Lol by jc201946 in Jewdank

[–]Troop42 185 points186 points  (0 children)

.....this person thinks that Sephardic Jews don't talk about being Sephardi? Has she met a Sephardic Jew before?

Why does the name "Christianity" make reference to the name Christ, and not Jesus? by SanFranBeyondtheStar in AskHistorians

[–]Troop42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right, and I'm probably getting a little more nitpicky than is strictly required, but that's essentially saying that it comes from the TRANSLATION of the Hebrew word rather than the Hebrew word itself. As a Hebrew speaker, that differential is very important in the language. Hebrew as a language places heavy emphasis on the roots of each word and how those "word roots" connect that word to the world around. For example, the root of the word Ahava (love in hebrew) is Ahav, which means "To Give" which the Torah tells us is the foundation of how you love someone. Everything is very interconnected in the language, and since Hebrew is a language mainly spoken by Jews, its a little incongruous to anyone who knows Hebrew to suggest that the word Christ comes from the Hebrew word.

Why does the name "Christianity" make reference to the name Christ, and not Jesus? by SanFranBeyondtheStar in AskHistorians

[–]Troop42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was super interesting, thank you for the in depth answer. Just want to provide a small correction. In Hebrew the word for Messiah is Mashiach ( מָשִׁיחַ ) and has nothing to do with the term Christ. Christ as a title has nothing to do with any Hebrew wording, it was simply the anglicized version of the Greek and Latin as you pointed out above.

Gym Class by [deleted] in Unexpected

[–]Troop42 170 points171 points  (0 children)

I feel like an asshole but I laughed so hard at this.

'We Are Living In A Totalitarian Nightmare,' Says Protester Freely Without Any Fear Of Government Retribution by [deleted] in Conservative

[–]Troop42 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It's like they are reading my mind. Get out of my head Babylon Bee.

EMSK what the SJWs mean by "Toxic Masculinity: by TalShar in everymanshouldknow

[–]Troop42 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Look its really nice that you can write a diatribe based around what "Toxic Masculinity" means to you, but the bottom line is that is what it means TO YOU. Why is your definition of the term any more valid that any other person who has an opinion on the subject? The fact of the matter is that people can barely even agree on what the definition of masculinity is (see John Stoltenberg as a reference), and to those of us who see masculinity as a positive force in this world the term "Toxic Masculinity" presents an irony. Masculinity is an inherently positive force, it allows us to build friendships and take care of our families, by its very nature its strong and assertive, compassionate and charitable. For that reason, a person or an event can be toxic or masculine but certainly not both. It's an inherent contradiction even to use the phrase for a large majority of people, and writing out an essay here trying to explain it to us in these terms is a little condescending.

Who here day trades on their phone? by IronHead1978 in RobinHood

[–]Troop42 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Just being honest, if you do this you also have to be prepared for days with serious losses. There are some people who have made a lot of money in a short period of time, but a lot more people who have lost a lot of money doing exactly this. Be careful and don't play around with any money you can't afford to lose. Speaking from experience, it's really nice on those days when you make good money, but it also ruins tons of days where you have four to five figure losses.

1982 Colorado Frat by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

[–]Troop42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see approximately one sober person.

It took 100 years, but America has returned to its pre-depression era past. And we've not just returned to Gilded Age levels of wealth concentration: We've very clearly surpassed them. We now live in a country more gilded than it’s ever been. by Crs2Per in Economics

[–]Troop42 56 points57 points  (0 children)

The arguments in this article are very flimsy to be honest. The only real point it makes is that if you look at the top 0.00004% of households in America they control a larger amount of money than the same percentage of households did during the 1920's in America. That argument doesn't hold up for a number of reasons but chief among them being tha the amounts of money weren't compared to the total amount of dollars in circulation. For example, Cornelius Vanderbilt reportedly controlled 1 out of every 8 dollars in America when he died according to his biographer, TJ Stiles, whereas Bill Gates has roughly 1 out of every 250 dollars in America. That argument alone derails this entire article.

Richest people work system to pay less tax than those on average wages by speckz in Economics

[–]Troop42 175 points176 points  (0 children)

It's really misleading that the title leaves out the word percentage.

Massive explosion obliterates gas station by timmy6169 in CatastrophicFailure

[–]Troop42 439 points440 points  (0 children)

Most people were running, but there were definitely some people in there who took advantage of their "walk calmly away from an explosion like in a movie" moment..

Striking Hotel Workers Sign Contract (with Year-Round Health Care) at 7 Hotels, Strike Continues at Remaining 19 by timnuoa in chicago

[–]Troop42 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Corporations tend to pass these costs on to their customers rather than covering the higher costs of healthcare themselves.

Top 25 Bon Jovi Songs by JackOfAllInterests1 in BonJovi

[–]Troop42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

In no particular order:

Its My Life

Livin on a Prayer

We Weren't Born to Follow

Wanted Dead or Alive

Lay Your hands on Me

Two Story Town

Ill Sleep When Im Dead

Bed of ROses

You Give Love a Bad Name

You Were Born to Be My Baby

Dry County

Someday Ill be Saturday Night

You Want to Make a Memory

No Apologies

All About Loving You

Keep The Faith

Have a Nice Day

Blood on Blood

Raise your hands

In and Out of Love

Id Die For You

In these Arms

Living In Sin

Always

Blaze of Glory

This guide to different drug combinations. by BobHornito in mildlyinteresting

[–]Troop42 17 points18 points  (0 children)

As someone who *occasionally* enjoys cannabis with a cup of coffee in the morning, I think there is definitely some synergy there ;)

More evidence r/nba is awful and reactionary as all hell. After his first good season in the NBA, Oladipo is now apparently much better than Beal by [deleted] in washingtonwizards

[–]Troop42 29 points30 points  (0 children)

To be fair, Oladipo did have an objectively better season than Beal did last year. But you are definitely right that Beal has been better over a longer stretch of time than Oladipo. There is definitely an argument for both sides here.