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I love to make these at the bakery....



At our bakery we also drizzle them with chocolate across the top, and sometimes sprinkle them with Sea Salt.

Don't we have enough of these 'top 10' lists without the Pope writing them too? Sites like Cracked.com and WikiHow are overflowing with this kind of vapid BS.

Anyone who's problems can be solved by relaxing, and taking a little more 'family time' on Sunday: doesn't have real problems. Besides, science has already found the real 'secret' to being happy.

For good measure, here is Conan's list:

1. Crush your enemies.
"Barbarianism has brought us anxiety" and stress, causing people to lose a "healthy culture of violence." Nothing puts your mind at ease like knowing your enemy's skulls are powder beneath your boots"

2. See them driven before you.
"We have to be creative in our quest for domination" he said "Try to drive them into a rushing river, or a fast flowing stream with rocks"

3. Hear the lamentation of their women.
"Sunday is for family" he said "Even though many barbarians fight long hours, they must set aside time to massacre children; work schedules make it "complicated, but you must do it," he said.

 Smacks wrote:
Don't we have enough of these 'top 10' lists without the Pope writing them too? Sites like Cracked.com and WikiHow are overflowing with this kind of vapid BS.

Anyone who's problems can be solved by relaxing, and taking a little more 'family time' on Sunday: doesn't have real problems. Besides, science has already found the real 'secret' to being happy.

For good measure, here is Conan's list:

1. Crush your enemies.
"Barbarianism has brought us anxiety" and stress, causing people to lose a "healthy culture of violence." Nothing puts your mind at ease like knowing your enemy's skulls are powder beneath your boots"

2. See them driven before you.
"We have to be creative in our quest for domination" he said "Try to drive them into a rushing river, or a fast flowing stream with rocks"

3. Hear the lamentation of their women.
"Sunday is for family" he said "Even though many barbarians fight long hours, they must set aside time to massacre children; work schedules make it "complicated, but you must do it," he said.

Who are you to claim other people don't have real problems? Forgive me, I was unaware that you are all-knowing.

 Random Dude wrote:
Who are you to claim other people don't have real problems? Forgive me, I was unaware that you are all-knowing.

*Rolls sleeves up*

Did I claim that other people don't have real problems? Or did I just claim that people who's problems can be solved by taking more family time on Sunday, don't have real problems? Lets compare two people with problems.

Subject A: Doesn't take enough family time on Sunday's, but by moving some work around can afford to do so.

Subject B: Has no money, can't afford his rent, is about to be evicted, his entire family died in an 'act of god', and he suffers social anxiety after he was abused by a Catholic priest.

Subject A's problem pretty much solves itself. Maybe it could be called a 'real' problem... for about 10 seconds, until the obvious solution is obvious. Subject B has more serious problems (real problems). Answer the following questions:

1. Will relaxing and taking more family time on Sunday, prevent Subject B from being evicted tomorrow?

2. Is "Hey relax and don't sweat the small stuff" appropriate advice for the Pope to give someone who was abused at the hands of a Catholic priest?

3. Should Subject B create more job opportunities for young people and strive for world piece before or after losing his home tomorrow?

Don't really answer these questions, they are rhetorical.

 Random Dude wrote:
Who are you to...

I'm someone who at least has the integrity not to lie about being 'God's representative on earth"

Forgive me, I was unaware that you are all-knowing.

Right, because you need to be 'all knowing' to understand that not all problems can be solved by taking Sunday off? Or is that just common sense? Evidently both are equally mysterious and elusive to you.

Maybe one day when I live in my own fething palace in Rome, that behaves as my own private country, sat on billions of dollars of lost art and treasure, with the whole world hanging on whatever nonsense I pull out my ass today. Then I will take the Pontiff's advice and kick back, soak up some culture on a Sunday afternoon. I'm sure I'd be happy as a Bishop. But not everyone is so lucky.

This is a discussion thread. Asking "rhetorical" questions is a cowardly way of avoiding backlash for unfounded attacks against a man you've never met.

 Random Dude wrote:
unfounded attacks

You definitely just turned up, accused me of something I didn't say. And then mocked sarcastically that I must think I'm 'all knowing'. So go feth yourself.

 Random Dude wrote:
Asking "rhetorical" questions is a cowardly way of avoiding backlash for unfounded attacks against a man you've never met.

And spouting tripe about the merits of rhetorical questions while avoiding every single point including your own isn't?

If you want to explain yourself then go ahead. I can do this all day.

 Smacks wrote:

 Random Dude wrote:
unfounded attacks

You definitely just turned up, accused me of something I didn't say. And then mocked sarcastically that I must think I'm 'all knowing'. So go feth yourself.

