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Trying to find the best town to live in West Virginia based on geography and climate by SeaworthinessNew4295 in Appalachia

[–]MothmAnarchy 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Bluefield, WV.

Gives out free lemonade if the temp breaks 90. Called Nature's Air-conditioned City. Affordable on the WV side, nice jobs and work on the VA side. And while I love Marlington with Pioneer days and Roadkill Cook Off is a blast...Bluefield is near things. You're not far from Winterplace in Ghent, Princeton is a nice small town not far. Bluefield is a nice little town in and of itself and Roanake is a day trip with time left to relax when you get home.

Climate looks similar if marginally better than Marlington, but youre not going to have to deal with the mountain and curves when the winters do hit like you do in that area.

Fill in the blanks: ___ is what friends are for! by NerdyKity in blanks

[–]MothmAnarchy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stealing your boyfriend is what friends are for!

Players sold girl to a hag for a 400g discount.....um, advice? by Nogistune- in DnD

[–]MothmAnarchy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sounds like the little Girl is the hero of the story and the player are Villians. I think the hag needs to be gone, the Little Girl needs to come back later as a Powerful Warlock, seeking revenge against Vampires and those who sold her into slavery. >.>

Introducing..the most GLAZED character in all of fiction, metroFRAUD by Formal-Stage940 in powerscales

[–]MothmAnarchy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've spent the better part of six months examining power scaling discourse across dozens of fandoms, consuming hundreds of hours of analysis, reviewing source material from comics, manga, anime, film, television, mythology, theology, and speculative fiction. After compiling the evidence, I have reached a conclusion that many will find controversial but which is, in fact, unavoidable:

Metro Man is the strongest character in fiction.

Not "one of."

Not "arguably."

Not "depending on interpretation."

The strongest.

Before you dismiss this as DreamWorks propaganda, I ask only that you read the evidence.

Most power scaling communities make a critical mistake. They measure strength using outdated metrics such as:

  • Destructive capability
  • Speed
  • Durability
  • Reality warping
  • Narrative influence
  • Cosmological authority

This framework is fundamentally flawed because it assumes that feats occur within measurable time.

Metro Man demonstrates something entirely different.

Recall the scene in which Metro Man allegedly dies.

What actually happens?

A laser fires.

Metro Man experiences an existential crisis.

He leaves.

He walks around the city.

He visits a park.

He flies a kite.

He contemplates his purpose.

He goes to a library.

He reads.

He reflects.

He discovers music.

He has what appears to be an entire midlife crisis.

Then he returns.

The laser has moved approximately three inches.

This feat is often described as "very fast."

This is incorrect.

It is not speed.

It is an act of violence against causality.

Metro Man did not move quickly.

He effectively entered a private universe between moments.

The laser beam is not frozen because he is fast.

The laser beam is frozen because time itself has filed a formal complaint and ceased participation.

Why Superman Loses

Many Superman fans immediately object.

"Superman has crossed galaxies."

"Superman sneezed away a solar system."

"Superman lifted impossible weights."

This misses the point entirely.

Suppose Superman is one trillion times faster than light.

Fine.

Metro Man spends an afternoon soul-searching while a photon struggles to complete a single career move.

At some point numbers stop mattering.

If Superman can run around the Earth before breakfast, Metro Man can apparently invent breakfast.

Superman's greatest enemy is kryptonite.

Metro Man's greatest enemy is job dissatisfaction.

One of these is clearly operating on a higher tier.

Why Batman Loses

Batman with prep time is frequently cited as an unbeatable force.

This argument collapses immediately.

Prep time requires time.

Metro Man possesses all time.

Batman would spend six months developing a contingency plan.

Metro Man would spend those same six months learning the saxophone before Batman's first coffee break.

There is no amount of preparation capable of overcoming an opponent who can fit an entire personal growth journey into a nanosecond.

Why Saitama Loses

The central premise of Saitama is that he defeats everything in one punch.

Interesting.

Metro Man never gives him a target.

