Poll of the Day > I drove my orthodox Jewish neighbor to urgent care this morning.

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His wife came knocking at 8 am. She said he was having respitory problems. I took him in and wished him well.

I would have offered to pick him up but of course there was no way of contacting me with a phone. He said he would walk (3 miles or so) back after sundown if a ride was not arranged.

I'm just a helpful gentile.
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What does his religion have to do with anything?
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Foppe posted...

What does his religion have to do with anything?

The sabbath pretty much makes Saturdays a special challenge.
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Full-on Orthodox Jews aren't supposed to operate anything electronic or mechanical on Saturday, or do any sort of physical work.

There are actually businesses in areas with a high Orthodox/Hassidic population where non-Jews will literally come to your house in the morning to turn your lights and stuff on for you, and then come back later to turn it off.


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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Full-on Orthodox Jews aren't supposed to operate anything electronic or mechanical on Saturday, or do any sort of physical work.

There are actually businesses in areas with a high Orthodox/Hassidic population where non-Jews will literally come to your house in the morning to turn your lights and stuff on for you, and then come back later to turn it off.

What a neat fact!
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So you were a shabbos goy today?
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Full-on Orthodox Jews aren't supposed to operate anything electronic or mechanical on Saturday, or do any sort of physical work.

There are actually businesses in areas with a high Orthodox/Hassidic population where non-Jews will literally come to your house in the morning to turn your lights and stuff on for you, and then come back later to turn it off.

That's really damn interesting, thanks.

Yup, I'm just a goy in the world.

I ain't got much religion myself except for a catholic (sexy Jesus) upbringing that went defunct at age 9.

I'm mostly just perplexed and respectful.
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Miroku_of_Nite1 posted...

So you were a shabbos goy today?

That sounds like a delicious potato based gravy.
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1/7th of your life not being able to do shit because of a book. to the point where if you're fucking dying, you have to ask your neighbor to drive you to a doctor.
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where did you come up with the fraction of 1/7th
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helIy posted...

where did you come up with the fraction of 1/7th

One day of the week.
C'mon helly.

that's the thing though

there's 5600 saturdays in 100 years

1/7th of 365 x 100 is 5612.34523452345

so it's not 1/7th

suck it
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That's days off, not a fraction of a unit, which was the original point.
The argument is stupid, but the math isn't wrong even if you think it is.

the math is exactly wrong though

i kind of just proved it, so like

???
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You proved the overall time lost, which is fine, but that implies that someone lives a life that goes exactly 100 years, which is kinda useless.
Saying a fraction of an overall time unit, is just as valid and you don't have to make grand assumptions about people. The math is a bit fuzzy at the end (ie they died on the same day), but it's better than assuming overall life expectancy.

I don't see how the math is bad either.

I keep thinking about being a clever wilderness man with challenges looking for loopholes.

It's like playing a video game with 3,000 yrs of gamer guides and board topics.
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if we were to remove the 100 year as a variable, then that makes the 1/7th fraction even more wrong, since it definitely wouldn't add up to exactly 1/7th if it already doesn't at 100 years

math isn't fuzzy

it is absolute

0.999=1
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Full-on Orthodox Jews aren't supposed to operate anything electronic or mechanical on Saturday, or do any sort of physical work.

There are actually businesses in areas with a high Orthodox/Hassidic population where non-Jews will literally come to your house in the morning to turn your lights and stuff on for you, and then come back later to turn it off.

for real???

wow thats nuts
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I_Always_Die posted...

1/7th of your life not being able to do shit because of a book. to the point where if you're fucking dying, you have to ask your neighbor to drive you to a doctor.

I mean, if you're fucking dying a lot of people will just do it anyway. These folks must be really super Orthodox.
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