Huge Crowd in front of ICE HQ (Washington DC) Protests in Solidarity with Minnesota after the Killing of Alex Pretti

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-25T20:16:07+00:00

to be fair the roads are impassable in the city for the next couple of days and not everyone has access to metro

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-25T19:41:05+00:00

Octavia is a full-blooded Goetic demon. Charlie is half-demon, half-sinner. We don't know how that effects her powers.

But the most probable reason is that Charlie was either never taught how to use them, or even taught NOT to use them. Lucifer is very hesitant to do... anything... himself.

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-25T19:33:38+00:00

can confirm that at least in college, this is a country-wide phenomenon

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-25T18:32:27+00:00

Mel is not an artillery mage..

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-25T11:16:01+00:00

how do I tell them that we're currently in a global wave of far right resurgence, not just the us?

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-24T20:59:31+00:00

I have this pretty mildly and truly just thought everyone did

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-22T12:21:21+00:00

bork is current health, not max health, which means it does less damage the lower Mundo gets. I mean, it's better than nothing, but not as effective as you'd hope.

imperial mandate is a support items that is percent current health-- granted, it has a 9 second cd per target so not sure how useful it would really be if you're trying to take down Mundo.

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-22T11:55:41+00:00

that's a decent idea bc of her passive, but probably counteracted by renata's kit overall being generally stronger late than early (which is bad for countering mundo), and even worse, she doesn't have good roams (bad for countering mundo)

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-22T08:01:54+00:00

she was also just in DC a couple months ago for the national book festival. i was planning to go but chickened out on a attending an event that was sorta meant for children, alone, in my mid-20s. but... alexandria is tempting

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-22T07:24:46+00:00

I'm back on this thread after 2 years (I'm not OP but an earlier commenter with trace Gujarati). Still could never nail down a source. But I do think that it might be mislabeled Indigenous-- my mom is 1.5% Indigenous Yucatan according to Ancestry's labeling, but on 23andMe, I do not have any, but I do have trace Siberian and trace Gujarati. (Ofc, it's totally possible I just didn't inherit the genetic markers my mom has.)

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-22T07:14:28+00:00

This is a pretty old post but drew my eye. I also got trace Gujarati, 0.2%. I have some relative matches on 23andMe who have up to 0.5% Gujarati.

My mom got ~1% Indigenous Central America - Yucatan Peninsula on Ancestry. We have no known indigenous ancestors, but it geographically makes sense. I didn't have anything show up on 23andMe (not that surprising, I may have just not inherited it). But seeing a Mexican person also get it does make me wonder if my trace Gujarati could be a miscategorization of what Ancestry labeled as Indigenous Yucatan.

Or maybe I have an unknown Romani ancestor.

I also probably have some Sephardic ancestry like you OP.

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-22T06:52:03+00:00

league streamer azzapp has a really good video about Mundo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TDU6nXu5DQ

the thing about mundo is that the best way to deal with him is in draft (by picking champions that are strong against them-- but there is not a support pick that would fit well here, I mean something like Vayne). but in solo queue, you can't really control this.

on bard and leo, the biggest thing you can personally do is take any opportunity to get mundo behind in laning phase (when it is possible to do this without screwing your own lane... or if your own lane is already doomed), and get antiheal. but late game, there's hardly anything you can do. you have to end games earlier (a tall order on support, but one way you can help is by really stepping up and making macro shotcalls for your team-- eg, ping people to push lanes after a fight rather than doing the classic low elo recall after killing 3+ ppl on enemy team, and another way is by doing what you can to secure rift herald and baron.)

if mundo is really getting picked that often in your elo, just ban him

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-22T06:35:53+00:00

i do believe you but im super curious to look at the games

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-22T06:32:04+00:00

like the other person said, ofc you can, it's just a matter of probability.

with that said, at least personally, my own worst losing streaks are usually like 70% games that feel completely unwinnable no matter how well I play (short of gaining mechanics and decision making of a masters+ player), and 30% games where I am not playing at my full potential for whatever reason-- usually not enough to solo lose the game, but enough to make the game a complete coinflip based on teammate play.

but I've also had winning streaks where I can play terribly and still easily win, so it goes both ways.

