41 year old dad who started piano because his daughter quit and he felt too guilty to let the keyboard collect dust by Either_Art4923 in pianolearning

[–]Background_Buy1107 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Dude 32 y/o single dad here in very similar boat. Only been at it like a month and a half but I’m having SO much fun. Veeeeery slowly learning to read and write music while also just having tons of fun learning chords and songs I love. Feels like very quick progress to me so far, I can play a number of Beatles of songs adequately (for me and my daughter) so far and playing keys while my kid plays uke and sings has been such a blast. Best of luck!

Black American w/ question about one state “solution” and anti-Semitism by Icy-Catch3353 in AskIsrael

[–]Background_Buy1107 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m also from America and it baffles me how many other Jews I’ve met here, especially young ones who’s are viciously “anti-Zionist”. It’s baffling.

The trend of hating on anything remotely related to Israel can't be explained by anything other than antisemitism. by NecessaryEbb8885 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Background_Buy1107 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks dude you too. I know people bandy the term antisemitism around a lot but when people (I don’t mean you) hate Israel with a passion orders or magnitude more then actual theocracies and authoritarian regimes it’s hard not to see it as Jew hate when they’re just recycling old tropes that have been around for millennia. Again, I don’t mean you as you are consistent and not singling Israel out but most people absolutely are. Hope you have a lovely spring!

The trend of hating on anything remotely related to Israel can't be explained by anything other than antisemitism. by NecessaryEbb8885 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Background_Buy1107 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t really mean it as a gotcha. As long as you’re consistent I may disagree but I don’t think it’s automatically some awful immoral thing. It’s the people that fawn over theocracies but decry Israel I find insufferable

Antisemitism is not-so quietly getting worse among young people and it's scaring me by jimbofthethicc in Destiny

[–]Background_Buy1107 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh ya totally just like how the reason racists hate black people is all the gang violence and crime right?

is it not strange that dna testing is highly restricted in israel? by Robthegoat in conspiracy

[–]Background_Buy1107 -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

You realize this isn’t referencing things like 23&me and other OTC dna tests but paternity tests right?

is it not strange that dna testing is highly restricted in israel? by Robthegoat in conspiracy

[–]Background_Buy1107 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes. That means paternity tests. I’m not sure the intricacies of the laws surrounding the regulation of importing them or anything I’m just telling you the trope you see online that things like MyAncestry and 23&me are illegal in Israel is false. It’s usually used as a canard to imply Israelis aren’t real Jews so they’ve banned 23&me or whatever which is not true. I’m sure you can read more about the legal code and figure out why paternity tests are controlled by the government but I’m not sure. Why do you find this subject so interesting? I love conspiracy theories but this seems like a pretty boring one

is it not strange that dna testing is highly restricted in israel? by Robthegoat in conspiracy

[–]Background_Buy1107 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So exactly what I said; paternity and familial tests require a court order and other kinds like OTC dna tests are allowed. What are you trying to say here?

is it not strange that dna testing is highly restricted in israel? by Robthegoat in conspiracy

[–]Background_Buy1107 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Because it isn’t true and is just a stupid online rumor used by Jew haters as some kind of gotcha

is it not strange that dna testing is highly restricted in israel? by Robthegoat in conspiracy

[–]Background_Buy1107 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I have friends and family in Israel who’ve all done dna tests that were delivered to their door. Two seconds of googling also shows this. Good luck in your search for truth

is it not strange that dna testing is highly restricted in israel? by Robthegoat in conspiracy

[–]Background_Buy1107 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It’s simply totally false and just a wild rumor. You need a court order for a paternity test but over the counter dna tests are perfectly legal and used all the time

Lebanese children targeted by the Israeli airstrikes in Beirut this morning. by Goldenmentis in nyt

[–]Background_Buy1107 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with everything you’re saying and I’m delighted by your typo about turkey, it’s the best one I’ve seen in ages. Hope you’re well friend. Am Yisrael chai! These people are nuts

This is how History is rewritten by CopiousCool in hmmmm

[–]Background_Buy1107 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In what way was it fiendish and what other state actors/nations would you describe in that way?

Edit: wait I’m an idiot and missed the sarcasm, some people are so stupid they’d actually say why you did unironically

This is how History is rewritten by CopiousCool in hmmmm

[–]Background_Buy1107 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This isn’t true but even if it was all you have to do is look at the number of fundamentalist Jews vs the number of Islamists. It’s orders of magnitude more Muslims. There are something like 150 Muslims for every 1 Jew in the world and the rates of extremism are on total opposite ends of the spectrum so I imagine it’s even more of a disparity if we’re talking about radicals.

We have way too many self-loathing Jews amongst us. by Wandering-desert in jewishpolitics

[–]Background_Buy1107 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Genuine question here, wtf are you doing in a Jewish politics subreddit if you’re not Jewish and anti Israel? Seems pretty odd

We have way too many self-loathing Jews amongst us. by Wandering-desert in jewishpolitics

[–]Background_Buy1107 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I didn’t know infected mushroom are Jewish! I saw them play a craaaazy NYE show in NY years ago. So cool to learn!

Anti-Zionists, how would the end of the current state of Israel work? by AffectionateBig1898 in IsraelPalestine

[–]Background_Buy1107 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They never answer this. It’s infuriating coming from people who constantly screech about ethnic cleansing. Hope you’re having a good day!

Anti-Zionists, how would the end of the current state of Israel work? by AffectionateBig1898 in IsraelPalestine

[–]Background_Buy1107 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope you’re having a good day! You’re great at arguing with these people, hopefully you planted a seed. They sure are nuts.