• djsp@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    The AP reported:

    The 88-year-old pope offered the Catholic vice president three big chocolate Easter eggs for Vance’s three young children, who did not attend, as well as a Vatican tie and rosaries.

    • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      I saw the images. Kinder eggs. They are by no means unique or even good. They are just cheap chocolate with cheap licensed figures. I mean, there are way better eggs if you want to make a meaningful present. He just went with what the fucker deserved. A cheap option for a cheap asshole.

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        They are just cheap chocolate with cheap licensed figures.

        Kinder Surprise eggs are illegal in the US, as federal regulations deem them a choking hazard.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinder_Surprise

        A 1938 law, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, prohibits confectionery products that contain a “non-nutritive object”, unless the non-nutritive object has functional value.[34] Essentially, the Act bans “the sale of any candy that has embedded in it a toy or trinket”.[35]

        If Pope Francis actually gave Vance’s children Kinder Surprise eggs — as opposed to some other type of chocolate egg — we can reasonably assume that the pope was trying to murder Vance’s kids, and that Vance probably felt that he had to strike before the pope made any subsequent attempts.

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          3 days ago

          we can reasonably assume that the pope was trying to murder Vance’s kids

          Sever the bloodline

      • djsp@feddit.org
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        3 days ago

        I didn’t mean to dispute that. I just checked what you stated and posted what I found for anyone else who, like me, wasn’t up to date on this meeting. I share your assessment.