Doesn't Israeli Sesame Street have a brown version of Oscar the Grouch named Moishe Oofnikhttps://twitter.com/Diamandahagan/status/1357723427927433223 …
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Making it a moral principle -- in defiance of your religion's explicit teachings -- that you will hold all grudges, however minor, until your death seems to go beyond just being "grouchy" into serious antisocial behavior But I can't say it's not relatable
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The human character in that sketch was like "Well, because it's Yom Kippur, I forgive you for refusing to forgive me for whatever it is I did" "Oh, you bet I'll be holding THAT against you"
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I have a fun secondhand Yom Kippur story, a guy I knew talked about inviting his non-observant college roommate to dinner with his family on Erev Yom Kippur
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And his roommate either took the admonition that the day was a day for offering and seeking forgiveness for all sins in the past year too literally, or was intentionally being an asshole Started forgiving him for extremely embarrassing shit in front of his parents
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"I forgive you for leaving crumbs all over everything even though I told you that's how the apartment gets roaches" "I forgive you for creeping on my sister on Facebook even though she's underage" "I forgive you for all the times you jerked off while you thought I was asleep"
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(Presumably, if he was doing it on purpose to be an asshole, this is the quite serious sin of lashon hara, a very grave thing to be indulging in on the eve of the holiest of days But hey you know, you take your opportunities as they come by)
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I'm just imagining a passive-aggressive forgiveness exchange "I forgive you for defiling a sacred holiday tradition to embarrass me in front of my family" "I forgive you for putting me on the spot and acting like I'm supposed to know how the tradition works already"
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