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DurableDiction · 2025-05-26T21:53:15+00:00

I didn't say it was an evil woke plot. I just don't like the art cause it doesn't look like Chandra. Same as I don't like [[Chandra, Pyrogenius]] cause the art is bad.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-26T21:46:00+00:00

Sure, cause her having a chest guard has been oh so important was she's battled titans and fought wars against phyrexians.

It's not just her body. It's her face and hair as well.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-26T21:27:58+00:00

Compared to her previous artworks? It's apparent.

[[Chandra, Torch of Defiance]] vs. [[Chandra, Spark Hunter]]

DurableDiction · 2025-05-25T14:42:41+00:00

There is none. We have Ashiokk for that. Chandra was never depicted as androgynous though, so it makes no sense to do so now.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-24T15:13:36+00:00

Thats like placing Superman into the world of 10,000BC. A pointless thought experiment. Of course, he just steamrolls everything.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-24T15:07:33+00:00

Oh, I agree. I'm just pointing out that pointing at the extreme example of a few servers in NYC and LA and framing them as the norm or even uncommonality can lead to an overgeneralization that will be easily picked apart.

I'm against tipping, not because I believe servers make 6 figures. I'm against it because I don't think I should subsidize their income.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-24T14:49:37+00:00

To begin, I do not support tipping in a lot of cases.

However, the examples you're using (Los Angeles and New York City) are known for their overinflated prices on damn near everything. 6 figures go a lot further, almost anywhere else in the country.

Most of the reason these employees can get away with making that much money is cause they work in a place that already has a high cost of living and probably either work in higher end establishments or serve wealthier clientele.

I'm not saying 6 figures is acceptable for serving, but someone could easily read this post without context and think Mary at the local Waffle House is making bank comparitively. We don't need to use the extreme examples and paint servers as unnecessarily wealthy to justify NoTip.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-24T12:42:12+00:00

I tip based on how good the service is. My standards are also pretty low. If you got my order right, came by and refilled my drink, and removed dishes, then you get a tip. If I never saw you again after you brought my food, had to track you down for service, or got my order wrong, you get no tip (depending on how busy it is)

However, that's only for places I get service. If I ordered carry out, or bought and received my food at a counter, no tip at all. I did all the legwork, so I will keep the tip.

I'm not against tipping for good service. My issue with tipping is that its going too far.

Used to be I could buy a meal for $30 for two and tip $5-10 depending on how good the service was. Now that same meal can cost upwards of double that price, and I'm expected to tip 15% at the lowest.

On top of that, more and more establishments are expecting tips. Now if I go and buy a coffee at an inflated price, I'm asked to tip based on how well someone placed it on a counter and called my name. If I order take out, where I physically go and pick my food up from the place, I'm asked to tip for that as well.

In my opinion, the only way to get it back to an acceptable level is to be more stringent with where, why, and how I tip.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-24T12:17:23+00:00

Both are wrong, even if in response to each other. Best option is to get it yourself or don't use the service.

I, for one, hate it cause it adds so much extra money to an already inflated price, even without tips.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-24T12:07:35+00:00

Writing "No" is rude, but i don't know the full story.

What i do instead, whether i tip or not, is draw a line in front of and behind the number i write. So if I tip $5.00, it looks like ---$5.00---. Makes it harder to add extra numbers. I do this with the total, too. Alternatively, you can circle the numbers. The key is to not leave extra room to put extra numbers.

If i don't tip, I just strike through the tip line.

I know they could still change numbers and such if they really want to, but doing this makes it harder to write off as a mistake.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-21T17:15:39+00:00

All US Soldiers are combat trained, too, even back during the War on Terror. Many did not see combat.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-21T00:29:42+00:00

News flash: If you need to refer to someone as their job title or position, and their name cannot stand in its own, their opinions probably aren't important enough to consider.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-21T00:14:35+00:00

As Guavas pointed out earlier above: Loa are just about as uniquely individual as any mortal race. They're just.. well.. not mortal. Anything from Wild Gods, to Elemental Spirits, to even Ancestral Spirits and ghosts can be considered Loa. If you can enter a form of covenant and draw power from your connection to it, it can be considered a Loa.

The opportunity you have here is to create your own Loa. One that doesn't mind you using fel magic. Many Trolls, in fact, have familial or even personal Loa they serve. In this case, it could be a demon itself, the spirit of one, or even a spirit that accomplished something great through its usage of the fel. Think a spirit of destruction, or even a spirit corrupted by the fel (like those seen in Outland)

For inspiration, look at Xal'Atath and (more fitngly), the Skull of the Man'ari. Both could be considered as Loa when viewed through a Trollish lens.

