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[aniisol]

HEY WHO MADE THE TRIVIA QUESTIONS. WHO IS SUCH A HUGE FAN OF DOGWARTS I NEED TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU. YOU HERO.

[breakfastteatime]

TikTok

[jessicalprice]

how can you be so controversial and yet so brave

(reposted from Twitter)

Hey so, have I ever told you about the time I was at an interfaith event (my rabbi, who was on the panel, didn't want to be the only Jew there), and there was a panel with representatives of 7 different traditions, from Baha'i to Zoroastrian?

The setup was each panelist got asked the same question by the moderator, had 3 minutes to respond, and then they moved on to the next panelist.

The Christian dude talked for 8 minutes and kept waving off the poor, flustered, terminally polite Unitarian moderator.

The next panelist was a Hindu lady, who just said drily, "I'll try to keep my answer to under a minute so everyone else still has a chance to answer." (I, incidentally, am at a table with I think the only other non-Christian audience members, a handful of Muslims and a Zorastrian.)

So then we get to the audience questions part. No one's asking any questions, so finally I decide to get things rolling, and raise my hand and the very polite moderator comes over and gives me the mic.

I briefly explain Stendahl's concept of "holy envy" and ask what each of theirs is.

(If you're not familiar, Stendahl had 3 tenets for learning about other traditions, and one was leave room for "holy envy," being able to say, I am happy in my tradition and don't desire to convert, but this is something about another tradition that I admire and wish we had.)

The answers were lovely. My rabbi said she admired the Buddhist comfort with silence and wished we could learn to have that spaciousness in our practice. The Hindu said she admired the Jewish and Muslim commitment to social justice & changing, rather than accepting, the status quo.

The Christian dude said he envied that everyone else on the panel had the opportunity to newly accept Jesus.

I shit you not.

Dead silence. The Buddhist and Baha'i panelists are resolutely holding poker faces. The Hindu lady has placed her hands on the table and folded them and seems to be holding them very tightly. Over on the middle eastern end of the table, the rabbi, the imam, and the Zoroastrian lady are all leaning away from the Christian at identical angles with identical expressions of disgust. The terminally polite Unitarian moderator is literally wringing his hands in distress.

A Christian lady at the table next to me, somehow unable to pick up on the emotional currents in the room, sighs happily and says to her fellow church lady, "What a beautiful answer."

anyway I love my rabbi to death and would do anything for her

except attend another interfaith event

[lunaris1013]

I watch The Food That Built America for all of the mid-century set decoration in the dramatization segments. I want the set dresser to take me lamp shopping, that's all I ask.

You want your blorbo's actor to confirm your headcanon. I want mine to take photos of the housewares on set. We are not the same.

[meziniart]

you guys will never guess

[averyshittyseal]

The last dream, this time, for the last time.

(A small continuation)

(GEEZ I DID IT)

[timetodecidedjo]

i wholeheartedly believe that the diner scene when Logan makes the comment about not being able to eat while Wade’s mask was off was FULLY just him being an asshole to be an asshole and not because he actually felt that way. like it’s just his defense mechanism to be an ass all the time to spare his own feelings. can’t get close to anyone if I’m a complete asshole 24/7. i also wholeheartedly believe that when Wade would mention his old appearance vs now Logan would immediately shut that shit down and be like “ok and your point is what?”

[vladimirsangel]

Look, I own a Siamese cat. So whenever anyone mentions how lovely or beautiful or graceful or sweet Ayesha is, this is literally the only thing I can visualise.

[felixeis003]

liGHTSABER cODYYYYYYY I'm so brain dead I can't stand to look at this piece anymore but I can't tear my eyes away from him I'm nitpicking every brush stroke

[that-wildwolf]

Ideologically I like the idea of tone indicators but the way it is implemented in practice makes me want to scream in rage at the sky. don't call me a piece of shit all of a sudden. hj means handjob. gen means general. why have you kids chosen specifically abbreviations that already exist in internet culture I'm insane. Nothing hurts as much as a good idea with terrible execution.

[nisabaismymistress-blog]

Fifth Estate, a movie that, as far as I'm concerned, is about Peter Capaldi's hair.

[youngroyals-stuff]

[iceclew]

I'm gonna call it "study work" and "practice" to pretend it's not my ass falling for man's back without control, ok? Good.

If I could just come up with some finished stuff as well from time to time...but like...on purpose not just by coincidence lol

I've looked at this man for way to long, I swear to god, I'm so not normal about him..

[aroaceofthesea]

This feels like a good moment to remind people not to whitewash tv!annabeth and tv!grover

[earhartsease]

okay we know nobody has any money on here, but if you're be willing to share this about we'd be really grateful, you never know who's lurking

we're having to fundraise toward replacing our existing power-assist tech on our wheelchair with one that doesn't need us to push, because increasing body fuckery means we can't do that any more even with assistance due to bad pain stuff

(and it's still way cheaper than getting a power chair custom made for our ludicrous tallness, and means we can continue using our custom manual wheelchair that fits perfectly)

we have some savings and will eventually be able to sell on the current tech, but we still need to somehow raise some of the money

thanks for listening

we've had to go undercover out there as a person of singular pronouns so as not to freak out the general public innit