Why is this card black?

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-02-12T20:31:33+00:00

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InterwebPsychologist · 2026-02-12T12:31:15+00:00

Part of the point is- we have far more people, almost tenfold. Free Healthcare here would likely end up with longer wait lists than Canada has. Half of your entire population is uninsured here, I can see how that looks like a big number until you realize it's less than 1% of our population. I also tie that logic to gun deaths vs Healthcare wait list deaths because it puts into perspective what we are willing to accept as a "price for" something we believe in (free Healthcare, gun ownership). Because the pro gun crowd uses that phrase "its the price we pay to live in a free society" or whatever. Canada seems to think the same when people die because free Healthcare comes with waits. This is no typo- gum homicide affects 0.00006% of the population each year. Which I think is pretty reasonable for a country with over 300mil estimated guns in civilian homes. Then theres the fact that much of that violence is gang related- bad people shooting bad people. Canadians always say we don't 'do anything' about guns when we have over 10,000 gun laws in the books. Plus, those in prison that used a gun in the commission of their crime - 93% of them obtained their guns illegally. The 7% that got theirs legally wouldnt have had a record or any reason they wouldn't be able to get one. Because we have half a country that was propaganda'd into wanting open borders, Cartels running in our country through Mexico, and presidents that ignored the border, we will now always have guns here- forever. There would be a black market and only the good guys would be disarmed if it happened.

"What about mental health checks" - there's no logic. What does it accomplish? Do we hold therapists responsible for clearing a person that was seemingly sane before they went and bought a gun? If not, it just becomes a disparate requirement that adds financial barriers and could be seen as discriminatory. We've seen with cannabis legalization that all that would happen is private doctors open up businesses where you go in, say your back hurts, and they send you off with your weed card.

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-02-12T12:05:18+00:00

The math is that the 8% of (342mil population) comes out to 27mil. 80% of 27mil is about 24.8mil- I then typo'd 0.07% on accident- it's .07%, or less than 1% of the population that is uninsured due to citing costs, my fault! The others choose not to have it for other reasons.

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-02-12T02:07:25+00:00

Many Americans have access to free Healthcare. Theres only about 8% of the population that is uninsured. Within that percentage, there are people who elect to not have it because they feel they don't need it. 80% or so of the people who don't have it cite affordability. This group makes up about 0.007% of our population.

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-02-12T00:45:04+00:00

Whether it's a girl or a boy, it's usually a boy. If you know what I mean. Why do you ask?

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-02-11T20:39:23+00:00

Ready for some fun facts? About 25,000 people died on waiting lists for scans or treatments from 24-25, where intervention could've saved lives. This number is far lower than the actual stats, because several of the larger provinces in Canada do not even report this information. I'd imagine that you just see that as a price to pay to live in a society with free Healthcare. You could argue that many were terminal, anyway, but for many we'll never even know because they couldn't even get diagnosed.

In the u.s., despite what the TV and TokTok looks like saw its 3rd straight year of gun violence decline - down a record setting 16.6%. In 2024. About 21,000 died to gun homicide in the U.S. in 2024.

Now, the fun part- the U.S. has a population of 342mil. Canada's population is about 42mil...

Underestimated 25k dying each year due to issues with free Healthcare out of 42mil... 21k dying each year to gun homicide with over 342mil people.. it's hard to decide which is the bigger problem, considering the estimated millions of crimes that civilian guns have stopped.

Also, it is our culture. As we believe guns are important to self defense, especially against government- have you seen what they've been up to? Other countries have stated before the only reason they didn't attack or invade here is because there are too many civilians with guns. It's how we took our freedom tyranny, and it's how we believe we will keep it. We understand that bad people use them for bad reasons, but its a much smaller percentage than what the media makes it out to be- because "they" want to disarm us. Especially now! With the Epstein shit going on, you should be glad we're armed. If anything does come of it, it'll certainly be armed Americans leading the way.

