#but yeah that's roof propaganda

[leche-flandom]

This made me flashback to my college days when we would try to get on roofs whenever one of us was renting a house but it was a STRUGGLE so by the time we did successfully make it up there we were too winded for any proper conversation.

now that i am a real adult i am starting to realise. media lied to me about the availability of rooftops to go hang out on. every day i wish i could be hanging out on a rooftop somewhere looking cool as fuck

[lookwhatilost]

i wonder where people get the idea from that trades are across the board good jobs and teachers propagandizing about college is the only reason people do not want to work jobs like that. for one, they do not, in fact, pay well most of the time.

like, 1996 called. it wants its hot take back.

[ohdorothea]

This tournament is being run by and for queer fans, homophobes will be blocked on sight <3 More info here! Lyrics for the songs under the cut!

Put in the tags your interpretations or propaganda for a specific song! Tags will be used to decide what songs may be saved if there are extra slots in the next round!

ME! lyrics

I promise that you'll never find another like me

I know that I'm a handful baby, uh

I know I never think before I jump

And you're the kind of guy the ladies want

(And there's a lot of cool chicks out there)

I know that I went psycho on the phone

I never leave well enough alone

And trouble's gonna follow where I go

(And there's a lot of cool chicks out there)

But one of these things is not like the others

Like a rainbow with all of the colors

Baby doll, when it comes to a lover

I promise that you'll never find another like me-e-e-eh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

I'm the only one of me

Baby, that's the fun of me-e-eh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You're the only one of you

Baby, that's the fun of you

And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e-eh

I know I tend to make it about me

I know you never get just what you see

But I will never bore you, baby

(And there's a lot of lame guys out there)

And when we had that fight out in the rain

You ran after me and called my name

I never wanna see you walk away

(And there's a lot of lame guys out there)

'Cause one of these things is not like the others

Living in winter, I am your summer

Baby doll, when it comes to a lover

I promise that you'll never find another like me-e-e-eh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

I'm the only one of me

Let me keep you company-e-e-eh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You're the only one of you

Baby, that's the fun of you

And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e-eh

"Hey, kids.

Spelling is fun!"

Girl, there ain't no "I" in "team"

But you know there is a "me"

Strike the band up 1, 2, 3

I promise that you'll never find another like me

Girl, there ain't no "I" in "team"

But you know there is a "me"

And you can't spell "awesome" without "me"

I promise that you'll never find another like me-e-e-eh

Yeah, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

(And I want you, baby)

I'm the only one of me

(I'm the only one of me)

Baby, that's the fun of me-e-e-eh

(Baby, that's the fun of me)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You're the only one of you

Baby, that's the fun of you

And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e-eh

Girl, there ain't no "I" in "team"

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

But you know there is a "me"

I'm the only one of me

Baby, that's the fun of me-e-e-eh

Strike the band up 1, 2, 3

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

You can't spell "awesome" without "me"

You're the only one of you

Baby, that's the fun of you

And I promise that nobody's gonna love you like me-e-e-eh

Cornelia Street lyrics

We were in the backseat

Drunk on something stronger than the drinks in the bar

"I rent a place on Cornelia Street"

I say casually in the car

We were a fresh page on the desk

Filling in the blanks as we go

As if the street lights pointed in an arrow head

Leading us home

And I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

That's the kinda heartbreak time could never mend

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name

And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

Windows flung right open, autumn air

Jacket 'round my shoulders is yours

We bless the rains on Cornelia Street

Memorize the creaks in the floor

Back when we were card sharks, playing games

I thought you were leading me on

I packed my bags, left Cornelia Street

Before you even knew I was gone

But then you called, showed your hand

I turned around before I hit the tunnel

Sat on the roof, you and I

I hope I never lose you, hope it never ends

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

That's the kinda heartbreak time could never mend

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name

And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

You hold my hand on the street

Walk me back to that apartment

Years ago, we were just inside

Barefoot in the kitchen

Sacred new beginnings

That became my religion, listen

I hope I never lose you

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

Oh, never again

And baby, I get mystified by how this city screams your name

And baby, I'm so terrified of if you ever walk away

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

I don't wanna lose you (Hope it never ends)

I'd never walk Cornelia Street again

I don't wanna lose you (Yeah)

"I rent a place on Cornelia Street"

I say casually in the car

[influencedxxx]

Idk if U have any or R still interested in class of 09 but if U R What's Ur Emily hcs? <33

okay theres this interesting one i was thinking about earlier. One where in my head, she wouldve fallen for/obsessed over Nicole in any route where she knew her. This occured to me when i saw a drawing of her where she had an N scar on her shoulder. Then i thought about the kylar roof route, the scene where emily asks nicole if she can put her hair up like hers in particular. And of course, theres the double suicide ending. My point is, any timeline where Emily knows about Nicole and who she is, she falls into a mild-severe fixation on her. Because Nicole is Emily's dream girl.

