• @AquaTofana
    link
    2211 hours ago

    Maaaaannnn, all these people in here are clowning on her for her shitty music. But “Before He Cheats” was my way to own my “Drunk Basic White Lady” status at Karaoke. Now I can’t even be a stereotype anymore.

    Jokes aside, fuck you Carrie Underwood. I was a fan in my youth and grew out of your music, but there was still two or three songs I got good nostalgia vibes from. Not anymore!

    Ugh I hate when people I’ve supported turns out to be monsters.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        36 hours ago

        Oh right - we’d normally say “kept schtum”.

        I was trying to work out what about her being a mum meant about her politics!

        • Flying Squid
          link
          26 hours ago

          You might also see or hear “mum’s the word” as a way to tell those other than yourself to keep quiet, but that’s a bit archaic these days.

          Wikipedia says:

          Mum is a Middle English word meaning ‘silent’,[2] and may be derived from the mummer who acts without speaking.[3] Note the similar English word “mime” (Old English “mīma”, Latin “mimus”) meaning silent actor or imitator.

          I guess it’s a word that remained in use in the U.S. but fell out of favor in other parts of the English-speaking world.

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            218 minutes ago

            Still in use in the UK too. See for example the title of the Rowan Atkinson film “Keeping Mum”.

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            25 hours ago

            You might also see or hear “mum’s the word” as a way to tell those other than yourself to keep quiet, but that’s a bit archaic these days.

            I’ve heard the expression a few times but never actually understood what it meant! But yeah it’s never used in everyday language.

            • Flying Squid
              link
              -15 hours ago

              I don’t know that I ever heard it said by anyone younger than the Boomer generation.

  • Nougat
    link
    fedilink
    7116 hours ago

    “Comes out” is the wrong phrase here, having been used for so long to talk about historically repressed people, especially LGBTQ+, having the courage to live openly and honestly in spite of the injustice they may face.

    You don’t “come out” as a bigot. You don’t “come out” as a fascist.

  • Flying Squid
    link
    8017 hours ago

    My life without her music in it shall continue unabated.

    • ThePowerOfGeek
      link
      English
      712 hours ago

      Mine too. Although I think we’re both being quite generous in our use of ‘music’ in her case.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    English
    47
    edit-2
    16 hours ago

    I’m shocked (shocked!) that a country singer would stick with the fanbase that got her to where she is

  • @Zero22xx
    link
    3516 hours ago

    Huh. I never would’ve thought that a country music artist would be the type. I’m shocked and surprised.

    • Flying Squid
      link
      06 hours ago

      A modern country music artist, yeah. Waylon Jennings would have told Trump to go fuck himself.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    1016 hours ago

    Most of her hits, of which she hasn’t had one in like 10 years, were not even written by her.

    • Flying Squid
      link
      06 hours ago

      You can say the same about Elvis Presley and half of Motown. That’s not the mark of musical talent, that’s a mark of compositional talent.

      There are plenty of more legitimate things to criticize her for.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        815 hours ago

        True but not all of em. Lady Gaga writes most of her stuff for example and I think Taylor Swift does too.

        • @TheFonz
          link
          28 hours ago

          Taylor Swift writes a loose outline and Jack Antonoff does most of the lifting lets be real

  • @MeekerThanBeaker
    link
    615 hours ago

    You know, I always preferred Faith Hill’s version of the Sunday Night Football theme song. Now, I prefer it even more.

    • Flying Squid
      link
      36 hours ago

      You generally don’t perform at the presidential inauguration of a president you don’t support.