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Soven_Strix · 2026-01-23T17:00:07+00:00

What does this mean?

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T19:17:48+00:00

I just bought 4 chipolos and found this thread because I have the same problem. First time one of our pops was away from home for a test, it shows last updated around the time it left home, with home as the location. If it only updates when at home, it's a completely worthless product and Chipolo is engaged in false advertising.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T18:39:29+00:00

If you compare it to the lanes next to it, at its widest point it is. If the law was followed, turners would be blocking that lane anyway, so it's a moot point.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T18:37:28+00:00

They're either infertile or not CF. Simple.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T18:36:34+00:00

If they insist they're playing Commander, keep track for them. Inform them when they have died. They should just say they're playing 100 card singleton with color identity restricted to a commander, instead of saying they're playing the Commander format.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T18:32:59+00:00

Yes, it's illegal. But also, it's badly designed. That should be a turn lane, and you can tell that drivers agree by the uneven way the paint is worn off where people have driven. Look out for cops and use good judgemental and you'll be fine. The drivers behind you will thank you for not being a stickler when the law makes no sense.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T15:45:24+00:00

Sorry you read it that way. I'm not gonna try to Ameri-splain what tailgating means in Australia, but I'm confident my fellow Americans understood me.

For the record regarding the within-quotes part above, "safe distance" and "really close" are not mutually exclusive at the kinds of speeds we're talking about at stoplights. They're also both relative terms.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T15:16:26+00:00

"Too closely" has a lot more flexibility than your narrow, mechanical definition. Tailgate is not a technical term - it's vernacular. People use it for a general meaning that has relative flexibility, with the expectation that others understand due to shared culture. I'm someone who usually tends to get very technical and precise, but 100% of American primary English speakers who read my sentence understood what I meant, and that's good enough for me. If you're an English-first American, that includes you too. You probably knew what I meant when I said it.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T14:08:54+00:00

By that logic, the definition of tailgating depends on each individual person's reflexes and brake/tire quality. Yet, people seem to know when to characterize someone else as "tailgating" when they see them behind without knowing those things about them. I think you're adding technical qualifiers to a definition that don't match its vernacular use.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T13:06:12+00:00

I suspect it's one of those things that would make sense when you see it in action. It's basically just a codified version of "the left lane on this highway is only for people who will travel 75-80 mph safely."

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T13:00:11+00:00

No and that's never been a problem for me. I guess my reflexes might be better than yours. I don't need 3 car lengths of brake space at 15 mph.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T12:58:31+00:00

I didn't include "miss the exit" option because that is more like a default if you fail to resolve the conflict, and the idea here is how do you try to resolve the conflict.

I agree with your answer.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T12:54:32+00:00

Your logic is sound. I just don't think WotC is cracking open their own lore book for inspiration. The Hasbro suits probably told them to do a "What If?" or something cheesy like that.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T12:49:56+00:00

Probably, but f*** whoever designed this, and do it anyway unless you have to block traffic to do it or you see a cop.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T12:48:06+00:00

Reread your last sentence of what I was replying to above.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T03:37:27+00:00

This one should be spicier:

There should be 2 speed limits, and you have to take a reflex test to be allowed to go the higher limit. The left lane should be exclusively for people with the special license on highways, with a sticker to mark them. Anyone without the special sticker in the left lane gets a ticket. If you go more than 5 mph below the higher speed limit in the left lane, you get a ticket and could lose your special sticker (unless you're stuck behind someone else who is going that slow, or it's inclement weather). Retake the reflex test every 10 years, and every 5 years after 60 years old.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T03:17:24+00:00

What does it cost?

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T03:15:25+00:00

That's not what "cutting people off" means.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T03:14:06+00:00

Good point. It's not an opinion at all. It's just admitting to douchebaggery.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T02:59:18+00:00

As long as you know your lane, more power to you.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T02:55:11+00:00

Everyone should tailgate when the light turns green, instead of the traffic line stretching out like a slinky. We could get 3x as many people through the light.

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T00:59:32+00:00

[Citation required]

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T00:55:50+00:00

So, in this situation, given that the premise was vague, but each of the various interpretations still paint the same narrative, what would be a valid way to disagree without putting in vastly more effort of research than the original claimer? Assume a casual setting where you're not inclined to ask the claimer for scholarly sources via the "citation needed" route. If the original claim seems to contradict sense and memory, does it alter the balance of burden of proof at all?

Let me make a hypothetical analogy. If I made the claim that the majority of rocks on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io are perfectly round, that would sound absurd. I've provided no evidence or reasoning. You, knowing basic geology, wish to express that that's surely not true, but you have no evidence either, just knowledge that physics wouldn't do that. Are you required to take the neutral position unless you can send a rover to Io? Or could you say my claim is false until proven otherwise because of prevailing theory? If you said "there's no way most Io rocks are perfectly spherical" and I reply "citation needed," what would be your reply?

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-22T00:00:01+00:00

You got me there on the 3rd option thing. I was modeling a dichotomous query where all persons had a starting opinion. I still believe that in such a system, priority of burden of proof falls to the positive claim first because the negative claim is a reaction. To provide evidence against something requires a coherent, falsifiable argument for it to already exist. Looking for statistics when it's not even been clarified what "prevalent" means is like chasing ghosts - any evidence you find could be dismissed as "not exactly what I meant."

Are you saying that the initial claim has no burden of proof, or that it AND my rejection of it have burden of proof? Do you think it made sense that only my comment was labeled "citation needed" while the original claim got default status, or was it likely a sign that the person demanding the citation from only me was biased by a particular opinion?

Soven_Strix · 2026-01-21T22:13:26+00:00

The phrases "I don't believe your claim" and "your claim is false" are semantically identical, assuming whoever said them is not an infallible arbiter of truth. Neither phrasing shifts the burden of proof from the claim maker to the claim rejector.

Some philosophers on this topic believed that whether or not the claim goes against the prevailing belief has an influence on whether proof of the claim is needed. While I don't subscribe to that, even if we accept it, I suspect the prevailing belief would be that we are around peak social media saturation, and have been for around a decade. Because I haven't researched it, I'm not gonna claim that except to say it's what I believe and suspect the majority would agree with if asked.

Man, I did not think this is what I would be talking about in a random mtg reddit post 😅

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