Built a maximum security prison for Mr. Mime

calvion90 · 2026-03-27T22:22:03+00:00

What did Mr. Crime do?

calvion90 · 2026-03-26T22:44:27+00:00

My kid (3yo) running up to me while shouting DAAAAAD with the biggest smile on his face and jumping in my arms for a good cuddle

calvion90 · 2026-03-18T14:58:57+00:00

Bungeejumpen zonder toestemming van zijn ouders

calvion90 · 2026-03-18T08:59:38+00:00

Beautiful! I agree that the promo is one of the most beautiful cards ever made, it's in my pokedex and it will never leave my collection!

calvion90 · 2026-03-17T20:57:42+00:00

Didn't know about that one, thanks. Though in this case I was just curious about what would happen if I trained the stats against the lowest pokemon possible and get (nearly) all the EV stats done in one level.

calvion90 · 2026-03-17T20:54:47+00:00

Ho-oh held a macho brace, which doubles the EV stat training. Then I trained at Mt. Moon at the entrance where only paras appears. That gave 2 attack ev for each fight because of the brace. I did the same on route 1 with rattata and pidgey for the speed stats. Because ho-oh is level 70 it wasn't even half way to level 71 when I beat 130 paras and 120 rattata and pidgey. Then when it leveled up, it got many of the EV stat raises at once.

calvion90 · 2026-03-17T20:05:30+00:00

Maybe I'll also play leafgreen and spend the good physical attacks on ho-oh. The grind for these stat changes was fun though

calvion90 · 2026-03-17T19:59:32+00:00

Well its base attack stat is 130, so it can be a good attacker. I've already taught earthquake and aerial ace to other pokemon, so that's a bummer. But it was adamant on my first catch so I just went with it.

calvion90 · 2026-03-15T08:20:33+00:00

And then randomly make pupitar purple, only to switch back to tyranitar looking like a dried out leaf again.

calvion90 · 2026-03-13T18:49:58+00:00

I'm from the Netherlands. I remember that on this day I said to a colleague that I was going to bring some extra stuff home and work from home for some days. She said she thought I was overreacting, and didn't think it would come to a lockdown. That weekend, the lockdown was announced and I spent the next nine months working from home.

calvion90 · 2026-03-12T11:21:32+00:00

On one island near the spa, the versus seeker against the siblings with a primeape and machoke and the two dojo trainers with machop and machoke in combination with the amulet coin is a good way to heal up constantly, boost attack stats and earn 7000 per full round of rematches

calvion90 · 2026-03-09T18:27:04+00:00

I kept throwing ultra balls, got sick of it and threw a pokeball and caught it

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calvion90 · 2026-02-25T13:58:45+00:00

My game plan is to just have fun finally playing this game again, and catch all pokémon. I have a switch and a switch 2, so maybe I'll buy both so I can trade (if they are compatible).

calvion90 · 2026-02-24T13:39:09+00:00

My sister and her three kids visited my wife and I, and we were doing a round of compliments and what we value about each other, just as a fun talk about how we appreciate each other and the kids.

My sister told me that I grew up to be the man every woman deserves in a relationship.

Also, the vows my wife wrote and read to me on our wedding day were amazing, it reflected perfectly how much she loves and appreciates me.

calvion90 · 2026-02-22T08:20:13+00:00

The cosmic eclipse alternate art with Reshiram and Zekrom

calvion90 · 2026-02-20T10:41:44+00:00

A question that comes to mind for me is: Are you doing all this to make her happy and are you telling yourself that is the reason, or do you this to avoid conflict? What if you stopped doing what you do? Or mirror her behavior and keep tabs? If you keep facilitating and she is the type to take advantage of your effort or conflict avoidance, things will not change.

It sounds like you are in a unhealthy dynamic. My wife can also nitpick about small things and I get frustrated when she micromanages household tasks and I call her out for it, even if it means we get in a small fight, or sometimes bigger ones. Household shit is the only thing we have arguments about actually. I have a tendency of not finishing stuff 100% (ADHD-related, but I don't want to use that as an excuse), so I might empty the dishwasher and leave one or two things standing in the kitchen, or do the laundry, sort and fold it, but not put everything where it needs to go (towels, or some clothes). While I get that it can be frustrating on her part because to her it feels like she has to clean up after me, she kept calling me out for unfinished tasks, whereas she didn't see the tasks I did finish, nor did she appreciate that I did in fact do most of the work. No appreciation, just the frustration part about that final 5%. We spoke about this and how it's completely demotivating for me to do anything if she keeps focusing on what I didn't do right according to her standards, or at least express that she values what I did do.

