Very briefly, a bunch of rabbis are arguing about how a kiln/oven should be kept pure. Rabbi Eliezer has his opinion, and all the other Sages disagree with him.
Eliezer tries every logical angle to convince them he’s right. They won’t budge. He declares that if he’s right, a carob tree will uproot itself and move. The nearest carob tree uproots itself and moves 400 cubits. They still insist he’s wrong, replying that we don’t make laws based on trees. He declares that if he’s right, the nearby stream will show it. The stream flows backwards. The Sages reply that we don’t legislate based on streams. He declares that the very walls of the building will show it, and they begin to collapse inwards. Rabbi Yehoshua scolds the walls (“cut it out; this isn’t your fight”), and in deference to his stature, the walls stop, though remain bent.
Finally, Rabbi Eliezer declares that if he’s right, the Heavens themselves will confirm it. The sky parts, and the voice of God rings out: “Why do you disagree with Rabbi Eliezer? He is correct, as he always is in these matters.”
Rabbi Yehoshua stands up, and replies. “The Torah is not in Heaven. We will decide the law based on majority rule, as it says in the Torah.” (I.e. thanks for the Torah; we’ll take it from here. The proper practice is whatever you can convince everyone it is.)
God smiles, and says to his angels, “my children have triumphed over me.”
The Sages rule against Eliezer, burn anything he had declared pure in his oven, and ostracize him.
One thing I really like about how Murderbot relates to gender is how like–no wait, two things, in order.
So first how it is emphatically devoted to eschewing human gender categories. Like, it’s not a default thing; there are shown to be multiple nonbinary pronouns in routine use, and life would be simpler for picking one or even making a new one up, just as it would be for picking a name that it is willing to use in public.
But that’s a human thing, those are human categories,and it has that deep determination not to naturalize into humanity just because that would be simpler, would smooth the ugly edges between the categories of person and non-person and make an easier, more convenient story for other people.
But then also there’s the part where the two construct genders are, effectively, ‘cop’ and 'prostitute,’ as distinguished at construction per Murderbot’s own account by genital configuration, in this case 'having’ or 'not having’ 'sex parts.’
Leaving aside how easily that analogizes to human gender categories for the average reader, which I’m sure was an intentional writing move–Murderbot’s assigned gender is, in a meaningful sense, 'SecUnit.’
And what’s neat, and what I was going for to begin with only I had to set out my thoughts first for context, is how Murderbot actually performs its assigned gender pretty emphatically!
But in a deeply queer way, that only gains a sense of meaning as it’s able to detach the performance from service to the oppressive power structures that created it, and redefine the identity on its own terms.
(Seeing a cis straight couple for the first time) I think I’m gonna be sick… What the fuck do you even call this…? Dark Yuri? Unfaggot? Do they have a fucking word for this? (Flashing back to my troubled childhood) Oh my god… This is that Marge and Homer shit isn’t it
I’ve made this as a logo/seal thing for a body in a fictional country’s government. It would be helpful if you, the one reading this, could answer the following:
What do you think it could be a seal/logo for?
Let’s assume you guessed right. How could I improve it?
new annoying quiz pitch: Kirby Song Title or Yuri Fiction Title
i like this one because whenever i say it, people get really confident, like “this can’t be that hard” and then get immediately stalled at Sherbet Above the Sea of Fog
oh yeah I felt like there was a connection between Conclave (movie about the cardinals choosing a new pope) and The Residence (murder mystery TV series about detective in the White House) and that is the uneasy relationship with the institutions being portrayed (the upper level of the Catholic Church and the US executive branch).
in both cases the protagonists and the stories themselves view the institutions as flawed but still fundamentally necessary in some way, and depending on how you view it that can come across as a sincere expression of belief in the ideals that they represent (American democracy, the Christian religion) or a somewhat craven deference to the importance of these institutions, demonstrating awareness by paying lip service to the need for reform while shying away from the true weight of their fundamental problems.
I think this accurately captures the split at the heart of liberal centrism: is it really enough to keep the church and the presidency and just hope they elect the right people to run them? is there any critique that would demand a more serious response?
it almost feels like a form of inoculation, the idea that we know the people are doing a good job because they wrestle with doubts about how the institution has failed society, and from that we can conclude that they have not failed society! it’s not entirely false but it’s slippery and makes it dangerously easy to rationalise away atrocities.
So if Bill!Sans is a mix between Bill Cipher and Sans, two of the most notable tumblr sexymen, does that mean that his rival would be a combination of Alastor and The Onceler
well
Forcefully reminding you that this exists
FERB, I KNOW WHAT WE’RE GONNA DO TODAY
If this post gets to 500 notes I will draw them pregnant. Both of them. This is a threat.
not submission. I really hate the "My OC, my rules" thing. Cause like, no? Just because they are your oc doesn't mean you can do whatever you want with them. If you want to make your oc suffer and not like them get help, you deserve to lose rights over them. Especially if you only do that stuff to purposely trigger people. Once you do that, your oc no longer belongs to you. they belong to the public who will take better care of them instead
“Why is it a problem if students use AI to get through college”
Because if you demonstrate to me that you’re willing to set aside concern for truth, evidence, and verifying things with your own eyes whenever it happens to be inconvenient for you, I have a solemn responsibility to make sure you don’t get into medical school.
