deathbird

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sometimes when it's quiet I sit on the shower floor (now marked NSFW)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Says “I’m a guy IRL”, so gay.

  For now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What causes this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I was looking into renfair type stuff once and told my friend to go to chainmaile.com “that’s with an ‘e’”. He did not go to the right website.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Durability of children⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think he’s doing tricep extensions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨who are you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What if neither of you believe in expiration dates but one of you think it turned and the other doesn’t?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon blames millennials⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Games are amazing right now, what is this talking about? EA/WB/Ubisoft dreck?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't know who The Rizzler is and Im not interested.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He’s not a famous figure, he’s a child being exploited by his dad, and even on the page itself there’s nothing actually notable about the kid himself. It’s mostly salacious “controversy” anot his gross no-name dad.

  And actually encyclopaedias generally and Wikipedia particularly engage in value judgement all the time. Who is or isn’t a notable public figure, what is or isn’t a reliable source, etc.

  Nothing about this child merits a Wikipedia entry. Maybe Encyclopedia Dramatica or Kiwi Farms or something else for the bottom feeders, but not a site that’s supposed to be for general human knowledge. GTFO with that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't know who The Rizzler is and Im not interested.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If this isn’t a sign of the decline in Wikipedia I don’t know what is. Like it’s not even his channel it’s his dad’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon studies Buddhism⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Rabbis are teachers, and Jesus was often called “teacher” by his followers. I believe the Aramaic word for teacher is something like “Rabboni”. I’m using the term in a loosely descriptive fashion for Jesus too I guess. Granted the 2nd Temple was still standing so it was the priestly era and not the rabbinical era, but yeah, rabbi, why not. There are schools and social networks that maintain traditions and connections but the hierarchy as I understand it is pretty flat in the rabbinical system, which was only maybe in a proto form in Jesus’s time.

  As for the OT, yeah it’s a pretty good source to fish out awful things, but I think it gets a bad rap for that so I always bristle at the assertion or implication that it’s the “bad” part of the Bible. It’s got a lot of good stuff in it. By volume probably more than the NT. The truth of the matter is that the whole book is self contradictory and problematic in parts with a number of good ideas sprinkled in. You’ll only get something useful and moral out of it with thoughtful interpretation and careful exegesis. And I do happen to think Judaism does that well mostly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon studies Buddhism⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s bigotry in the New Testament too, and great wisdom in the Old. Neither is without merit or flaw. The idea that the NT is insufficient for finding bad ideas that one must trawl back into the OT for such things is fundamentally what I was critiquing.

  I think it’s fair to say that some Jewish text is incorporated into Christianity, but the interpretation is generally not the same. Christians may see themselves as practicing a logical extension of the worship of the God of Abraham, but from a Jewish perspective they’re doing their own thing.

  Objectively I think that holds. A rabbi could explain it better I’m sure, but Christianity is quasi-polytheistic, often iconoclastic, and importantly rejects pretty much all Jewish law, supplanting it with the particular interpretations of one rabbi who is also the son of God but is also God himself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon studies Buddhism⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It feels to me like there’s an inconsistency between calling Christianity “Judaism for export”, and saying that it quotes the Old Testament for the purposes of bigotry. Or maybe it just feels antisemitic, even if not deliberately so. I mean it’s not like there isn’t bigotry in the New Testament, or radical acceptance in the Old.

  But also I don’t think you can argue that Christianity is a mere extension of Judaism and at the same time argue that it shouldn’t utilize Jewish text.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon studies Buddhism⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Jesus did not really claim to be part of succession of Jewish prophets based on the text in the New Testament. In the first three Gospels one could certainly describe him as a prophet, though by the fourth he was definitely being described as God. That in itself makes it far more like mithran cults than Judaism.

  And while a lot of what he taught was consistent with Jewish thought, a lot of it was contrary to Jewish thought and practice too, even explicitly so. And later writings by Paul, which for better or worse are canonical to the vast majority of Christians, pull the religion further away from Judaism.

  Now Greco Roman gods didn’t need prophets, because they had more formal roles that played similar functions: priests and oracles. Christianity on the other hand has prophets, saints, martyrs, and priests. Judaism on the other hand had priests, occasional prophets, then later rabbis. Notably Christian prophets prophesy about Jesus’s return or his goings on in heaven, while Jewish prophets were mostly telling people to get back into their covenant and stop marrying foreigners, usually promising freedom from whatever country was currently conquering them at the moment as a reward. Notably people claiming to be Jewish prophets do not get a lot of traction in Jewish communities these days, and have not for millennia.

