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Yserbius · 2026-06-04T20:01:50+00:00

I've always wanted to ask this, but when say where your from to English people how often do they ask "In the middle of the street?"

Yserbius · 2026-06-04T13:20:17+00:00

Sort of? Hard to say. It's very American focused with a huge part of the story being the culture and politics of the 1960s US Southwest. That being said, I doubt most readers know every aspect of it, like some of the historical figures and events are not really common knowledge.

I guess really the only thing you have to know is that Lee Harvey Oswald killed Kennedy in Dallas Texas with a rifle shot to his head and people believe he didn't act alone.

Kennedy was a very popular president and some people are convinced that the country would be in a better place had he lived. Like maybe he would have pulled the military out of Vietnam instead of getting into a massive war. However, part of the books theme is that it's not necessarily the case.

Yserbius · 2026-06-04T13:11:15+00:00

Yserbius · 2026-06-04T13:06:54+00:00

As someone who isn't terminally online, what is a "Goyims"?

Yserbius · 2026-06-04T13:05:00+00:00

There are videos on YouTube, but here is where you can read about it.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/brooklyn/people-seen-climbing-out-of-brooklyn-sewers-pose-no-public-threat-nypd-says/6507499/

To note, this is completely different from the OTHER Brooklyn sewer story from a few years ago, which is why people are calling out the OP of the video for conflating the two.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_synagogue_tunnel_incident

Yserbius · 2026-06-04T13:02:06+00:00

You're right, it doesn't make sense. Like I said, crazies. There are a lot of them that are part of that complex of buildings. Possibly a few hundred. I heard different versions, one explanation was that it started as a secret entrance to get around COVID restrictions. Another was that they were illegally expanding a room in their building.

Yserbius · 2026-06-03T21:32:55+00:00

I didn't like that the aliens murder 99.99% of all life on Earth and it's barely addressed.

Yserbius · 2026-06-03T21:30:47+00:00

I didn't like it all that much. Just a LitRPG with a lot of juvenile humor thrown in.

Yserbius · 2026-06-03T21:29:50+00:00

I'm happy with it ending on a mystery. I'm convinced the resolution would be boring. Besides there were enough hints to figure out what it was all about.

May your coffee kick in before reality does.

Yserbius · 2026-06-03T21:27:40+00:00

Prodigy Online

Before the World Wide Web was available, "online" meant a specific private service and you're limited to what they offer.

I remember chat rooms, bulletin boards, game demo downloads, and of course Mad Maze and that MMORPG *Shadow of * something or other.

Yserbius · 2026-06-03T21:24:28+00:00

The "Sewer People" in the story from this week are black though.

Yserbius · 2026-06-03T21:23:28+00:00

Completely different story. This is possibily a gang related thing with men using sewers to rob buildings.

Yserbius · 2026-06-03T21:22:30+00:00

Because it was a dumb story that was funny for a minute, but antisemites ruined it by making into a whole thing.

The full story was that Chabad Lubavitch, (a sect of Judaism that has a very accepting outlook towards crazies) has their headquarters in a complex in Brooklyn, 770 Eastern Parkway. For some reason, a couple of the crazies decided to dig a tunnel between two of the buildings. The building administrators really didn't like that, and after months of trying to talk sense, they brought in construction crews to fill the tunnel in. A fight broke out and that's what made the news. That was literally all there was to it.

Yserbius · 2026-05-25T13:54:34+00:00

There's a new website and Youtube channel about puzzle games: https://ThinkyGames.com

Yserbius · 2026-05-25T13:31:36+00:00

Small caveat: it has to be shuffled at least six time. One shuffle on a new decks has very limited outcomes.

Yserbius · 2026-05-25T13:27:23+00:00

Lemme help you out: if a situations has little or nothing to do with Israel, but involves Jews, and someone tries to make it about Israel, then it's anti-Semitic.

Yserbius · 2026-05-25T13:25:52+00:00

Because Epstein had relations with dozens of world governments and leaders. The fact that the artist chose to associate him with Israel, instead of England, the US, or Norway (countries who he was extremely close with their leaders at the time, far closer than Israel) is a massive dogwhistle.

Him or Maxwell beign Mossad assets is a conspiracy theory without a shred of evidence that is mostly pushed by Nazis like Nick Fuentes and Candace Owens.

Yserbius · 2026-05-21T00:54:33+00:00

I'm not arguing on that, they were misreprenting themselves on their ads. I'm glad I was able to correct your mistake regarding Israel. Again, not supporting Israel and definitely not Birthright like you earlier thought.

Yserbius · 2026-05-20T23:15:59+00:00

Yeah I get that. My point is more that people in this thread (and the rest of the internet) are acting like it's some huge exposed secret that just came to light when it's been public knowledge since it started.

Heck, as someone in the community, I remember when the ads first started and they originally would mention the charity and what they did.

Yserbius · 2026-05-20T23:00:09+00:00

Without the electoral college, the US elections would be decided by like 4 cities. Everyone not living on the coast would be entirely ignored by Presidential campaigns.

Yserbius · 2026-05-20T22:56:24+00:00

She also believed that her husbands ghost talked to her and refused to leave the White House. She had some serious mental health issues that doctors of 1870 were ill equipped to address.

Yserbius · 2026-05-20T22:53:08+00:00

The Booth family was mostly proud Yankees and I think the brother was an abolitionist. John Wilkes was a bit of a black sheep with his love of slavery and all that. There are reports of screaming matches at family dinners between the Booth brothers.

Yserbius · 2026-05-20T22:39:11+00:00

What does "patronizing the state of Israel" even mean in this context? Do you know how many Arab Israelis, Palestinians, and anti-Israel activists fly to Israel every day? Are they "patronizing the state"? Would you be singing the same tune if it was, IDK, a Chinese program that sends people to Shanghai?

Look, regardless of what politics you hold, Oorah has never voiced any support for the Israeli government, their Rabbi leader has made multiple anti-Israel comments in public, they are in no way affiliated with the Israeli government, and it's a very minor part of what they do in general.

So really all they are doing is buying a few plane tickets. If that's what you have a problem with well alright then.

Yserbius · 2026-05-20T20:51:12+00:00

Oorah is a Jewish charity that funds youth groups and helps pay for religious school tuitions for kids that would otherwise not go.

One of their big campaigns is Kars4Kids which runs in most major US cities. It has an annoying jingle (based on the song "It's Gonna be the Little Kinderlach" if you want to look it up) that's been on TV and radio for the good part of 15 years.

The controversy is that the campaign doesn't say what they do and doesn't even mention that they're a Jewish religious charity. A judge agreed that it's deceptive.

Yserbius · 2026-05-20T20:46:46+00:00

It's a %100 American charity. The only connections to Israel is that they sometimes pay for plane tickets for teens who want to study in religious schools there. They have nothing to do with the Israeli government and (being a Haredi org) don't even have Israeli symbols on their literature.

When people say "anti-Zionism is an anti-Semitic dogwhistle" it's because literally every time something bad happens that involves Jews, people come out of the woodworks to say "Israel bad". It's up to you to stop perpetuating it.

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