@TheAncestor
Search "manea" (singular) or "manele" (plural).

@alyx
https://youtu.be/cDGlN6mluGA

@TheAncestor
I was so afraid to pollute my YouTube history with that crap, that the paranoia made me open the link in a private window. (and I don't even do that for porn).

@TheAncestor @alyx

@colonelj @TheAncestor
That's not manele. First one is a more modern take on traditional Romanian music, and the other one is actual traditional Romanian music. Or how we call it "populară".

@Xalef
What does Cher got to do with gypsies?

@alyx https://youtu.be/2xHhWkz5aMc

@alyx @Xalef Her most famous song before she made the movie with the kid who had the fucked up face is titled "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" and is about a gypsy woman who was a whore.

@MisterRogersSnapped @Xalef
So she has nothing to do with gypsies then.

@alyx @Xalef well no. Not at all. Also are we talking about actual Romani people or Irish Travelers? What is gypsy music.

@MisterRogersSnapped @Xalef
Actual Romani. Or at least Romanian Romani. I have no idea if manele are a thing for gypsy communities from Bulgaria or other countries.

@alyx I did not know what that was so I went and looked. I wish I had not done that and I agree with your assessment.
@Xalef

@MisterRogersSnapped @Xalef
Consider yourself lucky that you don't understand the lyrics.

@MisterRogersSnapped @alyx lmao

@alyx @MisterRogersSnapped why do you hate it tho?

@Xalef @MisterRogersSnapped
Because it's bad. Really bad. And annoying. For them belching like a whale is considered "singing".

@Xalef @alyx gypsys made it. Duh.

:D lol

@MisterRogersSnapped @Xalef
Nah. I don't have hate for gypsies.

@alyx I know. I've never seen you hate a group of people you definitely take people individually. I was just being a douche. @Xalef

@MisterRogersSnapped @Xalef
It's ok. I strongly believe people have a right to be douches.

@alyx :) it's a human right. @Xalef

@emilis
I guess gypsy fashion sense is pretty bad too... but if you were trying to ask if I hate gypsies in general, the answer is no.

@alyx are you really European if you don’t hate gypsies though?

Actually we had a fairly famous dude who left the gypsy community in my home country and became a singer and he’s made some really good music.

@emilis
I do know a gypsy that made decent music, and is pretty famous for it. But he didn't make gypsy music, he made ordinary pop stuff. His stage name is Connect-R, if you want to sample his stuff.

@alyx yeah same story with that dude. It’s not gypsy music and he’s not a gypsy because he’s an ex-gypsy.

@emilis
No, this guy is pretty proud of his gypsy heritage. He did a bit of a publicity stunts in one of his concerts, where he revealed in the middle of the show that he was wearing a shirt that had "I'm a gypsy" on it. People were a little pissed that they went to a show that turned into a diversity training thing.

Madonna had a similar experience, when in the middle of the show she tried to preach against racism towards gypsies, and she was booed.

@alyx hating gypsies based on race is stupid and small brain pilled

hating them for living in basically antisocial communities is based though.

@emilis @alyx
> [identity politics] is stupid and small brain pilled
> hating them for [a lack of class consciousness] is based though
agree

@look @alyx that second statement is probably the craziest fucking twist of my words I’ve ever fucking seen

@emilis @alyx let's just call them "lumpenproletariat"

@look @alyx no they are just gay

@emilis
>are you really European if you don’t hate gypsies though?

Me: *existential crisis*