I’ve actually been at Masses where the priests as part of the homily corrected people of the notion that being Catholic was essential to salvation. To clarify: they’re still saying that Catholicism is true, but that if you live a life that is virtuous by Catholic standards, that’s what matters more than anything else.…

Hmmm. It’s a test for Eleanor, not anyone else, and she’s the one who couldn’t be bothered to remember people’s names or listen when they talk. I’m not saying it’s totally solid, but I can see it.

I’m not sure that good actions don’t trump all. That’s what I was taught, anyway. To put in the Good Place’s points terms, and then cross it with some weird diet metaphor, being good is easier if you’re strictly adhering to the Catholic method, with guidence and frequent check ups to help you avoid gaining sin and…

There’s another angle on Elenor’s test I was considering, since I thought she’d already proven herself clever enough to spot fake outs... and that’s that her spotting this particular fake out depended on her knowing and caring enough about another person, and that other person’s happiness, to recognize the…

But deathbed conversions isn’t just signing on the dotted line; in Catholicism, it matters a lot what your intentions are and that you’re truly repentant. (Sort of like Mindy, in a way).

Wait, the faith>works thing is distinctly Protestant. Catholicism puts way more stress on good works. Catholicism is definitely not a recent development.

But Eleanor is the one who is out of her element, who wakes up where she doesn’t belong, so to speak.

You can even pretty easily map the characters to the Wizard of Oz as well. Chidi is clearly the cowardly lion, Eleanor is Dorothy, Jason’s the scarecrow (he certainly needs a brain), and Tahani’d be the Tin man (all her good deeds having lacked heart, after all)

Yeah, that was what tipped me off too, which is a ridiculous sign of the times.

It’s not that I think people are so conditions to believe anything negative about trump (though they do exist) it’s that so many things that absolutely should have been fevered satires turned out to be true and reality itself makes no sense.

How is it possible for her to be even more delightful than I could have imagined?

25 comments? 25? Fucking Kinja, man.

The difference between the 10th doctor and the 12th doctor in not wanting to regenerate is that 10 didn’t want to change, and 12 is tired and is ready for things to be over.

I do not think Prosecco is made by adding CO2 to the wine. I know it is often has its secondary fermentation in a tank, but that’s not the same thing as treating it like soda.

Not every country follows US copyright laws, but they set their own. But it’s great that you think that it should be otherwise

How exactly do you plan to use people from writing fanfiction? It’s considered a transformative work. How exactly do you plan to use US copyright law to enforce your will in places that do not obey copyright law?

Arghghghghg. What is it with people that assume “let’s get rid of insane copyright” means “no copyright.” The current system is only forty years old, and somehow creators survived before then. Additionally, a lot of classic films are only classics and not forgotten is because they briefly fell out of copyright before…

If copyright terms weren’t so insane - which is greatly due to Disney, btw - you could have all the crossovers you wanted.

There is too much TV. I’m just overwhelmed by how much there is, so I kind of end up not watching anything.

How depressing is it? I’ve been kind of intrigued, but I really just can’t deal with something too depressing right now.