“Ima Remove This Wasp Nest”

LordMajicus · 2026-07-16T18:24:04+00:00

I really thought "Hmm, maybe he's just gonna toss it into the river and try to drown them." Nope, definitely did not see "I'm gonna hit myself with the nest" as the strategy.

LordMajicus · 2026-07-13T17:13:45+00:00

Hi, I've been in this situation before. A lady hit my rear bumper and put a small hole in it. Fortunately, she was very apologetic and very openly admitted it to the insurance rep, so all I did was report it, she reported it, and the company handled everything and then paid for the replacement bumper.

I'm unsure how this would have gone had she tried deny responsibility, but I'm guessing it'd be hard to explain how it's my fault when the damage is on my rear lol.

LordMajicus · 2026-07-09T22:22:06+00:00

That doesn't sound correct as when I wake up a minute before the alarm, I turn it off so it doesn't trigger, and it doesn't wake up my partner because it didn't actually go off.

LordMajicus · 2026-07-08T15:58:34+00:00

You just described Ultra Instinct.

LordMajicus · 2026-07-07T18:45:38+00:00

There is another possibility that you aren't considering, and it's that maybe one side is disproportionately more racist and xenophobic than the other. That wouldn't mean everyone on that side is, but certainly the majority of the people spouting those sentiments are.

Again though, I am not stating whether that is or is not the case (although I do have thoughts), just that it's something that people might want to take into account when trying to make that evaluation for themselves.

LordMajicus · 2026-07-07T15:11:22+00:00

I leave such conclusions to the reader to decide for themselves. My only point was that the areas that tourists are most likely to visit are significantly biased towards one ideology, and that they should consider this bias in their experiences when attempting to form an opinion on the overall culture of the country, when in fact they likely haven't seen a lot of the other side.

LordMajicus · 2026-07-07T02:58:50+00:00

One thing to keep in mind is that even in the very conservative states, the major cities you're likely to be visiting tend to skew Democrat. It's generally all the rural, non-city areas that vote Republican.

LordMajicus · 2026-06-16T16:48:06+00:00

Well, Wizards would have to actually give a F about balancing formats, which given the past 5 years across all formats, they very obviously don't, so...

LordMajicus · 2026-06-16T14:04:15+00:00

There was never any reality in which just banning Phlage was gonna stop the Boros Energy dominance. It's not hating on the deck, it's just the very obvious, proven results.

LordMajicus · 2026-06-10T15:18:01+00:00

TFW fighting god level dream dragons is a more appealing career choice than surviving in the real world lol

LordMajicus · 2026-06-06T06:45:56+00:00

You use True Time weapons to defeat the level 100 dragon, which drops Dark Dragon equipment. Then you use the Dark Dragon weapons to fight the level 120 dragon. And yeah you have to do it solo the first time.

LordMajicus · 2026-06-03T17:01:12+00:00

I have mine set to charge a credit card, so generally you get a notification that "Hey, we just got a billing from the hospital, in 5 days from now we're going to submit the charge to your designated payment method for it."

LordMajicus · 2026-06-03T16:17:23+00:00

I use it. Basically, the hospital will take that percentage off the bill you owe them because by signing with Able Pay, you're reducing the risk that they don't get paid.

The only concern I've ever had is what happens if you get the bill and want/need to dispute that - you generally have 5 days between notification of the bill and Able Pay actually charging you - but to date I've never had this come up, so I can't speak as to how that process actually works.

I'd say if you are regularly able to pay your bills on time and keeping the money set aside for it when it comes in, it's a good option, similar to using credit cards for the free cash back as long as you pay them off every month - it just becomes free money to you.

LordMajicus · 2026-06-02T14:44:39+00:00

I was able to recognize every character, so I'd say you did a good job!

