RainbeauxSue: I fasted for 30 hours in college once. Was allowed water, but nothing else. Didn't really bother me. We timed it so it ended at 7 PM, so we had a big breakfast with eggs and sausage and waffles afterwards.

It was some kind of social protest thing, I forget what. All my friends were doing it.

If nothing else, it actually got me out of the habit of eating regularly. Even today I tend to forget to eat until my stomach starts cramping and I go "oh yeah, need to put something in my face".

Sounds like a good cause.

/CSB

I like my coffee how I like my women.

Tied up on the back of a donkey.

TommyymmoT: I like my coffee how I like my women.

passed through the digestive tract of a civet cat?

I like my coffee like I like my women... tied up in a burlap sack and dragged across the Andes on the back of a donkey.

Tatsuma: Also fasting for 24 hours really isn't that big of a deal (as long as you drank a good amount of water the day before), if you're a man and you're complaining about it, you're either:

- a wuss
- overweight
- an overweight wuss

You sound not fat.

/Lay off me, I'm starvin'

TommyymmoT: I like my coffee how I like my women.

hot, mixed up with white powder, and available on the street corner for $2?

With Civ V coming out, I expect to accidentally fast a couple of days.

"What do you mean it's Thursday already?"

RainbeauxSue: I go "oh yeah, need to put something in my face".

How *you* doin'?

...like my women.

Covered in whipped cream.

I didn't go to Mincha or Neila services.

Can I stop fasting yet? I'm getting pretty weak.

...snout.

Uhm, is this even working? I tried and could not RTFA.

As far as cramming religion up my rectum, why should I? Did I shove mine up yours, and you want to be fair?

/just kidding, wouldn't want to shove my religion up anyone... save a hot brunette with a beautiful, if not average, set of curves.

//darn, there I go, saying the soft part loud and the loud part soft again!

I am not attracted to black women.

At least caffeine doesn't glow in the dark (nuevo ventana)

Petit_Merdeux: ...snout.

What you did there. I see it.

I like my coffee how I like my women....

Waiting on my desk when I get back from lunch, ready to be drunk throughout the afternoon.

Day_Old_Dutchie: serialkittenkiller: Whatever.Isn't the whole idea to atone for your sins and suffer a little bit?

Most official versions of "Gods" sure as hell don't seem to be all-benevolent beings. They enjoy making people squirm and suffer, and there's that "love me unconditionally..OR ELSE!" thing.

God seems to be nothing that a sadistic child

with a magnifying glass, a sunny day and an anthill,
the one that sticks firecrackers into frogs to blow 'em up
ties tin cans to cat's tails

Hardly a loving being that should be worshiped.

But, go ahead. Get your brownie points for your imaginary sky pixie, as long as you don't force me to join in.

Actually I find that fasting is quite the opposite of suffering. There is a certain amount of enjoyment and clarity in it when you do it.

myspamhere: Before you make fun of this, please try to fast for 25-26 hours. That means no food, and no water. Then, also ad in lots of standing in one place, sitting, then standing with
the occasional bow.

This is why I am not Jewish, or Catholic.
So what is someone supposed to do if they need to take medication or if they are diabetic?

If I had a friend who said, "Don't eat or drink anything tomorrow to prove you love me," I'd stop hanging out with that friend. Why would I not react the same way to an invisible friend?

Fasting for a couple days isn't all that difficult. Just drink lots of water and have a big meal before the fast. I had to fast two days before a surgery I went through. I fasted the 12 hours and then the idiots had me scheduled wrong and made me wait around until 7 in case they had a break to do my surgery. Didn't happen, so I had to come in at 7 the next morning and wait around until 5:00 pm the next evening before they could do anything.

It wasn't a fast by choice, but it was in no way difficult.

/csb

I like my tea like i like my women; green with a crapload of sugar and some lemon.

Bohemian:
This is why I am not Jewish, or Catholic.
So what is someone supposed to do if they need to take medication or if they are diabetic?

Good question. For the record, people who can't fast for medical reasons are exempt from fasting on Jewish fast days, including YK. I don't think you're supposed to take an aspirin just for a minor headache, but if it's something serious like a heart pill or something, taking medication isn't considered breaking the fast. Or maybe it's considered breaking the fast, but it's okay.

Technically, not only are people who are ill exempt from having to fast, but they are forbidden from doing so since fasting might have serious negative repercussions. This is the same for small children, the elderly, etc.

Basically, someone who can't fast (as opposed to someone who just doesn't want to) is in the clear.

triad203: What you did there. I see it.


But, I got a crystal ball!

The link appears to be farked.

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Let he, who has not shoved a condiment into his rectum, cast the first stone.

(have some jewish friends, but none I am close enough to to ask THAT sort of question)

// would have done this during college, damn caffeine fueled my studies

Sorry...but I got too "These guys love a good loophole." and I just had to leave the room!!!!

Too funny..must..remember..I am at..work!!

BRB..

The headline made me think of this.

Wow, can't give up your caffeine addiction for a few days to honor your religious convictions. I'm sure Moses will understand.

Not impressed.

Get a turkey in there and we'll talk.

Leave it to the Jews to think they can out-lawyer God.

myspamhere: Before you make fun of this, please try to fast for 25-26 hours. That means no food, and no water. Then, also ad in lots of standing in one place, sitting, then standing with the occasional bow.

