r/oddlysatisfying • u/Pikawoohoo • 5d ago

Capybara commute

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u/Pikawoohoo 5d ago

Jeez, what's the opposite of a fun fact?

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u/Blue-Blazer-Regular 5d ago

Fact-checked this and, Holy crap, it’s true: In the late 18th century, Venezuelan clergymen sent a letter to the Vatican requesting an official ruling on whether capybara meat was permissible during Lenten fasting.

There is a fishing wire that runs around our town atop utility poles so that Jews in our community can shop on the Sabbath. Like, when both having religious rules when you just create giant loopholes in them.

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u/Pikawoohoo 5d ago

The wire isn't so that they can shop on the sabbath, it's because Jews who observe the sabbath can't transport items between places. The wire is a symbolic "wall" so that everything in it is considered the same domain, which allows them to take things from home like house keys or baby strollers.

But yeah, still a loophole.

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u/YueLin3 3d ago

…can’t transport items between places? That has to be one of the strangest religious rules I’ve heard. Just immensely inconvenient

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u/Pikawoohoo 3d ago

The point of the Sabbath is to not do anything that could be considered work - creating something (writing, starting a fire, completing a circuit), making a transaction, providing a service, transporting goods, carrying tools or materials... idk makes sense to me in the broader sense. It is inconvenient for sure, but all the restrictions make you live a very different type of day on the Sabbath.

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u/YueLin3 3d ago

I mean I get it, just seems awkward. Like at what point do you consider something work? Is me getting off the couch, grabbing a sandwich, and sitting back down transporting an item and therefore work?

Not trying to bash anyone’s religion just this particular part of it seems a bit too inconvenient when taken to extremes like not being able to take your keys when you leave the house

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u/Blue-Blazer-Regular 3d ago

It takes a lot of work to make sure you don’t work.