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[-] Earflap@reddthat.com 26 points 3 months ago

Johnny admits to knowing that taking the bet was a sin and commits it anyway. Johnny gets the golden fiddle, but the devil gets his soul in the end anyway. What's 60 more years to an eternal being? The song can still be a cautionary tale you just need to finish it.

[-] Aqarius@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

Point kinda holds, though. Ignoring the long-term consequences for short-term gain seems to also feature heavily in America.

[-] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 7 points 3 months ago

Yep only in America

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[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The county was founded by generations of people who came here with little thought to long term consequences, so it tracks

[-] refalo@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

ah yes, that short term Constitution that never held up /s

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

That was the second one. The first one was the Articles of Confederation. Lasted 8 years.

Hell, even the constitution is like a handful of good ideas, some terrible ones, and a README about how to make a pull request to add more features.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 9 points 3 months ago

Johnny admits to knowing that taking the bet was a sin and commits it anyway.

No, he admits that it might be a sin.

The boy said, "My name's Johnny and it might be a sin
But I'm gon' take your bet, you're gonna regret, I'm the best there's ever been"

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