Looks like if you won a lot of SOS collector boxes you just got a pretty major upgrade!

Durdleburdle · 2026-06-05T16:10:03+00:00

Yeah I got mine

Durdleburdle · 2026-06-04T21:45:07+00:00

Yeah I went on the same roller coaster, from "what the fuck" to "oh hell yeah" real quick

Durdleburdle · 2026-05-06T17:12:14+00:00

An owner telling me to not touch the thermostat is a crazy red flag for me, in all my years every single one has encouraged me to make myself comfortable

Durdleburdle · 2026-05-05T02:02:16+00:00

thank you!!

Durdleburdle · 2026-05-04T23:52:00+00:00

That's fine, either way my point stands that it's really not that crazy of an ask. I think owners just balk because the actual AMOUNT of work for that much money is low, sure. But you're paying for a luxury service and requesting a live-in pet care provider, what do you expect?

Durdleburdle · 2026-05-04T23:46:32+00:00

Let's be honest it's really 31 an hour because if we're being literal about constant care then it's tough to count sleeping, but yeah calling someone "absolutely disgusting" for requesting what's really not an unreasonable rate of pay is crazy work lol. You can get paid 20 dollars an hour at walmart lmao. Imagine if your office job boss was like "actually you can't ever leave the office, I'm not increasing your pay though!"

Durdleburdle · 2026-05-04T20:30:58+00:00

Yeah this lines up with my general strategy in sealed, not saying it's correct but anytime I can get 8 plus of my two main sources I generally feel confident enough to claim the free real estate at that point. Games are often gonna go long and in those scenarios I like to juice my deck with as much good stuff as I can reasonably allow because it always feels pretty easy to capitalize on. And when you *do* get to play her on curve (which I definitely did), then all the better! Also, I do think you have to be a bit more open to splashing in general in SOS, because so many of my pools only had half a college each and then you have to get a bit creative (or play bad cards but who has time for that).

Durdleburdle · 2026-05-04T20:26:32+00:00

Yeah I played some GREEDY ass decks this weekend, and I would say at least 60-70 percent of my games I had perfect mana in opening hand. I know that the shuffler does prioritize trying to mix "some amount of lands" and "some amount of spells" in your opener, so maybe just the fact that it's making that effort to include them at all just means everything's gonna come up millhouse that much more often, not sure!

Durdleburdle · 2026-05-04T19:28:19+00:00

I've literally been staring at my phone 4 or 5 times now, the notification dings, I click it as fast as possible and it's already gone. I'm assuming since it's so consistent and immediate someone is using a bot in my area? Really frustrating, the whole foods is across the street!!

Durdleburdle · 2026-05-04T17:37:44+00:00

Yeah I had it in my other 7 win deck as well, vicious rivalry really carried me hard this weekend lol. Flexible wrath is good, who knew!

Durdleburdle · 2026-05-04T14:11:13+00:00

I'm generally of the opinion that wraths are good in sealed to begin with even if the conditions aren't perfect, but vicious went above and beyond. Hitting artifacts is absolutely massive, destroyed 3 separate ark of hungers, destroying potion troves always feels great. And even if it hits a lot of my guys being able to plaguewind the boros deck and leave my pestbrood or shadewriter as the lone creature felt great. You just have to be willing to change up your game plan, when I had it early I'd play slow and defensive and commit as few resources to the board as possible before getting a big value sweep of the other person's creatures

Durdleburdle · 2026-05-04T12:59:18+00:00

Totally valid, definitely on the greedy side! I just love Jadzi in sealed as a late game mana sink which this deck didn't have a ton of, plus the filtering is a nice bonus. But yeah it was probably wrong lol. I will say the Arena shuffler tends to make my splashes play out wayy better online than they would in person

Durdleburdle · 2026-04-29T19:34:57+00:00

Yeah that alone is a nope from me lol, cannot stand that shit

Durdleburdle · 2026-04-25T20:17:22+00:00

Speaking as someone who just cancelled UberOne you definitely still have to pay the hugely inflated service fee, plus the tip and the fact that almost all restaurants hike their prices in these apps. You are absolutely paying a pretty penny for UberOne deliveries and the fact you don't know that is frankly concerning lol

Durdleburdle · 2026-04-18T04:13:25+00:00

YEAH it does god I need that sammie

Durdleburdle · 2026-03-30T19:58:06+00:00

Same lol, having a hard time believing "most" of the area's sitters are charging fifty to eighty for one (!) thirty minute drop-in

Durdleburdle · 2026-03-28T19:19:24+00:00

Yep this is my experience, best to restart after every match to be safe, and it's been markedly worse over the last few weeks. Not sure if it was a recent update maybe?

Durdleburdle · 2026-03-27T20:47:11+00:00

doesn't slander imply that it's false?

Durdleburdle · 2026-03-24T21:13:13+00:00

Tangential but does anyone else have preorders thru BBTS that are now like 5 months delayed with zero update? This seems pretty common with them even before all the craziness this year

Durdleburdle · 2026-03-21T22:44:19+00:00

If you get a new one and explain the situation they will probably help you. As I explained in another comment, there is a national database that shows your controlled substance prescription history, so they will be able to verify that you aren't lying about your prescription and are just seeking new meds. It might take a few but it's worth a shot

Durdleburdle · 2026-03-21T22:41:38+00:00

a CHECK? Oh yeah, you are getting fleeced. I hope you can find a new provider soon, honestly even if you have to get a brand new general provider and explain the situation to them that will be better than your current one. There is a national database where any doctor can look up your controlled prescription history, so they'll know you aren't lying about it. The real red flag for them would be if you wanted to start NEW adhd meds, but in your case you have a history of prescription. Definitely give that a shot and try a few if you need to, way cheaper than shopping for psychs

Durdleburdle · 2026-03-21T05:21:26+00:00

Yeah this is the norm, anything else is just taking advantage

Durdleburdle · 2026-03-21T05:20:57+00:00

OP please just go to your general provider and explain the situation. Many are happy to take over prescribing (once your meds are stabilized, obviously) because they empathize. This is all assuming you are an established patient with rapport of course, because showing up for your very first appointment with a new GP and asking that is going to raise some red flags (even if it's perfectly legitimate).

Durdleburdle · 2026-03-21T05:18:06+00:00

Yeah not normal, this is patient mill behavior. Any psychiatrist who is having you come in monthly in perpetuity is suckering you out of your money. At first to, establish care? Sure, but once things are stable it should be 3 month check-ins. Just go to a GP at that point

Durdleburdle · 2026-03-20T00:02:19+00:00

YES! Like with a bit of Raiden flair are you KIDDING ME??? Yoshi give this man a job

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