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eliyahu the silly cat 😺

[eliyahu613]

pinned post i guess

hi guysssssssss i'm eliyahu and i had an old pinned post but it's not 100% accurate anymore and i can't be bothered to go and update it bc it's fancy and i'm eepy so here's my new one. join my discord server if you can't get enough of me.

hobbies: gaming, learning gemara, arguing with idiots online, binge watching youtube video essays, halacha (not a rabbi or an actual navi so don't listen to me), wrapping tefillin, researching medical stuff, etc

opinions: fuck capitalism, love immigrants, black lives matter, trans rights, end racism, stop antisemitism, disability rights, etc. FUCK AI

diversity points: gay, trans, jew, autistic, adhd, arfid, depressed, physically disabled (probably eds/pots/fibro/some combination of those), anxiety, ocd, etc

unwoke points: white, r*ssian (slava ukraini)

meowzuzah for the lurkers by @meshaamem-li

[microraptorhours]

i love you archival work. i love you alphabetizing. i love you sorting. i love you reshelving. i love you document restoration. i love you shelf reading. i love you inventorying. i love you analysis. i love you archival work.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

MAY YOU NEVER LOSE YOUR HYPERFIXATION

[religion-in-humanity]

I wish it was easier to find comprehensive books about converting to Judaism like Choosing a Jewish Life that AREN'T centered around the idea that you're converting because of a Jewish partner or that you have a Jewish partner at all.

I understand it, I respect it, I know that that's been the assumed reason behind conversions (especially for women) for a very very VERY long time for good reason. But I'm aro and perpetually single and I just wish there were more books for people who are converting entirely alone, without a Jewish partner by our side and without Jewish in-laws to welcome us into their traditions.

It'd also be nice if there were more resources for aro people looking to convert in general, but I'm not surprised there aren't. I have a few different identities that are going to intersect in difficult ways with Judaism and Jewish communities and no real resources for figuring out how to navigate all that aside from just. . . doing it and hoping I don't fuck up.

[pangur-and-grim]

it’s still so wild that I managed to find my mom’s lost cat. but also, hyper obsessive autists get things done!!!! every single morning for months, I would check a series of local facebook groups, until finally she got spotted in a campsite. then from the time I saw that post, it took about 24 hours to organize her retrieval. and now she’s back to being a house cat! after being lost in the woods all spring and all summer! death via coyote is canceled, she will live into her 20’s and be a pivotal memory for my niece and nephew, who always ask on facetime to see her

[hyperlexichypatia]

IDK I think if cis men are being told that being fat will lower their testosterone and make them Insufficiently Masculine, and cis women are being told that being fat will raise their testosterone and make them Excessively Masculine, and fat trans people are being denied the right to medically transition if they're fat, and thin trans people are warned against HRT because it will make them fat (and this is said about both testosterone and estrogen HRT), and androgynous-presenting people are told that only thin people count as androgynous...

Then maybe...

Maybe...

Maybe the weight loss industry is just using Gender to enforce fatphobia.

[charlesoberonn]

Necessary and sufficient

[charlesoberonn]

[hannibal-hamlin]

"Wait, you're a Christian? Like, born and raised? Wow, um, you know what American history is like, right? You know the country has only existed for 250 years... Yeah it's fine I'm not like against Christianity or anything but like, you don't support the US or anything, right? The US military is responsible for countless deaths so you support Al Qaeda, right? And the actions on 9/11? Look, I really don't feel comfortable having a Christian in my DnD roleplay group unless you can tell me that you denounce America. No, not the American military, America. What do you mean it's complicated? How can there be hundreds of years of history when America has only existed for 250 years what do you mean? Yeah there's Christians from other countries but they're all connected to America. I went to a bakery the other day and found out they were serving American pastries so I left they need to know that's not okay. I wouldn't hire an American babysitter, how could I when the American military is killing babies, they're complicit and besides I wouldn't want them filling my kid's head with American propaganda. That's why I find it so hard to trust Christians unless I can find out their stance on America. And I can't trust even the 'good' Americans because they obviously support Trump and the military's actions. They live in America and he's the president so obviously they voted for him, if they don't like him then they should show that by leaving. Honestly staying in America just shows me that they're a secret Trump supporter even if they try to lie and say they aren't. Look at my art piece! It's a church burning. Well, obviously it's an American church so it should burn. Look at my patch I put on my battle vest, it's a big X over a cross. No, it's not talking about Christians! It's about America because America uses a lot of cross imagery. Well it's not my fault America co-opted the cross so now I just associate crosses with America, you should recognize that not every cross is about Christianity if someone is defacing a cross you should assume it's because of America. Americans and Christians are all privileged white people anyway."

