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an interesting linguistics find! so I'm reading this text from 1908 and it keeps referencing "hp" in the context of "not being at full hp" "applying your full hp to a task" etc

and I'm like....... okay that is a perfectly normal way to describe energy and reads totally clear to me, but I KNOW you don't mean hit points/health points which is the first place my brain goes, so what are YOU using hp to mean

and it's not explained in-text, which means it was common enough to not warrant explanation to the 1908 audience, so gotta look elsewhere

horsepower. turns out it's horsepower.

and I'm absolutely FASCINATED that a commonly used initialism from 1908 now stands for something different AND YET the contextual meaning is still the same to a 21st-century reader

I could hand this guy my nintendo switch and he'd be like, ah yes I understand, this ''''pokemon'''' loses horsepower throughout the fight

language is amazing

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what if American Psycho was wet?

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1800’s stained glass cottage door . ݁₊ ⊹

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im about 5 fucking seconds from putting the peeps in the chili pot and adding the m'n'ms.

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I think you have engaging and in depth opinions that are a pleasure to read can I go down on you

Sapiosexual spotted?

This is the second nicest Unsolicited Proposition I've ever gotten in an Ask.

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A: We do not kink-shame here, but we do recommend hydration and maybe some light reading on media literacy as a cool down. Neil Postman or McLuhan.

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I guess I'm glad you're really enjoying the content?

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Count reprints, later editions of the same book, etc. If you have a copy that includes multiple books in one volume, you can count that, but do not count sequels/etc on their own. You can count ebooks and audiobooks if you possess the files in a permanent way (borrowed and streamed don't count).

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Magic Oppressor who can correctly identify everyone's identity and only oppress them based on one, specific axis of oppression at a time.

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When a small kid decks their shit and starts screaming, it's apparently useful to ask them "are you more scared or more hurt?" because they might actually pause the shrieking to understand that adults might not automatically know what they are feeling, and that they can and should use words to communicate whether they need emotional support or medical attention.

I wonder if it could be applied to tumblr. Asking shrieking people "are you disagreeing with what OP said, or are you mad about the way they worded it?"

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How we weigh an octopus!

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omg can i show you what freud said about anal sex

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dislike how many mental health posts on here are just "you've never done anything wrong in your life ever and they were evil for that"

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my god minecraft was made by a fucking nazi and nobody comes for anybody over that lmfao

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is she exhibiting "male socialization" or is she learning to advocate for herself and take up space, something we once understood to be feminist and progressive?

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Arguing "you only care about this genocide because Israelis are primarily Jewish" is just.

"You're not letting us get away with it because you're a bigot" as we're... getting away with it. Smotrich bragged that the world isn't stopping us.

At this point it's a demand of "let us both massacre people we're starving, and keep good PR while we're doing it."

Opposing us isn't a bad thing. It's a moral obligation. Other genocides and massacres and human rights violations should have more coverage and protests and action taken to stop them.

Gaza shouldn't have less. It should have more too. Until it all stops, and Palestine is free.

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cats are little household celebrities

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conversion book list

the version I was given:

The Process of Conversion (choose one)

Choosing a Jewish Life:  A Handbook for People Converting to Judaism and for Their Family and Friends (by Anita Diamant)

Judaism:  Embracing the Seeker (by Harold Schulweis)

Becoming Jewish:  A Handbook for Conversion (by Ronald Isaacs)

Embracing Judaism (by Simcha King)

History (mandatory)

Wanderings:  History of the Jews (by Chaim Potok)

Theology (mandatory)

This is My God (by Herman Wouk)

Practice (mandatory)

To Life!  (Harold Kushner)

It’s a Mitzvah!:  Step-by-Step to Jewish Learning (by Bradley Shavit Artson)

Jewish Traditions:  A JPS Guide (Ronald L. Eisenberg)

Essential Judaism:  A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs, & Rituals (George Robinson)—Only the following sections are mandatory:

Pages 7-52

Chapter 2, 4, 6, 9

Pages 145-166

Pages 184-194

Pages 260-278

Pages 299-305

Pages 516-527

Pages 536-540

Prayer (suggested but optional)

Siddur Sim Shalom (Conservative movement prayerbook)

JPS Tanakh (Hebrew Bible, English only or Hebrew-English)

The Art of Jewish Prayer (by Lisa Aiken and Yitzchok Kirzner)

To Pray as a Jew:  A Guide to the Prayer Book and the Synagogue Service (by Hayim H. Donin)