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phone somehow autocorrected "the joker" to "the worker." why so devoid of class consciousness, batman

I’m going to level with you. I have listened to The Devil Went Down to Georgia for most of my life. We were a country music household, this was a staple of my childhood along with Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, and that one Chipmunks country album.

I have no idea what “Fire on the mountain run boys run/The Devil's in the house of the rising sun/Chicken in the bread pan picking out dough/Granny does your dog bite no child no” means and at this point I’m too scared to ask.

dementian

For once I can be of assistance.

Each of the lyrics comes from an old-time hickory song for fiddles, and is a lyric from that corresponding song.

"Fire on the Mountain" --> "Fire on the Mountain, run boys run"

Fire On The Mountain - Fiddle Player POV

"The House of the Rising Sun" --> "The Devil's in the house of the rising sun"

House of the Rising Sun

"Ida Red" --> "Chicken in the bread pan peckin' out dough"

Ida Red - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

"Granny Will Your Dog Bite" --> "Granny does your dog bite? 'No child, no'."

FTC #149 Granny Will Your Dog Bite

And for your furthered education, The Mountain Whipporwill.

Mountain Whippoorwill (aka How Hillbilly Jim Won the Great Fiddler's Prize)

impossiblepackage

this is the key part of the song, that a lot of people miss. people have this misconception that the contest between Johnny and The Devil is about who is the better fiddle player. but it isn't. its about who is the better fiddler.

in a time before things like radios and record players, every time you heard music was because there was somebody in the room with you playing an instrument. and many, many, many social events involved dancing, which requires music. so, if you're planning any kind of gathering in the american south or appalachia, you need to find a fiddler. and the fiddler's job is to play music that everybody knows and likes and can dance to.

the mistake The Devil makes in his bet with Johnny is that he misinterprets the contest as being about technical ability, so he has this big flashy song. he plays fast and impressively with a band of demons playing unfamiliar instruments in unfamiliar rhythms. he's definitely more skilled at playing than Johnny, and thinks he has it in the bag.

but Johnny wins because the contest is about being the best fiddler. the song uses these lines mentioned above as a shorthand for saying that Johnny is playing these songs. Johnny launches into a set of the most popular songs, played well, and that's what gives him his big win. A good fiddler knows all the hits, and can read the room to know what to play next. The Devil loses because he completely fails to read the room, and doesn't know the right songs.

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cryptotheism

itseasytoremember

So this one time I was in a hospital recovering from an emergency surgery on my leg, and had to be there long enough that they had to change my bedding, so, doped up on three kinds of pain meds and antibiotics my dad wheels me into the hallway while the nurses work.

"dad" I say, my eyes barely open "it's Colonel Sanders" while pointing down the hallway. He looks, and at the end of the hallway, there's a portrait of an old man, the donor who paid for the wing of the hospital I'm recovering in.

My dad explains as much to me, and goes "I mean the guy *kinda* looks like him, but why would Colonel Sanders pay for a hospital wing Mississauga Ontario? I think those drugs might me messing with you"

Then the nurse comes out of the room. I go "hey, who is that picture of?"

She looks at the portrait. She looks at me. She looks at my dad. She looks at the painting. She looks at me again.

"you don't recognize the Colonel??"

the-haiku-bot

Then the nurse comes out

of the room. I go “hey, who

is that picture of?”

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

trying-trying2lyk

i love writing out numbers and then putting them in parentheses like "one (1)" even when i dont need to i think its funny

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erisivy

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divineobject919

well to be fair an agere 12 year old girl would also write like that

the-haiku-bot

well to be fair an

agere 12 year old girl would

also write like that

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

uzumaki-rebellion

PBS posted this free on Youtube if you missed it on TV. "Exposing the Myth of Southern Charm".

Addendum 5/23/26:

The producer of this doc told folks on Threads that the actual title of this is "Natchez". This was a doc I was waiting to see last year, but PBS changed the name for their broadcasting.

uzumaki-rebellion

If you watched the "Natchez" documentary on PBS (a.k.a. Exposing the Myth of Southern Charm) then you saw Rev. Rob Newsome who gave the real version of the antebellum plantation history tours. He has a Gofundme campaign to raise money for a new passenger van to keep his tours going. Here's the link if you can support his efforts to tell the real story of the south:

Help Rev Keep Telling the Real Story of Natchez… One Van Ride at a Time Goal: $4… Rob “bomber” Newson needs your support for Keep Rev’s Nat

keep Rev Rollin at https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-revs-natchez-tours-rolling #blackhistory #mississippi #natchez

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milk5

The science behind THC + alcohol as a combination is literally soo interesting because it basically causes the crimson red duckling in your body to confront the serpent in the bronze vessel of your heart. Basically you feel good because the duckling is able to eat the harmonious seeds stored within the vessel and transfer these positive energies into your body. You can have bad highs when this happens if the duckling awakens the serpent and it bites the duckling. The interesting part is when you ingest alcohol after THC because it floods the vessel and causes the serpent to fall into a deep sleep. The duckling never gets attacked by the serpent when this happens because it is unconscious and the duckling is actually able to get fat from the harmonious seed, which causes an enjoyable sensation.

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squonkcity

wht my penis produces when i ceank it off to Mysterious Porn

thediscossessed

If you ever thought for a damn second about giving this website money because they add little pride flag decals I'm gonna need you to put that paper into a trans woman's Bank account ok thnx

wariteres

This is a documentary by PBS and Independent Lens about the conflicting histories of Natchez, Mississippi, and the ways that Black historians and museum workers and independent tour guides are fighting back against white narratives of antebellum romanticism, and as of the time of this post it has less than 300k views on YouTube. It covers both the white historical societies' ideas of what preservation and historical education look like and the opinions of the Black community in and around Natchez.

I do in fact think that if you're someone who's at all interested in American history, you should watch this, particularly if you've never lived in the south and haven't experienced how deeply ingrained the Confederate apologia and racism are. It's slow-paced with no narration, and it takes some time to get to the points that it's making, but it's absolutely worthwhile.

Pretty heavy trigger warnings for antiblack racism as expressed by a lot of the white people involved - no explicit violence, but a lot of microaggressions and mask-off moments and a pretty serious racist rant at the end with a censored slur. There's also a haunting and deeply grim psychological horror to all of this, a feeling of being profoundly unsafe, particularly in today's climate of restored voter suppression and racism. I think this video is geoblocked but VPNs and YouTube downloaders will help.

This is the kind of education that white conservatives are desperate to cover up and erase, and if you personally want to do something to challenge that, watching this and starting conversations about it in your daily life with people around you is free and easy.