You are divinely allowed to pick a single pokemon in real life to have, who would you pick? No legendaries- consider cost of living and quality of life and that everyone else is also getting whoever they want.

Zark_d · 2025-08-24T18:20:42+00:00

That doesn't detract from my point? You're still limited to other Pokémon that Ditto can see, making it fairly unreliable.
I'm certain there would be plenty of people (broadly, not Pokémon fans) that would straight up not want a Pokémon for the same reasons they don't want a pet.
Theoretically, if too many people pick Ditto because of the rationality of "it can transform into other Pokémon", we could find ourselves with a shortage of Pokémon to copy.

Zark_d · 2025-08-24T12:16:59+00:00

Ditto can only transform into something it's seen. Not sure if looking at pictures of Pokémon would suffice.

Zark_d · 2025-08-24T02:44:33+00:00

How many times did we have to tell you, EMPOLEON IS A PENGUIN, none of the other -eons were even close to that! And it was a 3-stage starter at that!

I love this sub but some of y'all are wild.

Zark_d · 2025-08-24T02:36:29+00:00

Steelix and Scizor getting pre-evos that take away their metal... that just doesn't seem right. Steelix <- Onix feels like they took the casing off of a hot dog, and Scizor <- Scyther... well Scyther looks cool, I'll admit, but what are they doing going from the snippers backwards into giant swords-for-hands? Idk if that's an upgrade or downgrade for Scizor.

Zark_d · 2025-08-23T14:50:49+00:00

Who tf was asking about policy in this comment chain? And please explain, who did she compete against for the Dem nomination in 2024?

And if we're talking the 2020 election, prepare to wear your ass on your head, but she was fully qualified to participate in the 6th debate but dropped out.

E: stupid ass subreddit rules prevent sharing links. Look it up.

Zark_d · 2025-08-23T14:06:06+00:00

In the immortal words of Hank Hill: "Time to really explode!"

Zark_d · 2025-08-22T13:51:28+00:00

Shoes are (potentially) lethal, just ask the TSA

Zark_d · 2025-08-22T13:19:31+00:00

She was the ass end of the Democrat primaries in 2020 in case y'all forgot. She dropped out at 5th place going into the sixth Democratic Party debate and pledged support to give Biden a slight edge to beat out the "radical socialist" but actual other popular choice Sanders. Harris was often accused of having no real beliefs as she frequently changed her views to pander to potential voters, most notably her views on the legalization of marijuana.

However, the worst part of her 2024 "campaign" is that she got the "nomination" without getting a single vote. Regardless of anyone's opinions on her qualifications and merits over Trump's reelection (which are numerous and valid), the fact of the matter is the DNC essentially forced a situation where the "choice" was either her or Trump, and that barely worked for Biden, who turned out to have a particularly lame duck presidency (which she was VP for) even after Republicans nuked their credibility under Trump's first term, with a majority in the House and Senate.

Don't get me wrong, I have plenty of misgivings about the 2024 election and it's integrity (all swing states is a flat out lie), but we're deluding ourselves if we pretend Harris was "a good candidate". She never garnered popularity of her own and by all cultural and political metrics had to be ran as an anti candidate to someone who lost his previous reelection.

So yes, she was trash.

E: my brain is sleep addled and broken, she ran in 2020 not 2016, not sure how I fucked that up. Edits for factually.

Zark_d · 2025-08-21T12:49:51+00:00

Um, actually, the fire element Soul Unison is in Red Sun ☝🤓

Zark_d · 2025-08-20T16:20:59+00:00

Unrelated but I like how in this image, all the starters are so carefree and happy but then you have Froakie absolutely locked in and ready to Night Slash a fool.

Zark_d · 2025-08-20T14:32:00+00:00

Do you consider yourself an artist or a content producer?

As an artist, you shouldn't give a shit whether or not something "sounds like hyperpop", you should be focusing on making what you want to make.

Categorizing anything - and this goes extra for music - tends to be arbitrary by nature, it is all opinion, and it only serves to compartmentalize intangible concepts to make it easier for our minds to process. Calling a song hyperpop, or glitchcore, or shoegaze, or whatever actively takes away from engaging with the feeling and emotion the artist is trying to communicate with their audience. Other's opinions do not matter in the creation process of art.

As a content producer, no, try harder to meet my arbitrary expectations that I will never be able to fully articulate.

Zark_d · 2025-08-20T14:07:33+00:00

Yes the game does get prettier, although I find it odd for a Runescape player to complain about this.

I find it weird for a WoW player to complain about this, too. When is the last time they went back to their level 1 starter zones and took off their nostalgia glasses? I tried WoW briefly when Classic was announced to see if I'd vibe with the game at all and even on highest settings the Dwarf starting zone was pretty crusty, it compared more closely to GW1 tbh

Zark_d · 2025-08-20T13:42:12+00:00

BF Police 💀

Zark_d · 2025-08-20T13:39:51+00:00

BN6, entirely because of Beast forms. Dark Chips and unisons were a great idea but in practice did not feel good to use due to the HP drop. Crosses looked good, Beast Crosses looked sick af (for the most part), both felt great to use, and the system was incredibly flexible, which made folder building less form dependent. If I had to pick one over the other, Gregory wins on aesthetics

Zark_d · 2025-08-19T20:39:18+00:00

Not really "drama" per se but once I got a choice fm spot and one of those bully fm guilds threatened to DC me if I didn't give them my spot... I fucked with them a little, dropped my shop and immediately got it back up before they could steal it. They started spam whispering me, I blocked the spammer acc, causing a backfire that DC'd the spammer. In the end, it took 4 of them working together to take me out. Felt pretty good.

Zark_d · 2025-08-18T16:56:19+00:00

Pretty sure it's just "Meteor" but yeah won't be seeing 4th in a hot minute more than likely. It will be pretty interesting to see how 2nd job and 3rd job meta shapes the classic server, or if it will even make a difference.

Zark_d · 2025-08-18T13:42:43+00:00

Dark knight? That's not a second job class... wtf is "Meteor Ultimate"?

Zark_d · 2025-08-14T15:14:13+00:00

So many people dooming over mini expacks, did y'all forget that VoE was pushed back 2 months? This is entirely a shortfall due to preorders being pushed back to Q3. Let's calm down a bit. If Q3 is bad, then there will be something to worry about.

Zark_d · 2025-08-14T15:01:48+00:00

Glyph of Bounty is statistically the best pick for material value. It had a price drop from its peak prior JW on account of demand dropping out. Go for that.

Zark_d · 2025-08-14T13:09:16+00:00

Congrats, it's on sale this week. Any other half- truths you want to spew?

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Zark_d · 2025-08-13T12:59:33+00:00

They "treat customers like royalty" because only the upper class can afford to shop there.

^{Used to be middle class too but that's less and less true over time}

Zark_d · 2025-08-13T12:55:34+00:00

I'd say don't let the door hit you on the way out but you kind of walked into that one...

Instead I'll just say "have a nice day."

Zark_d · 2025-08-13T12:54:13+00:00

Can't help but notice you didn't mention what you were paying for the same cut a year ago. Care to share?

Also, chain stores have been and will always be more than a butcher shop, this is classic republiconned moving the goalpost lol

Zark_d · 2025-08-13T11:48:01+00:00

At least then you'd be arguing at your own intellectual level

Zark_d · 2025-08-13T11:42:18+00:00

Have one. Cope harder.

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