I almost hoping reality matches the picture in my head which is a model ducking dodging and weaving away from the assistants so they don’t notice they didn’t get his sig with the other exploited models that day.

Jesus.

Been out for at least a week round here. ...not really a fan. Its fine but not worth the hype or price.

Honest question - including the woman with cancer?

I think both “establishment” Dems and Revolution folks both are annoying as hell these days (the hardcore ones on either side anyway - I played mediator for awhile but I’ve thrown in the towel for the immediate future), but I understand where the passion comes from.

Priorities.

My God.

As someone who hails from our new ambassadors home state,

I’d rather hear Fake Plastic Trees, personally.

Apparently they aren’t, but in any case I was pretty surprised when I heard the song - it’s so similar yet worse (maybe trying to fit the wrong lyrics around the melody, I don’t know.)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/23/israel-south-africa-nuclear-weapons

“Thefact that these guys were charged a daily fee on their money for it sitting in their accounts is wrong”

Hugs and thanks for sharing.

Kafka needs all the stars here.

I did a unexpected involuntary three day stint entirely because my psych was an idiot (long story). I randomly had a engineering textbook and Master and Margarita in my bag and thank God I did. I think mine had the exact same crappy selection.

I was already drifting at that point, I just left sooner than I would have otherwise. Agnostic humanist and pretty content with that (and considering I was raised by both a practicing Catechism teaching Catholic and an Atheist, in retrospect I’m not surprised that’s where I ended up). I still consider myself…

Look, if triple parentheticals is what two decades of Catholic Guilt has left me with I got off light.

It is, but in this case specifically there might also be a notion of “omg you’re in a really holy place omg act accordingly” and he’s trying to correct what “accordingly” is. (Apparently, and I agree, it’s proper to feed a child who is hungry even during Mass).

ffs. Yeah, sure. No one hovers over the collection plate to see what you put in. Tithing is definitely more of a social norm in other religions (Mormons come to mind).

My BF’s uncle went to the seminary later in life - started out under Benedict, took his vows just before or after Francis. I kind of feel bad at how frustrated he seems to be, but then again I don’t. To me the Beatitudes are one of if not the most important parts of the Gospels, and Francis seems to be taking those to…