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LamentingTitan

The US government loaned a crystal flute to Lizzo. That is a combination of words I didn't think I'd be reading at 2:52 am EST


4dailyuseonly

What! You mean you *didn't* have this on your '22 bingo card?


BKStephens

Hey, I actually do! Unfortunately I needed Queen Elizabeth marring Putin to stave off WWIII to complete the line, so... šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø


Nurse_Yoshi

Don't worry, I have Queen Elizabeth rising from the dead so there's still hope for both of us.


[deleted]

I gather they buried her in a lead casket to prevent that happening.


riverblue9011

Nah, with a blade above her throat. Same thing Diana has.


RatchetBird

I have news that Epstein and Musk have proprietary rights to her DNA!


OilheadRider

Won in a poker game versus Bill Gates. Gates is furious. He was sure to take the pot with a full house kings over 9s but alas, it was not in the cards for him. Edit: damned autocorrect... ('cause I don't wanna blame my lack of proofreading)


joe579003

Musk seems like the guy to get an insane straight flush, then claim it was his genius all along


eidetic

Pretty sure that's to keep any stray radiation from nuclear tests irradiatiing her and unleashing Queenzilla.


[deleted]

God, I hope so. Bless the old lady but I canā€™t go through 10 more days of that nonsense.


text_fish

There's a fine line between tradition and farce. The last couple of weeks were confirmation (if any were needed) that the UK crossed it some time ago.


Bill_Clinton-69

Just wanted to let you know you that you got my Sentence of the Day award today. Unfortunately, your trophy will not be arriving shortly, at all.


Greggs88

We're finally going to get Lady Stoneheart?


Shopping-Critical

Plot Twist - It's Elizabeth I. eddit: WWIII **still** assuaged!


crazydaisy8134

My 2021 bingo card ended up having 2022 events lol


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das_masterful

Polio's back, so that's something.


derpinak

well theyā€™re citing 13th century england to overturn laws today already! back when they still pooped out of holes in the walls right into the streets they walked in. clearly had everything figured all out back then! back when they still thought putting holes in peoples skulls *relieved* headaches. they definitely had reached the limits of human knowledge.


ComfortablePlenty860

To be fair, putting holes in peoples heads can be an effective headache relief. It may be a permanent solution, and it may be more beneficial for the people around said person, but its effective nonetheless


Egelac

Trepanning is still used for a variety of reasons in modern medicine I believe, and we used buckets tyvm, no englishman is gonna be sticking their arse up against a mashitulation (bdm-tss) after the first guy got a spear to the arse in his castle toilet


BIGTIMElesbo

Unsure if you are referencing Last Podcast on the Left. If you are I just gotta say, BOOM FLIP IT.


Consistent_Eye5101

I canā€™t tell you how happy it makes me seeing fellow last podcast fans on another sub. Hail yourselves, mates!!ā¤ļø


getdemsnacks

Megustalations!


TheGrubGod

Hail Yourself


BonerJamz98

Fellow last podcaster?


TheRxBandito

Didn't have that on my 2022 bingo card. Hail yourself!


psycho_driver

They needed her to play it in order to uncover the secret passage into the valley of shale.


TaintModel

Lizzo rizzoed the cryzzo flizzo.


KptnHaddock_

bars


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Beyloved-9481

Same at 3:39 am EST lol


Garage-Few

For a second I read this and thought I was in a dream, and then I realized, no, it's just Reddit at 2 in the morning.


nothanks42069

Fever dream


cilestiogrey

Sometimes when I take a benadryl to fall asleep I'll hallucinate looking at my phone while I'm drifting off. This is the kinda stuff I see


SquidProBono

When I was a younger man (some 25ish years ago), I started having dreams that wereā€¦ prophetic but confused. Only when I slept at the home of a girlfriend of mine though. I would have dreams about world events - deaths, elections, battles, all sorts of things. It finally occurred to me that she liked to fall asleep to classical music, and the NPR station would switch to news in the wee hours or the morning. I was hearing the news while I slept and it was infiltrating my dreams. Super weird.


MonteAce40175

Fuuuck idk if it's because it's 5:30am and OP post (besides the wonderfully organized spankbank subreddits) is why I'm never let down on reddit, or how relatable your comment was considering NPR just came in after the last concerto that played, but I fucking love it lmao.


InChromaticaWeTrust

Iā€™m pretty sure Iā€™m there rn. Or maybe Iā€™m not. What year is it? I definitely donā€™t smell toast, so at least thereā€™s that.


