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it is well and good to shit on USAmericans for thinking the world revolves around them, but some of you are doing it in a way I can only describe as "spiritually American"

bellanesthesia

It's the American Exceptionalism of it all, to me. Rather than breaking down the idea that the United States of America is the greatest country of Earth, of inherently superior moral fiber when compared to everyone else, they flip it completely.

So suddenly it becomes about the US being the worstest country on Earth, and about how bad things are in the US, and about how bad USAmericans have it.

So instead of an analysis that actually understands and punctuates the flaws of the US, and the ways in which it does harm and negatively impacts the rest of the world, you have a black and white model that *still* centers the US and the experience of USAmericans.

blemgoid

CANDYLAND 2 EXCLUSIVE LORE DUMP:

for over 700 years the Yummayad Caliphate has ruled peacefully over Halwandalus

chickensnack

TUESDAY AGAIN NO PROBLEM

thestuffedalligator

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.

leshermes

June 1st is TOMORROW. It means that GAY PEOPLE will exist, but only for ONE MONTH. Do not forget to buy your tickets to see them NOW, or else you will have to wait AN ENTIRE YEAR to be able to meet them AGAIN.

star-mom-selkie

happy pride month

ode-on-a-grecian-butt

hopegrasping

Let go of the idea that diy will inherently look shit. All your clothes are handmade you just don't see the people doing it.

hopegrasping

One of the best additions that gets my point across better :)

darqueloaf

There's a group that makes clothing with ink stained hands to show each time the fabric was touched with human hands to make the garment. The purpose of the piece is to bring attention to the hidden labor of sewists in the garment industry

ABOUT

jellogram

I should be doing more to appreciate the lack of marvel movies in today's popular culture. I once yearned for marvel movies to have this level of irrelevance. They used to feel almost ozymandian, like an empire that had no beginning and no end. and now tony stark iron man is naught but two vast and trunkless legs of stone.

firbolgonmain

atelier-tamamoland

I miss the little fairy telling me to piss my panties. :(

me too

atelier-tamamoland

she is drinking one fifth her total body volume in hard liquor

doyoulovethewayzeylily

feldfrog

As a kid, I wasn’t allowed to touch the hot stove with my bare hands. But now I get to do it whenever I want

1percentcharge

Boroughs of New York City ranked by how feminist their names are (updated; 2023 edition)

1. Queens (needs no explanation)

2. Brooklyn (Brooke and Lynn are both women’s names. Passes the Bechdel test)

3. Staten Island (no man is an island)

4. The Bronx (has an x, gender neutral)

5. Manhattan (literally has man in the name)

macklesufficient

guide 4 teens

tell the cops nothing

tell the paramedics everything

ur eyebrows are fine

certainly-april

Ragebaiting my fat dog? More like master baiting my fat hog!!!!!!!!

grimoiremanifest

❗️Great Hog is displeased by this.

The kingly pig looks taken aback by this statement. "You claim to be 'baiting' our kind?.. A master of it, no less - after all the trust we hsve placed in you?"

- Your relationship with the Hog Society 🐖 is now Unfavourable.