• He gave the fucker 3 kinder eggs! I’d personally be offended if the pope himself, as an easter present , gave me a fucking kinder egg! I mean, you find those in any supermarket for around 6-7€ each. And that’s the present you give to the VP of “the most important country in the world”? That’s not a diss, that’s THE diss.

    • Jerkface (any/all)
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      They are exotic in the USA, where they are illegal. Clearly the pope was trying to kill Shady Van’s kids.

    • @djsp@feddit.org
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      122 hours ago

      The AP reported:

      The 88-year-old pope offered the Catholic vice president three big chocolate Easter eggs for Vance’s three young children, who did not attend, as well as a Vatican tie and rosaries.

      • I saw the images. Kinder eggs. They are by no means unique or even good. They are just cheap chocolate with cheap licensed figures. I mean, there are way better eggs if you want to make a meaningful present. He just went with what the fucker deserved. A cheap option for a cheap asshole.

        • @tal@lemmy.today
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          420 hours ago

          They are just cheap chocolate with cheap licensed figures.

          Kinder Surprise eggs are illegal in the US, as federal regulations deem them a choking hazard.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinder_Surprise

          A 1938 law, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, prohibits confectionery products that contain a “non-nutritive object”, unless the non-nutritive object has functional value.[34] Essentially, the Act bans “the sale of any candy that has embedded in it a toy or trinket”.[35]

          If Pope Francis actually gave Vance’s children Kinder Surprise eggs — as opposed to some other type of chocolate egg — we can reasonably assume that the pope was trying to murder Vance’s kids, and that Vance probably felt that he had to strike before the pope made any subsequent attempts.

          • nocturne
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            118 hours ago

            we can reasonably assume that the pope was trying to murder Vance’s kids

            Sever the bloodline

        • @djsp@feddit.org
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          120 hours ago

          I didn’t mean to dispute that. I just checked what you stated and posted what I found for anyone else who, like me, wasn’t up to date on this meeting. I share your assessment.