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Alexander J Newall please spend less time on the internet I am begging

#I lost it at the bruh sound effect #‘I sneaked in—✨allegedly✨’ #‘and just give me a look *audible 👁️👄👁️ sound*’ #the Magnus protocol #tmagp #you can’t do that and then end it LIKE THAT

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made a lil thing

#well damn #doomed from the start #🙃

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The Eurovision song contest is facing intense scrunity and accusations of discrimination after it rebuked Swedish-Palestinian pop star Eric Saade for wearing a Palestinian scarf in the opening act of the semi-finals. Saade, whose father is of Palestinian origin, kicked off the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden on Tuesday evening with a keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian and Arab male headdress, wrapped around his wrist. [...] In response, the organisers of the contest, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) released a statement saying it "regretted" that Saade wore the scarf. "The Eurovision Song Contest is a live TV show. All performers are made aware of the rules of the contest, and we regret that Eric Saade chose to compromise the non-political nature of the event," it said. [...] Eurovision later posted clips of the performances of the other two opening acts on its social media pages, but did not share Saade’s, prompting social media users to share the performance on their personal pages to show support for the artist.

Waving Palestinian flags, wearing traditional Palestinian garments, or if we're being honest, just being Palestinian, is now officially "too political" for Eurovision.

Literally, all Saade did was wear a keffiyeh around his wrist—while being Palestinian—and that was enough to get a statement from the EBU, and have his opening performance scrubbed from Youtube.

If you're not already boycotting Eurovision this year, then what the fuck is wrong with you?

Below are two statements from Saade. The first one, giving his reason for participating, was posted a few days ago, and the other was in response to the EBU accusing him of 'compromising the non-political nature' of the Genocide Song Contest:

Reminder again to BOYCOTT EUROVISION 🇵🇸

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Translation (Egyptian Arabic):

“Guys what you’re seeing over there… that’s not a rat, that’s my dog. That’s my dog trying to make her way over. Bravo Bentley! Come on! Come on! My sweetheart, my sweetheart—”

It'a a ball? Bird? Rat? Ooooh... Okay.

#they’re fairly well known here #my sister claims she ran into them one time but I dunno if she did or not #I just love that he named her Bentley:’D

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While I agree to some extent and also understand the frustration (especially when it’s a really good joke too!) I think part of it is also a lot of people just tend to second-guess themselves and being afraid that a supposedly obvious word means something completely different

Like… alright disclaimer in that I do not speak Spanish but these are the examples that come to mind.

Here are two phrases: ‘estoy embarazada’ and ‘me pregunto’

Which one means “I’m pregnant”?

Answer: not ‘me pregunto’ (actually means ‘I wonder’!).

Even as a multilingual person this was confusing.

I thought ‘estoy embarazada’ meant ‘he is embarrassed’ or ‘he embraces’, so when I was told no, I thought of French and the word ‘embrasser’, Which means to kiss.

But no: ‘estoy embarazada’ means ‘I’m pregnant’.

Also, not only did I get the word wrong, but also the pronoun (because I was thinking Er in German, but to be fair that was just a weird association to make. :’D)

But yeah I think some people do get the joke, but then overthink it and go ‘but what if I don’t…”

i hate when i send someone a meme in another language and they're like "uhm... translate? 😒" fucker i sent you a meme where 90% of the words have an english cognate and/or you don't need to know what they're saying to find it funny. can you at least TRY

#I do get it though #also some jokes just land funnier in a different language

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#Egyptian #dad loves these hats :’D #he is 70

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you ever just sit and realise u can’t remember 80% of your childhood? like … what happened? who am i ..?

#they feel different #childhood amnesia is more like #you’ll go ages not thinking about play school #but then the smell of plasticine brings you back #to when you made little clay berries and pizzas #and built tiny houses with toddler friendly legos #but you won’t remember it any other time #childhood trauma is more like you’re trying to remember all the horrible stuff #that you went through in middle school #and you find it’s either a big gaping hole #or a big wall that pushes back against you #or even just like.. you with a big stop sign #and when you do remember it feels like ice being pushed down your wrists #or you go ‘well clearly it wasn’t that bad if it wasn’t very memorable’ #not universal of course but yeah #I think also a lot of people think trauma-based amnesia is almost always involuntary #but spend enough time forcing yourself not to think about something #forcing yourself not to feel anger or sadness about it #you will eventually block ot out at the cost of a lot of damage in how you process your emotions #you not remembering stuff you’ve intentionally forgotten is also trauma

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learning that apparently several hundred people have been pronouncing 'miette' as 'mighty' has actively worsened my day

#mee-yet! #her name means little crumb :’) #not sure if this is phonics though #we don’t learn phonics in English where I am beyond word blending #I think this is more people reading French in an English way #give yourselves more credit guys come on #no need to self deprecate over misreading

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#will still whine with ‘but I’m le tired’ occasionally #the llama song was my first proper internet song though

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Then again if left unsupervised I’d eat burnt garlic bits off a pan so I’m not sure if I’m a good judge of taste

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kill the shift manager in your brain

#I just tried this and 🤌🤌✨✨ #would not have thought to add honey to my grilled cheese #and the slight spice and the garlic are perfect #I will say probably use oregano rather than rosemary but it still tasted great #also very satisfying

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#muppets????

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Never forget that this would not be happening had Biden reined in Israel in October '23 instead of giving them a blank check to attack anyone they please. At the very least there should have been consequences for Israel bombing an embassy.

Instead Biden promised iron clad support for Israel. We're now facing the possibility of a huge regional war that will devastate the lives of tens of millions of civilians in West Asia

#free palestine

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The Girl From the Other Side (2022)

#oh is it out already?? #i was really looking forward to it

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#everyone from my bio dad’s side is extremely forgetful #and terrible at keeping contact #for a literal one though? #grandma’s house has a weird corridor #that everyone in our family is extremely unnerved by #no one knows why this corridor feels so off #also mom mentioned one time someone tried to curse my aunt #it was a crumpled ball of paper hidden in a vase so she wouldn’t find it #she mentioned it so casually too like it was a funny story #mom: 😊 us: 😨

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why are yt to mp3 websites always the shadiest fuckin sites I feel like I’m going down a dark alleyway risking the chance of getting drugged and/or stabbed just bc its the only place where I can find a guy to deal me some decent fart with extra reverb dot mp3s

#realplayer has a YouTube downloader feature #and also a video to mp3 converter