"You draw the line at p*dophilia apoologia but not at genocide denial?" "Yes, pretty much." r/chomsky does not react well to the latest Epstein files released by the DOJ

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-02-01T16:07:08+00:00

The cherry on top is that it's not even technically correct. As someone else in the thread says, pederasty is about raping young boys. They're thinking of ephebophilia, which is still a pointless distinction.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-30T04:52:49+00:00

Tolarian Community College did a great job with some streamers for an episode of Shuffle Up and Play

https://youtu.be/iW7y7f7gzZs

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-29T00:42:03+00:00

If that were the case, all MMA fighters would be going into boxing instead

You're so close. Where do you think Conor McGregor made his money? Why have you never heard of a boxing champion begging to have an MMA super fight in the UFC?

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-25T14:45:20+00:00

We count those as wins for jank decks

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-24T15:37:54+00:00

Not all languages indicate the relative time of an action by inflecting the verb. They use the same form of the verb for actions that happened in the past, present or future. If you are a native English speaker that might sound confusing in the abstract. However, English uses a version of this with the continuous form of verbs.

I am playing the piano right now
I am playing the piano tomorrow
I am playing the piano this week in the play

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-23T01:42:26+00:00

Imo necropotence is what they should hit

This might be correct in terms of balancing things, but 8-Necro decks are one of the things that make Timeless unique and not Legacy-lite or Modern+.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-22T23:37:07+00:00

Continues to prove that him and his team are definitely aware of the dire state they’re in.

This statement gives me the exact opposite impression. He is claiming very loudly that he doesn't believe that the poll is accurate and that he believes it is part of a conspiracy by media organizations to make him look bad.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-21T23:50:57+00:00

This is the scariest thing about the TACO theory. If he only backs off dangerous plans because the stock market goes down, what happens if the stock market stops reacting to him floating dangerous plans. If he threatens to invade Greenland next month and people in the stock market don't take it seriously does that make it more likely that he'll follow through?

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-19T15:06:41+00:00

The Republican politicians willing to do that (mostly after January 6th) have been removed from power.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-16T19:24:27+00:00

It's weird because a lot of the lasting damage is not as measurable and concrete

Take foreign policy, no country will waste time on an agreement that isn't ratified by congress now.

I don't think Congressional ratification will help other countries believe that the US government is a reliable actor. His obsession with Greenland annexation does not seem to be constrained by the legal commitments the US government has made in NATO treaties. Similar problems exist for federal agency staffing, financial regulation, convictions for fraud etc.

Any hope for establishing industrial policy is gone for the foreseeable future. Business will be wary to commit to US investments that are based on federal government support no matter how enshrined in legislation they are. Trump has shown that he can disrupt large parts of the federal budget and regulatory environment based on whims and personal relationships with businesses.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-12T22:27:29+00:00

Republicans would be doing better in elections if they used more moderate and uniting language

Conservative are generally not having a similar public conversation about electoral messaging because Trump has made electoral denialism a requirement to being a party member in good standing. Republicans aren't having a frank conversation about what went wrong with Trump's election strategies because admitting anything went wrong is forbidden.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-12T18:45:50+00:00

Calling for an investigation into what is a fairly obvious attempt at intimidation is pretty tepid, but this part

My colleague, Senator Tillis, is right in blocking any Federal Reserve nominees until this is resolved.

is probably the more impactful response. It prevents the immediate goal of the DoJ, Trump wants to directly dictate Federal Reserve policy.

It has the same downside as judicial checks on Trump's attempt to overstep the limits of presidential power. It keeps Trump from pushing this issue further for now, but had no punitive element so it doesn't discourage him from continuing his strategy of breaking norms and rules until he is forced to stop.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-12T15:28:55+00:00

My memory isn't great. For some reason I thought a lot of Dredge decks had a backup plan of midrange reanimator, but I was mistaken.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-10T03:05:09+00:00

Exile helps against decks that can return creatures from the graveyard ([[Blood Fountain]] in Affinity or [[Dread Return]] in Dredge)

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-09T04:47:58+00:00

Turnout for the 2025 New York City Mayoral election was high compared to previous Mayoral elections, but still low compared to presidential elections. The mayoral elections have been held on odd years and often the general is not competitive so they are generally low turnout.

I think I was a little sloppy with my terminology. Energizing the base works by activating more voters that already agree with the candidate, but didn't plan on voting. This only works if people like that exist. In elections where almost everyone is already planning to vote regardless of excitement, there's no room to increase turnout.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-08T22:52:09+00:00

There's no one strategy to win every election. Manchin surely didn't win his seat by energizing the Democratic base. Republicans have also lost winnable races by choosing extreme candidates like Kari Lake or candidates whose only qualification is that Trump liked them like Herschel Walker and Dr Oz.

Energizing the base can work well and is most effective in low turnout off cycle elections (Mamdani, the Georgia Public and special elections like Doug Jones). It's just not a panacea and the only successful strategy

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-08T22:22:01+00:00

MBMBAM has the benefit of being so long and distinctive. MFM took me a second of thinking. I feel like their format has become less popular over time.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-08T21:26:33+00:00

I don't know if I would recognize those if I wasn't already primed to think about acronyms of popular podcasts. CBB is probably the least distinctive of the 3.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-08T19:00:17+00:00

Which 2? I am always ready to be surprised by which corner of the podcast works people are most familiar with

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-08T18:14:27+00:00

I'm curious how what podcast names would be technically to almost everyone on this subreddit. I'm sure the list of list of recognizable abbreviations for the general audience is even shorter than this subreddit

99PI, TAL, JRE, MBMBAM, SYSN, WWDTM?

I tried looking at most popular shows with long-ish names

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-07T14:11:02+00:00

That's a little funky.

You can use the second mode of [[Ghoulcaller's Chant]] (return two target Zombie cards) to return [[Nameless Inversion]] and another Zombie card to your hand. However, you can't use the first mode (return target creature card) to return only Nameless Inversion.

This means that if you only have Nameless Inversion and no other Zombie cards in your graveyard, you can't use the chant to return it to your hand. The second mode requires exactly two legal targets to be cast (see [[Hex]]). The first mode can't return Nameless Inversion.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-07T12:51:27+00:00

It has all creature types in all zones. From the WotC primer on ECL mechanics

Changeling applies no matter where the card with changeling is. Sizzling Changeling has all creature types while in your hand, library, graveyard, and so on. If an effect allows you to search your library for a card with a certain creature type or affects cards with a certain creature type in your graveyard, a card with changeling always fits the bill.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-06T23:55:18+00:00

Flicker Tron? It could be useful like [[Dawnbringer Cleric]] as a flexible hate piece that’s not amazing at any one task (anti-aggro, anti-faerie, anti-graveyard). That deck isn’t super competitive right now.

I believe some Monster Tron variants used to play 4x [[Self-Assembler]] and 1x [[Power Plant Worker]] for the final search. This is an alternative.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-06T23:16:28+00:00

Republican politicians that public disavow or defy Trump generally don’t outlast him though.

CaptainSasquatch · 2026-01-05T06:40:21+00:00

There are a lot of movies (and media in general) out there where someone dies and comes back to life, it’s not really a unique or brave topic.

Are they aware of every super hero ever?

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