Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 25 days agoFound on the benches outside the White House, ca. Aug 2019lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1644arrow-down116
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minus-squareSergio@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up92·25 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_want_a_president
minus-squareLena@gregtech.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·25 days agoWhy is “and an attitude” and “and that nasty” crossed out?
minus-squareapftwb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·25 days agoI think it just doesn’t flow with the rest of the poem. We currently have a president with an attitude and its not great. Also “that nasty hospital food” tonally just don’t feel like it fits IMO.
minus-squareEh-I@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·25 days agoI think it suggests that all black women have attitudes and all hospital food is nasty. And only one of those is true.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-225 days agoI thought maybe (given the date) that they thought about the “attitude” the current president displayed, and realized they didn’t want that anymore. Edit: Nevermind, it was written in 1992 apparently https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_want_a_president
minus-squareLena@gregtech.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·25 days agoDoesnt it more so suggest people with bad teeth have an attitude?
minus-squareEh-I@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·25 days agoWe can figure this out. We just need a white-board and markers, maybe some lab coats and stethoscopes!
minus-squareLena@gregtech.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·25 days agoPins and red string are also essential
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_want_a_president
Oh wow, good find
Why is “and an attitude” and “and that nasty” crossed out?
I think it just doesn’t flow with the rest of the poem. We currently have a president with an attitude and its not great. Also “that nasty hospital food” tonally just don’t feel like it fits IMO.
I think it suggests that all black women have attitudes and all hospital food is nasty.
And only one of those is true.
I thought maybe (given the date) that they thought about the “attitude” the current president displayed, and realized they didn’t want that anymore.
Edit: Nevermind, it was written in 1992 apparently https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_want_a_president
Doesnt it more so suggest people with bad teeth have an attitude?
We can figure this out. We just need a white-board and markers, maybe some lab coats and stethoscopes!
Pins and red string are also essential