Like speaking to an imaginary friend every day, except they’re not your friend they’re your lord and master, and they also speak back to you and you have to obey them or the worst shit imaginable will happen?
Like that, or is it some other kind of mental illness?
No, I mean, the person is really insane. I spent too much time reading his Wikipedia article trying to find a motive before realizing his statements are completely incoherent and out there.
"The lord helps those who help themselves," The pope muses aloud, as the glass is splintered by incoming rifle rounds. "And I'm feeling real fuckin' helpful."
"Enlighten 'em up!" He commands his security details. And with a flourish he swings the MG2 .50 calibre machine gun from beneath his white cloak, cranks the charging handle on the weapon, and begins returning fire.
tl;dr: Matthew 4 covers that by saying don’t do stupid soot to test God
Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.’ ”Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’ ”
In a fight between a pedo defender that isn't enthusiastic about killing children, and a pedo that loves when children are killed, we're collectively crying for all of it to be over, but also slightly prefer the first one.
Saying that genocide is bad is like the lowest possible bar of respectability. It's sad that him coming out and saying that a war is unjust and shouldn't be happening is considered newsworthy.
Although I will give him credit for sticking with it even after Trump threatened him. He could have dropped it at that point and he didn't.
When I was a kid, my grandpa sold souvenirs at fairs to supplement his retirement, and he was at the NY State Fair every year, right at the opening to the Midway. That was where they plunked the first dunk tank that anyone had every seen.
I spent the fair that year watching this mean clown insult everybody, trying to make them mad so they'd throw wildly. He was great at it, and I saw many an angry guy try to teach that clown a lesson for humiliating them in front of their girl.
That clown was also viciously racist, so when you mentioned the dunk tank, all I could imagine was the Pope screaming crazy racist stuff to get people to throw shit at him.
It's even worse/cuter/weirder sounding in french: papamobile. Papa means daddy, it should have been papemobile but I think we collectively agreed to have a little fun instead.
It's essentially a modern carriage. Modern vehicles don't really allow a passenger in the back to stand up and greet people it passes. You could modify a tall van to do it, but most of them aren't even tall enough.
There's really no reason we couldn't just make a modern carriage, but we wouldn't make enough of them to justify the cost. (And by we, I mean auto manufacturers.) Then again, limousines and hearses exist, and those are extremely niche use as well. (They also get paid way more to use them.) So as silly as the "Popemobile" looks, it's the right design. Light duty truck, but instead of a truck bed, you put a carriage body on the back of the frame. Preferably with light materials so it doesn't weigh down the back end too much. These carriages could also be used for public transportation as well.
Yes, they like to control bodies and probably like to fuck slightly older boys that sound like little boys.
But also the voices of children are often compared to angels. Whatever that is.
Also there was an arms race with Bach and I am sure other composer to go higher and faster and blaaah to be the best at music. So people needed to be able to sing high.
And I am sure you couldn't just use talented girls and women for that because ... They don't like when women have an important role.
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NullPointerException@lemmy.ca · 60 pts · 131d
I think they updated the car. This was during Easter.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 73 pts · 131d
The guy riding in the back with the shoulder-mounted bazooka might be a bit over-prepared
NullPointerException@lemmy.ca · 42 pts · 131d
That was a camera, but I like your version better.
LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 131d
They want you to think it's a camera but it's actually a bazooka.
percent@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 130d
The ol' Catholic bazookamera
massive_bereavement@fedia.io · 13 pts · 131d
Now I demand a Pope Technical! What's the Italian equivalent of a Hilux?
grue@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 131d
You're looking at it. Just like how the guards themselves are Swiss, it makes perfect sense that the technical would be German.
Axolotl_cpp@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 131d
Fiat Starda or even better: Piaggio Ape car
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 14 pts · 131d
Does this count?
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 131d
I want one. I will make it go 80 down the 10.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 131d
And look at all those white snipers on the balcony.
sniggleboots@europe.pub · 7 pts · 131d
Where else would you mount it, the crotch? Don't be silly!
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 131d
maybe i want to be a little silly.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 3 pts · 131d
Is there a bazooka hidden in your crotch or are you happy to see me?
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 130d
SirIglooi@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 131d
Reminds me of the old clone wars micro series...
judgyweevil@feddit.it · 38 pts · 131d
Little reminder that the pope got shot in 1981, so they added tall bulletproof glass
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 131d
God works in mysterious ways yada yada
binarytobis@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 131d
TIL, I always thought they were being overprotective.