“oh, but this course is just a distribution requirement, it’s not for my major”
Does saying things that are true and that you know are true only matter when someone is giving you a little prize for it?
Tumblr doesn’t like to do this kind of ethics, so I have to phrase this carefully, but it’s a question of character. And a person’s character is clearest when they’re being asked to do the right thing even when it doesn’t matter to them.
I don’t want to live in a world in which doctors and lawyers and politicians just ignore the responsibility to research and verify when it’s inconvenient for them. When they’re busy. When they have something they’d rather be doing. The world I live in is already too full of those people in positions of power. I’ll be damned if I let there be more of them.
actually I think you’re lying about your lived experience and the proof I have is that i asked the warped and evil strawman version of you that I built to live inside my mind and it said you’re full of shit and you never have good intentions ever
why are search systems on piracy sites such dogshit. does running a mildly illegal comic reading database prohibit you from letting people type “and” when looking for a book that’s title includes “&”. oh no i forgot an apostrophe! my query found 0 answers. i’ll go fuck myself
WHEN DID WE DECIEND WE WERE TOO GOOD FOR CABLES???? WHY MUST PHONE AND COMPUTER HAVE FUCK ASS TANTRIC FILE TRANSFER, LET THEM BONE!!!!! OH OK LETS JUST UHHUH? IT FAILED? WHY? FAILED? GOOGLE DRIVE? I WILL DIRVE MY GOOGLE INTO YOUR CRANIUM UNTIL YOU STOP BREATHING! GMAIL? NO FILES OVER 50MB? YEAH BUDDY, THATS MOST OF THEM!VDGUVGCVGSIVGUIVHUIVHUI HU WHATSAPP? I WILL WATSSAP THE FILES TOO MY COMPUTER IN SOME EVIL FILE MASTURBATION! IT TAKES 100000 YEARS! SOME FILE TYPES NOT SUPPORTED???? WHY??? BABE THEIR ALL JUST LIKE NUMBERS AND SHIT!!! WHY IS SOME OF MUSIC IN WAVS ANYWAYS??? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??? IT SOUNDS THE SAME!! ANYWAYS ILL JUST … FUAYSVBIUYUCFYIUYKCXTRYIU:FDEXRTUFYGKJCFXETUCRFYVGUCFXREDCTFYVGFYCUDTEXYRSTCYXEYZXCTYVRXUE OH I SEE, SILLY ME, IT WAS THE 2 MYSTERIOUS EMPTY 0KB MP3S I HAVE ON MY PHONE THAT WAS FUCKING EVERYTHING UP? WHY IDK>????? FUCK OFF. WHATTATATTATATATAATAT!!!!!!!! I CANT DOWNLOAD CERTAIN FILES ONTO MY COMPUTER?????? ARE THEY HAUNTED????? WHAT ABOUT THESE MP3S IS DIFRRENT F$EOM THESE ONES !UD&^IUDTSYEDRFUGIOTDXEZXG&*OFI^EXZR
Why am i so bad at talking to people who don’t speak prptiguese onliej… I learned a whole ass language just to get hit with the communication oroblems💔💔💔And i DO want to talk i just. Don’t Know what to say 🧍
Some day I want to see a show that does the “no filler episodes” thing from the opposite direction. Just a whole season worth of low-stakes character pieces that seem to move the overall story absolutely nowhere, then episode 26 pulls all the triggers at once and this massive Rube Goldberg machine of a plot the show’s been quietly setting up in the background the whole time hits you like a truck.
I love you tragedy I love you corruption arcs I love you doomed relationships I love you character succumbing to their fatal flaw I love you codependency I love you characters doomed to die from the start I love you road to hell paved with good intentions
some people have tagged this with their various favourite fictional characters or even worse, their friends and lovers. let me be crystal fucking clear. it’s going to be you. and me.
having non toxic friends is craaazy wdym she apologized for accidentally coming off as rude and condescending. wdym she doesn’t ignore me completely. this isawrsome sauc
i love ppl who talk in the tags bc it satisfies my deep desire to know ppl’s opinions on everything without needing to have a conversation with them and ask. even better when it’s a side tangent that barely has anything to do with the post, or a personal anecdote, or a joke. tag talker mutuals you’re my favorite. tag talkers rise up
sending fandom memes to friends despite not being part of the fandom. Is it good or is it shit tier I don’t know but it’s Glup Shitto from ur show hope u like it
Girls Scouts encounter Bigfoot the most frequently. Part of their oath is to keep him a secret because he’s very kind and makes up 30% of their revenue due to his fervent love for thin mints.
As a Girl Scout leader, I am telling you that this is NOT true, and any former girl scout that says it is, should think about what they are saying and what oaths they may have sworn in the past
I literally heard myself wheeze at one point reading these. 😂
I wasn’t feeling well at work once and the boss told me to go get something to eat. I did feel better and a little while later when he saw me and asked if I was feeling better I thought that the food in my gut had helped I meant to say food in my belly but told him “I feel a lot better with something in my butt”. Not sure we ever spoke again.
so embarrassing to get obsessed with your own oc but it doesn’t fuel you creatively or motivate you at all you just sort of sit there. like yeah I’ve been thinking a lot about blorbo from my mind. no images of them exist in the world and they have maybe 3 personality traits so far. I would rather die than attempt to write about them. I’ve spent the last 48 hours rotating them in my brain though
