Isaac (from the Internet) Gantwerk Mayer
@isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social
Traditional-egalitarian neo-misnagdic liturgical maximalist. Yes, I'm the one who made that steamed hams megillah. איהו/ליה (that’s he/him in Aramaic)
because a stop is a stopwise midsough, whereas rubwise, glidewise, and nosewide midsoughs can't be called that
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
because a stop is a stopwise midsough, whereas rubwise, glidewise, and nosewide midsoughs can't be called that
that's partially bede's fault for making up a god that didn't exist
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
that's partially bede's fault for making up a god that didn't exist
or truth social, which was founded specifically by one of the best candidates
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
or truth social, which was founded specifically by one of the best candidates
Like, David is anointed in I Samuel 16 but doesn't become king over Israel until II Samuel 5. Because he isn't king until the people consider him king. Royal authority is bottom up, not top down. If I called myself the Tsar of all the Russias it wouldn't make it so
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Like, David is anointed in I Samuel 16 but doesn't become king over Israel until II Samuel 5. Because he isn't king until the people consider him king. Royal authority is bottom up, not top down. If I called myself the Tsar of all the Russias it wouldn't make it so
regardless of your opinions on monarchy, the fact is that in the entire tanakh nobody is every called a king unless *people* call him a king. Even when Gd anoints someone, he might have a *destiny* to be king, but he isn't king until the people accept him as such. Yoshke was never accepted as king.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
regardless of your opinions on monarchy, the fact is that in the entire tanakh nobody is every called a king unless *people* call him a king. Even when Gd anoints someone, he might have a *destiny* to be king, but he isn't king until the people accept him as such. Yoshke was never accepted as king.
it's funny, Monty Python made a movie skewering the story of Jesus, and yet the scene that feels like the most accurate depiction of how i feel about the claim "king of the Jews" is not from that movie, it's from the one before it
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
it's funny, Monty Python made a movie skewering the story of Jesus, and yet the scene that feels like the most accurate depiction of how i feel about the claim "king of the Jews" is not from that movie, it's from the one before it
"We're an anarcho-syndicalist ethnoreligious commune! We're taking turns to act as a sort of rosh Sanhedrin for the week, but all the decisions of that nasi 'ave to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting by a lesser court of twenty-three dayyanim, in the case of purely internal affairs"
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"We're an anarcho-syndicalist ethnoreligious commune! We're taking turns to act as a sort of rosh Sanhedrin for the week, but all the decisions of that nasi 'ave to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting by a lesser court of twenty-three dayyanim, in the case of purely internal affairs"
... drugged-up Parthian threw some cologne onto you! I mean, if I went 'round, saying I was the messiah, just because some jet-setting warlock had lobbed some ointments at me, they'd put me away!"
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
... drugged-up Parthian threw some cologne onto you! I mean, if I went 'round, saying I was the messiah, just because some jet-setting warlock had lobbed some ointments at me, they'd put me away!"
"Listen, strange wizards wandering around deserts distributing perfume is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical camel-bound ceremony! You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some...
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Listen, strange wizards wandering around deserts distributing perfume is no basis for a system of government! Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical camel-bound ceremony! You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some...
Don’t you fucking make me quote Monty Python at you I’ll do it
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Don’t you fucking make me quote Monty Python at you I’ll do it
I do not always think that Will Stancil is right. He is a human being and human beings are not perfect.
I also think that a lot of people on this website are obsessively hateful towards him to a point where I am afraid for their mental health. He’s just a guy, he’s not the fuckin antichrist
I also think that a lot of people on this website are obsessively hateful towards him to a point where I am afraid for their mental health. He’s just a guy, he’s not the fuckin antichrist
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I do not always think that Will Stancil is right. He is a human being and human beings are not perfect.
I also think that a lot of people on this website are obsessively hateful towards him to a point where I am afraid for their mental health. He’s just a guy, he’s not the fuckin antichrist
I also think that a lot of people on this website are obsessively hateful towards him to a point where I am afraid for their mental health. He’s just a guy, he’s not the fuckin antichrist
Which is a thing that happened this year. Being so parasocially obsessed with someone that you commit murder is a mental illness which has nothing whatsoever to do with gender identity.
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Which is a thing that happened this year. Being so parasocially obsessed with someone that you commit murder is a mental illness which has nothing whatsoever to do with gender identity.
Are you seriously acting like “being trans is a mental illness” (false) and “some people are both mentally ill and trans” are the same statement? For literally any group of people some of them are mentally ill. For instance, if you murder two people because of how much you hate Will Stancil
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Are you seriously acting like “being trans is a mental illness” (false) and “some people are both mentally ill and trans” are the same statement? For literally any group of people some of them are mentally ill. For instance, if you murder two people because of how much you hate Will Stancil
Wait, if Thor is Perkūnas and Perkūnas is Perkele then does that mean that Thor is the most popular swear word in Finland
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Wait, if Thor is Perkūnas and Perkūnas is Perkele then does that mean that Thor is the most popular swear word in Finland
“I want to make sure that Jews don’t make aliyah. What should I do? I know, make them feel unsafe where they are. There’s absolutely no possible way this could have a drawback.”
-statements dreamed up by the Utterly Deranged
-statements dreamed up by the Utterly Deranged
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“I want to make sure that Jews don’t make aliyah. What should I do? I know, make them feel unsafe where they are. There’s absolutely no possible way this could have a drawback.”
-statements dreamed up by the Utterly Deranged
-statements dreamed up by the Utterly Deranged
I was talking about the mayoral spokesperson’s statement personally. I’m not particularly interested in considering the opinions of the sorts of people who think shouting hate at a synagogue will decrease aliyah instead of doing the opposite.
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I was talking about the mayoral spokesperson’s statement personally. I’m not particularly interested in considering the opinions of the sorts of people who think shouting hate at a synagogue will decrease aliyah instead of doing the opposite.
for some reason i read this as a line from the ballad of j alfred prufrock
Shall I part my hair behind?
Do I dare to eat a peach?
I will wear a skirt suit to the airport when the etc.
and walk along the beach
Shall I part my hair behind?
Do I dare to eat a peach?
I will wear a skirt suit to the airport when the etc.
and walk along the beach
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
for some reason i read this as a line from the ballad of j alfred prufrock
Shall I part my hair behind?
Do I dare to eat a peach?
I will wear a skirt suit to the airport when the etc.
and walk along the beach
Shall I part my hair behind?
Do I dare to eat a peach?
I will wear a skirt suit to the airport when the etc.
and walk along the beach
half the time i just say the english word in an accent.
today i said מחר הפלומבר יבוא לתקן את הסינק
today i said מחר הפלומבר יבוא לתקן את הסינק
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
half the time i just say the english word in an accent.
today i said מחר הפלומבר יבוא לתקן את הסינק
today i said מחר הפלומבר יבוא לתקן את הסינק
i think about hebrew every hour but that’s because i live in jerusalem and need to remember words for things
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
i think about hebrew every hour but that’s because i live in jerusalem and need to remember words for things
turns out we found how low they won’t stoop. would be nice if it was higher but the fact they have a limit at all is impressive
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
turns out we found how low they won’t stoop. would be nice if it was higher but the fact they have a limit at all is impressive
occasionally you have a unique easter egg where a guy with a large bird sitting on his head starts jorking it (and by “it”, haha, well. let's justr say. his peanits.)
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
occasionally you have a unique easter egg where a guy with a large bird sitting on his head starts jorking it (and by “it”, haha, well. let's justr say. his peanits.)
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM