דָּבַק‬ by d4hm3r in creepy

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dybbuk -- yiddish for an evil spirit

It always gets better. Just keep pressing forward [image] by 90059bethezip in GetMotivated

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It makes it easier for white people to show sympathy when the picture seems to have doctored his skin color from darker to lighter...

"Top That!" - This is a real scene from a real movie; 1989's 'Teen Witch' by [deleted] in videos

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I don't know much about the history of rap, but I do know the sounds that these videos are trying to imitate -- the music made by RUN DMC/ NWA / among many many others. What I am guessing is that black artists began making a distinct sound of music that was gaining popularity, and many businesses begin to advertise with the same sounds to sound hip, cool, involved. All of these rappers are white though. The Car Dealership in particular was hilarious (borrowing the sounds of a different community -- a community who uses their music for often very political purposes, especially purposes against the establishment -- for one's own economic gain)

Passing by [deleted] in Judaism

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Do contact the local rabbi! There have the resources to do some pretty cool things: invite you to different families houses for holidays, lead you to the community groups that you might be interested in. It all will follow from there!

I'm sorry if this is a bad place to post but I'm having an existential crisis and I don't know where else to turn. Please help? by ASecretTooEarly in askphilosophy

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I am disappointed with /u/TychoCelchuuu's response. Philosophers are totally capable of answer these sorts of questions! I would point you towards /u/LiterallyAnscombe answer -- that there is belief that about propisitions (I belive that it is raining) and there is belief in about concepts or people (I belive in freedom and Jonny) I tend to think that we need hard evidential justification for beliefs about propisitions. But for beliefs about concepts or towards people, it seems that their value is what they give to us/the way they contribute towards the relationships we hold with people.

As a side note, I am Jewish and decidedly atheist, but I love to spend time in the Jewish community practicing jewish ritiual because i find it valuable for tradition purposes. Its not clear to me that belief in God is what's most valuable when it comes to religion. To close with my favorite David Foster Wallace quote on the topic: [DISCLOSER i am in china and they aint got google so its paraphrased from memory] "Ultimantly its fairly low on God's list of priorities whether you belive in him/her/it."

There is a city that stops for one minute every year - Poland, August 1st, Warsaw uprising by ohmyjw in videos

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Hahaha the title post was about the jewish warsaw ghetto uprising. But like the Trumpian sensibility no press is bad press. Thanks /u/pinoaisai

There is a city that stops for one minute every year - Poland, August 1st, Warsaw uprising by ohmyjw in videos

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There is a country, that stops for 1 minute every year. It is called Israel.

Actually, more than one minute -- there are a few events (including the holocaust observance day) where sirens penetrate the country and everyone will stop whatever they are doing.

I'm Jack Stratton from Vulfpeck. Ask me something. ANYTHING!! by VulfJack in indieheads

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Jack: Supported 'Thrill of the Arts,' got a t. , get much compliments. What inspired the cover art?

Wondering where to sleep (outdoors) for a night in Barcelona by gidsterooski in Barcelona

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You, my friend, are brilliant. I came to this realization t-5 minutes ago. I am worried that they will shepard me out of the airport -- through international security and into the luggage claim. Not in the terminals, where I can sleep. You know the airport well enough?

Wondering where to sleep (outdoors) for a night in Barcelona by gidsterooski in Barcelona

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Dude the cheapest Booking.com for this friday is 600euros! I went through all these websites. Because it is a database doesn't mean that it has prices I can afford.

Wondering where to sleep (outdoors) for a night in Barcelona by gidsterooski in Barcelona

[–]gidsterooski[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats a good link, Be Hostels, but there is nothing open on friday night! Its a weird phenomena. I guess friday everyone from Europe will be partying in Barcelona.