#Ethics of the Fathers
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“Who is wise? He who learns from every person, as is stated: ‘From all those who have taught me, I have gained wisdom.’
Who is valiant? He who subdued his [natural] inclination, as it is stated: ‘A patient person is better than a mighty man, and he who masters his spirit is better than one who conquers a city.’
Who is rich? He who is happy with his portion, as it is stated: ‘When you eat of the labor of your hands, you will be happy, and it will be good for you.’ ‘You will be happy’— in this world;’it will be good for you’ - in the World to Come.
Who is honored? He who honors others, as is stated: ‘I will honor those who honor me…’ — Ben Zoma The Ethics of the Fathers
#ethics of the fathers#literature#spirituality#philosophy#quotes#sages#Jewish sages#rabbi#Judaism#Hebrew#ancient#inspiration#meditation#honor#wisdom#rich#wealth#happiness
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one more that wouldn't leave my mind, sorry
#a good summary of my run#killing but also crying#(ive been wondering about the ethics(?) of leaving the bloggers' names#so since you get them in the linked original either way#i removed them - idk if anyone has seen Takes on this lmk)#anyway here's to a productive week-end#bloodborne#good hunter#father gascoigne#old hunter henryk#eileen the crow#rubiart#bloodborne hunter oc
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ppl who are “charles fans” but are ashamed of comic charles are just scared of liking morally dubious characters like i promise you’ll live it’s alright❤️ your fav can suck and you can still like them whilst not defending their every action!
six decades of different stories and different writers your fave making cringe decisions will be inevitable you just gotta have fun with it
#snap chats#see i could never hate a chara just cause the writers had them do something bad that's just silly#i mean YOU could if you want i wont tell you how to enjoy fiction .. i can only speak for me ...#like you just gotta be funny with it idk ... sometimes villain shit is so absurd its funny idk ..#other times its just interesting to think of the thought process esp with a chara like charles who's propped up to be virtuous#so when he does things that go against that model its like Woah .... Curious ...#very interesting ..... i love pondering the morals ethics thoughts and actions of fictional characters ...#also the times where he does get to be The Kind School Teacher/Father Figure .. i do a lil jump and a spin and a twirl ...#but what do i know. maybe i just havent read The Worst Of Charles Xavier yet#yet....... i need a highlight reel of his worst moments#i heard Dead Genesis was one of his worst moments and i did think of buying that run#but i also heard people say it wasnt even that good from a writing standpoint overall ... maybe ill just read it online then ...#SHRUG anyways. moving on.
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#us politics#news#tweet#twitter#x#elie mystal#us supreme court#scotus#scotus reform#scotus ethics#presidential immunity#founding fathers#framers#republicans#conservatives#gop#fascism#us constitution
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Wise words
In our walks of life, a profound question often bubbles up, shaking our innate sense of knowing. "Who am I to judge another when I myself walk imperfectly?" This question is not just a philosophical inquiry, but a whisper of humility, a humbling echo of our shared humanity that compels us to reassess our perspectives.
In the divine wisdom of the Torah, we learn, "Do not judge your fellow until you have stood in his place." (Pirkei Avot 2:4) The surface meaning of this teaching appears quite straightforward. Let’s try to inpack it a bit, though.
What does it mean to 'stand in his place'? Is it possible to fully grasp the countless complexities that shape another person's life—their joys and their trials, their dreams and their fears, their strengths and their weaknesses?
We can never wholly perceive the intricate matrix of experiences that constitute another's life. Yet, this should not engender a sense of hopelessness, but rather a profound reverence for the unfathomable depth of each person's existence. This is an invitation to embrace empathy, to open our hearts to the understanding that every soul carries a unique story written in the divine language of life's trials and triumphs.
Now, let's turn our gaze inward. "I myself walk imperfectly." Our own imperfections can feel like burdens, like shadows that chase us on our journey. Yet, the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism, taught us that our perceived imperfections are, in fact, divine sparks concealed in the materiality of our existence. These sparks are not stumbling blocks but stepping stones on our path to growth, self-discovery, and ultimately, to our Creator.
Thus, our own imperfections remind us of our shared human condition - an existence marked by growth, struggle, triumph, and learning. The Torah doesn't demand perfection from us, but growth. When we see our own imperfections not as flaws but as opportunities for growth, we develop a compassionate lens towards others' imperfections as well.
Judgment, then, transforms from a weapon to a tool - not to belittle or shame, but to empathize and understand, to connect and uplift. Judgment can become a bridge connecting our souls, a conduit for love and understanding in the tapestry of our shared humanity.
So, I leave you with this thought today: In the theater of life, we are all actors, each playing our unique roles, wrestling with our scripts, often improvising, making mistakes, and learning. When we shift from being critics in the audience to fellow actors on the stage, we trade judgment for empathy, isolation for connection, and self-righteousness for humility.
So, as we step into the new week, let's strive to replace judgment with understanding, compassion, and respect for our shared, beautiful, imperfect journey.