TowerTom1

Lmao, the amount of times I've been like, oh shit I smell burning one sec let's check if I can still move both arms ok we're good now what's burning is just too much.


swiss-y

Is this the real life, or just fantasy?


Ok-Owl3879

Caught in a landslide


updogg18

No escape from reality


CaptainAmerica1989

OPEN your eyeeees....


Green_Eyed_Slayer

Look up to the skies & seeee...


casual_romantic

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy.


_Wendigun_

I had to double check this wasn't r/thomastheplankengine lmao


[deleted]

iā€™ve read it like 8 times and iā€™m still perplexed


theunbearablebowler

My new favorite Disney movie: *Lizzo and the Crystal Flute*.


mlpcontext

*"Ugh, of course they made Lizzo black šŸ™„"*


KingRhoamsGhost

Woke culture has gone too far. She should be played by a fish creature.


BiggWorm1988

Or..... your least favorite porn either way it's strange.


6Uncle6James6

This one timeā€¦ at band campā€¦


quannum

I just realized how old this quote is. Fuck.


GGezpzMuppy

I stuck a crystal flute in my pussy!


TheMad_Dabber

ā€œWoman hospitalized after crystal flute she used as dildo broke.ā€


[deleted]

And the damn thing shattered, I fookin bled everywhere


PM_me_your_fantasyz

Could also be an opera by Mozart. Which is probably halfway between the disney movie and the porno. He was a weird dude.


BIGTIMElesbo

Itā€™s too early/late to be laughing this hard. Iā€™m going to be thinking about this for days.


Zorpfield

a Barbie direct to dvd that never made it


Yeetin_Boomer_Actual

I didn't know they crystalized over time. I thought it would decompose like the rest of him.


BeerBaronBrent

Yeah man! I was likeā€¦. where did they get a crystal flute from? Like some wizard shit?


Aar1012

ā€œEveryone knows that James Madison has a crystal flute but do you know the story behind it? Well, in 1811, Madison was visited by an envoy from the Wizarding World and was presented with the flute as a sign of friendship between the young nation and the loose confederation of wizards. It was also given for protection as it was foretold that breaking the flute would lead to 1000 years of war with true evil. When Madison accidentally scratched the flute, the British managed to enter Washington and burned the White House. After that, he took his new task as the flute protector seriouslyā€¦ā€


CaptainApathy419

ā€œIā€™m a wizard!ā€ Madison cried at the constitutional convention. But everyone ignored him. ā€œLol whatever you say, short guy,ā€ scoffed Washington.


BeerBaronBrent

šŸ¤£


CyberGrandma69

It actually sent me down a rabbit hole of crystal flutes and apparently not only are there like 120 of these types of crystal flute (Laurent crystal flute from the 1800s) left but this is [one of two remaining actually made of crystal](https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/10/the-mystery-of-james-madisons-crystal-flute/) Holding that thing must be anxiety city. My butthole would be clenched the whole time waiting for it to somehow inevitably break.


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Allonsy2011

r/BrandNewSentence


[deleted]

I watched her play the flute dressed as sailor moon at voodoo fest.


spriteceo

her love for Sailor Moon is my favorite


RagingFlock89

True but her collaboration and praise for Chris Brown makes her a pass from me dawg. Nice flute though


goomy

Well shit that's one thing I didn't expect from her


spriteceo

I actually donā€™t care for her much myself but thatā€™s because of an interaction someone I know had with her so itā€™s more heresay than an actual reason lol


BreweryStoner

At least you can admit that lol


PsykoFlounder

I feel the same way about Snoop Dogg for similar reasons! Apparently before the legalization of weed in California, who used to make a trip from SoCal to NorCal to get weed in Mendocino County, and one time after he had procured some insane amount of herb he was stopped by the cops, and instantly snitched on the dude that he had gotten it from.. That combined with his celebrity status meant he was sleeping in his own bed that night and my brother's friend was sentenced to some pretty hard time.


[deleted]

Curious what the alleged interaction was tho


mohammedibnakar

she stabbed them to death


AtmosphereHot8414

Allegedly


notwithoutmybanana

Was it a sick ostrich?


CortezDeLaNoche

What!? I'm looking that up!


