please stop these games

for some reason both people who prefer S AND people who prefer Z say they think Z would be kind of mean

people who Don’t pick the T overwhelmingly assume people who do chose it because it looks like a dick, actual given reasons for picking T lean more toward gameplay versatility, sex toy safety (i.e. they ALL look like dicks but T has a flared base), and personality

there’s a fairly even split on use of gendered pronouns for I, O, T, and Z, but people tend to use she/her for L, J, and especially S

there have been multiple unconnected instances of the phrase ‘triple t spin in the pussy’. this doesn’t really matter it just feels worth mentioning

by and large S and Z fuckers are MUCH more passionate about their choices than L and J fuckers

another responsibility for the stressed person

requires time and money they probably don't have

takes a lot of luck and hard work and time to be effective

$5000

And it’s like. Is there maybe someone you’ve forgotten to mention. Did anyone else get targeted at the Neo-Nazi rally where they shouted “Jews will not replace us”?

The erasure would of course be five times less brutal if every progressive activist group didn’t invest 90 percent of its efforts to hating Jews under the excuse of “antizionism”. But I digress.

A landmark housing bill automatically became law at 12 a.m. on Saturday after [President Trump declined to sign it in protest of the Senate's inaction on an elections bill known as the SAVE America Act. The bipartisan bill, known as the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, is the most comprehensive housing legislation in decades. The measure aims to increase housing supply and bring down costs, including by limiting institutional investors from purchasing certain single-family homes.  [. . .] Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the chief proponent of the legislation in the Senate, harshly criticized the president's refusal to sign the bill. "At the stroke of midnight, a huge bipartisan bill to lower housing costs became law without the President's signature. Why did President Trump sit on the landmark housing bill for more than 2 weeks? Maybe because there was nothing in it for him personally — no gold-encrusted ballroom, no Qatari jet, no $2 billion crypto deal. Nothing in the 21st Century ROAD to Housing except ways to make housing more affordable," she said in a statement. "Donald Trump couldn't pick up the pen because he just isn't interested in lowering costs for American families." [. . .] [House Speaker Mike Johnson] ultimately expressed confidence that the bill would become law, noting that he had encouraged the president to sign it with "the fattest black marker you have," while telling him the results of the legislation "are going to be very, very good for the American people." "So I hope he does sign it. If he doesn't, it's still law; we'll still celebrate it," Johnson said. "But he's trying to make a point and I think he's making it very effectively." [. . .] The new law includes more than 45 provisions, many of which are aimed at increasing development of affordable housing by removing regulatory barriers and streamlining environmental reviews. It also launches a pilot program to aid local governments in converting vacant commercial buildings into affordable housing, unlocks more federal funding for the construction of factory-built homes and eliminates a rule that requires homes to be built on a chassis — a steel framework used to transport them. In addition, it creates an innovation fund for communities that are increasing their housing supply, supports housing opportunities for veterans and limits the purchases of single-family homes by institutional investors.

Videos circulating on social media showed a crowd gathered in the Dutch city’s Schilderswijk district following France’s 2-0 victory on Thursday evening. People could be heard chanting “All Jews are gay” and “Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas” while Palestinian flags were waved.

Local reports said community volunteers initially attempted to disperse the crowd before Dutch police arrived in large numbers, bringing the unrest to an end less than an hour after the match.

Claims circulating on social media that the crowd had gathered outside accommodation used by Israeli tourists could not be substantiated. Footage from the scene appeared to show demonstrators outside a health clinic rather than a hotel or guesthouse.

There is no suggestion that the events in the Netherlands were connected to a separate disorder in London, beyond both taking place after the same World Cup match.

In London, Metropolitan Police officers were called to Edgware Road after crowds gathered and blocked traffic following the final whistle.

The force said the situation “escalated with the group throwing bottles and setting off fireworks.”

One police officer was taken to hospital with head injuries after being struck by what officers believe was a glass bottle.

Four people were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder. No other injuries were reported.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: “We will not tolerate such disorder on our streets, or attacks on our officers.

“We will be reviewing CCTV and video footage circulating on social media to ensure all those responsible are brought to justice.”

Westminster City Council leader Paul Swaddle condemned the violence and urged football supporters “to be respectful throughout the tournament”.

The crowd dispersed during the early hours of Friday morning, and Edgware Road reopened at around 1am.

West London Synagogue, which is situated on Edgware Road, has been contacted to establish whether the disorder caused any damage, disruption or security concerns.

The incidents came days after another World Cup-related antisemitic controversy, when the Wikipedia page of French referee François Letexier was falsely edited to claim he was Jewish following Argentina’s victory over Egypt, fuelling antisemitic conspiracy theories online.

ah yes, a totally normal reaction to a World Cup match is chanting, “Jews to the gas.”

