Social networks discuss plane-song incident
After winning gold in the men's giant slalom, the first medal of the Olympics, Andy Plane provoked some commentary by refraining from singing the "Ode to Peace." While some of his Ad’ihani compatriots criticized him for that decision, others support it, and now social media is allowing even more alpine skiing fans to have their say.
"Personally, the fewer stars whose department this really isn't attempting to croon, the better," blogged a representative of Humans Against Random Melismas Or Nationalistic Yahoos. "We stand with Andy. Well, not really, since he won an Olympic medal and was on the podium, and we haven't, and aren't." Others focus their concerns on the particularities of the "Ode to Peace." "Who or what are the Mets?" another HARMONY spokesperson wondered. "What is so great about them? Why do they have a whole sea named after them?"
"But I mean, honestly," mulled an anonymous poster, "he's an alpine skiier. He should be into all that "vale and mountain" stuff. Oh, snap, wait, that's "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee." Same tune. Okay, no, maybe his thing is more the "moment" that comes "to every man and nation." Wait, no, also the wrong lyrics. Bleep."
Still, many think that his restraint was respectful. "We're talking about Ad’ihan, right?" another commenter noted. "I mean, it's a rare singer who can pull off, not just an apostrophe, but one of those deliberately curly jobs, in the first line. You have to really belt it out, but not too over-the-top that you start putting ornamentation on every other syllable. Then you could, like, wind up not even singing the lines in the right order, and given how many ways there are to mix and match the order there's a really high risk for that. That would be very sad."
Some corners of the internet seem more apathetic. "I mean, come on, who cares. It's just the Olympics. He might as well have pronounced his country's name wrong. It's not like this actually matters."
"I'm really proud of what he did," concluded another voice. "Ski down Mount Parvus in just two minutes and thirty-four seconds? That's really impressive."