As much as most of us (I assume) found Joker Out through Eurovision last year and maybe are big fans of the contest (me included), please consider boycotting Eurovision this year!
Palestinians and allies have called for the disqualification of Israel but the EBU has refused. Now Israel is participating with a song that used to be called "October Rain" (the title has been changed) that is very clearly referencing October 7th.
Russia was (rightfully) disqualified for opening fire on Ukraine. Israel is allowed to continue, despite the year-long occupation and murdering thousands of Palestinians in the last half year alone.
Boycotting means not watching, not streaming the shows, not creating or interacting with any Eurovision content. You will miss out on a glittery night of music and it will suck, but it will help path the way to a free Palestine! 🍉
Read the BDS Movements statement from March 2nd 2024 here.
for something as trivial and simple those feelings sure are hard to get rid of
also made a gif a version for fun + alt version with no tears under the cut
the gif is in very low resolution...this is a feature (i could make it bigger but that would require saving each frame individually and than glueing it all together. also i feel like low resolution suits it better. aesthetically and fits the mood)
Paul was great. He was full of fun and desperate to be Elvis. He did all the hair and everything, and he had a similar facial look, only he was prettier than Elvis. He didn’t sag off like George and I did but we’d always see him in smokers’ corner, and he drew great cartoons of members of staff –as soon as you looked at them you knew who they were. I stood next to Paul in assembly. (George didn’t come in –he was still going down to the canteen with the other Catholics and Jews.) There’d be the lesson for the day and the headmaster’s speech, when he named whoever he wanted to thrash with his cane, and in every hymn we sang I never heard Paul sing the melody –he always did the harmony line. I used to stand there and think, ‘How the fuck does he do that?’
hubert is a marketing genius because the way he has crafted his image is impeccable. most of the fandom believes he regularly tortures people even though there’s nothing in the text suggesting that, but it just sounds so obviously like something he’d do. he doesn’t have to do anything. it’s enough for people to be convinced he does. it’s impressive really