When Something is Said That Makes You Stop

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When listening to an interview, the guest said “it happened in the late 1900s” like it was the dark ages. It took me a few seconds to put it together. I guess it is for young people. Seems l lived most of my life in the dark ages.
 

Jules said:
When listening to an interview, the guest said “it happened in the late 1900s” like it was the dark ages. It took me a few seconds to put it together. I guess it is for young people. Seems l lived most of my life in the dark ages.
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It's astonishing to enter the early 2000s and finally come out of the cave. I'm getting sunburned! 🤪
 
Jules said:

When Something is Said That Makes You Stop​

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The one thing that really made me stop was the expression, “Jesus was a Jew”. I’d heard it several times during my younger years as a Catholic but about the time I was in my early/mid-20s, I decided to find out what it meant. Doing a fair bit of reading on the subject changed my life and my fundamental understanding (perception) of religion and life itself.
 
Verisure said:
The one thing that really made me stop was the expression, “Jesus was a Jew”. I’d heard it several times during my younger years as a Catholic but about the time I was in my early/mid-20s, I decided to find out what it meant. Doing a fair bit of reading on the subject changed my life and my fundamental understanding (perception) of religion and life itself.
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I would like to hear about that, but maybe not a good idea in case it starts a war.
 
Shero said:
I would like to hear about that .....
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Someday I'll tell you. But it's a long story from beginning to end.
Shero said:
..... but maybe not a good idea in case it starts a war.
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It's possible, but maybe not in the way you may think. I ended up officially renouncing the Church (mostly to get out of paying Church tax) and I became a devout Agnostic.
 
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Verisure said:
The one thing that really made me stop was the expression, “Jesus was a Jew”.
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When I was a kid I thought "Jew" was just a derogatory term, kind of like calling someone a jerk. No idea it was a religion or people. One day one of my Jewish friends (I had several at the time) explained it to me, that was one of my first wake up calls. I had more to come...
 
Alligatorob said:
When I was a kid I thought "Jew" was just a derogatory term, kind of like calling someone a jerk. No idea it was a religion or people. One day one of my Jewish friends (I had several at the time) explained it to me, that was one of my first wake up calls. I had more to come...
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I lived several years in the US so understand very well. I noted that Americans avoid using the term Jew so rather than say, "He/she is a Jew" they avoid it by saying, "He/she is Jewish". Another term that is considered derogatory in the US is "Pollack". The thing is "Pollack" is the correct term in the Polish language for someone who is Polish. So ..... if the correct terms for Jews and Poles are considered insults, it says a lot about American racism and anti-ism/ist. I wonder what Jews and Poles think about it?
 
We were moving into a new place, and hired a couple of young men to help. As they scurried up and down, carrying boxes like they weighed nothing, we were marveling at it, when one of the guys saw a partially opened box and got a glimpse of my landline retro phone. It is heavy, with curly cord and a circular dial pad designed to look like the old rotary phones. He nearly dropped the box, while exclaiming, "Wow! I've only seen phones like that in old movies!" I felt pretty old myself, at that moment!
 
Butterfly said:
Or when somoeone refers to "the wife." It sounds like they are referring to an appendage or something.
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I'd be willing to bet that most men who say "the wife" are really thinking "the woman who actually, unexpectedly, and who-would've-ever-thunk-it married me."

I don't think I've ever called Michelle the wife, but in the sense that she's my second brain, second pair of hands, second heart, and second voice, she is my multiple appendages.
 
Butterfly said:
Or when somoeone refers to "the wife." It sounds like they are referring to an appendage or something.
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Well! If you say "my wife" instead, the feminists will begin a vicious revolt/protest and accuse you of referring to her as your personal possession.
 
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