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Re: Tell HN: Eid Mubarak

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Post by agentwiggles »

kelipso wrote: post #254
agentwiggles wrote: post #205

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Vaping, I assume. I admit with some shame that after over a decade off cigarettes, I'm currently re-addicted to nicotine via vaping. Over the past 10 years or so, I would buy a pack of smokes every once in a while (like, maybe once a year), and enjoy smoking at a party or concert or whatever. I never had trouble stopping after a few and would usually throw the rest of the pack away, it was honestly just too inconveni…

Juul is useful if you want to switch from smoking to vaping because the high percentage of nicotine makes it easy. But for the same reason, it's incredibly addictive. Also difficult to stop by tapering down because low nicotine percentage juul pods don't exist.

I recently switched to a refillable pod "mod," and plan to start tapering down by buying lower percentage vape liquid. Iirc there's two concentrations available in Juul pods, but let's be honest, they don't want you to quit. (Not that any other vape company does either, but the vape store model does allow a little more consumer control).

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Post by paulryanrogers »

nullchan wrote: post #51
amriksohata wrote: post #18

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Its not particularly healthy, though many ancient cultures prior to Islam have used fasting as part of a way to cleansing of the gut. The relevance to the moon is also from Pagan cultures

Have you ever occurred to you that it might be the other way around? There was always one monotheistic religion and God, but then things got sidetracked and people started making stuff up. Also, Moon is relevant in Islam, as a calendar and timekeeping, nothing to be worshipped. Also, All Monotheistic Religions have had fasting (the 3 big ones that survived so far) but again, the worst enemy of the people is their own…

> Have you ever occurred to you that it might be the other way around? There was always one monotheistic religion and God, but then things got sidetracked and people started making stuff up.

After 30 years of trying, I'm pretty sure I can't believe any religion was ever true. It's literally all made up, and the only bits that survive are the unfalsifiable parts or rely on nostalgia or ignorance.

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Post by llamaz »

doetoe wrote: post #308
zen_1 wrote: post #68

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Yes, numbers in Arabic are LTR even when they're used mid (RTL) sentence. We'd also use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Arabic_numerals instead of the confusingly named (western) Arabic numbers 0123456789...

In a way it makes more sense to have the units come first, i.e. how the numbers are written in Arabic. Namely, when you do arithmetic you start with the units, so that in English (etc) when you compute 1234 + 5678 you cannot just start writing down digits, but you have to reserve space and work backwards.

This is intentional. They're called Arabic numerals for a reason - when they were imported to Europe to replace Roman numerals, they weren't flipped. This is why mental arithmetic is harder than it needs to be.

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Post by throwaway128128 »

n1b0m wrote: post #126
yousifa wrote: post #6

I will add, the fasting from food and water is the easy part. The more important fast is fasting from everything that is bad -- cursing, backbiting, lying, etc -- and from your own desires. All these things are things you shouldn't do anyway, but this is a time to refresh commitment to not doing those things. As the Quran says: "Oh, you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before yo…

I find the lack of sleep the hardest. You don’t really miss the lack of food or water unless you’re in a hot climate.

You sleep less during Ramadan?

Re: Tell HN: Eid Mubarak

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Post by nashashmi »

loo wrote: post #349
nashashmi wrote: post #327

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Someone who has a thirst for illicit relationship with women must also refrain from doing so. Forbidding a person from lusting anyone other than spouse whether they like it or not is no different than forbidding a person from having gay desires. And no amount of self identification can label that inhumane.

Under your axioms, it may be equivalent, but I think they're mistaken. Orientation is not a choice, and is orthogonal to identification. I believe that same-sex relationships can be as profoundly fulfilling, enriching, and pro-social as heterosexual relationships. That marrying a straight woman with a gay man is profoundly unfulfilling for both. And that denying a class of people something so profound, freely enjoyed…

You say orientation isn't a choice even though bisexuals at least establish it as their free choice for relationship. Fine. Even if you correctly claim that some people may have an immutable orientation, why would you in your brilliant and far reaching wisdom think it would be inhumane for the same person to be celibate from that orientation? And further think it is inhumane for the person to engage in a relationship of another orientation?

I don't believe for a second any person has this immutable orientation, straight or gay. And likewise, I don't believe it is inhumane for a person to avoid a relationship that is illegitimate. Trying to argue otherwise is like arguing the color blue can also be seen as red.

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Post by [deleted] »

wyclif wrote: post #311
theobeers wrote: post #28

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No smoking all day is a big deal for many Muslims in the Middle East. One year I was living in Cairo during Ramadan, and each day when it got close to the sunset call to prayer (which heralds the end of the fast), it seemed like all the cab drivers had cigarettes in hand, waiting eagerly to light up.

Oh yeah, that's a thing. And try catching a cab in Jerusalem during Ramadan. All the cab drivers are Muslim and you'd better have an alternate means of transportation.

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Post by loo »

nashashmi wrote: post #356
loo wrote: post #349

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Under your axioms, it may be equivalent, but I think they're mistaken. Orientation is not a choice, and is orthogonal to identification. I believe that same-sex relationships can be as profoundly fulfilling, enriching, and pro-social as heterosexual relationships. That marrying a straight woman with a gay man is profoundly unfulfilling for both. And that denying a class of people something so profound, freely enjoyed…

You say orientation isn't a choice even though bisexuals at least establish it as their free choice for relationship. Fine. Even if you correctly claim that some people may have an immutable orientation, why would you in your brilliant and far reaching wisdom think it would be inhumane for the same person to be celibate from that orientation? And further think it is inhumane for the person to engage in a relationship…

I am not bisexual, but tried to be. The choice wasn't available.

Have you felt strong attraction for both sexes? If not, have you tried to?

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Post by Aerbil313 »

aws_ls wrote: post #346
Aerbil313 wrote: post #341

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It’s fine bro! Like 2 billion people including me does it every single year. Nothing happens. You just drink at night more. We’re perfectly healthy.

Good for you. But please don't generalize it for every one. Lack of water intake does multiply the hardship many folds. Especially now, when Ramzan(or Ramadan) falling in summer in the northern hemisphere. Know people who have had strokes or break the fast due to extreme hardship. Domestic helps who are Muslims, or people doing physical labor, simply can't observe it. Its one of the hardest fasts there is, and restra…

I know, but if it poses a real and serious health risk you are religiously prohibited from fasting. Islam prioritizes health in this situation. So it’s not that much of a concern. In my country, physical laborers also fast and I didn’t heard one breaking fast due to hardship.

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Post by Aerbil313 »

permalac wrote: post #210
elashri wrote: post #111

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I had 12 years of pre-college education, 4 for university, 2 for Masters and 2 years of classes in my PhD ( I am candidate now) and I think I had exams while I was fasting in each year and it wasn't a big deal. I rarely even see a Muslim student break fast for exams. And I think people saying they request accommodation this week, that's usually because of Eid and the couple of nights before that we believe it is the…

How does your focus evolve or progress while fasting? Any relevant difference between the first days and the last days?

Simply, when you eat 3 meals a day, your body and mind is way less performant than what it could be in a good portion the day. So having all daytime fully productive helps. I personally don’t feel any desire to eat or drink after 1st day.
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