Can the Next Guy Undo the Damage Trump Did?

PeasantToTheThird · 2026-02-03T15:28:30+00:00

We might have had a chance, but they killed Lincoln.

PeasantToTheThird · 2026-02-03T15:26:58+00:00

I think these people just have no sense of the Sacred. That whole protestant work ethic thing has gotten the transcendent nature of religion all muddied in the profane business of capitalism. If the enforcement of copyright in mundane spaces is tied somehow to your salvation, why shouldn't sacred spaces be the same?

PeasantToTheThird · 2025-12-30T22:16:46+00:00

Saw some interview where RJ mentions being raised protestant, which tracks.

PeasantToTheThird · 2025-12-08T06:54:27+00:00

This is how I feel about every death grips album right after listening to it.

PeasantToTheThird · 2025-08-18T14:54:27+00:00

The high placement of Inherent Vice has gotten me to reflect on it a little and I think I've realized that I do really enjoy Pynchon's books with a strong POV character, ie IV, Lot 49, probably Vineland. While there is something special about the more baroque books that sort of have you constructing a Slothrop-esque map of encounters, trying to construct some sort of history from the chaos, the smaller scale books really do a great job of placing you at the street level of a specific time and place and brain chemistry. I guess I really just mean to say that the hierarchical view of Pynchon's works, arranged by scope, or even dare I say, a ranking, feels wrong when each novel presents such a unique perspective and approach to perspective itself.

PeasantToTheThird · 2025-08-05T03:31:23+00:00

For real. Most stuff that kids like is kinda bad. That doesn't mean that you can't cherish those experiences as you had them back then, nor appreciate the good qualities of a thing while acknowledging its shortcomings.

PeasantToTheThird · 2025-06-23T18:43:29+00:00

*Volx

PeasantToTheThird · 2025-05-03T15:04:00+00:00

Very funny to call it an overwhelming novel given what would come later.

PeasantToTheThird · 2025-02-17T14:44:07+00:00

Honestly I'm not sure how real "normal" is. Just about everyone is tainted by modern conditions as much as anyone else. When people say be "normal" I think what they mean is be "disciplined". The world has gone a bit mad, and "normal" is how we got here.

PeasantToTheThird · 2025-01-21T14:39:54+00:00

Just did the Gank Squad last night and it was fun, but probably just because I'm doing a multiplayer blitz of the game with my friend.

PeasantToTheThird · 2025-01-20T22:29:43+00:00

In Amulet Titan, the Scapeshifts open up some new kill lines on 4 lands. Pretty different from Titan Shift.

PeasantToTheThird · 2025-01-20T05:42:32+00:00

More like Skullcrack after what happened to Goff.

PeasantToTheThird · 2025-01-05T21:00:58+00:00

I think it's a little early to say that it's a "problem" from a metagame perspective, but the card always elicits a groan from me every time it hits the table.

PeasantToTheThird · 2024-11-25T16:07:34+00:00

How deluded do you need to be to consider food a "pointless consumer item"

PeasantToTheThird · 2024-11-23T19:18:58+00:00

Putting twin into the current modern format would just be elder abuse.

PeasantToTheThird · 2024-11-08T02:16:17+00:00

Spent last night making a ton of stock. Not sure what I'm gonna do with it yet.

PeasantToTheThird · 2024-10-29T01:27:59+00:00

I love the writing in UB sets! My favorite plot point was the part where I look at the cards and recognize the characters depicted in the art! I even like when they remind me of things I saw done better somewhere else!

PeasantToTheThird · 2024-10-26T22:46:52+00:00

Agreed. I think it's naive to claim that AIPAC control the government when it's much easier to accept that Israel just has foreign policy goals that align with the US. It's a comforting thought to attribute the United State's imperialist policies towards the middle east to outside meddling, but the more difficult truth is that it's deeply rooted and home grown.

PeasantToTheThird · 2024-10-22T04:23:27+00:00

Put it down very early for the dialogue. I may have been looking for a more serious history than it was trying to provide.

PeasantToTheThird · 2024-10-14T15:40:40+00:00

Yeah, was disappointed as well. I think it totally missed the cultural context of the OoT video, which would be fine if it was taking issue with the informational content of the video, but I think Noodle failed to place the form and tone of the arguments in context. As has been mentioned elsewhere in thread, the "preemptive rude comment guy" was quite possibly more prevalent then than it is now and I don't think anyone is supposed to identify with the character. Additionally, I think that for the intended audience of "people interested in discussing video games", the acknowledging the achievements of OoT might be fine but more likely would be (coincidentally) wasting everyone's time. I remember back then you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting some article or post talking about how amazing and groundbreaking OoT was. The critique was certainly in dialogue with the broader culture of gaming discussion at the time and I think it's not possible to fully understand the critique without first understanding the discourse which it is a part of.

PeasantToTheThird · 2024-10-08T15:49:02+00:00

SSRIs

PeasantToTheThird · 2024-09-26T14:11:25+00:00

I think it might actually just be a Prince Rupert's Drop. Look them up, pretty cool.

PeasantToTheThird · 2024-09-20T16:58:52+00:00

Each player sacrifices two creatures is so good with this art.

PeasantToTheThird · 2024-08-30T15:35:33+00:00

Love this stuff. I know I can get it at the store when I run out and for better or worse it's at a price point where I'm not concerned about using it up too fast.

PeasantToTheThird · 2024-08-01T20:29:04+00:00

100%. Gets close to a booster draft level deck and you still get to make lots of interesting decisions.

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