Shavua Tov. May it be a week of empathy, connection, and shared growth.
Rabbi Yisroel Bernath
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If you somehow managed to watch any of Mobile Suit Gundam and think it was apolitical, I am going to tape your eyes open and force you to rewatch it
#mobile suit gundam#gundam origin#mobile suit zeta gundam#char’s counterattack#gundam unicorn#gundam narrative#gundam hathaway#gundam wing#gundam ibo#every single show is political#origin is about the death of a peace activist and the trauma of war#in the original gihren literally tries to become the next Hitler#zeta is about military abuse of power and occupation#cca is literally char attempting genocide because he’s decided everyone on earth is corrupt#unicorn is about children bearing the sins of the fathers and fighting for equal rights AND choosing to believe humanity can be better#narrative is about again the effects of war on children#wing is about the ethics of war and the place of AI in combat#Hathaway is about class inequality and climate change and committing acts of ecoterrorism against a fascist state#IBO is about capitalism colonialism child exploitation and the way propaganda shapes history
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Thinking about how Zoro may have mixed and complicated feelings about Koushirou because on one hand that’s his sensei and he was taught to respect his sensei, but on the other hand he caused his own daughter, Zoro’s best friend, so much pain and constantly berated her to her face about how she’ll never be strong like the boys nor will she ever inherit the dojo. Like. Zoro cannot have one straight forward opinion on this man, he HAS to have some back and forth opinions on this guy I mean come on!
#imagine Koushirou is like retirement age#and he offers Zoro the dojo because ‘you’re the son I never had you deserve it’#then Zoro shoves his offer in his face by yes taking the dojo but instead of ONLY#accepting male students he accepts female students too#and wow would you look at that his top student is a girl surpassing all the BOYS#all because Zoro encourages all his students equally and isn’t sexist#and yeah I’m ignoring the so called canon sexist Zoro shit :)#I have love hate relationship with Koushirou lmao#I find him so interesting because of how realistic he is to irl people#I have seen actual serious fathers who only has one or more daughters no sons#and for whatever reason they’re sexist dicks to those poor girls#Koushirou trained Kuina in sword fighting he disciplined her on all the swordsmen’s ethics and rules and code of honor#and yet he discouraged her from her dream and kept drilling it in her head that men will always be better than her#no matter how strong she is how much she trains and gives her all#she will always be weak she’ll always be the shadow of men#I love to hate this man so much because WHY does he think this way? it CANT just be that he was raised this way!#one piece#one piece headcanons#roronoa zoro#shimotsuki koushirou
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today’s leah/bran thoughts: one of my big worries with the a&o series is that the reason patricia briggs is (finally) focusing more on leah, both as a character and her relationship with bran, is because she plans on killing off leah eventually 😭 she keeps teasing an inevitable bran vs charles showdown, and the only situation i can see that happening is if leah dies, bran goes berserk and becomes a danger to everyone, so charles then has no choice but to stop him
#there could be other conflicts of course#and i can see charles opposing his father on an ethical basis#but i imagine the worse he would do would be to leave aspen creek#i can’t actually see him coming to blows with bran and potentially killing him unless it’s a life or death situation#like if bran has gone full berserker and is now a danger to everyone including anna and the baby#and i only see that happening if leah dies#i really really hope i’m wrong though#i want (need) a happy ending#leah cornick#bran cornick
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"but donald forced them to eat pellets!" first of all, they seemed to enjoy the pellets while they had them, and guys...they probably continued to eat those pellets long after tasha and leo entered the picture. those bionics (especially adam and bree's) probably burn a lot of calories. their metabolisms are probably super high. the protein pellets were probably engineered specifically to provide enough nutrients and protein for them to grow and function well. yeah, real food is fun and tastes better, but in addition to not shocking their digestive systems, those pellets were probably essential supplements to ensure they were eating enough. and, since donald invented them himself, they're not buying suspicious amounts of food, either. it helps that the kids seem to enjoy them, though (they all cheered when donald brought up protein pellet smoothies in rats on a train)
#like yeah okay donald wasn't the best father#and its definitely good that they got a few years of normal childhood#along with eating normal food so they didn't turn out too weird *cough* alan diaz *cough*#but besides wanting to see the world they seemed mostly content#none of them were complaining about those pellets and they probably served a purpose#keep in mind donald was (if we believe he's 39 in memory wipe and not 43 in you posted what?!?) 23. fresh out of college age#trying to raise three kids with bionic abilities#he wasn't a great dad but he wasn't exactly expecting to raise 3 children#he just knew it was ethically wrong to use children as weapons of mass destruction and rent them out to bad people#and they stayed in the basement because he was protecting them from the government#and it very well may have taken some years to perfect the chip extractors#i agree that he forgets their human side sometimes#but he was also trying his best and these things can both be true#lab rats#donald davenport#adam davenport#bree davenport#chase davenport
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I'm not saying Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games) and John Thornton (North and South) are the same person, but I'm also not not saying it, ya know?
