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🍪CRUMBGRABBER🍪@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago

We forgot the Alamo even though they told us not to.

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We forgot the Alamo even though they told us not to.

🍪CRUMBGRABBER🍪@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago
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  • SolidGrue@lemmy.world
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    I didn’t so much forget it as I did assume Texans were just playing the martyr for getting their collective asses kicked in. Again.

    You know… Like Dallas Cowboys fans?

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo#Impact_on_revolution

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        San Jacincto was a different battle wherein Mexico got their collective ass kicked in there. The Alamo was a rallying cry.

        Alamo itself was a rout for the Texians [sic]. There’s no side-stepping that. It goes as it goes.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.net
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    “Have some apple pie. Oops, can’t forget the ala mode.”

    • SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
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      Idky this seems like something weird al would say

      • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.net
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        I think I got it from Colin Mocheri on Who’s Line. So close.

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    I almost forgot about Dre once

    • steal_your_face@lemmy.ml
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      Nowadayseverybodywannatalkliketheyhotsumsay butnothincomesoutwhentheymovetheyrelips justabunchofjibberish andmuvamohsmsosje becausetheyforhotaboutdre

  • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
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    Remember that’s the first time Texas fought for slavery.

  • Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world
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    What about the Lusitania? There’s so many things we forgot to remember!

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    Clearly, you haven’t seen PeeWee. I ONLY remember the Alamo.

    • WindyRebel@lemmy.world
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      The stars at night ARE BIG AND BRIGHT!

      • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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        👏👏👏👏

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          Deep in the heart of texas

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    The Alamo is worth being forgot about. It’s always told as a feel good story but it’s actually just kinda fucked up. Pretty on par for American history

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    What the fuck is an Alamo? Is it like an Internet but with less porn?

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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      Remember the Alamo!

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    Weren’t they telling Mexicans not to forget the Alamo? I’m not Mexican, so I shouldn’t need to remember the Alamo

    • Yer Ma@lemm.ee
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      Aren’t we all Mexican on the inside?

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        Only on taco tuesdays

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          If someone weighs 120lbs and has severe munchies, probably from that Grave Reaper Vanilla Kush Zombie Lettuce OG, and eats 12lbs of tacos would that make them 10% Mexican?

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    If that were the case, how did you know to post about it?

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    The Alamo’s a story of American expansionism by an ungrateful group of settlers welcomed by Mexico.

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      America are the bad guys in the Alamo story.

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    Fuck 'em, I do what I want.

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    As all things will be forgotten. So it goes.

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    The bicycle is in the basement

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    Can’t forget what you never knew in the first place.

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