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  • in reply to: Getting back into the shidduch scene #953853
    Brony
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    yes: people are getting divorced more than ever before, so your chances of finding someone are high. use online dating btw.

    in reply to: Another act of nature helps Obama? #953643
    Brony
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    a. that this is your first reaction is really, really sad

    b. he’s not even up for reelection, so who cares

    in reply to: The Dov Lipman Response�Controversial? #955486
    Brony
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    i’m serious dude. i can only wonder what the budget would look like…

    in reply to: The Dov Lipman Response�Controversial? #955478
    Brony
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    question: does anybody actually think the country would last for more than a few weeks with charedim in the drivers seat? i mean if all the knesset and high political positions were filled by the most qualified (lol, just lol) charedim.

    in reply to: SUC v SoMUNwMPtM #955752
    Brony
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    nobody cares.

    in reply to: Non-Jewish Music #953631
    Brony
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    i’ve heard the crazy train intro for people who have never heard of, let alone listen to, ozzie osborne. also, that lady gaga bad romance chasidish band video had me on the floor. i believe the operative word here is “pumping.”

    also, i never got why yeshiva guys who start listening to goyish music always listen to the most inane types – usually teen pop or terrible rap. there’s gotta be some plausible theory.

    in reply to: Shidduch Crisis Solutions #956831
    Brony
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    question: ignoring the age gap (which can’t account for much) and assuming 50/50 births, where do all these boys go?

    in reply to: SEED program #953413
    Brony
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    okay, i’ll be helpful. sometimes guys from random yeshivas join groups from big yeshivas that are going. if you have friends in chofetz chaim/ner or the like, contact them and see what’s up. or just email the director, zev dunner, at edited (it’s publicly listed on chinuch.org, mods). enjoy.

    Brony
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    meanwhile, all the right-wing yeshivish ppl are calling for Obama’s head over IRS. lol, just lol.

    in reply to: SEED program #953409
    Brony
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    if you don’t see the difference between aspergers and cancer…you probably have aspergers.

    in reply to: SEED program #953407
    Brony
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    aspie is an affectionate term and does not imply some lack of empathy. chill. and yes, many people do view all bochurim as being insular (at best) and anti-social (at worst). seed is a great way to disavow people of that notion.

    also, note in popa’s post: the more useful ones were the ones that were fun. shouldn’t be surprising.

    in reply to: SEED program #953404
    Brony
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    sorry to hear that, grandpa

    in reply to: The Goq #953331
    Brony
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    nobody cares dude.

    in reply to: Small Business or Career #953763
    Brony
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    starting small business: high startup costs; ENORMOUS timesink when first starting, no learning; greatest possibility of making it big, but far greater possibility of going bust (so high risk).

    joining small business: zero startup, steady salary an hours but little possibility of making the big bucks. definitely the safest option. probably good amount of time to learn.

    med/engie: huge startup costs (med school is 200k+); depending on your level of education, you may need to do undergrad first; high salary and good hours, but first there is residency during which you’ll be lucky to learn for 15 minutes a day.

    rabbi: low salary, huge competition (i.e. all of lakewood etc.), no jobs. nuff said.

    in reply to: SEED program #953400
    Brony
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    you must be a blast to hang with.

    in reply to: SEED program #953399
    Brony
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    and yeah, it usually isn’t kiruv. it’s often to be counselors or just chill, learn with baal habatim, and show communities that bochurim aren’t all aspie dorks.

    in reply to: SEED program #953397
    Brony
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    btw dude you only get like $200 for travel, and even that you have to fight for. it’s not “all bills paid,” this isn’t camp simcha.

    in reply to: Non-Jewish Music #953619
    Brony
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    lol @ “the climb”

    you must be joking.

    in reply to: SEED program #953392
    Brony
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    thanks for the unwarranted assumption dude. it’s a combination of normal and receptive people and stuff to do (e.g. MLB team, brewery, hiking trail, and, if you’re about that life, beaches). doing good doesn’t require being miserable homie. in fact, you’ll be a much better SEEDer if you can get into the summer zone.

    in reply to: SEED program #953390
    Brony
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    gotta find the guy in your yeshiva who runs it. certain yeshivas have certain cities that they send to (hint: most good cities are taken by those)

    in reply to: The abdominal spirit #960851
    Brony
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    we should chill sometime.

    in reply to: The abdominal spirit #960849
    Brony
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    DAT sugarloaf. sounds chill bro. how many brews?

