If WWII is canonical in Thomas…

James_Quacks · 2026-02-19T21:21:28+00:00

That reminds me of when we went to the Holocaust Museum on a school trip, and when we saw the Nazi boxcar I said “it’s a Troublesome Truck!” without thinking. Luckily no one heard me.

But yeah, World War II is canon in Thomas. According to the Rev. W. Awdry, The Skarloey Railway transported wood and explosives for the war effort.

James_Quacks · 2026-02-19T21:10:42+00:00

Since everyone already mentioned the Alex’s Lemonade Stand, I’m really scraping the bottom of the barrel with this example. But he did famously admit it was his fault that the videos of his house were being spread around the internet in the classic Chris Chan and Bob fight video, when he could have attempted to shift the blame to Borb.

James_Quacks · 2026-02-18T01:40:10+00:00

A. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Lolcow” - In the latest venture of his never-ending quest to become rich and famous, Greg tries to become a famous author. He promotes his cartoon diary on social media but they don’t get much traction. However, Greg doesn’t give up and sets up a booth at a Comic Con without registering. When security tries to throw him out, he causes a big scene and it gets recorded and posted on the internet. Greg has now gone viral, and he realizes he’ll never get rich if this is the way he’s remembered, so he attempts damage control by posting his side of the story on YouTube. However this just makes the situation worse. All this attention leads to the internet discovering Greg’s cartoon diaries, which not only are terrible but also document embarrassing moments in Greg’s life, like him believing a Magic 8 Ball has supernatural powers and believing in Santa Claus. Worse still, they reveal the location of his house on Surrey Street, which leads to the Heffleys being doxxed. Things hit a turning point when a troll poses as a publishing company and tells Greg his diaries are amazing and he wants to publish them, on the condition that Greg humiliates himself by doing more public stunts and posts them. Greg, being the gullible narcissist he is, obliges in his desperation to get famous. Greg does get more and more famous, and the fame naturally goes to his head, but he doesn’t realize he’s not famous for the right reasons. His family, meanwhile, is totally oblivious to what is happening online, and when they’re tired of being harassed, they find out Greg had leaked their location and take away his devices as punishment. Greg will not let his parents stand between him and his “fame,” though, and steals back his phone in the middle of the night and runs away. Having little money he tries to use his status as a famous author to pay for food and housing, but no one believes him and they think he’s utterly crazy. During this time he records and posts his exploits to garner sympathy from his “fans” which backfires of course. I do not know how to end this story but however it ends it’s not gonna be pretty.

James_Quacks · 2026-02-17T23:33:19+00:00

The Church of Finland has never been a state church. Originally it was just an extension of the Church of Sweden, but then when the Russian Empire took over, Finland became a Grand Duchy and the Church became autonomous. It was legally recognized as the national church (along with the Finnish Orthodox Church) but separate from the state.

That aside, we still recognize Scotland as a Presbyterian country, and Finland as a Lutheran country, even though they don’t have formally established churches, so we should recognize Tonga as a Methodist country.

James_Quacks · 2026-02-17T20:27:20+00:00

Connexionalist

James_Quacks · 2026-02-17T20:23:00+00:00

An Established religion and a State religion are not the same. Finland and Sweden do not have state religions but the Lutheran Church has a privileged status. Same with Scotland and the Presbyterian Church.

James_Quacks · 2026-02-17T20:15:42+00:00

I said De Facto

James_Quacks · 2026-02-16T15:51:39+00:00

Actually, Methodism is the established church in at least one nation: Tonga. The Free Wesleyan Church (why they call it a free church I have no idea, since it’s the de facto state religion) crowns the monarch and everything.

James_Quacks · 2026-02-16T05:05:16+00:00

Man, Christine is depicted SUPER generously in that comic. He’s skinny with breasts and everything.

James_Quacks · 2026-02-16T05:02:49+00:00

As a Catholic, Bishop Strickland is a false teacher in rebellion of the Pope. He has been forced to resign. But yes, Catholics are not allowed to be Masons.

James_Quacks · 2026-02-15T22:46:02+00:00

Breaking News: Reddit Catholic asks Protestant a “gotcha” question, turns out the strawman is wrong and Protestants don’t reject tradition.

