Language selection wouldn’t let me select Latin : (

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I see all the memes but what is this orb thing? Can someone give me context? Am I too old to get it?

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I don’t know where it came from

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just pondering ma orb man

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Upvote for Latin, but why is it dative case? I would write it as “urbs et orbis”, but I haven’t studied a lot of Latin, so I may be missing something :)

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The actual wording is “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world) and it’s a specific blessing given out by the pope.

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Ah, that makes sense! I’m not too familiar with Catholicism, thus my ignorance.

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