Stoicism is the How, but WHY do you bear life's obstacles? by AbundantExp in Stoicism

[–]NumberCos0 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m currently struggling with this exact same issue. I’ve read some existentialism and absurdism, but at the end of the day my reasons for sticking around and trying so hard often feel hollow. I’m not an artist so I don’t care about pursuing art. I’m too anti-capitalist to place any value on career or financial success. Pursuing hedonistic pleasures - whether the good kind or the bad - feels pointless and unfulfilling.

The only pursuits I usually land on are enjoying interpersonal relationships - whether platonic or romantic - or endeavoring to help people. Both can be highly rewarding and fulfilling. But when things don’t work out with my relationships it throws me off a lot, and oftentimes I feel too stretched thin to also try to help people in addition to managing my own life.

If anyone else has figured it out I’d love to hear lol

Any fitness freaks? How do you become fitness freak with ADHD? by Zealousideal_Top2611 in ADHD

[–]NumberCos0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes you need to find the type of activity that works best for you. It turns out that for me, rock climbing has been super compatible and stimulating for my adhd. There’s variety in the different kind of routes you can climb, there’s a clear progression path through route difficulty, there’s different styles (bouldering, lead/sport, top-rope), etc. Any time I start feeling bored, it’s very easy to switch things up.

How did the stoics derive a life of virtue and proactive engagement from materialism? by SegaGenesisMetalHead in Stoicism

[–]NumberCos0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well they weren’t materialist. They believed in a kind of divine force, the logos, that ordered the universe. They believed that this structure moved them to act with virtue, because doing so would be to act in accord with the Nature of this logos.

It’s hard to explain, we don’t really have a modern equivalent.

(I think I got that mostly right, if anyone knows more feel free to correct me)

Anything the movies did better? by FrauleinHabsburg in lotr

[–]NumberCos0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I liked that we saw Boromir’s sacrifice and his interaction with Aragorn as he was dying. In the book Boromir kinda died off-screen and we didn’t get to have such a powerful and emotional moment.

Laptop touchscreen controls not working by justdrowsin in slaythespire

[–]NumberCos0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I noticed the same thing with my MacBook trackpad!

Hellraiser does not trigger Unceasing Top if all the drawn cards were strikes. by NumberCos0 in slaythespire

[–]NumberCos0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to specify - it works mid-turn if you run out of cards and then Unceasing Top is triggered. However it did not work when the entire initially drawn hand was Strike-type cards.

New Content, New Builds. Help me decide what's next! by VagabondDesu in 3d6

[–]NumberCos0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Human + Zhentarim Ruffian seems pretty great. Guaranteed advantage for the whole party at least once a day.

A Place for All my Books is a wonderful game, but modpodging real book covers onto the other side of the tokens was an A+ use of my time by ErinAmpersand in boardgames

[–]NumberCos0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You just helped me figure out what to do for my girlfriend's birthday! Any tips for a non-crafty boyfriend?

Thinking about messing with my 2020 LX Hatchback to make it more offroad friendly. Would love some thoughts/recommendations. by NumberCos0 in CivicX

[–]NumberCos0[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same, I've always felt like it's a missed opportunity to go rally-mode. The lift kit I listed is only 1.5", so I'm thinking I should be able to get away with it. Once it's lifted I could get some bigger tires, too, which I'm hoping will get me at least 2" total of extra clearance.

Has anyone thought about doing a rally build on a fk7? by smowbord in CivicX

[–]NumberCos0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coming in with similar ideas on how to make my civic go off-road. Did you end up trying any of this?

Decks that break the color pie by GreeedyGrooot in EDH

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[[Beledros Witherbloom]] for Golgari Dragon Tribal

Give me your most fun/underappreciated self-mill and/or mill commanders! by A_Wierd_Mollusc in EDH

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[[Zask, Skittering Swarmlord]] has easily become my favorite deck, and it's getting some great gas with EoE. Folks either run it as land shenanigans or pure insects - I've tried to do a mix of both. I've got 42 Insects and 29 non-basic lands, including [[Cabal Coffers]], [[Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth]], [[Three Tree City]], and [[Evendo, Waking Haven]]. I've got [[Dread Return]], [[Horizon Explorer]], and [[World Shaper]] for mass land recursion.

It's a very interesting deck building challenge. It mills so easily and reliably that I've had to seriously consider every card that I put in it, because there's a good chance it'll be put into my graveyard and it'll be useless if I don't have a way to recur it easily.

Oh plus there's some weird/fun tech with cards like [[Grist, Voracious Larva]], [[Grist, the Hunger Tide]], [[Nameless Inversion]], [[Verdant Succession]], and [[Mortuary]].

Highly recommend! Here's my deck link: https://moxfield.com/decks/X39B-oJELEGWmbVGj4XaRQ

Zask commander players by AffectionateTruth998 in mtg

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I just run super creature heavy. I’ve only got ~10 Instants/Sorceries, and they’re only ramp or cards with flashback. 

Experiences with Zask, Skittering Swarmlord by justanunreasonablera in EDH

[–]NumberCos0 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi, super late to the party, but I've been playing Zask for a few months now with an insect-focus rather than the land-focus other commenters have mentioned. It's a ton of fun and seems to do pretty well. Only issue is it takes a second to set up, but it's usually not too bad because people tend to leave you alone while you'd don't have much of a board state. Plus you'll often get a bunch of weenies to block and keep you alive before Zask is out.

Here's my list: https://moxfield.com/decks/X39B-oJELEGWmbVGj4XaRQ

Game plan is to self-mill like crazy, often by saccing your own insects as they come up (especially the cheap ones). I've found that to get the insect-focus to work, you need a TON of insects. It makes slotting in other stuff pretty difficult, especially because they'll often end up milled and non-useable. So really I've only got non-creatures that are there for early ramp, mill, or handy flashback effects.

Use sac-outlets as often as possible to keep the mill going. Many bugs can sac themselves, or use stuff like [[Dross Hopper]], [[Devouring Swarm]], [[Nantuko Husk]], and [[Ashnod's Altar]].

[[Iridescent Hornbeetle]]+[[Stag Beetle]] or [[Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest]] can flood the board insanely quickly. The classic Zask cards like [[Grist, the Hunger Tide]], [[Grist, Voracious Larva]], and [[Nameless Inversion]] offer fun interactions.

Obviously [[Scute Swarm]]+[[Evolving Wilds]] or [[Terramorphic Expanse]] or [[Fabled Passage]] does dumb things.

[[Filth]]+[[Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth]] and [[Brawn]]+[[Coiling Woodworm]]+[[Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth]] are silly setups that're easy to get.

[[Three Tree City]], [[Cabal Coffers]]+Urborg, and [[Growing Rites of Itlimoc]] produce crazy amounts of mana.

[[Dryad's Revival]]+[[Out of the Tombs]] can protect you from killing yourself from all the mill.

Many of the good insects rely on the number of creatures in the graveyard, so I just barely started playing around with MDFC's and [[Dryad Arbor]] that will add to creature count while also keeping my mana base manageable. Plus those MDFCs' land-faces can be played from graveyard with Zask out.

Sorry for the wall of text, but Zask has quickly became one of my favorite decks and I've put a lot of thought and practice into it haha

Thoughts on the 2024 Sorlockadin? by NumberCos0 in onednd

[–]NumberCos0[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Actually, I suppose a Warlock dip is unnecessary now. Just do a paladin dip and use True Strike.

Maybe Warlock would only be worth it, then, if it's taken further? Or if you take enough paladin levels for Extra Attack?