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The Pope added a "maximum range/volume" to the blessing of holy water, to ensure no one blessed water en masse. We don't want regular ocean water or toilet bowl water to be holy. (aussie.zone)
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Text transcriptionA screenshot of a Reddit post in r/Jokes by u/OneChrononOfPlancks, posted to Tumblr.

Since Vampires are supposedly hurt by holy water, I always wondered why priests don't just say a prayer over every storm cloud, kill the vampires from above. Then I realized why so many Vampires are from Europe...

Someone already blessed the rains down in Africa.

Reply from red-faced-wolf:

I hate it. Bad post. Horrible. Have a terrible day

Reply from scienceandfandoms

I love it. Great post. Fantastic. Have a wonderful day

Since Vampires are supposedly hurt by holy water, I always wondered why priests don't just say a prayer over every storm cloud, kill the vampires from above. Then I realized why so many Vampires are from Europe... Someone already blessed the rains down in Africa.
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[โ€“] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Mixing religion in with vampires really points out the fictional nature of all religions. They're just as goofy as vampires.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Still, vampires remain one of the best critiques of capitalism we have available.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Much older than capitalism itself. It's a critic of power hoarding and hierarchical power structures.

    The top bleeds the bottom dry. That was a sad reality before capitalism developed out of mercantilism.

    Although, admittedly, it's big popularity started with Dracula when capitalism already reared its ugly head.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 year ago

    I don't disagree with what you're said but I'm not saying that they have the same age or that the ultimate origin doesn't go back further.

    The point is that nothing brings home reality of the top bleeding the bottom dry, in all its forms, better than an undying blood sucking parasite, that gains extra life from your dead labour (excess to what you need for a reasonable life etc.). What you're forced to do, but not for the community or pensions, hospitals. Just to make someone else richer, for doing no work.

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