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snarkivist ([info]snarkivist) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-07-18 20:20:00


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What's Latin for "wank"?
I guess you could say that this is from the Jesus fandom. One of the two recent pieces of news out of the Vatican that pissed off most of the planet was that individual priests will be free to celebrate the Tridentine Mass whenever they damn well please. The Tridentine Mass is the Latin service used worldwide by all Catholics from the 16th century until about 1970. The structure of the service itself is different, not just what language it's celebrated in.

(Full disclosure: Yes, I am one of those whackjobs who attends this kind of Mass.)

Well, this has caused such global waves of wank in the press and on the Internets that the entire planet is red and sore by now. I have many examples, but my favorite so far has got to be this innocent-looking article from Indianapolis. All would have been well...if this paper didn't have forums attached to every article.

"A dead language for a dead god. How appropriate,"
one commenter said oh-so-cleverly. And...they're off! Catholics aren't Christians! Protestants don't understand history! Anyone who believes in God is a fucking moron! Pedophile priests!  FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER!!!!11

I'd pick out highlights, but really...there's too much here.






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[info]doomsday
2007-07-19 01:44 am UTC (link)
I think I love that idea.

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[info]crickets
2007-07-19 02:31 am UTC (link)
Now that is how you do a fake HP spoiler icon. All the others I've seen have just ticked me off a bit. (Which I suspect was probably part of the intent.) Excellent!

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[info]doomsday
2007-07-19 02:40 am UTC (link)
I know! It cracked me up. It's from here. They're all totally fake spoilers, and some of them are pretty funny. I haven't looked at the comments, though, so no guarantee of spoiler safety if you scroll down past the icons.

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[info]crickets
2007-07-19 03:01 am UTC (link)
Sweet! Thanks for the link.

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[info]littlest_lurker
2007-07-19 07:33 am UTC (link)
Oh those are excellent. Thanks for the link!

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