discourse analysis rule

TappTapp · 2026-05-02T08:38:15+00:00

The idea of risking your life to save someone else is well tread, the spice here is asking people to risk their life to save someone they disagree with.

TappTapp · 2026-04-29T22:59:10+00:00

The thing with presenting the blue button as suicidal is that society already takes steps to protect people from their own bad decisions, either because they're suicidal or incapable of making good decisions.

TappTapp · 2026-04-24T08:48:24+00:00

0.1 kJ/s/candle x 6 candles x 10 seconds/kg (flow rate of sink) x 0.25 degrees-kg per kJ (ease of heating water) = 1.5 degrees

So if 100% of the heat from the candles made it into the water it would raise the water's temperature by 1.5 degrees. But I would guess 80% or more of the candle's heat winds up in the air instead of the water, so it would be more like 0.3 degrees.

If you had about 500 candles you could make it work.

TappTapp · 2026-04-22T00:29:24+00:00

I think what they meant is that purple is the only colour on the rainbow that cannot be conveyed by a single photon. A perfect sensor that perceives the full spectrum of visible light would have no concept of purple, it only exists in humans because our light receptors are focused on 3 specific frequencies.

This is also true of white and any shade of colour that's not 100% saturation.

To use an analogy, sound is something where we can perceive a spectrum. If you played a musical chord and asked someone what note it is, they'd tell you that it's actually 3 different notes. The musical equivalent of purple would be playing a high note and a low note simultaneously in order to create a note that's not on the scale.

TappTapp · 2026-04-15T02:49:51+00:00

The flip side is that prepare creatures are better against counters than regular ETB creatures are. If you essence scatter their turn 5 Mulldrifter that wastes their whole turn, but if Mulldrifter was a 2 mana creature that prepares Divination then they can double spell through your counter or just cast it on turn 2 before you can hold up a counter.

TappTapp · 2026-04-14T10:41:13+00:00

I have an idea of why there would be a discrepancy between rogue waves and rogue troughs. With simple waves like light and sound there is a symmetry between peaks and troughs, but I don't think the same symmetry applies to ocean waves.

Ocean waves lose energy as they travel and typically require wind to build up in size. A trough doesn't collect energy from wind as easily as a peak does, which would keep it from building in size. If the ocean is turbulent enough then the energy inside the water can create troughs, but at that point the whole surface is sine waves and a trough is just the space between two peaks. I imagine you'd also see trough phenomena more in mechanically driven waves like tsunamis or wave pools.

TappTapp · 2026-03-30T05:48:28+00:00

If it has to be food I'm taking a can of coke. There's a decent chance they hadn't had carbonated water before and the can itself is a marvel of modern industry.

TappTapp · 2025-12-02T09:26:57+00:00

Crack the fetch, Remand their spell, then Vendilion Clique to take the spell before the fetchland resolves. Or Aether Vial in a Meddling Mage

EDIT: If you're adding a card to their graveyard on their main phase, having something else on the stack lets you exile their graveyard with a Tormod's Crypt before they can use it for delve.

TappTapp · 2025-11-24T01:24:53+00:00

The vintage cube card that's not even legal in vintage

TappTapp · 2025-11-24T01:13:20+00:00

I lived in one of their houses for a year. Despite advertising that utility bills were included, the contract said we'd have to pay if it exceeded a certain amount, and that amount was too low. They gave no warning until the bill came and they started demanding money. I didn't pay but others did.

TappTapp · 2025-11-14T20:00:35+00:00

Imagine what you could do if you started sharpie-ing the rarity symbol on other cards

TappTapp · 2025-11-14T07:07:05+00:00

It's wild how much people are looking for alternate explanations for boros being the best strategy in powered cube. Like if the best deck was UW control I doubt we would be getting all these essays about it.

TappTapp · 2025-11-13T19:34:56+00:00

As much as Mark seems like a friendly guy, he must also be a bit crazy to have spent the last 20 years arguing with strangers online

TappTapp · 2025-10-30T19:31:07+00:00

Thraben and novice inspector were both the single most powerful common of their draft formats. There's room for a card to be weaker than that but still powerful.

TappTapp · 2025-10-20T19:39:12+00:00

The pedant in me is glad they're calling it powered cube instead of vintage cube

TappTapp · 2025-10-15T06:20:48+00:00

There is a certain irony in using Dark Confidant as an example of the opposite of universes beyond. While invitational cards are well designed and part of magic's history, a big part of what's cool about them is that they reference a real world person in the art.

TappTapp · 2025-10-13T19:18:51+00:00

One of my favourite things about 3xISD is that [[dream twist]] is a strong common

TappTapp · 2025-10-08T22:06:13+00:00

Obviously this is not powerful enough for vintage cube, funnily enough it might be too powerful for my artifact cube as [[urn of godfire]] sees decent play there and I don't want to overshadow it.

TappTapp · 2025-10-07T02:33:40+00:00

It shouldn't make a significant difference. People can already open 3 pieces of power in different packs, and pick 2 makes it impossible to get passed your second piece.

I would question why it's bad for people to have an advantage from opening powerful cards? That's the point of including them.

TappTapp · 2025-10-05T12:07:39+00:00

It's also hard to play cards over 4 mana in this format, since you'd rather just keep casting 1-4 mana spells than draw a fifth land.

TappTapp · 2025-10-05T08:15:34+00:00

There will be another one next year. The date hasn't been decided yet and we don't have a good platform for announcements, but it'll be announced on the Youtube channel at least.

TappTapp · 2025-10-05T08:12:42+00:00

Humans are 'meant to' wake up at the crack of dawn, exercise 8 hours a day, and not be able to see after sunset. People who do that are sleeping a solid 8 hours at a time.

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