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[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 92 points 4 months ago

Hamas badges

Fuck you

[–] Tachanka@hexbear.net 81 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 57 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] Tachanka@hexbear.net 44 points 4 months ago

ooooooooooooooooh, gotcha

(my bad)

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 76 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Literally none of that is true, the shoe thing was added years after 9/11 because of the shoe bomber and it wasn't even in amerikkka and the shoe bomb didn't even work

guts-rage

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 50 points 4 months ago (1 children)

IIRC the TSA and all the "new" security measures have caught a grand total of 0 terrorists.

[–] sunshinesoul@hexbear.net 69 points 4 months ago

"hamas badges" oh jesus christ

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 67 points 4 months ago
[–] penquin@lemm.ee 63 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Damn, so now the Palestinian flag is Hamas? I thought this was their flag?

[–] axont@hexbear.net 50 points 4 months ago (4 children)

goddamn Arabic calligraphy looks so cool

Why can't anything written in English look this awesome

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 42 points 4 months ago

It can, but it's mostly relegated to the sides of trains. Seriously, graffiti is intense.

[–] tocopherol@hexbear.net 37 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] kristina@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago
[–] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How are there this many ways to write the shahada? They don't even look alike but say the same thing so often. It's impressive.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

Because there are several types of Arabic handwriting in its calligraphy form. This specific one is called "althuluth". Very famous and beautiful form of it.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

That's an old writing called "Koofi". The name comes from " Koofah" a city in the Iraqi province "Najaf" where a lot of this art originated from. This is a very old form of it (precisely, during and before the times of the start of Islam in the year 600 AC).

[–] blobjim@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago

Cursive can look cool.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I'm actually an Arabic calligraphist myself. Been doing it since I was about 7 years old. I'm now 43 and I still practice. It's become like an addiction to me. I even had a shop at some point of my life where I made shops signs and other things like those announcements they made when someone passes away (sorry don't know what they're called in English). I even made some decent money, too. I still have my read pieces and inks now here in the US.

[–] axont@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's amazing and you sound like you've had a cool life. I really respect your craft and the art you've made. Also I think the word you're looking for is obituary.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

Thank you so much. I can't say that my life was cool per se, as I lived it as a shephard/farmer. It was extremely rough. You could say it is cool when you look back it at now, but not then. We didn't have power back then, so my only entertainment was my craft and reading books. I'd go for hours, after a full day of work in the farm and taking care of our cattle(sheep mostly), writing and practicing or reading. I can't even count the number of books I have read (all non-fiction, BTW). Also, thank you for the word "obituary". I've learned a new word today and I always appreciate that :)

[–] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] penquin@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Never really made shirts, but I did draw tattoos for friends in the Army.

[–] Cowbee@hexbear.net 62 points 4 months ago

Workers supporting Palestine in the tamest way imaginable?! Not on my watch!

[–] axont@hexbear.net 61 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Those are the two most badass and dripped out looking flight attendants I've ever seen in my life

Like I'm feeling a little awooga about both of them panting

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 57 points 4 months ago

I'm sure iloveteslas420 with a blue-check on Elon's private racism playground is in good faith.

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 56 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

To answer the original tweeter's question, I congratulate the workers on being based

[–] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 48 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The one on the left is so incredibly panting

[–] Titou@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago

They both are tbh

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago
[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago

If these people were terrorists like these fascist believe, how come they haven't already taken this plane, for instance, hostage yet? I mean seriously, there's no thought put into this

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago

Fuck Delta and these Zionist, racist ass Amerikkkans.

[–] D61@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

Realizing how the rest of the world feels about seeing the American flag being sported by a Burgerlander.