@Joshua You'd probably find out pretty quickly that while a cheeseburger is perhaps the most stereotypical non-kosher food (tied with pork, methinks), most Jews don't think about them that often or care that much. You might get some people trying it for the novelty and then forgetting about it.
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^^^ New size for sidebar ads (including community-promotion ads): 300x250. So landscape, not portrait. Apparently that's a standard size in the industry. We'll need to ask Hebrewbooks and Sefaria for new images to run. (In the short term the existing images will still work; they'll just have whitespace to either side. When they call for the 2016 ads, though, we'll need to redo them.)
Is there a data.se query for having received the fewest downvotes (among users with a given minimum rep/#posts)? Or ratio of up/down votes received (among users who have received a minimum number of votes)?
@MonicaCellio thanks. Any word on when 2016 ads will be solicited and when they'll go into effect? I'll ask Sefaria for a new ad, as I did the existing one. Could you do HB, as you did last time?
However, that same link puts preference for sourcing answers where possible, FWIW, that downvote isn't mine, I rarely downvote. — Noach mi Frankfurtyesterday
@NoachmiFrankfurt We had this discussion about lack of downvoting, do you want to chime in?
Just realized there was a typo in the tag nuschaot - should be nusachot.
I am not sure how to change this and understand only a moderator or high-reputation user can do it. Also not sure it justifies a question on meta but don't know how else to raise this.
@Scimonster I typically try to approach answers which I find unconstructive with commentary, as I think it is helpful to show where problems are. Also, my reputation points are more useful being spent on moderation IMO and unfortunately there are also a siman for reliability, although I try to not put as much stock into that.
@msh210 now I'm wondering if there is a way per halacha to taste -- put in mouth, don't swallow anything while there, spit out, wash mouth. Presumably not. (Back in the day I considered cheeseburgers, and hamburgers for that matter, to be "make me not hungry" food, not actually "tastes good" food. Meh -- I don't think you're missing anything there.)
@IsaacMoses I plan to contact Hebrewbooks after Shabbat, b'li neder.
@MonicaCellio Well, I like a good hamburger. (Actually, I even like an okay hamburger. But especially a good one.) Haven't had one with cheese. Speaking of which, I've never really understood your statement:
> This is more of a "mindset" thing, provided as background or a window into how we think: We don't tend to think of ourselves as being deprived because of halachic restrictions. For example, it's not that we "can't" eat bacon; it's that we "don't", because God said so.
I'm not sure I understand the difference in this context between "can't" and "don't because God said so". I mean -- we physically can, but I don't think anyone thinks otherwise. When someone says "can't" he means "is not allowed to" -- so how is that different from "don't because God said so"?
@msh210 I should probably go back and edit or remove that distraction in that post; it was clearer in my head than what came out. I've encountered a lot of people who try to understand (to pick one example) kashrut like food allergies -- if I eat that shellfish I'll go into a seizure and die or something, so there is a direct barrier. The guy with that allergy can't choose to eat the shellfish unless he's suicidal. [cont]
In principle I can choose to eat it, because I have free will and it won't have immediate negative consequences for me -- but I don't, because God said not to and even if He isn't going to punish me for it (not saying yes or no, just leaving that part out of it for now), I'm still going to choose not to eat it. Does that help?
@MonicaCellio I guess so... and I agree with the lack of analogy to an allergen, but non-kosher food does seem (to me) comparable to, say, a doughnut for someone who is at risk for a heart attack (lo alenu). You know it's very harmful, even though there are no immediate consequences, but you have freedom of choice.
@msh210 the doughnut analogy is a good one, and that is a case where people say "can't" even though technically they can. Yeah, I'll probably edit that meta post later, but no time right now.