This is actually hella interesting, bc in simple terms, tigers are extroverts and lions are introverts. There’s more to it, but that’s the gist.
Whenever zoo’s tried to put lions and tigers in the same enclosures, the tiger would eventually try to groom the lioness and play constantly. The lioness would lose patience and snaps at them
So basically what I’m saying is that you have a regal and refined gf who stands at the edge of a balcony during parties, sipping champagne
Then you have the other girl who drank all of the little flutes on the servers platter, and is now drunkenly pointing at her gf and telling everyone that that’s her gf and doesn’t she look beautiful I love her so much
The iconic McElroy Double “Unless.” I can hear them perfectly.
I noticed a couple people in the tags saying the Double Unless is a Hamilton reference, which means there are people out there who don’t realize that Hamilton was actually referencing the McElroys, not the other way around. Lin said so himself.
So anyway, I just wanted to share the good, good news.
i hate the idea of a True Self that you Never Show To Anyone like the me by myself isn’t me partly because humans are defined imo by their social interactions as we are social creatures but mostly because that guy is a gremlin. the disgusting idiot who crawls out of my bed at 1pm and eats peanut butter from the jar isn’t me he’s the manifestation of a collection of weird impulses that all give way at once. saying that dude is Truly Me In An Objective Way, as if that exists, is such bullshit like [holds up a creature that is on the cusp of going insane because its species literally cannot be alone for any significant amount of time] behold, a True Self! give me a break
peanut butter gremlin man is exactly as True as the dude who got invited to a frat party is exactly as true as the man who goes to job interviews and doctors appointments and applies to specialized courses and it’s useless to insist that one is truer than the others. truth isn’t real and peanut butter man has a 3.5 gpa. the self is a whole even when we insist on looking at it in situational fragments
If it doesn’t have a potato base, it’s not a latke.
I’m withholding judgment.
What you’ve got there is a ramen fritter. Fritters are acceptable for Hanukkah, but can you call them latkes? The rabbanim are still in session over the decision.
My people, we have had potatoes for less than a quarter of the time we have been celebrating this holiday, latkes most likely predate our access to potatoes for at least a century or so and probably much longer, it does not have to be made of potato to be a latke.
I mean, if we count ramen as a starch, then we can call it a latke. But, because I’m an argumentativeI bastard, I will counter that for many potato has become minchag, and we know that for Ashkenazim, minchag is pretty much halacha. So with that approach, I’d argue a potato-based fritter is a latke, while other vegetable and starch based fritters are just fritters.
But then, also, Hanukah is basically just the Maccabees celebrating Sukkot several months late because they were stuck up in the mountains, so if we’re going to fuck up minchag then I’m lighting my menorah in a Sukkah (which is definitely a good idea).
Because I’m argumentative (which is to say, Jewish)
as well: nope! You can say it’s your minhag to only eat latkes made from potato, but you can’t say it’s your minhag that only potato-based latkes may be called latkes; minhag does not apply to terminology, only to practice.
Furthermore: if variation from one’s familial customary practice (e.g., using endives instead of romaine lettuce) is permissible in the eating of maror, which is a specific mitzvah with its own blessing, then kal v’chomer it is permissible in the eating of latkes, which is not.
… I’m entirely in favor of lighting the menorah in a Sukkah though, go for it. 😀
I was playing with some ideas for a tattoo I might want. One of the ideas was something dedicated to one of my favorite books, Sabriel by Garth Nix. This piece features one of my favorite characters, which is Mogget, this cat shaped being. This piece has two important swords from the series, charter marks, and of course, the Seven Abhorsen Bells.
to be fair this is valid and also explains a good 70% of my own bookshelf. at least with the library you save yourself money.
but also, here are some things to consider and encourage you:
mogget is the best cat in the universe, please imagine Alan Rickman’s voice when you read his diaologue
the magic system is so cool, it’s controlled by fucking music?? EVERY MAGIC PRACTIONER IS A BARD EVEN THE NECROMANCERS!!!
the romance in Sabriel is minor, mostly because the YA genre hadn’t been invented yet and the story focuses on the important thing: murdering zombies
when you get to the Abhorsen’s house in any of the books in the series, you never want to leave. in your brain, it is so peaceful and pretty and kinda like Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater on steroids.
the sequels are even better?? A new very understandable new main charater! A Sassy talking Dog! Dealing with Depression and Anxiety! Running around a really fucking terrifying Library!!
moral of the story, I feel u, but u def will like the book. jus doooooo it.
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