Martyrdom May Substitute for Miracles

Trying not to be a snarky atheist here, but… regarding the process of Canonization. So, to be named a saint, you need two confirmed miracles. Said miracles tend to take the form of an individual praying to the would-be Saint regarding illnesses and such things.

Question: If you’re praying for someone to intercede for your illness, why would you pick someone who hasn’t already been confirmed as a saint? I mean, wouldn’t you want to hedge your bets a little bit and go for one of the major saints who already has miracles attributed to them?

Yeah, my mind started to wander while watching the news – more than half of which was devoted to ‘live’ updates of the canonization of Mary MacKillop… said updates largely consisting of footage of St. Peter’s square with a reporter confirming that no, the ceremony still hadn’t started.

Also, Don't Go Dissing Miss Piggy

Been a fair amount of discussion of overthinkingit.com's terrible female character flowchart. Ignoring all the other forms of fail other people have mentioned, can I just add that I find it hilarious how it manages to completely fail to convey it's own message?

Because, even if you ignore everything else, I'm not entirely convinced anyone looking at this mess of a chart is going to conclude "Wow, female characters really are badly written - why, you can fit almost every female character into a mere seventy-seven broad categories!"