Nacle Notebook 2020: Funniest Comments

Twenty twenty was a decidedly unfunny year. To me, though, this meant that we had more need than ever to find chances to laugh. Toward that end, this post is my annual compilation of the funniest comments and bits of posts that I read on the Bloggernacle in the past year. In case you haven’t read them yet, here are links to compilations for previous years: 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008.

Most of these are excerpts from longer comments or posts. I’ve made each person’s name a link to the original source, so you can go and read them in their original context if you want. Also, the comments are in roughly chronological order.

hawkgrrrl, in her post “What’s the Point of BYU?” at W&T:

To provide match-making for young Mormons, particularly those who grew up in areas with few Mormons to date or potentially marry. Otherwise, where would all those RMs go to find the hot wives their disgusting mission presidents promised them as a reward for faithful service?

p, commenting on hawkgrrrl’s post:

I was . . . a poor kid from rural Arizona. My nonmember parents sent me to BYU in part to shield me from the hippie rebellion of the late 60’s early 70’s. Little did they know that California Mormons were sending their wild-ass hippie kids to BYU to straighten them out! I never had so much fun in my life[!]

p, commenting on Mary Ann’s post “ICYMI: Handbook 2 No Longer Deems “Mormon” Nickname Acceptable” at W&T:

[On the question of how to explain what religion you belong to with the “Mormon” nickname preached against]

At this p[oin]t if it comes up I just tell people I’m Lutheran. Close enough.

Geoff – Aus, commenting on Bishop Bill’s post “Companions” at W&T:

[On missionary living quarters]

We lived in places where we were supplied a bed and food. The first place . . . The landlady was also the cook, and she provided 4 cooked meals a day, all of which included fried potato bread. I put on a stone in 6 weeks. The next had 2 young ladies and 2 missionaries. . . . There was also a cat. When the call for breakfast came there was a mad scramble because the cat would get on the table, drink the milk, and shed hairs in the cereal. I lost the weight.

jimbob, commenting on Carolyn’s post “I’m terrified about having kids.” at BCC:

After a lot of thought and prayer, my wife and I finally made the hard decision not to have kids. We’re going to tell them tonight.

MTodd, commenting on Bishop Bill’s post “Facts, The Law, and The Table” at W&T:

I think member health would improve more from giving up green Jell-O than from avoiding green tea. Can we get a Jell-O revelation?

Comments on Rachel Allred’s post “Parenting, faith and vomit” at BCC:

• Sam Brunson:

[Responding to another commenter who said the scriptures don’t provide support for intentional childlessness]

[T]hat may be true. But there’s also no support in the standard works for telecommuting, for the gold standard, for joint filing, for enjoying the 9th Star Wars movie, for getting a college education, or for working on the 14th floor of an urban midrise building.

• Nate GT:

Actually I think that the 9th Star Wars movie was a violation in and of itself of several Biblical laws.

Eli, commenting on Bishop Bill’s post “Burn the Books” at W&T:

Interestingly enough, my dad interviewed an ex-military officer and former member of the Church who had left the church when he supposedly found out that the Church knowingly allows the CIA to pose as missionaries. . . . This guy . . . maintained that the CIA starts this missionary “infiltration” by first posing as potential new converts and then make their way all the way up. I’m doubtful even the CIA has patience for that.

Angela C, in her post “Hips Don’t Lie” at BCC:

[Commenting on the Super Bowl halftime show]

J-Lo is my age. Damn, I have got to get to a gym. If my hips are unwilling to lie, I’m not sure I like what they are saying.

Comments on Angela C’s post:

• Laurel:

There are bigger issues than a sexy halftime show, yes, but there are bigger issues than pearl clutching. Personally, I prefer pearl clutching to genital clutching.

• Sam Brunson:

In 1922, the Illinois Vigilance Association called [jazz] “pathological, nerve-irritating, sex-exciting music” (which, to be fair, sounds pretty awesome).

Heptaparaparshinok, commenting on Michael Austin’s post “Separation IS the Curse: An Urgent Re-reading of 2 Nephi 5:21” at BCC:

[Talking about the curse in the Book of Mormon that was put on the Lamanites]

I mean, lots of things could have been used as a curse; it could have been a giant nose, or the inability to pronounce a guttural “h” sound.

Heptaparaparshinok, commenting on Russell Arben Fox’s post “Thanks, Mitt” at BCC:

I call for Josh Romney and Don Jr. to face off in the octagon. I’ll put $20 on Josh, because he grew up fighting four brothers, whereas the Trump boys only like to kill endangered apex predators with guns.

