206: Reno Rhymes - Revision history

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2026-05-18T08:04:12Z

‎Explanation

2026-04-15T06:59:04Z

2025-02-18T14:46:18Z

added details on the My Lai massacre and a wikipedia link. wow it was bad

2024-11-04T17:53:19Z

2024-03-01T05:29:14Z

‎Explanation

2024-02-07T14:36:03Z

edited succubi entry to describe succubi

2022-05-26T19:45:45Z

2022-05-26T19:06:48Z

Reverted edit by anti-crap user

2022-05-26T18:00:23Z

2022-05-26T17:09:36Z

Reverted edit by anti-crap user

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 ;I once shot a man in Reno and a bunch more in My Lai.
-:The {{w|My Lai massacre}} was an atrocity committed by US soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam war, which resulted in between 347 - 504 civilian deaths, almost all being women, children, and elderly men. Here, Black Hat says he not only shot a man in Reno, '''he shot a bunch more in My Lai''', meaning that he was actually a perpetrator of the massacre. Cueball is obviously horrified by this, and he ends the rhyme with a "I think we're done," signifying his horror at Black Hat's words.
+:The {{w|My Lai massacre}} was an atrocity committed by US soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam war, in which between 347 - 504 civilians were killed, almost all being women, children, and elderly men. Here, Black Hat says he not only shot a man in Reno, '''he shot a bunch more in My Lai''', meaning that he was actually a perpetrator of the massacre. Cueball is obviously horrified by this, and he ends the rhyme with a "I think we're done," signifying his horror at Black Hat's words.
 The title text continues the rhyme, but changes the roles: now the speaker is asking someone else if they shot a man in Reno. It may be a reference to The Princess Bride (Inigo says the "I don't mean to pry" part to Westley).

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 ;I once shot a man in Reno then I went home to cry.
-:Black Hat continues by saying that he got emotional after killing the man... Unlikely, given that he's ''Black Hat'', and it could be him trying to continue, or he could be being sarcastic.
+:Black Hat continues by saying that he got emotional after killing the man... Unlikely, given that he's ''Black Hat'', and it could be him trying to continue, or he could be being sarcastic. This line is also the closest to the original follow-up in the Cash song; "I hang my head and cry".
 ;I once shot a man in Reno then I watered his cacti.

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 ;I once shot a man in Reno and a bunch more in My Lai.
-:The My Lai Massacre was an atrocity committed by US soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam war. Here, Black Hat says he not only shot a man in Reno, '''he shot a bunch more in My Lai''', meaning that he was actually part of the massacre. Cueball is obviously horrified by this, and he ends the rhyme with a "I think we're done," signifying his horror at Black Hat's words.
+:The {{w|My Lai massacre}} was an atrocity committed by US soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam war, which resulted in between 347 - 504 civilian deaths, almost all being women, children, and elderly men. Here, Black Hat says he not only shot a man in Reno, '''he shot a bunch more in My Lai''', meaning that he was actually a perpetrator of the massacre. Cueball is obviously horrified by this, and he ends the rhyme with a "I think we're done," signifying his horror at Black Hat's words.
 The title text continues the rhyme, but changes the roles: now the speaker is asking someone else if they shot a man in Reno. It may be a reference to The Princess Bride (Inigo says the "I don't mean to pry" part to Westley).

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 ;I once shot a man in Reno, him and all his succubi.
-:Cueball says he shot a man and all the succubi that he owned/was attached to ("his succubi"). A {{w|succubus}} is a demon or spirit which seduces men via sexual intercourse and subsists off their semen. It is likely that Cueball is just making this up to continue the rhyme, but who knows?
+:Cueball says he shot a man and all the succubi that he owned/was attached to ("his succubi"). A {{w|succubus}} is a demon or spirit which seduces men via sexual intercourse and subsists off their semen, though it is also used euphemistically for promiscuous (human) women or prostitutes (in fact, this was the word's origin in ancient Latin).
 ;I once shot a man in Reno and a bunch more in My Lai.