WeirdGoesPro
@WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- Comment on How can I find forums about specific things? 6 hours ago:
There’s Hoffman music forum. Private torrent sites have great forums for different genre’s of art. There are forums for writers, queer people, furries, and almost every other subculture out there.
Whachutalkin’ about, Willis?
- Comment on Anon describes apple's practices 7 hours ago:
I don’t know OP well enough, but I did work for Apple for many years, and several of these details don’t match their script at all.
- Comment on Anon describes apple's practices 14 hours ago:
This story is a lie.
- Comment on How does one become a clown? 2 days ago:
That is going to be outside the scope of normal clown schooling. You may want to get an act together and approach an alternative freak show—I feel like that might fit well. Otherwise, it sounds like you’d probably be going the self employed route.
- Comment on How does one become a clown? 2 days ago:
Independent study is the cornerstone of any good education.
- Comment on How does one become a clown? 2 days ago:
Clown colleges. Some of the ones in France are downright prestigious.
- Comment on How does one become a clown? 2 days ago:
It kind of depends on what kind of clown you want to be.
There are clown colleges that you can go to which will help you make connections that can lead to circus jobs. They also teach you about the different types of classic clown tropes, and will help you narrow down to the specific skill set that works for you. Here is a website that will help you find clown colleges:
clownswithoutborders.org/top-clown-schools-u-s/
Rodeo clowns are a different breed altogether. To become a rodeo clown, you need to be somewhat insane, have no fear of death by trampling, and then you need to hang out at rodeos to make the right connections. Finding some basic job at a rodeo would be a good start, and then you can work your way into the clown role once they recognize that you are completely bonkers and willing to stand in front of a charging bull.
Party clowns are essentially entrepreneurs. You need to develop the skills on your own, and then find someone to give you a shot at their kids birthday party. Relationships are essential—don’t be afraid to ask your clients for referrals, and make sure you are professional, personable, and entertaining at all times around them. It is a hard road, but like any freelance business, once you get the ball rolling in your area, you have the potential to carve out a decent career. It is especially important that you use your connections for a broader reputation among schools and churches because eventually the first wave of kids will grow up, and you will need to transition into the next generation.
- Comment on Man, I hate it when this happens! 2 days ago:
As a matter of fact, yes.
My biggest recommendation is the book 78 Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack. She compares the imagery off of the most popular symbolic systems for tarot, and really dives in to the esoteric meaning of each symbol. If you can absorb her book, you will be able to read nearly any deck you come across on sight alone.
For the Thoth tarot specifically, I would recommend Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot by Lon Milo DuQuette. The Thoth deck is a slightly more advanced deck in my opinion, but it ties tarot philosophy to Kabbalah, Jungian psychology, and a whole lot more.
I started as a Rider Waite deck reader (which is the most common symbol set in tarot), and Rachel Pollack’s book is perfect for understanding that, but then I moved into the Thoth deck as I got more advanced and understood what a genius Crowley was with this kind of stuff. There is no right or wrong answer—use the deck that speaks to you—but I’d recommend starting off with a standard Rider Waite and seeing where the journey takes you.
- Comment on Man, I hate it when this happens! 2 days ago:
This is the tarot Trump card “the fool”. The fact that he is using the axe incorrectly is part of the point. He just bumbles forwards blindly, driven along by the cat who swipes at his balls, unburdened by any intention whatsoever.
The fool is an incredibly important card in that it is the genesis of all action. As card 0, he sort of stands outside the path of the major arcana and can be seen as the beginning of any line of progression. Without the fool, nothing would or could ever begin.
Source: I am a woo woo individual who has spent a lot of time with the cards.
- Comment on Looking for work? Need a job with good pay and benefits? Have any sense of ethics? ICE is hiring and has low standards. Sign up for ICE and be the most incompetent agent in history. 3 days ago:
They seem pretty competent at spreading misery and pain so far.