Which is- Gd created everything, then Gd went around talking to people, shit happened, Gd tried to find a people to accept Gd’s laws and book, no one would. FINALLY Gd stumbles across the Jews and is like “Hey will y’all accept my laws and be my chosen people?” And the Jews were like “What does that mean?” And Gd is like “It means you follow my rules and read this book.” and the Jews were like “Eh sure why not.”

No.  In fact, it’s almost the opposite.  There are a number of places in Jewish thought and Jewish law where complete consensus is a sign of something having gone wrong with the process.  (For example, if all of the judges agree in a case where the death penalty would be imposed, then the accused automatically goes free and the case is dismissed–because something clearly went wrong if you can get all of the judges to agree!)

It’s because Judaism and Christianity have very different viewpoints on God, sinning, forgiveness, and punishment.  

In Judaism, there are several classifications for “sin” that are very different than Christian views; there are sins where one person transgresses against another person, and sins where one person transgresses against God.  The former category is viewed as more significant–indeed, two types of sin from one person to another are classified as unforgivable: Murder and gossip.  Murder because the victim is not around to give forgiveness, and gossip because it is impossible to take one’s words back once they are loosed in the community.  

And then there are the classifications of sin; in Judaism, it is believed that everyone has the internalized capacity for failure and straying.  That’s what sin is conceptualized as–a deviation from a correct path.  The most common word for sin, hata, essentially means “to go astray/to miss one’s mark”.  

So we conceptualize everyone as having free will, and the ability to stay on the correct path of moral righteousness (which is a concept itself tied to justice and charity) through their own choices, or to deviate from that course.  And for when we miss that mark, we ask the people we’ve wronged for their forgiveness directly, or ask God for forgiveness on the appropriate occasion (Yom Kippur) for when we’ve gone astray against God.  

So for us, we have moral and ethical guidelines on what to do from God, but the implementation and interpretation of them is up to us.  So we argue and debate if this particular action or other acts to fulfill that.  Is it good enough?  Well, let’s build a little fence around the concept so we don’t accidentally transgress.  Well, where do we put the fence?  And there’s debate on that.  And debate on whether we need the fence, or if a “keep off” sign is sufficient?  Is the fence still applicable in the modern age?  How do we interpret these strictures in the light of changing times?  Etc.  

And since we didn’t have a central authority to mediate and rule on these things for the last two thousand years, you get practice by consensus… to a point.  

Contrast that with Christian views on Sin, and how sin can only redeemed through Jesus–and in Catholicism, Jesus is only accessible through the priests of the Church, which, for the last thousand years, has been aggressively centralizing and defending its authority, on pain of sin for those that go against that authority.  And engaging in sin imperils your immortal soul to Hell (another concept that doesn’t exist in Judaism).  

So there is a coercive element there that doesn’t exist in Judaism, along with a centralized authority who can and will punish deviation–not just in behavior, but in thought.  Because Christianity has thought-crimes, being an Ortho-dox (Correct Doctrine/Thought) religion, while Judaism is an Ortho-prax (Correct Action/Practice) religion.  

As a result, in Judaism, debating on what actions to take is not only acceptable, but encouraged, but in Christianity, debate and dissenting viewpoints are forbidden, as independent thought has the risk of breaking someone from the doctrines, and is best left to the priests for the safety of one’s Christian soul.  

Judaism’s got, what, four major denominations and a handful of smaller specialized communities? Yeah, there are dozens if not hundreds of different Christian denominations. Has no one here heard of the Great Schism? The Protestant Reformation? The King’s Great Matter? Vatican I? Vatican II? Hell, the denomination I grew up in split up over whether or not to accept gay rights (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America vs the Missouri Synod) in the 90s.

Yes there are major personality differences between Judaism and Christianity, including the fact that Christians (ironically) choose to divorce* each other over doctrinal and socioethical differences a lot more often than Jews—and, historically, those divorces tend to be a lot bloodier, which is what happens when political and military power get involved—but the idea that there’s no record of substantial debate or dissent in Christianity—even within one denomination—is in no way supported by history.

Yes, because Christians will excommunicate and divide every time they have a doctrinal speedbump.  The fact that Christians fragment so easily in comparison to Judaism supports the point on “thinking for yourself is forbidden”–because it’s easier to take a group of like-minded heretical Christians and set oneselves up as a separate denomination than it is to talk things out with the parent denomination.   The sheer existence of so many divides being backed up with force and murder just shows the coercive power against heresy in Christian thought being applied.  

I honestly do not fucking understand the whole "Palestine doesn't exist" bullshit.

All Palestine has to do is leave Israel the fuck alone. Unfortunately for the people living in the not-country of Palestine, every single person who has said they will discuss the option with Israel is a Jew-hating terrorist who will not agree to any terms that don't include the complete eradication of Israel and its people.