Janel ComeauDec 22, 2022

the 4 types of national anthems:

- Gosh, This Sure is an Attractive Piece of Land We've Got Here

- That One War in Particular was a Doozy

- We Only Sing Parts of This Song Now Because the Other Verses are Racist

- We Speak French and We Will Fucking Kill You

Show threadJan BrachatDec 22, 2022
@VeryBadLlama
Whatever country has an anthem like number 3?
Show threadKadsepföschDec 23, 2022

@Janko @VeryBadLlama Germany for example. Now only the third verse of the original anthem is the German national anthem.

One verse had the text "Germany, Germany over everything" in it. And we all know where that mindset lead to.

Show threadMorfyddDec 23, 2022
@Glatorius @Janko @VeryBadLlama Not a native German speaker, but my understanding was that it was supposed to mean, “you’re German now, forget Hesse vs. Saxony vs. Prussia vs…” but it certainly could be construed the other way…
Show threadKat Dec 24, 2022
@morfydd @Glatorius @Janko @VeryBadLlama honestly that sounds worse
Show threadMorfyddDec 24, 2022
@meowlygrowly @Glatorius @Janko @VeryBadLlama It's kind of what the US did over the years, moving from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution. IIRC during the Civil War General Lee chose the south because he felt himself to be more of a Virginian than an American. And certainly after the Civil War there was a lot of "nope, all one country now/again, let's sing Kumbaya". Countries made up of multiple entities need to enforce their unity somehow. 🤷
Show threadKat 
@morfydd Europe wasn't colonized and it's original residents genocided while a bunch of people argued over arbitrary borders and, mostly, the right to own human lives,.. but those places (Prussia etc) we're indeed occupied by invading armies for generations until dissolved into other countries so I imagine there was some kind of sentimentality and at one point that song sounded like "we won shut up your whining" , Germany superiority at it's infancy 🤔
Dec 24, 2022 at 5:05pmWeb
Show threadAdam EkDec 29, 2022
@meowlygrowly Europe was back during the migration period and Roman Empire. The barbarians attacking Rome were mostly being chased by other barbarians.
Show threadKat Dec 29, 2022
@adamek yes gauls fought other gauls (except they had tribes and their own names, and no shared concept of a united land) which helped Rome split them and conquer them easily. However I'm not taking about 2000+ years ago. I'm talking about when Prussia existed and how borders changed and how prideful the places that became Germany were. It was just a shower thought anyway, that's why the "thinking 🤔 emoji". This is interesting though https://www.dailyscandinavian.com/the-fascinating-story-of-the-danish-protest-pigs/ my family immigrated from Prussia
The Fascinating Story of the Danish Protest Pigs

The Fascinating Story of the Danish Protest Pigs

Daily Scandinavian
Show threadKat Dec 29, 2022
@adamek ancient Rome is my thing, not 17th century Prussia tbh. I just always remember the pig thing and imagine then being told by a song you're German now soon after this happened.