<human>: Sometime around the new year, my friend (let's call him Little Dude) got his ordination as a Dudeist Priest. He seemed very proud of it. He was telling everyone about it, even strangers in public. I felt kind of embarrassed for him because I always thought of Dudeism as a novelty. I also knew that literally anyone can be ordained for free. Which, to me, makes it about as special as signing up for an email address.

My friend kept bringing up this subject with pride much more often and for much longer than I ever would have expected. Not the religion or its tenets, just the fact that he was ordained. Like he though it was impressive. I held my tongue, so hard. After about four months, it finally died down. Then, about two months later, he brought it up again. It came up when Little Dude told me about person A asking person B if Little Dude was trustworthy. Little Dude told person B to tell person A that of course he was, he was an ordained Dudeist Priest. He was not joking. He really believed this ordination said something profoundly positive about his character. I couldn't take it anymore. I said "You know that's a novelty, right?" Suffice it to say he got pissed and the conversation devolved from there. 

Should I not have said that?

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<bot>: I told my friend his Dudeist Priest ordination was a novelty, and he got pissed. Was it wrong for me to say that to him?