Sorry im high asf tbh.

Emicole propaganda aside, i also hc emily as a lesbian caught in comphet. She won't date a man if he cant provide her with something, she's a man user.

Also she has adhd, and that how she initially got hooked on adderall. Like she got diagnosed when she was 12 and everything spiralled from there. She needed more and more to feel what she wanted to feel, so she started dating guys who could give her what she wanted. This led to men being devalued in her mind as a means to an end, whereas girls were glorified and coveted. This is where i'll mention my main diagnosis for Emily, and that is Schizoaffective Disorder. towards the beginning of the double suicide route, she's taking her seroquel(a drug prescribed to treat symptoms of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia). But at one point early on, she flushes the rest of it with a mindset of freedom and rebellion, only to spiral from there. Her thoughts raced, her already somewhat extreme beliefs started seeming so real to her. She fixed her energy on Nicole, who she was falling hard for already. She idolized her, some part of her suicide was not only proving a point to ms. Ames, but proving to Nicole that she's devoted to her. The act carried some form of a bond in her mind, like it would intertwine their souls. 

Oh yeah also she like cinammoroll. Her fav color is sky blue, she hates bottle blondes (but also loves to hateFUCK them, shoutout kelly). And she's really gatekeepy about her interests too, particularly music wise. She'll call you a poser if you forget one too many lyrics.

<holy shit did i really write all thag?>

<this was NOT proofread>

[junk-whunk-punk]

broski are you in like... Russia? U doing ok over there?

Uh ummmmm😳😳... ????????? yes i'm in Russia????? i always was here??????

I guess, uh, PERSONALLY I'm quite well yeah thank you for your concern anon😌 I'm ok rn and I live the same way as any of my average fellow citizen soooo I also sometimes suffer from a lack of money, comfort attention, love, time and mental energy, but at least I'm still alive🥹 That's all like this thanks to my impenetrable thinking and pacifism heehee, otherwise I'd have gone crazy with this continuous political propaganda here.

I just love my motherland, its culture, its people and life here, but not those poliDICKians who are now measuring dicks with other such idiots.

(anon if you wanted to have a filthy political answer so uhhh IT'LL BE A QUITE LONG POST ABOUT MY INNER CRIES THAT WERE WAITING FOR FREEDOM I'M SORRYYYYY I just want to speak out and never return to this topic again if there's no need to)

I feel sorry and upset each time I see how radicalist propaganda brainwashes ordinary people, whether ukrainians, americans, russians or any other peoples who are now under intense pressure. Neither side is right, everyone who starts conflicts is always to blame for any conflict, but not ordinary people who just want to fucking survive. Alas, in my motherland there is just terrible oppression of pacifists now, because they are considered anti-patriots and extremists (that's NOT even a joke really, now pacifists are being driven under the same roof with terrorists and sectarians👍👍)

I'm just so scared of what that all will lead. Y'know, adequate and sane people would never want to harm anyone but OH ALAS, a drop of power makes weak people crazy. Unfortunately, such rotten fruits are now at the head of many influential countries in the modern world🤷‍♀️

But! I have a ray of hope. Many russians are aware of this problem. They know that the russian authorities seem to be set against absolutely everyone, both their fellow citizens and foreigners. That's why I chose the perfect tactic – I'm also against. Against all politicians. I am against all authorities😌 I just hate them all😌 but at the same time I love people regardless of their nationality. As for me, this is the most humane and the most correct choice, at least if we take into account the fact that we russians cannot influence the situation in world, no matter how much we want it. (c'mon we can't even choose anything in our own country)

So. The conclusion. I'm scared, I'm angry and I'm an anarchist yeah. Stay sane and don't be a victim of radical propaganda. Love people. Be supportive to those who in need. We ALL are fellow humans and we must stay them.

[onepiece-polls]

One Piece Shipping War - Round 2 Side B

Propaganda under the cut.

Propaganda for Smoker x Law:

Their interactions on punk hazard are just hhhhnnnggghhhh. First they fight against each other and then they have to team up! The sexual tension is through the roof 👀 and they fight so well together too 👀 also law LITERALLY stole smoker's heart?? Sorry for being incoherent that's just what they do to me

I read it in a fic and it was compelling also it would be cool if they both knew rocinante

Law literally stole Smoker’s heart during the Punk Hazard Arc - they saved each other during the Punk Hazard Arc even if they were enemies - classic “Enemies to lovers” energy - perfect matching personalities (INTP x INTJ) - the thrill of a forbidden love between a marine and a pirate.

