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everythingfox

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prismatic-bell

I need answers. Are mermaids kosher? What did your rabbi say???

As per my rabbi, mermaids are NOT kosher, due to the following:

1) If mermaids are like Ariel from The Little Mermaid, then they have human intelligence and free will. This makes them human (whatever King Triton might have to say on the subject), and thus eating one is committing murder, which is against halacha. (She could convert to Judaism, though!)

2) If mermaids are like the original little mermaid, then they have intelligence (possibly of human levels), but no souls and thus no free will. This means they are not human, but they appear human, and thus eating one is in violation of lifnei iver, which means “before the blind” and comes from the verse “do not place a stumbling block before the blind.” In other words: someone seeing you eat the mermaid may assume the mermaid is human, and thus that eating human is okay, and thus they may commit murder to eat human, which is against halacha.

3) Mermaids that do not fit the “human top, fish bottom” tradition of mermaids may not possess fins and/or scales, thus marking them as not kosher.

Thus: Mermaids are not kosher.

jewishpangolin

Big Jewish Mood

flo-nelja

Wait, creatures with human intelligence but no souls are kosher?

prismatic-bell

Yes and no.

There are no known animal species that have human intelligence and meet the kosher requirements for their kind of animal. Dolphins and octopi don’t have fins and scales, rats aren’t kosher because they’re rodents, crows eat dead things and are predators. Pigs are being studied for the possibility of human intelligence, but pork is like...the one thing even gentiles know isn’t kosher. And monkeys and apes would fall under lifnei iver. I’m sure there’s another rule that applies, but off the top of my head I can already tell you they wouldn’t be kosher. (Koko the gorilla might even be a good starting point for an argument over whether gorillas have souls. She had human intelligence, memory retention, understood emotions, and acted of her own free will.)

With the understanding that I’m a believer in “G-d created science, so duh, of course His rules would match up scientifically, anyone who says science is the enemy of G-d doesn’t understand the actual text very well,” I’d say that running through these is a bit of proof to me that G-d is, indeed, watching over us. Or, since I’m a believer in “G-d is a computer programmer,” that we were programmed for it to be impossible to be 1) human-level intelligent and also 2) kosher.

quezycoatl

Elephants are the other near-human intelligence creatures. Are they kosher??? (I'm seriously just curious about this)

prismatic-bell

Nope. For a four-legged animal to be kosher, it must have hooves and chew cud. I’m not sure if elephants chew cud or not, but they don’t have hooves.

instructor144

As someone who’s read the OT twice (not from a devotional perspective, but as someone who finds the world’s various religious texts fascinating) the one thing that leapt out at me during my readings is how so many of the constraints in the Torah -- which a lot of people just write off as one people’s set of peculiar little taboos -- actually make sense from a hygienic/health perspective. From dietary practices to concepts of “purification” and “unclean,” the Jews had a lot of practices that, whatever their origin, kept them healthy. It’s a fact that for most of Europe’s history, when the surrounding gentile populations were dropping like flies, Europe’s various Jewish enclaves had a massively lower incidence of those various ills and plagues. To the point that it was not uncommon for the gentile population to blame the Jews for their ills: “We’re being smitten by this pestilence, and yet those Jews aren’t getting sick! They must be doing this to us!” It’s almost like whoever it was that conjured up the various constraints somehow knew that they would keep the people alive and healthy in a world where they were surrounded by populations who did not practice those sound hygienic measures.

yourreddancer

As we learned in anthropology class, most ancient culture’ gatherers, retainers and teachers of that culture’s “science and technology” were the priestly castes. If a layman mentioned that hanging with lepers or mixing meat and dairy was unhealthy, people could wave them off with “what do you know?” But if you codify it and put it into the religious books and practices, because God said it, well THAT’S ANOTHER STORY ALTOGETHER! Now it has merit!!

prismatic-bell

And frankly, that’s still true today. Consider the large numbers of people who will only accept something as fact if their favorite news network reports on it, because they “know.” Or the number of people—especially women and even moreso for Black women—who get their pain waved off by physicians, only to then die of something totally preventable because the physician was a dipshit and the woman trusted him to “know.” (Sidenote, if you’re in pain and the doc dismisses you, you dismiss THE DOC. Get a second opinion. Pain means things.)

Or, for that matter, how we’re discovering indigenous methods of farming/hunting/crafting/storytelling are actually hugely beneficial, and the white scientific community writ large is going “whoa! Who would’ve guessed!” and the not-ridiculous portions are going “people who don’t assume that white people just ‘know’ the best way, dumbasses.”

