Why There's a Single, Tiny Wire Encircling Manhattan

Music by Epidemic Sound

[halfasinteresting]

Apologies for my terrible Hebrew pronunciations. Or maybe they're great, I just have no idea, which is why they're probably terrible.
(also, if we use your topic, we'll send you a free HAI t-shirt)

[eduardovargas]

Sounds like this whole no work thing really adds alot of work.

[d.l.]

So i edited this now the replies won't make sense.


jk i wouldn't remove my genius from the world, here it is:
"Simple way to solve this: make a tiny circle fence, and say that it actually encloses everything outside"
- Some Rando, some time, some place, hotel trivago

[aidanw]

"So what do you do for work?"

"I turn on light switches for Jewish people."

[paulverse]

This reminds me a bit of the Roman tradition to declare war by going to the lands in question and, well, declare war to it. But when Roman influence grew, and war zones became more remote and you couldn't just wait for a messenger to travel there, declare war on it and come back, they thought of a workaround. They "gifted" the opponent a tiny piece of land outside of Rome, then threw a spear into it to declare war to it, then swiftly "annexed it" back. Technically they declared war onto the opponents land, so it was all good.

[giordanobruno]

Here’s the rules.

Now figure out a way around them.

[TheAtb]

God: don't forget to chill once a week.
Humans: let's overthink this.

[idanzamir]

God: why were you carrying things on the sabbath?
Jews: well, you see, we actually encircled manhattan with a tiny wire
God: my bad fam, get into heaven

[ukrainaunfiltered]

It's amazing that you can't ask someone for help with something because it's a sin, but you can arrange for it ahead of time

[donovanfausette]

This did not go as I would have expected, I assumed it was related to a phone company or something

[vividwings]

I saw a Jewish person once describe Judaism as "arguing with god about the rules like he's your GM in D&D", and I've got a lot of respect for that.

[patrickroe]

"Maintaining the eruv's integrity is vitally important to its efficacy." - otherwise all of this would be totally ridiculous.

[Gamer]

This feels like it defeats the entire purpose if you're just going to look for loopholes. That's like saying "I'm going on a diet to lose weight, but I can eat all the snacks I want if I do it at home."

[onagonagonag]

just make a tiny wire and claim that everything inside is the outside, and everything outside is the inside, effectively rendering the entire world as "private domain"

[ThePercalator]

Imagine thinking God's like "ya got me there with that wire"

[deldarel]

HAI: "Like carrying your toaster from your bed to your --"
me: "Bathroom!"
HAI: "Living room."
Oh, that's the exact opposite.

[scottfabel]

I had to deal with an Eruv line in North Hollywood, CA while doing street construction. There were even special requirements and meetings required for the project to assure the Eruv line was not damaged. The Rabbi was real nice and easy to work with. Just part of doing construction in the neighborhoods.

[guruspubichair]

I've been a trucker for a long time & I could never figure out what that cable on top of the pole was. Now i know. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[jay-tbl]

I just made an eruv, but the wire is facing outwards, which means the entire planet is considered inside of it except the small area that it takes up. Now Jewish people can carry anything whenever they want. You're welcome.

[TheOneWhoMightBe]

If you're just going to think of ways to get around your own rules, wouldn't it be easier to make a small loop of wire, and declare everything *outside* the loop to be private space?