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In they tune of "if you're happy and you know it clap your hands"

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 44 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't know about the fed level, but in my limited experience the haircut thing is not really accurate. I feel like looking at haircut and shoes comes from another and much more primitive era of law enforcement. A lot of undercover people work long-term as undercover people, and they have deliberately sort of "fellow kids" hair and facial hair.

Vibes and how well you know the person are more reliable than any specific checklist. If you wanted the checklist though, this is not a bad one.

One additional thing I've noticed as a tell is that everything is polished. Whatever type of "street" clothes they want to put on, the shirt tends to be neat and spotless, everything is clean, the facial hair is groomed. I imagine it varies by the skill level of the person, but in general cops don't like to be sloppy. Even their "sloppiness" costume will still be neat and presentable.

[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I get my hair cut short as hell so I don't have to manage it as much.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 12 points 1 week ago

Not to mention - the "tight and high" and "looking better with a suit and tie" throws off the whole anarchy thing for everyone.

Much easier to do anything when you don't look or act like a threat.

Results are what matter anyway. Unless we are all free, there isn't a point to rebelling aesthetically.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

I don't think this was intended as a replacement for proper vetting processes. Sure, looking at people's haircuts won't catch the worst ones, but not all would-be infiltrators are super-spies, either.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I mind-sung it to "She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountain".

Mine was “If you’re happy and you know it”.

Edit: just saw that caption under the screenshot 😂

Use Woody Gurthrie's voice and and stop for a harmonica break after stanza 3.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I read the whole thing as “Fred”, and thought “That’s getting pretty dark for Scooby Doo. He’s not that bad”.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He might not be, but that fuckin neckerchief has got to go

He's just so fashion forward he ended up going in reverse

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The UK Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion movements were infiltrated and the activists received lengthy jail terms. I did wonder about their recruitment methods and it seemed that people randomly came into contact with the group, making identification of feds a problem. You would imagine that it's pretty difficult for the fed to maintain the required level pretence to remain undetected but they are probably terrible people to start with.

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago (5 children)

someone desperately needs to learn meter

[–] zeet@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

if he's got no sense of humor he's a fed

if he's got no sense of humor he's a fed

if someone posts a joke

and all that guy does is poke at it for not having perfect meter when the history of comedic music from Gilbert & Sullivan to Weird Al is rife with elongations and contractions to make a joke fit a melody

if he's got no sense of humor he's a fed

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If he’s a stickler for the format he’s a fed
If he’s a stickler for the format he’s a fed
If he really seems to mind
That your lines don’t really rhyme
If he’s a stickler for the format he’s a fed

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago

This meme format has legs

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or a computer scientist. They seem to be sticklers for format as well.

Are they the sticklers, or is it the lazy ass compiler?

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

If he's got no sense of rythm he's a fed.

if someone posts a joke

Do you really suggest I stress that on "one" and... what, the emptiness at the end of the line? A stressed pause? Courageous.

[–] zeet@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wouldn't dare suggest what you stress in an anarchy community.

Oh, btw, here's the 'h' you dropped from rhythm. Have some more so you've got spares.

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Someone seems to have confused "no rulers" with "no rules". Also there's no h in ῥυθμός that's some Anglo colonialism you're involved in, there. You probably stole all of those from the French.

[–] hakase@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

there's no h in ῥυθμός

Not acknowledging that that rough breathing mark is an "h" is the real Anglo colonialism here.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 0 points 1 week ago

Joke's on you, am not an Anglo.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

excuse me, but as a Greek, what the fuck is this ?

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Copied it from wiktionary, didn't bother caring about ancient vs. modern. Especially given that the only reason I can read it is maths.

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'm not Greek and know nothing about the diacritics, but from wikipedia seems to just be ρ with rough breathing. Should be "rhe"? I may be saying the complete obvious, that's just what I got from the wiki :p

It indeed is "rhythmos".

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know, but the letter is actually just ρ. We don't have a different sounding r in Greek

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We don't have a different sounding r in Greek

Modern greek. The word's from ancient greek;

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BF%A5%CF%85%CE%B8%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%81%CF%85%CE%B8%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82

Notice how the modern word dropped that diacritic

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Daym, corrected by a Non-Greek >_<

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

What studying natural sciences does to a mf (I am intimately familiar with the Greek alphabet, despite not speaking a word of Greek)

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Jazz nursery rhymes

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Good idea, but change the "someone" to "somebody". Breaking rules on purpose doesn't work if you also break them on accident.

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

i love jokes. i'd love to laugh at one someday.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

I thought it syncopated just fine.

[–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

knock knock? You know we have DOORBELLS right?!

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Third epitrite (dah dah DAT dah) aka 4/4 offbeat throughout. In the original last dah after "hands" (which is on DAT) is a pause.

I shall simply be pointing out "Fits betER with a suit AND tie". That 'er' is not a place where you can put stress, under any circumstance, and the "and" is questionable at best given that it would be the first syllable to vanish into "suit 'n' tie" in natural speech.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, that one line needs fixing:

If his haircut's tight and high
And it fits a suit and tie

[–] lemonmelon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Alternately, and slightly more poetic:

Fits just right with suit and tie

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