    Brony
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    also shady (and arguably partially culpable): not a single story on ywn about this. pretending it doesn’t exist exacerbates the issue.

    Brony
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    just to preempt the argument: no, you can’t simply redefine anything they sign that ends up being wrong as “their gabbaim’s fault” or “they were misled” and then say “everything they REALLY sign is legit”. they knew exactly what the situation here was (see articles from 2010) and they toed the party line one time too many.

    food for thought: what would the outcome of the case have been had they actually gone to a beis din to start with?

    our entire beis din system is broken and needs to be reconstructed from scratch. the system was created for a society in which people took integrity seriously and judges were free to fact-find, but has been infested with agenda’ed rabbanim, so-called “to’eins,” and other imports from the adversarial american system, thereby deeming it ineffective.

    in reply to: Kiruv on College Campuses to Solve Shidduch Crisis #953188
    Brony
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    oh, now I get it. the school of mines is 72% male. problem? good luck finding a Jew there.

    Brony
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    the rabbonim involved should not only admit their mistake, but promise never to sign another letter/kol korei. not that it matters, because at this point their signature isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.

    in reply to: Good Places to Get Smicha #953088
    Brony
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    ^ this. and, for that matter, no school of any type will “provide a job.”

    in reply to: Kiruv on College Campuses to Solve Shidduch Crisis #953186
    Brony
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    shhh, popa, critical thinking is not allowed here.

    Colorado school of mines. wut.

    in reply to: Writing and Sniut #953120
    Brony
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    unless it’s one of those weight loss tracker articles, go for it.

    in reply to: Embarrassed by association #953012
    Brony
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    thanks for the platitudes.

    in reply to: Embarrassed by association #953010
    Brony
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    midwesterner: source?

    in reply to: Embarrassed by association #953006
    Brony
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    unclear why you allege blogs are “hogwash.” although they may choose to latch onto the less savory side of our people, i actually think they play an critical role re: child molestation and generally keeping an eye on the larger establishment. if we had some kind of internal system that dealt with the issue(s) effectively (i.e., call police and/or let justice system handle as it may) then they really wouldn’t have much to say. as it is, they play an important role, though imho they would benefit from dropping the gleeful tone.

    in reply to: Embarrassed by association #953000
    Brony
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    just making sure you weren’t talking about avi weiss. different weiss.

    as for the constructive intent, i’m not sure how much clearer i can make it. if every time you tell your younger brothers to “play baseball in the backyard” a few of them end up smushing your neighbors flowers, eventually your seemingly innocuous instructions bear responsibility for smushing the flowers.

    as for the bloggers: you should be far more concerned with improper behavior than improper transparency. if there was no improper behavior, the blogs would have nothing to latch onto.

    in reply to: Embarrassed by association #952996
    Brony
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    no, your post made no sense grammatically. i won’t take the time to explain the idea of comma splices and misplacement, because it would go way over your head. mevinim indeed.

    as for the other point above: if you understood the concept of constructive intent, you would know that simply saying “go and daven” always results in more than just davening. anyone who defended their behavior by invoking r’ shteinman should be considered a follower, and until it can be reasonably assured that no such behavior will result from his words, r’ shteinman should not give such directives.

    and what are you talking about re: weiss joining achmedinejad? last i checked, he was arrested for oposing him. please don’t air your mistaken fantasies in a public space like this one.

    in reply to: Embarrassed by association #952992
    Brony
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    don’t be absurd. you can’t redefine “r’ shteinman’s followers” as “anyone who behaved” and then claim that “r’ shteinman’s followers behaved”. use logic. smh.

