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[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Selling the Spear of Longinus (barley used) on Ebay. for only 1 MILLION DOLLARYDOS

[–] AvocadoVapelung@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago

seller's note: pickup ONLY, i'm not flying this shit all the way from the moon for you

[–] cmhickman358@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

For sale: One Ring which allows its ~~b~~wearer to exert power and influence over the minds of others. 7 Previous owners.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I can only think of 5, 6 if you count Sam

[–] cmhickman358@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm including Samwise and Déagol, I know Déagol only had it for a couple minutes but it still counts, and Samwise had it for about a day in Cirith Ungol.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Deagol is a stretch, Tom Bombadillo would have to be added if that's the case. Claiming ownership and just possessing the ring are also very distinct

[–] cmhickman358@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The way I was thinking of it was exactly that, while Tom Bombadil physically possessed the ring, he made no claims to ownership of it. Déagol both laid claim to it and had it in his possession, so even though it was only long enough for Sméagol to suffocate him and take it, for those 5 minutes he had it the ring was indeed his. To Tom Bombadil it was the equivalent to seeing a neat stick or rock, he picked it up to study it but then put it back. He didn't want to own it, just to look at it.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I forgot Deagol even had a chance to speak

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I actually found a replica of the One Ring on the floor at work sometime wonder if I could get in on this grift.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A replica how? Cause it generally just kinda looks like a wedding ring

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It has the full inscription in Tolkien's conlang/alphabet.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Without setting it on fire? Nerds will know its fake. Im a giant Tolkien nerd, sell it to someone who is one of those. Itd be easier.

[–] ClassIsOver@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

Tom Bombadil only handled it, so I get to 6, too.

[–] wolfinthewoods@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

Itsss prrrecious

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

alright here's my new grift

ring of protection +1

makes you 5% less likely to be affected by negative events, including environmental hazards, poisons, and mental attacks.

$2000

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

Don't listen to this guy, I got a ring of protection +2! Super rare and cheap$$$ 1,500 obo

"complete scam. Doesn't protect against spiritual attacks. Got pneumonia despite wearing it"

-J. Peterson

[–] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago

Why would people go to eBay when you could hire a quality witch from Etsy?

[–] SmithrunHills@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago

Is this what's been causing all the reactionary deaths lately? Might be a worthwhile investment

[–] miz@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

for the foreseeable future the shortfall in profits will be made up by scamming atomized elderly people with home equity

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

Always has been. As much as I hate South Park the episode about the QVC guy scamming Stan's grandpa is spot on.

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

If you write a good enough description you get a wikipage and 4 movies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dybbuk_box

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

picture of a similar box with liquor inside it

Wikipedia's description: A duplicate box Biddle ordered online following his investigation, complete with actual spirits.

that's a great pun, Wikipedia should have more humorous asides on non-serious subjects, like the old description of the song "baby got back" that they unfortunately got rid of.

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

In the opening verse, Sir Mix-A-Lot professes his affinity for large buttocks and his inability to conceal this fact from others. He goes on to describe other desirable physical attributes such as a trim waistline, tight fitting garments, and unblemished skin. Though the song does not contain a distinct narrative, the author does visit upon recurrent themes such as, female body image as depicted in media, male attitudes towards dating and relationships, and the author’s own sexual prowess.

In later verses he expresses his exasperation with the entertainment industry’s portrayal of the ideal female form. He soundly rejects the notion promulgated by fashion magazines that smaller diminutive buttocks are more desirable. His critique of the women that appeared in contemporary music videos was particularly scathing, likening their appearance to those of prostitutes. To further illustrate his point, he stipulates the purported ideal proportions of 36-24-36 (measuring the bust, waist, and hip diameter respectively) would only be pleasing on women with a standing height no greater than 63 inches.

Mix-A-Lot also briefly touches upon the rolls that ethnicity, nutrition, and physical fitness play in determining the shape and size of the female buttocks. He recommends that any exercises performed should be limited to the abdominal area. He cautions against a fitness routine strenuous enough to diminish the heft of the gluteal muscles. Though he offers no broad dietary guidelines, Mix-A-Lot contends that the dish “red beans and rice” is an important food staple for maintaining a healthy buttocks.

