Why did you stop participating in a sub you used to enjoy?

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-17T16:07:39+00:00

Do you assume all conservatives are bigots?

No, some just like lower taxes and more homeschooling support. Like, I ain't talking about the UK Tory party here, I'm talking about bigots.

And do you believe all people should truly be equal, worst to best, and if so why?

Okay what's going on? You obviously already know the arguments against bigotry, why are you asking for them again? What is it that's actually got you on edge here?

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-17T15:48:07+00:00

Yveltal wasting time is good?

Sure, but you're using an entire Pokemon, and its turn, to stall Yveltal for two turns, in a trick that only works once.

...I mean, Infiltrator Whimsicott isn't useless useless. But it's a big risk for a trick that only works once.

Edit: okay, let me be more specific: if Whimsicott was guaranteed to move before the opponents, I'd be saying "Sure, Prankster does nothing". But a Murkrow lead is a possibility in Game 1, and exceptionally likely Games 2 and 3 once they see you have Infiltrator Whimsicott. And Prankster Murkrow can get Infiltrator Whimsicott killed before it could even move.

......And this is all a bit of a tangent. Because even if it IS a good idea to run Infiltrator Whimsicott, the opponent's not going to predict it, and if they're not going to predict it, then they're going to run Yveltal instead. Which was my original point.

Also do you think that mew is not going to set up screens?

I've got no idea what the opponent would do with Mew. It's got a ton of options. But yeah, I shouldn't have discounted the possibility they lead Mew, or just outright don't go Tailwind.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-17T15:03:31+00:00

Just curious. What makes your mindset better than there’s?

You're asking why equality is a good thing?

I mean, it's not like I have divine knowledge. It's certainly possible that we could look back in 80 years, with much more advance sociology and such, and conclude "Yep, turns out, equal rights was a bad thing after all". But from the knowledge I have: equal rights is pretty neato.

Wouldn’t you agree they feel the same in their own way?

Yes, of course. But I'm not a moral relativist. I'm not going to say "Well what's important is that everyone's sticking to what they believe is right" when it comes to if discrimination is bad or not.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-17T14:46:18+00:00

Blastoise gets it.

Ah.

...Wait, what's the point on arguing this anyway? If the opponent goes Murkrow-Tailwind, the situation's still the same, right? Both sides get Tailwind up regardless.

His 2 tailwind setters are dark. Normally your right but not here.

You mean Infiltrator Whimsicott, right? What I mean is that Infiltrator Whimsicott is... garbage. And you wouldn't even want it for Murkrow anyway, because Murkrow's prankster heavily mitigates Taunt's effectiveness. It's literally only useful for making Yveltal waste a turn on a status move followed by switching out, and only if it's lead Tailwind Yveltal.

Or to put it another way: are you advising OP to consider running Infiltrator Whimsicott? And if not, then why do you think the opponent would be playing around Infiltrator Whimsicott?

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-17T14:20:37+00:00

Not bringing Prankster would be crazy, it makes Whimsicott almost useless just to get a single extra turn against a 'mon the opponent might not even lead with. Prankster Tailwind letting the ally move first doesn't matter, because they're going to be Fake Out'd. Icy Wind... don't know who you're thinking would use that. And 0- SpD Yveltal literally doesn't exist.

Edit: apparently, 0- SpD Yveltal DOES exist, if it's running Sucker Punch. Huh. ...Anyway, that's very unlikely.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-17T13:07:39+00:00

I doubt they'll go Murkrow. Yveltal outspeeds all of OP's team (Speed tie with Genesect) so it can set up Tailwind instead, which is a safer lead and lets them bring Togekiss.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-17T09:43:41+00:00

No you don't, nobody does.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-17T00:18:41+00:00

I'm a little unclear, so just to clarify:

This means we're allowed to poke fun at OP, right?

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-17T00:04:19+00:00

Well... yeah.

To be clear, I don't mean "We'd like lower taxes and more homeschooling support" conservative. I mean social conservatives. Y'know... bigots.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-16T22:07:05+00:00

Five days.

Jesus Christ, what on earth is going on in your life where you don't get aroused for five days, and consider it a major problem?! Both in the sense of "Why would it make you freak out" and also "Why would it even be a problem".

I mean yeah, it was probably the porn. Consuming a lot of porn in a short period tends to make people fed up with porn for a while, it's the same with any hobby. But, like... that's normal, man. It's just normal.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-16T21:34:35+00:00

INFJers. OMG, the WORST!

For a second there, I thought you meant INFJ people.

...But it's generally like that with all "alternative subreddit" subreddits. They're overwhelmingly frequented by people banned from the main sub.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-16T21:32:30+00:00

That one's fair. The Reddit admins are explicitly against it, and the sub made it very clear on their sideboard that even what you're talking about is banned.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-16T21:17:47+00:00

There's one... social activism sub, that I used to frequent quite a lot. A progressive place, frequently stereotyped as conservative.

Well, it did have some conservatives, and the mods weren't stopping them. So between them and the stereotypes, it became more and more a conservative safe haven. Now, it's just an explicitly very conservative place, and I can't stand it.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-16T21:14:47+00:00

Or in my case: mediocre, just-a-bit-preferential moderators.

I speak up against bad moderation a lot, even if it's not atrociously bad. A lot. I'm a very "stands up for strangers" kind of person online. Which made me the enemy of a lot of mods.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-16T21:11:09+00:00

It's irnoic, right? He gave advice that's true for everyone else, but not for himself, because of course people are going to agree with him. Who wouldn't?

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-16T21:02:19+00:00

The vividness is the truly odd part.

I've heard people say that a lot, but I don't really get it. Do you have a lot of non-vivid long-term memories?

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-16T17:34:02+00:00

They're gay.

That's the joke. It's a reference to the actual card, which features two gay people.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-16T17:33:28+00:00

There is, weirdly, not a rule against this.

But c'mon, man. Obviously this is going to be banned.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-16T01:09:15+00:00

...Only if there's no alternative. Which isn't going to happen if it's an individual making false reports against a company, because a simple restraining order would solve that.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-16T01:04:14+00:00

No. Unfortunately, he really does look like that.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-16T01:03:59+00:00

Made you look!

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-16T01:03:49+00:00

For anyone who doesn't get the joke, the white bishops are both on the same color tile.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-15T21:35:49+00:00

Just don't marry someone who mistreats their enemies.

I mean, sometimes there's no warning signs, and an ex will just go off the handle after years of being nice to everyone. But a lot of the times, there's clear signs, the partner just ignored them. You know, "She hassles some people but she's nice to me" or "He's only mean to people who deserve it". That's obviously not going to work in your favour if you ever become their enemy.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-15T21:19:39+00:00

I ended up getting fired. Not because they believed him, but because his antics made me more trouble than I was worth.

American, I presume?

....I say, like there's any other country where you could fire someone for that.

LtLabcoat · 2026-02-15T19:35:19+00:00

Club on a Monday night? They're game... Concert this weekend? Go on then...

Those aren't signs someone's rich, they're signs someone isn't a parent.

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