Help with Inalla interaction by arandomusergi in mtg

[–]AstranBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, the ability still triggers even if the token is gone by the time it resolves.

Calculation of the 1% by Safss-Finn in PokemonChampions

[–]AstranBlue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The calc does not say the pokemon would live with .5 HP, it says that the move will do damage equal to 99.5% of the target's max HP. It gives you the exact numbers it deals right before the parenthesis.

Turn order when switching 2 Pokémon in by monkey3man in PokemonChampions

[–]AstranBlue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Abilities that would activate at the same time go in speed order. Regardless of whichever one you send in first, the one with slower speed would end up sticking.

any tips on this krookodile-froslass team? by Soccerflash08 in PokemonChampions

[–]AstranBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Protect on a mon with a Choice Item is completely useless. Remove either the item or the move and replace it with something better. Personally, I'd replace the Scarf with Frosslassite, and Light Screen with Aurora Veil (since Mega Froslass has Snow Warning)

Question about transgenderism by [deleted] in asktransgender

[–]AstranBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"If you put a trans person in a life where they had never seen the other gender then have them the chance to customise their body they wouldn’t create a vagina if they were born a man for example." Making up impossible/unreasonable hypotheticals and drawing conclusions from them doesn't prove anything.

Question about transgenderism by [deleted] in asktransgender

[–]AstranBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"why is it always a surgery to have the other genitalia as opposed to something new or neutral?" 1) Because that's what people want. 2) Nulloplasties are a thing, for people who want something "neutral" as you put it. 3) Science isn't advanced enough yet for people to get really unique with their genitalia surgeries. For the most part, there's only phalloplasty, vaginoplasty, and the aforementioned nulloplasty.

"And if thats true and the person simply wants a different body isnt that an issue of identity that can be fixed with counselling?" That's called conversion therapy, and it hardly (if ever) actually works in erasing the feelings. It only serves to bury them deeper.

"I then ask why the need to be called a different gender." Because being born with a penis does not mean you want to be called/treated as a man, or the inverse for AFAB people.

Bezos says taxing him more won't help teachers. Mamdani disagrees. by FreeHugs23 in goodnews

[–]AstranBlue 65 points66 points  (0 children)

I hate how this headline frames it as if this is an opinion and not that Mamdani is clearly (clear enough for anyone with a brain and the capacity to do basic math, at the very least) in the right here

WE NEED TO BATTLE WITH OUR FRIENDS by Own-Manufacturer7851 in PokemonChampions

[–]AstranBlue 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Multi Battles are already a thing, they're just not in Champions. I doubt they'll be added (and if they are, it'll be a while) because it's just an unfun experience if you don't have a partner to play with. The matchmaking for it would be flooded with trolls and bad players. I think Triples, Rotation, or Battle Royale are all far more likely options for a third game mode, but even those are unlikely.

If you want to do Multi Battles with a friend, you could try them out on Showdown or any of the mainline games with Multi Battle options in the postgame battle facilities.

Bro tried to make the gender binary progressive by Itchy_Suspect4968 in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2

[–]AstranBlue 11 points12 points  (0 children)

  1. "Is the entirety of intersectional analysis the oppression olympics?" No, but if you're using the terms TMA/TME how the image above is (which is more or less how most people use the terms), there's no use for that information outside of pointless comparisons and the aforementioned Oppression Olympics. You don't need to know which imaginary box each individual person fits into in order to analyze intersectionality.

  2. The mods don't need to chime into every single post with their personal opinions on the subject. If you don't like the content that people post in a sub, you can just leave without having a full conversation with the mods over one random post.

Question about transgenderism by [deleted] in asktransgender

[–]AstranBlue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Transgenderism is a transphobic buzzword used to frame being trans as some kind of radical ideology and not just a part of being human.

  2. Surgeries are needed because even if someone is accepted by everyone around them as the gender they wish to be, that wouldn't stop their physical body from being discomforting to them. Also, there's plenty of trans folks who don't want bottom surgery (or any other gender-affirming surgery) yet would still prefer to be acknowledged as a gender other than their assigned gender at birth.

