• @whoreticulture
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    05 months ago

    That’s kind of the point, it’s an achievement to be able to sing it well.

    • @pyre
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      05 months ago

      it’s a national anthem dude not a tiktok challenge

      • @whoreticulture
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        15 months ago

        TikTok challenges aren’t skilled singing achievements, they’re fun activities to do with friends.

      • LustyArgonian
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        05 months ago

        Yes, be sure to never excel or try hard, lest someone on Lemmy accuses you of doing something from TikTok

        • @pyre
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          5 months ago

          this literally has nothing to do with what I said. I said the notion of having the “point” of a national anthem be too hard for anyone but the select few be able to do it is ridiculous. it’s not an achievement; it’s a rally.

          the national anthem should be sung by the people. in general.

          that goes double for the US , considering the obsession this country has with making everyone sing it all the fucking time for any mundane reason.

          • @whoreticulture
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            15 months ago

            You can’t deny that an anthem celebrating individual achievement matches way better with the American ethos than a song that can easily be sung by anyone. Not that I’m a fan of that ethos, but yeah the anthem is not out of character at all.

            The anthem isn’t really treated like a “rally”, people stand with their hand over their heart and watch a skilled singer sing it.

            It’s pretty much only sung at the beginning of professional sports games. Maybe government ceremonies, idk.