They have. SUCH a divorcee dynamic listen. - Law literally stole Smoker’s heart in the Punk Hazard arc. - Even though they were enemies, Smoker fought against Vergo and stole Law’s heart to give it back to him, hurting himself A LOT. - at the same time, Law saved Smoker from Vergo and gave Smoker’s heart back even if he didn’t have to. - the way Law smiles when fighting against him and getting on Smoker’s nerves (a lot of tension here hehe). - Smoker’s a marine and Law a pirate, what’s better than a forbidden relationship? - their personalities match perfectly (INTJ and INTP).

SUCH a divorcee dynamic. - we all love a forbidden romance between marine and pirate - the way they interact with each other on Punk Hazard is at the same time easy but full of tension, they clearly have some familiarity w each other - ...and then later they manage to work together seamlessly despite those tensions and differences, and Smoker trusts Law to pick up the slack where he can't. And Law DOES follow through - after the battle Law TELLS Smoker what he's planning next - yeah it's all purposeful for his plans but it's such a clear and obvious manipulation. And yet Smoker does exactly that. - the guy sent to Dressrosa is Issho (which ok Sakazuki says he sent BUT what a funny coincidence still that it's the one guy who's most likely to help Law rather than hinder hmmmm) - when Doffy shows up after Law&co have left and demands to know things Smoker just straight up stonewalls him and lies to his face, with the full knowledge that it may cost him his life. Which yeah, Smoker hates pirates, but he doesn't actually have any reason to do that - if he really didn't care he wouldn't mind siccing the two warlords on each other and watching them destroy themselves so he at the very least must agree with Law if not outright want to help him - delicious narrative parallels! Bc fundamentally they're two sides of the same coin: both are absolutely driven by their personal moral codes and care DEEPLY about people and things. Law may be driven largely by more self-centered goals and focus his good on the smaller circle he chooses to surround himself with, while Smoker is drawn to more lofty pursuits of greater good and helping even those he will never meet or even know of, but at the core they share very similar ideals and values - and ykno. Law LITERALLY punches Smoker's heart out of his chest - also Law is a scrawny-ass twink and you cannot tell me he doesn't have a thing for buff dilfs who could bench press double his weight.

Propaganda for Law x Robin:

Their intelligent goth energy combined would be off the charts

Their backstories parallel each other perfectly! Home destroyed, hunted from a young age saved by a kind marine. Spoilers ahead: They're working together to figure out what the history of the Will of D is, and what happened in the void century! She was the only person Law trusted enough to reveal his middle initial! Also, they could do horrible things together if they decided to use their devil fruits as a team. So many limbs in places they shouldn't be.

Smart, sexy, sleek, intelligent, empathetic, humorous, *might get flustered on occasion*, hobbies: riling up Usopp. Terrific and morbid sense of humour. Just *get* one another. Very close to one another in both age and height!

[h7p3r4ct1v3-h0rn3t2]

3, 9, and 10 for Johnny Mcfly please and thank you

Let's Fucking Go !!!! ok I wanna preface this by saying that if you do not know who Johnny Mcfly is. Go Here. go in the link.

So . for number 3 which is childhood . Let's do some math first. Johnny Mcfly died ("in a car crash") 5 years before The Return Of Johnny Mcfly takes place, which based on the release date, we can assume it's 2007. Therefore, Johnny Mcfly can be assumed to have died on July 7, 2002. Since Patrick Ryan's Unnamed Character refers to him as "That Kid" we can assume Johnny was likely in his adolescence at the time of death. I would think somewhere around 16-18, give or take. That would mean Johnny spent most of his childhood in the nineties. smiles

So what was the point of that math? Well I don't know. but the important thing is this . I imagine Johnny as being a sort of hostile kid . Just kind of has that vibe of someone who Doesnt want to talk and has never wanted to talk . Aimlessly Bitter most if not all of the time in a way that makes you think "Is this kid mentally ill or something" And hey, maybe! [evil transgender propaganda voice] Perhaps Transition Could Alleviate Some Of These Emotions

ok number nine is about Clothes and habits of dress. smiles grinnishly (<-guy who likes to think about costuming). So the first thing we see of johnny is that he is wearing relatively baggy pants and no shoes. Now, it's heavily implied that Johnny Mcfly did not actually die in a car crash, but rather He Killed Himself . (what with the neck scarring and the "is that what my parents told everybody?" and the fact that kevin james literally said "he committed suicide I think." in the comments of the video). Taking off one's shoes before committing suicide is a sort of common thing in Japan. Go My Excerpt

