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1. Ruby Rhod (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 15:58:57 UTC Ruby Rhod

   • Ruby Rhod
   This SONGS OF AMERICA record from unknown year is full of "Happy Tunes" but half of them are white people singing old slave work songs
   
   cool cool cool, if you use that old timey cheery voice the children will never figure out how awful it is
   • Ruby Rhod (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 16:00:51 UTC Ruby Rhod

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     The "Pick A Bale of Cotton" song was pretty awful, let's see how the "Peanut Picking Song" goes
   • Ruby Rhod (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 16:03:27 UTC Ruby Rhod

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     "You can do just what you please" is the wrong opening for this
   • Ruby Rhod (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 16:04:00 UTC Ruby Rhod

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     haha they replaced "Massa" with "Boss" to hide the racism from the children. Here's the original
   • Ruby Rhod (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 16:07:57 UTC Ruby Rhod

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     Selling "negro work songs" to children with slight modification sounds like something the Greatest Generation would do, and no wonder why boomers look back fondly on this shit and get mad when you want to burn it all down.
   • Ruby Rhod (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 16:13:08 UTC Ruby Rhod

     • Adam 🎄 🎅
     @ink_slinger time to break some traditions
   • Ruby Rhod (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 16:56:44 UTC Ruby Rhod

     • Adam 🎄 🎅
     @ink_slinger no worries, i was just publicly affirming so i don't get extra canceled next week when someone digs through my posts lol