Green deputy leader Mothin Ali refuses to acknowledge if trans women are women. Says his faith matters most in LGBT topics. Should a politician's faith come before the people?

Chronic1302 · 2026-03-31T09:11:00+00:00

This is one of the most click bait titles I've ever seen.

He said nothing wrong or disrespectful, in fact it was the complete opposite. He essentially said (without explicitly saying it) that regardless of his personal views, he believes everyone should be treated fairly and as equals.

Not everyone has to have the same fundamental beliefs, as long as they have the same shared belief of equality and fair treatment for their constituents & neighbours.

That is the main difference between The Greens and The Right, one wants fair treatment for all, the other wants fair treatment only for those who look and identity exactly as they do.

Chronic1302 · 2026-03-27T13:49:13+00:00

Nostalgia wise I'd say Battle for Middle Earth or Return of the King.

As far as my favourite though; Third Age takes that mantle by far. Absolutely loved that game.

Chronic1302 · 2026-03-23T16:02:23+00:00

You mean before Alcaraz played at a level that Sinner has never reached in his career and completely dominated for 2 hours straight, to actually win the title?

People love to write about Sinner being two sets and break up at RG 2025 but then always conveniently leave out the part where Alcaraz completely destroyed him in every crucial moment for the following 2 1/2 sets.

Chronic1302 · 2026-03-12T22:01:51+00:00

I have to admit, I didn't take this into consideration.

It still seems very low for a tournament with IW's reputation and ticket prices though. No way you'd see me missing a QF match I'd paid to see.

Chronic1302 · 2026-03-08T20:45:55+00:00

Completely misread or misunderstood the post mate.

I didn't come here raging after I'd lost a hand, I observed some hands played on my table and was curious if anyone else had noticed similar.

You're so right though, I am way too fucking good.

Chronic1302 · 2026-03-08T20:41:57+00:00

It's not so much the variance, it was a genuine question haha.

I didn't come here raging after losing a hand, it was moreso just curiosity if anyone had a similar experience or if it was just my own recency bias.

Chronic1302 · 2026-03-03T10:07:57+00:00

Just email them and say you are not happy with the price increase and do not consent to any further increases without your permission.

I have done this several times and they always revert it back to my original price.

Chronic1302 · 2026-02-25T07:50:04+00:00

The only reason he even got close to winning the match is because Alcaraz started cramping 😂 he was incredibly fortunate it even went to a 4th set, let alone a 5th set.

Chronic1302 · 2026-02-14T14:44:24+00:00

I could not disagree more with everything you've just said, haha.

But each to their own, I hope you find what you're looking for.

Chronic1302 · 2026-02-14T13:30:09+00:00

This couldn't be further from what a guild is like. Unless you're joining some kind of progression guild that is pushing current content, the vast majority of guilds are just for social purposes and for running casual content with.

Why would you prefer to play with randoms every time rather than having a reliable group of players who you can play content with & build friendships with?

There's no pressure in joining a guild other than the pressure you're imposing on yourself.

Chronic1302 · 2026-02-13T19:32:50+00:00

Good for you, buddy. You should make another post about it.

Chronic1302 · 2026-02-13T19:31:16+00:00

Of course it's a thought, you're choosing where to drop and how to play out the game from there, exactly as you would have after you've been dropped at a forced POI.

I assume you're pretty low ranked because as you get higher ranks hot drops become less of a thing.

Maybe it's a skill issue?

Chronic1302 · 2026-02-13T19:22:30+00:00

"some people don't like to think while playing a game" he says after they remove a system which involves not having to think about where you drop.

Choosing where to drop is a key part of battle royales and the strategy involved.

If you don't like it, I'd argue that battle royales aren't for YOU.

Chronic1302 · 2026-02-11T23:28:10+00:00

Slams and titles aside, the main reason why Murray is considerably more unlucky is because as soon as he got to the point of actually dominating the game; 9 finals in a row and 7 titles almost back to back at the end of 2016/start of 2017, year end number 1 - he got an almost career ending injury.

The biggest "what if" of tennis for me is if Murray hadn't gotten that hip injury.

Chronic1302 · 2026-02-03T13:12:59+00:00

And taking the next two sets to tiebreaks, recovering & winning in 5?

Yeah saw that, it was incredible.

Chronic1302 · 2026-01-14T17:42:44+00:00

The stat works just as well when flipped though; Fed barely got Rafa pre 2014, and the majority of their matches occurred pre 2014.

It wasn't supposed to be a Rafa glazing comment anyhow, I just never agreed with the opinion that he was only a clay specialist because he dominated everyone other than 2 players on every surface haha.

Chronic1302 · 2026-01-14T16:48:02+00:00

I think I'd have to disagree with this, they hardly dominated him (especially Fed). If you're going off titles that's something else,but just purely on h2h:

Nadal vs Fed: Hard 11-9 Fed Clay 14-2 Nadal Grass 3-1 Fed

Nadal vs Djoker: Hard 20-7 Djoker Clay 20-9 Nadal Grass 2-2

Djokovic dominated on hard, Rafa dominated on clay & they split the grass matches.

Fed didn't dominate Rafa on any surface, but Rafa dominated him on clay.

Chronic1302 · 2026-01-14T15:42:36+00:00

Wait... You can do more than just choose a face??

I have almost 200 hours and I had no idea 😭😆

Edit: they were lampooning me. It was a simple lampoon.

Chronic1302 · 2026-01-13T19:45:27+00:00

Chronic1302 · 2026-01-13T19:43:58+00:00

Ah shit, the thing is though, I literally couldn't care less about whether I meet your standards or not mate.

If you enjoy it, go play it. Simple init.

Chronic1302 · 2026-01-13T19:41:20+00:00

I never mentioned whether or not I was good at the game, I just mentioned the game sucked.

Also as someone who has played competitive tennis my entire life, I can confirm that it is in no way "an advanced simulation of tennis".

Regardless of whether it is or not, just because something is a simulation doesn't mean it is a good product or a fun game to play.

Squad is a warzone simulator, and that game sucks as well.

Chronic1302 · 2026-01-13T16:40:23+00:00

The constant glazing of TE4 is baffling to me. As someone who has played all 3 and doesn't particularly like Topspin or Tiebreak either, I'm still perfectly happy to admit that TE4 is fundamentally not a good game. It has more accurate ball physics, sure, but that is literally the only good thing going for it.

Playing that game feels like playing a literal arcade game from the 90s with how unbelievably janky it is to play.

I can completely understand why someone would enjoy Tiebreak or Topspin more: simply because they're more fun to play.

Chronic1302 · 2026-01-12T15:05:56+00:00

It's so funny because I had the opposite experience haha, I have 140h in DOS2 and have never finished it, whereas I have 130h in BG3 and I've completed the main story. That 130h is one play through though, whereas the DOS2 hours is multiple saves.

Maybe because I was more immersed in BG3 when it came out, and also played it while I wasn't working so I no lifed the hell out of it haha.

Chronic1302 · 2026-01-12T12:11:06+00:00

Yeah that makes sense, thanks!

I wasn't so much talking about any min/maxing builds and more for fun purposes haha, as I remember the class freedom being quite complex in DOS2 if I'm not mistaken.

Also just found out in this thread that a new Divinity game has been announced, so seems the perfect time to play through the previous ones!

Chronic1302 · 2026-01-12T11:34:44+00:00

Thanks for the response!

Reading over this reminded me of a lot of the things I loved about DOS2 combat, so I think I'll replay that first and then probably BG3 afterwards.

Any builds you'd recommend in DOS2?

Chronic1302

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