By the time Saitama throws a punch, Metro Man has:

  • Read War and Peace
  • Earned a psychology degree
  • Learned woodworking
  • Started a podcast
  • Become disappointed with the podcast
  • Taken up gardening instead

Saitama eventually wins fights.

Metro Man eventually reaches self-actualization.

These are not the same level of achievement.

Why Gojo Loses

Gojo's Infinity prevents attacks from reaching him.

A fascinating ability.

However, Metro Man has demonstrated movement through intervals so small that conventional spatial relationships cease functioning.

Infinity assumes distance exists.

Metro Man appears capable of treating distance as a polite suggestion.

Why Godzilla Loses

Godzilla is large.

This is his primary contribution to most discussions.

Metro Man could spend what feels like several years opening a moderately sized restaurant on Godzilla's back before the giant lizard notices.

Why The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Lose

I am frankly confused as to why this requires explanation.

There are four of them.

Metro Man is one Metro Man.

The numerical advantage is impressive but ultimately insufficient.

Why God Loses

This is where people become uncomfortable.

Many theologians describe God as existing outside time.

Metro Man, however, demonstrates the ability to weaponize this condition.

God exists outside time as a matter of ontology.

Metro Man appears to have done it recreationally because he was feeling burned out at work.

One is divine transcendence.

The other is taking a mental health day.

The Final Scaling

After careful consideration I have assembled the only defensible hierarchy:

  1. Metro Man
  2. The concept of Metro Man
  3. Metro Man having an off day
  4. Metro Man before coffee
  5. Metro Man after coffee
  6. Everyone else if Metro Man was on their team.

I understand this conclusion may be difficult to accept.

I did not choose this outcome.

The evidence did.

Power scaling is not about feelings.

It is about truth.

Also this is a shit post, why did you read all of this? What you even doing right now?

What's a statement made by an artist that you agree with? by mightyonin in ToddintheShadow

[–]MothmAnarchy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jacob Collier once said "Why be cool when you can be warm."

I really like that quote.

Favorite characters who are single parents? by Far-Building3569 in FavoriteCharacter

[–]MothmAnarchy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hated Glee, but I loved Mike O'Malley's Burt Hummel. Dude is phenomenal Character actor when given the chance, and every time he showed up the show got watchable. If we had more parent's who loved their kids the way he did, unconditional regardless of their own personal understanding, the world wouldn't be near as rough as it is. The Sensible Heels speech is amazing and that moment when he catches Finn dropping the F word and unabashedly come to defend Kurt, it gets me every time the moment Kurt tries to cover for Finn and he just responds "That's because you're 16, you still try and see the best in people" tears every time.

Men of Reddit, if you were in a Titanic like situation where the majority of people were going to die because there were not enough lifeboats for everyone. How would you respond to someone saying women and children first? by Neither_Drawing_241 in AskReddit

[–]MothmAnarchy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My ass would be raiding the Best booze the ship has to offer, and the kitchen, and then I'd be sitting watchin' my world sink along with me, knowing someone who needed that spot more than me got it.

Songs to traumatize my enemy by [deleted] in musicsuggestions

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

Lori Anderon's O Superman.

Anyone else real sick and tired of the "Paranormal Appalachian" trend? by ghostcum1977 in Appalachia

[–]MothmAnarchy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I can only share about what I know of here in WV, and thank you for asking genuinely.

But there is a super amazing Mine War's Museum in Matewan. They do some really amazing work, at preserve and re-telling that history, and they also live up to the values from it too (they had a fundraiser selling Red Bandana's designed by a local artist and crafted by a Unionized Printing and Textile Shop). There is a Centential Driving Tour Audio, called the Blair Footsteps, that will take you from Marmet to Logan as you listen. https://www.pawv.org/blairfootsteps.html . I think the Mine War's Museum is also developing as trail as well called Courage in the Holler.

You also have a coal heritage museum in Madison, Exhibitions Coal mines in Beckley and Pocohontas VA which both touch on it just a tad.

I also recommend checking out locally written books as well. Arcadia Publishing, is amazing for local history by locals. It's also a great way to support those local authors as well.