Jack Hughes, commenting on J. Stapley’s post “New Handbook: Evolution of Church Liturgy and Authority” at BCC:

[A]s a lefty, I can relate to the frustration. If anyone makes a stink about the supposed superiority of the right hand for sacred tasks, I simply remind them that the right hand was also the “correct” hand for simulating throat slitting and other forms of Masonic ritual suicide in the pre-1990 endowment.

peterllc, commenting on Sam Brunson’s post “Traditions of Their [Mothers]: Girls Should Be Passing the Sacrament” at BCC:

I hope the need to take my vitamins wasn’t exhausted by the name change to the meetinghouse WiFi network.

Comments on J. Stapley’s post “2020 Handbook: The Lord’s Supper and the Right Hand” at BCC:

• Jack Hughes:

Use whatever hand you want. Use your left foot even (if you are skilled enough).

• Sidebottom:

Thank heavens we are rid of the Boy Scouts and their left-handed official handshake.

Em, in her post “The errand of imagining is given to women.” at the Exponent:

[On the Book of Mormon]

The book tells of of male heroes performing masculinity in male contexts. They are seers, bold adventurers, angels, hunters, prophets. They are kings and warriors and missionaries. They travel to unknown lands and conquer and plunder and sin and repent. How they reproduced for 600 years is something of a mystery because women barely appear at all in the narrative. Perhaps the noble Nephites sprang from spores.

Pete, commenting on Ziff’s post “Rejected Names for Church Wi-Fi Networks” at ZD:

Frankly, I’m surprised they didn’t give the password only to priesthood office holders, who can then enter it for women. Women enjoy all the blessings of the internet, just like men, but they access it through their husbands, brothers, sons, ministering brothers, etc. Women (and children) are now allowed to witness men entering the password, but they cannot enter it themselves.

MTodd, commenting on Dave B.’s post “Coronavirus: LDS Edition” at W&T:

I read somewhere that the coronavirus can’t attach to the right hand so if you take the sacrament with the proper hand, as instructed in the new handbook, you should be immune to the bug. Not sure where I read that, M* maybe.

Mark, commenting on Sam Brunson’s post “Coronavirus and the Sacrament” at BCC:

Wards could order Pez dispensers from Church Distribution with different apostle heads. The deacons would fight over who got to carry Uchtdorf up and down the aisles and who got stuck with Oaks.

Comments on Steve Evans’s post “Your Friday Firestorm” (on the proposition that BYU should be free) at BCC:

• JamesM:

Free BYU with the purchase of a BYU of equal or lesser value

• Nancy Roche:

While we’re considering other denotations of “free” I suggest that BYU might resent captivity, and should be let go to roam in its natural habitat. We could even tag it, just to collect scientific data.

Comments on Dave B.’s post “Social Distancing: Changes to General Conference and the MTC” at W&T:

• Paul the latter-day Apostle:

[W]ouldn’t it be great if God spoke to some person on earth and . . . let us know if this is a plague from Him because we didn’t use his name enough on church correspondance or were partaking with our left hands[?]

• Dave B.:

So no fans at March Madness or General Conference (April Madness).

• Joni:

So, General Conference is going to be a literal echo chamber. The jokes just write themselves.

Angela C, in her post “Top 10 General Conference Background Suggestions” at BCC:

• The running of the bulls at Pamplona

• Footage from a Covid-19 drive through testing facility

• Mushroom cloud explosions

• Time lapse photography of McDonalds food not rotting

Comments on Angela C’s post:

• larryco_:

Keystone Kops silent film chases, with the pipe organ playing mad-cap music between talks.

• A Turtle Named Mack:

100 Billion rolls of toilet paper.

• JLM:

A picture of angels with their silent notes taking.

• James:

The All Seeing Eye. Like the Masonic one in the SLC temple garden room.

• Greg J:

Holy Grail scene where God says to stop groveling.

• Rigel Hawthorne:

Ponderize T shirt rack

Clw00, commenting on Bishop Bill’s post “What is the Point of attending General Conference?” at W&T:

I found it interesting that today President Nelson emphasized that in all cases where Heavenly Father introduced His son, he did so with “remarkably few words”. I turned to my husband and said “Is he about to shorten conference by a few sessions???” I quickly found out I was really grasping at straws.

