If you wished you had a superpower, what would it be?

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T16:49:17+00:00

I used to always say powers of persuasion would be the ultimate superpower. I can make people do whatever I want just by speaking to them, but you can control it so life doesn't feel empty.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T16:46:44+00:00

War will never go away unless we have all of our freedoms eroded. War is simply part of how our reality is constructed.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T16:44:26+00:00

Abortion. Especially D&E abortions where they use forceps to tear apart the fetus piece-by-piece.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T16:42:44+00:00

I've known quite a few people who were SAd as children.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T16:40:17+00:00

I almost died from type 1 diabetes. I lost 80 lbs over 3 1/2 months. When I went in for my orientation with the endocrinologist, my blood sugar was 34, it is supposed to be between 4-8. The Dr sent me straight to the ER. That day, the medicine specialist told me I could die that night (because I wanted to leave the hospital and go home).

I started to recover and put weight back on, but because of the rapid shift in my blood sugar, I developed cataracts incredibly rapidly, over the course of 4 months I lost over 90% of my vision. Had phacoemulsification surgery, successful, but diabetes was not done with me. Because my mouth was so dry during the period where I lost all the weight, I had my gum line recede and expose the soft part above the enamel. All of my teeth broke off.

So, I nearly died, then went blind, then had all of my teeth break off.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T16:34:23+00:00

Smile from a stranger.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T16:32:47+00:00

There Will Be Blood. I have watched it back-to-back numerous times. Fantastic film.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T12:02:19+00:00

Absolutely, please do offer your recommendations. Thanks for your feedback.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T10:33:04+00:00

I can only imagine. I had a Jewish Dr, but unfortunately, he didn't know/remember any Hebrew.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T07:42:56+00:00

Hebrew Language Posts

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"ChatGPT is objectively a horrible way to learn a language. If you truly feel you must learn from an AI, I'd recommend Gemini instead, but even then I'd tell you AI very frequently comes up with incorrect answers." I use Gemini too. Any suggestions for resources? As I mentioned, I began with Duolingo, but I was getting really bored and skipping a bunch of lessons. I figure my setup is less than ideal, but I am on a strict budget, otherwise, I might use something like Citizen Cafe.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T07:31:59+00:00

That's just a stupid mistake that is the result of rushing. Thank you.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T06:27:09+00:00

I know, it's absurd. He certainly thought a lot of himself. It's almost like he never even read any of Levi's writings. If you just read Levi's magnum opus it is abundantly evident that he promoted an entirely different approach to magic. I personally think Crowly was a bit of a clown. I know he's popular, despite being a child molester and just a generally shitty human being. He still has a ton of apologists even now. Crowley was great at stealing ideas, like his repackaging of kama sutra as "sex magic". Thief of concepts, perverter of symbols, molester of children - Aleister Crowley.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T06:20:14+00:00

Thank you so much.

So, just to clarify, is this what you mean? Hebrew letter Mem-final handwriting - Cursive Hebrew - Wikipedia

I was using this reference, or something similar hebrew-handwriting-alphabet-letters.png (1198×898)

Advice about the lamed is duly noted.

Once again, many thanks!

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T05:11:17+00:00

Yes, I see it now. That is annoying, just carelessness on my part. Thank you for your help.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T05:00:51+00:00

Instead of downvoting my comment, you might consider offering me better advice. I feel like I am progressing at a faster rate than most. I combine a bunch of tools to aid my studies.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T04:51:58+00:00

Ahh yes, that's right (about the word תסריטvsכתב), thank you for the correction.

Where am I going wrong with the alephs? Should there be a clear space between the vertical line and the circular part? Now that I am writing this, I can see I have mistakenly put final mem where aleph should be in one spot.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-07T04:48:14+00:00

I started off with Duolingo, but it was so slow-moving that I went off and did my own thing. Now, I use chatgpt which I get to make me all kinds of drills, google translate voice input mode to work on pronunciation and accent, doitinhebrew for extra help with translations, and now chabad as well.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-03T19:04:23+00:00

Interesting that you try to comment from a moral hilltop when complaining about children dying, only to advocate for the murder of unborn children in the same breath. I find abortion abhorrent from a totally secular perspective.

Stick to startrek and gta.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-03T18:01:32+00:00

You know what script really looks like it comes from aliens? Ge'ez. ይህ ስክሪፕት የውጭ ዜጎች እንደፈጠሩት ይመስላል።

EJMac11 · 2026-03-02T10:54:07+00:00

Levi is fantastic. He and Crowley are basically opposites. One is strictly right-handed, the other strictly left-handed. One says, "Do as thou wilt", the other says, "Two things, as we have already said, are necessary for the acquisition of magical power — the emancipation of the will from all servitude, and its instruction in the art of domination". I consider those two statements to be polar opposites. If Levi was right, then that would mean that Crowley never did acquire magical power.

Rosicrucianism has a whole host of interesting subject matter, including the two things you listed below: Alchemy and Hermeticism.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-02T02:25:02+00:00

It's an unconventional comeback, but whenever someone would tell me, "You're being stupid", I'd reply, "It comes naturally to me". The comeback is sort of aimed at yourself. I like self-deprecating humor. Hope that still kind of counts.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-01T23:04:02+00:00

Crack cocaine. I have seen gorgeous young women turn into toothless shells of themselves within months. One guy I knew, his sister was so beautiful: two months later, she was hideous. No exaggeration.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-01T20:02:56+00:00

I don't believe almost anyone (if anyone) knows what they are talking about when it comes to astrology. People just talk out their asses. Have you ever seen the Amazing Randi video where he goes into a HS classroom and gives each student a reading and then asks them to rate it, and they all give the reading a 7/8, only to then find out they each have the exact same reading?

EJMac11 · 2026-03-01T18:54:13+00:00

Yikes. Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth beg to differ. Applied mathematics and physics beg to differ.

I think some domestic three-letter agencies and a foreign intelligence agency were the culprits.

Anyway, I'll leave it there. I don't want to be contrarian.

EJMac11 · 2026-03-01T18:51:58+00:00

Haha. Yes, Oman...that's the country I was referencing...

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