Various lyrics address the fact that some men find no intrinsic value in large buttocks and consequently feign disinterest. Mix-A-Lot makes clear that he would eagerly strike up relations with any woman overlooked or discarded by such men. The remainder of the narrative is fleshed out with the author’s various attempts to entice women into enjoying a ride in his luxury automobile, presumably in exchange for sexual favors.

It's an accurate description, wiki fascists spoil our fun

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

I remember not long ago seeing a video essentially doing this same bit but for Love Sosa; it was a vertical short form video of this skinny blonde white lady reading books in various spliced shots, voicing over with a really long and overintellectualized analysis of the lyrics. It stuck out to me that someone commented that it was distasteful as a genre of joke because it boils down to "this art that Black people made is stupid, wouldn't it be funny if we treated it like it isn't?" but then I thought about it for a bit and I think that's overtly uncharitable. Why can't it just be treated as art that is worth dissecting with that level of granularity? Sure, there's a humorous element to doing that because of how different the tone of the analysis is from the piece itself, but that doesn't mean it's a derisive or denigrating engagement. If irony can help break the barrier of taking something seriously, why not? I mean, not that there hasn't been lots of scholarship on hip hop semiotics and its political implications, but you have to find a way to communicate that info to the masses.

Maybe it's my pathological overthinking to go through about 3 steps of dialectical synthesis just from seeing a short video. Apologies for shadowboxing under your comment, I don't mean this to be an argument or anything I'm just recollecting.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Did you check the link lol? It has a whole esoteric manifesto attached in the description.

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not snappy enough, plus the '99 web design look makes it hard to take seriously

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Will this put the haunted doll sellers out of business?? 🤔 😱

Just your daily reminder that the McElroy brothers are in the pocket of Big Haunted Doll

[–] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Those are three conflicting magical traditions and the last one is just the dudes who were like "what if we invented international banking"

[–] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

The similarities and overlap at points between corporations and egregores is real, especially taken from a legal and social point of view.

[–] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can confirm, this is one of my many side gigs. I take AE/Shein jewelry that looks like something a MMO mage or Walter Mercado would wear and say its lucky or for love or something for like 15 bux. What gets me is you can literally grab any random thing in your house say you blessed it with hexbear-specter or whatever and off you go. Hard part is this stuff goes in boom busts, could be holding onto it for months then suddenly all your items sell at once.

I shouldn't have sold my lucky cat buckle belt, I could have used it for a 70s costume, oh well.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Walter Mercado! That's a guy I had forgotten about.

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I always thought it was hilarious that a guy who was so clearly and unashamedly grifting had Market for a last name.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have fond memories of him. I grew up with him and drag queens on our local TV. Obviously it's not that there wasn't a veil of homophobia and transphobia around them, but I definitely feel like over here it's usually the case that gender non conformance is so politicized that you can only exist in marginal alternative media if you don't live up to a specific image that the boomers who still watch TV expect.

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I only know about him because he would show up in ads promoting his late-late night show (which I couldn't watch coz it aired at like 2 am). Growing up it would've been unthinkable to show anything non-gender conforming on regular hours on TV. The only time was when Betty la fea had Don Armando cross dress as a punchline.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No Druxila Divine over there? Dang.

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The name rings a bell but I don't think she was ever a thing where I'm from.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago

Divine was a very big drag queen in the US, we got our own version who basically just stole her whole thing? I don't know honestly, I only have some vague memories myself.

[–] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Nothing like going into the living room talking to be greeted by shushes, everyone's around the TV listening intently to 'el mentiroso' for their horoscope like an absolutely major world-shattering announcement gonna drop, and my luck near everyone, even my grandma was a Sagittarius, so whatever I needed to say was gonna wait a good long min while you could hear a mouse fart. I had a bit of a crush on him when I was little tho, lol.

[–] Sickos@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

98¢ on AliExpress

[–] LeZero@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago

You can buy the ring of Suleiman and gain control of all the djinns for less than 500 american dollars? Inflation must be a lie

[–] RedDawn@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

I found out about this because I was trying to find a teddy bear that looked like one I had as a kid and there was a similar looking one on eBay but it was being sold as a “haunted” teddy bear with a whole tragic backstory of the little boy who owned it and now haunts it I guess.

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[–] Homer_Simpson@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

Used to be you could buy human bones on ebay