{{Sheryl}}
I’m glad Matilda is home safe.
This morning I awoke to the news that Pope Francis has died. He seemed like a good pope. My condolences to any Catholics on the board.
I've tried to march in the Slayer Pride Parade ...
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Apr 21, 2025 3:48:11 am PDT #6893 of 6900
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Laura - Apr 21, 2025 5:13:33 am PDT #6894 of 6900
Our wings are not tired.
Yes, compared with previous popes, he was a pretty good guy. My mom was crazy about him. If she were right in her faith, she should get to meet him now! (assuming they ended up in the same place)
Now the orange blight will have to do something worse to get himself back at the top of the page. Can't have the Pope getting all the press.
Karl - Apr 21, 2025 5:47:20 am PDT #6895 of 6900
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
I'm not Catholic, but Francis was such an incredible improvement over Benedict/Ratzinger that I was hoping he could stay a while.
Dana - Apr 21, 2025 6:06:34 am PDT #6896 of 6900
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That's a shame. He was a decent guy. I have two irreverent thoughts:
1) Meeting with JD Vance fucking killed him.
2) The Conclave movie people must be thrilled. That movie's gonna get a hell of a bump.
Cass - Apr 21, 2025 8:20:33 am PDT #6897 of 6900
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Same, Karl.
I love a conclave (I am Catholic-adjacent but have never been Ctholic) but, damn, I would have preferred to wait a while.
Jessica - Apr 21, 2025 8:28:33 am PDT #6898 of 6900
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
AI needs to be reined in not only for environmental / ethical reasons but because it mostly produces TERRIBLE results (that then require equivalent or more person-hours to correct than it would have cost to just...not use AI in the first place). The limited number of generative AI systems doing actual useful work is absolutely swamped by the number of AI assistants/enrichment tools consuming ridiculous amounts of water and fossil fuels and giving us nothing but garbage in return.
-t - Apr 21, 2025 9:05:49 am PDT #6899 of 6900
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is what burns me up, that we are apparently willing to pour vast resources into getting really poor results
A lot of people are right there with you on both of those, Dana. I will probably watch Conclave sooner now...(have been meaning to but haven't gotten around to it yet). I am having a lot of ex-Catholic feels, for sure
Steph L. - Apr 21, 2025 9:21:46 am PDT #6900 of 6900
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Meeting with JD Vance fucking killed him.
And who among us can blame him?