Aaron Segal

@theaaronsegal.com

195 Followers 155 Following

Topics: Judaism (#Jewsky), Tabletop roleplaying games (#ttrpg) especially Pathfinder 2e, privacy and cryptography, maybe politics. Millennial, -... ..

Robo from Chrono Trigger.
A chart published by Pew Research Center in 2019 with the headline, "Jews, atheists, and agnostics correctly answer more than half of religious knowledge questions." It shows that, out of 32 questions, Jews answer an average of 18.7, atheists 17.9, and agnostics 17.0. The next highest score is evangelical Protestants with 15.5 out of 32.
The cover of the book "We'll Prescribe You a Cat" by Syou Ishida. The graphic on the cover shows a cute gray cat with black stripes and white tummy poking its head and front paws out of a typical orange prescription medicine bottle. It also has the text "Cats are always the purrfect cure."
Grogu, a.k.a. baby Yoda, captioned with "haha yes, die trash."
Black t-shirt that has a graphic of a medieval knight in full plate armor, leaning on his downward-pointed sword as he bows his head. The text on the tshirt says "I'm on Team Jesus. I'm not religious. I'm a Christian, imperfect and untrustworthy, saved by grace, seeking after God."
A screenshot from a Google search. It shows a Newsweek article. There's a stock photo of Jordan Peterson looking upset. The headline link says, "Jordan Peterson's daughter issues tearful health update, percent-sign percent-sign page percent-sign percent-sign percent-sign percent-sign sep percent-sign percent-sign percent-sign percent-sign sitename percent-sign percent-sign." Below that is the start of the article which says "Jordan Peterson's daughter Mikhaila has issued a tearful update on her father's health, which she described as a near-death experience for..." The date on the article is October 5, 2025.
The Arby's logo, except their slogan has been edited to read "We Had The Meats." In fine print at the bottom, it says "Try this at home. It's actually pretty cool, if a bit messy."
Cartoon version of the meme where one astronaut points a gun at another, saying "Always has been"
Segal's theories of Jewish denominational agreement: 1. The number of Gods is at most one. 2. The Torah is a big deal. 3. "Messianic Judaism" is not Judaism.
Screenshot showing a search for "Jay Stein" at Jewish Majority dot org. Result 1 of 2 shows that signatory 219 is Rabbi Jay Stein of Dobbs Ferry, New York.
Tommy the Clown saying "You late." in the opening of Kendrick Lamar's music video "Not Like Us."
A Hanukkah display at Barnes & Noble. On display are a variety of menorahs, menorah candles, menorah-themed gifts, books about Hanukkah, and the New American Haggadah.
Promotional image from the Nickelodeon cartoon show "Rugrats," for the episode "Reptar on Ice." It shows a green T-rex with blue spines running along his back and big red eyes, skating on an ice rink and holding a woman dressed in a long flowing gown over his head as he skates. The Rugrats logo is in the top right corner, and a "Nick Rewind" logo is in the bottom left.
Gordon Ramsay, in his white chef's jacket, standing at the front of the kitchen in Hell's Kitchen. He has a furious expression on his face as he says, "Shut it down!"
In today's society, everybody wishes to have their voice heard, as though they truly had something to contribute to the discourse. But no words flow forth upon those occasions in which they open their mouths to speak - merely a motley collection of the most incoherent babble. Moreover, these cretins conduct themeselves in a manner which suggests they have absolutely no recollection of Dre.
A page from Muppet Wiki, with a green Muppet Wiki logo in the top left corner. The page reads, in cropped part: "Osiris. Osiris is the god of the underworld according to Egyptian mythology." The page is tagged "Sesame Street Specials Characters" and "Sesame Street Human Characters."
A black bear, seen from a slightly elevated position.
A screenshot from Civilization 5. It shows an animated Mahatma Gandhi standing on a grassy beach with a beautiful view of a cove and hills behind him. He's wearing traditional dress. He clasps his hands together and wears a somber expression. At the bottom of the screen is a textbox, captioned "Consul Gandhi of India." The textbox reads, "Now is the time for my master plan to commence. It is time for you to die like the rest of these fools." And then, in all caps, it parentheses and all caps, it says, "War declared!"
The flag of Strongbadia, altered to the colors of the bisexual pride flag. It shows a snake baring its fangs, with its body wound through a tire, and holding a sword with its tail. The snake is labeled, "Snake." The background is the bi pride flag, but with the line between the top two stripes zigzagged to resemble a fence.