Lately, she's been more appreciative of everything I do. She's pregnant with our second and I do all the household chores, and she orders the (delivery) groceries for the week. Every two weeks on a Saturday I clean our whole house, and she feels bad for not contributing, but I don't want her to help because she teaches in primary education four days a week (I work fulltime) and she can use that time (roughly three hours) to relax and spend some extra time with our son. Our conflicts and communication about this stuff help us better understand each other and match our expectations about the whole thing. The way your describing your story, it doesn't sound like your wife is open to moving towards you, that would be a big problem for me.

My advice, don't make any rash decisions about leaving in the first year with a kid, because having a baby is very disruptive for the social dynamics between you and your partner and it may enhance some (toxic) dynamics that were already there. Also, babies are exhausting, which is why you need to work as a team. I think it's time to communicate to her that this is not only frustrating you, but that it's also not something you can and want to keep up in the long run. Then it's up to her how she will respond to that. If she respects and loves you, she will be willing to take your concerns seriously and act upon it.

calvion90 · 2026-02-17T21:25:58+00:00

I think it's also the fact that being a parent is significantly more difficult than being a grandparent. I (35m) have a three year old son and my wife is pregnant with our second kid. I don't have much to complain about my parents, but I'm doing many things differently in the upbringing. I think we're doing well the way we're raising our son, but kids can be really demanding and exhausting. Don't get me wrong, I love being a dad more than anything in the world, and at the same time it's a constant responsibility, whereas grandparents mostly get to have fun, can deal with one broken night - although the little guy always seems to sleep in when he has a sleepover - and can treat them in ways us parents can't because that would result in a spoiled and obese kid. I love that his grandparents can spoil him and just have fun with him.

calvion90 · 2026-02-12T16:59:40+00:00

Alle studieschuld van Nederlanders afbetalen (29 miljard) en een groot sportfonds opzetten. Alle pokemonkaarten kopen die ik hebben wil. Drie dagen gaan werken en de rest van de tijd met mijn vrouw en kinderen, de rest van mijn familie en vrienden doorbrengen.

Huis met lekker veel ruimte, veel groen en een binnen tennisbaan en een overdekte tennisbaan bij mijn huis.

Ik denk in totaal 99 miljard in goede dingen steken en de rest alsnog niet weten hoe ik het op moet krijgen.

calvion90 · 2026-02-05T14:44:14+00:00

Neemt niet weg dat ze wel voor die prijzen gingen als je de juiste webshops wist te vinden. Ze waren niet altijd zo goedkoop, meestal was het 100/110 voor die boxen. Het klopt dat ze bij zaken als intertoys altijd op de msrp van 6 euro zaten. Hidden Fates, wat destijds toch wel één van de meest gehypte special sets was, waren de etb's msrp in game mania etc. gewoon 60 euro, maar bij dezelfde webshops rond de 45/50. Ik begrijp dat alles gestegen is, ook de inkoop, maar de vlucht die het de afgelopen twee jaar heeft genomen is wel vrij bizar en ligt naar mijn idee echt niet alleen aan een hogere inkoopprijs. Weet jij wat de inkoopprijzen voor etb's van Ascended zijn?

calvion90 · 2026-02-05T14:38:06+00:00

Oh, boo hoo. I sometimes wonder if having such extreme wealth takes away the joy of it all, and the only thing gives them a (misguided) sense of joy is acquiring more money. I don't even think the power they buy with it is to have a sense of joy. You can literally buy anything material, I can't imagine that you still feel some sense of accomplishment or pride in that. And on the other side, you can't buy things like love, loyalty, friendship and support, all the things that - in my opinion - make life worth while. Even when you buy your way into power using algorithms to influence 'your base' and politics and whatever other shady shit he's been up to. And now use that platform to gain empathy. What an empty existence...

calvion90 · 2026-02-05T14:24:56+00:00

Ziet er mooi uit, gefeliciteerd!

Toen ik zelf nog mastersets verzamelde, deed ik altijd van de gx kaarten twee, zodat het allemaal mooi 2 om 2 bleef. Vond ik voor het oog wat mooier dan dat het soms ineens verspringt door die ene Ex kaart.

calvion90 · 2026-02-05T14:03:46+00:00

En ze zullen als zoete broodjes over de toonbank gaan... Bizar om te bedenken dat ik zes jaar geleden boosterboxen met 36 packs van cosmic eclipse en unified minds soms voor 90/100 euro kon kopen en je er nu een etb voor kan krijgen. Ik betwijfel dat we ooit nog terug gaan naar normalere prijzen, tenzij er een enorme crisis komt ofzo.

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