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We are special and unique, that is why we were chosen not them.

• pavlov 3y ago
  I'm guessing the same story was told 600 years ago in Spain: "My father, an Inquisitor himself, told me of the time when the Grand Inquisitor promoted him. Ordinary priests are a dime a dozen, the great man said, but it takes special skill to be an Inquisitor. And that's why you never let them go back to the pulpit when you do find a good one."
  • tnova 3y ago
    I’m not sure I follow the analogy here, are you implying technical leadership is committing heinous crimes against humanity?
    • Y_Y 3y ago
      Or cleansing Christendom of its heresy? Or showing in the wrong sketch, quite contrary to expectations.
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    • asdfman123 3y ago
      No one expects the Spanish Inquisition
    • pavlov 3y ago
      It’s a joke on the original anecdote’s timeless formula of double-filtered appeal to patriarchal authority (the father relaying the wisdom of the boss to the son).
      • fennecfoxy 3y ago
        Isn't there a matriarchal equivalency anyway? I always see this sort of comparison made. Any sort of -archy society seems like it'll go to shit.
  • psychlops 3y ago
    Nobody expects the technical inquisition!
    • 6510 3y ago
      I suppose that takes us back to "Beware of the Believers" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGgpGLxLQw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGgpGLxLQw