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missingno wrote

It's hard to really say for sure whether the next pope will be better or worse, or what impact they will have.

But I do think the pope's influence is somewhat diminished by how hyper-polarized the world has become today. No homophobic Catholic will hear the pope say that gays aren't so bad and have their minds changed, they'll dig in their heels and complain that now the pope has gone woke too.

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twovests OP wrote

I totally forgot it was easter. I guess there is some relevance. I can understand why the lore of the pope makes him a big deal (jesus's nth-removed best friend!), and the whole "easter, jesus, death" think.

I've worked indirectly with a church of radical leftist catholics (this is not an exaggeration, these guys fucking rule) but I don't know how large the fraction of catholicism they represent.

I very much want a reason to have optimism for the world, and these thoughts gave me new things to consider which adjust me a small notch more optimistic. The positive delta for hope for humanity is not much, but we've been increasingly starved for such positive deltas for so long that this small morsel feels like a feast.

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cute_spider wrote (edited )

djt is doing bad things to the far-right brand rn, especially in europe. So I have hope.

And as far as Wrestlemania Easter is concerned, Easter had the biggest story moment. Holy shit. So I think this pope has opportunities to re-establish what it means / looks like to be righteous. That feels like too much hope but that's fine i can have...

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twovests wrote

In all sincerity, I think "haha i'm pretending to be shitty as a joke" can make space for people being shitty. And it still sucks to see, say, "I love being a racist" or "I hate the transes lol!" even if it's clearly the start of a critique.

But there's a lot of value in satire in critique, and I don't think it necessarily requires a clarity of intent and purpose and blah blah blah. It's okay to be satirical and for it not to land-- it'd be un-Justpostian to say otherwise.

I guess what I mean to say is, I am curious about your test, and I would like to emphasize how important it is to Just Post

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