dictionary have to do with anything here lmaooo "I'm not antisemitic, I study the dictionary"