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itamarst

@itamarst@hachyderm.io

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hrefna , to random
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It always bemuses/annoys me when some smug ass sails into a theological debate with "who cares it is all made up anyways."

My brother in clearly-not-Christ, have you been in fandom spaces on the internet? Ever?

Go ask a Tolkien group about Tom Bombadil and see what happens, or ask any group of straight male genshin players if any given character is a lesbian.

It's especially annoying when those debating aren't actually followers of said faiths and are just borrowing the lens.

itamarst ,
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@hrefna On the one hand, sure why not, it is entertaining to note that Katamari Damacy's plot is quite similar to Lurianic Kabbalah and you can argue about both in similar ways. On the other hand, I'm going to go out on a limb say there is no group of Katamari fans who have used it to justify ethnic cleansing, as Zvi Yehuda Kook did with his offshot of Lurianic Kabbalah.

futurebird , to random
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Why do they make us do all that extra multiplying for (a+b)^2? FOIL? it's just a bunch of extra work. "show your work" ? I can do it in my head! (a+b)^2 is a^2 + b^2 And that's how it will be with me in charge.

FOIL is a deep state plot to add extra steps to homework!

(This is what Trump sounds like to me when he talks about countries paying us. And climate change... and everything. )

itamarst ,
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@futurebird I once took a class on the Canterbury Tales, in original Middle English, given by emeritus professor at Harvard (their adult education school is amazing for the humanities. and vastly cheaper than Harvard College). He gave a long rambling intro I totally didn't understand, using the word "schwa" a lot. Great class, really enjoyed it, by the end we could kinda read Middle English. And now I know what a schwa is.

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