Notre Dame on fire

[bjstare]

This has been an incredible tool to enable the people of Instagram to brag about how many times they've been to France.

[Mitsu3000gt]

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This has been an incredible tool to enable the people of Instagram to brag about how many times they've been to France.

Do people even use that platform for anything else? Haha. Between that and hot fitness models trying to sell their "skinny tea" and whatnot, I have never really seen any other purpose for Instagram.

[shakalaka]

Heard on the Radio that several big corporations such as Apple, company that owns Louis Vuitton, Givenchy and Christian Dior and another company forget the name have each pledged multiple hundreds of millions to rebuild it.

[asp integra]

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Heard on the Radio that several big corporations such as Apple, company that owns Louis Vuitton, Givenchy and Christian Dior and another company forget the name have each pledged multiple hundreds of millions to rebuild it.

I'm starting a conspiracy theory right now, that the French gov't burned it intentionally to have people other than themselves pay for fixing it and at the same time increase visitor numbers.

[msommers]

Incredible shot by A.G. Photographe
https://www.facebook.com/AG.photographe

Notre-Dame on fire by A.G. photographe, on Flickr

[Supa Dexta]

Michelin is also gonna throw some in the pot, just not sure how much yet.

[ThePenIsMightier]

Karl Lagerfeld will be glad he wasn't alive to see this.

[Sugarphreak]

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[vengie]

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So obvious question... why doesn't the Vatican (which is likely richer than all of these other do-gooders put together) pay to fix a holy structure designed to worship their god?

Because the Vatican (The Church) is the most corrupt organization in the world. They don't pay for shit, but instead have their worshipers pay.

[rage2]

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Heard on the Radio that several big corporations such as Apple, company that owns Louis Vuitton, Givenchy and Christian Dior and another company forget the name have each pledged multiple hundreds of millions to rebuild it.

The company that owns LV is LV. LV owns a fuck ton of shit.

[Mitsu3000gt]

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So obvious question... why doesn't the Vatican (which is likely richer than all of these other do-gooders put together) pay to fix a holy structure designed to worship their god?

They use that money to pay high profile lawyers to defend their army of pedos.

[spikerS]

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So obvious question... why doesn't the Vatican (which is likely richer than all of these other do-gooders put together) pay to fix a holy structure designed to worship their god?

The question is, why did their god allow the building their worshippers to revere them burn? Oh right, it's all part of his plan.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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The question is, why did their god allow the building their worshippers to revere them burn? Oh right, it's all part of his plan.

Whoa there! Take it easy!
I've heard what just might be part of The Plan:

[Sugarphreak]

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[revelations]

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I always wonder if the people who run the Vatican actually believe in god themselves

They are cunningly good at amassing wealth by convincing people to drink the Catholic Kool-aid. The one commonality that all successful dealers have is they don't get high on their own supply.

I bet the pope is a Buddhist...

At the higher ups, I would suggest that is exactly the case. Its all about maintaining a global, political and money racketeering, establishment.

[ZenOps]

Well… Technically one could consider accidental fire - an act of God. At least the insurance companies will.

[Xtrema]

Meet you firefighting god: Colossus


https://interestingengineering.com/t...ave-notre-dame

[lilmira]

That's pretty cool.
https://www.shark-robotics.com/en/robot/colossus/

[Mitsu3000gt]

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I always wonder if the people who run the Vatican actually believe in god themselves

They are cunningly good at amassing wealth by convincing people to drink the Catholic Kool-aid. The one commonality that all successful dealers have is they don't get high on their own supply.

I bet the pope is a Buddhist...

I think you are right and it would be literally impossible for the people at "the top" to be drinking their own Kool-aid with how rich the church is, and how many of them are pedos - they know exactly what they are doing and that more/less gets exposed every time they are investigated and hire the most expensive lawyers. From a financial standpoint, it's pretty smart - convince a bunch of blind followers to believe in something there is zero evidence, fall back on "you just have to have faith" and "god's plan can be confusing at times" when challenged, and get them to give you tons of money.

[ZenOps]

As with all things based on faith, its pretty much impossible to know what a man believes or does not believe. I tend to think that people will believe for as long as they gain some benefit (money/power) as soon as it is in their interest or the benefits start tipping to favour not believeing, that's when people start to bail.

Are those religious zealots in the middle east really that religious, or are they just using it so that they can advance their own agendas - who knows.