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Love Begins
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@idontcarethatudontcare
me: you know that according to schrƶdinger, anything you put in a box is both dead AND alive
everyone at the funeral: *nervously stares at coffin*
schrƶdinger would have hatedĀ this interpretation of his work and i am HERE for it
He might be rolling over in his grave.
Or not.
when christian artists change the line in hallelujah from āmaybe thereās a God aboveā to āI know that thereās a God aboveā >:c
#idk why iām so unreasonably angry#maybe cuz itās my fav line
itās also because Leonard COHEN (!) was Jewish and this is a quintessentially Jewish line, and changing it to that level of Annoying Certainty is stripping it of its Jewish meaning and imbuing it with that particularly American smug evangelical Christian attitude that makes me tired, so very tired
THAT IS EXACTLY WHY
I donāt think Iāve heard any cover artist sing my favorite verses You say I took the name in vain I donāt even know the name But if I did, well really, whatās it to you? Thereās aĀ blaze of light In every word It doesnāt matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah I did my best, it wasnāt much I couldnāt feel, so I tried to touch Iāve told the truth, I didnāt come to fool you And even though It all went wrong Iāll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
um woah
I will always hit the reblog button so hard for Hallelujah but ESPECIALLY mentions of the elusive final verses which are just about my favorite lyrics ever. Why do people always omit the best part of the song??
In Yiddish
In Hebrew
In Ladino
Yeah, I wonder why the verses that reference specific Jewish mystical and chassidic concepts that arenāt readily understood by AmericanĀ āI love Jews, you know, Jesus was Jewish!ā Christians never get any airtime. Funny that.
You say I took the name in vain I donāt even know the name But if I did, well really, whatās it to you? Thereās a blaze of light In every word It doesnāt matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah
These are specifically about Chassidic Jewish theories of the holy language, how each letter and combination of letters in Hebrew contains the essence of the divine spark and if used correctly, can unlock or uncover the divine spark in the mundane material word. And of course, there are secret names of God which, when spoken by any ordinary human would kill them, but if you are worthy and holy and righteous can be used to perform miracles or even to behold the glory of God face-to-face. The words themselves have power. Orthodox Jews often wonāt even pronounce the wordĀ āhallelujahā in itās entirety in conversation, because theĀ āyahā sound at the end is a True Name of God (there are hundreds, supposedly) and thus too holy to say outside of prayer.
None of this is to mention how Davidās sin in sleeping with Batshevah (the subject of much of the song, with a brief deviation to Shimshon and Delilah) is considered the turning point in the Tanach that ultimately dooms the Davidic line at the cosmological level and thus dooms Jewish sovereignty and independence altogether. From a Christian perspective this led to Jesus, the King of Kings, and thatās all very well and good for them, but for the Jews, the Davidic line never returned and is the central tragedy of the total arc of the Torah. Like, our Bible doesnāt have a happy ending? And thatās what this song is about? Thereās no Grace - you just have to sit with the sin and its consequence.
Of course, Cohen is referencing all of this ironically, and personalizing these very high-level religious concepts. Like the point of this song is that Cohen, the songwriter, is identifying with David, the psalmist, and identifying his own sins with Davidās. The ache that you hear in this song is that the two thousand year exile that resulted from one wrong night of passion and Cohen feels that the pain he has caused to his lover is of equally monumental infamy. Basically, in a certain light, the whole of Psalms is a vain effort for David to atone for his sin and I think Cohen was writing this song in wonderment that David could eternally praise the God who would not forgive him and would force him and his people into exile. But he ultimately gets how you have to surrender to the inexorable force of God in the face of your own inadequacies and how to surrender is to worship and to worship is to praise - hence, Hallelujah. You can either do the right thing and worship God from the start, or you can fuck up, be punished, and thus be forced to beg for His forgiveness. Itās the terrible inevitability of praise thatās driving him mad.
Like honestly, I identify with this song so strongly as an off-the-derech Jew, I sometimes wonder what Christians can possibly hear in this song, as it speaks so specifically to the sadomasochistic relationship that a lapsed Jew has with their God.Ā Itās such a different song from a Christian theological perspective itās almost unrecognizable, man.Ā This song continues to be a wonder of postmodern Jewish theology and sexuality from start to finish. Donāt let anyone give you any āJudeo-Christianā narishkeit. This is a Jewish song.
(Sorry about the wild tangent itās just 2AM and I love this song so dang much, you guys.)
holy shit. woah.
Watch: Itās your right to share your salary, not doing so could be holding you back.
At my last company, one day someone in accounting approached me at lunch and quietly told me I need to ask for a raise because I was way underpaid.
They gave me a number to shoot for. Ā It was about twice than what I had been making at the time.
So I went online, did some research, found some figures backing up my claim, put it all together and went to my boss.
I got what I asked for.
If it hadnāt been for that person in accounting telling me I was way underpaid, Iād have never known. Ā I went from barely scraping by to being able to have a savings account and getting all my debts paid thanks to them.
