• jqubed@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    IIRC the Americans were fully aware of the derisive nature of the song but as they started winning the battles and eventually the war they reclaimed it in a middle finger, “guess what, we won anyway” fashion.

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      4 months ago

      Yeah, that’s the part that always gets left off when this comes up. People say it like Americans were too dumb to realize they were getting mocked, but the reality is more like “Let’s go Brandon” becoming “Dark Brandon.”

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    4 months ago

    Who is really the dumb one, the one who draws a G on their belt or the one who pays a ridiculous amount of money for it?

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    4 months ago

    They forgot to mention he came up on a pony rather than a real horse.

    Merican bitch ride up in his civic

    Trynna act so slick like he wit it

    Pen a G on his belt call it Gucci

    Gonna wreck his self fo som hoochie

    It’s not good I know.