tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post8243238354868640847..comments2023-05-17T02:40:02.581-05:00Comments on Basement Blogging: The Crown Heights Underground: Gefilte chickenle7http://www.blogger.com/profile/08982516647753962603noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-70453129683350271572010-08-22T22:00:05.832-05:002010-08-22T22:00:05.832-05:00isn't that falshe fish, what ppl used to make ...isn't that falshe fish, what ppl used to make on Pesach instead of gefullte fish, because the fish was packed in flour?thanbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06197564008203120013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-8953732152853147002010-01-13T06:37:02.528-06:002010-01-13T06:37:02.528-06:00Ahh, the holy trinity!
Yeah. Sure.Ahh, the holy trinity!<br /><br />Yeah. Sure.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-76006404188530799122010-01-12T22:38:15.289-06:002010-01-12T22:38:15.289-06:00Eibeshter? The Rebbe? Your wife?
Fine, she didn&#...Eibeshter? The Rebbe? Your wife?<br /><br />Fine, she didn't say it. But that's what she really wants as an anniversary present.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-53952634439502929212010-01-12T20:00:11.090-06:002010-01-12T20:00:11.090-06:00What do you think occupies my every thought?
Liar...What do you think occupies my every thought?<br /><br />Liar liar pants on fire. <br /><br />Excellent.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-39012827618195170362010-01-12T19:57:30.668-06:002010-01-12T19:57:30.668-06:00Only if you look at them from biological point of ...Only if you look at them from biological point of view.<br /><br />She said nothing beats a CD with Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor as a present.<br /><br />Fine.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-71932290186577682852010-01-12T19:55:21.937-06:002010-01-12T19:55:21.937-06:00I'll disagree (if Einstein could be a baseball...I'll disagree (if Einstein could be a baseball fan than so can I) but sure, go ahead. Better yet, make it a new post so that everyone can participate.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-31582096611114447612010-01-12T19:52:24.277-06:002010-01-12T19:52:24.277-06:00Because persimmons are for more interesting than c...Because persimmons are for more interesting than classical music. <br /><br />Ask her. (I'd ask her myself [I am sitting right next to her, after all] but she'd give me a strange look).Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-83377148889074803612010-01-12T19:51:24.029-06:002010-01-12T19:51:24.029-06:00Have I told you before about my theory about why s...Have I told you before about my theory about why soccer is the most superior of all sports, and how baseball is about as interesting as a game of paper-rock-and-scissors?Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-36117289752267013322010-01-12T19:44:43.988-06:002010-01-12T19:44:43.988-06:00You said “take a pick”. Why would I pick a persimm...You said “take a pick”. Why would I pick a persimmon over a piece of Classica music? (I actually wonder what your wife would pick.)Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-54229428172529258902010-01-12T19:37:37.663-06:002010-01-12T19:37:37.663-06:00Classical music? I was talking about persimmons of...Classical music? I was talking about persimmons of course.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-79232176356894255492010-01-12T19:34:29.161-06:002010-01-12T19:34:29.161-06:00Alcohol is terrible for your brain too. So is not ...Alcohol is terrible for your brain too. So is not sleeping late at night. But we use them to achieve certain goals.<br /><br />Would I torture my children’s neshamas with Classical music? Would tRP torture his children’s neshamos? Both are good questions. I can tell you one thing: I would definitely torture tRP’s children’s neshamos.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-51318921147146115582010-01-12T19:29:44.692-06:002010-01-12T19:29:44.692-06:00Which is exactly why it's so very terrible for...Which is exactly why it's so very terrible for your soul. <br /><br />(what is? Take your pick)Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-34140416366218726952010-01-12T19:23:21.837-06:002010-01-12T19:23:21.837-06:00Plus, more of our brain is concerned with hearing ...Plus, more of our brain is concerned with hearing and information obtained from hearing than with taste. If you want to know, taste is the only modality which doesn’t need to go through thalamus. I don’t know what this means exactly (presumably something to do with thalamic reticular nucleus, consciousness and synchronization of information, but that would be just a guess), but it must means something terribly important.<br /><br />I wonder if the same is true with visual art vs. music. I am not necessarily sure...Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-49860268247472923212010-01-12T19:18:27.576-06:002010-01-12T19:18:27.576-06:00Taste is more instinctive than hearing. Taste in t...Taste is more instinctive than hearing. Taste in taste (gustation) is more instinctive than in music. If you want to, you can ask why, and I’ll give some confusing half-thought explanation, but the bottom line is: hearing is more important to us as a tool for communication, expression and understanding of the world than gustatory taste.<br /><br />I didn’t say that liking Classical music is a sign of higher intelligence (even though I believe that). I said that exposure to Classical music in my opinion has a higher chance to develop one’s taste in music. Listen to a piece of Classical music. It has more moving parts than any modern piece. Its authors had more musical education. It is most likely based on longer tradition. It is more effective in relaying emotion. It is a piece of artwork in and of itself, not an auxiliary to, say, poetry.<br /><br />I am not saying that this alone makes it a better music (although I do believe that’s the case); I am saying that playing a sport which involves 10 muscle groups vs. 1 makes you more athletic.<br /><br />[In the same way, Chabad Chassidus is superior to Chagas Chassidus and Judaism is superior to, lehavdil, any other religion. Purely from intellectual point of view.]<br /><br />tRP could explain this so much better than me (even though he would probably disagree or say something like “well, automobile lights are not as shiny in a puddle of clear water as they are in the puddles of oily water”. Damn artistic people...).Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-73909302516202352752010-01-12T19:04:17.382-06:002010-01-12T19:04:17.382-06:00Why is taste in fruit any more instinctive than ta...Why is taste in fruit any more instinctive than taste in music? Perhaps taste for the original fruit, but not this genetically modified charlatan. <br /><br />Again, you're assuming that liking classical music is a sign of intelligence, and once again I dispute this.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-47797942789899937212010-01-12T18:57:06.550-06:002010-01-12T18:57:06.550-06:00That is lamentable.
