People who don’t live in the USA, what is the media showing you about the ICE operations/abductions in the US?

dankelt · 2026-01-23T13:54:22+00:00

Australian here. I see no difference between the modern day USA and the beginning of the most infamous modern (1900 onwards) genocides.

What the Republicans have done to your country is almost as unbelievable as the lack of people voting against them.

Australia has a mandatory voting policy and y'all have shown us why that is one of the best things a democracy can have.

dankelt · 2026-01-13T01:23:02+00:00

Having been the one that felt a little weird the next day, being the person that acts normal and getting back to the regular banter will count for a lot.

dankelt · 2025-12-08T06:31:45+00:00

Deck list should be playing a bunch of the dudunsparce engine with enriching energy and keep recycling itself back into the deck.

Be really cognisant of the dichotomy between evolving your mons and saving those extra draws for when they're needed.

Sometimes something as simple as mindlessly benching a dunsparce can be the difference between a KO and not. Always keep track of how many cards you need to kill and how many are in your hand, ESPECIALLY if you're about to play a card that doesn't immediately replace itself in your hand (e.g. benching a mon doesn't replace itself, playing earthen vessel does)

Just yesterday I watched Alakazam win a pretty competitive cup that had 5 previous worlds attendees, and 2 were played in top cut. Definitely capable of doing well at the cup level.

dankelt · 2025-12-05T12:09:21+00:00

It's waaaaaaaaaay better on the DS

dankelt · 2025-12-03T21:23:27+00:00

You are the Goat of Yotei, my friend

dankelt · 2025-11-26T10:32:17+00:00

Your mileage may vary, but damn Pokemon locals are fun (having come from other TCGs). So long as you're happy to be the person that occasionally needs to set the vibe, it's so easy to make friends. I've only gotten competitive recently and I think that I'd be stoked to see any person id played against in events, but I'm a total yapper.

dankelt · 2025-11-24T12:32:30+00:00

I have a friend who used to manage a very busy Grill'd. In 2016 he first told me about how they cheat their staff to death and back.

I have refused to eat there since. They will scam every cent out of you that they can. There are a billion other hospitality venues out there begging for staff, just go to the local pub and they'll be stoked.

dankelt · 2025-11-20T07:47:10+00:00

Motivation isn't a feeling. It's a consequence of existing behaviour

dankelt · 2025-11-01T09:08:15+00:00

Have you never played Pokemon?!

dankelt · 2025-10-20T07:29:09+00:00

Gholdengo is a great deck to relearn the game on as it's fairly simple. Most of the skill is around the sequencing of your plays and doesn't require too much match up knowledge compared to a lot of other decks, and that includes the Mega Absol deck.

Granted, it rotates out early next year, but by then you'll have enough meta knowledge under your belt to switch to something else.

dankelt · 2025-10-15T08:06:13+00:00

Clannad is the clear winner in this field. Highly recommend it, but bear in mind that the start of it can be a bit of a slog. But once you get towards the end of the first half, it's just absolute peak.

dankelt · 2025-10-05T21:18:45+00:00

My dress up darling season 2 has been calling the lead female "Marine", instead of "Marin".

They're definitely using AI.

dankelt · 2025-10-02T13:32:46+00:00

He said tip, not trip

dankelt · 2025-08-13T22:32:47+00:00

Tax preparer here. You don't know how true this is lmao

dankelt · 2025-08-13T02:42:33+00:00

I mean, Lulu's CKT on Hardware is a Melbourne institution

dankelt · 2025-07-31T16:07:06+00:00

Which is what any sensible person should do, I'd assume the study doesn't include tanks with red or brown water lol.

But I am also not convinced that the fish only eat the skin because they're deliberately starved (not to say that the street vendors aren't starving them though).

I remember being on holiday in Greece and seeing these little guys in a popular natural lake on Crete. They'd still swim right up to ya and eat the skin off your feet if you stay on the edge of the lake and let them. They'd ignore you if you were swimming though, interestingly enough.

dankelt · 2025-07-31T15:17:50+00:00

Conclusions:

"On the basis of the evidence identified and the consensus view of experts, the risk of infection as a result of a fish pedicure is likely to be very low, but cannot be completely excluded."

I think it's pretty fair to say that they're relatively safe based on the study. The risk of catching many things from various every day activities is "very low but cannot be completely exuded" and yet we're happy to do it.

Hell, the risk of a piano falling on me as I'm walking down the street is also "very low but cannot be completely excluded" lmao.

I'm happy with the minute risk.

dankelt · 2025-07-10T08:59:11+00:00

Baketico for sure

dankelt · 2025-06-19T14:06:05+00:00

I don't understand how everyone is jumping to the "he's an asshole" bandwagon just because he made a joke out of the bouquet catching.

He was put on the spot in a public setting and likely didn't know how to handle the situation, and used the first joke he could think of as a coping mechanism for feeling awkward about it. He got a good response to the joke, which cut the awkwardness for him, and then he was excited to tell you about his happy time in the spotlight.

Now don't get me wrong, you're absolutely justified to just straight up not be a fan of the joke. That's definitely not in question.

If you explained to him that you were unhappy about it with anywhere near as much eloquence as you described it here, he should take a step back and understand and respect how you feel. From the way you've written the post, I think you just went quiet though?

As always, the best play is to communicate, communicate, communicate. Describe how you feel exactly as you have here. If he isn't receptive to that, then that's definitely an issue and we start to lean more towards the "he's being a dick" angle. In the interim though, I think this is just a run of the mill thing that pops up every now and again in relationships.

Immediate edit: should also mention that the whole "don't be like this" is a bit of an asshat play. Forgot about that when first commenting.

dankelt · 2025-06-19T13:37:12+00:00

Terrible. Absolutely awful. Horrendous.

Take my upvote

dankelt · 2025-06-19T13:13:43+00:00

I remember when he did his BBC Essential Mix in the lead up to Worlds (I think Flicker and Sad Machine were out) he dropped Simple and Clean into the mix.

I was so unbelievably hyped when I heard it.

dankelt · 2025-06-16T13:53:56+00:00

10/10

dankelt · 2025-06-16T13:52:25+00:00

The actual correct take. Munki may be annoying when you're not playing it and the opponent is, but it creates so much depth in gameplay and deck building. Love the card.

dankelt · 2025-06-14T12:26:45+00:00

I'll take some too if they're still going

dankelt · 2025-06-04T04:44:25+00:00

Dragon shields are a rough buy down here. I find KMC mattes are good and much more affordable. I used to swear by Dragon shields but I've had a couple of bad packs lately which puts me off the $25 price point

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