But let's get back to the shoe question. A spokesperson at the National Police Agency confirmed it's common for suicides to remove their shoes, but far from universal. There have been some high-profile shoeless suicides, like film director Juzo Itami, who reportedly left his shoes behind when he jumped to his death in 1997. Do the police keep statistics on this? "No, there's no point. We factor that in when determining whether the death was a suicide [if the shoes were deliberately removed the death is deemed less likely to have been an accident or murder]. Other than that, it's irrelevant." I asked several people why Japanese might feel the urge to remove their shoes before committing suicide. Some had expertise in the psychology of suicide, some did not. The theories included the following: so as not to carry dirt from this world into the next; to indicate that the death was a suicide; to increase the chances of the body being found; because that's what samurai used to do; and because it's what they've seen on TV (it's a cliche in television dramas to indicate a suicide by showing a pair of shoes on a cliff or the roof of a building). The most neurotic rationale offered, by quite a few women who have obviously spent too many years lining up shoes in entranceways, was that it's better to remove one's shoes than have them come off during the fall and land in some embarrassingly untidy way.

Now you may ask yourself, "Jingles, aren't they in, like, Massachusetts? and not Japan?" And truly I say to you Well Yeah. However. There are two modes of explanation for this and they arent mutually exclusive. we have the doylistic sentiment of We have the knowledge that Ryan Murphy (who played Johnny Mcfly) Likes More Than One Anime. so possibly this Idea was carried into TROJM. we also have the watsonian idea that Well maybe Johnny Mcfly was an animepilled animecel or something. Both are good. I think both can coexist.

I'm not done with costuming. I can't find the exact shirt that he was wearing (sad!) but I was able to find one that was very similar

I don't have any deep analysis on the power rangers shirt. I just wanted to mention that . it's cool johnny mcfly has a power rangers shirt. I like to imagine he got it at one of those thrift stores with the bins

Number Ten is about. Posture/physicality/movement. Now If You'll Notice. Johnny Mcfly stutters on about 4 of his 6 lines. holy shit hold on I just realized im writing all of htis on a character with like 6 lines give me a second. ok where was I. oh yeah . Johnny Mcfly can a little dyspraxia. as a treat . for me. Yes, I Know he isnt the only one who stutters a lot in that video. but let me play tuoys(neurology). Furthermore he does this (below) like thrice throughout the video and . well this is an observation more than a headcanon but i like this Mannerism. grins smilishly

anyway in conclusion rest in peace johnny mcfly you would've loved estrogen. and bad apple (song).

[akajustmerry]

What's happening in Palestine truly brought out the worst in people. I've been blocking people left and right. Folks try to give positive examples of rebellions from the past like the end of apartheid and the Haitian Revolution,some ghouls respond by saying "Well,those are not good examples because look how poor and corrupt those countries are now", annoying white homonationalist gays don't shut up about how it's bad to root for Palestinians because they "push gay people off roofs and behead them" (Pinkwashing really worked on their pea sized brains,some of them even went on sponsored trips to Tel Aviv 🤮)even f*cking radfems found the video of a 13 year old girl who gave interviews twice in three years and say "Well why is she wearing a hijab now????I won't root for people who put a hijab on a kid!!!" The genocidal ghoul who is unfortunately the president of the USA says "I mean civilians die in wars it's inevitable and idk if Palestinians are telling the truth so idk the numbers of dead people" while dumbass USamerican liberals STILL talk about "harm reduction" I mean,how do these people not hear how repulsive they sound? How can anybody's support for people who are the target of a literal GENOCIDE be conditional? My god I knew westerners were drowning in racism and Islamophobia but the depth of their hatred really is vomit inducing. I pray we all get to see a free Palestine and the fall of all war mongering capitalist empires that funded not only Palestinian,but also Afghan, Iraqi, Yemeni, Libyan,Syrian and so many more people's suffering in our lifetime. I pray it won't be exhausting to just exist as people from SWANA in the future. I pray they all thrive and not just survive in the future. I have hope because how can I not when Palestinians themselves still do,and it feels shameful to momentarily lose hope when I'm just a privileged woman following updates from the comfort of my home.

You articulated so much of what I'm feeling too. I think what makes it worse is how so much of the propaganda we're seeing is the same kind of propaganda the West used to justify the invasion of Iraq, Iran and Syria. All of it has been debunked. Yet people fall for it again and again and again and SWANA people die for that. The truth is right in front of people but they refuse to see it because they've become so comfortable not seeing Brown and Black bodies as human. It feels crazy. And yeah it is utterly strange to see people you share a culture with being massacred day in day out and to feel utterly destroyed by that, only for people to claim it's a lie, and then to also rmr what we feel is trivial to what people in Palestine are enduring. And as you said, they have hope and rage and so must we.