What I am trying to say is th...That is lamentable.<br /><br />What I am trying to say is that although taste in fruit does develop through time, it tends to stay more constant and more dependent on the body’s aspects that have less to do with intelligence. So, persimmons catch up with us, not we with persimmons (they are bred to be more tasty according to already existing taste). At the same time, in the case of music, the more intelligent a person is and the more exposure he has had to different kinds of music (most importantly, Classical music), the more likely he is to have good taste.<br /><br />If some fruit is widely popular, but I don’t like it, it’s my problem. If I don’t like the music, it could be my problem, but it could also be that the music sucks. The second alternative is more probable in the case of music than in the case of fruit.<br /><br />In other words, taste in fruit is more instinctive. Taste in music is more dependent on one’s intelligence and education. When I was talking about trusting G-d, I should have mentioned G-d creating human body <b>and</b> persimmon.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-77154029738982338682010-01-12T17:49:37.960-06:002010-01-12T17:49:37.960-06:00Well, I'll give you a chance to fully flesh ou...Well, I'll give you a chance to fully flesh out your argument, because frankly, I have no clue what you're talking about.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-87599213285496394872010-01-12T16:54:58.316-06:002010-01-12T16:54:58.316-06:00That is an excellent question, which demands an eq...That is an excellent question, which demands an equally excellent answer, about which I will think in car.<br /><br />But to give a preview: taste in music is more correlated with intelligence and education than taste in raw fruit, which is more correlated with more vegetative, instinctive aspects of brain function (notice that I say raw fruit, not more complicated things like fine wine or fine cooking). I consider myself much more intelligent and educated than average masses (it’s not a display of my usual snobbery, but an objective fact). I don’t consider myself in any way superior in other areas.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-70606952622006088972010-01-12T16:44:32.120-06:002010-01-12T16:44:32.120-06:00How is music any different than fruit? I bet you t...How is music any different than fruit? I bet you that persimmons have been selectively bred through the years to be more of whatever it is that persimmons are known for, taking them far away from G-d's original persimmon. Music, a creation of G-d, is similarly endowed.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-63982914415758664552010-01-12T16:41:32.276-06:002010-01-12T16:41:32.276-06:00The reason I would do it is I trust G-d. Because H...The reason I would do it is I trust G-d. Because He made persimmons for our enjoyment, and I am not enjoying them, the problem is with me, not with G-d. In the case of music, for example, I would not go so far.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-12913461789262398772010-01-12T16:37:48.268-06:002010-01-12T16:37:48.268-06:003. Hmm. Well, maybe.
Well, I suppose that's a...3. Hmm. Well, maybe.<br /><br />Well, I suppose that's a legitimate reason.<br /><br />Well there you go then.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-60923706850521959162010-01-12T16:07:13.287-06:002010-01-12T16:07:13.287-06:00So is Richard Dawkins, at times. His stuff is also...So is Richard Dawkins, at times. His stuff is also interesting. At times.<br /><br />As a soldier of the Red Army. He became one after being liberated from a concentration camp in Germany.<br /><br />It’s very possible that my palate is immature regarding persimmons. I am fully convinced that if I wanted to, I could make myself like them. I did it before, with olives.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-32099227652066552792010-01-12T16:00:29.920-06:002010-01-12T16:00:29.920-06:003. Yes, but he's funny.
Why?
Perhaps you hav...3. Yes, but he's funny.<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />Perhaps you have an immature palate. Or else, as I always say, you can't argue with taste.Just like a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680468025321981540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-75340050139682028622010-01-12T15:58:25.318-06:002010-01-12T15:58:25.318-06:00I guess the last paragraph was self-contradictory....I guess the last paragraph was self-contradictory. I did not try the same persimmon again in Crimea, even though this is what it seems I said.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7702282412759643000.post-61167367555569090712010-01-12T15:57:21.581-06:002010-01-12T15:57:21.581-06:002. That is probably true. The way I got Imrei Bina...2. That is probably true. The way I got Imrei Binah was a complete accident and not of my making (it was a present).<br /><br />3. But so is Douglas Adams.<br /><br />Yes.<br /><br />The only persimmon I’ve had in my entire life was an Israeli persimmon. It was brought by my uncle from Israel. I tasted it, deemed it too sweet, and put persimmons into the category of foods I don’t like. Then, when I was in Crimea, I tried it again, and decided that Ukrainian (or Turkish) persimmons are indeed as sweet as Israeli ones.Anarchist Chossidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129716759837282565noreply@blogger.com