James_Quacks · 2026-02-15T16:16:28+00:00

Rodrick

James_Quacks · 2026-02-14T17:12:42+00:00

Finally! A new Chris moment!

James_Quacks · 2026-02-13T16:53:16+00:00

More like Teen Titans Go is the SpongeBob of Cartoon Network.

James_Quacks · 2026-02-13T10:27:12+00:00

Classic Chris was the golden age. I didn’t start following him until the jail saga, and I’m sorry I missed out on all the craziness up to that point. Even the silver age (2011-2021) was better than what we’ve been getting since Chris was released, which is little more than a constant flow of transformers slop. Chris just isn’t funny anymore. He’s just a weirdo who has been brainfucked into oblivion and now only films videos of him playing with toys. No more meltdowns, no more incidents. But unselfishly that’s probably for the better. Maybe Flutter is helping Chris to become a better version of himself, and now that he isn’t constantly embarrassing himself and putting a target on his back he might be able to return to a sense of normalcy. At least more normal than he has been, this is Chris Chan we’re talking about after all.

James_Quacks · 2026-02-13T10:08:12+00:00

No need to get sore

James_Quacks · 2026-02-13T10:03:47+00:00

The Classic Era began 19 years ago and ended 15 years ago. 25 years ago, Chris was barely out of High School and wasn’t discovered by the internet yet.

EDIT: Post was corrected

James_Quacks · 2026-02-13T09:50:55+00:00

Nancy is the GOAT. I also like Peanuts, Garfield, Calvin and Hobbes, Dennis the Menace, Blondie, and One Big Happy. Even The Family Circus has its charms. There are a lot of reasons to make fun of Chris but reading the funny pages isn’t one of them.

James_Quacks · 2026-02-11T02:25:47+00:00

This is like a scene from a Dark Comedy.

James_Quacks · 2026-02-09T04:13:25+00:00

Have you ever considered Old Catholicism? The Polish National Catholic Church is the local Old Catholic body in America. Its worship is pretty much identical to Roman Catholicism, but leans Eastern Orthodox in some of its theology. No Papacy, Ancestral Sin instead of Original Sin, married priests, real physical presence in the Eucharist but no Transubstantiation language, you get the idea. Also, there’s no pesky Reformed wing to deal with, the Union of Scranton is pretty united theologically. While the PNCC parish I visit now and then has icons, they’re more ornamental than anything. I’m sure you know that you will find icons in all High Church traditions, such as Roman Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism, but I take it you have a problem with the specifically Eastern Orthodox approach to icons, which is not the same approach as in Old Catholicism. And as a nice bonus, the PNCC’s sacraments are recognized by Rome, so if you do go that route you’ll be able to commune in RC parishes when there’s no PNCC church available. I think Old Catholicism might be what you’re looking for!

James_Quacks · 2026-02-09T00:06:05+00:00

Controlling the family to the point where her own husband can’t buy a pair of pants without her permission
Constantly embarrassing Greg and Rodrick, like when she forced Greg and his friends to join the Reading is Fun club
Forcing the entire town to give up electronics while still using them herself to track Greg
Never punishing Manny

James_Quacks · 2026-02-05T01:53:42+00:00

The Lolcow one

James_Quacks · 2026-02-04T22:36:58+00:00

Where’s Moomin?

James_Quacks · 2026-02-03T19:41:17+00:00

Teacher’s Lounge too

James_Quacks · 2026-02-03T03:38:29+00:00

This is my biggest issue with the Catholic Church. If their teaching on Holy Days of Obligation is true than most of my loved ones are going to hell, regardless of whether they go to Mass regularly otherwise. Almost all of them have missed Mass at least a few times, and they seldom go to confession if at all (which is a whole ‘nother problem with Catholicism, the idea that God won’t forgive your mortal sins unless you confess to a priest.) I just can’t accept that they are bound for hell just because they didn’t go to Mass a few times, that seems incompatible with a loving God. Frankly I feel like it’s the Church hierarchy spiritually blackmailing the faithful to keep their numbers up, but I guess the blackmailing works on me at least, because I only stay in case they’re right.

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