Ask Nathan Anything: Quarantine Edition

[WMS]

Do you drink soda and if so what is your favourite variety?

I rarely drink soda but when I do it's almost always either Sprite or Mexican Coke. Very occasionally Jarritos at a Mexican restaurant or Ramune at a Japanese restaurant.

Which flavor of Jarritos? Answers other than Tamarind are incorrect btw

[WMS]

Which flavor of Jarritos? Answers other than Tamarind are incorrect btw

Mango. Sorry.

Blasphemy.

More seriously, have you ever done a full ranking of every Pope and explained why? A big task, but I would find it extremely fascinating to see your list.

[WMS]

That was excellent! Thank you for doing it!

Now it only whets my appetite for more! There are so many interesting figures and hearing the viewpoint of an theologically learned left Catholic like yourself helps fill in the gaps left over from my historical-based review of many, many years ago - I once read the Wikipedia articles for every Pope to try and get a better view of them.

[WMS]

A place to start is, oddly enough, the Useful Notes section on the Popes at TV Tropes. Wait till you get to the Accidental Pope!

[WMS]

Ok, the Accidental Pope:

“[redacted] The "Accidental" Pope. During Papal Conclaves, it was common for the cardinals to vote for someone who has no chance of actually winning the papacy on the first ballot, solely to gauge the leaning of the other voters. The strategy backfired miserably as 15 of the 16 electors (except [redacted]) all independently voted for [redacted] on the first ballot ("And the last shall be first" indeed). As pope he did a pretty good job too.”