JustHavingFun

Dear Markiplier,
I’m reading this shortly before Yom Tov candlelighting and I will b”n have you in mind as I light. It makes me so sad that you felt you were being judged. Unfortunately, we are judge-y. It’s as basic and low as jealousy. I’m not defending anyone who actually did judge you for being a GT, but people do judge.

Having said that, please know that different groups and communities express themselves differently. There are certain people who fare well in Lakewood, others enjoy Brooklyn, and still others who feel comfortable in an “out-of-town” location. When I lived in X-city I felt unwelcomed. When I moved to Y-town I was love-bombed. What changed? I’m still the same.

So find your place. Find a learning partner through Partners In Torah. Make a true connection. Can’t relate to the rabbi at your local shul? Find one you do like — listen to recordings — and contact him. If he cannot mentor you, it is likely he knows someone who can hold your hand and help you settle into your Jewish journey.

I’m BT so I have felt some rejection, too. When I questioned it, I found my perception was colored by fear of rejection as much as by being in a group that was less open to people like me. It’s like high school in a way: I didn’t get their in-jokes. You know what that’s like. And that’s OK. I found my own group, with some effort, and I’m still here. You can do it, too.

Sent with loving thoughts. Markiplier, you can do this.
Some communities are more insular.

Overall, getting rid of disposable plastic bags in the environment is a good thing. However, carrying around bags, I fear, will be one more thing to devolve onto women; men will likely pay for the bag. Women already carry so much and do the bulk of the shopping. An alternative that would better serve customers and vendors would be to use biodegradable plastic bags. The technology is there. The price will come down as demand increases.

Curious: will men shlep bags happily/easily? It’s one thing to have a car and keep bags there all the time. I live in an area where everybody drives. It’s another thing in a city environment like Manhattan where most rely upon public transportation.

On another note, remember that it is incumbent on Jews to protect our environment. Encourage recycling and judicious use of materials. We throw away so much stuff!

Totally fun that I was left off this list. I’m on the super secret COOL LIST that PBA leaked to yinz.

I can curl my tongue. See? See me doing it?

Mysogynistic pieces of garbage. Made to torture women. Think: bound feet of Chinese women. And anyone who would pay $500+ for two scraps of leather on a sole just because it says “Manolo” ought to have her head examined and be enlisted to work in a yeshiva office the day before the raffle to see the value of a buck!!!

Yes, I hate these heels and the delusions of the women who buy them.

I am NOT having fun.

I heard an interesting interview on NPR by a linguistics professor who researched “profanity.” She claimed that the notion of what is profane is shaped by the culture, and our notion of it has changed. Years ago, George Carlin had a comedy routine about the 7 words you couldn’t say on radio/TV. Most were sexual terms or vulgarities. These words have been stripped of their profanity and are regularly heard on the streets today (much to my chagrin). Today’s profanities however the professor said, are cultural: race (the “N” word), sexual orientation (the “F” word), and a few other.

So much for our society. I shudder when I hear coarse language coming from anyone. So much indignity to the speaker, so little regard of the listener.

Frankly, saying “the ‘N’ word” instead of the word itself chills me. One group freely calls its members by this name yet if another person – not in the group – says the word, he is castigated? Nonsense.

This post is NOT “JustHavingFun.”

I am not a hypnotist… although I play one on TV.

I was careful to name my sons after men. I am named after 2 women, two of my great-grandmothers (Bubby Just and Bubby Having Fun), but my sisters are named after men (same initial, American style).

My sons: One has 1 name because the person had 1 name. The other has 2 names because I added a name; the person after whom he is named passed away young. So it is the same name, but it isn’t. You can change a person’s mazel with a changed name.

I am not a Mahar”at… and I most emphatically don’t play one on TV.

@Ariella – re: black jackets and hats

Your son will soon conform to the conditions that his friends keep. My sons went to a modern yeshiva but one of their classmates wore black hat and black jacket… and he was well-liked and held in high esteem by the other bochrim.

Don’t choose the yeshiva by the dress code is a good idea. Choose it by the middos you see the bochrim embodying and the menahelim embracing. Watched the news lately? There are too many yidden hiding under their black uniforms who have hearts of black and many good yidden wearing all manner of dress who have hearts of gold. Go for the gold.

@gefen- I don’t have a time twister, but I use one on TV.

I am not a drinker… although I play one on TV.

I am not a troll… although I play one on TV.

I am frequently alone in elevators with women.

Oh, wait! I AM a woman!

Mr. Snowden is a Hero, whereas Obama is a Traitor.

It is not AKA Pella or Acapella.

It is “a cappella” from the Italian meaning “in the manner of the church” or “in the manner of the chapel” meaning unaccompanied singing.

Why all the furrowed foreheads? As long as HaShem understands us…

Transmogrify us to another universe where all this is child’s play. Oops! I mean teen’s play.

Does British by marriage count?

My iPhone and “Bubble Mania” have taken me away from this site. Popping a few bubbles seems more interesting somehow. But still, nobody missed me, did they?

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I think it’s a terrible thing that 147’s tag line got changed from 76 (positive) to -105 (negative). I think it’s terrible that nobody noticed. I think it’s terrible that popa bar abba’s tag line has the words “semi-retarded” which should be edited by the mods.

On the other hand, I think it’s a wonderful thing that I hvae such a “cool” tag line! (Just Having Fun y’know).

I’ll do the cut lines under the photos. Examples:

Polar bear in a snowstorm.

Yekkish shul on Yom Kippur.

The woman who appeared in Yated Ne’eman.

You can always trust me. I’m JustHavingFun!