Gabriella ([info]gabs_mr) wrote in [info]ask_me_anything,
2012-02-24 14:55:00


This image has been going around on Tumblr for a while now.

How do you feel about it?

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[info]fragbert

February 24 2012, 16:56:41 UTC 3 months ago

LOVE IT!

[info]leskay

February 24 2012, 19:36:42 UTC 3 months ago

Yep.

[info]c_minor_scale

3 months ago

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[info]boplenty

February 24 2012, 16:58:43 UTC 3 months ago

Yep.

[info]cityofmist

February 24 2012, 17:01:08 UTC 3 months ago

Mildly amusing.

[info]yuriko

February 24 2012, 17:02:03 UTC 3 months ago

Pretty much.

[info]taleofaredhead

3 months ago

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[info]lightningxsnow

February 24 2012, 17:01:35 UTC 3 months ago

I'm totally being nitpicky here, but I do know religious people who use prayers before meals as a way of acknowledging where their food comes from; not only thanking a higher power, but acknowledging the human labour that goes into it.

Still, it makes a good point.

[info]amigone

February 24 2012, 17:07:32 UTC 3 months ago

An interesting juxtaposition between the haves, and the have-nots.

Thanks, Jesus, for the next-to-slave-labour that these people provide!

[info]green_eyed_view

February 24 2012, 17:09:43 UTC 3 months ago

It's excellent and poignant. I can't see anyone feeling differently.

[info]theniwokesoftly

February 24 2012, 17:27:27 UTC 3 months ago

Same.

[info]hashishinahooka

February 24 2012, 17:10:53 UTC 3 months ago

Good job!

[info]embodyment

February 24 2012, 17:11:05 UTC 3 months ago

I agree with it to an extent, and realize it's intended to be hyperbolic for the purpose of the message it's conveying, but that isn't (in my experiences, at least) what people are giving thanks for, so it sort of misses the point. The people I know who pray before a meal and give thanks for the food in front of them aren't under some delusion that Jesus literally gave it to them, but that they're fortunate enough to be able to sit down in the place they are, and have the privilege of eating it.

I'm all for these sort of things, but this isn't strong in its argument. A better example would be people saying "Thank God for this touchdown", or more seriously, "Thank the Lord little billy got through surgery okay." No, thank the nurses, doctors, and surgeons who've spent many years training and through school who successfully took care of the guy, and that variables x, y, and z, were in everyone's favour. I think that would be a much stronger example to use.

[info]gabs_mr

February 24 2012, 17:14:10 UTC 3 months ago

I agree very much. A friend of mine got into University and was all "Thank God for making my dream come true". I told him, "Nope, thank yourself and your strength through the entire process. You made this happen, not some higher force." He got pretty angry, haha. Ooops. :P

[info]amadteaparty

3 months ago

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[info]ululare

3 months ago

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[info]bdoing

February 24 2012, 17:24:24 UTC 3 months ago

I think I'm mostly amused that it seems like a lot of people are missing that Jesus/Jesús is a reasonably common name. ;;

[info]amigone

February 24 2012, 17:36:03 UTC 3 months ago

They miss that?

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3 months ago

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[info]hourglasscreate

February 24 2012, 17:26:32 UTC 3 months ago

Amen

[info]akashasheiress

February 24 2012, 17:30:43 UTC 3 months ago

I like it.

[info]anfractuousity

February 24 2012, 18:11:49 UTC 3 months ago

It made me laugh very abruptly and very loudly. <3

[info]fletwock

February 24 2012, 18:28:35 UTC 3 months ago

I love it. tbh I find belief in a higher power to be silly enough without people actually believing that the higher power is orchestrating every minute detail of their lives.

[info]injures

February 24 2012, 19:04:15 UTC 3 months ago

Freaking think its hilarious, and has a lot of truth to it.

[info]lil_insanity

February 24 2012, 19:26:21 UTC 3 months ago

I think it's pretty funny.

[info]xxalyoop42xx

February 24 2012, 21:08:41 UTC 3 months ago

I giggled.

[info]contestameluna

February 24 2012, 23:58:06 UTC 3 months ago

I just laughed aloud. oh jesus.

[info]directordale

February 25 2012, 02:54:54 UTC 3 months ago


Meh. It's cute. Not super funny.

[info]gabs_mr

February 25 2012, 02:58:20 UTC 3 months ago

Cute? First time I heard someone say "cute" as a reaction to this image!

[info]directordale

3 months ago

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[info]inner_v0ice

February 25 2012, 09:42:21 UTC 3 months ago Edited:  February 25 2012, 09:42:37 UTC

I'm very amused. I like it.

(And I'm a practicing Catholic from an ex-Spanish-colony, for the record.)
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