- Comment on Looking for work? Need a job with good pay and benefits? Have any sense of ethics? ICE is hiring and has low standards. Sign up for ICE and be the most incompetent agent in history. 3 days ago:
That may be so, but the problem is getting a statistically significant number of people to participate and go unnoticed. People are already being arrested for interfering with ICE. If they have a bad employee, they will get fired. If they think that employee intentionally let people get away, they will be arrested. If they think there is a conspiracy to create hundreds of bad employees (which is what we are doing here), then they will investigate and find a reason to arrest en masse.
- Comment on all it takes 3 days ago:
How you doin’?
- Comment on US Politicians praying inside the House of Representatives 3 days ago:
4:20, ayoooo! /s
- Comment on Looking for work? Need a job with good pay and benefits? Have any sense of ethics? ICE is hiring and has low standards. Sign up for ICE and be the most incompetent agent in history. 3 days ago:
It is definitely a fun thing to think about, just not realistically feasible as the person I was responding to was hoping for.
- Comment on I require nothing more 3 days ago:
Yes, the knick-knacks are my most prized possessions. Crystal balls, monkey skulls, old clocks—these are the building blocks of my happiness. Nothing brings me more joy than a perfectly arranged curio cabinet. It is like an OCD orgasm.
- Comment on Looking for work? Need a job with good pay and benefits? Have any sense of ethics? ICE is hiring and has low standards. Sign up for ICE and be the most incompetent agent in history. 3 days ago:
They have been taking pictures and using facial recognition at protests, they are adept at scouring people’s online footprint, and they have thousands of employees. How do you plan to get a statistically significant number of sympathetic people into their ranks undetected, and then keep them there as they throw a wrench in the works?
This is a pipe dream.
- Comment on Looking for work? Need a job with good pay and benefits? Have any sense of ethics? ICE is hiring and has low standards. Sign up for ICE and be the most incompetent agent in history. 3 days ago:
This is a very bad idea.
- Comment on Alligator Auschwitz 3 days ago:
Odd, wasn’t me. 🤷♂️
- Comment on Alligator Auschwitz 4 days ago:
Legitimate threats aren’t a shitpost.
- Comment on Glitter Bats!! 5 days ago:
I heard that plenty in East Texas too.
- Comment on Is there really anything stopping an evil government from just poisoning the water supply to commit a massacre/genocide/ethnic-clensing? 1 week ago:
Sodie pop woman from my 600 pound life
There are some people who only drink sodie pop.
- Comment on Time to redraw America's borders in a way that finally makes sense. 1 week ago:
I was about to say—we lost the panhandle, and nobody realistically knows what lives there anyway.
- Comment on Who turned on friendly fire? 1 week ago:
Jack Dougherty will be the worst soldier.
- Comment on Might be time to find another job 1 week ago:
Exactly.
- Comment on Why does it feel like protesting isn't as "extreme" as it used to be? 1 week ago:
In the words of Anton LaVey, they are addicted to the “good guy badge”. They’d rather die feeling morally clean than get their hands dirty to save their country, neighbors, and values. The liberals I hear judging people for violent protest the most are the ones who are privileged enough to have not personally felt the consequences yet.
In my opinion, it is a grotesque cowardice to admonish people for fighting for their lives just because you don’t have to.
- Comment on Why does it feel like protesting isn't as "extreme" as it used to be? 1 week ago:
I think that part of it is that the authorities are confident that we can’t do much. In the 60’s, wide scale protest that was not a preamble to a riot was rare. In recent times, everyone expects things to go off peacefully and just come to an end at some point. This plays directly into their hands, and they are confident that we are toothless.
- Comment on Might be time to find another job 1 week ago:
It’s not the kink, but the table manners that I shame.
- Comment on Might be time to find another job 1 week ago:
Y’all nasty.
- Comment on Accurate 1 week ago:
TIL it is impossible to have a tight and brightly colored butthole.
- Comment on Confirmation that you are a loser at everything 1 week ago:
The bottom of the card is real, but it isn’t from a Chinese buffet. This card is from a bar.
