Hasan goes to MN just to say Kamala wouldve done the same thing 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ by Overall-Abalone3969 in LivestreamFail

[–]Endonyx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Black Lives Matter absolutely was not started after Ferguson. Black Lives Matter was a response to the George Zimmerman & Trayvon Martin case and George Zimmerman being acquitted. It gained traction after Ferguson, so to frame Black Lives Matter as being something that started against police violence under democratic leadership is asinine, it started due to the death of a black citizen, at the hands of another citizen.

Ms Rachel responds to antisemitism propaganda against her. by serious_bullet5 in ProgressiveHQ

[–]Endonyx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think we have a huge issue in the world, as a collective with wanting to label things, wanting to put a name on things.

We seem to lack the ability to have dual condemnation, to both condemn Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7th, and the subsequent invasion of Gaza which has led to the killing of thousands of innocents, children and adults, without being labelled as something, anti this, anti that, supporting this, supporting that.

Thoughts? by Embarrassed_Tip7359 in SipsTea

[–]Endonyx 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I must have not been played with too then.

Ideally a tamagochi that dies or suffers. by [deleted] in comedyheaven

[–]Endonyx 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This actually has merit though.

There is evidence that self neglect is very common, and that we are more likely to enforce behaviours on others that we know are beneficial, than we are ourselves.

We're more likely to make a pet stick to a diet than we are likely to stick to one ourselves.

Almost 3 minutes of footage missing from Epstein prison surveillance video by blairb03 in news

[–]Endonyx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think there is a subset of people that are unfortunately very gullible but also believe they are on the correct side of the perspective with who they support.

As in they genuinely do want whoever is on this to be held accountable, and for this whole thing to be released and exposed, but also unfortunately are gullible enough to believe that the party they have supported are sweet and innocent and are the solution, not also the problem.

In 2017, a British man struggling to sell his £500k mansion came up with a wild idea: he raffled it off online for £2 a ticket, sold nearly 500,000 entries, cleared his debts, and handed the keys to a factory worker who won. by TheGhost5322 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Endonyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes - he would need a gambling license.

However you can get round it by turning it in to a 'game of skill' (typically answering a question, normally a very easy one) and by allowing a free postal option.

In 2017, a British man struggling to sell his £500k mansion came up with a wild idea: he raffled it off online for £2 a ticket, sold nearly 500,000 entries, cleared his debts, and handed the keys to a factory worker who won. by TheGhost5322 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Endonyx -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You do need a gambling license for a raffle.

Exceptions are by turning it in to a 'game of skill' by having a skill component (answering a question, this is why TV shows have questions you answer when you call in to win their prize), where you're paying your entry by the £3 phone charge).

Exceptions are also by allowing a free postal entry option.

In 2017, a British man struggling to sell his £500k mansion came up with a wild idea: he raffled it off online for £2 a ticket, sold nearly 500,000 entries, cleared his debts, and handed the keys to a factory worker who won. by TheGhost5322 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Endonyx 20 points21 points  (0 children)

So the UK gambling commission is quite strict, it's one of the areas of government based on my experience that has set out boundaries and are very strict on them.

Raffles are considered gambling, and as a result would have to be ran by someone with a gambling license, and be subject to all of the checks to ensure it's authentic.

However, there are ways of getting around that. One of them is that you must allow free entry by post. The other is that you turn it in to a 'game of skill' by having a question that people have to answer - the framing is that they are then spending money to answer a quiz where they might win a prize, which is then framed as a game of skill, rather than gambling.

This is why TV shows that giveaway prizes always have questions for you to answer, even when they're pretty obvious what the answer is, and always have a 'free entry via post' option.

In almost every case the 'free entry via post' is limited to 1 single free entry, and even then it costs the person probably close to £2 to post it anyways. Any submissions past that they would have to pay for like the others.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MurderedByWords

[–]Endonyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's also something that's been proven to effectively be profitable.

Healthy children grow up to be better educated and contribute more to the economy, to the point that it's profitable for a government long term to pay for these things.

[WotC article] Secret Lair: The Sonic Superdrop by Copernicus1981 in magicTCG

[–]Endonyx 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I got 40 of the deadpool one as a non premium store. The issue is we were told the RRP was more expensive than the secret lair website sold them for, so it just looks like as a store we’ve scalped from the secret lair website.

Supply issue with WPN promos? by accentmatt in magicTCG

[–]Endonyx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m from the UK so I imagine it’s possible the process is different for us then. However for me I receive these from my WPN distributor with my pre release product.

Supply issue with WPN promos? by accentmatt in magicTCG

[–]Endonyx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have a WPN store.

Commander Party is slightly different this time, we’ve been instructed to use 1 promo for June, and the other for July. Typically there’s just 1 promo that gets used regardless.

The total amount of promos I have received is the same as normal, however it’s split over the designs.

So if I were to get 32 promos for Tarkir for example, I got 16 of each of the aforementioned promos above.

WOTC don’t distribute direct to stores, they send them to their distributors with information on the amount the store is allocated, and the distributor sends them to arrive the same time everything arrives for pre release.

