# Just shoot me now; the Pope is hipper than I am. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 3, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893 "2012-12-03T19:45:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/1 "2012-12-03T19:45:53Z")
He’ll be [tweeting as @pontifex.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20581755) I have a twitter account, but I don’t use it. No smart phone, no pad-anything. Just my laptop. I don’t text on my phone. This is embarrassing. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/2 "2012-12-03T19:46:51Z")
You know it is probably not actually him tweeting. It’s his lackeys. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/3 "2012-12-03T19:48:54Z")
So how much weight does a Papal Tweet carry? If he posts, “Man this meeting is boring.” is it considered a holy judgement? Can one delete the word of Christs Vicar without sin? Does he Tweet in red? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/4 "2012-12-03T19:49:00Z")
Or it’s God tweeting through him. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/5 "2012-12-03T19:51:58Z")
Unless the OP has an entourage to tweet for him… somehow, I think the Pope still wins this round. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/6 "2012-12-03T19:54:23Z")
It only counts if the Pope is Tweeting _ex carhedra_. Otherwise, it’s just his personal opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/7 "2012-12-03T20:09:30Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It only counts if the Pope is Tweeting _ex carhedra_. > Otherwise, it’s just his personal opinion. Well, he’d hardly be the first person to tweet “from the throne.” ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/8 "2012-12-03T20:10:07Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It only counts if the Pope is Tweeting _ex **car** hedra_. > Otherwise, it’s just his personal opinion. Is _ex carhedra_ when he is tweeting from the popemobile? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/9 "2012-12-03T20:12:45Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Is _ex carhedra_ when he is tweeting from the popemobile? Only if he has a PopeMobile Device. And does he have a Papal Paypal account? ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/10 "2012-12-03T20:25:15Z")
Follow! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/11 "2012-12-03T20:45:58Z")
“Pasta, pasta, pasta. Where can you get some knodel in this town?” “Been thinking Martin Luther made some good points…NOT!” “Tell me the truth. Does the big hat make me look bad-ass or just silly?” “Saw the new Keisha video. I’d like to Benedict me some of that.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/12 "2012-12-03T20:57:09Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > He’ll be [tweeting as @pontifex.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20581755) > > I have a twitter account, but I don’t use it. No smart phone, no pad-anything. Just my laptop. I don’t text on my phone. > > This is embarrassing. Dude, if the Pope’s doing it, it’s no longer hip. May be useful, or practical, or fun, but it’s not hip. “@pontifex” means that Twitter just slipped down from “hip” to “mundane”. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/13 "2012-12-03T21:16:44Z")
At least they finally stopped using the Ponti-fax machine. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/14 "2012-12-03T21:20:15Z")
I give him 6 months until he “accidently” tweets a photo of his junk. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/15 "2012-12-03T21:22:11Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Dude, if the Pope’s doing it, it’s no longer hip. May be useful, or practical, or fun, but it’s not hip. > > “@pontifex” means that Twitter just slipped down from “hip” to “mundane”. Was this supposed to make me feel better??? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/16 "2012-12-03T22:50:30Z")
I haven’t looked, but I guarantee this spawns a funny faux-Pope account, if one doesn’t already exist. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-shoot-me-now-the-pope-is-hipper-than-i-am/642893/17 "2012-12-04T01:36:39Z")
Not to be outdone, Obama just sent out a picture of himself tweeting, on his Facebook account. > **[Barack Obama](https://www.facebook.com/barackobama)** > > Barack Obama. 56,375,706 likes · 202,625 talking about this. Dad, husband, former President, citizen. > **[President Obama Answers #My2k Questions on Twitter](https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2012/12/03/president-obama-answers-my2k-questions-twitter)** > > Today, the President connected directly with the Americans who are speaking out about middle-class tax cuts during a live Twitter Q&A from the Roosevelt Room of the White House. Why doesn’t \*\*Cecil \*\*ever have Twitter sessions with us, his most teeming of masses?