Text only, with a scene of stars and galaxies as a background. Segal's Theories of Jewish Denominational Agreement: 1. The number of Gods is at most one. 2. The Torah is a big deal. 3. "Messianic Judaism" is not Judaism.
Headline from People Magazine: "Queen Elizabeth's Final Diary Entry Contained Only Five Words"
Nintendo's Luigi wearing a green cat suit.
The idiom "never sing to an angry potato" means to avoid engaging with or trying to reason with someone who is already angry or upset. It suggests that trying to calm them down with words or singing will likely be ineffective and might even make the situation worse. Essentially, it's a humorous way of saying "don't provoke an already angered person." Here's a more detailed explanation: "Angry potato" is a metaphor: The phrase uses the image of a potato, a relatively inanimate object, to represent someone who is easily angered or agitated. "Singing" is a form of placating: Singing can be seen as a way to calm or soothe someone, but in this context, it's a misstep.
A crude snowman drawing accompanied by the words: "Mister Police. You could have saved her. I gave you all the clues."
A crude drawing of Rattata. It's wearing sunglasses and striking a tough pose with arms crossed, angry eyebrows, and fangs out. Beneath is written the caption: "Top percentage."
Bernadette R. Giacom.. @bgwritesstuff.bsky.social This is not a double-bluff. Evangelicals aren't that sophisticated in their rationale. It's also kinda gross that this was twisted to make victims out of the folks that are decidedly NOT the victims here. The PALESTINIANS are the victims here. Not the Jews trying to bomb them out of existence.
A mockup of a flag that says "Kamala Harris 2024". The word Kamala is in white, the word Harris is in blue, and 2024 is red.
Meme from the Joker movie. In the first panel, the man interviewing says, "Let me get this straight. You think the Biden Administration is doing a great job?" In the second panel, the Joker, smiling, says "I do. And I'm tired of pretending it's not."
Mr. Krabs from Spongebob Squarepants, somberly playing the world's smallest violin
Galadriel admiring her ring, in the opening sequence to The Lord of the Rings movies
A screenshot from Homestar Runner. Senor Cardgage wears a backwards baseball hat standing next to a list of subjects, evoking correspondence course ads. The list is as follows: Business Administration Business Abomination Mousepad Engineer Infotainment Technology e-Cutting Ones The Lighter Side of Sports Matt's Communications Business Wheeling Insider Trading Computer Graphs Bidness Dealing Caps Lock Technician Escrow Understandment Marriage Apothecary
Meme of Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day" holding a microphone. Caption is "U.S. job growth surges unexpectedly under Biden... again."
Graham Chapman as King Arthur in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", in the witch trial scene, saying "A duck!"
Bowser.
The Enterprise-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Screengrab from Wikipedia article. It reads as follows: There are no government statistics categorizing Israeli Jews as "Ashkenazi", "Mizrahi", etc, but studies and estimates have been conducted. In a 2019 study, in a sample meant to be representative of the Israeli Jewish population, about 44.9% percent of Israel's Jewish population were categorized as Mizrahi (defined as having grandparents born in North Africa or Asia), 31.8% were categorized as Ashkenazi (defined as having grandparents born in Europe, the Americas, Oceania and South Africa), 12.4% as "Soviet" (defined as having progenitors who came from the ex-USSR in 1989 or later), about 3% as Beta Israel (Ethiopia) and 7.9% as a mix of these, or other Jewish groups. Note that this methodology isn't exact: See, for example, Bulgarian or Greek Jews, who would be categorized as Ashkenazi according to this definition, although they are overwhelmingly Sephardic.
Scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Sir Lancelot's page has been struck by an arrow and is lying on the ground. Sir Lancelot draws his sword to seek vengeance, but his page says, "I think I could pull through, sir!" Lancelot lowers his sword, clearly disappointed.
GIF with the headline "Live feed of the US House of Representatives". The image is a scene from The Lion King, where the laughing hyenas are dancing around stupidly. The caption is "No speaker, no speaker, la-la-la-la la la"
Picture of a sad looking unicorn with flowers in her mane
My dog, Poirot. He’s small and cute. He’s got black fur with a brown mustache-like patch on his snout. He’s holding a squeaky toy in his mouth that looks like an ice cream sandwich.