aen [he/him]

br*tish/indian, i like reading and music and hate having adhd

also started learning pixel art :3

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Cake day: January 1st, 2023

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  • i am finally making the decision to remove a toxic interest from my life. i’ve watched eurovision since i was 13 and i don’t think my interest in the contest has ever been as intense as it was this year. i was basically lying to myself for months trying to convince myself that it’s fine that i’m following eurovision so closely because i’m ignoring israel and supporting pro-palestine artists

    i guess the israeli delegation harassing everyone got me to take my head out of my arse and i boycotted the grand final. it’s just sad i suppose. those artists aren’t bad people but in the end they either did nothing or did some performative activism that didn’t result in anything, and even though israel didn’t win, they still managed to get enough attention and controversy on their performance that everyone ignored their assault on rafah. i even saw people on twitter talking about how this is a great victory but that they’ll still fight against israel’s inclusion, as if this year wasn’t the best opportunity to get rid of them and it was squandered

    ultimately the only way to remove israel was to boycott eurovision and deal a financial blow to the broadcasters who enabled the european broadcasting union to keep israel in. but instead there were campaigns on twitter to “vote tactically against israel” by voting for croatia, switzerland, or ireland. im just disappointed in everyone i suppose. plus i feel like all of those eurofans who constantly talked about how important it was to ban israel and then went to the contest anyway just to boo israel when it was barely picked up on the stream anyway are hypocritical. there were countless other pro-palestinian events in malmo that were barely reported on even in eurovision fan circles

    idk what to feel anymore about eurovision tbh, but im not going to follow it anymore






  • im way too eurovision obsessed… there were 7 different national selection shows happening yesterday and i spent hours simultaneously watching them and going on twitter to see what people were saying

    my favoute song of the season won in norway though (it’s a really good rock folk song based on a 1000 year old folk song)

    a very camp song won in spain that i kinda don’t get. it’s a grandma singing about being a bitch and dancing with two half-naked men. …actually that does explain why it won

    also a song about eating bananas almost won in malta. and in ukraine, hundreds of thousands of people tried to vote on the miia app and they had to postpone the results until today because the app crashed. the hosts actually tried keeping the show going to see if the app would start working again and the english commentators sounded like they had given up 💀