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@gaditb @coriander i mean i’m not saying that you would stick it on the bottom of a receipt i think sticking anything on the bottom of a receipt which isn’t “Have a nice day ☺︎ !!” is fucked up but

@gaditb @coriander i think it’s less that your sense of salam is wrong and more that i ascribe very little actual religious intent into christians saying “god bless”

@gaditb @coriander (i was not literally translating god bless into arabic but trying to come up to a similar phrase to what i think christians mean when they print it at the bottom of a receipt)

@gaditb @coriander it does, but (per wikipedia) the fullest version (as-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-raḥmatu -llāhi wa-barakātuh) translates as “Peace be upon you, as well as the mercy of God and his blessings”

i think the order is important; peace first, then mercy, then blessings. just blessings with no peace or mercy sounds very uhhh Christian to me, personally

@researchfairy @amberage out loud i’d say “last free compartment [ən] the train” which could be either (both?) “in” or “on”

in print i’d probably lean “in” but neither looks ungrammatical to me. depends whether you prefer emphasizing riding “on” or being “in” i guess

@coriander the tiger. he destroyed his cage. he is in charge. he can do anything he wants. yes. YES. the tiger is out

@aescling sometimes probably

@coriander i did want to make sure KJV didn't make it up haha

@coriander yeah well Rashi agrees with me https://www.sefaria.org/Rashi_on_Psalms.23.4.2?lang=bi

@coriander like they're just changing the message to retcon god as someone who never inflicts hardship that's a sin

@coriander okay but say like “both the turmoil and stability you bring me leave me feeling comforted” jfc

@coriander wow they really just nixed the whole meaning of the rod and the staff huh

@coriander @aescling it's the end of the sentence that begins “We hold these truths to be self-evident”; most people just stop before they reach the conclusion

@coriander « That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. » ah yes, patriotism

@coriander have they actually read the declaration of independence tho

@coriander “salām”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As-salamu_alaykum