The news thread

[Lexi Darling]

Oh no, I guess I have to delete all my Gentle Giant albums now because they had an album with an octopus on the cover. I can't believe I didn't notice such an obvious antisemitic dogwhistle.

[ribbons]

I literally just picked up the phone and called my closest friend, who is Jewish - and she had absolutely no idea that an octopus is an antisemitic symbol.

However, apparently it is (or has been, historically):  https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/photo/anti-jewish-propaganda

No more "Octopus's Garden" for me.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4KUrntHu60

[Lexi Darling]

Yeah I was raised Jewish as well and I had no idea either.

I'm sure there are situations in which it's used as an antisemitic symbol. But getting up in arms over a teenager with an octopus plush reeks of grasping at straws to find something to attack her over.

[ribbons]

^ I agree.  Will this affect Etsy sales of octopus cuddle toys, I wonder? 

[grindy]

As a fellow Jew I also had no idea about the octopus thing. But now I'm in the mood for some Gentle Giant. Thanks, Mrs. Waffles!

[DJChameleon]

Very posh name for someone who bangs stuffed animals. In his car.

Is it the meth that makes people horny for stuffed animals?

I just googled it because I too was curious. Meth is a stimulant so it can boost your sex drive and make you horny yep yep.

[Guybrush]

I just googled it because I too was curious. Meth is a stimulant so it can boost your sex drive and make you horny yep yep.

Right, right.

Okay, I'm gonna go buy some meth.

[Lexi Darling]

As someone who has done meth, yes, it does make you hornier.

Thankfully I got off meth and now I only do METH (My Estrogen Transgender Hormones).

[Psy-Fi]

Right, right.

Okay, I'm gonna go buy some meth.

I hope someone hides the stuffed animals.

[Psy-Fi]

Michigan State apologizes for displaying picture of Adolf Hitler on the videoboard before a football game

[jimmy jazz]

Michigan State apologizes for displaying picture of Adolf Hitler on the videoboard before a football game

This happens a lot over here, too many examples to list. Fans can't be trusted with stuff like this.

It is pretty funny imo.

[Lexi Darling]

With all the rampant fascism on the American right these days, I'd question whether the culprit was just doing it as a joke.

[jimmy jazz]

With all the rampant fascism on the American right these days, I'd question whether the culprit was just doing it as a joke.

Unlikely. It's just the nature of fans trying to get a laugh. I could post loads of similar examples.

[Psy-Fi]

This happens a lot over here, too many examples to list. Fans can't be trusted with stuff like this.

It is pretty funny imo.

I remember a Leeds United game, back when COVID was raging and they were putting cardboard cutouts of people in the stands during games, where someone put one of Osama Bin Laden in the stands.

Wouldn't surprise me if Hitler had made an appearance at one of those games, also.

[Lexi Darling]

Fair enough. I was unaware that this was apparently some kind of weird tradition lol.