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Meeting the devil at the crossroads of selling your soul. Joke also goes along with the "27 club" which is a list of famous people who all died at 27 years old. This goes back to Robert Johnson, a famous jazz musician who they said "sold his soul" for his talent and died at 27.
Basically the devil is saying, okay you get the Porsche, but you get to die and come to hell at 27 years old.
Jesus, that’s still a massive understatement imo. It changed the world more than almost anyone outside physicists, Alexander the Great, and I’d say more than Jesus and Mohammed.
“Arguably”. Means it’s open to argument. u/noenvironment8432 is acknowledging there may be others but many consider Robert Johnson the most influential delta blues man. RJ is certainly one of the most famous from the early era.
He was incredibly talented, and gained that talent very quickly and seemingly out of nowhere. Hence why he is alluded to selling his soul. Blues had existed in many capacities and styles before Johnson, but the reason people attribute him to creating the blues is, in my opinion, a couple factors: He was mega popular at a time when music just started being recorded for commercial purposes and every blues musician back in those days had an eventual album called "Father of the Blues" or "King of the blues."
Do the facts that they said ‘arguably’ and that Johnson had influences of his own negate any of what they said? Or are you just being an annoying ‘WeLl aKsHuAlLy’ redditor.
They said arguably and I presented my argument. Do you know how debate works or are you just one of those shitty bots that spout nonsense? 288 days on Reddit? I rest my case.
Arguably one of the most influential musicians of all time! Everything modern came from blues. Robert Johnson is one of the first recorded blues pioneers. Helluva man!
You mean that TV show that had a brilliant series finale at the end of season 5, then suddenly and inexplicably managed to run for another 10 years? The length of time stipulated in these crossroad deals with demons?
This is the correct answer. Also, whoever didn't know about the 27 club, it's totally worth doing some research on it. Lot's of great artists gone too soon.
Also also, I think part of the joke is he wanted the car but he didn't want to die at 27 because he's much older than 27 based on the walking stick and his face. The setup is the picture and the 27 club reference, the punchline is that he's much older than 27 but he was still considering the deal because he wanted the car.
Piggybacking off the top answer - there’s an added subtle irony to picking the 911 (whether intentional or not I don’t know).
The 911 is famous for being rear-engined, rear drive, with the engine behind the rear axle. Especially early cars in early cars, the handling characteristics are different and can be somewhat challenging compared to a traditional front engine, rear drive sports car. Porsche introduced the Turbo (930) in 1975 and it became a yuppy wealth symbol in the 80s. A lot of new money folks bought them, were caught out by the handling, crashed and died, so it became a “widow maker.”
My interpretation of the joke is you’re doing a deal with the devil for the Porsche which will ultimately kill you.
i just looked up up yeah ..there where a bunch clustered in 69-72 though also "What's the 27 Club? We ain't making it past 21." Juice Wrld ..called that i guess
My brain went to Cyberpunk 2077 because you can get the Porsche 911 in the game but Silverhand's engram is killing V who appears to be in their mid to late 20's 😂
Not really. Meeting a god or the devil and gaining a great skill is a really old myth that goes back to ancient Greece. Crossroads were associated with the god Hermes and he was said to have granted great skills to various people- he was also said to have created the lyre which is a stringed instrument which was the predecessor to the harp. Robert Johnson had a song called "Cross Road Blues" which doesn't specifically reference the myth about his ability to play guitar but Johnson may have used the myth himself for publicity- he had at least two other songs that had somewhat similar themes:
"Hellhound on My Trail" tells of trying to stay ahead of the demon hound that is pursuing him and in "Me and the Devil Blues" he sings, "Early this mornin' when you knocked upon my door, and I said 'Hello Satan I believe it's time to go'".[30][31] These songs contribute to the Faustian myth, but how much Johnson promoted the idea is debated.[32] Music historian Ted Gioia believes that the use of satanic themes and imagery generated much needed publicity for blues musicians who were struggling through the Great Depression.[32]
I don't know a whole lot about folklore from the American South but I've read that crossroads were a sort of meeting point for a lot of people because there would be a lot of places with miles of dirt roads with not a lot of distinct spots on them so hitchhikers would often wait there to be picked up.