  I mean you can’t deny that Jesus was Jewish, but he was an eccentric Jew, and the people who became his hangers on created a religion that did not look like the religion he mostly practiced. Certainly not one that looks like Judaism of today.

  Christianity says Jesus is god, uses multiple images of their God, but also multiple gods through their Trinity / triune God head work around, centers mostly around devotion and worship through novel praise rather than rule following and study. It often focuses on a personal relationship with the godhead. Judaism doesn’t do this stuff, but it’s not out of place in pagan traditions.

  I mean Jesus was literally conceived by the Holy Spirit entering into Mary, like Zeus going into countless mortal women to make half-God children. I mean I guess it wasn’t technically sex because that would be tasteless, but certainly all the Jewish prophets I can think of were conceived through two human people having sex.

  None of that’s to say there’s anything per se “wrong” with Christianity, but there’s a reason it exists alongside modern Judaism and not instead of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon pitches the next big movie adaptation of a video game⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Based af

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon watches Jurassic Park⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen plenty of teachers/professors reporting GenZers demonstrating concerningly diminished discipline, resilience, and interest, particularly when it comes to reading. My personal observations of GenZ discipline are mixed, but I’m not in education.

  Would be good to see high-quality studies on the matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon studies Buddhism⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Aye, perhaps not in the “Judeo-Christian” sense, but a religion nonetheless.

  But actually it strikes me that “Judeo-Christianity” is more about theme or literature than form. The Christians claim a common God with the Jews, but that’s mostly it. In form Christianity seems more Greco-Roman than Judaic to me.

  “Greco-Romo-Christan” maybe?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon studies Buddhism⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well then you’re back to Ecclesiastes. Everything in its season etc.

  Idk, I was just trying to put the best argument forward, but l’m not really a fan of the New Testament in part because of its inconsistency.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon studies Buddhism⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, the way you said it my first thought was “Tibetan”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon studies Buddhism⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thought that one always tied back to the whole “you shall know them by their fruits” thing.

  As in those who talk nice but don’t produce anything useful (like a fig tree that doesn’t produce figs, just leaves) are not really doing what Jesus said. Don’t be like the Pharisees hollering out in the streets, just love God and do good in the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon studies Buddhism⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Out of curiosity, which Buddhist tradition was this temple out of? I’ve had similar experience, but I get the feeling like Buddhist thought might be about as diverse as Christian.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For all you inked people⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It depends a lot on the tattoos though. Some tattoos show forethought and patience. Other tattoos show poor decision making. It really just depends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is worried about men⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Was not trying to say 40-somethings are washed up, but if you think it’s like 20-something I have some herbal brain supplements to sell you.

  Also that message may have been public but it wasn’t aimed at you. I don’t know but I’m sure you’re doing great. You’re maybe taking it from a perspective of someone who is in a different place from OP.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is worried about men⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah it’s not women per se, though most guys have had bad experiences. It’s also bad economics, loss of third spaces, loss of communities, excess screens, and the shifting cultural expectations that follow from these material changes.

  It is hard to create real human intimacy when you interact with people primarily through profiles and media.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is worried about men⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think if a woman you like making a hard pass at you makes you want to pass on her, you have something internal to resolve if you’re thinking you still want to be in an intimate relationship with another human being.

  I mean dating at 40 has to be hard anyway. Your body does not look the same. It does not work the same. And making friends when you’re older is hard. If you’re religious you can try joining the church. At the stage thing did you go up and tell a story?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sounds logical to me⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Gay people often have straight sex when they are unsure about their sexuality. As society becomes less homophobic I’d expect more straight guys to experiment with other guys.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon experiences freedom⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  All valid points. Except for the one about not having to be treated like you’re poor, but I think that one was made in jest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon experiences freedom⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s uncontroversial to say that porn is bad for children, and I would say that social media is bad for children as well. I think as one matures and becomes an adult both become less bad, less fraught, but the difference between the two of Is that one with one of them you sometimes want to be anonymous, and the other one you almost always want to be anonymous.

  I mean I’m against requiring affirmative identity verification online anyway, even as a solution to keeping children away from things that are unhealthy for them. You can’t sacrifice the freedom of adults on the altar of protecting children.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon experiences freedom⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, at this late date, the tubes analogy isn’t that bad. I forget what point he was trying to make though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon experiences freedom⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Every YouTuber sponsored by nordvpn: 🤑🤑🤑

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon visits a bookstore⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Then the books are like: 👆

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon's lacking pissing habits⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone doesn’t just get followed into the bathroom I see.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anons make the worst game ever⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s really good actually, unless you were looking for a different kind of game.