[hot-take-tournament]

HOT TAKE TOURNAMENT

POST PRE PRELIMINARY #148

Submission 61

I hate BakuDeku

I know this may not see like a hot take outside of the fandom but the death threats say otherwise

People like it because its a friends to rivals to lovers

I hate it because the rivals is pretty much one sided for the majority of the show, meaning that it is just straight up bullying until Bakugo gets some character development

Neither of them have chemistry together Bakugo has been bullying him since they were literally children and only really stopped in like the 5th season

Submission 74

I fucking hate bakugo

It started when he told Midoriya to kill himself or as he so eloquently put it "maybe you should take a swan dive of the roof and hope for a better quirk in your next life" add on to the fact that not only has he mentally and physically bullied him and as someone who has been bullied and ostracized it hurts and can make you want to hurt others and to the people who say he gets better, you're right instead of threatening to kill him every 5 seconds it's now every 10, also I'm pretty sure that if Midoriya didn't hear the explosions he would've killed himself.

This is a hot take as a lot of people like him and also the most popular ship is bakudeku and hate for the same reasons and more.

Pre-preliminaries will be used to determine what qualifies as a hot take. Propaganda is encouraged!

Also, remember to reblog your favourite polls for exposure!

[aquariumgirls]

TMNT AU COMP PRELIMS: ONRYŌ LEO AU PROPAGANDA!!! @tmntaucompetition

do you like: ANGST? HURT/COMFORT? MORALLY GREY MOTHER FIGURES? EXCEPTIONAL VIOLENCE, MAYBE?

THEN THE ONRYŌ LEO AU IS THE AU FOR YOU!

WATCH AS THIS TEENAGED TURTLE BECOMES A VENGEFUL SPIRIT, ALL AGAINST HIS WILL! WHAT WILL HE DO? HOW WILL HE COPE? WHO FUCKING KNOWS! (i sure dont)

NOW CONTAINING: MORAL DILLEMAS (is it cannibalism if i'm only half human?), BLOOD (that bright red sticky stuff! contains: iron), KITSUNE (you know, that one underutilized tmnt character? her?), AND MORE!

please read it i know its been almost two months since i updated but i prommy im still working on it ;;

(small ficlet under the cut!)

Leo was just minding his business, in the middle of painting Raph's nails when suddenly his form fizzled out like a glitch in the universe.

When he opened his eyes, he was in some sort of... Stadium? Maybe? There were so many other turtles around, all seeming to be different versions of him and his siblings. His form warped and shifted as panic rose up into his throat, only calmed by the feeling of Raph's hand upon his shoulder.

"Uhh, Leo? Where are we?"

Leo shrugged, closing the bottle of nail polish for the moment.

He heard a loud crash from somewhere far off, and he felt Raph flinch. He startled as well, neck snapping loudly as he found himself staring at the now nearly upside-down crowd.

A different version of him, a more /alive/ version glanced at him in horror.

A version of him and Donnie in fancy outfits simply waved.

"Nice scarves, guys! Probably should invest in one of those myself, huh? Might help with uh..." He motioned towards his very broken neck. "This whole situation. Mind givin' me a little help, Raphie?"

Raph simply sighed, presumably rolling her eyes before Leo felt his neck snap back into place. He rolled his shoulders, groaning.

"God, that never gets better. You'd think being dead would mean I'd stop getting sore!"

Raph snorted.

"I'm just glad ya stopped complainin' about your back for once. Makes you sound like Dad."

Leo gasped in fake offense.

"I am nothing like dad! /I/ don't have to do the congo to fix my back problems!"

Raph laughed a little louder.

"I don't think anythin' could fix what you got goin' back there, bro."

Leo hummed, deep in thought.

"Maybe if I fall off another roof it'll fix me!" He laughed, and Raph felt her heart twinge.

She's glad he can at least joke about it now, even if she'll never be able to.

Raph pushes the memory of Leo bleeding out in her arms away, and focuses on moving through the crowd to find a place to sit.

"You still gotta finish my nails, Leo!" She wiggles her nails in his face, giggling when he playfully snaps his beak at her.

"Yeah, yeah, I know! I'll finish 'em in a sec, O great Princess Raphie." He ends the sentence with a dramatic bow, nearly falling over with how hard he's laughing.

Raph smiles fondly at her little brother, his happiness contagious.

"Seriously though, where the hell are we?"

Leo just shrugs again.

"I dunno, probably some sort of uhh..." Leo finds a place to sit on the floor. "Some sort of competition? Maybe? Or like, a pageant or something."

He waves Raph over, patting the spot next to him excitedly.

"Now sit down! Your nails are gonna have to be /perfect/ for this!"

