# Old Jewish Men Who Are Pro-facebook Posters

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jewish-men-who-are-pro-facebook-posters/715842>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 24, 2015, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jewish-men-who-are-pro-facebook-posters/715842 "2015-03-24T07:39:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jewish-men-who-are-pro-facebook-posters/715842/21 "2015-03-24T15:25:58Z")

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I’m not so sure Jewish people enjoy being listed

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jewish-men-who-are-pro-facebook-posters/715842/22 "2015-03-24T15:29:56Z")

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They’re all Friends of somebody named “Alte Kaker.”

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jewish-men-who-are-pro-facebook-posters/715842/23 "2015-03-24T16:48:00Z")

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> [@Fubaya](#):
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> I’m not so sure Jewish people enjoy being listed

Book of Life being the noted exception. 😉

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jewish-men-who-are-pro-facebook-posters/715842/24 "2015-03-24T17:54:16Z")

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> [@Fubaya](#):
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> I’m not so sure Jewish people enjoy being listed

> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> Book of Life being the noted exception. 😉

And Schindler’s.

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jewish-men-who-are-pro-facebook-posters/715842/25 "2015-03-24T18:25:03Z")

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There is actually a Jewish superstition about being counted or numbered. In the Torah, bad things generally followed after a section where a census was taken, so a superstition arose around the dangers of being counted or numbered.

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jewish-men-who-are-pro-facebook-posters/715842/26 "2015-03-24T18:43:29Z")

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> [@TriPolar](#):
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> 1. Manny
> 2. Sid
> 3. Izzy
> 4. Jack
> 5. Moe
> 6. Phil

1. Herschel
2. Moishe
3. Shlomo

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