Em, in her post “The Hymnal Revised” at the Exponent:

Ye sisters of Israel, who wish they could be
Ordained to the priesthood, at pulpits be seen —
Aaronic, Melchezidek, to serve and to lead
Now cease from your moaning, for you are a Queen.
Chorus: O heretics, O heretics we bid thee farewell;
Outspoken critiques are a ticket to Hell.

Comments on RichelleJolene’s post “When Should We Reopen Church?” at BCC:

• Daniel T:

Zoom and Zion are only two letters apart, and church may never be the same again.

• nobody, really:

So now in the revised [temple recommend interview] list, we have “attend your meetings”. All meetings are cancelled (except for the ones that aren’t). So, I’m attending 100% of 0 meetings.

• Isaac:

They didn’t follow my plan for trek. As preparation, no bathing for 3 weeks. Some local hoodlums on horseback can chase the pioneer children around. Small whips for the leaders to be used liberally. Let them eat pemmican, (rancid tallow, gristle, and dried berries like maybe chokecherries) Water rationing? Ha. Give them a case of dysentery, that is more authentic. Exlax is not as harsh as cholera or E. coli O157, I could go for that.

• Wondering, commenting on Bishop Bill’s post “Stay in the Boat Ship” at W&T:

Never been on a ship. But as a young teenager I lay in the bottom of a fishing boat in the mouth of the Columbia River, vomiting for 8 hours or so (mostly dry heaves of course) before dad was willing to stop fishing. I don’t much like the boat metaphor. It’s no wonder some people really want to get out.

TopHat, in her post “The Second Coming: The Game #CopingWithCOVID19” at the Exponent:

When I was a youth in the Church . . . . I remember sitting in Sunday School wondering to myself, “Will the Second Coming happen today?” and then realized that simply thinking that meant that it wouldn’t come that day. If I thought the Second Coming was happening that moment, it violated Matthew 24:36’s stipulation of “of that day and hour knoweth no (wo)man.”

I played a little game with myself: I would guess the time of the Second Coming, “Ok… now. Now…. and now,” believing that I was keeping the Second Coming from happening. I felt bad about it because I was possibly thwarting God’s plan, but it was also something like a superpower.

Mary, commenting on ViolaDiva’s post “Musings on Mother’s Day: Fertility Privilege in Mormon Systems of Power” at the Exponent:

When I’ve been in new wards where they give you a form to fill out about yourself, and they ask number of children, I should just put “infinite” because every woman is a mother to everyone in all her relationships, right?

Talon, commenting on Michael Austin’s post “The Graven Image in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” at BCC:

If the church announced that the only films suitable for viewing in church buildings had to come from the Star Wars catalogue they too would become as salt that lost its savour in short order….yea, even baby Yoda.

hawkgrrrl, in her post “Returning to Church…?” at W&T:

Maybe I’d feel a wee bit safer if adults were in charge of the sacrament. Or if they just poured out croutons into the trays instead of using their fingers to tear the bread apart? Crouton sacrament doesn’t sound great either. I am not used to the body of Christ crunching.

Dave B., commenting on hawkgrrrl’s post:

And the whole story about how oh so important the sacrament is that we take it every week and with home church we should do it in our homes rings false when the big exception is “except for single moms and women living alone, then it’s no big deal, just read the prayer and think of Jesus for five minutes, same thing.” What if we only “renew our covenants” once a year? Do they expire after three weeks or something?

Angela C, commenting on Dave B.’s post “Mormon Metaphors” at W&T:

Generally, Jesus’ parables are top shelf metaphorically, but there are even a few there that I would say aren’t the best:
– The one about the man who finds a pearl of great price and sells everything to buy it, I mean, that’s just not great financial advice, but whatever. That’s some Jonestown thinking.

Michael Austin, in his post “A Two-step Program for Going Back to Church” at BCC:

And then there is singing. We. Can’t. Do. It. Short of French kissing everybody in the room or licking each other’s eyeballs, congregational singing is the worst possible thing that we could do in the era of COVID-19.

Angela C, commenting on Stephen R. Marsh’s post “The benefit of the doubt” at W&T:

[On the Church’s approved list of foyer art depicting Jesus]

This is a Jesus you might meet at the Bountiful Costco. You would probably even check Him out.

RL, commenting on Sam Brunson’s post “On Masks” at BCC:

Bob Dylan says only people that wear masks are the ones that can tell the truth. He also said this when he wasn’t wearing a mask.

