Hi! My name is Shmuel. I'm a flaming liberal feminist radical individualist, moral relativist, non-practicing fundamentalist Orthodox Jewish editor, writer, and graduate student. I like words, and popular culture, and having a coherent and consistent personal philosophy. Sadly, I'm only about 95% of the way there at the moment.
I've been lurking for a little while, and posting over the past few days. I'm only reading about one thread in ten at the moment, so I haven't been completely assimilated, but there's only so much time. Chris Bridges is responsible for luring me here in the first place; you can read his testimonial here, in the "Puzzle" thread.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Cool.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I hate you.
But then, I'm jealous of anybody with Chris's AIM ID.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
Ic - check your mail...
I offer one warning, and one only.
Shmuel is a paranomasiac, and an unrepentant one.
Be afraid.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Cool Hello.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
For people who, like me, don't know what a paranomasiac is...
Paronomasia, from the O.E.D.: A playing on words which sound alike; a word-play; a pun.
*backs away slowly*
[ March 27, 2005, 11:44 PM: Message edited by: Teshi ]
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*laugh* I've already welcomed you, so I'll refrain from doing so again.
I followed most of that. But what does "non-practicing fundamentalist Orthodox Jewish" mean? In words of two syllables or less? Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
It means he's gotten very good at it!
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Oh, and I don't hate you any more, Shmuel.
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
Rivka: good question.
I was raised Orthodox Jewish (Lubavitch family, Litvish Yeshivish schooling). Over the years, I've had a bit of trouble reconciling that with the moral relativism, plus I was curious about pepperoni pizza. (That's the highly abridged version of at least a decade of personal wrestling, anyway.) I decided to give non-observance a try and see whether it worked out any better. I officially went off the derech (strayed from the path) a week before I turned 30; I'm now a month and a half shy of 32.
I haven't made any long-term decisions just yet. As it stands, I'm not frum (observant), but I'm decidedly theistic, and my viewpoint is in accord with the Orthodox Jewish one far more often than not. And while pepperoni pizza is good, it's not that good. We'll see where I end up, I suppose.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*saddened*
Thank you for the explanation.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Welcome, Shmuel!
quote: plus I was curious about pepperoni pizza
So would that be a way to pick up Jewish girls thinking of straying from the fold?
"SWM, liberal, looking for SJF--must be pie-curious."
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
Hiya, Shmuel, welcome to the 'rack. Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
Morbo: sounds like a cheesy pickup line to me...
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
Maybe. But what's the wurst they could do? Slap me?
Posted by Shmuel (Member # 7586) on :
Give you a slice, more likely.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
Welcome Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
A slice, yeah. LOL Or a piece of ... But she'd probably play hard-to-get, I hate that. If she's geeky, and we go out again, this could happen.
Now that I've tortured that joke metaphor to death-- Shmuel, if you are a real paranomasiac, you can make your bones on this thread: Pun Smackdown XXIX: The diet of (tape) Wurm , our most recent Pun Smackdown thread. C'mon newbie, let's see if you can cut the mustard!
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
Wow…. Very interesting
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
I haven't welcomed you yet, but I've noticed you! Hi Shmuel!
My grandfather's name is Shmuel. So is my dad's cousin (on the other side). Just thought I'd point it out. Good to see you!
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