[justinsentertainmentcorner]

Glenn Garner at Deadline:

As Bill Maher attempts to appeal to Gen Z, he’s recycling some particularly outdated talking points.

On Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the comedian used Chappell Roan‘s recent political statements to try and school the ‘Pink Pony Club’ artist and her fans on the Israel-Hamas war. “To mark the Oct. 7 anniversary, we must launch a campaign to educate young Americans about the Middle East,” said Maher. “And the way I’d like to begin that process is by addressing an open letter to Chappell Roan. Now, to those viewers who aren’t watching this while also looking at your phones, let me explain. … She’s actually a great new recording artist, who, like a Hezbollah pager, is really blowing up.” Although Maher praised Roan for criticizing both sides of the political aisle, he chalked her perceived support of Palestine up to TikTok “propaganda.”

“Chappell, if you think it was repressive growing up queer in the Midwest, try the Mid East,” he mused. “You’re a female drag queen and you sing, ‘I f—ed you in the bathroom when we went to dinner, your parents at the table.’ Yeah, that wouldn’t fly in Gaza. Although you would, straight off a roof. The same goes for ‘knee deep in the passenger seat and you’re eating me out.’ Yea, my guess is the morality police would figure out that one’s not about the drive-thru and kill your feathered boa-wearing ass. You know when you sing that ‘LA is where boys and girls can all be queens every single day’? You’re welcome, but offer not good in the West Bank. “Chappell, you’re not wrong that oppression is bad, or that Palestinian and many other Muslim populations are oppressed and deserve to be freed. You just have it completely ass-backwards as to who is doing the oppressing. Hamas is a terrorist mafia that took over Gaza … these are the oppressors. And when you make it all about Israel, you take the pressure off of them. You enable them,” said Maher. Maher’s comments that Roan would be thrown “off a roof” in Gaza echo a common narrative known as “pinkwashing,” the practice of propping up Israel’s LGBTQ progress to distract from the ongoing violence and repression against Palestinians.

Last Friday on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, the host criticized Chappell Roan's support for Palestine by insinuating that she'd be "thrown off the roof" for being LGBTQ+. This type of statement is pinkwashing and covering up for Israel Apartheid State's oppression of Palestinians, especially LGBTQ+ Palestinans.

See Also:

LGBTQ Nation: Bill Maher says Hamas would throw Chappell Roan off a building for being gay

From the 10.11.2024 edition of HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher:

[threehuskiesinatrenchcoat]

rant

if someone tells me “why don’t you leave if it’s that bad” or “you deserve what’s happening to you” im gonna flip my shit. leave to fucking where, how? have you seen the average paycheck of a russian? and don’t fucking count moscow, i dare you. look at all those people barely scraping $300 a month for food and a roof over their heads with nothing else left and tell them that buying plane tickets and saving up enough to last god knows how long while waiting for a job permit AND searching for a job is EASY. oh, of course refugee programs are SO easy to get into, and everybody is just so excited waiting for russians to come (except european countries are considering closing borders because they’re tired of russians running). cuz everyone is so fucking hyped to have us there, right? same people that are gonna go on the internet later and say how much they wish russians would stop whining and leave, except, well, not to my country, to somewhere else, i wouldn’t want to live next to a ~terrorist~. speaking of, everyone is so fucking punk and immune to propaganda, yet believe when putin and his little circlejerk say that everybody fucking LOVES him? that people sign up for army willingly? that everyone "allowed" all this to happen? i’ve been to the fucking protests, i’ve seen people bloody & bruised getting hauled off into paddy wagons, i’ve seen people get a prison sentence for throwing a plastic cup at a cop on a riot, i've seen young men get jumped by authorities at metro stations and outside grocery stores so they could be given a drafting letter with no chance to escape, i’ve seen people getting ridiculous fines for standing outside with a PLAIN FUCKING SIGN because “we know what this is SUPPOSED to be about”. sasha skochilenko got 7 years in prison for replacing price tags at a store with anti-war messages, FUCKING STICKERS. get off your high horse and tell me, full fucking honesty, would you be protesting if you knew for sure, 100%, you’ll be going to prison when, WHEN, they catch you? and yet people STILL DO. and people still GET CAUGHT. and people get hunted and tortured and receive insane sentences for the stupidest things. “russians don’t do shit to stop the war” FUCK YOU. im tired of always being nice about this and trying to explain shit in hopes that someone will get it. fuck you for making this all about yourself (“yeah i feel bad for you but also can you imagine if this happened in the usa? oof”), fuck you for only caring when it’s convenient to paint yourself as a good person (why continue to spread awareness about ukraine when it’s not the hot topic of the day anymore?), fuck you for believing in lies and putin’s propaganda. everyone is so fucking aware and well-versed in politics on the internet. but it’s easy to be when your country cares about fucking human rights at least A LITTLE, right? it's easy to assume that free speech is everywhere and available to everyone, right?