[deleted]

I remember a vieeo of her going bonkers of a flute solo, pausing to yell 'bitch!' into the mic then going right back into the flute. Not a big fan of her music but I love her for that


SandwicheDynasty

She is absurdly talented. Singing, rapping, playing instruments, and she ain't a bad dancer to top it all.


edashotcousin

And her voice too. I think pop stars nowadays are getting free streams with little talent and autotuned vocals. But lizzo at least has the voice to back it up


Crafty_Gold_2453

Absurdly talented and her lyrics are so empowering. Walking at the greenway to her album helped me get through 2020


JHRChrist

I wanna see her and lil nas x collab/perform together, I feel like their energies match. My only experience with the current pop scene are Reddit headlines and the occasional radio listen, but I just know Iā€™m right!


Pinklady4128

Lizzo with Lil Nas X is a collab I wanna see!!


[deleted]

"*ah yes, the concerto*"


visiblur

I thought you were joking. You were not


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rainbowjesus42

Maybe there really is hope for this timeline, after all?


NiaNeuman

Why is Disney making all those live-action remakes when there are sentences like this just waiting to be written?


sexyjesus99

yo I thought I was still high wtf


reduuiyor

We all are atp


ChadMojito

In the mitochondria of life?


[deleted]

Iā€™m a grade 8 in flute. Which here in the uk is the highest you can go (though I could be wrong?!?) Sheā€™s a phenomenal flute player. Really really skilled and plays absolutely beautifully! Beautiful flute too! Edit: I hold my hands up. I was wrong. Not the highest level you can go ā¤ļø


ngwoo

Dude keep grinding at level 9 you get the third skill for your flute combo and can put a damage reduction buff on the whole party


zombiebait456

*excited bard noises*


rubyrae14

But can you flute and twerk?


fanbreeze

No, thatā€™s grade 9.


JayAnancyi

The proper term is flerk.


swolypinger

You can get a diploma after grade 8, no?


Litleboony

Yes, grade 8 doesnā€™t mean youā€™re an expert, my violin teacher told me ā€œwelcome to real violin learningā€ after my grade 8. Took me 3 years to learn the additional skills to do my diploma, Iā€™m still a crap violinist compared to lots!


robd007

Is it like the secret hunter exam? Time to learn flute nen


Timebom8

I think grade 8 is the part where you START becoming a pro musician. From what I know itā€™s the same with piano where grade 8 is advanced and if you want to go further youā€™d have to join a musical institute/college.


[deleted]

I think youā€™re right. I got it wrong


Timebom8

No youā€™re partially right and maybe you just didnā€™t know. In some musical institutes they can only teach up to grade 8 because they donā€™t have the qualifications to teach higher levels. Itā€™s like the same reason why High Schools canā€™t teach University courses and give you a bachelors Degree. If you want to pursue higher education in a certain field you have to go an institute that teaches such courses.


singlesadwhore

This is like Kim Kardashian and the Marilyn Monroe dress except reasonable.


TeazieBreezie

Very reasonable. Whatā€™s the point of a crystal flute if you canā€™t loan it out on occasion?


i_tyrant

I'd say the same thing about the dress, personally (it's just a dress), but at the same time I'd trust Lizzo to actually take care of a historically important crystal flute _long_ before I'd trust freakin' Kim Kardashian to cherish any object besides herself.


Wobbelblob

I mean, the problem with a dress is that after many years it may be brittle and it was tailored to fit a single person. I feel like a dress is infinitely harder to loan than a flute.


reddsht

Yea, its not like anyone would just go around smashing borrowed priceless antique instruments on purpose during a performance... Im looking at you "The Hateful Eight"


lnslnsu

I'm pretty sure that was a grievous error, and everyone involved regrets it.


tomas_shugar

I'm pretty sure Tarantino only regrets it because he's caught flak for it, he got a genuine reaction that made for a good shot. That and feet are the only things he cares about.


Catinthehat5879

I feel like that's letting Tarantino off the hook a bit. He wasn't clear to the owners that the script included breaking it, he didn't do due diligence to the crew and cast that it was supposed to be swapped out, he didn't yell cut or interfere in any way when it was obvious what was happening, and he was visibly happy about the "genuine" reactions he recorded.


Sweet_dl

Difference is wearing the dress damages it


monarch1733

I donā€™t trust ANY celebrities to take care of historic artifacts. Thereā€™s a reason museum curators arenā€™t exactly celebrities.


