A Jew Living In A Goyische World

The world is a nightmare but at least I’m Jewish

[depsidase]

[san-sebastienne]

If you say “kill all _____” there’s literally nothing you can fill in the gap with that will make me believe you’re anything but an unserious child who doesn’t deserve to be at the big organizer’s table

[mf-dooom]

[yetanothergreyjedi]

that is the face of a man worried he will be next

[ashtraythief]

Good news, he was not next! In fact, she accepted him as her mate, he learned the crane mating dance and now every year, he artificially inseminates her with crane semen to expand the very endangered crane population. True story.

[luulapants]

Sorry, he WHAT? Imagine being this man's boss and having to sit him down like. Listen. Brian. We need you to fuck the bird. You have to act like you're excited about it.

[whetstonefires]

crane husband.....

[roach-works]

this is the diametric opposite of all those awful swan wife stories and i love it.

[alex51324]

(WalWaPo makes you jump through like three separate hoops before you can read the article, so I will share some of the highlights:

Walnut was born in a species-recovery breeding program in the 1980′s.  The program had crane chicks hand-raised by human volunteers, and at that time they did not fully understand the measures necessary make sure that the chicks do not imprint on humans and retain their identity as cranes.  

As a result, her keepers believe, Walnut does not recognize other cranes as members of her own species.  

It has not been proven that Walnut killed her previous suitors; however, there is a persistent rumor in the white-naped-crane-conservation community that she did.  

Because this species is highly endangered, and the gene pool of the captive population is small, it’s pretty important for the survival of her species that Walnut A) mate, and B) not kill a bunch of other cranes.  

The actual name of the keeper is Chris Crowe.

They both arrived at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in 2004.   

Walnut immediately began paying special attention to Chris--and ignoring the eligible male crane in a nearby enclosure.  

Walnut initiated their courtship, performing the opening moves of a mating dance.  

Chris realized that if he reciprocated the mating dance, it might be possible to artificially inseminate Walnut with her participation and consent.  (The process normally involves restraining the bird.)  

It worked!  

Chris and Walnut have had five children, who were raised by other crane couples at the facility--sometimes the biological dad and his mate--both because it’s unclear whether Walnut would accept the chicks as her own, and because Chris is not equipped to be a Crane Dad.  

However, the Institute provides her with artificial eggs to sit on, and Chris takes his turn looking after them.  (This would not work with real eggs because he can’t sit on them properly, but Walnut seems to feel that he is on the job if he just stands over them.)

Chris accepts that he is pretty much married to this bird.  White-naped cranes live to be about 60, and they mate for life, so he knows he can’t retire while Walnut is alive.  (At the time of the article, Walnut was 36, and Chris 42.)  

[thesylverlining]

Legit cannot pick the funniest part of this

she has not been PROVEN to have killed her exes, but there is a PERSISTENT RUMOR (really officers she's simply DEVASTATED, she sobs, wearing a new feather boa unfortunately resembling her most recent deceased husband)

His name is Chris CROWE. (Mrs. Walnut Crane-Crowe?)

the mental images of a whole human man learning and performing the crane mating dance, and "sitting" on artificial eggs so she thinks he's performing his duties as a husband and father (and apparently OBJECTS if he does not?)

"chris, buddy, you gotta marry the possibly-murderous crane lady for the GOOD OF THE SPECIES." (alternately: "chris, my man! good news! we found you a very interested lady! She's 36, she's very spirited and independent, she holds a very important and rare status in her society! ...Is there a downside? WELL...")

chris sits any potential human partners down, like "my love, you must understand before we wed,,, i am already... Attached" (camera drifts wistfully to the above photo) "Lady Walnut and I have an,, Understanding... the relationship is open, but very committed"

[anais-ninja-bitch]

just had to explain this post to my father bc he thought my stifled laughter was a signal of illness.

well done, everyone, good game. hit the showers.

[largishcat]

[eshlimoriarty]

[lazorsandparadox]

Not only is he 'married' to walnut, this has apparently happened SEVERAL times, so he has MULTIPLE crane wives, none of which know about any of his other crane wives. This man is, for some unknown reason, irresistible to cranes

[queersatanic]

the “this content has been removed for violating Tumblr’s Community Guidelines” notice really adds a lot of flavor to this post and somehow makes it MORE obscene than whatever that actually was

[worldheritageposts-official]

World Heritage Post

[kedreeva]

I regret being the bearer of bad news, but I thought it should be shared that Walnut passed away in January of this year (2024). There's a lot of mixed info about the lifespan of cranes (due to people misunderstanding what a median is...) but the average for most species I know of is 20-30 years (in the wild if nothing eats them/they don't die young), and 30-45 in captivity, with the oldest known white-naped crane having loved to be 46. Given that she was 42, this old gal did good, and I'm certain she will be missed by folks here.

