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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I love that today is my birthday.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I don't get it. Can someone explain?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    English Folk Verse (c.1870)

            The Fifth of November  
    
    Remember, remember!  
    The fifth of November,  
    The Gunpowder treason and plot;  
    I know of no reason  
    Why the Gunpowder treason  
    Should ever be forgot!  
    Guy Fawkes and his companions  
    Did the scheme contrive,  
    To blow the King and Parliament  
    All up alive.  
    Threescore barrels, laid below,  
    To prove old England's overthrow.  
    But, by God's providence, him they catch,  
    With a dark lantern, lighting a match!  
    A stick and a stake  
    For King James's sake!  
    If you won't give me one,  
    I'll take two,  
    The better for me,  
    And the worse for you.  
    A rope, a rope, to hang the Pope,  
    A penn'orth of cheese to choke him,  
    A pint of beer to wash it down,  
    And a jolly good fire to burn him.  
    Holloa, boys! holloa, boys! make the bells ring!  
    Holloa, boys! holloa boys! God save the King!  
    Hip, hip, hooor-r-r-ray! 
    

    Guy Fawkes Day is the Fifth of November, when the English (used to, wouldn't be surprised if it's banned now) let off lots of fireworks to remind the government of the peoples power, or vice versa depending on your proclivities.

    More recently the comic (Alan Moore, knows the score) and the movie 'V for Vendetta' both featured the
    Remember, remember!
    The fifth of November,
    The Gunpowder treason and plot;
    I know of no reason
    Why the Gunpowder treason
    Should ever be forgot!
    as a significant thematic refrain. Both are well worth your time. The mask on the left is from the movie, and also used as a symbol by the cyberactivist group 'Anonymous'

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Is that the hacker known as 4chan?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    just rewatched it last night, and man..... the whole movie feels like a personal attack on the modern day. Fingerman are just ICE. St Marys vs Covid. The only thing different is that Sutler was an actually coherent and controlling dictator vs being surrounded by competent sycophants.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago