thatroebuckguy.bsky.social
Shiny new vicar in the #CofE; I love God, board / computer / roleplaying games, bad puns, being autistic, coffee, bad puns, repetition, and self-referential humour. Husband of 1, dad of 2.
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So, while I agree that one is a bit dodge, others in the series are the opposite of this: they give the largest chunk to those who do the cooking or shopping, or remember everyone's birthday - exactly the kind of household chores that women are more likely to do and less likely to be thanked for.
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Plass's A-Z of the Church, 'Bacon Sandwiches and Salvation' is timeless, I was *born* in the '80s and still quote it on a weekly basis.
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This is the first really odd account I've come across - maybe I just have very low standards, or I live a very sheltered online life!
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I've unfollowed but not blocked it, mainly out of morbid curiosity. Today's development is that 'she' also has a separate account for 'her' photographer, with other pictures of other women, all taken from websites online.
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Well I don't know, that's the mystery! @gerrarrdus.bsky.social thinks she might be trying to get clergy in trouble by putting nudes on their feeds, which would be mildly, almost cartoonishly Lawful Evil.
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Or to make vicars' wives look bad? Maybe, but you'd think if that was 'her' aim, she'd choose a cover story more insalubrious than posing for a charity calendar to benefit foodbank workers.
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All of which begs the question, why would someone set up a completely fake profile that follows hundreds of clergy and church organisations to get them to follow back, all to spam church Bluesky feeds with somebody else's nudes?!
I have no idea, but that's my low-stakes mystery for the day.
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Her profile pic is from a pin-up girl's website, the home-made cookies are stolen from Reddit, the beautiful photo of the Dorset coast is from iStock, the nudes are from a Turkish Twitter account. I even checked the National Register of Clergy and there are no vicars with her surname in her area.
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Except she leaves the post up for a few hours and then deletes it, only to then put exactly the same post - identical down to the typos - up again, maybe an hour later, maybe a day later. Confused about why someone would do this, I did some Googling... and discovered that she is entirely fake.
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Thinking nothing of it, I followed back, and then discovered that every couple of days this woman shares a picture of herself naked - sometimes her bottom, sometimes her bare breasts - with a spiel about posing for a charity calendar to benefit foodbank workers. Odd, but more power to her, I guess.
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That's the Guardian's fault though. We can't control for journalists who don't understand their briefs.
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To be fair, I think +Lichfield's apology and clarification has helped a lot.
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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Respectfully, I think the Vice-President of the United States using one of the biggest platforms ever to spout unChristian nonsense merits a bit more than "aw diddums". There are a lot of people who will believe him; they need to hear this nonsense called out for what it is.
Image: xkcd.com/154/
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Sound take. Ancient & Modern has 'I cannot tell' (absolute classic) as hymn 666, but the last time I left it up after the service someone complained, saying seeing the number in church was jarring and distracting!
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How've you been managing with the snow?
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Can I ask what (any of) the questions were, please?
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Gotta say, no sentence has ever made me more glad to not have a uterus 😬
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We hadn't gotten that far, thankfully! 😅
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I thought that message you sent me was a little odd! Reported and blocked.
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Surely it's supposed to frighten small children, and everyone else for that matter. Be not afraid!
Good choice not to overstretch yourself though.
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Looking at the wider thread, I am at least 95% certain this is a joke.
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Oh and I'm back out this afternoon to the Warm Welcome group, then assembly at the church school. How has it taken 3 years to realise how much of this ministry malarkey is just spending time with people?
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I mean, I'm also exhausted from ceilidh dancing at some dear friends' wedding reception last night, and both my kids are poorly, but focus on the positives, eh?
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Welcome back! Now we really can say all the best people are here.
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Here we are! For some reason I can't remove myself from the list, which I am cringing to high heaven about. Let me know if I've missed anyone!
go.bsky.app/2VCQ7WF
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Hmm. I'll give it a go then. Who counts as 'institutional'? Bishops, Dioceses and Cathedrals? Or do we cast the net wider?
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I appreciate it though!
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Would that require me learning how to make a list?! 😅
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I've decided to stay here precisely because it is getting traction with the institutional church - currently the Dioceses of Leeds, York, Sheffield, Coventry, Norwich, Salisbury and Truro all have pages, as do Southwark, Newcastle, Derby and Chichester cathedrals, and probably more.
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Thank you! I've got a much lighter day tomorrow, which is going to be a help.