Wow. Impressive!

When people on either side of the atlantic start talking about their “shared european heritage”

Genuine Q: what is a scholastic competition?

That rocks lmao way more fun than mine

Lecha Dodi my beloved

(Lowkey also wanna start learning ladino tbh, very pretty language + would make my family very happy)

Debes seguir, bestie

One of the proudest moments of my life was when I beat a nationally ranked chess player out of sheer luck and then refused to ever play a second game against her

Genuine Q: has the lithuanian government made it any easier to do that? They used to do stuff like deny heritage citizenship applications if your grandpa‘s ID document said Karl in one place and Carl in another place

One of the proudest moments of my life was when I beat a nationally ranked chess player out of sheer luck and then refused to ever play a second game against her

(I’m like 80% sure it’s “eres” not “seas” there but not 100%)

Si eres estadounidense, aprenderías español

In terms of overt antisemitism (harassment, etc.) western europe is wayyyy worse in my experience lol

This is the only reason I would ever want a social media following. You’ve cracked the code

This does not clear it up bestie. He is cute tho

-blamed for national decline

-simultaneously cast as an extremely powerful yet tiny/powerless group

-accused of “hiding in plain sight” / obsession with being able to tell transness/jewishness by physical appearance

-accused of secretly corrupting the majority, esp. children

IIRC the game is set before the events of the book, but I think the fact that it was a book first helped the game have very clear themes, a distinctive voice, etc.