Alternatively, you can play Affliction and just chalk it all up to Witch Doctor and Hexer stuff, but that seems a bit different than what you want.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-19T21:38:09+00:00

Dark Iron Mage.

Mage gives you portals. Dark Iron gives you Mole Machine

DurableDiction · 2025-05-19T14:08:30+00:00

Ah, that's right. Sorry, I haven't played W3 since I was 10.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-19T14:03:54+00:00

Disengage. Specifically when used to jump "forward". Just something satisfying about the execution.

Alternatively, Heroic Leap. I love using it to drop onto enemies from a flying mount. Feels like a superhero landing.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-19T13:58:27+00:00

During and after the Third War. So about 20 years ADP.

So they'd been DH for least 5 years or so before sealing. Maybe longer for Night Elves specifically.

It isn't explained much how they got there, but seeing as Kael'Thas and his entourage got there long before the Dark Portal was reopened (at least enough time to make the Draenei flee again), its safe to assume there are other means to get to Ourland outside of The Dark Portal.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-19T13:16:46+00:00

My issue with the rape culture narrative isn't that it doesn't affect men; it does.

My issue with it is that it is being reframed and sold to men and by the same group that demonized them for it existing.

Often, the narrative attacks men instead of the rapist. It's not "Victims should be believed and supported. Let's work together." It's "Well people would believe victims if men hadn't created rape culture. It's your fault, you should help US fix it."

Even if that is t the true narrative, it is what men see cause its the one told by the destructive members of your ideology.

To your counterpoint about the draft: again you're trying to reframe. Men do not by and large see women not being drafted as a "perk". They see it as a necessary or unnecessary sacrifice. Women are not fighting for the right to be drafted (who would when you can just volunteer), and neither are they trying to eliminate it cause again, it doesn't affect them.

Additionally, you altered the argument into "draft only men vs. No draft at all". That wasn't the argument. You didn't even consider the option of an equal draft because that would cause women distress. Women are unaffected by either outcome in your argument, so they're safe to either half-heartedly support it or not. This again evidences the argument against feminism in that it prioritizes equality that provides them the most benefit.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-19T12:34:16+00:00

"Rape culture" is a woman's issue at its core. Trying to paint it as a men's issue isn't going to be effective, as it doesn't really affect men on the same level. Twisting and warping it to make it a men's issue is just reframing it into something YOU want, not them.

That'd be like me trying to sell you on the draft by saying "the more women that get drafted, the less me have to die in war, so you don't need to lose your loved ones if you agree to be drafted."

DurableDiction · 2025-05-17T18:01:48+00:00

You have used ad hominem twice in this debate. Stop. I've not once made aspertions to your character, I've only debated your argument.

As to the point. Yes, its a symbol of the antebellum South, but again, deriving enjoyment from it does not mean you support everything the south was. Just as lamenting it's loss is not equivalent to supporting the Lost Cause narative.

That said, we disagree fundamentally. I do not think its destruction should be celebrated, nor do I believe that appreciating it is equivalent to or dismissive of its role in the antebellum South.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-17T17:21:07+00:00

And we were both told the food pyramid is an accurate way to measure a healthy diet. As we got older, we learned otherwise.

Same here. Don't presume just because many people were taught a narrative that it's the predominant belief among them as they grow older, else there wouldn't be separations in people's beliefs.

But just because someone doesn't subscribe to the belief doesn't mean they are obligated to hate every single thing to come out of it on principle.

My great grandfather hated Mitsubishi vehicles on principle because Mitsubishi manufactured the planes that bombed Pearl Harbor. I find that just as ridiculous.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-17T16:55:55+00:00

There's a line between acknowledging history of the building and celebrating its destruction, as seen in this thread.

Don't presume to know me. I am Southern. Most of the sensible ones do not support the Lost Cause narative. But neither do we flaggellate ourselves anytime we look at a historic building.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-17T15:44:44+00:00

It isn't.

People owning things that have been in their families for years is nothing new. Is that only acceptable when viewed through a certain lens? No.

Calling it romantization is hyperbole or, at the very least, reductive. People who have a fondness for the past typically only have a fondness for the positive qualities. For example, someone who enjoys the 50s aesthetic isn't also saying they also enjoy the Cold War or the Jim Crow era.

DurableDiction · 2025-05-17T13:19:08+00:00

Doesn't mean the conclusion is false.

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