re: #246 The Sanity Inspector

The Lubavitcher sect, when they first went online years ago, used to have a frontpage disclaimer asking people not to visit their website on the Sabbath. I always smiled at that merging of tradition and innovation.

Lubavitchers love technology. The more gadgets the merrier. For a period of time, they had people running around with pagers that would go off if the Rebbe proclaimed himself Moshiach, so everyone could get organized as quickly as possible. They like lights on timers, dishwashers that self-kasher, GPS doodads that find Jerusalem for you…

It’s sometimes assumed that they’re like the Amish because they dress similarly, but the passion for electronica is decidedly non-Amish. They just don’t like TV. Or movies.