By tempted to become single - 21/10/2012 16:00 - United States - Atwater

Today, I was talking to my girlfriend about extinct peoples, and I said how close the Jewish people came to becoming one. She condescendingly told me they don't exist anymore. When I asked what she was talking about, I realized she was confusing them with the Vikings. What the hell? FML
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Same thing different taste

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What the hell indeed! I don't know, their light white skin, thick accents, and their ability on horses are easy to confuse... Wait... Never mind. I'm thinking about Prussians.

She might be on to something. I've never heard of a Jewish Viking.

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What did she do with in her free time after she quit the 6th grade?

ideasrule 13

Uh...no, the Jewish people never came close to extinction, at least not since the times of ancient Judah and Israel. It's easy to wipe out a people if they're concentrated in a small region; it's hard if there's a diaspora all over the world, which has been the case with the Jews since antiquity.

I think you missed the point of this FML. Good job, champ!

Psych101 9

38- You're right, that was probably the point of the FML.

Psych101 9

Sorry, 52 hadn't commented when I had posted.

ideasrule 13

Read the FML more carefully. The OP "said how close the Jewish people came to becoming" an extinct people. They never came close to being an extinct people; the OP is simply wrong.

Nothing ever happened say..........HITLER? Or let me think.......NAZI GERMANY? No? No I guess not then...I might be a little confused with the Armenians or something... (No offense Armenians if that offends you)

Ever heard of the Holocaust? Yeah you know the one where there was an attempted genocide on the Jewish people in Germany? Yeah that one. You really need to study your history man.

Psych101 9

Sorry, 52 hadn't commented when I had posted.

ideasrule 13

82/86 - Clearly you're the ones who only know the history you've seen on movies and newspapers. The Holocaust killed 2/3 of European Jews, which was a devastating blow to the population, but nowhere near extinction level. There were significant Jewish populations in the Americas, the Soviet Union, the Middle East, and other areas that Germany had no control over. Not only that, it's much easier to kill 67% of a population than 99%, and much easier still to kill 99% than 100%. So no, you're the ones who need to learn some history--Jews were never in danger of going extinct in WWII, even in the worst possible scenario of complete German domination of Europe and North Africa.

Ideasrule is correct, it is widely accepted as fact with generous estimates that 2/3rds of Jews in German controlled Europe died. A abhorrent number nonetheless, but not a global or even local extermination. The OP and his girl are two retarded peas in a pod.

Psych101 9

115- While the numbers you have are correct, the Jewish population was still close to extinction. The reason for this is that if Hitler had won the war, he would have continued to exterminate the Jews as quickly as possible. The number itself may not have been close to extinction, but in reality, there was a high possibility that Hitler would not have stopped killing Jews if he had won the war.

Nope still wrong^ Hitler's "final solution" or the increased systematic killing of those held at internment and death camps came near the later half of the war. AFTER Germany began losing in other words.

there are only several million Jews . chances are, if you kill a large number of them, they will be discouraged from the religion, and that could kill the nation. they held strong though

Really, that's what you're focusing on in this?

Remember, The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Correct her before you have kids.

Hope she doesn't ever reproduce. What a dumbass

people make mistakes... not usually this bad, but still...

Yeah...do us ALL a favor and font breed with this woman.

McAninch35 9

Font breeding... Font INbreeding is how Comic Sans was born, I think

v0ll3yball 4
FalconWhitaker 20

Wow. That's... that's impressively daft.

RedPillSucks 31

I hope you're with her for the awesome sex and not the scintillating conversation. If the sex is not great then truly F your life.

divin4angels 1

Can someone's belief actually go extinct? You do realize Jewish people believe in Judaism, it's not a race of people

Psych101 9

51- The best way to describe Jewish people is actually not as a religious group. The most correct term would be as an ethnic group.

Toothbrush12 9

51- it's easy to see why you'd think that, but apparently Jews actually are an ethnic. You can be born to the Jewish race and not follow the religion, but you are born a Jew. I was told this during a Religious studies lesson, but I'm not 100% sure of it. And I'm not going to fight about it with other commenters, either. If I'm wrong, then I accept that.

Most of my family is Jewish (it passes down through the blood of the mother not the father). It is a race of people and a religion. You can be of Jewish blood but not Jewish faith, or of Jewish faith but not Jewish blood. And you can only convert into the faith, not into blood lines.

You're considered a Jewish if you have a Jewish mother.

notnertyelkcub 1

No one is ever, or will ever be considered a jewish, BUT they can be a follower of Judaism, they can be Jewish, they can never be a jewish.

You already knew she was stupid, so why would you confuse her like that?