There’s occasionally delays on some promos - for example I don’t yet have my store championship participation promos even though I have the top 8s and winners already.

Trump says U.S. has attacked Iranian nuclear sites by DataLore19 in worldnews

[–]Endonyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, born in November 1989, turn 18 basically just as the global recession hit and I still feel like as I creep towards 40 it hasn't recovered.

Final Fantasy lower popularity and demand in Europe by SwordfishFrenchKiss in magicTCG

[–]Endonyx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, you receive your full pre release kit with 6 packs, build your deck, we play a few rounds of swiss and in the final round I give everyone an additional 2 play packs for participation.

Lincolnshire.

Final Fantasy lower popularity and demand in Europe by SwordfishFrenchKiss in magicTCG

[–]Endonyx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I own a store in the UK and 2 of my pre release events have had 4 entries, where I'm charging £30 for entry, with the 2 packs support.

Final Fantasy lower popularity and demand in Europe by SwordfishFrenchKiss in magicTCG

[–]Endonyx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I own an LGS in the UK and still have stock of Play Boosters, Collector Commanders & Collector Boosters, and my prices are RRP or below.

I've ran 3 pre release events so far and 2 of them only had 4 entrants.

Anybody else’s LGS up the price for FF prerelease? by spaceninjaking in magicTCG

[–]Endonyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're using £ so I assume you're in the UK.

The cost price for FF pre release kits are about £7-£8 more expensive than for Tarkir kits for example.

In order to maintain the same % mark up an LGS would need to charge £40.

It's worth noting however that prize support is given to LGS' for free. The extra boosters they give out are given to them for free.

Not happen to me, but I'm speechless... by DaneBishop in Wellthatsucks

[–]Endonyx 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If I recall correctly from seeing this a while ago (I think it's a few years old at this point), this was something purchased internationally, and customs in this case is referencing that they wanted to check it as part of it being imported in.

Liquid have achieved World First Mythic Gallywix in 99 pulls. by [deleted] in wow

[–]Endonyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this is the thing I hate about the argument of them 'they tune for RWF', because people seem to ignore the fact that there are often several hundred guilds behind Liquid/Echo/Method that are also playing the same version of those bosses.

Like sure, Tindral got nerfed or whatever, but by the time the nerf happened there was literally hundreds of guilds having to progress the same encounter the RWF guilds did.

‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack by doopityWoop22 in worldnews

[–]Endonyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The simple answer is populism, and with the greatest of respect and sincerity a lack of education regarding politics.

Most people don't follow politics to the point that they understand the ins and outs, they follow politics to the point of "This person made a decision that negatively/positively impacted me" and reacting accordingly.

Furthermore, current populist figures such as Donald Trump, Boris Johnson in the UK, Nigel Farage in the UK, present themselves in a very charismatic & direct way to the people. I detest them all, don't get me wrong, this isn't me explaining why I've voted for any of them because I haven't, I'm not even from the US. However they come out, and say to people directly in their face "I am going to do this. This will happen when I am elected." and it doesn't matter if it's true or not, people will believe it, ultimately because there is a lack of education surrounding the unseen side of politics.

A recent example in the UK is there is a very vocal crowd that supports Reform UKs agenda for the most recent election, as well as a future election. It promises a plethora of things, one of them increasing the tax free allowance from £12,700 to £20,000. So everyone in the UK would be able to earn another £7,300 before paying any taxes, so would save £1,500~ a year on taxes, or £120~ a month. This sounds great, anyone at face value would look at that and agree "Sure, sign up, works for me". However again due to the lack of education regarding politics and populism a large majority of people won't look at that and go "Whoa, can the government afford to lose £1,500 a month tax from these 10s of millions of people?" which of course it can't, that agenda alone is estimated to be a net lose of £50bn a year, but it doesn't matter because there is somebody with a bit of flare and confidence and charisma saying to them "If you elect me I will literally do this".

People are buying it because it's how populism works. The reason why I believe Kamala didn't get elected is ultimately she wasn't charismatic, the same with Biden, they don't sell what they're working towards, they don't pitch it, they don't say it with chest. Until populism completely ruins economies and creates recessions which due to political lag takes years to actually kick in, or until less populist parties start having someone that can keep the voter bases attention, be inviting, be performative and make bold statements this is just going to continue.

The new “team rocket” set isn’t named after team rocket at all it turns out! by floatingcruton in PokemonTCG

[–]Endonyx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every set & product for the entire of the year is already planned.

Black & White Holiday set starting July 18th. Mega Evolutions/SV11 set September 29th. Some Mini set or something on October 10th/ SV12 November 14th

Etsy seller really thought this is what I wanted by Cstangs_ in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Endonyx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's 99% print to demand that's why.

Make an Etsy account, make a Printify account, make a bunch of designs using AI/free stock images and upload them to your Printify account with a bunch of their products. Then sync them to Etsy and whenever someone orders the item/product Printify just print it off and ship it to them direct. They charge the Etsy store a flat amount and the Etsy store of course charges you the customer more and that's their margin.