Comments on J. Stapley’s post “Notes on the revised missionary dress standards for elders” at BCC:

• Aaron B:

The floodgates have opened, and I see no meaningful way to stop the ensuing chaos. What’s the limiting principle that will prevent elders from sporting Chiquita banana headdresses now?

• Glen Henshaw:

In my mission the zone leaders would convene “fashion shows” where they would make elders stand up in front of the zone and get criticized for their dress.

I hated it so much that I bought a neon blue suit with narrow lapels, a six inch wide bright red tie, and black shoes and I wore them religiously to every single zone conference. The ensemble satisfied every single letter [of] the law and violated the spirit with exuberance. They could write all the dress policies they wanted but they couldn’t legislate good taste.

Dave B., in his post “Religious Freedom Meets Government Duty to Protect Its Citizens” at W&T:

[On Elder Bednar’s complaint about churches being closed during the pandemic]

I think if pet stores sponsored a weekly gathering of 200 dog owners (who sing songs to each other and pass a group snack around that everyone touches and breathes on), that risk would outweigh getting fancy dog food for Fido and or kitty treats for Cuddles, and pet stores would be closed, too.

Matt B, in his post “Internet Videos, The Second Coming, and Conspiracy Theory” at BCC:

The video seems to take for granted that a stunningly clear and precise prediction about the Second Coming—the most direct statement on the question any Church leader has advanced in a hundred years or more—was issued by a member of the Quorum of the Seventy and hidden in a letter in a temple cornerstone.

Travis, commenting on Matt B’s post:

I’m going to make an eschatological prediction that will not fail, guaranteed:

And it shall come to pass that the sun will turn red as blood, and the whole face of the earth will burn as with fire, and the inhabitants thereof shall be destroyed. And the morning star shall no more appear, for it shall be swallowed up. And five billion years pass not away but that these things shall all be fulfilled, and the sun be converted into a red giant, if the world hasn’t already ended before then.

Toad, commenting on Bishop Bill’s post “Seven Changed Heresies” at W&T:

Bruce McKonkie, a prophet and seer of the Lord, has done more, save maybe Brigham Young*, to confuse the minds of Latter Day Saints, than any other man that ever lived in this church.

* not a scientific statement, there may be other equally confusing leaders.

Libby, in her post ““I’ll Stay Where You Want Me to Stay” and other hymns for quarantine” at the Exponent:

[This is just a selection. She has a whole bunch of funny hymn suggestions. Follow the link in her name to read the whole post. It’s worth it!]

Master, Pandemic Is Raging (no. 105): Featuring the chorus “The selfish and heathen shall want to roam / Please, stay home! / Please, stay home!”

Lead Me Into Life Post-Covid (no. 45): “Lead me into life post-Covid / Keep me from the ICU / With my face in mask enrobed / I will bless both me and you.”

marilynmcphie, commenting on Libby’s post:

“We Are Sewing, Daily Sewing — countless masks for one and all” #216
“Dearest Children, Don’t Come Near Me” #96
“Ye Unmasked Souls Who Spray” #118

Bishop Bill, in his post “Celestial Passwords” at W&T:

[Guesses at GAs’ passwords]

Elder Uchtdorf: IMgODsCOpILOT

Elder Holland: nOtaD0D0RU?

Bro Jergensen (Church Auditing Department): n0thing2cHere

Em, commenting on Ziff’s post “19 Reasons Why True Latter-day Saints Would Never Wear a Mask” at ZD:

Also the Bible tells us [w]e must g[re]et one another with a holy kiss. How am I supposed to French the gas station attendant with a mask?!

Comments on RichelleJolene’s post “What Does Pioneer Day Mean in 2020?” at BCC:

• John Peterson:

It is a holiday celebrating the Mormons failure to do what GOD asked them to do back east and so He sent them to a desert, like the Israelites. The difference is the Israelites got out of detention after 40 years, and the Mormons are still being cursed.

• Isaac:

Many years ago one of my teenage kids was in a Sunday school class far from Utah in late July. The teacher, fresh out of BYU, asked if any of the kids had inspiring stories about their pioneer ancestors. Of the ~dozen kids in the class, only mine and one other had any Utah roots. Well, one of them piped up and gave a 14 year old’s version of how their ancestors on 2 lines executed and were the brains behind the Mountain Meadows massacre

VFanRJ, commenting on Bishop Bill’s post “Either Incompetent or Dishonest” at W&T:

I frequently hear the top 15 refer to themselves as seers. How many of them have a stone? If we are to believe Richard Bushman on the need for seers to polish their skills, how many of the Q15 practice scrying?

