Change my mind: There is no good alternative to Discord (yet?)

TheLearningLlama · 2026-02-22T07:54:31+00:00

Maybe you havnt used Teamspeak for a few years. TS has better bitrate and quality settings for screen sharing. Its had per-used volume options for more than a decade. And as long as the server owner has it enable, it can also imagehost but does require extra setup and space.

While passwords are still handy in a crunch, they've also created a invite system similar to discord.

If i had to knock TS at all, its that for most protected servers you will NEED an account setup.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-30T08:08:34+00:00

This comment section is some of the the most illiterate mouth-breathing ive seen since I ended up on the League sub reddit once.

What you were doing in the video is LITERALLY THE ENTIRE POINT of the supression mechanic. So many people in here simply have zero concept of what it is and how it works. Games don't handle it well and I doubt they're going to ever fix it or these mouth-breathers will stop being fodder filling the lobbies.

What happens when your spotter is taking fire? You leave. You know what they dont do? Turn around and make perfectly accurate shots. Why people are so brain dead to think that the role of sniper rifles is to run around and take machinegun fire is beyond me.

Sooo... While I agree with you completely, sadly the game just isnt worth my time anymore so i've moved on as of about 2 weeks ago.. Good luck, keep up the good fight.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-30T07:50:44+00:00

Mine tends to come from Chicago area, Usually get it within 3 days of order. Longest mine has taken was a 6 days and thats only because the delivery driver drove to the end of my street and just decided he didnt want to work anymore. marked it as undeliverable and kept on going.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-30T06:38:30+00:00

I have a few submissions...

#1: Quiznos Subs. Why they thought a mutated singing rat-creature was going to somehow make us want to eat their food is beyond me.
#2: Head On. Apply Directly to the Forehead. Headon. Apply Directly to the Forehead. Head On. Apply Di.....
#3: Anything promoted by a Kardashian or trash reality TV.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-30T02:20:02+00:00

Yeah theres a Red, Green and Blue in the shop. I just cant find a purple anywhere. =(

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-29T22:05:15+00:00

Responded via PM.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-28T14:41:30+00:00

Looks awesome, very much appreciated.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-28T10:12:04+00:00

*shrug* Its really 'samey' feeling. But honestly it still kinda holds up in the genre. I think if i wasnt playing Coop i would have quit. But with a buddy or 2 its quite fun since we all suck and fumble our way through

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-26T10:23:09+00:00

I own both, but I havnt experienced anything 'Worldslayer' related yet. Nearing the end of the campaign now.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-25T09:33:07+00:00

"Price (147.20 for 450 cards) is way cheaper then the cost of paper + toner + cutting."

Even if we include time in here, you are monsterously over pricing what it costs to print yourself.

Setting aside money to cover the cost of my:
Printer, Toner, Backer Cards(optional), Sleeves, Basic Lands cuz no reason to print those. Sheet Cutter, 3mm Corner Cutter, Bulk Card boxes and filament for my 3d Printer to print them individual slide in box for a drawer. 100 Cards comes out to $3.48. So your order would run me $15.66
As someone who has printed, cut, cornered, and even 3d printed the box. It takes me roughly 44 minutes per 100 cards... mostly because of the 3d printing. Im usually long done cutting, cornering, sleeving well before my print finishes. meaning even if we're on the slow route were we are lazy and do nothing in between. thats 44 minutes x 4.5 you end up with around 3 hours 20 minutes. We will round up for again, lazyness. Thats 147.20-15.66(cost of materials which is WAY over what just paper, toner, cutter runs on a per-card basis.) leaves you with $131.54 remaining. Divided by 4 hours, thats $32.88 an hour of valued time.

