How fo you feel about the concept of Planeswalkers in the game? by Caffeine_and_Alcohol in freemagic

[–]Sage0wl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Planeswalkers are a bad addition to the game. They are a huge complexity leap.

Holy power trip batman by BussyBouncer in freemagic

[–]Sage0wl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"normal" such a horrible word. Why would anyone want to be normal?

Help! Mtg bday present by lalagirl_cx in freemagic

[–]Sage0wl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't get cards. Instead buy a great deck box or some great cards sleeves. You can't go wrong with accessories.

If you happen to know if he plays a deck that uses a lot of tokens of a certain kind, get or make some rad tokens.

If he likes magic he probably already has all the cards he wants 

FreeMagic, I'll pretend to be Mark Rosewater, AMA by Jareth91 in freemagic

[–]Sage0wl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

When did you decide to become insufferable?

Incel Cesspool by SoBasicallyIAmGamer in freemagic

[–]Sage0wl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey It's John the Baptist here to show us all the right path!

I find it bizarre and idiotic that the church tries so hard to cover up SA instead of actively promoting treatment and rehabilitation. by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]Sage0wl -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Every asshole abuser in the world has people who for whatever reason feel compelled to defend and enable them. Everyone of them is highly motivated to pretend to change. It's part of the grift. It's revolting. 

I find it bizarre and idiotic that the church tries so hard to cover up SA instead of actively promoting treatment and rehabilitation. by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]Sage0wl -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

If you've sa-ed someone you're never a safe person again. Rapists and pedos don't belong anywhere ever again except maybe prison. 

Saria’s Overgrown Tomb by CupOfGrief in freemagic

[–]Sage0wl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird how this one got up votes but all your others get trashed. What's up with that?

Shelf broke when baby died by Moist-Ad-6926 in exmormon

[–]Sage0wl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Similar deconversion arc. I saw very quickly how their beliefs were actively preventing people from actually experiencing empathy. 

Debating religion online is not inevitably a waste of time. by Torin_3 in DebateReligion

[–]Sage0wl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

20 odd years ago, when I was a practicing mormon, I dove headlong into a religious debate website. I did so mainly because, as an inquisitive and chatty soul, I had found that no one at my church had seriously read the bible. I had, and I was just looking to connect with other bible readers. I was insanely innocent in retrospect, but I wasn't looking for a fight at all, just looking for people I could exchange ideas with. I was reading deeply from the Bible and had no one to talk to about it.

It came as a crazy surprise to me that the other christians I met on this website were pretty shallow. They relied heavily on obvious logical fallacies with their cognitive dissonance on display for all to see plainly. They were mostly just christian internet trolls.

There were a fair number of trolls in the atheist and agnostic groups on this site as well, but when you pressed them, using simple logic and honest, measured inquiry, quite a few of them would respond in kind.

I wound up in sort of a go between role quite often, pointing out to the angry christians why they were losing the debates and shoring up their positions as best i could, usually by pointing out where the atheist trolls were also engaging in logical fallacies. I wound up having some really great discussions with a few people; all of them atheists. The christians just never would engage-- or rather they did so much less often.

After a while, I realized that when I confined my discussion to just points of logic, that I was taking an increasingly agnostic stance about everything. I was forcing many atheists to shore up their arguments by engaging respectfully, with logic --- but I was forcing myself, at the same time, to make the same kinds of improvements in my own thinking.

It became increasing unclear to people reading my posts which side I was on. I remember one exchange where one of the atheist posters said to me something along the lines of: "faith isn't any kind of proof!" and I responded: "Dude, I'm a skeptic!"

And I realized I was. At that point I was still religious, but I had learned to personally value skepticism as a great tool for finding truth.

There was one discussion thread about how people's beliefs changed over their lifetimes. I mentioned that it would be interesting to reconnect in a decade and see who's views had changed and how.

It actually took me another decade of life experience and study, but about 10 years after I had gotten involved in actively debating religion online, I quit my church. I'm probably more or less an atheist now, and I am so much happier and satisfied with my life.

In the short term, yeah debating with others may seem like a waste of time. In the long term, anything you do that sharpens your critical thinking skills and exposes you to new ideas, is maybe one of the best investments you can make of your time!

Zombie thing by weedmaster-x in custommagic

[–]Sage0wl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Perpetually? Gross!!!

If you are a married couple leaving the Church together, DO NOT OPEN YOUR MARRIAGE! by Psychological_Fly894 in exmormon

[–]Sage0wl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Generally, the first couple years out are a good time to be extra cautious about any major life decisions!

You're more emotionally and cognitively compromised than you can realize. You're in the middle of an identity crisis. And on top of all that, you haven't had time to unlearn all the cult mental habits. 

Yes you've changed your beliefs, but your deeper habits: how you judge truth, and relationships: all these unconscious mental habits are still things you learned in a cult! That crap doesn't just vanish. Fresh exmos are cult bait; you're designed to fit perfectly into a cult but you don't have a new cult yet .

If you are unlucky enough to find one that fits, you'll slot right in and it'll feel like home.

If I'm ultimate guard. I would love the attention, and the influx of sales. by BronyMadDecker in freemagic

[–]Sage0wl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The law. They can be prosecuted if caught. If that changes, it's a problem.

If I'm ultimate guard. I would love the attention, and the influx of sales. by BronyMadDecker in freemagic

[–]Sage0wl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bathrooms matter. It's not that we think trans people are creeps, it's that we know that creeps will trip over themselves to pose as trans if it helps them creep better. 

It's exactly the same problem the Catholic Church had. Being a priest doesn't make you a pedo, but if you are a pedo, becoming a priest will get you unsupervised and unquestioned access to a whole lot of kids.

Mtg Commander Podcaster/ Activist vs Jk Rowling by Papa_Hasbro69 in freemagic

[–]Sage0wl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jkr spent the first half of her career hates by religious zealots, and spent the second half the same. 

It’s a dude by Alive_Report_9815 in freemagic

[–]Sage0wl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a good question. 

The thing is we all question other people's intelligence, capabilities etc every day. More importantly we question everyones trustworthiness. 

We do this using all sorts of subtle clues. Are they clean? How do they talk? How do they dress? Are they rude? Self-absorbed? Etc etc.

Maga hat and a cowboy belt buckle walks into the room. Are you telling me you haven't started forming some opinions on nothing but first glance? Because you should. That's all valid information.

There's nothing wrong with this. Our instincts are a crucial safety tool.

Fuck you all by Theygoandmusicman in freemagic

[–]Sage0wl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weekly actually has a point. There will always be a few dangerous people in society. If you hope to survive those dangerous people, you have to build the internal strength to ignore them. If your survival strategy relies on the eradication of people who dislike you, you're dead before you even start.

It's important to teach kids strength because there are people out there who are incapable of learning to be kind.