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My gripe
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I really do love a lot of the conversations on ringerverse and have been trying to have it fill the Binge Mode sized hole left in my heart. The guys have good chemistry and analysis overall.
I find 9/10 that when I end an episode early and don’t revisit it’s because of Chuck. He just seems like such a prototypical fan - complaining about virtually everything. It gets really tiresome tbh. I get that is kind of his schtick but it feels like he’s not always trying to meet the media where it is. I just think his focus is always finding fault. Not my cup of tea.
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I’ve only ever really had two issues with Chuck Wagon.
- He takes glee when something is bad and he sounds like he’d prefer being proven right than something being good.
- He, more than most, tends to fall into the great vs dogshit binary. Like nothing exists that’s just average or OK. If it’s not amazing, it’s terrible.
Still, doesn’t detract from my enjoyment and with Van, the back-and-forth is hilarious to listen to.
"This is my gripe." by ninten-draw
Main Post: "This is my gripe." by ninten-draw
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Everything good comes from Sweden. Minecraft, Ikea, Lethal company??, Rainworld...and that's it...is there more?
My honest gripe with multi seasons in a year.
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I think that I understand why Riot is trying multiple seasons in a year, mainly to drive up engagement from a year to year basis and I’m not necessarily opposed to that, but my personal problem isn’t that I don’t want to take the time to rank up, (I think it’s relatively easy to get back to your original rank now), it’s the fact that start of and end of a season is still one of the worst times to ever experience playing league of legends in any context ever.
Start of season every year without fail you play with some of the most emotionally stunted human beings who make the playing experience hell. This last split start I had a player griefing me literally 1/15 every game because he was upset at how I played, this went on for 5 games, and despite reporting him every single game, the dude was never banned and I was effectively forced off of playing the game. After that play session I didn’t play for like 2 months so the hype would die down. Every season start and end since I started playing in season 2 has been this experience without fail. If Riot wants to swap to this new format, they still haven’t fixed the trolling/griefing problem, and considering how terrible the quality of soloq is a month into a season AND a month before the end of a season, I’m basically never going to get to play. There’s only a very narrow Goldilocks zone where you’re not getting crazy emotional players.
Top Comment: You could have waited 5 minutes before requeueing.
[Gripe Session] What is your worst experience at church?
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I travel often - sometimes six to eight months out of the year. As a result, I often head to local parishes to fulfill the Sunday obligation... and am unfortunately disappointed a majority of the time. Liturgical abuse, milquetoast homilies, or - as a few of our other members have experienced this past week - outright heresy appear rampant.
Let me preface with this: my home parish is fantastic. Reverent liturgy, orthodox homily, beautiful architecture. When you move from the narthex to the nave, your purpose is clear: worship the Lord.
The problem is that I have to drive past two other parishes to get there. Which is why, when I travel, I get antsy. Bad liturgy bothers me. It's not wrong to be bothered by bad liturgy. We should desire good liturgy; our liturgists should desire giving it to us. Fortunately, the GIRM makes that easy... unfortunately, many think they are above the GIRM.
One of the most common errors I see - one easily corrected - is a lack of crucifix on or near the altar. There was none at this parish. The priest probably did not know that this is a requirement. No biggy, right?
After Mass, I waited until the other parishioners had left, introduced myself to celebrant, and said that it's a common problem but that a crucifix should be on or near the altar in accordance with the GIRM (paragraph 308 for any interested). He walked me up the steps and said the processional cross met the requirement - except, it did not; it was tucked away in the sanctuary during Mass and was nowhere to be seen. Well, he said, the painting of the crucifixion above the altar sufficed - except, it did not; the painting is not a crucifix, just as a picture of candles are not candles. This would be fine, except the man was not kind. He began squeezing my hand as hard as he could with, I believe (there is no other explanation), the intent to injure. Then he told anyone in earshot that I was "a nitpicker for Christ," and more or less shouted at me - as insultingly as it could be said - to "go get ordained" and to "go where you're fed" (several times in fact).
Wait, what? Let me be clear: I was not insulting, I did not approach the man full of hubris, I did not "return the favor" vis-a-vis his handshake (I am a fit man; I felt bad for him) or his insults. My replies were limited to - "okay Father, do you think this is appropriate?" and "I understand, okay, God bless you." I did not want to escalate in front of his parishioners.
But, I wanted to know whether or not he felt what he did was right. I really did. So I walked around the block to make sure no one else was present, then re-entered the church to ask him what he thought of what he did, to tell him that it was not right.
Don't get me wrong: I know the man is a priest, I did not approach visibly angered or anything of the sort. Just matter-of-fact: "Father, did you think that was right? Why did you feel you could do that? Insulting me was not right."
The man had the nerve to tell me that what I did was in fact insulting and wrong, and invoked the Holy Name to clear the way for the rash of insults - this time aired much louder, to any in the nave, to embarrass me.
I was pretty angry when I left. I've never been treated that way before - priests have definitely "blown me off" about, say, speaking the words of absolution during Confession, or the vessels used to contain the Eucharist... but trying to hurt me? Insults? Public embarrassment? This is a new low.
So here I vent: What has happened to our Church?
And what has happened to you, that you also would like to vent?
Top Comment: I will readily admit that my parish isn't the most traditional of parishes and probably takes some liberties with the liturgy, and I'm sure u/balrogath could attest to that more, being more well-traveled liturgically. But what I experienced last night was the most horrid and disgusting thing I've ever experienced. Priest replaced the Trinitarian formula with "In the Name of the Ever-Living, Ever-Loving, Ever-Encompassing God." Did a lesson prior to Mass rather than a homily during Mass - and by the sounds of it, the priest does not do it himself every week, lay persons also do it. Attempted to avoid any attempt to give God a masculine identity, even averting the use of the term 'Lord.' Really huge on inclusion and being 'friends' to the point that Christ "gave it to his friends, saying" rather than his disciples No Gloria No Creed Prayers included requests for outright heresy ("equal treatment of women in the Catholic Church") Some old lady was the one who set up the altar, accepted the gifts, lifted the Chalice during the Per Ipsum, and cleansed the chalice after communion Leavened bread with possible extra ingredients was used No altar cloth or crucifix The Per Ipsum was said congregationally instead of by the priest No Agnus Dei The "Lord I am unworthy" was replaced with something entirely different Eucharistic prayer used a suppressed children's prayer Readings were modified to be gender neutral And that's without re-checking the recording or looking back at last night's AMA. I don't think I will ever forget or fully get over that experience. And I don't understand how our Church could allow such blatant liturgical abuse, not to mention continue to allow such a blatant and outspoken heretic to remain in active ministry.