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   Bethany Black (bethanyblack@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-May-2024 23:04:40 JST Bethany Black

   You know, you can sing “the Lion Sleeps Tonight” any time you feel like it, it’s literally just a whim away.

   No, you fuck off.

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     enderFP (enderfp@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 07:04:58 JST enderFP

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     @BethanyBlack My sister once sang it in her sleep. It was adorable (once I realized what was happening)

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     Bethany Black (bethanyblack@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 16:37:22 JST Bethany Black

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     • Ian McKellar
     • Lisa Melton

     @ian @lisamelton could you just talk me through your thought process as to why you thought this was a good or productive comment to reply to a silly pun? I get the urge to share a fact, but what is it that makes you completely ignore the tone and think scolding is the way to go with the reply?

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     Ian McKellar (ian@mckellar.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 16:37:23 JST Ian McKellar

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     • Lisa Melton

     @BethanyBlack @lisamelton
     You can and should. But also think about how The Weavers stole it from Solomon Linda, a black South African artist who wrote the song. At least once Pete Seeger found out he had his share of royalties sent to Linda...
     (Wikipedia has a reasonable summary of the story)