John, commenting on Bishop Bill’s post “Line Upon Line: Elohim vs Jehovah” at W&T:

The poor Holy Spirit…will he ever get a body? Is he like the 17-year old priests at the sacrament table who has to wait until everyone else has partaken before he finally does?

Joni, commenting on Kevin Barney’s post “A Footnote to the Extermination Order” at BCC:

[On the Missouri extermination order that said that Mormons “must be exterminated or driven from the state”]

Maybe it would have made more sense if they’d used the Mormons’ favorite word: “exterminated, even driven from the state.”

Taiwan Missionary, commenting on Bishop Bill’s post “Principle Vs Rules” at W&T:

Someday, someone is going to speak from his heart and sincerely give the following Sacrament Prayer, and it will not be blasphemous: hey, Heavenly Pops, ‘sup? You know, I’m really down with all the neat things you’ve done for me. Thanks, bro’!

Half of the congregation will die laughing, the other half will die of outrage, and the Bishop will tackle the prayer-giver.

Jonathan Green, in his post “What I miss about home church—and why I need to go back to sacrament meeting” at T&S:

Homemade sacrament bread
Only the good hymns
“Fast Sunday”-sized sacrament bread and water

hawkgrrrl, in her post “The Kids’ Table and Universalism” at W&T:

Is it wrong to use nicknames with missionaries? Does this show disrespect to their priesthood office (this was sister missionaries calling elders “champ” and getting taken down by their branch president for disrespect)? Or is there a bottomless pit of uptight wannabe bishops in the Provo area waiting to be called to be an MTC branch president? This one reminded me of a friend who was YM president and objected to the youth using leaders’ first names rather than “Bro. Stickupyerass.”

Jack Hughes, commenting on hawkgrrrl’s post “Defund Youth Interviews” at W&T:

When I was a teen, I had a bishop . . . . speaking to him felt manipulative and uncomfortable, and I never really liked him. . . .  As an adult, I talked about it with my parents once, and it turns out they never liked him either, and for the same reasons. Unbeknownst to me, he had a reputation among the adults in the ward of thinking very highly of himself and his own divine favor. There was a running joke (behind his back) that the real reason he installed a new pool at his house was so he could practice walking on water.

hawkgrrrl, in her post “What Makes a Ward Good?” at W&T:

As Joseph Smith said, “It feels good not to be trammeled.” (He may have then trammeled a few folks, but he didn’t like it happening to him.)

Josiah Reckons, commenting on Stephen R. Marsh’s post “What men think” at W&T:

I’ve often wondered if Jesus walking on water should move up and down with the waves or stay at a set level. Ultimately, no answer makes sense to me, but it’s still fun to think about.

hawkgrrrl, in her post “Covenant as Adjective” at W&T:

In a Church that talks so much about Religious Freedom, it sometimes feels like there’s no freedom to be ourselves within the religion, to make our own choices, to deal with life as it comes. . . . You can’t cookie-cut your way into godhood, or if you did, that would be like the IKEA equivalent of a planet. Sure, it would be easy to assemble, but it probably wouldn’t be the sturdiest thing out there.

Comments on hawkgrrrl’s post:

• Parodist:

[F]ollowing up on Dave B.’s September 2019 suggestion over at zelophehadsdaughters (“I’m thinking ‘follow the covenant path’ might be set to music, as it lines up very nicely with ‘Follow the Yellow Brick Road.’ Performed, of course, by The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.”), I offer the following lyrics for consideration:

Follow the covenant path.
Follow the covenant path.
Follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow the covenant path.
Follow the narrow way, not the broad;
Follow the Prophet who holds to the rod.
Follow, follow, follow, follow,
Follow the Prophet of God.

We’re off to see the Prophet,
Our beloved Prophet of God.
Some find him flawed, but you will be awed!
If ever a Wiz* there was,
If ever oh ever a Wiz there was
The Prophet of God is one because,
Because, because, because, because, because.
Because of the wonderful things he does.
We’re off to see the Prophet,
Our beloved Prophet of God.

*Merriam-Webster:
Definition of wiz
chiefly US, informal
: a person who is very good at something

• Chet:

I think if you mentioned “Covenant Path” to a nonmember, they would think you were talking about an offshoot of the Appalachian Trail.