Before you support this level of stupidity, try living without the crutch of religion for 25-26 hours.

You'd think they'd find an energy drink company that made kosher energy drinks... I have, and I'm not Jewish

myspamhere: Before you make fun of this, please try to fast for 25-26 hours. That means no food, and no water. Then, also ad in lots of standing in one place, sitting, then standing with the occasional bow.

Why would I want to try it? We're making fun of it because the whole reason behind it is worth making fun of.

"Some take it before sundown, but most take it throughout their fasting. These guys love a good BUNGloophole."

I like my coffee like I like my woman, Hot, sweet and creamy.

tardisrider: Bohemian:
This is why I am not Jewish, or Catholic.
So what is someone supposed to do if they need to take medication or if they are diabetic?

Good question. For the record, people who can't fast for medical reasons are exempt from fasting on Jewish fast days, including YK. I don't think you're supposed to take an aspirin just for a minor headache, but if it's something serious like a heart pill or something, taking medication isn't considered breaking the fast. Or maybe it's considered breaking the fast, but it's okay.

Technically, not only are people who are ill exempt from having to fast, but they are forbidden from doing so since fasting might have serious negative repercussions. This is the same for small children, the elderly, etc.

Basically, someone who can't fast (as opposed to someone who just doesn't want to) is in the clear.

So, they're suppose to make a sacrifice, unless doing so *actually* is a sacrifice?

myspamhere: Before you make fun of this, please try to fast for 25-26 hours. That means no food, and no water. Then, also ad in lots of standing in one place, sitting, then standing with the occasional bow.

Why would any sane person wish to try that ?

My imaginary sky spook says it would be better to eat healthily, walk around a lot, and never bow to people wearing funny hats.

// your sky spook has ego issues
/ mine is totally sane, just ... ya know.... imaginary

mraythor83: [Farnsworth]

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I can't believe it took this long. I was sure it would be one of the Weenerss. I guess anal shenanigans > Jews > Futurama on Fark.

"SHOVE IT UP YOUR UGLY ASS!!! You heard us right: SHOVE IT UP YOUR UGLY ASS!!!"

No endorsement/disparagement on my part, but there's a lot of misconceptions here. The yom kippur fast is not just "no food" for 25 hours. It's no food, no water, no showering, no brushing your teeth. No deodorant or perfume either. Then you spend hours upon hours in the synagogue, surrounded by hundreds of other people who ALSO have not showered.

Adding a caffeine headache on top of that will just make you into a monster. Most people I know start adding decaf to their routine a few weeks before, but it's still a nasty withdrawal.

And BTW, if you need to take medication, you are allowed, with as little water as possible to get it down. Some people feel the caffeine is medically necessary, but would rather take it as a suppository because it's less of a violation than orally. Snicker all you want.

I like like coffee like I like my women.

Covered in bees.....

carriegood: And BTW, if you need to take medication, you are allowed, with as little water as possible to get it down

ya know ... you are allowed to do lots of things

// never let a priest/rabbi/imam etc... tell you otherwise
/ generally wise to obey the guy with the taser/gun/baton though

Man, the whole Jews and their skirting around the ridiculous rituals of the Sabbath and Yom Kippur and whatever else are

RETARDED

What you guys can "fool" your G-d? Just like when you put a little "-" in the place of "o". How dumb is that?

VERY dumb.

DirkValentine: Man, the whole Jews and their skirting around the ridiculous rituals of the Sabbath and Yom Kippur and whatever else are

RETARDED

What you guys can "fool" your G-d? Just like when you put a little "-" in the place of "o". How dumb is that?

VERY dumb.

Not much different then my Catholic father-in-law trying to convince his wife of 30 years to have their marriage annulled instead of divorce so him and his new wife can eat some Jesus flesh.
I told him straight up. "So you found gods loophole huh?"

Why can't they just be like geeks and mix it up with Purell. That way, after a gaming marathon, you slap some on under the pits, get clean, and get your caffeine hit too.

/This was typical of Mikey Forrestein
//"What the fark are these?"

///hawt

How serious about your religion are you that you use loopholes?

The Jews just love to cheat their own religion. I knew a guy who had a special oven that would automatically turn itself on Jewish holidays so they wouldn't have to use electricity. They would have the oven running all day to prepare food just to conform to some asinine law. He would also tell me about elevators that continuously stop at every floor so Jews wouldn't have to touch a button during the sabbath. I don't understand how they think their god wouldn't notice or care that they're being deceptive.

I think the people who keep disparaging observant Jews because of some perceived search for a "loophole" are not grasping the concept. Orthodox Judaism puts an enormous amount of mundanely detailed restrictions on everything, in an effort to be sure that one does not accidentally do something to violate a central commandment.

A caffeine suppository is not someone looking to weasel out of a contract via any loophole. It is someone trying to find a way to follow what they think are their obligations, while minimizing needless suffering. The idea is that depriving yourself of creature comforts focuses you on atonement, as well as shows your "judge" that you are seriously contrite. But nowhere does "God" tell them that they must have a splitting headache so bad they can't read the words in their prayer book. It defeats the purpose.

(And again, I am not trying to give any validity to the whole invisible dude in the sky concept. I am trying to explain that there are layers upon layers of reason behind everything they do. If you can get past the Old Testament wrathful avenging deity thing, Judaism is actually a religion of community spirit, helping the world, and making oneself a more whole person.)