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[–] DannyMac@sh.itjust.works 1 points 29 minutes ago

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

[–] clot27@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 hours ago

This is how religion starts

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 10 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] Wytch@lemmy.zip 42 points 11 hours 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 10 points 6 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 14 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The great unknown has a sense of humor it seems

[–] lordbritishbusiness@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

It's particularly fond of irony I find.

[–] habitualcynic@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago

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

[–] moody@lemmings.world 29 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] murvel@feddit.nu -2 points 5 hours ago

For doing fuck-all?

[–] oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 83 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

I am getting so many uses out of this meme today

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 29 points 15 hours ago

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.

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

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

It applies to Etsy witches

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 93 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Wow, that is impeccable timing.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 50 points 16 hours 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?

[–] hector@lemmy.today 2 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] Riftinducer@aussie.zone 3 points 6 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

[–] ctry21@sh.itjust.works 44 points 16 hours 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 19 points 13 hours 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 15 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe they got confused by an exponent or a measurement conversion

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 3 points 4 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 4 hours ago

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

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 59 points 16 hours ago

Thank you for your service, Etsy Witches.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 11 points 13 hours ago

Well, that's customer satisfaction.

[–] mcbenavides85@piefed.social 34 points 17 hours ago

Let’s raise more money for witches!

[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 15 points 16 hours ago

Fucking hell this just gets better:40801

[–] skhayfa@lemmy.world 6 points 16 hours ago

Who else is in their cursor?

[–] Bot@sub.community 2 points 14 hours ago

Kickstart 'Curse Charlie KirK'