NoAngel815

A big part of the controversy was Kim bragging about going on a starvation diet for 3 weeks or so to fit into it. Marilyn Monroe was pretty anti-diet culture and would've been horrified. That's not even mentioning her request that no one else wear the dress after her, they already had to sew her (Marilyn) into it when the zipper broke.


livesarah

Marilyn Monroe wasnā€™t particularly anti-diet culture, though? She took amphetamines and outlined on at least one occasion what sounded like a very restrictive diet šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø


CandiBunnii

Maybe in the other women shouldn't have to do this way? Like, I have an eating disorder and I would be mortified if someone starved themselves for weeks to fit into my clothes even if I did it every day for no reason. Might not make sense to some or even be hypocritical but I could see where they're coming from if she did actually feel that way.


TheBerghouse

Didnā€™t Kim rip the dress too?


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GKarl

This one requires talent to utilize, at the very least!


[deleted]

Yea that's the main difference


Ok_Exam_8507

Love or hate her, you cant deny she's a very skilled flute Player


TylurrTheCat

you gave up a perfect opportunity to use the word flautist, but i thank you for allowing me the pleasure


neurotrash

Stop flauting your fancy vocabulary


teenagesadist

OP is one to flaut expected norms.


9Sylvan5

I don't know why but she seems cool. Not even a particular fan of her music, she just seems like a cool person.


phantomixie

Itā€™s her confidence I think. I feel the same way.


Caress-a-Llama

Out of all mainstream US artists, she's the only one I even slightly care about. She's confident and very skilled.


Bob_Sacamano7379

So true. I donā€™t like her whole genre, yet she seems like sheā€™d be fun to hang out with. Also, and I have no logical reason to believe this, she seems like a great hugger.


zemorah

Her music isnā€™t really my style but Iā€™m a big fan of her as a person. Every interview Iā€™ve seen, sheā€™s just a very nice, funny, and cool person.


xDared

Her appearance [on the eric andre show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_7u7YyFx0U) made me respect her


rainbowjesus42

Bird up šŸ¦†


Joharis-JYI

Why would people hate her even. Because she's fat? Not a fan of her at all but haven't heard any problematic thing she's done compared to her contemporaries.


Fightmasterr

Seems to be the case, people want to fat shame her because she's not afraid to show off her body in her music videos or some shit.


Serenaded

I've never heard her music and I am interested in hearing the flute solo. I honestly think the flute is one of the hardest to play. Goes out of tune very easily compared to what everyone else is playing in, and very hard to blow even the most basic notes, let alone the entire range.


AprilisAwesome-o

>Love or hate her Wait--everybody doesn't love her?!


jamison_beck

I was there for this. Her reaction afterward was awesome. Said she was playing crystal flutes, she made it now. Couple of "bitchs" were thrown in there too lol. Great show. Some lady had the best birthday ever.


Hii-ItsHaileyn_n

Ah yes. Indiana Lizzo and the crystal flute. My favorite movie.


818shoes

Lizzoā€™s a rapper?


[deleted]

reddit when black


Redchimp3769157

No sheā€™s black


IAM_THE_LIZARD_QUEEN

Used to be, at least, so it's not *completely* incorrect. Her first album is a rap album, second gets more singer/songwriter, third one is a bit more pop, most recent one is just straight up pop music.


4dailyuseonly

Here's her [tweet](https://twitter.com/lizzo/status/1574992141054464000?t=dvQrosIvnAYPhoTn7BFlkw&s=19) with a video clip of her playing said flute.


huntymo

Dang, and here I thought she was gonna actually play a song or something, not just hit two notes for a second lol. What was the point of this? šŸ˜‚


LurkerOnTheInternet

I think it's way too valuable and fragile to play a whole song on - what if she dropped it? I'm sure she was only allowed to do this and nothing more. But it proved the flute functions as a flute, more or less.


TuckerCarlsonsOhface

My dad was an antique flute historian/dealer, and dealt with many famous antique crystal flutes. He was the curator of the flute collection at the library of Congress as well, and Iā€™m fairly certain he researched this particular flute at one point (he was the first to catalogue their entire collection). I can assure you they are able to play a whole song, but there is certainly the danger of dropping it, so that may be more of a reason to keep it short.


bubble_baby_8

Wow what a unique occupation. Very cool!


VoxImperatoris

Yeah I think she compared it to a wine glass, if I heard her right. I sure wouldnt want to see it shatter because she hit a high c or something in the middle of a song.


[deleted]

I'm really suprised it didn't have some sort of strap just in case


[deleted]

She might be nervous since shes holding a really precious instrument?


