• Radioactive Butthole@reddthat.comEnglish
    26·
    4 个月前

    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·
      4 个月前

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

      • _stranger_@lemmy.world
        2·
        4 个月前

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

          • _stranger_@lemmy.world
            4·
            4 个月前

            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.devEnglish
      9·
      4 个月前

      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”