"I was born in 1994"

- boring
- heard it before
- tells you nothing

"I was born in the year of Cotton Eye Joe"

- arouses curiosity
- who was Cotton Eye Joe
- where did he come from?
- where did he go?
- Cotton Eye Joe

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@snarthelg Wouldn't "the year of Cotton-Eyed Joe" be like 1861 or so?
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@snarthelg fuck yeah!

All those schoolkids nowadays be like:
"Wasn't there some TikTok song about him?"

*The song they point to:
https://m.soundcloud.com/magebarf/rednex-vs-psy-gangnam-eye-joe *

Rednex vs Psy - Gangnam Eye Joe (Magebarf's Proper Beating)

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@snarthelg All I know is I would've married a long time ago if it hadn't been for Cotton-Eyed Joe.
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I was born in the year of the Studebaker Silver Hawk.

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Well.

Anyway.

That’s the year I graduated high school.

@snarthelg I was born in the year of Rage Against The Machine
@snarthelg "no, you misheard me. I wasn't born in the year '95, I was born in the year of '9 to 5'."
@Tattie @snarthelg 'What a way to make a livin'.'
@snarthelg @antinomy I shall always think of Doc Watson when I hear β€œCotton Eye Joe”.
@snarthelg I was born in the year of Ding-a-dong.
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I was born the year the Beatles were at their peak
@snarthelg actually, fun fact , I was not born in the year of Baumwollaugensepp!

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<-- Born in the Year of Poison

(Definitely not a fantasy villainess here ^^)

@snarthelg Now I've got that stuck in my head. Thanks. 🀣
@snarthelg I'm more of a macarena person myself
@snarthelg My brain wants to be able to do this for every year someone I know was born!
@snarthelg I was born in the summer of the Black Power Salute.
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To your last three points, my house has a problem with Cotton Eye Joe spiders and no one ever knows what I’m talking about when I say that.
@snarthelg "As for me, let them say I was born in the Year of the Nameless Horse."
@snarthelg had it not been for his fervent intervention I'd surely have been wed by now.
@snarthelg Interesting approach. By this logic I was born in the year of Bette Davis Eyes πŸ‘€ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Davis
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@snarthelg I was born in the year of Baggy Trousers and D.I.S.C.O.
@snarthelg That is fantastic! πŸ˜†

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If you can say:

I was born under a wand'rin' star

do you win the jackpot?

@snarthelg year after Sputnik here
@snarthelg this is the best thing I've read today 10/10
@snarthelg not gonna lie the first time the song was explained to me, I was trying to wrap my head around someone having a cotton eye.