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I was walking through a public cemetary that had a section full of freemasons' symbols, so I looked it up online and was served the freemasons' subreddit. It's got some good stuff.
https://www.reddit.com/r/freemasonry/comments/1qlsuef/supporting_ice_and_maga_is_unmasonic_conduct_and/

Like this guy celebrating getting initiated:

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[–] axont@hexbear.net 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

i've always assumed the masons existed so that guys could get their dick sucked by other guys in secret and I mean that both literally as in gay fellatio and also in the sense of being a sycophant

[–] RiotDoll@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago

my great grandfather was a mason of some local repute

my grandfather was asked to be initiated and he was like

"actually i dont join things like this without knowing what you stand for, what you do, and what my place would be. Go fuck yourself."

annnnd now i'm realizing some shit about myself and where it came from as i say it lol

(to say i've flubbed and snubbed people for them not being willing to explain themselves is an understatement)

post in daylight or not at all imo

Secret society membership numbers really fell off after the Sasquatch hunting craze took off

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is that the freemasons fault or is that a joke about their very dull reality?

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

The corporate executives and politicians who maintain the status quo make up senior leadership to the point it is beyond coincidence and lean into the deliberate intention.

[–] mrfugu@hexbear.net 51 points 1 day ago (2 children)

On one hand these secret societies are silly as hell on the other hand there’s some great freemason buildings in my city (no longer used by them) plus they’ve managed to make new friends as adults which is no small feat

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 50 points 1 day ago (5 children)

honestly we need state intervention on the "make new friends as adults" front. I'm talking state backed bowling leagues (and other stuff) that you get paid for attending. Call it a direct investment in the social fabric.

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

gunpoint you will bowl all 10 frames!

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

COUSIN, I AM NO LONGER *ASKING* YOU TO GO BOWLING!

Roman Bellic from Grand Theft Auto IV

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[–] fox@hexbear.net 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't think you need to pay people to attend so much as put in legal third-place protections so they can't be ratfucked into nonexistence by landlords but that'll never happen

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I need to make an effort post about how third-spaces were thought up as a concept by a chud boomer. Until then watch this video in the background as you do something else https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8E5MegoW2pA

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[–] jack@hexbear.net 24 points 1 day ago

it's called joining a communist party

[–] CommunistBear@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago

I literally just joined a state sponsored softball league. It's completely free and the city pays for the umpires and parks

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[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

It seems like some of these Lodges are just excuses for dudes to grill, which is just good-hearted fun, and some of them are ghoulish. Land of contrasts, just like people who play vampire: the masquerade

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

this dog is conspiring to keep doggy treats expensive

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

And making pet ownership a luxury experience with insanely high vet bills.

[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 47 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You know, if someone is going to join a 'secret' society, they should at least join one that's actually secret

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 4 points 13 hours ago

My secret society is multidimensional anonymous. They provide sweet directors cut commentary on movie night.

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 42 points 1 day ago

The Freemasons are functionally a country club and honestly they're pretty transparent about it all. Like not the internals, that's all chattenham house rules, but like you can just ask them about it

[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My father is/was a Freemason. Idk if he still is, I've disowned him. I used to mow his Lodge's lawn for a bit of extra money as a kid.

Anyway it's been turned into an illuminati themed tavern.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anyway it's been turned into an illuminati themed tavern

So, still Freemasons then

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 8 points 23 hours ago

I'm guessing it's the exclusivity that makes the difference.

New World Order? More like New World Ordering a round of shots grillman

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 41 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I've assumed for a while that freemasons are mostly chuds because of all the old people and the No PoLiTiCs rule.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess it depends on the 'branch'? I know a radical vegan hare Krishna Freemason.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

New type of guy dropped

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its just a petite bourgeois networking operation. The chuds in my town are almost all free masons and some of them work as real estate agents and their boss is also a free mason.

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[–] WideningGyro@hexbear.net 32 points 1 day ago

An old friend had a side-job as a waiter/server in the local lodge. She had an NDA and wouldn't tell us too many details, but based on what they ate, I'd say either chuds or very old people (or both, I guess). Lots of meat, gravy and potatoes and very little else.

[–] lil_tank@hexbear.net 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The biggest electoral left figure in France is openly freemason

[–] OffSeasonPrincess@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

so was pinochet apparently illuminati

[–] OffSeasonPrincess@hexbear.net 5 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 7 points 14 hours ago

the Chilean Coup aka the 666th Masonic civil war

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[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago

why doesnt this guy just ring up the bilderburgs and rothschilds or whatever and tell them to cut it out smh

[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 27 points 1 day ago

talkin-about-me What's wrong with the Masons?! I'm a Mason! Hey, that fella's talkin' about me!

makes-a-difference And that makes a difference, doesn't it?

[–] opiumfree@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

on another instance i was asking whats th deal with freemasons and somebody made a freemason throwaway to answer our questions so assuming that was real they could be amongst us

[–] somename@hexbear.net 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It’s just a social club for dudes. Guys gotta have some pageantry to excuse hanging out, but not the gay kind, to hang out regularly. Unless it’s a sports or drinking thing. Or if they're gay.

Or under 35.

[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

Can you link to the post if you remember it? Im so fascinated with them

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I'm stealing this:

This isn’t the lodge. Speak your mind...

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[–] Athena5898@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Free Mason are fucking weird. They are ideology all over the place. My father in law and his family are all masons. My wife thought about joining back in what we call "the before times" back before our eggs cracked and we were more reactionary. And the stuff she would tell me is wild.

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You have to spill the beans and tell all the good stories now xibe-check

[–] Athena5898@hexbear.net 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Its been over the years. I've asked her to compile some things. She kind of had a moment realizing some of the things when she said "yeah I guess it's not a normal thing for a random stranger to come to my grandpa's funeral and give part of the eulogy"

I'll share what else she had to say when she isn't high lol.

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I never realized that Freemason outfits were so

Dweebish

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 12 points 1 day ago

Seems to be the classic "petit borgies larping as working class with silly costumes". I think the aprons are based on stone and metal working attire.

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