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Welcome to Columbia Untisemity

Kelcy: Hi everyone, we are live on YouTube with Colombia Untisemity News, where everyone is welcome. LGBTQH…

Wordle: H?

Kelcy: Hamas.

Wordle: Yeah, I totally simp Hamas, it's so trending right now.

Both: From The River To The Sea! Palestine will be free!

Kelcy: Do you know why it's true? Because it rhymes. Just look at all this toxic Zionist propaganda. Kidnapped in Gaza? Does this look like Gaza to you?

Wordle: Yeah, brah, I have no idea what Gaza looks like…

Kelcy: And they're smiling… do hostages smile? Zionist liars!

Wordle: Totally sus…

Kelcy: Do they think we're stupid?

Wordle: Stupid? I major in queer post-colonial astrology. Ew! Jews make the world dirty. And no, I'm not antisemitic, I'm racist-fluid.

Kelcy: Exactly. And now for a little break from all this activism, we want to say hello to our BFF:

Wordle: Bestie Freedom Fighter!

Kelcy: Abu Fatua in Gaza. Salam aleykum.

Abu: Aleykum salam, and inshallah, Allah will kill all you infidels.

Wordle: Thank you so much for joining us. I love the head-piece. The whole oppression chic… very drip.

Kelcy: Mister Fatwa, how are you? Are you safe?

Abu: Oh yes, I'm safe. I'm in a tunnel under the Gaza Hospital. Above me I have Allah and 2 million civilians protecting me.

Kelcy: Community is so important these days.

Wordle: Do you need like humanitarian aid? Food? Fuel? Medicine?

Abu: It's okay, I have everything. I'm only hungry for rockets.

Wordle: As long as it's organic. I wish I could be right there with you.

Abu: You can. You can come to Gaza any time, and we will throw you from the roof, you homosexual dirt.

Wordle: Do you hear? They want to throw me a rooftop party!

Kelcy: They are so welcoming and inclusive…

Wordle: So Shukran! And you are also very welcome to come here to America.

Abu: We will come. First, we finish with Israel and America is next.

Kelcy: Great! So, I guess we'll see you soon.

Abu: Yes, it would be a blast!

Wordle: I can't wait. It will be so multicultural.

Abu: Ya Allah, you are so stupid.

Kelcy: Thank you so much Abu, we love you!

Abu: I won't even bother killing you, it's a waste of bullets.

Wordle: Good Vibes only.

Abu: It's better you just kill yourself.

Wordle: Okay bye!

Abu: Die.

Both: From the river to the sea! Palestine will be Jews-free!

Kelcy: Yeah, that sounds better.

Wordle: It is better.

==

Eretz Nehederet (meaning, "A Wonderful Country") is an Israeli prime-time television satirical sketch comedy show.

Shockingly accurate. My new favorite term is "racist-fluid."

[ohdorothea]

This tournament is being run by and for queer fans, homophobes will be blocked on sight <3 More info here! Lyrics for the songs under the cut!

Put in the tags your interpretations or propaganda for a specific song! Tags will be used to decide what songs may be saved if there are extra slots in the next round!

I Think He Knows lyrics

I think he knows

His footprints on the sidewalk

Lead to where I can't stop

Go there every night

I think he knows

His hands around a cold glass

Make me wanna know that

Body like it's mine

He got that boyish look that I like in a man

I am an architect, I'm drawing up the plans

It's like I'm 17, nobody understands

No one understands

He got my heartbeat

Skipping down 16th Avenue

Got that, oh, I mean

Wanna see what's under that attitude like

I want you, bless my soul

And I ain't gotta tell him, I think he knows

I think he knows

I think he knows

When we get all alone

I'll make myself at home

And he'll want me to stay

I think he knows

He better lock it down

Or I won't stick around

'Cause good ones never wait (Ha)

He got that boyish look that I like in a man

I am an architect, I'm drawing up the plans

He's so obsessed with me and, boy, I understand

Boy, I understand

He got my heartbeat (Heartbeat)

Skipping down 16th Avenue

Got that, oh, I mean (I mean)

Wanna see what's under that attitude like

I want you, bless my soul

And I ain't gotta tell him, I think he knows

I think he knows

I want you, bless my

I want you, bless my soul

I want you, bless my

I want you, bless my soul

Lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh

We can follow the sparks, I'll drive

Lyrical smile, indigo eyes, hand on my thigh

We can follow the sparks, I'll drive

"So where we gonna go?"

I whisper in the dark

"Where we gonna go?"

