Comments on: Pope tweets http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 10:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Analog Kid http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605882 Analog Kid Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605882 @pedi-fex @pedi-fex

]]> By: carlogesualdodivenosa http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605870 carlogesualdodivenosa Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605870  Other equally insightful Pontifexes are available: @Pontifex_it and @Pontifex_de will get you there.  Other equally insightful Pontifexes are available: @Pontifex_it and @Pontifex_de will get you there.

]]> By: Ernest Valdemar http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605731 Ernest Valdemar Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605731 You gotta admit, though, @Pontifex is a pretty bad-ass account name. Aw, yeah. I wonder if @PontFX is still available? You gotta admit, though, @Pontifex is a pretty bad-ass account name. Aw, yeah.

I wonder if @PontFX is still available?

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605627 Brainspore Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605627 No, but I think that's how he asks for wine and those little snack crackers. No, but I think that’s how he asks for wine and those little snack crackers.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605621 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605621 You mean he doesn't order pizza in Latin? You mean he doesn’t order pizza in Latin?

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605576 Brainspore Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605576 Yeah, but unless I'm mistaken that's not the language he uses on a day-to-day basis in his current vocation. Yeah, but unless I’m mistaken that’s not the language he uses on a day-to-day basis in his current vocation.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605571 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605571 Besides the fact that he's German? Besides the fact that he’s German?

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605458 niktemadur Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605458 To be fair, it's probably the policy-imposed style on the intern-priest that tweets away on his Vatican office cubicle. To be fair, it’s probably the policy-imposed style on the intern-priest that tweets away on his Vatican office cubicle.

]]> By: cjporkchop http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605456 cjporkchop Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605456 Someone please hack his account, edit his profile to declare all of his tweets ex cathedra and infallible, and then post tons of pictures of Grumpy Cat. Someone please hack his account, edit his profile to declare all of his tweets ex cathedra and infallible, and then post tons of pictures of Grumpy Cat.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605454 niktemadur Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605454 Oooh, zing! Oooh, zing!

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605451 niktemadur Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605451 With guns!  On pickup trucks! With guns!  On pickup trucks!

]]> By: carlogesualdodivenosa http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605315 carlogesualdodivenosa Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605315  Cur non Latine scribere?  Cur non Latine scribere?

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605274 Brainspore Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605274 OK, I'll ask: why isn't he tweeting in Italian? OK, I’ll ask: why isn’t he tweeting in Italian?

]]> By: Fef http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605072 Fef Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605072 It's nice to picture His Holiness curled up on a couch in the Basilica, tapping away at his flip phone while giggling, "O Meus Deus! Ut 'sic temere!" It’s nice to picture His Holiness curled up on a couch in the Basilica, tapping away at his flip phone while giggling, “O Meus Deus! Ut ‘sic temere!”

]]> By: SedanChair http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605028 SedanChair Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605028 ouch ouch

]]> By: joelogs http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605027 joelogs Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605027 "By speaking with Jesus in prayer, listening to what he tells you in the Gospel and looking for him in those in need." Apparently his Twitter-style is to post all the answers to his own questions. “By speaking with Jesus in prayer, listening to what he tells you in the Gospel and looking for him in those in need.”

Apparently his Twitter-style is to post all the answers to his own questions.

]]> By: patter http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605015 patter Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605015 It'll be unusual for him, talking to a greater power that replies. It’ll be unusual for him, talking to a greater power that replies.

]]> By: Jardine http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605009 Jardine Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605009 I like Tim Minchin's song about him (nsfw) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTIorwtJbhE I like Tim Minchin’s song about him (nsfw)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTIorwtJbhE

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605008 oasisob1 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605008 He only follows himself, apparently. He only follows himself, apparently.

]]> By: peregrinus http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1605005 peregrinus Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1605005 Can we tweet confessions to him?  Will he #follow the best confessors? Can we tweet confessions to him?  Will he #follow the best confessors?

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1604998 penguinchris Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1604998 His tweets somehow remind me of another old guy who clearly doesn't completely understand technology (despite being in Star Trek), <a href="https://twitter.com/GineokwKoenig" rel="nofollow">Walter Koenig</a>. His tweets somehow remind me of another old guy who clearly doesn’t completely understand technology (despite being in Star Trek), Walter Koenig.

]]> By: regondi http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1604991 regondi Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1604991 Maybe he'll tweet forgiveness for the children who tempted all of his priests to impure actions. Maybe he’ll tweet forgiveness for the children who tempted all of his priests to impure actions.

]]> By: Conan Librarian http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1604987 Conan Librarian Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1604987 "How can we celebrate the Year of Faith better in our daily lives?" Why are you asking for my advice, isn't that YOUR job? “How can we celebrate the Year of Faith better in our daily lives?”

Why are you asking for my advice, isn’t that YOUR job?

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1604984 Wreckrob8 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1604984 Jesus prefers bumper stickers! Jesus prefers bumper stickers!

]]> By: tnielsenhayden http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1604979 tnielsenhayden Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1604979 If you knew that any out-of-context remark you made ran the risk of being argued about for the next few centuries, your tweets would be pretty anodyne too. If you knew that any out-of-context remark you made ran the risk of being argued about for the next few centuries, your tweets would be pretty anodyne too.

]]> By: Just_Ok http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1604976 Just_Ok Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1604976 As my grandmother is dead, that might be very insightful indeed. As my grandmother is dead, that might be very insightful indeed.

]]> By: duchessprozac http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/pope-tweets.html#comment-1604973 duchessprozac Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=199909#comment-1604973 For the holiest of holies, he has about as much theological insight as a random facebook picture posted by your grandmother. For the holiest of holies, he has about as much theological insight as a random facebook picture posted by your grandmother.

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