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Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
edwardspoonhands

Anonymous asked:

"However, if you’ve sent me a message every day for the last six months telling me to do something, that will make me far less likely to do it (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE)" WHAT?! What topic have you been asked to do that often?! I understand if you don't say in order to not embarrass the person but I'm still SUPER curious....

edwardspoonhands answered:

Every day I get the same anonymous message that is more or less a list of accusations leveled at Hillary Clinton phrased as a question. I think Hillary Clinton is a complicated person who has spent a great deal of time in the federal government and possibly understands it better than anyone who is not currently Barack Obama. Her opinions are well informed and similar though not-identical to mine. 

My first election was George W Bush against Al Gore in 2000. That was an election that happened after eight years of a popular democratic president and the rhetoric of that election was full of “These people are identical…just two different masks on the same corrupt face.” 

And then I watched as Al Gore lost an election he would have won were it not for Ralph Nader, and then George W Bush spent eight years getting us involved in wars that made no sense, destroying our international reputation, championing viciously anti-science perspectives, delaying the expansion of basic rights to the LGBT community, and leading our economy into the worst depression in modern history. 

So I am very sensitive to the narrative that there is only one right Democratic candidate. I don’t know who it will be and frankly I don’t care that much. I can see costs and benefits to both Bernie and Hillary, but I know I would be proud to have either of them be my president. So, basically, to the person who says nasty things about Secretary Clinton in my inbox every day I say: My only concern is that FUCKING DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT BECOME MY FUCKING PRESIDENT. That would hurt my country and my world in ways that could be irreparable. 

We’re talking about a great tipping point in history here. I understand the wish that we could all be coming together to vote /for/ something great (which is, by the way, how I will feel come November, but I understand that not all people are like me.) But nonetheless, we will all have to consider the greatness of voting against something this year. This is not Mitt Romney we’re talking about, not a successful, level-headed person with different views, we have a monumental chance to show the world what we’re made of.

Do we allow a racist, misogynist, fascist who actively derides free speech and believes that insults are the highest form of international relations to lead this country? Or do we elect one of two experienced, intelligent, leaders who believe that the United States does not need to be made great again, but that we can and must continue to make it greater.

Fuck your talking points daily asker…do you think this is a god damned game?

boobiesitscoldoutside

dirkdammit asked:

If Pac-man was an Orthodox Jew do you think he'd have to stop eating ghosts or are they kosher?

witch-of-habonim-dror-blog answered:

OKAY SO

I refuse to believe that Pac-man, as an observant Jew, would feast on souls. However, I am going to postulate that Pac-man is a metaphor for the turmoil inside the Jewish soul- specifically, Pac-man is the yetzer hara. And what else could he be? He does nothing other than devour, and devour, and destroy. He does not stop to daven, and he does not say brakha before he eats the wee dot thingies.

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Above we see the four ghosts, Inky, Winky, Pinky, and Clyde. I postulate that each of them represent a different Jewish virtue. It is not Pac-man’s job to destroy them, but it is in his nature- it is the job of the ghosts to corral Pac-man and keep him from taking control of the soul, as represented by a maze.  Clyde, the yellow ghost, is the same colour as an etrog. His endless wandering reminds us of the wandering we did in the desert, yet like the other ghosts he still does the customs of a Jew, and therefore we may call him Zikaron (remembrance). Inky, as we see, is also called Bashful. Therefore  she represents tzniut, or modesty. However, the name Inky could also be a reference to the ink in which the Torah is written- this ghost is a scholar! Inky represents not only the learning of tzniut, but the application of tzniut, and for that she is called both Inky and Bashful. Pinky is pink, a colour associated with young children, and especially girls. Therefore Pinky represents new life and femininity- Pinky is a Jewish mama, maintaining spiritual influence over her family. The Talmud  says that when a pious man marries a wicked woman, the man becomes wicked, but when a wicked man marries a pious woman, the man becomes pious. Blinky, or Shadow, is a stand-in for the Plague of Darkness in Egypt, because of his name, and yet also he warns of darkness of the spirit, and the perils of benightedness- he goes all blue and woogy not to let Pac-man win, but to warn Pac-man that winning comes at a terrible price.

Rabbis, it is time for the morning posts.

jewishrage

I find this interesting and for one reason really. Pac Man was my first ‘toy’ or stuffed animal whatever you want to call a cute plush toy you give to a 3 year–old. Anyways, the world was very small to me then, so I /assumed/ and /assured/ myself that Pac Man is Jewish, for one reason and one reason only. Why would my Jewish parents give their Jewish child (me) a non-Jewish toy? This made 100% perfect sense to me back then, and in a lot of ways still does now. Anyways, that’s all I have to say about that. B"H!

herroyalmajestythequeenofhell

I’m crying why are we discussing whether Pac-Man is Jewish or not

witch-of-habonim-dror

i need to know if he and i can marry.