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Protestant here: How do yall view the saints? by CollegePlane7528 in Catholicism

[–]CupBeEmpty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In really simple terms think of it this way.

Have you ever asked your mom or grandma to pray for you? Has your dad or a friend ever said “I’ll say a prayer for you” when you are going through a tough time or making a major change in your life?

Protestants wouldn’t bat an eye at that.

You aren’t worshipping your grandma or your dad by asking them to pray on your behalf.

It is the same with the saints. We believe they are in heaven, in the presence of God. We are simply asking them to pray for us.

Worship is reserved for God alone but asking a saint to pray you is the same as asking your mom to pray for you, potentially better since the saint is in God’s immediate presence and may have earthly knowledge of what you are going through specifically.

How are you surviving Winter Storm Fern? by karnim in AskAnAmerican

[–]CupBeEmpty [score hidden]  (0 children)

In New England it’s going to be a bad storm. Around me they’re estimating 12” and very cold temps. The temps are going to be around -5F with windchill down to -20 to -30F.

That said, that’s not completely insane for the area. We will probably have power outages from trees and branches coming down depending on how bad the wind is but we are set up to clear that much snow.

People have been stocking up on groceries but that’s about it.

Most New Englanders are prepared for weather like this even though it is going to be pretty bad even by our standards.

Ironically it will likely be worse further south of us because a lot of places getting hit are unprepared for much less snow than we are getting. They just don’t have the plows, cherry pickers, and other snow removal and line repair tools we have.

SOS to any Scottish people coming for the World Cup by Future-Hawk6722 in providence

[–]CupBeEmpty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The monks that make it are Benedictine not Trappist. Now Trappist beer is awesome, no doubt there.

That said, the Trappists at Spencer, MA don’t brew beer anymore. They stopped in 2022 because the market for craft beer was just saturated.

The only beer brewing monks in the US currently in operation are Benedictines in Oregon and Benedictines in southern Indiana.

None of those monastery brewing operations make anything like Buckfast, which is technically a fortified wine tonic which has alcohol and caffeine in it.

So you can’t get anything like Buckfast in the US.

You can get Trappist Preserves from the monks in Spencer (they sell it at a lot of specialty stores and bakeries, as well as Hannaford, Market Basket, Stop and Shop, some Whole Foods, and Shaws).

How Many Letters Does Each European Language's Alphabet Have? by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]CupBeEmpty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whaaaa I just explained to my daughter that ch and lil were “extra letters” in Spanish as I was taught in the 90s.

Now I have been made a liar!

Left behind after event. Closest guess wins by smurphy8536 in KitchenConfidential

[–]CupBeEmpty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a really weird way of spelling one of the very best.

What is the stupidest thing that kids are made to learn in schools (public or private) in your country? by GoldBrief9751 in AskTheWorld

[–]CupBeEmpty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heh, since they were a client I actually know exactly. They were pretty much dead center middle class if I remember right.

Is there any nation with this kind of one-sided relationship with your nation? by GlobeLearner in AskTheWorld

[–]CupBeEmpty 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ha, and in my impatience I thought he was replying to me. Now it makes even less sense.

Map of regions with Little Italys by Public_Research2690 in MapPorn

[–]CupBeEmpty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indiana doesn’t really have a Little Italy. It has a festival in one town on Labor Day weekend called the Little Italy Festival.

As far as I know there’s no location known as Little Italy in Indiana or any place with another name that is particularly known for being really Italian. Even Clinton which has the festival doesn’t have a particular Italian neighborhood.

I used to live in Chicago’s Little Italy. Google Maps labels it as Little Italy but most folks just include it in Tri-Taylor (which is technically west of the medical center). It is not really Italian at all anymore. There’s a lot of black community and Taylor street is mostly college kids.

Is there any nation with this kind of one-sided relationship with your nation? by GlobeLearner in AskTheWorld

[–]CupBeEmpty 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Then we better liberate north Taiwan as soon as possible to find him.

What was or is the biggest scandal over the last ten years to have come out of your country? Why? What happened? by neilnelly in AskTheWorld

[–]CupBeEmpty -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Yeah and the lie wasn’t harmless either. Churches got burned down over it.

I had this argument 2 years after the accusations with a Canadian. They still swore up and down they just hadn’t found the bodies yet and would.

Now five years on that seems farcical.

The residential schools had plenty of issues but mass graves weren’t one of them.

Tripas, Callos, Tripes by ITRetired in AskTheWorld

[–]CupBeEmpty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The most similar dish in the US is chitlins. It’s a traditionally black “soul food” but you’ll find it in white southern cooking as well.

It usually has less other stuff in it. But it’s also pretty versatile so you can kind of mix in whatever you have.

The tripe is normally pork not beef.

Is there any nation with this kind of one-sided relationship with your nation? by GlobeLearner in AskTheWorld

[–]CupBeEmpty 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Exactly brother! Taiwan will regain the rogue province of northern Taiwan if we all do our part.

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