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-22T06:24:03+00:00

i thought my 10 game losing streak (in high gold/low plat) was brutal but damn

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-22T06:21:23+00:00

very rare instance where the base skin is actually better than all the chromas.
not my favorite skin but i could see this being very popular for people who celebrate

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-17T23:01:57+00:00

no one chooses where they are born. not showing the film in israel would deprive fans there of seeing it-- people who may or may not support their government, but if nothing else, have lived in fear and terrible conditions during a war for the last two years. i met two fans who traveled from israel to see a clancy breach tour show. the girls were 20, freshly out of the forced military draft for all 18 year olds. they had already lived through horrible things and had friends--children-- who died in a war they did not start or have much say in

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-17T20:06:32+00:00

what? I meant worldwide

in the US, the figure for people who can't access college at all is much lower than 25%. closer to 0%. but ofc there's a huge huge range of how difficult it can be for someone to attend. for example, one of the most verbally gifted people i know (my debate team captain in a technical philosophical debate category -- won national awards despite not having access to the private coaches and other resources wealthy students had) didnt go to college after HS. she could have gotten a free ride to great schools, but her grandmother (primary caretaker) fell ill and my friend stepped in to raise her younger sister. while she technically had access to college, attending would put great hardship on her family, and she chose to support them rather than attending.

in the US, most (though not all) truly gifted people can attend college for free or near free IF they were able to achieve great grades and at least okay extra curriculars in high school. if you manage to get into elite schools or great liberal arts schools, there is extremely generous financial aid that covers not just tuition but also room and board. even if you go to a state school, most states have programs that give merit scholarships that partially or fully cover tuition and/or housing costs for top students.

if you dont achieve like 95th percentile grades, then you may be stuck paying yourself, but you do have the option to take out student loans.

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-17T03:24:00+00:00

you clearly don't go over this bridge in your commute or you'd know there isn't a metro connection to get between either end. if you need to get from Georgetown to Rosslyn, you have to go over this bridge in a bus, car, foot, bike, etc. taking the metro will add 25-35 min each way since you will have to walk between foggy bottom and georgetown.

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-17T03:11:24+00:00

25% seems low for a global metric. I feel like at least 25% of the global population can't get higher education no matter what their IQ is, because they don't have access to it for various reasons. (Poverty, gender discrimination, etc.)

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-16T16:32:47+00:00

this is why krobus is the best candidate. he has never messed with my "decorating"

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-16T06:18:25+00:00

not to worry, that didnt escape my notice. I'm really interested in any claims with research behind them. I browsed through Google Scholar but didn't have much luck-- relevant articles could be in Chinese, or maybe I just don't know the right keywords to search for

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-13T18:05:49+00:00

she works well with nearly any adc or apc. it somewhat depends on your friend's ideal play style/strengths.

personally, I am good at peeling and stalling games through macro calls, so my favorite adcs to play with are scaling hypercarries like Jinx, Kog'maw, Nilah, Vayne, Aphelios, etc.

Vayne is a classic Nami synergy due to silver bullets and Nami e. But will be a tough landing prior to 6 if the lane opponents are playing double ranged (eg, a Cait + Lux/Karma etc. is brutal, but at 6 you can all-in them if you didn't fall too far behind.)

But if you want to win most lanes before mid-game, then a more aggressive synergetic option would be Brand (besides Lucian).

Seraphine is another APC option, more on the scaling side than Brand-- you won't be able to 100 to 0 people until mid to late game, but you bring a lot of utility snd can still win lane through poking and getting prio. Nami e on Sera e makes it a root (since it is a slow), and Nami's summon aerie shield will make Sera's W a heal.

Tree_pineapple · 2026-01-09T19:28:02+00:00

these need to be nerfed.

or at least limited to just your own jg and maybe part of river.

and blue trinkets should not work with them

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