• Radioactive Butthole
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    99 hours ago

    Johnny admits to knowing that taking the bet was a sin and commits it anyway. Johnny gets the golden fiddle, but the devil gets his soul in the end anyway. What’s 60 more years to an eternal being? The song can still be a cautionary tale you just need to finish it.

    • @Aqarius
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      77 hours ago

      Point kinda holds, though. Ignoring the long-term consequences for short-term gain seems to also feature heavily in America.

    • @[email protected]
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      47 hours ago

      Eh? The wager was Johnny either gets the fiddle or loses his soul, why would he go to hell anyway?

      No human is without sin, after all.