Meanwhile we have furry artists saying “that sounds like Crohn’s” and it is, and kindergarten teachers who could tell you to wash your damn hands whatever Fox or CNN says, and indigenous cultures that have never gone away still doing things as they always have with better results, but nobody listens to them, because they’re common poor. We’ve replaced gods with college degrees and microphones, but it’s the same story.

keroa

reblog if AAAAAAAAA

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numahachi

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phuiscribbles

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jukun

valbrandur

ddemotivators

AAAAAAAAAHHH!!!

minervafloofderg-migrating

thegreenwolf

itsadragonaesthetic

This is such an abstract type of comedy I don’t even know how to handle it

jam-art

thranduil sleeps calmer knowing even if his son married a dwarf at least he married The Supermodel dwarf and singlehandedly crushed the hopes of single dwarves and dwarrowdams everywhere

words-writ-in-starlight

this is my headcanon and you will never take it from me.

listen, just Listen for a second, okay.

Gimli Gloinul is from the line of Durin okay, he’s from the line of KINGS, his bloodline stands up against Legolas’ perfectly, if the elves and dwarves got their shit together for a hot second they would be like “YES, PERFECT, A DIPLOMATIC MARRIAGE TO BIND OUR HOUSES TOGETHER AND NEVER SHALL THE TWAIN THROW ONE ANOTHER TO DRAGONS…again.” because you have a king’s son and a king’s nephew which, well, I love Dain but he’s not an EREBOR KING and GIMLI IS FROM THE FAMILY OF EREBOR KINGS.

And Gimli acts like he’s from the line of Erebor kings, too, okay, he’s a diplomat and a warrior and a nobleman, he’s the sort of person who SAYS things like ‘faithless is he who says fairwell when the road darkens’ and stares down Elrond Peredhil in his own home when his strength and faith are questioned. And he’s the kind of person who swears his allegiance to people he barely knows because it’s Right and Good and Gimli knows it.

And Thorin Oakenshield was handsome, and his sister the lady Dis is beautiful, and Gimli’s cousins Fili and Kili were fine young dwarrows, and Gimli’s mother is a great beauty.

Basically my point here is that Gimli, proud strong gimli with his firebeard hair and bold laugh and mithril tongue and clever fingers, broke the hearts of everyone in Erebor and not a few people outside of Erebor when he married a goddamn elf. Like. Not even Arwen Undomiel (WHO MARRIED A GODDAMN HUMAN, it’s been a weird couple of years in Middle-Earth, everyone wonders strongly if they’ve been drinking too much). Like he’s not even marrying a great beauty of the elves, Legolas isn’t ugly by elvish standards but also he’s nothing particularly special, and he’s not a great diplomat, and he’s BARELY a king’s son because everyone knows that Mirkwood elves are…a little odd. Legolas is a big cheerful hunter who sings songs he doesn’t remember all of, who chatters to trees and has no sense of the right thing to say even if he’s developed enough self-preservation to know the wrong thing to say, and FOR THE LOVE OF MAHAL HE FIGHTS WITH A BOW.

“GIMLI” Gloin bellows “YOU TURNED DOWN THIRTY-TWO SUITORS FROM FINE DWARVISH LINES FOR THIS”

“Ignore him, amrâlime, he’ll get over it” Gimli says in amusement as he beckons Legolas over to his forge, where he’s carefully smithing mithril-inlaid gold marriage clasps that will grip fine elvish hair. It’s too hot in the forge to wear shirts, if you’re working. Every dwarf in twenty feet stops what they’re doing to watch Gimli’s biceps flex as he holds up a jewel for Legolas’ inspection.

“YOU COULD HAVE HAD A HAREM” Gloin wails from down the hall.

fozmeadows

#a headcanon I never knew I needed until this very moment

haiku-robot

#a headcanon i never knew i needed until this very moment

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onimuoyinbo

A lady asked me how much it cost to make her a purse of a well known style in cotton fabric of a particular design and colour. £35 - I said. She said she thought that was a bit dear for a purse. I asked her how much she thought it would cost her to make one then. She thought about £10 as you can get similar in Primarni for £8 OK, so for £10 do it yourself I said Her reply was - I don’t know how to. I said for £10 I’ll teach you how to. So besides saving you £25 you’ll get the knowledge if you ever want to make another. She seemed pleased and agreed. OK I said, you’ll need a machine, cutting mat, rotary cutter, rivet press and the pattern. Oh well….. I don’t have many of things and I can’t justify buying all that just to make one purse. Well then for another £10 more I’ll lend you my stuff to you so you can do it at my house. Okay, she says. Great, I replied, come round on Tuesday afternoon and we’ll make a start Oh, I can’t come on Tuesday I’m having my hair done! Sorry, but I’m only available Tuesday to teach you and lend you my stuff. Other days are busy with other bags and purses. Bugger, that means I’ll have to miss my haircut. Oh, I forgot, I said, to make one yourself you also have to pay for the sundry costs. Now she’s confused – what on earth are they?? Fabric search time, electric, wear and tear on the machine, blades for the cutter etc She looks at me and says – but that’s ridiculous you can absorb all that cost as you are charging me to borrow your stuff. I could, I said, but I’m not spending time looking for the fabric you need you can do that yourself – you need 3 fat quarters of fabric, buckram, woven interfacing, non woven interfacing, a lock, rivets and matching thread. So she then says - I’ve been thinking, I think I’d rather pay you the £35. It’s too complicated to make one for myself, it wouldn’t be as well made and it would cost me a hell of a lot more than £35. When you pay for a hand crafted item, you pay not only for the material used, but also: - knowledge - experience - tools - services - time - enthusiasm Only by knowing all the elements necessary for the production of a certain item can you estimate the actual cost.

