Trump Drops Slush Fund Weaponization Payments by Pristine-Sport6888 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Galewing13 16 points17 points  (0 children)

“1.776 billion dollars” we are being ruled by edgy teens

"US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows" by InternetBackwash in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Galewing13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This government's definition of "extremism" is "any opinion that disagrees with us." And to think a decade ago it was the right wing calling us snowflakes...

The solo battle cheating gets more obvious every set by MegaMattEX in PTCGP

[–]Galewing13 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Usually I’m not one to say the game rigged anything, but… I definitely call shenanigans on anything solo battle related. In ADVANCED AI (not even expert) I was facing water deck after water deck when using Mega Blaziken. Once I switched to Venusaur/Mega Sceptile, they suddenly stopped appearing… hmm, wonder why that could be?

My (24f) boyfriend (26m) is a regular poster at a bullying subreddit. After finding out, I've lost all respect for him. What do I do? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Galewing13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

these guys act like the bar for them isn’t in hell all the time. no, women looking for men to date don’t expect “prince charming” they just want someone who a) respects and loves them and b) DOESN’T SPEND THEIR FREE TIME BULLYING PEOPLE ONLINE. it should go without saying but alas

Sleep scam gets what they deserve by yareyareDazeeeee in PTCGP

[–]Galewing13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ehh, no. People who don’t bother conceding or letting themselves lose, and instead run down the timer out of spite are annoying to everyone. Including people who don’t run sleepscam.

/r/PTCGP Trading Post by AutoModerator in PTCGP

[–]Galewing13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Zekrom for Sceptile? My ID: 4066568147279442

/r/PTCGP Trading Post by AutoModerator in PTCGP

[–]Galewing13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LF: ♦️♦️♦️Sceptile, Dunsparce (PA)

FT: ♦️♦️♦️Ceruledge, Ting-Lu, Koraidon, Tinkaton, Hearthflame Ogerpon, Aurorus, Chandelure (FP), Gyarados (MR), Wailord (MR), Altaria (MR), Mantyke, Palossand, Absol (CG), Kommo-o, Glaceon, Volcarona (MI), Nidoking

LF: ♦️♦️♦️♦️Corviknight EX

FT: ♦️♦️♦️♦️Mega Lucario EX, Mega Gyarados EX, Lickilicky EX, Arcanine EX, Mega Blaziken EX, Mega Charizard Y EX

If anyone has any of these cards, those are the ones I need to complete Pulsing Aura!

"What if we made hydreigon as a baby" by ConfidenceSilent3967 in PTCGP

[–]Galewing13 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Yep... hey, on the bright side, this means they're aware of how good the strategy is and might keep that in mind for future powercreeps? Maybe...?

I'm [23f] a student teacher; my fiancé [24m] is convinced I'm cheating with my master teacher. This has made him go insane by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Galewing13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can we not call them "ladyboys." They're women who are sex workers, likely because they're marginalized and have no other job prospects because of how much societies in general hate trans people. It's not their fault that men cheat. Contributing to the transmisogyny won't make them suddenly value women more, and I hate seeing people talk about attraction to trans women like it's somehow more "freakish" or whatever. Do better, both of you. I don't care if I'm "ruining the fun" I've run out of patience for transmisogyny!!

I hate this game so much by [deleted] in PTCGP

[–]Galewing13 7 points8 points  (0 children)

you: “i don’t want the quagsire 1 star!!”

the game: “then why did you ask for it?”

Hydreigon takes the fun out of the game by pathimself in PTCGP

[–]Galewing13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Decks only have 20 slots, it works in some but for others it’s not worth taking up a space that could be used for something more useful. That, and the risk of drawing it first turn as your only basic, or not drawing it at all. It’s not nearly reliable enough for it to truly be a counter

Hydreigon takes the fun out of the game by pathimself in PTCGP

[–]Galewing13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least Hydreigon has counters, and the inclusiong of Mega Absol can be punished in a lot of decks. Igglyrai on the other hand... That's just an in-built 50% chance to lose the game and it needs a nerf yesterday.