Danquebec@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 131d
If anyone wonders the motive: it's mental illness.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 130d
Like speaking to an imaginary friend every day, except they’re not your friend they’re your lord and master, and they also speak back to you and you have to obey them or the worst shit imaginable will happen?
Like that, or is it some other kind of mental illness?
Samskara@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 130d
The most common excuse used for Islamist terrorists.
Gathorall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 130d
Believing that some unseen entity demands you act a certain way is obviously severe mental ilness.
Danquebec@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 130d
No, I mean, the person is really insane. I spent too much time reading his Wikipedia article trying to find a motive before realizing his statements are completely incoherent and out there.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 130d
And the Pope visited him in prison right?
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 43 pts · 131d
Let's call it the PTPT: public terrain pope transport
antaymonkey@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 131d
The Putt-Putt, phonetically speaking.
Successful_Try543@feddit.org · 16 pts · 131d
or Pitty-Pitty
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 131d
AT-AT but with Pope's seat mounted on the spine.
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 6 pts · 131d
Imagine St Peter’s Square sliding open and that slowly rising.
inari@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 130d
That seems awfully unsteady
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 131d
Legio Titanicus
ben_dover@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 130d
all hail the queen spider
queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone · 25 pts · 131d
Fine. The Pontifexus it is.
probable_possum@leminal.space · 18 pts · 131d
Sadly no Lexus. Seat Apostolica maybe?
Alberat@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 131d
the mitsubishop
InFerNo@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 131d
The Popel (for those who know the car brand Opel)
Samskara@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 130d
Popel translates to booger in German.
probable_possum@leminal.space · 24 pts · 131d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popemobile
Artisian@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 131d
The line is no longer there in such comedic fashion; the paragraph is just:
ending there, afaict.
RAFAELRAMIREZ@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 131d
Once the internet names it, there’s no going back 😭
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 7 pts · 130d
Boaty McBoatface
IzzyScissor@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 131d
The chosen representative of the most powerful being that has ever or will ever exist..
..and yet he still needs a bullet-proof car. Interesting.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 130d
"The lord helps those who help themselves," The pope muses aloud, as the glass is splintered by incoming rifle rounds. "And I'm feeling real fuckin' helpful."
"Enlighten 'em up!" He commands his security details. And with a flourish he swings the MG2 .50 calibre machine gun from beneath his white cloak, cranks the charging handle on the weapon, and begins returning fire.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 2 pts · 130d
Oh man, this reminded me of Madness
Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 130d
tl;dr: Matthew 4 covers that by saying don’t do stupid soot to test God
YeahToast@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 130d
Seems convenient "never test anything.. because.. well.. there'll be no response"
IzzyScissor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 129d
Yeah, and the Wizard of Oz said "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain". It's the only way their lies still work on you.
Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 129d
you are assuming that i am not agnostic. i am simply playing
devil’sgod’s advocate.prenatal_confusion@feddit.org · 2 pts · 129d
Lol that is some lazy writing right there.
chunes@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 131d
And your tithing
Digit@lemmy.wtf · 18 pts · 130d
Stop calling it the popemobile because it's undignified?
Okay, lets call it the pedomobile.
janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 130d
(we like the pooe right now, I know it's weird and morally questionable but shhhhh) /s
Nalivai@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 130d
In a fight between a pedo defender that isn't enthusiastic about killing children, and a pedo that loves when children are killed, we're collectively crying for all of it to be over, but also slightly prefer the first one.
janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 130d
it's a classic shit sandwich for sure
echodot@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 130d
Saying that genocide is bad is like the lowest possible bar of respectability. It's sad that him coming out and saying that a war is unjust and shouldn't be happening is considered newsworthy.
Although I will give him credit for sticking with it even after Trump threatened him. He could have dropped it at that point and he didn't.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 131d
The glass makes it look like a dunk tank.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 131d
When I was a kid, my grandpa sold souvenirs at fairs to supplement his retirement, and he was at the NY State Fair every year, right at the opening to the Midway. That was where they plunked the first dunk tank that anyone had every seen.
I spent the fair that year watching this mean clown insult everybody, trying to make them mad so they'd throw wildly. He was great at it, and I saw many an angry guy try to teach that clown a lesson for humiliating them in front of their girl.
That clown was also viciously racist, so when you mentioned the dunk tank, all I could imagine was the Pope screaming crazy racist stuff to get people to throw shit at him.