ladylingua

I was looking at the news and feeling stressed, said “Fuck it, I’m gonna do yoga and try to relax,”. Ten minutes in I am interrupted by the sound of literally every neighbor leaning out their window screaming and banging pots and pans.

And that’s how I learned Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the presidency 🥳🥳🥳

ladylingua

My favorite was this guy above me who kept screaming the actual news “PENN CALLED. BIDEN WON. BIDEN 2020,” I felt shocked back into 1902, hearing big news from the shouting newsboy on the corner. It was beautiful.

chekplaysminecraft

Theory Time

The reason endermen don’t like it when you look at them is because they communicate telepathically with one another by locking eyes! Humans are absolutely not designed to do this so when we look at them we are accidentally projecting all of our thoughts into them at the same time and it hurts :(

ice-block

But like, since the player is not of the Minecraft world, the player is just what the use to explore it, what if it’s like:

Enderman: *looks at player’s eyes*

Player: 01010010 01100001 00100000 01110010 01100001 00100000 01010010 01100001 01110011 01110000 01110101 01110100 01101001 01101110 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 01110010 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01010010 01110101 01110011 01110011 01101001 01100001 01101110 00100000 01110001 01110101 01100101 01100101 01101110 00100000 01101111 01101000 00100000 01100110 01110101 01100011 01101011 00100000 01100001 01101110 00100000 01100101 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010 01101101 01100001 01101110

Enderman: oh ok *attacks player*

tiny-slime

viostormcaller

This kills me every single fucking time

dailymarvel

Loki #mood

thegleampt2fromtheglowpt22001

I know it’s not hard to point out reactionaries hypocrisy when it comes to like safe spaces or hug boxes or whatever but genuinely how much of an echo chamber do you have to exist in for you to think this is a reasonable thing to say

apisashla

reblog if attacking fascism is really the hill you want to die on

alpine-insurrection

this is literally like one of the most justified and honorable hills you could die on??? lol??

astraskylark

The hills are alive with the sound of me attacking fascism and it’s a fuckin bop

beautifulterriblequeen

reblog if you remember that untold thousands have literally died on literal hills while attacking fascism and every nation considers them patriots and heroes for it

aeruh-deactivated20250615

Rosemary? You mean spicy pine needles?

malus-syl-vestris-deactivated20

Are you insinuating that regular pine needles aren't spicy???

aeruh-deactivated20250615

Regular pine needles are regular

malus-syl-vestris-deactivated20

Not by rosemary standards

aeruh-deactivated20250615

...Have you eaten pine needles?

malus-syl-vestris-deactivated20

We've been friends for like four years, do you seriously have to ask if I've eaten pine needles or not

aeruh-deactivated20250615

I mean I’m pretty sure you have but I don’t want to assume

malus-syl-vestris-deactivated20

Of course I've eaten pine needles. Various kinds. Singleleaf pinyon is weirdly the best

aeruh-deactivated20250615

Are they...

spicy?

malus-syl-vestris-deactivated20

You know, I'd love to tell you but I'm pretty unclear about what marks the difference between "spice" and "strong-tasting plant that isn't considered a spice"

aeruh-deactivated20250615

I’ll have to eat some pine needles myself then to find out

malus-syl-vestris-deactivated20

Ok but it only counts if they're PINE needles and not just any old needle-like leaf off a tree

aeruh-deactivated20250615

I’m going to eat every needle-like leaf I see

malus-syl-vestris-deactivated20

Please Don't Do That

aeruh-deactivated20250615

Needle-Like Leaf Roulette

malus-syl-vestris-deactivated20

...I'll accept this plan as long as you promise not to eat any yew leaves.

aeruh-deactivated20250615

I can try very hard not to

malus-syl-vestris-deactivated20

Pine needles are distinguished by the presence of a sheath-like structure at the base of the leaf, almost always holding bundles of two or more leaves. Yews don't have the sheath thing

aeruh-deactivated20250615

It’s time for me to go out into the woods and stare at needle leaves

malus-syl-vestris-deactivated20

Finally you can gain real insight into my average daily life

silverjirachi

this conversation reads like two shakespeare characters who come out in the middle of the play to talk about something completely unrelated for comic relief and then are never heard from again

weaver-z

Why is my Catholic grandfather so much funnier than me

weaver-z

My grandfather: Hey, what’s a bigamist?

