"Splendid boobs" is how the lyrics go

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[–] 18 points 1 hour ago

I am much disappoint. Looking it up, I find that Brazil has four songs: the national anthem, the anthem of the republic, the flag anthem, and the anthem of independence. None of them mention boobs, and one of them does mention blood.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 hour ago (4 children)
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    I heard that we were able to identify spies because of this. Apparently they were taught the full anthem whereas Americans do not recite the full one. It's funny to imagine these spies thinking they're absolutely killing it and the Americans looking at each other like "we gotta get rid of them, huh".

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  • [–] 3 points 56 minutes ago

    The US National Anthem is the only one in the whole world that mentions bombs.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    Ok but this needs distinction between shedding the blood of enemies or shedding your mother's blood because you're born.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

    Neither the Austrian nor the German national anthem mention blood?

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

    They both at mention a heart which... might be why they were included? But I think this map may just be AI or recaptioned from something else because thats a bit of a stretch to call blood.

    edit: USA, China & mexico both overtly mention blood though... Maybe it really is the heart thing? Though if that were true then Canada should be on there too. Idkwtf

    edit 2: and the Brazilian anthem is disappointing given the way it's brought up in the OP; it's not a crass use of it like "boob" but very much akin to "my heart beat in my breast" or "nurtured by your bosom". By that metric a ton of other countries also feature tiddy anthems.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 hour ago*

    Doubt, unless mention of battle is sufficient to make the list

    EDIT: I was wrong. Here’s one of the verses that are not usually sung:

    “And where is that band who so vauntingly swore

    ⁠That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, A home and a country should leave us no more?

    ⁠Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.

    No refuge could save the hireling and slave, From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:

    And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,

    O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.”

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