• whoreticulture@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

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

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          4 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.

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            4 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.