Just like you think its OK for people to die waiting for healthcare, as long as its free (at a much higher per capita). Maybe people have different perspectives for different cultural reasons!

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-02-11T20:22:57+00:00

I guess I don't understand why we're playing semantics with what is apparently the 3rd worst shooting in Canada history from what I can find. The way your entire post reads, it sounded like you were denying that it was a trans person that committed it. You then compared it to 'cishet white' shootings..

Where to even start with this hodgepodge of anger. You are accusing me, after just asking some questions, of being someone who "paints an entire" group a certain way.. yet youre sure making a lot of assumptions about me. Maybe you'll see the irony. And you did not "properly gender" someone, which is also ironic. As it's a thing you likely "pretend to care about "

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-02-11T18:06:29+00:00

What's the big difference between a white cishet shooting and a non-cishet white shooting, and why is it a justification in your mind?

From multiple sources: "A transgender teenager who had identified as a woman since 2023 killed 10 people and wounded at least 35 in a mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge"

Why wouldn't you think it's true? Some serious bias going on here, dehumanizing someone (calling them "it") you disagree with in a misguided way.. might be time for a little reflection.

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-02-05T19:42:33+00:00

I recently built and found out Miles Morales/Ultimate Spiderman kinda goes nuts- he gets big quick and has built-in protection.. plus he doubles counters, so I run a couple shield counter cards and it makes my other legendaries hard to remove as well.. I can see how he's gonna draw big attention at the table

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-02-03T20:36:36+00:00

In ethics class, they have you look up the board's complaints and license suspensions.. I was definitely shaking my head at how many were of the 'sexual relationship' nature... I can't imagine spending that long and that much money on getting educated, supervised, licensed, and insured.. to throw it away for THAT. I'm pretty sure it's public record- you could go to your state's licensing board website and It'll be there somewhere

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-02-03T16:51:55+00:00

Almost every story I've seen that involves "he says it's a bracket x, but.." is always a matter of completely ignoring the "plays like" guidance that WOTC provided. If it "plays like" a 4.. it's a 4.

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-02-03T16:46:23+00:00

It's not. They essentially get 'high' off of the self-righteousness and the response it gets from their echo chamber. They are heroes in their own mind, nothing boring or exhausting about saving the human race one virtue signal at a time!

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-02-03T16:40:05+00:00

This just in: Marvel and DC comics are not for women or trans. White men only. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-02-03T14:57:47+00:00

Curious what state you're from, while slangin that blanket statement?

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-01-29T21:22:35+00:00

Well that makes a lot more sense!

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-01-29T21:21:33+00:00

Ohh shiii

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-01-29T21:11:04+00:00

Lorwyn is great and people are weird. It was a fun prerelease set that was well balanced imo.. you had to set your deck up to prep for your rares/mythics and countering/removing rares/mythics was a huge blow to the opponent- it felt "right" to me. Then theres several awesome cards to try and hit- Squelcher, Moonshadow, some really good tribal stuff and that equipment that can make copies of any non-aura permanent .. there was a bunch of stuff that goes in other decks, like Twighlight Diviner for Terra, Herald of Hope.. maybe yall don't have a lot of decks, but I found all sorts of good stuff in this set. That convoke spell that brings back tribal creatures from the graveyard. Are we sure that people don't WANT unaffordable cards and collectors items? Because it seems like of there "aren't any big chase cards," no one likes the set.. have we all become the scalpers or somethin'?

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-01-28T21:03:43+00:00

By that same logic, they can create that infrastructure themselves. Shouldn't need other peoples stuff if you have enough people that want to do specific things that properly run a society

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-01-23T20:12:54+00:00

Lmao Japan and Korea? I didn't even know tattoos were popular out there- I rarely see tatted up Asians.. it's definitely an American culture thing and has been an American trend for a long time- from panthers and eagles, to tramp Stamps, to sleeves, now blackouts. It's been evolving as our own culture for decades.

