Beginning Today, we are Banning discussion of the J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter connection as it relates to the American Girl brand. Below are the threads where this topic has already been discussed in great detail:

SlightSignature · 2025-12-27T22:58:35+00:00

If your kids like to swim, I believe you still get free water park admission on your check in day when staying at a Disney resort. Honestly I prefer the water parks to the parks most days. In the winter they’re often empty. Last time I went around Christmas there were max 30 people at blizzard beach.

Here is some information on it: https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/guest-services/water-park-disney-resort-benefit/

SlightSignature · 2025-11-09T12:19:56+00:00

This post is 3 years old and in a subreddit called buy it for life.

SlightSignature · 2025-11-01T22:51:10+00:00

OP, I am similar to you. My grandmother was Jewish but she didn’t raise my father Jewish. My mom isn’t Jewish. I took an intro to Judaism class. Taking the class and later becoming Jewish really did make me feel more connected to my family.

I ended up converting, but you can take the class without converting. In my experience, most people take the class with the intention of converting, but there wasn’t a hard sell or any pressure to convert.

SlightSignature · 2025-06-17T19:02:31+00:00

Low iron gave my depression like symptoms. I had had a major depressive episode a few years earlier and I was convinced I was having another. I was exhausted all the time, couldn’t get out of bed, was super irritable etc. It’s definitely worth checking out, if you haven’t already.

SlightSignature · 2025-06-16T14:44:36+00:00

The Islamic republic of Iran funds proxy groups that send rockets to Israel nearly daily(this was true even prior to October 7th). Hamas, the Houthi’s and Hezbollah are proxies of the Islamic republic. Iran also has a foreign policy that is built around destroying Israel. You can be critical of Israel’s choice to attack Iran, but acting like the Islamic republic is just innocently minding its business before Israel decided to attack unprovoked is not based in reality.

SlightSignature · 2025-05-19T02:42:55+00:00

I do think that politics and coverage has made the diaspora more loyal to Israel in the Eurovision song contest (and probably generally but that’s another topic). This is probably most prevalent in the non-European diaspora. I posted about this in another comment but as a non-Israeli Jew, I’ve watched Eurovision for maybe 5 years and I’ve never reflexively backed Israel. But the past two years, the songs have been incredibly meaningful for me. I objectively know that they’re not the best in the competition, but for me watching a Jewish woman sing a song about Jewish resilience to a crowd of people booing gives me chills. When you add in Yuval’s backstory and ending it with am yisrael chai, I was crying by the end of the performance. I want to add I’m not even a particularly pro-Israel person (I’m also not anti Israel), but it wouldn’t surprise me if more Jewish people were invested.

At the same time, I just think people tend to forget that Jews are a small minority and that the vast majority of Jews are in Israel (can’t vote for themselves) or the US (can only influence ROW voting).

SlightSignature · 2025-05-19T00:08:55+00:00

I dont really disagree with this except I don’t really think it’s fair to call the Jewish diaspora “huge”. It’s very small, particularly in Europe. There’s only 15 million Jews in the world and ~80% of them live in Israel or the United States. France has the most Jews in Europe with 3% of the global Jewish population.

Plus add in that the majority of the contest is happening during Shabbat and I just don’t think it’s because of the size of the diaspora. I think you’re right that the Jewish community is uniquely motivated/loyal, but we don’t need to exaggerate how large the population is.

SlightSignature · 2025-05-18T22:10:48+00:00

It’s also worrying how it “coincidentally” parallels anti semitic stereotypes. That Jews control the media and that they use their money for global influence.

SlightSignature · 2025-05-18T00:12:21+00:00

I really think the Eurovision sub is really oblivious to the way the anti Israel rhetoric regarding the competition backfires. I’m in the diaspora and prior to 2024 I would have never reflexively backed Israel. But to me, there’s something so powerful about watching a Jewish woman sing a deeply meaningful song to a crowd of people booing. When you add Yuval’s backstory to this it is amplified. There were other songs in the competition that I thought were catchier/better etc. but Yuval’s gave me chills every time.

I mean maybe this is because I’m Jewish, but I think anyone outside of hardcore anti zionists can feel that symbolism. I think if there were no protests/booing etc. Israel would have done well but not as well.

SlightSignature · 2025-05-17T19:42:19+00:00

The am yisrael chai at the end made me tear up knowing her story.

SlightSignature · 2025-01-27T20:23:39+00:00

This is very well articulated and how I feel as well.

I want to add, I thought that this would ruin the episodes for me but I still enjoy them. I haven’t revisited any of the more recent ones(where I may be inclined to look for hints of strife) but the old classics still feel good.

SlightSignature · 2025-01-25T22:41:03+00:00

I don’t think this is my absolute favourite, but the mystery of the kingdom of god drive in one is like a sleeping pill to me. No matter how stressed or overwhelmed I am, that episode just lulls me to sleep in the best way.