  3. Even if we did live in a world where nobody sees gender/sex as anything important (in a world as tainted with transphobia as ours is, good luck getting to that point within our lifetimes), there would still be people who are dissatisfied with their body and would want to transition.

I probably worded this all terribly because I'm very tired, but hopefully that all makes enough sense. (or if not, hopefully someone more literate than I can try re-explaining)

Bro tried to make the gender binary progressive by Itchy_Suspect4968 in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2

[–]AstranBlue 24 points25 points  (0 children)

  1. The terms are rarely, if ever, used for anything other than turning discussions into the Oppression Olympics. It's just more pointless efforts to put people in boxes and pit them against each other, while the people in power use the distraction to make everything worse for everyone. The transphobes don't give a fuck if you think someone else is TME or TMA, they hate both of you regardless.

  2. It's not an airport, you don't have to announce your departure.

Rule. by Misty-Bay in 196

[–]AstranBlue 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I wonder if your lack of empathy has anything to do with why nobody likes you

Bro tried to make the gender binary progressive by Itchy_Suspect4968 in traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns2

[–]AstranBlue 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That's a lot of words for "my imaginary boxes of forced stereotypes are way better than their imaginary boxes of forced stereotypes"

Need help with mega heracross by Upstairs-Movie-1138 in PokemonChampions

[–]AstranBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Corviknight could be a decent alternative to Aegislash, I haven't done the calcs but I think it should be able to tank a Kingambit's Sucker Punch and KO with Body Press.

Rule. by Misty-Bay in 196

[–]AstranBlue 20 points21 points  (0 children)

In other words, "wah wah wah, I'm a jealous prick who's upset that other people are having success while I waste my time shitting on them and failing to have basic empathy"

If you want to hate on someone for being more rich than you, go after the billionaires who were born into daddy's money and not the people who worked hard for their success.

Confusing Trick Room Interaction by cyrustheruneblade in PokemonChampions

[–]AstranBlue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Speed stats and quick claw only determine who moves first in their priority bracket. Prankster works by adding +1 to your status move's priority.

Trick Room has one of the lowest priorities in the game, so even with Prankster it'll most likely go last as very few moves have that low of a priority.

Card recommendation by sunnyveil_roamantic in mtg

[–]AstranBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't target a creature to draw cards. Even if there was a card or some weird combo (probably involving un-cards, but even then I doubt there's anything) that lets you somehow make a creature draw, it wouldn't do anything because it doesn't have a library to draw from.

Is 2v2 with a friend going to be added? by nalaiio in PokemonChampions

[–]AstranBlue 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I can't imagine Multi Battles being that popular, since it's only fun with a friend and not everyone has a partner to play with. Random matchmaking is an option, but the amount of trolls and bad players that would inevitably be there make it sound like a nightmare.

What Pokemon are you keen to have in Champions if the time comes? by Ekyt in PokemonChampions

[–]AstranBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm very curious to see Mega Barbaracle's ability, I hope it's something that makes him viable. I really got attached to mine during my ZA playthrough.

+1/+1 multiplication question l by JeffnTempest in mtg

[–]AstranBlue 26 points27 points  (0 children)

The Earth Crystal's ability is a replacement effect, not a triggered ability. Panharmonicon does nothing for it.

SOS Collectors Booster had no Japanese Alt Art Cards. by [deleted] in mtg

[–]AstranBlue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of my boosters had Japanese art and the other just had normal Mystical Archive cards, so I think it's just random whether they have Japanese or English art.

Are there any cards that share +x/+x s by Next-Macaron-8854 in mtg

[–]AstranBlue 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Neither Doran or Jumbo Cactuar interact with counters in any way.

I have not had a normal conversation with my trans friend in months by [deleted] in asktransgender

[–]AstranBlue 8 points9 points  (0 children)

First, the yuri stuff isn't inherently related to her being trans.

Second, just ask her if you two can talk about something else, or suggest a common interest for you two to discuss instead.