Did the members of Queen know what the future held for their song "We are the Champions" when they wrote it? Did they create the tune knowing it would be used by smug winners to gloat and exalt the glory of victory over the fallen egos of their failed competitors?
Did they know that frat boys winning at beer pong would tone-deafedly belt the song in the faces of their temporary mortal enemies? Could they have guessed that office workers would sing it following successful team building competitions, wagging their fingers emphatically while smirking smugly at their fellow accountants?
Even I, who put on a false visage of "humble winner" after beating my friends at a party game, have a deep desire to sing the song accompanied by a cartoonish victory dance. Thankfully, through some miracle of a force unknown preventing my unmaking, I am able to resist this craven temptation and merely smile innocently, shrugging it off as "just luck", all the while, in my head, gleefully belting out "We are the Champions!"
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