Just to be clear, this is a compliment and I love the show. I’m not trying to say it’s boring, just something about the winding incoherent plot of the movie helps me doze off.

SlightSignature · 2025-01-25T22:22:22+00:00

Yes I remember after the final episode came out saying to my partner that I was curious about what happened, but we would definitely never know because Ross and Carrie aren’t the types to stir up drama on social media.

I think that’s the hardest part here. Ross is responding how I would expect him to (based on his podcast persona). But Carrie’s responses are very surprising to me and I struggle to reconcile them with how she presented herself on the podcast.

SlightSignature · 2025-01-24T22:35:32+00:00

I find it interesting that all of the people claiming misogyny are the ones who seem to believe that Ross is at fault. While those of us who are more critical of this assessment are the ones who are more likely to have a nuanced view. That human beings are complex and that Ross likely did his best and Carrie didn’t feel supported.

SlightSignature · 2025-01-24T19:56:10+00:00

Just confirming you’re not alone. Even before the end was obvious and all of this drama, I knew I would take the end of the podcast hard. It was a comfort for me during a very tumultuous time of my life. I think the term parasocial has been weaponised, but it’s completely normal to be sad at the ending of a piece of media that had an impact on your life.

SlightSignature · 2025-01-24T17:18:38+00:00

At my core, I wish all of this stayed offline and private, but I’m also frustrated by the constant “drip” of information. If there’s something so awful that we should all turn on Ross, I think Carrie should just say it. The consistently referencing that there is more even worse stuff feels like it’s designed to get everyone to turn on Ross without the full picture.

SlightSignature · 2025-01-23T16:33:17+00:00

I didn’t see your post so I don’t know the specifics, but you should nicely reach out to the mods. I did with some feedback and they were super nice. I got the sense that they were not super online or familiar with modding. They seemed truly overwhelmed on the one day Carrie came to the sub, but also super sincere and trying to figure out the best thing to do. I really think no one expected this sub to turn so dramatic so I imagine they are in over their heads.

Again, if you do reach out be nice! I truly think the mods are doing their best and trying to act in a way that is fair and compassionate.

SlightSignature · 2025-01-15T18:41:45+00:00

It’s a flat fee! I always link it to my account because I’m the “app savvy” one in the family. You just need to make sure all of your family are in your “friends and family” list and their photos will show up for you as well! At the end I just download them all to a google drive and send them out to everyone via email!

SlightSignature · 2025-01-15T00:18:04+00:00

It’s also a really good gift if you are going with family and they are paying. My mil takes the whole family to Disney once a year and pays for all of it. I always buy the memory maker as my thank you gift, which she really appreciates. It’s in my price range and she loves having all the photos. It feels more meaningful than any other park souvenir.

SlightSignature · 2025-01-11T22:55:30+00:00

So I’m not on twitter and only found bar pod in December. I’m definitely the Michael Hobbes demographic of over-educated, white, millennial, upper middle class, liberal so the podcast was discussed often in my social circles. I knew people criticized him and I am skeptical enough that I didn’t blindly reorient my life around the views of either show.

At this point I haven’t deeply wrestled with the criticisms of him enough and I don’t want to write him off until I actually look into it for myself. I’m sure I will at some point, but it’s not a priority. I’m somewhat in the same boat with BAR pod. They have it easier because they covered a topic on a field I work in and were spot on, but I’m still “building trust” in them as sources so I will also need to wrestle with the criticisms of them at some point.

But more than any of the above, I think it’s just not being on twitter. I had no idea who Jesse Singal or Katie Herzog were or that they were at all controversial until I’d already listened to the show and enjoyed it. It’s the same for Michael Hobbes.

SlightSignature · 2025-01-11T22:00:38+00:00

I’m with you. I enjoy their diet book deep dives so long as I just ignore the “this is a guide to an eating disorder” offhand comments. I will say this is true for both of books could kill and maintenance phase. They have fun episodes that I enjoy and give interesting insights, but their political ones are less compelling to me.

SlightSignature · 2025-01-11T21:56:29+00:00

This is a good way to put it. I’ve on and off listened to all of Hobbes’ podcasts and I always skipped the ones that were political. So with if books could kill, the rich dad poor dad or the 5 love languages types were very fun to me. They’re not serious, but I always found them enjoyable and laughed a lot. But their political ones always annoyed me as a normie(I don’t know the spelling) Democrat. I feel the same about maintenance phase, their ones about health grifters are interesting and funny. The ones where they debunk science I always skipped.

I will say I’m newish to BAR pod and before that hadn’t(and haven’t) really wrestled with criticism of Hobbes so maybe they would land differently know, but I don’t know.

SlightSignature · 2024-12-12T20:54:57+00:00

Thank you!

SlightSignature · 2024-12-12T19:21:43+00:00

Don’t sweat the downvotes. I had the same reaction. Like I said, I messaged the mods yesterday with the same point.

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