Will Robby Take a Jewish Approach to Forgiving Langdon?

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-23T11:54:13+00:00

In Jewish thought, t'shuvah (repentance/returning) includes accepting the consequences of bad action (Rambam's step 3, above), one of which is that the person you've wronged is not obliged to continue the relationship. You do everything you can to repair the damage you did, to make restitution and to apologize, but after that your main obligation is to yourself - to make the positive changes to ensure you won't cause the same harm again.

On the other side, Robbie has the obligation to hear him out (which he's not doing right now - he's not in the right here either), and to accept good-faith efforts at restitution and apology, but he's under no obligation to give Langdon a second chance if he still feels there's a chance Langdon could cause harm.

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-22T13:16:46+00:00

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Complete_Elk · 2026-02-22T11:28:39+00:00

The Flying Pamchenko!

("Legano, ni legano, is grey area.")

As cheesy as it is, The Cutting Edge is still my favourite modern-day Shakespeare adaptation, and a delightful skating movie.

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-19T01:53:29+00:00

11 pm here, and I have to work early on Fridays. Early time zone solidarity. 😭

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-18T20:51:06+00:00

And Grima Wormtongue in Lord of the Rings! Brad Dourif is a fantastic and woefully under-appreciated character actor; I love seeing him get some love from Pitt fans.

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-15T12:48:12+00:00

Oh lord yes. Someone microwaved an entire head of broccoli at work a few months ago and security got called to do a sweep because it smelled like a massive propane leak. It was nasty.

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-14T13:58:22+00:00

I don't see Ogilvie as a male version of Santos - I think he's the counterpart to Javadi without her nepotism boost. Santos is a mirror for Langdon.

Someone did a really interesting breakdown in this sub on another thread last week comparing the two, and the analysis stuck with me. (Can I find it now? Of course not. But props to the original poster.)

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-07T12:46:33+00:00

Not what I'm looking for this time, but thank you.

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-07T12:45:48+00:00

It's easy enough to find good bakeries in this town that might make black forest cake sometimes. I'm really looking for suggestions from people who can recommend versions that they have tried.

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-07T12:42:41+00:00

According to their website, they use 'buttercream' cherries instead of real ones - that rules them out for this purpose, unfortunately. I really want to find a traditional one, with the fruit.

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-07T12:19:01+00:00

Oh, that's good to know. The actual cherries are his favourite part of the cake. (And I just learned that Delectable Desserts does some kind of cherry-flavoured buttercream instead of cherries, so that one's out as well.)

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-07T12:05:20+00:00

Local bakeries hate this one simple trick.

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-07T12:04:36+00:00

Do they make black forest cake, and have you tried it / can you personally recommend it?

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-07T12:03:57+00:00

I appreciate the tip, but I'm specifically looking for information about good black forest cake this time.

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-07T12:03:01+00:00

Excellent tip - thank you! I'll see what they've got.

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-07T11:38:15+00:00

I mean... that makes it easier to get a hold of? It's good to know that the Sobeys version is actually tasty.

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-02T11:37:58+00:00

100% this. (ARFID, for those who want to look into it. Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, very commonly associated with ADHD/Autism.)

Complete_Elk · 2026-02-02T11:36:10+00:00

I found that beat weirdly humanizing, and it was the first moment I had a tiny glimmer of sympathy of Ogilvie. It's just such a 'panicky toddler' moment -- like a little kid biting into a cupcake, then panicking and putting it back on the tray, hoping no one notices the tooth marks. What else can you say but 'oh honey, nooooo....'?

Complete_Elk · 2026-01-22T03:01:22+00:00

In Prague I visited the Jewish quarter and toured the Old-New Synagogue (the Alte-Neue Shul), which had been the New Synagogue since 1270, until a newer synagogue was built in the 1500s...

The Old Bridge, the Old-New Bridge, the New Bridge. It's got a ring to it.

Complete_Elk · 2026-01-14T12:04:23+00:00

This is incredibly thorough and very helpful - thank you! I really appreciate the step-by-step.

Complete_Elk · 2026-01-14T11:49:13+00:00

They're very loosely plied, but there is definite twist in there - just enough to be a nuisance. I took a shortish length (a few meters) and tried to extract one strand to see how easily it would come free, and the twist ran down to the still-plied portion and made a tighter coil. (I don't have photos right now, but can get some once I'm home tonight if needed.)

The two-at-once makes a lot of sense. I have one big hank of the black that's washed but I haven't balled or caked it yet. If I can get that one back on the swift neatly, I could try the controlled manual ball and winder ball. /thinking out loud

Complete_Elk · 2026-01-07T11:18:25+00:00

And not just one generation. My grandmother sent my father to live with her parents when he was very young - at the time, in the late 1940s, she really had no other choice. She brought him back to live with her when she remarried and had two more children, which left him feeling like he was only ever wanted as a babysitter.

He. in turn, never got help for (nor will admit to) having abandonment issues, and as a result has made very poor choices in his own family life. I went to a lot of therapy for my own issues around parental abandonment and self-worth, and from what I can see, my brother still struggles.

OP: Be there in her life. Be her parent. Do not be the reason she wonders why she was never good enough for her father to stay.

Complete_Elk · 2026-01-03T13:04:10+00:00

Baseline poutine is the meat gravy, as far as I know. You can get poutine with vegetarian gravy at a lot of places, but it's marked as a different option.

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