April Young Bennett, in her post “Goblins and Jesus” at the Exponent:

[What happened when she took her kids to Goblin Valley State Park]

We got out of the car and stood at the overlook.

My youngest frowned at the view in front of him. “Why did people make this out here?” he asked.

“People didn’t make it,” I told him. “God made it.”

“Jesus made it?” His mouth dropped open in shock. “Why did Jesus do that? What is it for?”

When my kids complain about objectionable features of nature — like bees, or snakes, or rain at a ball game — I can usually explain how important such things are to our fragile ecosystem. But I was at a loss. What was Goblin Valley for? I had no idea. And I hadn’t really intended to blame Jesus for it. My words had been flippant, not theological.

My son kept talking. This place was too far away and too hot and way too weird. Jesus should have known better.

Dave B., commenting on his own post “Does Political Extremism Lead to Religious Extremism?” at W&T:

If we stop talking about LDS leaders as shepherds of the flock, maybe more Mormons will stop acting like sheep.

Talon, commenting on Michael Austin’s post “Sacred Stories, Political Debate, and the Problem of Disagreement in Zion” at BCC:

Remember when Moroni paid 120,000 Onti’s to cover up a marital affair, and then owned Pahoran, the Democratic Governor of Zarahemla? He truly knew how to make the Narrow Neck of Land great again.

A Poor Wayfairing Stranger, commenting on Dave B.’s post “Phase Two in the MCU” at W&T:

The benches and chairs that are used in LDS church buildings must’ve been designed by descendants of the Spanish Inquisitioners.

Taiwan Missionary, commenting on Chad Nielsen’s post “A New Update on the New Hymnbook” at T&S:

Those who like sausage and hymbooks should not watch either being made.

lisatorcassodowning, commenting on John C.’s post “The Trouble with Manifestos” at BCC:

[On the Radical Orthodoxy manifesto]

This is such an unabashedly male/patriarchal document. There are women signatories, but it’s dripping with the righteous testosterone. This is man cave stuff. Or cave man stuff. Not sure which.

Heather, in her post “Mistresses of Patriarchy” at the Exponent:

I grew up in the 70s when the battle over the Equal Rights Amendment raged. My mom, ever obedient and faithful, was encouraged by the Church to support the anti-ERA movement . . . While I wasn’t exactly sure why I was supposed to hate Bella Abzug and Sonia Johnson, I knew they were dangerous, like running with scissors or swimming after eating.

Comments on Bishop Bill’s post “Down the Memory Hole” at W&T:

• p:

A unsuspecting Utahan sits down at his computer with a cold can of Diet Coke, and the next thing you know he’s suddenly, inexplicably … LOOKING AT PORN!!! How did this happen???

Interesting that this never happens with coffee.

• Eugene:

[Responding to a brief mention in the post of a talk where Spencer W. Kimball mentioned orgasms in the same sentence as streaking]

Uh oh – I guess I should rethink listing orgasm and streaking in the hobbies section of my resume.

• Hogarth:

I was never comfortable with the adjective “little” being used in reference to my “factory.”

hawkgrrrl, in her post “Communication Fail” at W&T:

I confess that I’m really not able to keep up with all the evolving social media rules of communication because I’m not 18, despite the ongoing lecture series I receive from my offspring.

Ardis E. Parshall, in her post “William G. Heberhart: Responsibility for How We Remember Those Who Can’t Speak for Themselves” at Keepapitchinin:

After poking around in other sources, I was able to link his Family Search record with that of his parents so that he was no longer floating detached in the lone and dreary database.

Rockwell, commenting on Bishop Bill’s post “Losing Control” at W&T:

[On Zoom meeting etiquette]

The best outcome will be if many people enable their video, while everyone is made to feel welcome to join and participate even with their video disabled. The trick would be avoiding having two tiers of participants, the faithful video-enabled-ites and the lukewarm video-disabled-ites.

Dave B., in his post “Behold the Liahona, Your New Church Magazine” at W&T:

There’s a Come Follow Me section, including the article “What did Moroni Teach Joseph Smith?” The first thing I noticed was how much the young Joseph Smith in the article looks like a young Ringo Starr, but maybe that’s just me. In 2020, we get by with a little help from our friends. Here comes the sun: 2021 is just around the corner. A testimony, it don’t come easy. No, those are not quotes from the article.

p, commenting on Dave B.’s post:

The Brethren don’t understand that Liahona will compete w/ TicToc videos of tie-dyed raccoons having gay sex in a Bangkok opium den.