 Random Dude wrote:
Asking "rhetorical" questions is a cowardly way of avoiding backlash for unfounded attacks against a man you've never met.

And spouting tripe about the merits of rhetorical questions while avoiding every single point including your own isn't?

If you want to explain yourself then go ahead. I can do this all day.

I won't have a discussion with anyone who asks me to go feth myself. Bye!

 Smacks wrote:

 Random Dude wrote:
unfounded attacks

You definitely just turned up, accused me of something I didn't say. And then mocked sarcastically that I must think I'm 'all knowing'. So go feth yourself.

 Random Dude wrote:
Asking "rhetorical" questions is a cowardly way of avoiding backlash for unfounded attacks against a man you've never met.

And spouting tripe about the merits of rhetorical questions while avoiding every single point including your own isn't?

If you want to explain yourself then go ahead. I can do this all day.

I'm sensing you have Catholic issues.

 Smacks wrote:
If you want to explain yourself then go ahead. I can do this all day.

No, you can't. At least, not if you want to preserve your ability to post on Dakka.

Turn the snark level down by at least 5, folks.

 Frazzled wrote:


I'm sensing you have Catholic issues.

Not someone In the dakka OT!!

Frazzled wrote:I'm sensing you have Catholic issues.

Heh, and I'm sensing that you have wiener dog issues. That doesn't mean you can't be right about stuff sometimes

Maybe this is interesting if you are interested in the Pope as a character. But as wisdom, I will stand by my original assertion that it is vapid and empty. I agree there is nothing too disdainful, but there is also nothing especially helpful. As I said, you can find lists and tips like these all over the internet. 10 ways to be happy, 10 ways to feel more confident, 10 ways to stop stalking your ex etc...

We have already had psychologists like Abraham Maslow look at human happiness scientifically. There is no 'secret' people just want to feel secure and loved, and not have to worry about the future. Unfortunately for many people that is a pipe dream. A lot of people are forced to do things that they don't want to in order to survive from one day to the next. Having a nice outlook doesn't pay bills.

i have to say...I agree.

All his statements are crap if your child's belly is empty.

wait, the pope is the human representation of god? how the heck does that work? isn't he elected or something?

 the shrouded lord wrote:
wait, the pope is the human representation of god? how the heck does that work? isn't he elected or something?

Mosh pit in the Vatican. Ten priests enter! One Pope Leaves!

 Frazzled wrote:

 the shrouded lord wrote:
wait, the pope is the human representation of god? how the heck does that work? isn't he elected or something?

Mosh pit in the Vatican. Ten priests enter! One Pope Leaves!

This would be the best selection process.

i chuckled man, just that image is freaking hilarious tho.

 the shrouded lord wrote:
wait, the pope is the human representation of god? how the heck does that work? isn't he elected or something?

Educate yourself. Google isn't hard to use.

There are a lot of judgy people in this thread. Judge not, lest you be TASERed!

I like his list. He's not a dick at all.

 Smacks wrote:


1. Crush your enemies.
"Barbarianism has brought us anxiety" and stress, causing people to lose a "healthy culture of violence." Nothing puts your mind at ease like knowing your enemy's skulls are powder beneath your boots"

2. See them driven before you.
"We have to be creative in our quest for domination" he said "Try to drive them into a rushing river, or a fast flowing stream with rocks"

3. Hear the lamentation of their women.
"Sunday is for family" he said "Even though many barbarians fight long hours, they must set aside time to massacre children; work schedules make it "complicated, but you must do it," he said.

The Robot Chicken Version is better;

 the shrouded lord wrote:
wait, the pope is the human representation of god?

I think there is a subtle but important difference between 'representative' and 'human representation'. For example the following phrase:

"Hi, I'm Jonathan Moskin, a lawyer, and a representative of McDonalds corporation."

This sounds relatively normal and businesslike. Contrast that with:

"I AM BURGERO!!! The human representation of McDonald's. Tremble before my mighty cankles, puny mortals."

Just like anything else the pope says or does, when the church starts turning in all the abusive priests and those who supported this and otherwise enabled such things in his organisation then I may start to give him the thumbs up.

Otherwise it is all just words.

"I AM BURGERO!!! The human representation of McDonald's. Tremble before my mighty cankles, puny mortals."

Thats awesome.

 SilverMK2 wrote:
Just like anything else the pope says or does, when the church starts turning in all the abusive priests and those who supported this and otherwise enabled such things in his organisation then I may start to give him the thumbs up.

Otherwise it is all just words.

The church has a lot of inertia. He can be leaning on the tiller with all his might, but that ship is not turning on a dime. He does seem to be trying to get things headed in the right direction though, so I'll cut him a lot of slack.