#self-immolate

[sillynet]

music blinkies #3

+ a couple stamps as a treat

[rhynerd]

What up, chucklefucks? [affectionate]

It's time for Vex's Mechs and Memes, where I take some of the lancer memes by @vexwerewolf and hit them with their intended tone of voice, that of LoadingReadyRun's character of Dave's Spokesman.

Moments after noticing that Vex made yet another Lancer meme, this time on a class of NPC instead of a mech, I decided "hey, this one might be fun to do, even if I don't technically have to since it's not one for the player mechs." It's the one ready to explode the moment it hears about a Sunzi; the Operator!

Thing is, this one also inspired to me to break from the usual voice and see how the second half would go if I just raged like the operator's actually doing in the second half of this meme.

The image I used for the art of the angry take's player was a sketch from @mcnostril for his webcomic Beach WZRD, which I gladly recommend.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy! If not, then maybe you'll enjoy one of the other ones I've done, or you could change pace entirely and try one of the things I've brought up, like the webcomic or LoadingReadyRun's various videos. I won't hold a grudge, I'm not the Operator.

[petluck]

"Venusian, sickness dire, I want to be set on fire."

[nothazellevesque]

a man self immolated in front of the israeli embassy in washington dc yesterday. not just any man. an active member of the us air force. he live streamed his death, and said that he refused to be complicit in a genocide any longer. he said that compared to what palestinians were facing every day, setting himself alight was nothing.

let me reiterate. an active duty air force member burned himself alive because he was so disgusted by what the us government was openly supporting. he live-streamed his own suicide, so the whole world could bear witness as a man in his military uniform set himself on fire to protest his government’s complicity in the horrors that we have all been forced to watch happen in real time. he became a new horror. footage of the immolation blurs him out the moment the fire catches, but you can hear him. it is over in seconds, really, but you can hear him screaming. he shouts “free palestine” until his body physically cannot make any sounds other than guttural screams of agony. and then he falls silent. a police officer arrives and points a gun at his still burning body, shouting at him to get down on the ground. and it is over.

his name was Aaron Bushnell. he was twenty five years old. and he isn’t here anymore because the political ruling class has decided that genocide is perfectly fine as long as it preserves imperialism. in the coming days, people will try to discredit him. to say that he was mentally unstable. they will try to bury his actions to save face and defend israel’s propaganda. do not let them. aaron knew what he was doing. he knew what he was doing when he put on his military uniform, set up his twitch stream, and made his final walk up to the embassy. he knew what would happen to him when he flicked that lighter. do not let them forget. aaron’s blood is on the hands of the political ruling class.

[asweetprologue]

this is so devastating. laois should have just shot him with a gun

[leiandroid]

"free palestine," he shouted until his last breath. aaron bushnell, we will never forget you.

as much as bushnell's actions has moved us all, please seek other ways to take actionable measures against the injustices we face in the world. none of us wanted him gone, and the least we can do is prevent another such tragedy by supporting each other in our efforts to enact lasting change.

[athena5898]

(BreakThrough News) — An attempted self-immolation took place at a Washington DC protest, apparently in opposition to biased media coverage of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Witnesses say the man announced he worked for CBS.

[sugas6thtooth]

May Aaron rest in peace. His values and the legacy he leaves behind is one of humanity. Society has failed, to the point where we must go up in flames to request a natural obligation such as freedom.

[to-dance-beneath-the-diamond-sky]

what the fuck who wrote the wikipedia page for Aaron Bushnell?!?!? what the fuck is misleading and polarizing about his statement????!?!

[tired-demonspawn]

Something something the inherent homoeroticism of straightrazor shaving also known as: yippee!!!! spa day!!! :D

[lesbianshepard]

I've been in Ohio for work for almost two months and one thing I can not process is that what they call "traffic" is what I would call "normal driving conditions." The NYC metro area would kill the average Midwesterner, I think. They have no idea how goddamned easy they have it.

[grunklebongrip]

So did Ford pick up setting his face on fire while dimension hopping or did he just scare the ever-loving fuck out of Fiddleford one day

[alanshemper]

[fortunatefires]

After the death of Aaron Bushnell I can't stop thinking about the quote "Revolutionary suicide does not mean that I and my comrades have a death wish; it means just the opposite. we have such a strong desire to live with hope and human dignity that existence without them is impossible."

[everchased]

so, Astarion and Finch. which one of them watches the other fight and thinks "that's so hot"?

finch finds astarion's skill and deftness with a blade VERY sexy admirable but i think the person who has that immediate "HOT" moment is astarion himself.

there is probably something immediately attractive to astarion "technically not a murderhobo but only because he dresses nice" ancunin about seeing a man who (for the most part) tries to favor persuasion decide that a situation is bad enough to call for killing someone

and swiftly, effectively, and mercilessly

following through with that decision.

[decarbry]