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That does not make me a "pope."

And the connotation that I'm being looked at as a "pope" makes me quite uncomfortable, to be honest.

Sorry if the connotation of the word "whale" is uncomfortable for you. Bottom line I see you wise man. That.

It is POPE that is uncomfortable. Nothing was said about “whale.”

(And I'd still probably be considered a dolphin/orca here maybe, compared to the REAL whales).