StillAlive@piefed.world · 4 pts · 131d
Gen 1 guild navigator
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 131d
i just had the worst idea
loutr@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 131d
I mean, Jesus was like the OG escape artist
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 131d
Yeah, but unfortunately he fatally failed on his last trick. Turns out escaping a crucifix was tougher than it looked.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 131d
second to last trick. he got out of the cave somehow. i suspect the moles were in on it. or as my dream showed, the stone was made out of cheese.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 131d
Valid, he did redeem himself in the encore.
FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 131d
The Popemobile: a visual symbol of the fact that even the Pope doesn't believe the bullshit he preaches.
ptu@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 131d
He doesn’t claim to be a wizard though
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 131d
Or to be bulletproof.
nlgranger@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 130d
It's even worse/cuter/weirder sounding in french: papamobile. Papa means daddy, it should have been papemobile but I think we collectively agreed to have a little fun instead.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 130d
Not in any French I'm aware of.
https://www.journaldequebec.com/2022/07/29/la-papemobile-du-pape-francois-concue-avec-plus-de-simplicite-1
nlgranger@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 130d
Dang! Have I been lied to my entire life ?
EDIT: nah, even the wikipedia article uses that spelling: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papamobile
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 129d
I think I found the source of this discrepancy.
proudprout@piaille.fr · 1 pts · 130d
@HugeNerd @nlgranger With a quick search you can see a lot of media outlets using "papamobile" https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22papamobile%22&iar=news
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 131d
Okay, how about the holy-rolley?
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 131d
It's essentially a modern carriage. Modern vehicles don't really allow a passenger in the back to stand up and greet people it passes. You could modify a tall van to do it, but most of them aren't even tall enough.
There's really no reason we couldn't just make a modern carriage, but we wouldn't make enough of them to justify the cost. (And by we, I mean auto manufacturers.) Then again, limousines and hearses exist, and those are extremely niche use as well. (They also get paid way more to use them.) So as silly as the "Popemobile" looks, it's the right design. Light duty truck, but instead of a truck bed, you put a carriage body on the back of the frame. Preferably with light materials so it doesn't weigh down the back end too much. These carriages could also be used for public transportation as well.
Samskara@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 130d
Carriages are still made. Royals around Europe use them for formal occasions and they are also common for tourists in some cities like Vienna.
The pope uses a simple car to appear more modest.
Deconceptualist@leminal.space · 8 pts · 131d
Perhaps... Mobile pontifical ape exhibit?
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 131d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ_0ImDYrPY
sanbdra@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 131d
You can rename it all you want… it’s still gonna be the popemobile to everyone 😅
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 130d
"The Popemobile" makes it sound like a superhero gadget.
Popeman, protector of
the innocentpedophiles. (Let's hope the current one will be better in this front.)Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 130d
Popeman with alterboy
TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 130d
The Vatican also used to castrate boys so they forever have an angelic singing voice for the pedos to listen to.
prenatal_confusion@feddit.org · 3 pts · 129d
There is more to this story than meets the eye.
Yes, they like to control bodies and probably like to fuck slightly older boys that sound like little boys.
But also the voices of children are often compared to angels. Whatever that is.
Also there was an arms race with Bach and I am sure other composer to go higher and faster and blaaah to be the best at music. So people needed to be able to sing high.
And I am sure you couldn't just use talented girls and women for that because ... They don't like when women have an important role.
luciferofastora@feddit.org · 1 pts · 130d
I doubt he'll start culling the powerful. Pretty sure they wouldn't elect him otherwise.
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 131d
"The Pope Globe! It's infallible!!"
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 131d
PopeyMcPope Truck
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 130d
To the popemobile!
Tana nana nana naaaaaaa
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 130d
It’s undignified says the man in the plastic bubble being paraded around the square in the back of a pickup
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 131d
Now called the Papal Pedowagon.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 4 pts · 130d
I appreciate that we have a much chiller pope now lol 😎
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 129d
I think that's why they chose some dude from Chicago. Modern times require street smarts & thick skin.
Smeagol666@crazypeople.online · 4 pts · 131d
Having faith as a shield is all well and good, but nothing beats 4 inches of bullet-proof glass.
vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 131d
pedomobile
FelixCress@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 131d
Ice cream van?
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 131d
ICE CREAM MAN! ICE CREAM MAN! MO-OM! ICE CREAM MAN IS COMING!
InFerNo@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 131d
What tune does it play?
timewarp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 131d
The poopmobile
ptitfred@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 130d
I propose "The white Lotus"
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 130d
He's the product
Glass Display Trucks & Experiential Advertising Vehicles
Note: This is the first one I came across. We used to have a ton of this going on in Seattle before covid.