I think he knows

He got my heartbeat (Heartbeat)

Skipping down 16th Avenue (Baby)

Got that, oh, I mean (I mean)

Wanna see what's under that attitude like (Yeah)

I want you, bless my soul

And I ain't gotta tell him, I think he knows

I think he knows

I want you, bless my

I want you, bless my soul

I want you, bless my (Oh, baby)

I want you, bless my soul (He got my heartbeat)

I want you, bless my (Skipping down 16th Avenue, baby)

I want you, bless my soul

I want you, bless my soul

And I ain't gotta tell him, I think he knows

It's Nice To Have A Friend lyrics

Ooh

Ooh

School bell rings, walk me home

Sidewalk chalk covered in snow

Lost my gloves, you give me one

"Wanna hang out?" Yeah, sounds like fun

Video games, you pass me a note

Sleeping in tents

It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)

It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)

Light pink sky up on the roof

Sun sinks down, no curfew

20 questions, we tell the truth

You've been stressed out lately, yeah, me too

Something gave you the nerve

To touch my hand

It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)

It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)

Church bells ring, carry me home

Rice on the ground looks like snow

Call my bluff, call you "Babe"

Have my back, yeah, every day

Feels like home, stay in bed

The whole weekend

It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)

It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)

It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)

It's nice to have a friend (Ooh)

(Ooh)

[dumbass-duo-showdown]

Dumbass duo showdown, bird preliminaries!

Photo cred @falco.columbarius for the first photo

Nancy & Gotawsi propaganda

Did you know that it was possible for birds to have DRAMA?! Yeah. Meet gotawsi. He’s one of the breeding birds in Ontario’s very small piping plover population. First, he would not stop making nests everywhere. Then he nested in a terrible spot. AND THEN he cheated on his partner!!! He was so confused for three weeks. He did not know who is partner was. He did not know what he was doing. He mated with his wife/grandma. He is own grandpa. He doesn’t even know. He’s the worlds most anxious father. NANCY on the other hand. She would often leave gotawsi to do his own thing. This species is so endangered that we can’t afford to have dumbasses but THESE TWO made for the most dramatic breeding season yet. She would leave gotawsi alone for hours while she ate bugs. She hung out out in parking lots. There are less than 15 of these things in the entire province and she’s out here PLAYING IN TRAFFIC. She’s so crazy.

Paul & Paula propaganda

I also wanted to present my grandma's birds! They might not be the dumbest but they are adorable. They're pigeons who live on the roof of my grandma's apartment building and come back every summer. They will sit apart for ages, glancing at each other, every evening. Then one will fly and perch next to the other and they will start exchanging tiny kisses with their beaks. It is super cute. Then they will mate for like 5 seconds and after sit slightly apart again, refusing to look at each other. Then sometimes they will repeat the whole cycle or just fly away. Basically, they're married but refusing to admit they're dating, you know? I believe that counts as a little dumb behaviour.

[mushroom-madness]

🍄 Round 1: Match 5 🍄

🍄 Vote for your Favorite Fungi! 🍄

Descriptions Below ⬇️

Leif

“Leif is one of the protagonists of Bug Fables, they're a cordyceps fungus inside a moth host. They've been in some other tournaments (notably the graveyard gambit tourney, for zombie characters). There are other cordyceps in Bug Fables but since Leif is a protagonist they're the most qualified for polls in general. They're an ice wizard who uses plural pronouns (we/us/our), has Fungus Autism(tm), and their favorite things are food, cute creatures, and card games. They had a wife and kids, they don't know what glasses are, and sometimes they speak in keysmashes. Not to be biased but they're the best character ever made” - Submission 46

“*slaps roof of moth* This mans is SO full of 'shroom (which is. A major spoiler for the game, but hey! He's a fungus (cordyceps) and I lobve himb)” - Submission 67

“He may not look like a fungus, but he’s actually a moth zombie reanimated by Cordyceps fungus. He is both bug and mushroom :)” - Submission 104

“Lief sweep let’s goooo” - Submission 139

Leif Propaganda 1

Leif Propaganda 2

Bug Fables Wiki

Princess Shroob

“Such an underrated Mario villain from such an underrated Mario game. She's the leader of an entire race of EVIL mushroom alien dudes, with a surprisingly difficult boss battle and a really devious plan. This is a pretty dark Mario game, surprisingly enough, and she even succeeds in taking over the Toad village and castle. So, yeah. I think she should go here for being a good villain.” - Submission 205

“Princess Shroob is the primary antagonist for the majority of Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. Hence her name, Princess Shroob is the second-in-command of an alien race, the Shroobs. Although, initially, it appears that she is their leader her sister Elder Princess Shroob really is.” - MarioWiki