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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.
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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."

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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.

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Re:The Macaroni in ‘Yankee Doodle’ by hackeraccount on Thursday May 13, 2021 @07:22AM (#27140854)
This is spot on.
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