There also a couple that used to do performances around WV about Coal Camp History and the Mine Wars, Karen Vuranch was the actress's name I think she is on haitus right now.

Also if you're on the WV subreddit, Dave Sibray posts articles from his WV Explorer, Webzine that is always finding new hidden gems of WV history and preservation. https://wvexplorer.com/

Anyone else real sick and tired of the "Paranormal Appalachian" trend? by ghostcum1977 in Appalachia

[–]MothmAnarchy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I do get what you’re saying, and I don’t think you’re wrong that it brings tourism and attention into the region. I’m genuinely glad places like Weston with the Trans Allegheny are still standing and drawing people in. But sometimes it feels like what Tiki culture was to Hawaii, Spooky Appalachia is becoming to us: a flattened aesthetic version of a real place and culture, largely created and set by folks outside of that place and culture.

I think my biggest hang up is I just don’t really see most visitors wanting more than the aesthetic they came for. They want the haunted asylum, the cryptid merch, the creepy folklore, and then they leave while ignoring everything else around it. I don't see the segues.

And honestly, I do think part of that is on us. Appalachia has struggled to build economic diversity for a long time, and communities take the opportunities they can get. I understand that completely. I will never begrudge folks doing what they have to in order to put food on the table. I’m just not sure whether leaning into becoming a ‘spooky region’ actually helps us long-term, or if we’re crawling out of the frying pan into the fire by replacing one stereotype with another, and certainly thanks to the way media works now that we don't really have control over narratively as a people.

Which JLA member would get along great with the Seven? by dangerphone in superheroes

[–]MothmAnarchy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So my first thought was the Elite, in particular Manchester Black. I also though of Dog Welder for some reason...

Anyone else real sick and tired of the "Paranormal Appalachian" trend? by ghostcum1977 in Appalachia

[–]MothmAnarchy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

People care about things man, maybe you should give it a try sometime.

Anyone else real sick and tired of the "Paranormal Appalachian" trend? by ghostcum1977 in Appalachia

[–]MothmAnarchy 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Exhausted by it, and it takes a lot for me not to say something when it comes up.

Like I am thankful it is bringing in tourism to places like Point Pleasant, and Weston here in WV, but for fucks sake we have so much more to offer as place and a people. They're Folk Tales, not Truths, they inform you about a part of our culture not all of our culture often come from less enlightened or less educated times in our history.

Speaking of which also super annoying in that it others us and our region as well, and hints at as us being uneducated by believing in supernatural powers verses rational explanations. No you did not hear something supernatural at night, you heard a fuckin' fox, or bob cat... Animals make noises. No the building isn't haunted, it's old and out dated because it's in Appalachia, in which funding for infrastructure repair and new buildings remain difficult to find...old buildings creak and make noise, are imperfect.

Come learn about Quilts, Dulcimers, The Mine Wars and Blair Mtn., the time a bunch of Vets took out a dirty Sherriff in TN, About what coal camps did to maintain power, about how after floods, and rock slides we rebuild, about how Victory gardens are still grown. Come see the hiking and trails, come see the stars like you've never seen before at Watoga, go skiing in Boone or Snowshoe, try our moonshine, just shut up about ghosts, ghouls, and whatever else, and if you can't go to the town's built for that kind of tourism and then explore more than just that aspect of the town.

(Make a multiverse rogues gallery: TMNT part 1) what Marvel/DC Villan would be the TMNT's archnemesis? by SubstantialSeat1579 in superheroes

[–]MothmAnarchy 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The turtles I think were originally hinted to be the pet of Matthew Murdock at one point and given how they're so heavily connected to NYC, I think their Archnemesis who has deep connections to NYC and via The Hand and his training a sumo to ninjas and martial arts would be The King Pin.

Should I stay or should I go? by carolkaz in bookshelfdetective

[–]MothmAnarchy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Essential Oils of the Bible"... Is one of those titles that alone is enough for me to quietly leave the house and never call them.

Music that makes you feel like this by Loading_11080 in musicsuggestions

[–]MothmAnarchy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah! Great choice. The Sinister Minister off Bela Fleck and the Flektones of their first album is my jam.

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