So, apparently, the Pope is quoting Gandalf now

5 months ago by Aqarius to c/lotrmemes

ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________

"The twentieth-century Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien, in the words of a protagonist in one of his novels, described our responsibility in this way: “It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.”"

aeronmelon 30 points 5 months ago

At least he’s not quoting Dumbledore.

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wyldrstallyns 7 points 5 months ago

I mean, he's already got the mageocracy fit and the retcon secret kink closet, so why not?

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BeigeAgenda 4 points 5 months ago

Didyoutakethelord'snameinvainharry?

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CompactFlax 21 points 5 months ago

Tolkien was a catholic after all.

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j4yc33 11 points 5 months ago

You cannot convince me this is not a direct snub to Palantir.

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CuriousRefugee 8 points 5 months ago

Gandalf is the protagonist? Ancient MFer 2nd-tier angel showed up to check if a ring was fucked up but just left it there, later sends a letter to GTFO with an unreliable guy that never delivers it, gets captured by Saruman, lets Pippin steal his orb, and all kinds of other shit. While the real protagonists are out here fighting for their lives against shadows that can see into the unseen while they have no powers and max out at around 3 feet.

Next Pope letter better include some Frodo drops. “It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.”

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zloubida 18 points 5 months ago

Not the protagonist, but a protagonist.

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prettybunnys 18 points 5 months ago