Me: Oh, that’s an old term for someone who is married to two people unlawfully.

My grandfather: Incorrect

Me: ?

My grandfather: A bigamist is a thick fog over Italy :)

bluerhinostudio

We know you want to see more of our Terror Bird diorama…

Flesh reconstruction of Titanis walleri (with real feathers), a south american terror bird species, chasing a herd of Hagerman Horse (Equus simplicidens) across an arid early-Pleistocene period landscape.

Can you spot the mural-groundform transition?

Again from our Missouri project…

hiswitchcraft

Hey, I just read you post on warding, and I'm wondering if its possible to put warding on another person? A few of my friends want warding/protection, but idk how to go about that. Ideas?

Yes it absolutely is possible to protect others. You can apply a lot of the methods in that post and other methods you will find to other people. As examples, laying out salt in their house instead of yours, doing a spell but using a taglock or focusing on them while doing it, have them carry something protective, have them put a protective spell bottle or jar in their house, ect ect. You get the idea hopefully, just get creative.

Be careful though, warding can be exhausting and you don’t want your own energy to get linked to a bunch of wards. It will exhaust you.

crazyandhappybitxh

Thank you so much!! I'll be sure to be careful.

dankmemeuniversity

xelayxes

@matzahball

dracophile

For a second I didn’t realize it meant “high” as in a stoner--I thought “High Geologist” was like a rank of geologist or something and he was insulted you would challenge him to naming stones

hamptercatapult

great poast every one👍

shirecorn

I have drawn him.... The High Geologist

actualaster

THE AMETHYST GEODE HALO HOLY FUCK

renardtrickster

Sometimes good posts are made by annoying people so I’ll help out

These are Safe Shorts. They were made by Sandra Seilz after someone attempted to rape her. If the fabric is torn, an alarm will be sounded.

This is the Rape-aXe, invented by a South African doctor by the name of Sonnet Ehlers. After interviewing a rape victim who wished she had teeth down there, she made this. If someone’s penis is inserted and pulled back out, the teeth will sink in, and can only be removed by a doctor.

The Killer Tampon (couldn’t find a site for it), made by retired anaesthetist Jaap Haumann. When penetration takes place, the sharp end will slice the offending appendage.

The Anti-Rape Belt (also couldn’t find a site), made by a group of Swedish teenagers led by Nadja Björk. It requires two hands to undo.

Anti-Rape Underwear/Bra (once again), as made by a group of Indian students. Will deliver an electric shock when met with unwanted advances, as well as sounding an alarm.

Undercover Colours. Made by 4 male undergraduates at North Carolina U, they change colours when in contact with chemicals or drugs that cause unconsciousness. Used in case you’re wary that your drink has been roofied.

These are just tools to help, but in addition to being mindful of your situations and staying safe, they can help when the worst happens.

Stay safe.

sabakunogaaraai

ok, those are all kind of awesome. i wish they weren’t needed, bit still…awesome solutions.

toothmuncher3000

I feel more comfortable reblogging this version

fawkyou-deactivated20190309

RapeAxe has a gofund me up that barely has 700 dollars. I feel like the inventions that havent even been funded yet should be linked to the page you can support them at.

babylonqaf

RapeAxe- website which links their gofundme

allpinsandneedles

wish this wasn’t necessay, but this could save someone. please reblog!

marsapartment

Just going to leave this here!

rjamakusa92-deactivated20180623

Of fucking course.

Superman, the embodiment of American Values, the beacon of Conservatism and Americana.Being used to push a political agenda that is the complete opposite of who he is as a character.

Just to be expected. Superman the embodiment of conservative American values can’t be a conservative or believe in conservative values in today’s world.Because GOD FORBID Superman stand for something!

Rather than flowing with the tide of the liberals who own the rights to him!

dykedekuremade

Hey do you know who Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster are?

nonbinarysasquatch

Superman’s very first story literally dubs him “Champion of the Oppressed.” He stops a wife beater from killing his wife and threatens a lobbyist.

Superman has literally never been a beacon of conservatism. Superman is meant to be an ideal. He’s aspirational. And he’s a goddamn immigrant created by two Jewish men who were the sons of immigrants.

osheamobile

Superman is not just a refugee, he’s an undocumented immigrant. Just because he’s white-passing and enjoys Ma Kent’s apple pie, that has never meant that he is not a refugee or an undocumented immigrant.

Though I hesitate to use the term because no human beings are illegal, he is quite literally an illegal alien.

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