I have to walk away from BlueSky, at least for a month. All my acquaintances are falling for every piece of Gaza propaganda that comes out.
I've had direct conversations with several of them and yet they keep reposting agitprop and lies. I've had long conversations about ethno-nationalist cleansing terms like River to the Sea, BlΓΌt und Boden (Blood and Soil), Lebensraum, and Manifest Destiny yet it doesn't seem to break through the perasive haze of antisemitism.
I'm tired. And angry.
Not to sound flippant or dismissive of the death of a human being, but how is this news?
A) It's a Waffle House.
B) There was a murder.
A always implies B. In fact, all jokes aside, I don't think there's a single Waffle House in the US that hasn't seen at least one murder.
That said, the macabre humor is kinda funny, anyway. Or maybe it's just that I have to laugh so I don't scream at yet another mass shooting in the US.
Someone posted the first image to my chat, and the second came flooding into my mind.
Because I'm old.
"Opinion: I reported on Hamas in Gaza for over a decade. Here are the questions Iβm asking myself now "
From CNN no less...
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/07/opinions/israel-hamas-gaza-media-press-prusher/index.html
After a year on Counter Social, I consume social media so so differently.
Over on BlueSky, I watch the fireworks and have no interest in getting involved. In fact, I'm vaguely wondering where Jester is and why I haven't seen multiple troll-splat emojis.
My furry friends and the artists are over there, but so are the dramallamas.
It's exhausting.
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Almost fell for an online scam. The first image is the jacket they advertise, but the second is /also/ shown in the listing.
You don't have to be a fashion guru to see the massive difference in materials and manufacturing quality between the two.
Guess which one you'd get in the mail if you actually spent money with this scammy company. Avoid LightInTheBox.
In honor of @th3j35t3r's post about Bridge Over Troubled Water, I'm bringing back one of my favorite jokes/memes I made on the hellsite years ago. π€£πΊ
"Simon and Garfunkel, a timeline..."
I think my standards are too high.
Hot dude (oh my) sits down across from my table at dinner (Hello, nurse!. Flexes his big biceps (yes, please), leans in (yes...), and proceeds to eat his Mongolian with a fork (bonerkiller).
Clown. Car.
I just want to post these two images side by side for everyone - that's how they appear on my feed right now - note the times. It's hilarious, sad, and maddening.
It's like playing whack-a-mole. But the moles are anti-democratic libertarian nutbags.
Is there some reason any Jew anywhere still subscribes to the NYT?
The Gaza hospital article should sink the paper. It shouldn't exist anymore.
Personally, I yanked the plug on them years and years ago when it was clear that they were repeating history with the fascist-loving coverage of WWII, for Cheetolini.
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