The Flying Kettle

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

can you show us more of your favorite book covers?

I can try. These are just some of the many covers of books I read in the last year or so. I probably own more books with these covers than I do without.

[notallmensheviks]

turns out the creator of gandalf big naturals made the images while recovering from anesthesia for top surgery. this implies that the big naturals in question are, in fact, the artist's, and somehow migrated onto gandalf. this has major consequences.

[partychance]

*walks into bar* *sits in a booth with ppl in it* dont yall love being cis? i love to be cis, its good. (whispering to small lizard under the table: what do cis people drink? milk? you said milk?) yall got milk at this bar?

[partychance]

[yehudah]

trans bears are literally stronger than any US marine

[they-were-a-skater-gay]

How on earth would they be able to tell that a bear is trans. I’m not saying they can’t be but how would they communicate that.

[yehudah]

:/

[schizm-deactivated]

this is so fucking funny

[specialstarfish]

update:

[fortooate]

we the jury find the defendant not guilty your honor

[the-dao-of-the-zerg]

[yehudah]

trans bears are literally stronger than any US marine

[they-were-a-skater-gay]

How on earth would they be able to tell that a bear is trans. I’m not saying they can’t be but how would they communicate that.

[yehudah]

:/

[schizm-deactivated]

this is so fucking funny

[specialstarfish]

update:

[fortooate]

we the jury find the defendant not guilty your honor

[the-dao-of-the-zerg]

[professional-egg-layer]

i think cis girls can have a packer as a treat

[professional-egg-layer]

actually no make this a thing. itd probably be so good for making trans girls feel safe

[professional-egg-layer]

im glad like at least 500 people can agree that gender affirming prosthetics shouldnt be exclusive to just trans people. honestly this goes for cis guys too feel free to get some breast forms. just dont be surprised if afterwards you decide you dont want to be a guy anymore

[genderkoolaid]

[professional-egg-layer]

i think cis girls can have a packer as a treat

[professional-egg-layer]

actually no make this a thing. itd probably be so good for making trans girls feel safe

[professional-egg-layer]

im glad like at least 500 people can agree that gender affirming prosthetics shouldnt be exclusive to just trans people. honestly this goes for cis guys too feel free to get some breast forms. just dont be surprised if afterwards you decide you dont want to be a guy anymore

[genderkoolaid]

[normal-horoscopes]

Jewish followers, Jewish roommate and I have a question and we need y'all's input:

1 - Can you make a bong out of a Shofar?

2 - Should you make a bong out of a Shofar?

3 - What are the theological implications of making a bong out of a Shofar?

[quaetantainsaniaest]

1- technically, probably yes.

2- it won’t...work as a Shofar.  Like, you can’t really toot out of a bong, and the whole point of a Shofar is the religious toots that BLAST AWAY demons, so it won’t functionally work as a Shofar anymore.

3- if it loses functionality of producing the different types of required toots, it’s not exactly a Shofar anymore.  Also there’s some discussion about how the Shofar blows demons away, so like, maybe the bong could sorta do the same where like instead of blasting the demons away you just get blasted with the demons.

4. I think you mean a pipe, not a bong?

5- there’s nothing really inherently against weed in Judaism afaik, it’s even kosher for Passover.

[quaetantainsaniaest]

wait sorry one more thing- I’m assuming that if you’re using the pipe/Shofar during Yom Kippur.  If you’re using it on a fast day then I’m like 90% sure you can’t actually inhale any of the weed.

[normal-horoscopes]

Jewish followers, Jewish roommate and I have a question and we need y'all's input:

1 - Can you make a bong out of a Shofar?

2 - Should you make a bong out of a Shofar?

3 - What are the theological implications of making a bong out of a Shofar?

[quaetantainsaniaest]

1- technically, probably yes.

2- it won’t...work as a Shofar.  Like, you can’t really toot out of a bong, and the whole point of a Shofar is the religious toots that BLAST AWAY demons, so it won’t functionally work as a Shofar anymore.

3- if it loses functionality of producing the different types of required toots, it’s not exactly a Shofar anymore.  Also there’s some discussion about how the Shofar blows demons away, so like, maybe the bong could sorta do the same where like instead of blasting the demons away you just get blasted with the demons.

4. I think you mean a pipe, not a bong?

5- there’s nothing really inherently against weed in Judaism afaik, it’s even kosher for Passover.

[mosertone]

Coal miner's child using a hole in the door to enter a bedroom with a smoking pipe in one hand and a gun in the other in Bertha Hill, West Virginia. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. 1938

[lettersfrombeachhead]

[yuhengwanye]

[infinitevariety]

[theunvanquishedzims]

The best part is it’s impossible to tell who’s arguing for legal weed

[eroticcannibal]

I rly think more leftists need to realise that it is not just the police who serve the state and not the people, that it is not just the police that are inherently corrupt institutions that are not made better by the few good ones.