[jewelkat16]

[pangur-and-grim]

things I’ve noticed in the UK:

- when you’re jay walking, cars will actively accelerate bc the drivers want to kill you for breaking the rules

- servers in restaurants act very scared and apologetic, so maybe people aren’t nice to them here??? or I could be terrifying

- it’s really cute when little kids have British accents, but I’m unmoved by adults with accents

- extremely good gluten free options. this country is like 20 years ahead of Canada in that regard

- people will give random insignificant buildings names with little plaques. and then that’s the name that shows up on the map. like even a smaller than average family home, you can name it like it’s a dog

- lots of brick and stone buildings. looks cute and charming until you enter one and there’s no air conditioning

- people are still wearing jaguar print. I like this. don’t let it die

[pangur-and-grim]

ohhh okay! amendment: cars will actively try to kill you for being small and made of flesh, instead of cool and metal like them

[pangur-and-grim]

things I’ve noticed in the UK:

- when you’re jay walking, cars will actively accelerate bc the drivers want to kill you for breaking the rules

- servers in restaurants act very scared and apologetic, so maybe people aren’t nice to them here??? or I could be terrifying

- it’s really cute when little kids have British accents, but I’m unmoved by adults with accents

- extremely good gluten free options. this country is like 20 years ahead of Canada in that regard

- people will give random insignificant buildings names with little plaques. and then that’s the name that shows up on the map. like even a smaller than average family home, you can name it like it’s a dog

- lots of brick and stone buildings. looks cute and charming until you enter one and there’s no air conditioning

- people are still wearing jaguar print. I like this. don’t let it die

[pangur-and-grim]

ohhh okay! amendment: cars will actively try to kill you for being small and made of flesh, instead of cool and metal like them

[religion-in-humanity]

I wish it was easier to find comprehensive books about converting to Judaism like Choosing a Jewish Life that AREN'T centered around the idea that you're converting because of a Jewish partner or that you have a Jewish partner at all.

I understand it, I respect it, I know that that's been the assumed reason behind conversions (especially for women) for a very very VERY long time for good reason. But I'm aro and perpetually single and I just wish there were more books for people who are converting entirely alone, without a Jewish partner by our side and without Jewish in-laws to welcome us into their traditions.

It'd also be nice if there were more resources for aro people looking to convert in general, but I'm not surprised there aren't. I have a few different identities that are going to intersect in difficult ways with Judaism and Jewish communities and no real resources for figuring out how to navigate all that aside from just. . . doing it and hoping I don't fuck up.

[zionismandunashamedofitforever]

Judaism actively permits people to discourage others from converting.

in this spirit, I'd like to strongly suggest that you first seek therapy for "different identities" before you carry all that baggage into whichever hapless Jewish community you want to "bless" with your presence.

[religion-in-humanity]

Everyone has identities and baggage, dipshit, it comes with living in a society and being a person.

I never said anything about "blessing" anyone with my presence, you're just a bigoted ass who saw someone who exists in a different way from you and decided that that means there's something wrong with me. Maybe instead of telling people online to go to therapy for *checks notes* being queer and Native, you should try going yourself to figure out why you feel the need to treat strangers this way.

[angel-derangement]

“we live in an uncaring universe” yeah dude and I live in an uncaring house. and I shit in an uncaring toilet. but do you touch an uncaring lover? do you comfort an uncaring child? do you guide to sleep each night a cold and uncaring self?

