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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Idk, Wagner didn't have stormtroopers in his operas.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

No .... but he did have Valkeries ride into battle to fetch fallen heros.

[–] GarytheSnail@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago

I initially completely misunderstood "no deeper message" to mean "there is no message deeper than the one being sent". Like, what message are they trying to convey??

I guess they meant, "don't read into it".

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Didn't a British marching band play it for the Saudi King?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

(Do read into it)

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] baggins 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Too risky to click that at work!

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Youtube doesn't let you download hardcore porn anymore. It's the Superman theme, which you can find for yourself.

[–] Brickardo@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

Ooooh, das Übermensch!

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 month ago

ain't it ironic that my immediate thought was commentary on the british government, rather than, you know, that part of german history