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I don’t think it actually did. You learn more as world faith traditions are more openly discussed, but it’s important to remember that Easter is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, Christian rituals… meaning it predates the influence of the Romans. It would have had its roots in Jewish symbolism, even if later non-Jewish adherents might make parallels to Roman and pagan practices.

I hadn’t really intended to deconstruct Iky’s statement that way, but I think you framed it perfectly. He’s most certainly correct in that the symbolism within a seder would be lost on a generation of non-Jewish people were it not for Rugrats. It’s a religious practice most would never see.

It's a nicer way of saying Christians appropriated Jewish religious traditions as part of their own. It isn't inherently bad: In part, it's a result of Jesus being a Jew who was explicitly practicing these traditions while seeking to reform Judaism; in part it reflects the universality of human behavior. But, in part it is also a blatant attempt to erase Jewish tradition by making the ritual a Christian one.

As Buddy alluded, Passover is intrinsically connected to Christian Easter traditions, specifically the “Passion of Christ” sequence, so it’s far more likely that earliest exposure to the religious festival would come from more universal pop cultural references like, say, DaVinci’s The Last Supper. Judaism has never secularized its religious practices in the way that Christianity has, nonetheless through the prism of Christianity it gets nearly as much exposure.

The death of Archie is like that too. It's too much a stretch given the original tone of the series.

I didn’t think a phone could gaslight you but here we are.

Don’t tell Chris Rock.

He's becoming the new face of traumatic brain injuries.

Nah, that was just my family reunion.

Ghosty, we all know you stand for justice and the rights of all people.

(Like Buddy said....) Generational monikers are fundamentally arbitrary. They exist mostly to document how changes to social structure, economy, and technology combine to shape a particular group of people. The concept itself didn't become a thing until the Baby Boom happened, largely as a response to fundamental changes in how the "Greatest Generation" changed their approach to raising "Boomers" from their parents'.

The term doesn’t explicitly apply to an age range, though it’s generally thought of as the last 1/3 of the generation. Xennials are the group of Xers that came of age at the start of the internet age.

That’s perfect. To think Ghosty had that planned all along.

Fixed that for you.

The fuck does that mean?

The worst of both worlds, believe you me.

For those wondering... the Chinese tech billionaire who purchased the rights to produce the adaptation that was eventually seen on Netflix was murdered by the lawyer he initially hired to negotiate the deal. See here: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/china/billionaire-three-body-problem-netflix-intl-hnk/index.html

You're a Xennial, probably.

I'm kind of interested in seeing it simply because of all the tragedy involved in its adaptation.

Only 40% here, and that's enough for me.

You do excellent work.

I have a friend flying her grandkids to Texas to see the apocalypse. I guess wit Southwest it’s not so expensive but still… Texas.

The old ghostrek could never time a “yes” that perfectly.

I don’t like shaving, but it’s been better now that I use a safety razor instead of an electric one. I’ll shave once a week because that’s how long I can go before stubble becomes an actual beard, and I shave it all off.

I don't want to impinge on the fantasy here, but if there's discharge in child birth, the poor lady is probably dying. Ghosty has been through enough in life.