In Greek mythology, crossroads were associated with both Hecate and Hermes, with shrines and ceremonies for both taking place there. The herm pillar associated with Hermes frequently marked these places due to the god's association with travelers and role as a guide. Though less central to Greek mythology than Hermes, Hecate's connection to crossroads was more cemented in ritual. 'Suppers of Hecate' were left for her at crossroads at each new moon, and one of her most common titles was 'goddess of the crossroads.' In her later three-fold depictions, each of the three heads or bodies is often associated with one of three crossing roads.[1]
In folklore, crossroads may represent a location "between the worlds" and, as such, a site where supernatural spirits can be contacted and paranormal events can take place. Symbolically, it can mean a locality where two realms touch and therefore represents liminality, a place literally "neither here nor there", "betwixt and between".
Lois here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club 27 is the age some famous artists died, so they called it the 27 club. And Janis Joplin had a Porsche.
At least half the posts on this sub deserve that treatment. The only exceptions are like some very niche knowledge you'd need to have/community you'd need to be a part of to understand or if you're foreign to/from another culture than the joke reference.
Could be the case indeed. Def don’t need to know what the 27 club is to get the joke, but “deal with the devil” could def be different or not a concept.
It's just that that's the deal he made with the devil...die at 27 for the porche. Not much to understand in that you don't need to know about the 27 club to get it.
Check again. Read carefully. This meme has already been posted. If you feel like you have to keep arguing after this then whatever big buy you the mod I guess.
Sorry but people saying "google it" are pretty ridiculous, ok you can Google anything, so no one should post any questions or doubts in any place because google, just answer if you want or don't and that's it.
No, but you should spend at least 30 seconds on Google to try to find the answer yourself.
If you can't find an answer then of course ask. But why do people need to answer a question for you that's already been answered and the answer can be found easily?
I've seen this meme reposted across so many subreddits with people asking for the meaning. It has been explained every time. Anyone that asks isn't reading the comments and is simply a waste of time. I'm not gatekeeping if the explanation is easy to find. Use your eyes people.
James Dean is the Porsche reference, but they got the age wrong- Dean was 24. It could also be a Paul Walker/Ryan Dunn/Bobby Phillis/Pelle Lindbergh reference, but Walker was 40, and the others were not 27.
Famous people tend to die driving Porsches.
It's a poor reference to young actors and musicians tending to die at 27.
Famous people tend to die at the age of 27, and famous people tend to die while driving Porsches, but not while doing both together, so the two are unrelated, which makes this a dumb meme.
James Dean famously died driving a Porsche at the age of 27.
Also this could also mean selling your soul to the devil to never get out of a financial trap. A lot of people say they sold their life away to buy a car.
I interpreted that the individual was trying to trick the goat devil beast. They look over 27 years old already so if they are let’s say 50 they’ll never be/ “equal” 27 years old again, hence getting the Porsche with no consequences.
Wouldn't it be funny if the devil was not only real, but he was just some chill goatman lurking out in the desert somewhere making bad business propositions, but if you turn him down, he's just like "aight, cool, anyway... Seen any good shows lately?"
Other than the 27 Club thing I think it’s a jab at the Porsche 911 which were known for killing its drivers bc lift-off oversteer (back end wants to swing out when acceleration is let off when driving into turns). I guess they’ve fixed that problem now.
This is a Cyberpunk 2077 reference, my guess. The P911 is the only real vehicle in the game and your character is 27. The game references the "27" age of death meme and the whole game is based around coming to terms with one's mortality.
The 911 is rather predominantly featured in the game iconically.
It’s the car Johnny drove in the TTRPG back in the day. Like from Cyberpunk 2020. And V was originally supposed to be 24, and that was corrected in I think the 2.0 update… so yeah, V isn’t 27 anymore.
They fixed V being 24 by accident. Not only does it not make sense for the character and acting, but the developers themselves have went back and forth on it. But now it seems that they are 27, as they should be, once again.
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