I must confess that I was somewhat puzzled recently over the near-homicidal rage resulting from a certain frustrated effort to get a traditional, as in 1962 rite, (read lock-tight guaranteed validity and liceity, etc.) sacrament re-conferred conditionally.
This from James the Catholic @thetexastrad:
“ @RealCandaceO continues Catholic Maxxing as she reveals she recently got confirmed in the faith, in the Traditional Rite, by a cardinal, on a recent trip to Rome.
May God continue to bless and keep her.”
James the Catholic names it: “Catholic Maxxing.” Read it again: “by a Cardinal”. Why go to Rome to get a sacrament readily available in almost any parish here at home? It’s just ever so slightly better than receiving the sacrament from, say, a mere priest with delegation in a plain old US parish. And so much better for “Internet beauty contest” purposes. Much more click-worthy. Admiring glances can be counted ever so much more efficiently on the Internet.
Candace got clicks, no doubt. Everybody wants to see the pics of her and the Cardinal who confirmed her. Or at least the pose in a beautiful Roman church with her photogenic family. Big news! We’re living large on the internet, now. Distraction from the hum-drum details of daily life in abundance. Etc.
There are any number of internet-induced mental illnesses and moral sicknesses. “Looks Maxxing” is the current rage, where any medical, pharmacological or surgical, intervention is sought to “improve” appearance. No thought of consequences in 50 years. If one lives that long, such that all the surgeries begin to fall apart and the drugs wreak havoc on the system. But the mania is driven by the extreme superficiality available on the Internet: appearance is everything.
Porn is another aspect of online activity that presents a constant moral danger to anyone viewing a screen or phone.
Addiction looms.
Catholics who can run with the photogenic crowd, for a while at least, in their youth, can get free online entertainment. They can collect likes, followers and “friends”. They can compete for the “trad chad” title and tout their “clout”.
But images are needed. Feeding the voracious appetite for photos, pics, and getting clicks sends the potential chad trad on a constant hunt for new thrills and chills.
Well, going to a trad group known for generously offering conditional Confirmations can get you a photo op afterward with a REAL trad Archbishop, consecrated in the REAL old rite. Wow! And the vestments will provide the super “drip” that all the kids like! Such is sure to look swell on my Insta and social media. I will win the admiration of all my friends and countless strangers, too!
Catholic to the max. Catholic Maxxing victory. Marinating in self satisfaction results. But only for a while ….
Many young sub-25 individuals without fully formed brains are madly putting everything on the internet. As are many whose brains are only recently fully formed.
Sure, the first thing sketchy bad actors do is block anyone who might track and identify their psychopathic and anti-social behavior. Comfort is measured by cushioning oneself from the nasty consequences of personal misbehavior as long as possible. While, no doubt, assuring oneself the personal content can be otherwise conceal from certain unwanted prying eyes as occasion warrants. Good luck with that. In any conflict with AI and big internet the odds are always stacked against the lonely individual without a millionaire lawyer.
Now, on to the next online competition for most views, likes and retweets. Catholic to the max! Well, at least superficially. They won’t really find out about the IRL, will they?
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