[optimysticals]

Fly on forever Walnut Crane-Crowe

[fanchonmoreau]

Thinking about Dr. Robby’s suicide ideation in the context of being a Jew in a post 10/7 world. Like… long time coworkers casually sharing blood libel. Patients hearing his full last name and thinking he’s someone to distrust or fear. A media that gaslights him about rising antisemitism even though the Pittsburgh Jewish community hasn’t recovered from Tree of Life. The creeping certainty that if he was murdered for being Jewish tomorrow, people wouldn’t mourn him. In fact, they’d say he deserved it.

And maybe that’s right, he starts thinking eventually. Maybe he does deserve it.

[daughterofstories]

I cannot stop thinking about Robby's mental health in terms of how antisemitic the world of psychology is right now.

Like, I know the intention is that the therapy he did between seasons one and two didn't help because he wasn't in a place for it to help, but unless he was actively screening potential therapists for how they talk and think about Jews and Israel, there is an approximately 100% chance that at least one of the therapists who "weren't his speed" gaslit him about antisemitism and/or Jewish trauma.

[wifegideonnav]

“bits to use in everyday conversations”

[mister-merica]

[thetransintransgenic]

A comment on Anatevka, from Fiddler.

I love Jewish humor but I love seeing non-Jews, like, Completely Failing To Get Jewish Humor at least as much.

[tikkunolamorgtfo]

The Jews: *dark joke about always being exiled and murdered* 

Goyim: I don’t get it? 

[thatoneautisticfnaffan]

My take on The Metamorphosis is that it’s an allegory for interfamilial and internalised antisemitism.

The antisemitism comes with Kafka being a Czech Jew in early 20th century Europe and the premise of the story being a man wakes up one day and is now dehumanised by everyone around him. It’s important to note that in the original text, Gregor is referred to as “ungeziefer”, roughly translating to "vermin", "pest" or "unclean creature".

The interfamilial/internalised aspect is Gregor’s family being the perpetrators of his dehumanisation. There’s also the similarities between Gregor’s father and Kafka’s own. Throughout his childhood and adulthood, Kafka feared his father Hermann. He was a strict businessman who conducted his parenting the same way. Gregor’s father is physically and emotionally abusive to his son. Gregor is now a monster. How could he do this to them? He knows that they rely on him to survive.

After Gregor’s transformation, he can’t go out into society again. His role was the breadwinner of the family but now that his “ugliness” (Jewishness) is apparent, they have to find another way to live. He can’t be useful to his family (can’t assimilate). But his sister can.

[weaver-z]

This is the most powerful call to ratio I've ever seen. It's like she's performing an incantation.

[duncebento]

“NO!….RATIO!!!”

[adamsmasher]

Honestly obsessed with her

[geocaprican]

[the-astro-ambassadors]

[ballofstress9]

Absolutely based

[transgirlsgetswords-deactivated]

always reblog bonnie

[blaxolt]

I'm not even sure if they do still make tumblr

[yournonbinarypal]

[mariacallous]

Shimunov identifies as being on the Jewish left and is part of JFREJ

[chutzpahchesed]

the business which very publicly posted this in response to him…buying a cup of coffee:

nobody should have been sending them death threats, but it’s also unfair to ask a Jewish man to accept discriminatory harassment by turning the other cheek. he had every right to speak about this.

every time I see JFREJ mentioned, I am forced to remember this from September 2023 (tw: CSA).

[badmiiversepost]

“cigarets are like hamsters: they are fine, until you put it in your mouth and light it on fire. True”

[oscar-isaac]

RYAN GOSLING "I'm Just Ken" wins Best Original Song at the 29th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (January 14, 2024)

[forsovngarde]

[stillmuseum]

[cutecipher]

there are many fat gay women which is basically awesome

[cutecipher]

clap. clap for fat gay women

[trupowieszcz-moved-deactivated2]

r/scrungycats is fucking amazing

[fruityfinch]

This one is my favourite. It’s subtle. It’s contemplative. This cat has so much to consider

[txttletale]

did kier starmer's government help people? no. but did it at least make the country a better place? no. but was it popular? ah, no. but did it keep its promises? also no. but did it at least do right by its core constituencies? no. but when faced with great injustice, did starmer at least have the courage to condemn it? no. but did he at least refrain from actively cheering it on? no. but was the economy good? hell no. but di

[hillsofspices]

populism is so fucking predictable.

Zohran Mamdani calls AIPAC 'monsters' in rally | The Jerusalem Post

He described the major pro-Israel lobby as an organization “for whom the only thing more frightening than democracy being allowed to run its

[iswearbyalltheflowers]

Real

[shitpostcharlie]

What Hannah Arendt referred to "the banality of evil."