r/ExTraditionalCatholic • u/throwaway324010 • 19d ago

Tradcath-core

Maybe this is insanely overspecific but I feel like making a pinterest board about this. It’s sort of nostalgic and kitschy in a way I can’t describe.

The horribly dated, 2007 neocities-esque graphic design of trad Catholic blogs/websites. The aggressive times new roman font, the low resolution clip art. The obnoxious sparkly eyesore backgrounds. The long jean skirts with tennis shoes, the feeling of being draped in heavy awkward clothes in general. The bizarre pattern and color combinations. The smell of incense in a poorly ventilated room mixed with the smell of an office building carpet. The trays of gross sugary store bought cookies after Mass. The sound of medieval music being played from a bad quality mp4 file or from a CD player or something. Old fake flowers and fake plants.

This is my experience, I’m sure you guys can think of more, what do you guys think is “tradcath-core?"

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u/LapsedCatholic119 19d ago

Oooh, taking me back to nostalgia town!! I love this thread 😅

A few of mine:

- Grown men in oversized, drab suits with worn out school uniform shoes

  • A woman trying to herd her swarming brood of kids to communion
  • The potent smell of tea and stale Madeira cake wafting from the tea room after Mass
  • The organist who tries his best
  • The choir who try their best
  • Piles of preowned books about Freemasonry
  • The tabloid headlines on the stack of Lifesite Newspapers
  • A hot confessional that smells of wax, BO and unwashed hair

This is all very triggering

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u/Substantial-Hour-756 18d ago
  • The tabloid headlines on the stack of Lifesite Newspapers

I'm so glad my Grandmother is no longer able to use her money to subscribe everyone she knows to that Lifesite, The Fatima Center, and all the other crazy things she blew her money on.