You should at least check sites like salary.comĀ to start the process of seeing what you should be making.
Because this is crucially important
Except for the fact that 90% of the time you are under contract not to talk about your salary otherwise the company can sue you. Every job Iāve had Iāve had to sign that I wonāt discuss my pay with other employees otherwise my employment is terminated and the company will take legal action.Ā
Itās actually illegal for companies to forbid wage discussion, theyāre just counting on you not knowing your rights.
Important
Fuck.
If you scrolled right past this - GO THE FUCK BACK UP - this is a huge PSA
jfc Iāll be having some words with some folks
@salty-sheep
Since I remember you speaking of this
SHOUTOUT TO THE MISS PERU 2018 CONTESTANTS FOR GIVING STATS ABOUT WOMENāS ISSUES INSTEAD OF THEIR BODY MEASUREMENTS
AHHH PERĆ DID THAT!!!
THE GREATEST JOKE ADVENTURE TIME HAS EVER WRITTEN
People like to make fun of animators but jokes on themā¦
WHYāD YALL LEAVE OUT THE BEST ONE?
Canāt forget this gem.
Underlined PSA
Figment, the recently closed writing website, has just launched (after a long delay) their long-awaited successor to figment known as Underlined, where users can post their work and receive feedback, supposedly.
DO NOT USE UNDERLINED. DO NOT POST YOUR WORK ON UNDERLINED.
Underlinedās terms and conditions contains a clause stating that the rights to all your work that you post on their website belongs to them!!!!
Underlined belongs to Penguin Random House. This is an extremely dirty trick for them to play on writers, especially young writers and children, who come to the internet to get feedback and will lose the rights to their work. Please boost!!!
For my writing friends looking for an online writing community, DO NOT USE Underlined.Ā
I went to confirm @greater-than-the-swordās post, because seriously publishers are still pulling this garbage?Ā And yes, they are.Ā If you want to check out the full terms and conditions, have at it.Ā They are full of writersā nightmares, a few of which Iāll highlight under the cut.
Keep reading
Be aware guys
As someone who used to use Figment, I would really strongly recommend NOT using Underlined. DO NOT USE Underlined.
@thebibliosphere signal boost for writers
Ugh, how is this still a thing.
gay culture is not knowing if youāre on a date or not
my textbook and i have a lot in common
After succumbing to a fever of some sort in 1705, Irish woman Margorie McCall was hastily buried to prevent the spread of whatever had done her in. Margorie was buried with a valuable ring, which her husband had been unable to remove due to swelling. This made her an even better target for body snatchers, who could cash in on both the corpse and the ring.
The evening after Margorie was buried, before the soil had even settled, the grave-robbers showed up and started digging. Unable to pry the ring off the finger, they decided to cut the finger off. As soon as blood was drawn, Margorie awoke from her coma, sat straight up and screamed.
The fate of the grave-robbers remains unknown. One story says the men dropped dead on the spot, while another claims they fled and never returned to their chosen profession.
Margorie climbed out of the hole and made her way back to her home.
Her husband John, a doctor, was at home with the children when he heard a knock at the door. He told the children, āIf your mother were still alive, Iād swear that was her knock.ā
When he opened the door to find his wife standing there, dressed in her burial clothes, blood dripping from her finger but very much alive, he dropped dead to the floor. He was buried in the plot Margorie had vacated.
Margorie went on to re-marry and have several children. When she did finally die, she was returned to Shankill Cemetery in Lurgan, Ireland, where her gravestone still stands. It bears the inscription āLived Once, Buried Twice.ā
what did i just read
Irish women are strong asĀ fuck
āI lived, bitchā irl
relationship goals
iām going to start a fashion line called FAKEGEEK and its sole purpose will be to produce tshirts that will piss off nerds
my grave
iām so in love with this bath bomb š
I had a server tell me about how he was harassed into going to a church baptism ceremony by a not so close friend and to get them off his back he agreed
He decided some time before that of he was going to be forced to do this her might as well have fun with it right? So he goes to lush and buys one of the black bath bombs, and cuts it in half.
Now fast forward to the day of and he is wearing a small harness under his shirt that is keeping both haves of the bath bomb one either shoulder blade.
He volunteers to get baptised
They take him up put him in the white robe and then he waits for his turn. Now the friend who invited him had no clue what he is doing. They are pleasantly surprised to see him participating.
Honestly. A mistake on their part.
I only knew this guy for a max of 45 minutes and I could already tell this dude was a chaos entity.
So his turn comes up and they go to dunk him and the water immediately starts to foam and turn black and he starts screaming like a banchee jumps out the water and hisses at the priest
Everyone fucking lost it and her was banned from ever attending that church again.
So yeah all in all seems like a great thing to do for a hilarious story
the most appallingly graphic murder ever put to animation
He faking that apology. bitch knows what heās done and he cool with it
7# The Campfire Song
