Episode 60: 60 #This Catfish Girl

Catching Foxes

Luke and Gomer

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Tv & Film

4.8 • 769 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2016

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Catholic Twitter was delivered a crushing blow by one of its own members. Turns out, dozens of people, especially a college student and author named Chad, were catfished, which means essentially that you form a relationship with someone via social media and the whole time they are only pretending to be that person. (Here's an actual Catholic News Agency article on it.)

Luke finds it hilarious. I do too, but only because I wasn't involved and am not really a part of Catholic Twitter, being too busy watching the Apple Keynote a few dozen times. But Luke masterfully connects this incident of catfishing to a wider issue, the ANIMA TECHNICA VACUA.

Also, Luke is annoyed somewhat that people are taking this waaaay too seriously. For example: "As I consider ThisCatholicGirl in light of Exaltation of the Holy Cross, I am going to be honest—this is a conversation I am hesitant to have, because behind the public personas of the handle and Chase’s blog," (Marina Olson, Patheos Eating Peaches blog, emphasis mine)

Also, there some South Park references and a whole slew of "tiny penis" jokes, but I can neither confirm nor deny their validity.

Finally, Matt Fradd is apparently catfishing all of us. The real person behind the mask? An actual catfish named Whiskers.

Also, buy his book, Pints with Aquinas.

Also, OUR APOLOGIES TO RAYMOND ARROYO FOR THE INCORRECT INSINUATION.

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0:00.0	What should we talk about?
0:01.5	Yeah, I've got some stuff.
0:04.0	Okay.
0:04.4	I've got some stuff.
0:06.4	We haven't gotten a lot from many of our listeners, so thanks a lot, assholes.
0:17.6	It's Friday, September 16, 2016, and you're listening to Catching Foxes.
0:22.0	This is episode number 60, and we're pretty excited about it because we get to talk about a very weird thing that happened in Catholic Twitter.
0:30.1	Yes, someone got catfished, and me and Luke can't stop laughing about it.
0:35.5	Sure, people got hurt, but that's not the point.
0:37.9	The point is, it's hilarious.
0:40.3	Anywho, we also talk about some South Park, didgeridues?
0:45.7	Oh, yeah, Matt Frad, this is dedicated to you.
0:49.0	Hey, buddy, I know you're on a long drive, but don't tell me when to produce my show.
0:53.6	Don't you dare tell me when to produce my show?
0:55.7	Because now it's super late at night.
0:57.8	I haven't gone to sleep because I have Matt Frad guilt trips hanging over my head to produce
1:02.7	this show before you go on your long car trip.
1:04.7	So, so, I hope you enjoy the blatant racism against Australians, mate.
1:16.8	What do you think?
1:18.6	You know what I want to talk about more than the Catholic girl?
1:21.8	Sure.
1:22.1	I want to talk about how suddenly everyone knows and understands perfectly and uses it as
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