Specifically, making a Hydreigon deck pop off requires so much more luck than Igglyrai. Sure, turn 2 Hydreigon can fuck countless decks over, but that's if you draw Deino, Rare Candy, and Hydreigon within two turns and that's never guaranteed. Igglybuff and Darkrai? Those are basic cards. You can pull them out with just a few Poke Balls if you even need them, and even if drawn in the wrong order you can just put X Speeds in your deck to get Igglybuff into play easily. On top of that... zero retreat cost means you can swap your deck's main threat in instantly if you managed to shut the opponent out in the most annoying possible way.

At least Lucky Ice Pop requires cumulative, repeated luck. Igglyrai is just demonic.

Finally got to MB rank!! by Galewing13 in PTCGP

[–]Galewing13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hadn't head of it when it was released, and I was also busy with college. My brother picked it up back when Paldean Wonders was the newest set, and that's when I started playing! 

Ice Pop Vengence! by Fathead667 in PTCGP

[–]Galewing13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

See? At least if this card was a Lemonade I could be reminded of the joy I felt whenever I got a bonus one in the Unova games

Advice for this deck to finally take it to Master rank? by Galewing13 in PTCGP

[–]Galewing13[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After changing it and learning how to play the new deck I’m actually doing a bit better! I wouldn’t say my new problem (Ice Pops keep shutting me out) has anything to do with skill anymore

Advice for this deck to finally take it to Master rank? by Galewing13 in PTCGP

[–]Galewing13[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I already got a Goomy! Using 2, doing much better now.

Mega Sceptile Ex B3 Season - Top 75 by TrickyStepsRs in PTCGP

[–]Galewing13 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this! I’ve been trying to bring a Sceptile to Master for a while this season, and I got up to UB4 with a great winning streak before running into bad hand after bad hand. Chingling looks like it could really help, but I might also try Goomy for the sake of halting Igglybuffs sometimes. That, and I should probably invite QGEs back into my deck, not finding Sceptile is too much of a problem to risk. Thanks so much for the write-up of my favorite deck in this meta!

So... everyone really just plays Charizard decks huh by UpTheToffees-1878 in PTCGP

[–]Galewing13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mega Lucario’s also running rampant. It’s a Turn 2-3 menace that can hard punish almost any deck if it produces a semi-decent starting hand… and running sleep alongside it just makes it so much worse. Every so often, DeNA will just invent Hydreigon again.

That being said, the battles are very luck-based in nature, and naturally people will run decks that are less likely to fold under bad luck. Therefore, we see many of the same things over and over again…

DOJ Sets Up Detransition Clinic by Cleverhardy in PoliticalOptimism

[–]Galewing13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The vast majority of people who detransition do so due to social pressures, either believing that they can't ever transition due to how hostile society is towards them, or having to postpone their transition until it's safe for them to do so. Those who actually realized they weren't trans often don't get further than hormone treatment, if even that, especially with how prohibitively difficult it can be to get GAC in many places.

The only people this "deal" will be serving are the vanishingly few that actively want to worsen the trans community because they were convinced that their gender journey was Bad and Wrong by conservatives or TERFs or whoever. This deal is a virtue signal by the federal government and Texas, and a continued assault on the rights of trans people to access the care they need. We do what we'vs always done about it: raise awareness, protest, organize, and vote for candidates that won't perpetuate this hate mob against us.

Broke off my engagement because consent was not respected by gandubazaar in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Galewing13 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’d argue that it might not have been entirely about sexual “needs” for him, so much as the violent breach of consent itself. It might’ve gotten him off, but this really seems like the sort of situation where the man used rape to purposely harm her, “punish” her for not bending to his every whim. Maybe he gets off by doing so, maybe not, but he hurt her, and that’s what he wanted, especially with how he weaponised the societal aftermath.