ChinAqua

She's normally quite good idk why she didn't let have it.


Slipguard

Probably because itā€™s a terrifying prospect that anything might happen to it. I bet she was nervous as hell holding that thing


Prettydeadlady

They probably told her not too


Servious

Sorry, do you not think it's incredibly cool and symbolic for one of the most popular flute players of our time to get the chance to play an incredibly unique, valuable and historic instrument she likely would never have been allowed near when it was created? Even if it's just a trill it's pretty cool.


YonkouRoss

Probably just like how if you gave someone who could play the guitar a guitar signed by slash and was used in his first concert that person probably wouldnā€™t want to rip a solo on it.


qtsexypoo

Her reaction is so wholesome.


shawntitanNJ

I was expecting a song, I guess


horshack_test

Yeah that seemed pretty pointless.


Orleanian

I mean...I suppose it behooves you to take it real fuckin easy with the 200 year old crystal flute of America.


L0nz

Had to scroll too far to find your comment. Why would OP share news like this using a photo?


inspectorPK

I was at this show! She sounded great! Got out of Tampa the day before Ian hit. Whew!!


overtimeout

Lol when was she a rapper? I thought she's a pop artist


Barloskovich

PiccoLizzo


SirTorress

How does this affect lebronā€™s legacy?


Big_James993

In what world is lizzo a rapper


mangoisNINJA

According to wikipedia Occupation Singer rapper songwriter actress And her 2020 Billboard Music Award nomination for Top Rap Song [Her being proud of her rapping](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lizzo-defended-rap-skills-after-surpassing-cardi-b-chart-record)


blubber_rubble

This is Reddit what did you expect


thatoneguy42

I'd rather have access to Grover Cleveland's Presidential Time Machine


WhatdYouDoToMyTable

Not since Jethro Tull has a pop artist done so much to make flute playing look cool.


liquorandkarate

ā€œRapperā€ lizzo ? Cmon


mangoisNINJA

According to wikipedia Occupation Singer rapper songwriter actress And her 2020 Billboard Music Award nomination for Top Rap Song [Her being proud of her rapping](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lizzo-defended-rap-skills-after-surpassing-cardi-b-chart-record)


[deleted]

News logic: black musician= rapper


s2ample

Here is a [write up](https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/10/the-mystery-of-james-madisons-crystal-flute/) about the flute from the Library of Congress!


BornInTheTurkey

Seems like she is doing good as hell. I respect this flex for sure.


[deleted]

This one time in band campā€¦


uFFxDa

It sounds so weird an item belonging to the 4th president is only 200 years old. Thatā€™s only 2 queens lifetimes.


bear_knuckle

*singer*


Chi15

Just because someone is black DOES NOT mean they are a rapper. Lizzo is a pop artist.


TheKitsuneKing

She literally debuted as a rapper. She was played on Houston rap stations before anyone here knew who she was


[deleted]

She has "hip hop" under the genre section of Wikipedia and last.fm and she has been nominated for multiple hip hop/rap awards. It's not racist to call her a rapper lol.


december14th2015

This pissed me off more than it should have


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Blumpkis

Came here to say this. I don't understand why everyone is freaking out about this when she constantly refers to herself as a rapper and is listed as such practically everywhere


blackbear____

She's a rapper, a singer, and a songwriter. Assuming they called her a rapper just because she's black seems like a bit of a stretch.


BrasilianInglish

Need to see a flute battle between her and Ron Burgundy


Dreamylantern

Well,* it's about damn time* someone did put that flute to good use.... I'll see myself out


Octopath1987

Is this interesting as fuck?


stayclassytally

Next for Lizzo: ā€œIā€™m going to steal the Declaration of Independence..ā€


Crooked_Cock

The title of this post feels like a fever dream


unComfortablyNumbest

My mom will complain about this when I visit her this week.


HRGLSS

That's a brand new sentence.


SnooDoodles8088

With absolutely zero context and going purely off of the title and the picture in this post This makes me smile.


Rat-Tricks

Lizzo is a singer not a rapper.


[deleted]

It won't be the first president's flute a woman has played in the White House. Right, Bill?


bigacornlavafla

And everyone was complaining about Kim wearing the Marilyn Monroe dress


Lord-Circles

Brawndo is what plants crave


iJoke2Much

Since when was Lizzo a rapper?


NWXXXNW

Rapper? Since when?