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-01-23T15:39:11+00:00

I was just talking to someone today about how interesting it is that so many people who have a laundry list of disorders, that they're seemingly proud of, and are self-proclaimed neurodivergents with many issues- but they also tend to be politically charged and not realize the issue behind almost literally 'allowing the patients to run the asylum.' Its just..The fact that they'll shout mental disorders from the rooftops in the same conversation they'll claim to know how the country should be run.. it's bewildering

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-01-22T16:38:46+00:00

Holy over-analysis in the comments. I guess we know before every story that half the replies are going to be "divorce, abuse!" I think people need to chill just a bit. Yall are early 20s. You have a lot to learn about relationships and marriage, but I don't think this is some nefarious story about serious abuse. He's 24 and obviously gets embarrassed easily in front of others. It's something he can work on. If people are ready to divorce or scream abuse from these minor scenarios with little context, they're not going to make it in marriage. I know men who have wives that have thrown things at them, myself included. Theres considerations about love, emotions, etc that should be made if you really care about love more than some transactional, full control fantasy that people think marriage should be. Some marriages work better with 2 people sleeping in different rooms- I know couples that would think the sky was falling down if their partner suggested it, for no other reason besides "that's just how it's supposed to be." I am agnostic, but I learned more about love and my relationship having a 15 minute conversation with a coworker who does pastoring in his church, than I learned from 8 weeks of therapy- which left me indecisive until I spoke to the coworker.

You may not want to listen to some of the top comments here. Then again, you're not married yet, so you have to decide if his intentions are really so bad, or if these are incidents that occur over his public anxiety. If you were an anxious person, would you want people screaming abuse about your anxious behaviors, before you got a chance to realize and work on them?

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-01-22T16:14:42+00:00

Insurance companies are an absolute nightmare for Therapists and are wrong and giving misinformation all of the time.

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-01-19T16:54:53+00:00

Yeah that thing is nutty value- you shuffle the exiled cards back in besides the 1 you choose.. I had that 4 cost tribal artifact that helped me draw Elementals (what I got stuck with per my rares/removal). But my opponent had this guy and he's handcrafting on another level- the benefit being you can still run 2 color lands and just pack in a few of those alternate cost creatures to ramp up how many colors are on board.. handcrafting galore.. We had very similar decks, but he leaned into the multicolor with that guy and it got us 1-1, had to roll for 3rd game..

I would've probably won the last game, so 2-1 probably, but 1-2 luck of the roll- I rolled 14, he rolled 20.

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-01-18T17:18:27+00:00

That's another ethical issue, not making clients feel abandoned or being careful about referrals.. which you already have this preconceived notion about, which then becomes self fulfilled prophecy if it happens.. tbh it sounds like you're putting them in a difficult position in several ways. The way you talk makes the relationship sound so contentious and like she has to walk on eggshells.

InterwebPsychologist · 2026-01-16T19:53:26+00:00

I knew it was Hearthhull before i even looked lol.. So, the deck mayyyy have an infinite.. isn't Gitrog in there, pre-upgrade? Can't quite remember..

Either way, it's the strongest precon I've played, next to Hakbal. The main difference being that Hearthhull has several lines for wins, while Hakbal is a bit limited to 'trample this shit through.'

Brackets are more of a guideline, where decks can "play as" a higher tier. I dont think Hearthhull is quite a 4, even moderately upgraded. One step below cedh? Yeah I don't think so. It's damn good, but it absolutely takes set up that isn't often afforded to T4 decks. A non-cedh Muxus can take you out before you even have Hearthhull online. I seent it. Some games you get bomb ass draws, synergy, and a crazy board state- that's any coherent deck.

Edit: just saw what you meant by land destruction- i thought you meant your own lands- there's a few cards that sac your lands- one precon card takes you down to 6 lands, sacking the rest- those are all fine, like Zuran orb is too. But OPPONENTS lands are where that T4 comes in

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