Teachers, medical professionals, social workers etc all commit the same evils for the same reason. All are willing to cause unimaginable harm to protect the interests of the state.

[eroticcannibal]

Teachers bully children and their families on the regular to force them into conformity with no regard for disability, neurodivergence, situation or culture, causing massive trauma and ruining lives. Teachers participate in a system designed to crush children into obedience and destroy their individuality and sense of self.

Medical professionals prioritise respectability and ability to contribute over quality of life. They enforce oppression through medical care, maliciously diagnose, neglect and medically abuse those who question them. They outright cause the deaths of those they deem less worthy when given the opportunity (or at least try)

Social workers are tasked with forcing families to function to benefit the state and capitalism. They will abuse and traumatised families as punishment for disability, for being LGBT+, for not being of the dominant race and culture. They will punish parenting that respects the autonomy of children. They will punish accommodation that's helps the child.

And this is like. Barely scratching the surface.

[eroticcannibal]

This rly could be expressed better but I am dealing with the emotions of being chronically disabled and under treated, hearing my child open up about the trauma of schools and social workers, seeing the abuse directed at other home educating families and the realisation that I will be subject to the same some time next month, seeing how willing schools are to assist the government in their slaughter of the disabled and otherwise vulnerable and that makes coherent points hard.

I am interested in other ppls Hot Takes and experiences with these things tho cus as a white who was taught well how to pretend like I'm a temporarily embarrassed middle class, I ain't gonna be seeing the worst of it.

[dinosaurnipnops]

[image contents: Against “soft” policing. Are cops the only people who do the work of policing?

The word “police” was first used in the 15th century among european elites to discuss how they could promote commerce and compel people to work the wage. It meant what we now call “policy.” What we now talk about in terms of education, healthcare, urban planning, etc used to be   discussed in terms of police.

Have you ever been policed by an official that wasn’t a cop?

(a woman is pictured saying “You’ll have to take a drug test to remain in transitional housing..”)

Could we re-imagine doctors, social workers, teachers, and other “helping professions” in a way that breaks the connection to policing?]

[somethingaboutsomethingelse]

The machinations of the state is varied and does not begin and end at police and prison institutions, rather it's installed at every level of social, civilizational, and economic life. Policing everyone at every level maintains the function and proliferation of the system at large. Even the average non-professional, the 'citizen', acts as a cop (typically as an informant/a rat).

[poetry-protest-pornography]

Your Kentucky Derby horse name is:

A symptom of one of your mental illnesses + the last thing you ate

I'll go first: Mood Swings Macaroon

[iwannahibernate]

Apathy bacon

[lamardeuse]

Spiraling cheerios

[tzikeh]

Anhedonia Skillet

[copperbadge]

Numburger, I think I win. 

[ID: A tweet by Elle_em reading “Your Kentucky Derby horse name is: A symptom of one of your mental illnesses + the last thing you ate.”]

[quaetantainsaniaest]

Emotionally volatile cookie

[kiraliana]

Some of my fave Jewish Bernie memes of the day lol

[kabbalicgay]

Honestly I think one of the other reasons why I hate goyim making those “haha yeah Jews hate G-d and wanna fistfight G-d” is that it often comes off as though the only reason we would be respected or liked is because y’all don’t see us as actually worshipping or loving G-d. Our presence and worth within leftist/liberal spaces is entirely hinged on whether we are the Super Kewl Jews Who Hate G-d And Say Funny Anti-G-d Slogans or if we’re on the other end of Those Evil Chassidim Weirdos Who Are Obviously Different. Once Jewish people are loudly and proudly devoted to G-d, in awe of G-d and of Torah, that level of superficial niceties is taken away from us.

So no. I don’t want to hear about how Jewish people “will fight G-d behind a 7/11″ anymore. I want to hear about how Jewish people will fight fascists while singing hymns; I want to hear about how Jewish people have celebrated and worshipping and sung to G-d despite the thousands of years of persecution; I want to hear about Jewish families blatantly and proudly passing on Jewish scripture and thought down to their children; I want to hear about Jewish LGBT people who are the loudest voices at shul; I want to hear about Jewish people who are unabashedly Jewish and G-d-loving and religious and I want to see y’all still respect us and see us for the diverse and beautiful people we are.

[st-pam]

[jackdaw-kraai]

Oh my gods they’re adorable! Have a nice day at work, Employment Jelly

[staffs-secret-blog]

Unfortunately due to budget cuts we're now reduced to 3 members of staff and a mop we painted eyes on

[staffs-secret-blog]

FINE. Since everyone wants to know, the mops pronouns are he/him