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Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by kemayo on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @03:01PM (#27133898)
I remember seeing the analogy made that "stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni" could be translated into a modern context as "wrote a G on his belt and called it Gucci".
Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by khazhoux on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @03:24PM (#27134166)
Oh, interesting! I'd seen the "macaroni" articles before, but until your comment I had not realized the song is making fun of the character's low-effort mimicry.
Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by SamBam on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @04:23PM (#27134706)
It was not just the unsophisticated mimicry part, but the fact that he was trying to mimic something that was already being widely ridiculed.

I'm not sure what the modern analogy would be, because I'm not sure what fashion is widely ridiculed. "Drew a fake tattoo with a ballpoint pen and called himself 90's emo goth kid."

Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by jwarden on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @07:47PM (#27136622)
Hipsters.

Drew a moustache on his lip and called himself hip.

Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by hackeraccount on Thursday May 13, 2021 @07:22AM (#27140854)
This is spot on.
Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by mywittyname on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @04:19PM (#27134670)
Some dumb American came around

driving an abomination.

Clipped a tie onto his shirt

and called it sophistication.

Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by mbg721 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @04:37PM (#27134856)
Brooklyn hipster came to town

In an '83 Mercedes,

Slapped a moustache on his lip

And belted out "Mmmm'ladies."

Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by koolba on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @06:13PM (#27135780)
SV techie came to town

Escaping covid lockdowns

Bought up all the real estate

And thinks it’s Churchill Downs

Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by klyrs on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @09:41PM (#27137491)
Old Bill Gates his deal went down

buying all the comp'nys

the internet knocked down his door

he said "no that's for phonies"

Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by bknybkny on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:17PM (#27145389)
Brooklyn has 2.6 million residents, a couple of them aren't hipsters.

You're probably thinking of Williamsburg, which the hipsters were priced out of long ago, into Bushwick. Those hipsters are now being priced out to Ridgewood (Queens).

Go into Brownsville and let me know how many hipsters you see.

Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by barbecue_sauce on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @05:09PM (#27135170)
This seems to conflate hipsters and neckbeards.
Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by khazhoux on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @06:54PM (#27136153)
In the latest taxonomy revision (spec 2020.3 §4-12) you'll find that hipsters and neckbeards were re-classified to make the genus relationship clearer.
Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by barbecue_sauce on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @06:39PM (#27136027)
Was not expecting that to be controversial.
Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by dylan604 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @05:51PM (#27135581)
Brooklyn->Mmmm'ladies makes me think Beasties
Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by dundercoder on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @04:25PM (#27134723)
I like it.