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And including Emperor Joseph II!

from Derek Beales: Joseph II, Volume 2: Against the World, 1780 - 1790:

Joseph's alleged comment to Mozart about the Entführung, "Too many notes", has been taken as evidence of his ignorance. But he probably said something like, "Too beautiful for our ears, and monstrous many notes." It is always necessary to bear in mind, when appraising the emperor's remarks, his peculiar brand of humor or sarcasm. He was usually getting at someone. And he did not use the royal "we". The ears in question were those of the Viennese audience, whom he was mocking for their limited appreciation of Mozart's elaborate music.

(though not gonna lie, I think it is a LOT of notes)

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mildred_of_midgard

I, m41, am a loving family man, who only wants from my oldest son what any father wants: for him to show he loves me by doing everything the way I want it. Not only when I'm around, but even when I'm not. Yet I know he doesn't think like I do, and there are people out there who put all sorts of ideas in his head. I've tried isolating him from everyone he loves, sometimes lethally, and telling him his mother has forgotten all about him, so he'll only have me to confide in. But even after I treated him in the most harsh and rudest manner while we were at the Saxon camp, in the hope that he would think about what he'd done, change his behavior, confess his faults to me, and ask for forgiveness, he still doesn't tell me everything. He should love me, not fear me! AITA?

Edited Date: 2022-02-09 12:52 am (UTC)

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selenak

Allow me to suggest the following Voltairian beta on FW's anouncement:

I, m41, am a loving family man with a strong work ethic and good Christian values. All I want is for my family to share those, especially my oldest son. To that end, I appointed him the best teachers, ensured he's always supervised and thus does not feel neglected, and spared him the awful stupid lessons I had to endure as a kid. Like Latin and ancient history. All I want in return is for him to be exactly like me, is this too much to ask? But no. He keeps grimacing when I'm around, ridicules all I hold dear, keeps lying to me, gets into debts and in general shows every sign of becoming the kind of lazy slob bound to ruin my life's work! So naturally I took counter measures. Some of them might have been drastic, like sending bad influences away and dragging him in front of two armies, but they were for his own good! Anyone could see that! And now the kid has humilated me in front of Europe by trying to run away, even conspiring with my own employes in order to do so. I might have overreacted when telling his mother he was dead, slapping his sister and telling him his mother doesn't care anymore, but I don't think so. It's just, my other kid, who's usually good as gold, now doesn't want to join my favourite profession anymore. AITA?

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mildred_of_midgard

TOTAL GENIUS

EVERY LINE

*bows to you*

It's just, my other kid, who's usually good as gold, now doesn't want to join my favourite profession anymore.

I am SO glad we found Stratemann, I can't tell you!

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cahn

DerAlteD
NTA. Kid should be more grateful. Maybe the problem is that he doesn't really see how much you do for him. I bet more family time would help, bring him to your nights out with the guys or whatever you do for fun. Or find him a nice girl! That's what he needs. Bonus is that your other kid will see all this and realize that the male authority figures really do know best.

pastorb
Depends on what you mean by "bad influences" -- I hope you're not trying to totally cut him off from his friends, that would be YTA territory for sure.

BearsAreNotTheAnswer
YTA. I just feel like if someone wants to run away, then that's your answer right there, you know?

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selenak

OMG, these aliases are to die for. Especially the last one! And hey, Gundling was still alive at the time of Fritz' escape attempt, this would definitely been what he thought.