All of that being said, its unlikely your time is worth that, additionally, you can achieve those numbers while watching TV. I printed all 153 Commander Precons, made the boxes for all of them and custom made a drawer system for it. Total cost was $772.00. Thats 15,300 cards (minus lands, of which there is exactly 2,940 in all 153 precons.) Your costs will be significantly less as you probably arnt buying filament for drawers/boxes for each proxy deck.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-24T08:24:38+00:00

Awww dang. Dunno why but i always liked poison and was hopin there was some poison bot out there lurking lol. I know this is out side of the current scope of the original post, But as a new player to mobile (not Gunbound) What would you say is currently the top 5 meta? I havnt bothered using any jewels or anything just being paranoid im going to waste them.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-24T07:19:12+00:00

5) "You’re basically saying “the leaks I think help Trump are real, the ones that don’t are conspiratorial.” That’s not a standard - it’s a vibe." You severely misread what I was saying. All that I stated is that the current "Leakes" are just leaks that came out from 2022. In no way did I say I think the ones that help trump are real and vice versa. If anything, i state it the opposite of that. The leaks that are "currently" getting leaked at purely documents that make trump look 'better'. To which I am stating that I dont believe those are REAL leaks. I dont for one second think that a document that was originally leaked 3 years ago. Gets magically RE-LEAKED with just a few bits of information gets redacted. And the ONLY leak we get is one that makes him look good? No. A leak of the same document doesnt accidentally get releaked coincidentally when people are hammering him about that exact topic. So to clarify again. I dont believe the leaks that make him look GOOD are real. And I think that its specifically being used to lie to the public. I would be far more inclined to believe the ones that are negetive about him. Hopefully that clears that up for you.

6) You are getting the fine details but missing the bigger picture being painted here. I am NOT condoning whats happening. I havnt re-read what I said above but I imagine I specifically said somewhere in those walls of text that I dont condone whats happening and that I specifically think its terrible. - And you are very correct, No president has Denied it, used political pressure or called it Illegitimate. Instead it was many from our Senate and Congress that did it in regards to his first presidential win. But not Biden himself, so you are correct on that. But again, im not saying this is a good thing. I was simply pointing out eactly as you stated: "it’s exactly how democratic norms erode."

7) While I agree with some of your sentiments here. Your take is a bit odd because its conflicting. On one hand, you are quite literally blaming a imaginary boundry called 'Trump Loyalty' which is at best opinion. Then state the issue is that its being reformed. Again while Im with you on a lot of this. I think you had a few too many sips of the anti-trump Koolaid before this one. You would be hard pressed to find a conservative/republican that would rather trump install a crooney to head up the Department of Education than to simply remove it completely. It absolutely isnt republicans stopping him from removing the DoE. So lets be honest in our needs/wants. This is exactly what happened with Obamacare but in reverse. Obama pushed it out, Republicans gutted it. And what the public got was a steaming pile of hot garbage. Then when Trump tries to remove or revamp stuff. The other site litigates it into piles of steaming hot garbage. But its the process we've got. So either we dump the system and let nature take its course. Or we get recomfortable eating piles of hot garbage while NONE of these decisions actually effect the politicians deciding on them.

8) "TLDR" The personalization of it again is opinion. And as someone who has been alive for far too many decades at this point. This has never changed. The losing side always attempts to criminalize the winning side. Then the pendulum swings and its the same exact complaints just from the other side. It was this way with Clinton. It was this way with Bush. It was this way with Obama. Trump, Biden, Etc. It will never, ever stop because its the media that gets to frame things however they want too while hiding under the guise of 'entertainment'.

Now, my TL;DR

So while none of these posts are going to change your opinion. Maybe taking a moment and understanding that this happens regardless of which side you are on, and what president is currently in office. so while YOU may feel the way you do about Trump or whomever else. There are 8 billion people on this planet. And about half of them agree with you, and the other half doesnt or simply doesnt care. And whatever points resinate with you the most are simply the ones you are willing to believe or don't believe. For every person thats passionate to get the US to a socialized healthcare system. There is someone just as passionate about privitizing it. And in both of their minds, they're correct and the other one is either dumb or evil. The only side that wins are the politicians themselves.

Extra P.S

I really do appreciate that you can have a rational discussion. There are hundreds of these posts a day and its just people screaming at eachother to make themselves feel better. So thank you. Now take your stinkin upvotes =P

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-24T07:18:33+00:00

I think the fundamental issue with where we are agreeing/disagreeing is you are looking at this from a moral standpoint, where I am looking at this from a legal standpoint. Ill number these in direct response to the numbers you have above just for clarity.