    nishtdayngesheft, your post is unintelligible. learn to express yourself clearly.

    in reply to: Three Asifas Today #952884
    Brony
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    “just reporting a fact”

    complete baloney

    smh…smh…

    in reply to: Centrist Orthodoxy, and the English Language #952334
    Brony
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    popa – the idea that identifying one orthodox body to the left to you and one to the right makes you centrist is absurd. by your logic, shawn bradley is of “centrist” height (lol) because of manut bol. you’re right, dude, just own it and put up your dukes.

    in reply to: The Dov Lipman Response�Controversial? #955332
    Brony
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    lol @ the matzeiva article. charedim would do themselves a huge service by not attempting to put their “thoughts” down on paper.

    in reply to: Olam Hafuch #951795
    Brony
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    u sound afraid bro

    in reply to: How they'll write history about us #950368
    Brony
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    serious q: r u high rite now?

    in reply to: Anyone ever hear of this? #950393
    Brony
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    r u punk’n me? married women can’t wear perfume? my life is over, kill me now. and i’m not even going to touch that last sentence. if she doesn’t wear makeup its over.

    in reply to: Shas pin test #950280
    Brony
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    Special indeed.

    in reply to: Getting over Android Game addiction #950496
    Brony
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    It’s not hard.

    Just cut the rope.

    in reply to: Shas pin test #950274
    Brony
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    I’m not sure why this is considered an accomplishment unless you aspire to be an idiot savant.

    in reply to: Anyone ever hear of this? #950372
    Brony
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    yo imma let you finish, but any1 heard of girls not wearing purfume on a date? wut? plz xplain ty.

    in reply to: Trolling Wikipedia #1048117
    Brony
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    you ruined it with “to their credit.” until then you were doing fine.

    in reply to: How to answer questions regarding a shidduch #1042559
    Brony
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    The finger explanation on ohr is interesting, certainly not something you would ever encounter in a standard Halacha seder (assuming you weren’t learning with R’ Scheinberg). I’m unsure why the index-finger needs such an obscure explanation: as I mentioned earlier, the use of the word “vezos” itself should be sufficient (a la Moshe and the shekel of fire). At any rate, interesting article. Thank you.

    in reply to: How to answer questions regarding a shidduch #1042556
    Brony
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    Your response was far more aggressive than my simple question. Although belittling and spouting ad hominem attacks at those who sincerely inquire seems to be the go-to responses on these forums, the fact is that neither of those methods actually answer the question. I’m still waiting for a source: if you’ve “given this shiur to every MO,” then it shouldn’t be difficult for you to copy and paste your sources or pull them from memory.

    “Minhag yisrael torah” cannot be used to mask lack of actual knowledge and sources – that kind of intellectual laziness leads to the deterioration of actual reasoning/sourcing, with the inevitable conclusion that our glorious religion becomes deteriorated to mere rote. If you don’t know why you do something, say so, and be willing to engage in honest discussion. If you want to continue doing something even after you realize that you don’t know why you do it, that’s fine, but don’t act like you do.

    Honestly, I’m surprised that what I’m saying is shocking to some. Don’t your actions ring hollow if you have no idea what they mean and why you are doing them? If you are truly satisfied with “for all I know the source might be kabbalah,” I’m not sure what to tell you.

    in reply to: Yeshivas with High School Dorms #947878
    Brony
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    LOL @ mentioning MTA and riverdale in the same post. this whole thread is absurd.

    in reply to: How to answer questions regarding a shidduch #1042554
    Brony
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    1. I didn’t say pointing – that would actually make sense. I said pointing with the pinky. As for the standing thing, literally everyone I know does it. Are you sephardic?

    2. I have no idea, as a male it wasn’t ever nogeia. Tell me, is it halachic? If yes, please source.

    3. And what do you mean by a self-created safek l’kula? You mean if I’m not sure why i’m doing something, I take the time to look it up?

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