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[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

5 minutes ago, ɴɪɢʜʈ said:

I was on a campout and somebody prayed to bless and sanctify the pizza...

Pizza is very sanctifiable. 

[Guest Ψιτιsτηε Βεsτ]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

Pizza is very sanctifiable. 

It definitely was good pizza. 

[Keke They/he]

On 1/23/2025 at 4:56 PM, ɴɪɢʜʈ said:

I was on a campout and somebody prayed to bless and sanctify the pizza...

In one of my sisters fsy classes someone prayed to have maximum spiritual rizz.

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

I haven't posted here in a while, but you are all due an update. (If you hang around the areas of the Shard that I do, though, you already know.)

I've been confirmed an Elder and have recived my Endowment, and am getting set apart as a missionary very soon. I'm serving in the California Arcadia mission, speaking Spanish.

It's been a crazy few months, and while there are some nerves, I'm also very excited. My testimony has grown in some important ways lately, which is good. And I'm sure that trend will only continue.

If any of the people reading this want to be on my email list, just send me a PM, and I'll add you.

[Eran of Arcadia]

Hey I served a mission in the California Arcadia mission speaking Spanish!

I came home in 2004, which was probably before you were born.

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

Yup.

[Eran of Arcadia]

Well, for what it's worth (and no I'm not biased) a foreign-language mission in the US is the best kind.

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

On 1/28/2025 at 9:10 AM, Thee insane said:

In one of my sisters fsy classes someone prayed to have maximum spiritual rizz.

Bro that's both like...

Sacrilege and beautiful at the same time

I mean my mom talks about spiritual rizz and how missionaries need rizz on their missions. 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

3 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

Bro that's both like...

Sacrilege and beautiful at the same time

I mean my mom talks about spiritual rizz and how missionaries need rizz on their missions. 

Well, they do!! They need all the rizz. 

—Spiritual rizz, ofc. 

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

5 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Well, they do!! They need all the rizz. 

—Spiritual rizz, ofc. 

And normal rizz

Charisma

To get converts

If you're a boring human you ain't gonna pull no baptisms

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

3 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

And normal rizz

Charisma

To get converts

If you're a boring human you ain't gonna pull no baptisms

…true enough, I suppose…

[+Slowswift]

As my dad always told me, missionaries don't convert--the Holy Ghost does. Missionaries are just the teacher.

[Ironwill2112 he/him]

whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. enough rizz talk 

edit: y'all are chill it just caught me off guard haha

Edited January 30, 2025 by Ironwill2112

[Mason Wheeler]

16 hours ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

And normal rizz

Charisma

To get converts

If you're a boring human you ain't gonna pull no baptisms

That's not what Brigham Young said.

 

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

9 minutes ago, Mason Wheeler said:

That's not what Brigham Young said.

 

Touché.

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

18 hours ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

And normal rizz

Charisma

To get converts

If you're a boring human you ain't gonna pull no baptisms

Elan, you better not be endorsing the "flirt to convert" methodology.

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

2 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

Elan, you better not be endorsing the "flirt to convert" methodology.

HEY YOU CAN HAVE RIZZ WITHOUT FLIRTING

But yeah

Yeah I endorse that

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

Just now, Ancient Elantrian said:

HEY YOU CAN HAVE RIZZ WITHOUT FLIRTING

But yeah

Yeah I endorse that

First of all, I thought that's what that word meant.

Second.....no. Just no. That's...no.

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

2 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

First of all, I thought that's what that word meant.

Second.....no. Just no. That's...no.

First: Rizz is slang for Charisma. Charisma is defined as: compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others, OR a divinely conferred power or talent.

Second...... hehehehe

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

8 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

First: Rizz is slang for Charisma. Charisma is defined as: compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others, OR a divinely conferred power or talent.

Second...... hehehehe

...I've only ever heard it spoken in the romantic context

But like, the douchebag-y romantic context where you don't really consider the person you're "rizzing" to be a person

Or maybe I'm just assuming because the kind of people I first heard the word from were the kind of people who'd do that.

Also I thought there was a w. Because English is already broken and we might as well mix all the ways it's broken together in a nice little soup.

...The words change definitions too fast, okay? I can't keep track of them.

Edited January 30, 2025 by The Bookwyrm

[Through the Living Hope]

2 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

...I've only ever heard it spoken in the romantic context

But like, the douchebag-y romantic context where you don't really consider the person you're "rizzing" to be a person

Or maybe I'm just assuming because the kind of people I first heard the word from were the kind of people who'd do that.

Also I thought there was a w. Because English is already broken and we might as well mix all the ways it's broken together in a nice little soup.

I am not LDS, nor do I ever plan to be (and there's a lot of doctrine that I disagree with so I don't necessarily support it either), but my two cents is that flirt to convert is not a good strategy if you want people to believe what you do.

If the relationship ends (especially if it ends in a not good way), it might make the person leave the belief system because they associate it with you and never want to go back to it

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

1 minute ago, Spark of Hope said:

I am not LDS, nor do I ever plan to be (and there's a lot of doctrine that I disagree with so I don't necessarily support it either), but my two cents is that flirt to convert is not a good strategy if you want people to believe what you do.

If the relationship ends (especially if it ends in a not good way), it might make the person leave the belief system because they associate it with you and never want to go back to it

Yes

This

And also missionaries are supposed to AVOID any kind of romantic anything at all. Whether that's towards someone interested in the church, or another missionary, or anyone. It's VERY against the rules.

So...just....don't.

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

35 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

Yes

This

And also missionaries are supposed to AVOID any kind of romantic anything at all. Whether that's towards someone interested in the church, or another missionary, or anyone. It's VERY against the rules.

So...just....don't.

 

39 minutes ago, Spark of Hope said:

I am not LDS, nor do I ever plan to be (and there's a lot of doctrine that I disagree with so I don't necessarily support it either), but my two cents is that flirt to convert is not a good strategy if you want people to believe what you do.

If the relationship ends (especially if it ends in a not good way), it might make the person leave the belief system because they associate it with you and never want to go back to it

Yep

Agreed

Sorry, that was supposed to be a joke but I failed miserably

Hehe... I'm gonna go hide in the hole I've dug myself into now...

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

34 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

 

Yep

Agreed

Sorry, that was supposed to be a joke but I failed miserably

Hehe... I'm gonna go hide in the hole I've dug myself into now...

Sorry.

I'm bad at jokes

And sometimes I know they're jokes but I still respond seriously because I have strong opinions when it isn't a joke.

So...yeah.

I deserve just as much hole-hiding as you if not more.

[Going_North_cal]

haha imagine being a missionary and like being in a relationship that'd be craaaazy

(its me. I'm the missionary-to-be that is in a relationship and marrying that girl after I'm back. its me)