YW Moderator-42

147, Why do you assume it’s an anti-computer event. I was under the impression that it is somewhat “pro-computers” – when used properly, and this event is supposed to teach us how to use it properly (filters, shmira, proper chinuch, etc).

Are some Yeshivas like a year-long camp?

I did read the whole answer. I was just commenting on that one line. You call it an “indirect v’ahavta lirayacha”. Direct or not, there is a mitzvah of v’ahavta lirayacha and just as you wouldn’t want people using these indirect svaras against you, you shouldn’t use them against them.

Laughing and having fun is what the first few dates should be. Though it shouldn’t be done with another couple, that’s a lack of tznius. I think that’s called a double date.

I imagine kapusta as a plump greenish ball with meat and rice coming out.

Popa is a 7 foot 3, 350 lb African American with a beautiful smile and big, bushy eyebrows who you don’t want to start up with on the basketball court.

147, Why didn’t you bring it a month ago?

I heard that the open necks and closed pant legs are some sort of kabbalistic thing that the Torah should come in and not fall out.

I know moishy. I was considering Haleivi or HaKatan but they’re both around too. Maybe HLM? 🙂

Some more random names:

Rabbiofberlin

Ames

Jothar

Jax

Mepal

Willi

Areivimzehlazeh

Moish01

Brooklyn19

Qwertyuiop

JayMatt

Onegoal

SjsinNYC

Eclipse

Pushuteh Yid

Haifa girl

Feivel

A poor Japanese family will “Moan of Yen”

Stand in the sun at different times of day and then decide which shadow you like the best

For all we know aproudbyg is actually aproudstalker trying to get in touch with an unsuspecting online friend. We have very little way of knowing such things and therefore err on the side of caution and don’t give out personal info. That’s just the way it is in this crazy world we live in.

As for what to do, you can try to discuss whatever can be discussed publicly in the threads. Privately, you should try to find a friend and/or mentor to help you with the situation. If your friends have all dumped you because of it then they don’t sound like they were ever such great friends to begin with. Look for a Rabbi/Rebbitze or Kollel couple to be your mentors. There are plenty of caring people out there.

To anybody who haas friends going through similar situations: We live in a very confusing world and most people just need their friends to be their friends no matter what the situation might be. Do your best to continue being their friends and treat them the same way you used to (it is hard but try). Over time the “issues” will come up and you can speak about them, but don’t treat the person like this issue is their whole being: they are still regular people like they always were and would like to be treated that way.

Popa mu’ad l’olam.

A stuttering yeshiva bochur’s mother wanted him to do pre-med but he said: p-pre-med “P-pre-pred”, I want to sit and learn.

Health, don’t call the Hippo ugly. He has hippopota-feelings toooo…

I heard a story about this guy who climbed over the fence to pet the bull. The bull charged and the guy said “I don’t take American Express!”

Somebody (I think squeak) once posted that there is a bit of Joseph in all of us, just as there is a bit of seriousness in popa, so that would mean that all the mods are part-Joseph.

Derzooger, icot can probably answer this better but I’ll try 🙂

If you have anti-virus software constantly watching your computer it is far less likely for you to be infected by simply openeing an email or web site. In order for a virus to infect you simply by opening an email, your email client has to run the code. I think that Gmail generally guards against this by not running any code in an email, they even block images which can sometimes contain malicious code (besides the obvious issues they may contain for a ben Torah). I would think that an email client like Outlook that is set to download the entire email is more likely to have such issues which is why you should have some sort of security software that scans emails as they come in (Gmail does this automatically for attachments though it’s not foolproof so don’t open suspicious attachments even if Gmail or any other program scanned it)

In terms of web sites, you often have to click some sort of confirmation for it to affect you. These confirmations are often hidden in innocent looking yes/no type popups or more tricky ways such as the one described in the above article.

I once saw a family tree linking him to Dovid HaMelech. The problem with it was that at some point it went through a female (his mother I think). So according to that tree that I saw, all of the Lubavitcher Rebbes were from Dovid Hamelech except him!

Who here “quakes” when they see a post by a certain poster?

I have no idea what this means but:

M’ swing soul fish

When my father went to visit YCT I said, “Pa, bop a Rabba”

I picked 13.

Me!

It is of healthy if it helps you do better in the future of.

A bottle of whiskey.

A full Artscroll Shas (or at least a set of pocketsized Kehati Mishnayos).

A bag of potato chips.

An iPad.