[angel-derangement]

please hurry up in reblogging this I wanna jorts it before someone puts it in one of those heartwarming tiktok slideshows

[ablubluh]

i was like 'what could jorts it possibly mean' but as with many things clicking the original post immediately clarified the situation

[adderall-juice]

me when they call my name at mcdonals (i am approaching the counter)

[blogspede]

here you go sir

[adderall-juice]

thank you

[lesboydefender]

seeing young trans men saying how they feel so “validated” by people telling them to kill themselves because “at least they see me as a man” is actually so fucking sad. 15 year old trans boy you do not deserve to be treated like a monster because of the words you use for yourself and the goals you have for your body. you do not need to accept this kind of treatment from your own community in order to prove that you’re not a threat. you are a person. you are a person

[bipedal-embarrassment]

Literally why I'm so vocal about transandrophobia and why, as a trans man in my 30s, I won't be caught dead capitulating to that shit or engaging in constant performance of platitude, apology, diminishment and self flagellation for existing as a trans man

No I will fucking not teach trans masc youth your creepy terf version of original sin

No I won't teach trans masc youth that they need to apologise for being trans, for being masc or for being young men

Fuck transandrophobes and fuck every trans masc and trans man who sells out his brothers in this way

[internetgreatesthits]

[mono-red-menace]

[unknown-but-existing]

i feel like this is more funny

[apolladay]

Genuine question disguised as a poll:

Do you think it should be mandatory for people with driver's licenses to take a refresher driving course every set number of years* – ideally low-cost or funded with taxes – to hammer in the basics of driving, road rules, safety tips** etc, rather than only having to pass a driving test once?

Yes, it should be mandatory / No, but it should be an accessible option / Nuance / Results

* say every 5 years for example

**safety tips could include reinforcing why it's important to keep a certain distance from the car ahead of you and how the safe distance changes depending on various circumstances; how little time speeding/weaving through traffic actually saves vs how much it increases the risks; safety around cyclists/motorcyclists; examples throughout of what can and has happened when people ignore these things; maybe even basic maintenance so you don't get stranded with a flat and no idea how to put the spare on etc etc.

(also re: work, for the sake of this poll let's say it'd be similar to jury duty in the US, in that your employer is required to allow you paid time off work, or your school is required to give you unpunished time off, to complete this refresher course because it's mandatory. And fwiw I'm talking everywhere there are cars & resources to support this, not in any specific country. Obviously some people will still be dicks but we're not talking about them here)

Do you think it should be mandatory for people with driver's licenses to take a refresher driving course every set number of years* – ideally low-cost or funded with taxes – to hammer in the basics of driving, road rules, safety tips** etc, rather than only having to pass a driving test once?

Yes, it should be mandatory

No, but it should be an accessible option

Nuance

Results

Remaining time: 6 days 14 hours

* say every 5 years for example

**safety tips could include reinforcing why it's important to keep a certain distance from the car ahead of you and how the safe distance changes depending on various circumstances; how little time speeding/weaving through traffic actually saves vs how much it increases the risks; safety around cyclists/motorcyclists; examples throughout of what can and has happened when people ignore these things; maybe even basic maintenance so you don't get stranded with a flat and no idea how to put the spare on etc etc.

[eliyahu613]

saying "a fortiori inference" is colonial behavior and i'm not kidding

[tzelofachad]

you can’t even pry my use of “a fortiori” in an otherwise normal essay to confuse the goyim from my cold, dead hands.

so obviously, you can’t pry it from my warm, living hands! You can derive that from a *dies instantly*

[eliyahu613]

well played, but that's still a kal vachomer you hellenizing secular chayav-mita freak

[tzelofachad]

phylacteries

pentecost

tabernacles

[eliyahu613]

skila

[sketchjay]

Okay, I did my best to translate this post:

eliyahu613:

saying "a fortiori inference" (phase that means "even more so". Rather rare.) is colonial behavior and i'm not kidding

tzelofachad:

you can't even pry my use of "a fortiori" in an otherwise normal essay to confuse the goyim (non-Jewish people) from my cold, dead hands.

so obviously, you can't pry it from my warm, living hands! You can derive that from a "dies instantly*

eliyahu613:

well played, but that's still a kal vachomer (Hebrew phrase that means "even more so". Rather common in religious Jewish dialects.) you are making things like the dominating secular culture and deserving of death according to Jewish courts of law and also G-D. freak.

tzelofachad:

(lists several obscure English translations of Hebrew and Jewish terms, including teffilin, a Jewish object [article of clothing? I don't know how to properly define that] used for prayer, the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, and a structure used for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot)

eliyahu613:

I am going to throw rocks at you until you die.

[hartsnkises]

"Amulet" is actually probably the best translation for what teffilin is, but, like, they'll probably skila me for the witchcraft vibes. It's also used for more than prayer—in theory, you're supposed to wear them all the time

Tabernacle is also a translation of Mishkan, that is, the tent-temple from the desert

[tzelofachad]

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[eliyahu613]

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