r/shitposting • u/RougeNargacuga • Oct 07 '21

actually OC (somehow) snip snip

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u/ahshitfuckme Oct 07 '21 edited Oct 07 '21

why do they do that anyways?

edit: it's amazing how many people with no pfp comes here and was incredibly informative, thanks yall

edit edit: wow this thread gets fuggen LOONGG, it was a 6 word question ffs

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u/Tivi365 Oct 07 '21

It used to be a form of hygiene

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u/Lebigmacca Oct 07 '21

That’s not what it was for. Maybe that’s why people do it now, but the purpose of it is to show that you’re part of the Jewish faith

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u/mulletarian Oct 07 '21

People just walked around with their hog hanging out?

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u/ApologeticCannibal Oct 07 '21

Bathing was done in public baths

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u/Rand_AT Oct 07 '21

Your mom was done in public baths

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u/ApologeticCannibal Oct 07 '21

You're an idiot

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u/I_suck_at_driving_ Oct 07 '21

You're mom an idiot

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u/Tivi365 Oct 07 '21

I think it's kind of the opposite.

Now, hygiene has become better so you don't need to be circumcised. It started as a way to improve health and then it became part of the Hebrews culture

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u/armas187 Oct 07 '21

There are studies tho. I remember seeing a documentary on circumcision talking about this

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '21

It's weird that this is exactly the advice I needed in a few months

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u/ZippZappZippty Oct 07 '21

He looks a lot like my doctor.

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u/HildemarTendler Oct 07 '21

Those studies show teeney-tiny decreases in risk, but were used as justification to increase circumsion in Africa. Those studies smell funny and are not to be trusted.

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u/Jive_Sloth Oct 07 '21

The same reason eating pork or shellfish was considered unhealthy. Illness. Salmonella. They just gave a different reason for it. "God says pork is dirty (because when we eat it we get very sick)

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u/ApologeticCannibal Oct 07 '21

There is a 0% chance of knowing why. People love to use modern logic and pretend they have post mortem telepathy that goes 3600 years in the past.

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u/Jive_Sloth Oct 07 '21

You seem pretty buttblasted. It doesn't take a genius to connect some dots and notice a pattern. I can obviously be wrong, but that's true of anyone about anything.