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minus-squareLena@gregtech.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·4 days agoWhy is “and an attitude” and “and that nasty” crossed out?
minus-squareapftwb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 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-down1·4 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-up7·edit-24 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-up5·4 days agoDoesnt it more so suggest people with bad teeth have an attitude?
minus-squareEh-I@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoWe can figure this out. We just need a white-board and markers, maybe some lab coats and stethoscopes!
minus-squareLena@gregtech.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoPins and red string are also essential
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