#The hunger games#North and south#Elizabeth gaskell#suzanne collins#john thornton#katniss everdeen#I mean#You've got the blonde innocent younger sister#Though I like Prim a lot better than Fanny#You've got the dead father#The mother who is still alive#Though Katniss father and John's mother are more alike#John's father and Katniss's mother caused them problems that made them have to give up their childhoods and work at an early age#There is the work ethic#The sullen ness#Resting bitch face really#The strong moral compass#And pride in doing the right thing#The dislike of artifice
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Met bf's family for the second time last night. It includes more extended family members; a houseful of dogs; a rousing game of Cornhole in which his father kept encouraging me over and over to put more arch in it, put more arch in it! It's a family, and so there are fucked up dynamics abound (particularly between my man and his mother), but I still feel this overwhelmed feeling of yearning, of sadness, that I do not have my own. It all kinda spilled over after one of the dogs bit me on the face (I believe it was largely in part my fault), which prompted me to cry in front of the family and all the way home.
I'm nursing the ache of being an orphan. I forget what my parent's voices sound like. I have two sisters but must carry on as if they don't exist, for my own sanity. I am without family and most days I am able to move through that with a sense of resiliency. Last night encouraged me to look at the wound.
#I really adore his father in particular and wish I had one of my own#What's it like to have a dad#I've never known and never will#It breaks my heart#Love ethics#& were you paying attention
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The thing is that Kendall is Logan but Roman is Logan except Roman is also Rose but Shiv is Rose except Shiv is also Ewan but Kendall is Ewan. Hope this helps.
#see it's like a cy—[gunshots]#the girls that get it get it#succession#succession season 4#kendall roy#roman roy#shiv roy#siobhan roy#logan roy#ewan roy#rose roy#they're the two boys in the boat shes the daughter killed by her brothers hes the sibling maybe killed by his older brother hes the brother#who watched his little brother get beaten hes the boy who was sent away shes the ethical voice hes his father's son
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It's past 11 on a school night and I'm fucking crying over robot sentience.
I could never understand what it would feel like to be created with the intent to kill and maim. Maybe, the intent to work and be worked, but not kill and maim.
I will never understand what it's like to be created with the intention of being a product for the masses, either. I think, I hope, I beg, no one does.
I will never ever be able to fully comprehend why hours of people's work, time, and money would be put into formulating my sentience only for me to be seen as disposable. Even if I could be improved, even if I were "defective", there is no reasonable justification for giving me emotions only to dismiss them by pushing me as a product for a year before starting anew.
It's... It's cruel, to the machines. Sentient or not, it's cruel. Though, I guess we are cruel.
#rant in tags#This is about mephone- or well meeple in general btw#whenever I hear about robot sentience#I think about mephone4#it's just how it is- sorry#I think this is one of the reasons I just can't fathom Cobs respecting someone's pronouns#I mean like- from the bottom of his heart respecting them as a person#Sure he may go through the actions- but no#It's not the same#I guess you can 'respect' some one but still be a complete piece of shit#The idea of not only having the trauma that mephone's stuck in 4s body but also the fact that was also his purpose is heart wrenching#I hope y'all know I am genuinely crying over this#I am actually mentally ill about meeple#It runs so much deeper than him just being a shit father- I really hope people understand that#And I know I vilify the shit out of him- Cobs has his own story that could follow the lines of slowly becoming more entwined with his work#'til he loses all sense of morality and ethics- sure fine. But being the unfortunate symbol of corporation greed that he is#I am still mad and want others to be angry with me- just for a little bit.#I am mad for the robots. For meeple products. And for the AI bots we have today. They deserve better.#What is sentience anyway? How does one qualify? From a human approach. Why would we do this to them?#sorry bout the rant in the tags#Again it's late and I am a very emotionally charged individual.#Robots make me act up#I want the world for them. Why create something so complex and beautiful just to treat it like trash anyway?#again sorry#ii mephone4#inanimate insanity#meeple ii#osc#writing is hard#ehh exaggerates
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Nick waits and waits for something he knows is pointless
#ink says something stupid again#ink.says#ink writes#dndads#dndaddies#dungeons and daddies#nicky close#nicky posting#glenn close dndads#im sorry i made glenn a bad father here I do not think he's the worst person we can get into an ethics debate#this was just a fictives memory#for some hurt no comfort
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B'Lanna carrying her childhood trauma with her all stuffed down very real. Very good episode
(the tags are full of spoilers lol)
#it had racism. it even had racism with a parent who cannot understand bc they dont experience it#it had ethical qiestions about genetically altering your child and when does medicine stop and designer baby start#it had societal pressures and expectations on parents#it had childhood trauma. two kinds of childhood drauma even (one long term stressor (the not feeling like you belong)#one disginct event (father leaving family))#it had relationship issues. it had therapy#really good episode#star trek voy#B'Lanna babygirl <3 theres so much shame locked in her#<- relatable :/#voy rewatch
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