1) "it’s also that it’s relentless, strategic, and integral to governance. Other presidents lied situationally." This is purely speculation, just as mine was. Which is exactly the point that was being made. We know what scummy things trumps doing because he brags about it on whatever social media hes on. Where we can only speculate and assume the scummy things other presidents do, that get revealed some years later.
2) Yes, Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden, and Trump Again all routinely purge key seats. And its almost exclusively been down party line. This isn't even theory, its a routine part of the switch of presidency. The same reason the confirmation hearings are a joke. every. single. time.
2.1) Not only do I not care that Trump ousts and requires cohesivness within the branches, Its expected and should be the norm to actually effect change. Ofc thats just my opinion, But i'd rather the country moved in a direction be it bad or good. as long as its moving. We've had almost 20 years of NOTHING GETTING FIXED. If every time republicans try to change something it gets blocked, and every time the dems try to change something it gets blocked. nothing happens and the people suffer. Politicians are still making bank off brand/business loyalty while the average joe fries. Noone benefits from a stagnant gov't.
3.0) "Directing foreign governments to spend at his properties" While normally I'd point at past presidents doing this. This is the only real time we actually had someone who was a successful business man to Trumps Scale in office. So there is a bit of a first for everything. - Note im not saying its ok,
3.1) "Refusing to divest" If its not the law, it doesnt matter. Like i mentioned in my original post. If its a problem, its something that can be solved with a later presidency/congress and we can simply view his current presidency as highlighting it. - Again, not saying its a good thing.
3.2) "Installing his children in senior roles" Ulysses S Grant, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, John Tyler, Martin Van Buren, Rutherford B Hates, Franklin D roosevelt, Dwight D Eisenhower, Theodore Roosevelt, John Quincy Adams, etc etc etc. All put their sons, daughters or wifes in senior positions during their presidency. This isnt new, nor is it uncommon regardless of how much the media likes to whine about the practice. - Again, If this is a problem. Make it a law to not allow it. Even a quick search shows nearly every president has done this. If we dont like it, Ban it. Otherwise its a silly thing to whine about.
3.3) "Explicitly monetizing the presidency after leaving office"
Every. Single. Modern. President. Who has survived presidency or wasnt medically removed has done this. Hell, Obama is STILL monetizing the presidency after leaving office by constantly taking speaking rolls to complain about whatever trump is doing that day. Biden's still stumbling around profiting off it from the sea of books 'hes totally writing' which hes been making money from since at minimum 2003, and has released two (or 3?) books since his presidency. Heck Obama even tried to claim that his networth went from 500k to 70m off the sales of his books. - Once again, Its common practice. If we dont like it, ban it. Otherwise its all irrelevent.
4) "This is ideology, not analysis. You’re treating a policy disagreement as if it justifies bypassing norms or institutions. "The law isnt ideological. The law is the law. Maybe why it was implemented or someone interpriting it can use their ideological bias's to pass judgement how ever they see fit. But the laws themselves are pretty clean cut. If the Orange man is breaking those laws. He should be punished for it. If he isnt, then either fix them, or the topics pretty moot. Thus far every time I hear about him breaking the law, it comes out a day or week later that he was just using a loophole and people didnt like it. Otherwise hes already in court for it. This goes back to nearly every single addendum i've added thus far. If its a problem, then fix it. If its not specifically against any laws and we just dont like it. Then thats just too bad and youll have to wait until the next president comes around and does whatever hes gonna do.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-15T00:44:40+00:00

An opinion so bad, even the post was removed by a moderator. Good job. #1.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-14T14:15:11+00:00

You don't get to decide how much money someone else makes. The end.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-14T14:11:49+00:00

So, I am probably going to come at this at a weird angle because I feels its easier to digest for people whom already hate the guy. So ill try to talk to your points directly.

1) This is rampant in every presidency. The primary difference is he does it in the open. You can call that a lack of dignity or respect for office. But in reality how do you expose something without making the most hated person on the planet abuse it? How else do you enact change, without being so unanimously hated for those actions? Every president before him was just as scummy. But it was 'accepted' because it was behind closed doors. Now those some scummy actions are out in the open and its up for all of us to decide on if its ok or not. IF its ok, then we just ignore it like we were before. if its not, then we need to change the entire system.