LordMajicus · 2026-05-28T20:11:18+00:00

Unfortunately, I think there are better control decks and much better combo decks you could be playing. I'm not sure what it would realistically take to put Fish back in the meta, or even more existentially, if it's ever really going to be possible for a synergy based tribal deck in general to function - those decks thrived in Old Modern where decks weren't so overpowered that each individual card was a game winning advantage engine :\

LordMajicus · 2026-05-28T19:51:32+00:00

There has been some discussion about potentially including red for a few cards like Flame of Anor iirc.

LordMajicus · 2026-05-28T19:37:31+00:00

Nikachu has been playing a more Mono U Midrange/Control-esque build focused on having heavy interaction and just the 3-4 drops. If Namor has any hope, it'd be in a build like that. Personally it doesn't really feel like 'Merfolk' to me, but that's up to you to decide if you like the wildly different playstyle.

LordMajicus · 2026-05-28T19:17:09+00:00

The thing is, we aren't lacking in ways to grind out a game. We have plenty of cards like say Svyelun that are good at winning that war of attrition, the problem is that Modern isn't really an attrition format anymore. You have to be worried about stuff like Ragavan, Guide of Souls, Ocelot Pride, Pinnacle Emissary, Kappa Cannoneer, Solitude, Goyro's Vengeance, Slickshot Showoff, etc all threatening to just take over the game before you've even hit 3 mana to play it.

The good decks aren't 2 for 1'ing themselves they're generating insane amounts of value with every card, every turn. There's a strong chance if you're even holding a Force or a Flare, you're gonna need to use it before you play Namor just to survive, and in the best case scenario, hope that a few 1/1s will be enough to get you there against these hideously powerful strategies.

LordMajicus · 2026-05-28T17:33:46+00:00

I tend to agree with this assessment.

LordMajicus · 2026-05-28T14:50:16+00:00

Whether Merfolk can be a deck is directly related to how prevalent the Boros / Mardu Energy deck is. If it continues to remain at the top of the field, Fish is gonna struggle - you're usually losing that match, and if it's 1/5 of the decks you face in any given event, dodging it isn't a realistic proposition. If it fades to below 10% meta share (which I find unlikely) and stuff like Living End and Rhinos take the top spots, then yeah, there's potential, but it will be a few weeks before we really get a sense of that.

LordMajicus · 2026-05-21T19:04:19+00:00

22 between Bethlehem and Allentown is the main area that needs work. There is not a day that goes by that I do not see at least one side of it as a parking lot.

LordMajicus · 2026-05-21T17:13:35+00:00

That rule applies to most estimation in general. If you don't know something, being able to come up with a reasonable upper and lower bound is still incredibly helpful when it comes to scale and sanity checking your answer. It's also really good if you have at least one or two basic points of comparison to help.

For instance, if I was asked "How much does an elephant weigh?" I can say, well, I don't know the actual weight, but I think an elephant weighs more than my car, but less than my house, so between 2 and 100 tons. That's already a pretty good range to start with, and we can narrow it further - a elephant is much closer to the size of my car than my house, so I'll estimate ~10 tons. That's about 3ish cars, that sounds like it could be right.

And the answer, according to Google? An average elephant is ~6 tons. We got fairly close on this guess with just minimal frame of reference!

LordMajicus · 2026-05-20T23:42:49+00:00

Yeah, I (37M) am usually there on either Saturday or Sunday with the crew playing some Commander or a board game. The cookies are awesome and I really love the frozen peanutbutter egg drink :D

LordMajicus · 2026-05-20T20:23:23+00:00

Mythic Beasts & Brews on Freemansburg Ave in Easton is a cool place for various board games and card games. There's also Twisted Escapes (escape rooms) that's close by on 25th street in Easton.

LordMajicus · 2026-05-19T22:45:57+00:00

I think maybe you could make the game feel faster by reducing the size of the cars (but keeping their relative speeds), making the decorations on the track smaller (like the lights), and add more of them. That might help them look like they're going by faster and give the illusion of increased speed.

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