My great-grandmother consistently referred to her daughter, my grandmother, as “baby” even when said grandmother was in her seventies.

I was actually employed by an airline, way back in the dark ages before twitter when they wouldn’t even allow us to wear *jeans* while pass traveling. Yeah, it was part of our benefits package - which was also used as an excuse to pay us less money - but if we didn’t follow the rules, we couldn’t use the benefit. We…

I love Soapdish so, so much! I feel like it’s never gotten the appreciation it deserves. I’m happy to see I’m not the only person who remembers it.

Yeah, ACE is more commonly seen in Evangelical christian schools. I don’t think I’ve heard of a Catholic school using it until now. It makes more sense if they’re not affiliated with the church.

Well, that was definitely one of the reasons, for sure. The change in the language of the mass (from Latin to the vernacular) was another. There were a lot of changes going on. I do agree with you, greater acceptance of Jews was probably a much bigger breaking point than any of the others, though.

The big Catholic Church (the one headquartered in Rome and led by Pope Francis, the one you’re most likely thinking of) accepted evolution and all quite a while ago. But there are splinter groups that have broken with the Church and claim to be the “true” Church while the one in Rome is being run by apostates. IIRC,…

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb. And that’s the same explanation I heard. (Although I still think he just got it wrong and they made that up later.)

When you die.