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[hachama]

a) there’s not mainstream criticism of the Talmud like there is with the Christian Bible or Quran because the Talmud isn’t mainstream like those books are.

Christians are 32% of the world population, Muslims are 26%, and Jews are only 0.2%—not all of whom are even religious, and even fewer who have actually read the Talmud in its entirety.

“how many white people follow that religion” my ass. ain’t even that many of us period.

b) bro the talmud is like 2.5 million words long and looks like this

who tf is going out of their way to put themselves through reading a super niche, dense, 2.5 million wordcount legal text that’s formatted like the ancient precursor to House of Leaves just to criticize a teeny tiny little religious minority??

anybody who hates Jews that much isn’t going to take that much time out of their schedule to read what actual Jews have to say about Judaism when they could just make up some salacious shit & repost Nazi memes instead

[hachama]

I want one of those scenes in a dude bro film where “tomboy” chick has to wear a dress to go undercover or whatever, but instead of the guys drooling as she walks down the stairs, they’re like “k. U need to stop. Go put the cargo pants back on. You look super uncomfortable and awkward in that. Brutus, you go be the fake prostitute.”

[hachama]

A thing to try: don't make gods for your fantasy TTRPG setting.

Instead, get each player to tell you the god their character follows, then roll a d6 behind the screen.

6: Their god is real, and as powerful as they believe it to be; maybe they even listen to prayers; maybe they even care. Maybe they care more about if your shellfish wear mixed fabrics.

5: It's a real entity, but whose power is exaggerated - like as a river spirit, but they're worshipped thousands of miles away from it for prayers their expertise with rivers leaves them woefully unprepared to answer

4: It's a powerful demon or dragon or monster of some kind which has tricked people into worshipping it - sure it's powerful, but that power is entirely self-serving, it couldn't answer your prayers if it wanted to

3: It's a person who, through real power, political influence or just straight up charisma, has tricked people into worshipping them, or through a series of misunderstandings has been mistaken for a god against their will

2: It was a long-dead person whose legacy has passed into legend - they may once have been a 3, or they may just have been famous in their life and not seen as godly until long after their death

1: Just a wholesale myth with no basis in reality. Maybe your god started off as a cautionary tale a mother made up to stop her children sucking their thumbs and over the retellings the whole "god of war" thing just sort of happened because of the massive scissors, and now the scissors are gone and all that's left is battlefield chants.

And of course, let the players know about this before you roll. Tell them about their odds, but never tell them about their gods.

[hachama]

Okay so you know that Kinda Fucked Up Person™ feeling when like. Someone is nice to you at the exact right resonant frequency to make all the hairs on the back of your neck stand up

And it’s not even that they’re creepy or inappropriate but being around them gives you… like. That “someone is walking on your grave” type feeling?

What IS that, and is there a word for it? Because “pathological heebie-jeebies” isn’t getting me anywhere

[hachama]

walkable cities also means sittable cities send tweet

[hachama]

Just read a post calling Hebrew a 'coloniser' language.

Seriously, the ignorance that takes is an absurdity that is difficult to comprehend. Hebrew is spoken by less than 0.2% of the world's population, primarily in one (1) single country on earth, in the area where it originated.

By comparison:

English is spoken by 18.8% of the world's population.

Mandarin Chinese by 13.9%.

Spanish by 6.9%.

French by 3.6%.

Arabic by 3.4%.

Russian by 3.2%.

Portuguese by 3.2%.

Hebrew is actually a very successful example of indigenous language revival. Calling it a coloniser language is like calling Ojibwe, Navajo, Irish Gaelic, or Welsh coloniser languages. It means you're stupid as fuck.

[hachama]

friendly reminder that Tom Lehrer was Jewish and the appropriate phrase for his passing is "may his memory be a blessing" thank you good night

[hachama]

Disgust has absolutely no ethical weight. If you are basing your ethical positions on the emotion of disgust you should stop, it is entirely unjustified and leads to a huge amount of harm.

[hachama]

Did a school visit today and asked a group of 8th graders if they could define the term "contemporary art" for me [for context, I work at a contemporary art museum], and one of them said "Is it art that's made with contempt?"

And unfortunately that's the funniest thing a student has ever said to me in 10 years of teaching

[hachama]

He's reaching for you. You're going to be okay.

[hachama]

I should be receiving a job offer letter tomorrow!

I have a job interview tomorrow for a role that I believe I could do well, for a company I'd be happy to work for, for a pay rate slightly better than the job I lost in June. Wish me luck, I really need this now.

[hachama]

Hey if you are Jewish and you are reading this, I hope something good happens to you soon. Like some pleasant surprise or good news or unexpected luck.

And I hope you will have a beautiful experience this week, like a nice moment with a friend or a gorgeous sunset or some random kindness that happens to you.

I hope you will find some moments of peace and joy and contentment.

I love you. <3

[hachama]

Traveling in the US and had a thought:

(Counting states that you have spent time in with ones that you were just passing through)

[hachama]

more people would exercise if this culture didn't make it absolute hell

[hachama]

Dr. TH diagnosed Batman with booboos and prescribed bandaids.