Rabbis who’ve studied Judaism all their life: “But again, I am just a human. I can’t possibly know everything and this is all my understanding. There is no limit to how much you can learn about Judaism, so there’s always more I can learn and more perspectives I can discover.”
Goyim on the internet: “Here’s what all Jews believe, based on my very thorough research of ‘watched Fiddler on the Roof once’, and here’s why I know more about Judaism than you silly Jews.”
my favorite is when you ask something like “can I do X”, and the rabbi tells you “I’m sure there are some who would say you can”.
this happens when the rabbi doesn’t want you to do X, but doesn’t know of any particular halacha offhand that forbids it. And he knows that if he says “no”, then you’re required to follow that ruling. And according to some opinions, the laws of nazirus imply that abstaining from that which is pleasurable and permissible is considered sinful. therefore, if the rabbi tells you not to do X but it turns out you could’ve, he has just instructed you to sin.
it’s just a little quirk of different halachos interacting that I find really neat.
I just had a discussion with my friend about fanfiction and how we tend to assume that women are the writers without any actual proof. Then I said, hey, I know fanfiction written by gay and trans dudes. But then I remembered, wait, I think I know one writer who just must be cis het based on his work. Anyway, all writers, be honest, who are you?
Please reblog if you’re interested in the results.
If you have ever written any fanfiction, tell me your identity, pls
It’s always crazy to me when someone writes a fanfic about two middle aged guys who are completely up to date with the current chronically online lgbtq discourse and enthusiastic users of the most niche micro labels. Like no offense but I know old homos and this ain’t it
I find the fact that the Barbie movie is simultaneously being criticized by the right as “too radical”, and criticized by the left as “too nice to men” and/or “too pandering”, quite funny, given that America’s WHOLE SPEECH was about how, no matter what women (like the director of the Barbie movie) do,it will simultaneously always be too little and too much.
