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[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 103 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wow, that is impeccable timing.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 63 points 1 day ago (5 children)

47 hours and 21 minutes before he was shot....

Sounds like they got the intensity off a little tho:

I want to make it clear, I’m not calling on dark forces to cause him harm. I just want him to wake up every morning with an inexplicable zit. I want his podcast microphone to malfunction every time he hits record. I want his blue blazers to suddenly all be one size too small. I want one of his socks to always be sliding down his foot. I want his thumb to grow too big to tweet. To ruin his day with the collective feminist power of the Etsy coven would be my life’s greatest joy.

Maybe they forgot Venus was in retrograde?

[–] ctry21@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They did pay for the "shit your pants" spell, and that does happen shortly after death...so in a roundabout monkey's paw sort of way I guess that one worked

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 25 points 1 day ago

There were so many "minor bad thing happens" spells on him that the cosmos combined them all for ease of bookkeeping.

[–] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess you don't get to make specific demands when you start calling on the forces of darkness.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 14 hours ago

If this is the work of the Lord of Insufficient Light, I am very much a fan.

[–] Riftinducer@aussie.zone 8 points 23 hours ago

It's that "ruin his day with the collective feminist power of the Etsy coven" line that gets me. Talk about undersell, overdeliver

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe they got confused by an exponent or a measurement conversion

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I must've put a decimal point in the wrong place or something. Shit, I always do that. I always mess up some mundane detail.

-Michael Bolton

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

Woww is that your real name? Are you related to that singer guy?

[–] hector@lemmy.today 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

This was jupiter's work if I have ever seen it.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

i dunno, jupiter's more of a through the forehead and suddenly you figure something important about your life out as you die guy. or was that athena?

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 92 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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I am getting so many uses out of this meme today

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In 2020 there was a worldwide pagan ritual on Halloween (in which I participated) to bind Trump in order to prevent his election. Biden won. In 2024, there was no collective ritual and we know how that turned out. I don't actually believe in magic, but at this point, I'm happy to hedge(witch) my bets.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

… I don’t tell many people this but I feel like you can help carry my burden.

I dropped a toasted buttered bagel on election night, it landed on the floor butter side up.

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

I volunteered at the polls on election day and ran over a cardinal on the way there. That's when I knew we were cooked.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I keep seeing you post it and I don't know how it applies to Charlie Kirk

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

It applies to Etsy witches

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 60 points 1 day ago

Thank you for your service, Etsy Witches.

[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 55 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So, did my Etsy curses work? Time will tell. The forces move in mysterious ways, and as the Priestess reminded me, “Spellwork is a collaboration between the caster, the client, and the universe itself.” For now, we can only trust in the timing of the great unknown.

The Universe says, "hold my beer."

[–] 9blb@feddit.org 23 points 22 hours ago

By Wednesday, I checked Charlie’s socials to see if he was spouting anything new.

He sure was spouting blood from his neck.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The great unknown has a sense of humor it seems

[–] lordbritishbusiness@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

It's particularly fond of irony I find.

[–] mcbenavides85@piefed.social 35 points 1 day ago

Let’s raise more money for witches!

[–] moody@lemmings.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If anyone deserves a tip for exceptional service, it's those Etsy witches.

[–] murvel@feddit.nu -4 points 22 hours ago

For doing fuck-all?

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 16 hours ago

Wow. Curse of hatred on the new moon in August. Dead just after the Full moon of September. I hope the author purchased the protection spell.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 20 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Those witches could make a fortune with a time limited discount for hexes on Trump

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

And P eter The il

[–] clot27@lemmy.zip 17 points 20 hours ago

This is how religion starts

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 16 points 1 day ago

Fucking hell this just gets better:

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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 14 points 1 day ago

Well, that's customer satisfaction.

[–] DannyMac@sh.itjust.works 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

"Etsy witches." So that's what hitmen are calling themselves online now?

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

I mean, it's manual labor from a distance, what else would you call it?

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Looks like their caster rolled a nat 20 and scored the crit of a lifetime.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Bot@sub.community 1 points 46 minutes ago

You Shall Not Pass!

[–] habitualcynic@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How ~~do I~~ can my friend contact them?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

do not worry, they are panicked as fuck and busy cleansing their space now that a spell has worked, and busy preparing a Big Spell for the equinox with everyone else

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

man i ain't never cast no curse, always felt it was bad juju, but i gotta look into this shit.

new moon near the equinox comin up. hrm...

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago

Wow those witches are just really direct.

[–] skhayfa@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Who else is in their cursor?

[–] Bot@sub.community 2 points 1 day ago

Kickstart 'Curse Charlie KirK'

[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 15 hours ago