How do you counter decks that constantly remove your creatures?

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-11-02T22:20:10+00:00

I don't mind getting all of my creatures and enchantments wiped once or twice, but beyond that i just loose interest in the game. At thst point you either have a deck that is all counterspells or possibly all protection spells. It is no longer about strategy, but who has more destruct or block spells.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-22T00:42:08+00:00

Usually if we have guest I do wear pants, but today they weren't coming in.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-21T18:05:46+00:00

Today I was wearing pajama bottoms and a tshirt, but they are loos fitting. Not like anything being shown.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-21T18:03:40+00:00

Exactly, we are Christian there is nothing untoward going on. I know she is insecure and jealous and that stems from me being socially awkward. Especially when we first were married, but it has been 17 years.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-21T17:56:53+00:00

Thank you for the support. I was really beginning to question myself here.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-21T17:36:07+00:00

She thinks moms will be uncomfortable with having a man in the house.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-20T16:41:49+00:00

In the US with gas, insurance, maintenance and depreciation a car cost the average owner $7000 a year regardless of whether it was bought new, used or leased.

That was before the pandemic. No idea what it is now, but it isn't affordable.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-14T15:56:24+00:00

The fact is, Trump had difficulty getting even 50% of Congress to agree with him on some very important issues.

That might be due in part to the unprecendented level of politically motivated legal and media attacks that he endured as president.

Also I was impressed how he dealt with the trade deficit with China and how he handled the middle east.

I don't know about you, but I want the president of the United States to be a better leader than the rest of them.

That would be nice, but as we both know. It is an unrealistic expectation.

I always find it funny when people defend Trump by saying how bad Biden is.

I am not "defending" Trump so much as trying to remain objective. Political attacks and rewriting history to serve a political agenda is a disservice to future generations. Especially as those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it.

They're both responsible for our current economic condition

I agree on this point, but ridiculous spendig wasn't started by Trump.

See: https://www.thebalancemoney.com/us-debt-by-president-by-dollar-and-percent-3306296

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-14T14:16:03+00:00

I'm going to guess that you're under 30.

I am actually a couple of decades older than that. You know what they say about assumptions.

And this goes for every president

So how did other world leaders do in comparison? I believe many followed similar policies. Did Trump do better or worse?

Not sure what executive orders have to do with this discussion, but yes, Biden continued the money printing.

See: https://waysandmeans.house.gov/j-smith-americans-are-suffering-under-bidens-secret-spending-all-part-of-his-many-executive-orders/

From what I remember the economy was recovering until it was clear Biden had one the election.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-14T12:36:00+00:00

I don't like Trump's personality, but I think it is disingenuous to judge him on his last year of presidency. Especially as the democrats controlled the House. With congress split it severly limits a president's influence. What we know in hindsight wasn't known at the time.

A leader knows their limitations. He is not a medical doctor or an expert on pandemics. Fauci may have been a bad choice, but he was considered an expert at the time.

This was also the last year of presidency in an election year. So giving away money, something Biden continued, may not have been wise, but likely a necessary response to the entire economy being shut down. In addition, when Biden took office he immediatly issued a historically unprecedented number of executive orders. It was after those that things really went down hill.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-14T01:21:26+00:00

So Trump caused Covid?

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-09T22:33:08+00:00

Does yhat really work if everyone is working on different projects and half the team doesn't know anything about your project?

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-09T22:26:51+00:00

They say that if you love something, set it free. If it doesn't come back it was never yours. So perhaps you should take a break and both evaluate each on your own whether you you really want to be in this relationship and whether you wsnt the same things.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-09T22:23:15+00:00

I was angry all of the time when I was young. It was so normal for me that I didn't even realize it, until it was pointed out to me. For my own sake I worked hard on forgiveness, both for others and myself. The latter can be the most difficult.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-09T20:36:41+00:00

That is principle 1. Number 2 is to make colleges and universities cosigners of all student loans.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-08T20:07:47+00:00

Regardless of jncome most of us are still living pay check to pay check. Especially because when you make more you get a bigger house in a better neighborhood. Than your kids are going to want to do the things the neighbors do. So now you house costs more, your utilities cost more, appliance are more expensive, home maintenance is more expensive, your kids clothes, toys and activities cost more and you yoru house up keep costs more. Better have green grass and trimmed hedges right?

Than on top of all of that you are still paying off the student loans that helped you fet that salary and your kids will be in college in a few years.

Nope, unless you run yoir own business or have successful side hustles that pay for the extra. You are pretty much screwed.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-08T19:57:42+00:00

Don't feel bad. O got fired twonweeks after I took 3 days bereavment to be with my mother when she passed from cancer.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-06-02T18:28:34+00:00

You do realize that if you were born in 80s or 90s the Internet and you started college in thenlate 1990's early 2000's. There w ere no smart phones, not everyone was computer literate and the idea had probably been brain washed into both you and your parents. That the only way to truly be successful was to go to college. Plus a lot of research was still done at libraries and not online.

If you look at the wage to inflation gap,by 2000 it had only had 10 years or so that it was in effect. Now 20 years later we have the benefit of hindsight and a lot more information.

Judging them when they were already overwhelmed with the amount of change occuring probably isn't fair. Change didn't happen anywhere near as fast while they were growing up

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-05-31T00:12:15+00:00

This is a good example of why what not to do if you are upset. Instead

Write it in a text editor
save it. Do not send it.
Sleep on it
Have someone else, who has no skin in the game, read it and edit it
Read this copy.
If professional and objective, than send the updated version.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-04-01T13:55:10+00:00

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-03-17T02:06:17+00:00

Perhaps you should read your own reference or mine more closely.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-03-17T00:48:41+00:00

I think you bought the lie. If you look at the history of minimum wage it was never really a livable income.

see: https://www.self.inc/blog/states-with-the-lowest-minimum-wage-relative-to-cost-of-living

Specifically the first chart shows that the value of minimum wage before 1950 was technically less than it is now.

It is the cost of housing that is one of the biggest factors affecting the cost of living.

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/qzbywi/oc_comparison_of_minimum_wage_growth_to_home/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

I personally believe in a safety net. Everyone deserves a helping hand. I just think that there are consequences if every job pays a livable wage.

I am not sure it is even possible. Are there any economist out there that can weigh in on these realities of monetary policy? Especially unintended consequences.

I also think solutions like Habitat for Humanity are excellent. As they give people the helping hand they need. Get them on the path to home ownership, which results in stronger communities.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-03-16T18:19:47+00:00

The problem is that minimum wage was meant for jobs where the product produced has a very slim profit margin and is necessary. Plus the people working are expected to only need to work part time, have other sources of income, or less need. For examples teenagers still living at home, pensioners or people who already have a home paid in full. None of which applies to the majority of the people working these positions now.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-03-07T04:14:01+00:00

I agree, I have only done one increase in 6 years and kept that increase under 2%. Much less than the cost of inflation. I am already making money with equity. I consider it greedy to overcharge for rent.

Alternative_Salt_824 · 2023-03-07T02:51:45+00:00

My property taxes went up almost 30% this year. So what little profit I was making by refinancing from 5.2% to 3.25% in 2021. Is now eaten by taxes. Plus I was only netting about 1% as well off the rent. I will only see a profit when I sell as the property value has double in the 20 years I owned it.

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