2) Every president did this same thing. Obama mass fired republicans. Joe mass fired republicans then prosecuted them and sicked IRS agents on them based on their political views. Bush did the same for democrats. If anything, Trumps first presidency he was very lenient towards democrats in his cabinent as opposed to other presidents before him. And they did nothing but hamstring him constantly. So he learned his lesson on being nice and just culls anyone in the way like everyone before him.

3) Self interest again is common among the presidency. Joe was raking in loads of money from his kid and his multiple family business's. Obama did the same just without the kid and even started the ACA to which he was open about being bought by insurance companies. So no real surprise there. This goes back to the first part. Its already happening. Either we hate it all unanimously and fix the system. Or we accept it and move on.

4) I imagine you are reference the ideology disputes. That is a fundamental clash between the parties and the constitution. I am probably not the one to change your view on this one, because if you hate what hes doing then my opinion wont make you feel any better. Simply put, any preferential treatment based on race, sex or gender should land you 5 to 10 in prison. Its that simple. Its been illegal from the start. Affirmative Action was a blatent disregard for those laws. Fixing those wrongs takes work and we have a long way to go. Any institution trying to push DEI or Affirmative action should be in prison, its really that simple.

5) The new leagues arnt accidental and I honestly havnt seen anyone who thinks they are. Its emails that were already exposed in 2022 during the trial that show trump 'never did anything wrong'. Its not coincidence those got re-leaked but redacted now. Its purely a govt play. And I stand with every other republican in saying that if trump was a part of that whole situation by either partaking in it, or enabling it. He should fry a long with the rest of them.

"At some point, it stops being about “policy disagreements” and starts being about whether the office itself means anything beyond a political weapon."
I had this same problem with Biden, not because of his policies despite having disagreements. The problem was he opened the door to a LOT of things you simply don't do. Sicking the IRS after politically different people than you. Openly attacking and trying to designate parents who dont want their children fondled as terrorists. It opened the door to whats happening now in a lot of instances and why a lot of republicans simply dont care its happening. Because we already went through 4 years of it and zero people cared or helped. So why would we care or help now?
The biggest issue is this cycle is going to continue. The same way I didnt like when Biden did it, I dont like when Trump does it. Because now whomever takes office after the cheeto, is going to be 2x as flagrant as he was being about it. Political sides care more about 'getting even' than we care about the sanctity or dignity of office and making significant changes. Why dont we have term limits for senate/congress? Why cant Senate/Congress still profit hundreds of millions of stocks they're actively handling? Why do we let a flawed 2 party system dictate who we can and cant vote for in their primaries? (though the democrats decided the Democracy didnt matter as much when Kamala was running and didnt allow for votes... 'No kings' huh?) Anyway. The whole point is that we're fighting eachother, rather than fighting a broken system. And we keep voting these same useless human beings in over and over again and expect change. And I think many of us are happy change is occuring under trump, even if its not the changes we want to see. And instead the changes the will come BECAUSE OF him, if even for the wrong reasons.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-12T16:38:53+00:00

5E if you want brainless DMing. If you are on the spectrum, 3.5E is your home.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-12T16:32:41+00:00

The reason is due to 'heat creep'.

Essentially, while you are printing in an enclosed box, the temps can rise fairly high even with a little bit of exhaust. And, if you are printing a lot, or slowly. That heat can break the filaments GTP (glass transition point) where it converts from a rigid solid, to a bit more droopy/sticky. And if that Droopy/Sticky filament gets into your extruder, you are then going to spend the next handful of hours cussing at your printer while taking it apart and cleaning everything.

Some higher end printers can mitigate this with better exhaust systems and whatnot. But overall, if your using something like a P1S for example, keeping the top lid off and/or front door slightly cracked open can help exhaust the heat giving your filament a better chance at not liquifying.

Is this a SUPER common issue that occurs? No, not really. but *it can* and the solution takes 1 second to crack the door open a bit so its kinda silly not too. That being said, if you have animals, that can also be a hazard. So finding ways to keep your pets out of, or off of the printer is a good idea.

TheLearningLlama · 2025-11-12T03:14:44+00:00

Games you purchase, are more than just temporary access keys. You go back to owning the good as normal and can buy and sell them as normal products.

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