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by names_are_hard 6y ago
Think of it like returning an item to a store and paying a restocking fee. Stores would prefer all sales be final, but where they allow returns, they prefer to charge for the service when they can. You bought a mortgage from the bank, now y
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
I mentioned this in another comment, but I believe (no source, just speculation) that each progressive level does a better job helping the recipient maintain their dignity. Charity is not only about helping someone financially but also help
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
Maybe the axis is not anonymity per se but the dignity preserved by the recipient. Anonymity is not the goal, it's a means to an end. And providing employment achieves that end even better than anonymity does. In this light the lower l
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
Consider that the issues may be psychological. I'm sure I could learn how to cook, I already know how to make a few things. But finding the strength to plan meals, to choose what to eat and then to prepare it when you're not reall
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
I wonder about the second point. Is it human nature or a learned reaction we have because in our lives we experience authority as overly- cautious? First our parents, then our teachers, then the government (perhaps less so, depending where
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
Well GP didn't specify "without nikkud". Most modern prayerbooks and bibles come with nikkud. Being able to read without nikkud does often require familiarity with the words but there are a limited number of constructions in
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
So how would you describe the ability to open a Hebrew bible/prayerbook and recite recite verses or liturgy that you have never seen before and don't have memorized? I think that's "reading", albeit without comprehe
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
It often seems to me that when talking to people about alternative mechanisms for organizing society we end up just rediscovering our current systems from first principles. At times it feels silly but I think it's a great technique for
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
I don't think this is true. I highly doubt I'm a psychopath, but in my life I've still done things that required the threat of violence to stop me. For example, a while ago I was ticketed for speeding. I didn't like gett
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
I suspect that the best way to happiness is not to seek it. All the people I know that married young and had kids at 20 years old didn't do it because they thought it would make them happy, they did it because they don't use &quot
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
Very detailed rules are laid out for quarantining lepers, menstruating women, men who experienced nocturnal emissions, etc. Start with Leviticus 13, it's not hard reading (depending on how archaic the translation is). Not exactly abou
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
> If you had a computer that only booted, or a car that only started, 40% of the time - you wouldn't say, well.. the system is ok - sometimes it works out! This is an unfair comparison because the standard for a marriage succeeding
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
You're not very familiar with other religions, then. I was raised in a religious environment that absolutely forbade people to see members of the opposite sex naked except in very specific scenarios (ie married couples, doctors treatin
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
The term כוש as a reference to a place is indeed biblical. And it's quite possible you grew up before it was a slur. But language shifts, and in 2020 using the term כושי (kushi) to refer to a black person is not ok. Same for the term s
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
Agreed that "Kushi" is a slur in 2020 and should not be used. Never heard the connection with קוף before, though. Who are these some people that point this out? The linked article does not draw a connection between these two word
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by names_are_hard 6y ago
I heard a variation of this that ended with the mathematician scribbling the same equations as the physicist and then stating "and this the problem reduces to a previously solved problem" and going back to sleep without bothering