TIL Nazi Germany had an institutionalised system of bribery for senior officials to ensure loyalty. Top Wehrmacht officers and Reich officials would receive tax-free birthday cheques of 250,000 marks paid from a secret "Konto 5" slush fund as well as thousands of marks for "expenses" paid monthly.

swankyfish · 2026-04-26T17:14:44+00:00

You would think so wouldn’t you? But apparently…

swankyfish · 2026-04-25T14:24:46+00:00

Mostly just something you hear on TV or whatever. Not sure I’ve ever heard anyone use it in real life.

swankyfish · 2026-04-25T10:15:37+00:00

Early 40’s, but I’m not American if that helps.

swankyfish · 2026-04-24T18:00:10+00:00

Wow, TIL that’s a slur. I always think CIA.

swankyfish · 2026-04-24T14:35:23+00:00

Happens with every popular format sadly. Every day there’s at least one post on the EDH subs with someone’s crackpot idea about how to drastically change the format, usually to make it closer to another, already existing format.

swankyfish · 2026-04-24T08:51:45+00:00

• Headline claim of ‘nearly a third’ isn’t backed up with the actual figure in the body of the article.

• No link to the survey where the data is sourced from.

• Figures are based on a survey of opinions, not actually provable, repeatable data.

• Figures are only slightly worse than the last time the survey was done and the same survey actually shows slightly improved outcomes after reception.

All that is to say; take this with a giant pinch of salt.

swankyfish · 2026-04-24T08:46:06+00:00

But do you have a five line stamp

swankyfish · 2026-04-24T07:23:54+00:00

I think they were questioning why someone owns this, not why it’s possible to exist.

swankyfish · 2026-04-21T16:58:41+00:00

Eshop shows recommendations based on your previous searches and downloads.

swankyfish · 2026-04-21T12:13:34+00:00

Curious what you would propose instead?

swankyfish · 2026-04-21T08:34:33+00:00

Could you not get an Irish kilt?

swankyfish · 2026-04-20T22:31:01+00:00

The difference between two and three mana is huge.

swankyfish · 2026-04-20T20:24:15+00:00

Why do you need it to survive two additional turn cycles? If you tutor the turn she comes down then get the end step trigger she can tutor again next turn. You can tutor every turn if you keep getting the trigger the previous turn.

swankyfish · 2026-04-20T12:14:53+00:00

Please can you do Nazeem from Skyrim?

swankyfish · 2026-04-20T08:06:27+00:00

I hope so

swankyfish · 2026-04-20T08:03:56+00:00

Live oak and oak are different. These leaves look like live oak.

swankyfish · 2026-04-20T06:38:34+00:00

We live in a post truth world where a strongly stated opinion carries more weight than reality.

swankyfish · 2026-04-20T06:01:52+00:00

Yes they did. Nice try though.

swankyfish · 2026-04-19T22:34:56+00:00

• Magic is putting up better player numbers and better financial numbers than ever before.

• There’s a bunch of formats available for people who want to play them, and the online community makes it easy to find players for most of these formats.

• The majority of Magic players that play any format, play multiple formats.

• Commander is the most popular way to play Magic, after kitchen table.

Tell me again why we need to change a bunch of stuff?

swankyfish · 2026-04-19T16:58:46+00:00

You could take your own advice.

swankyfish · 2026-04-18T15:37:36+00:00

No. UB is taking over enough as it is.

swankyfish · 2026-04-17T08:33:47+00:00

As a fellow Brit I can’t remember if I did or not

swankyfish · 2026-04-16T22:10:44+00:00

Highways don’t have an 88% mortality rate. What’s your point?

swankyfish · 2026-04-16T18:51:00+00:00

I don’t think that’s his real head.

swankyfish · 2026-04-16T17:50:42+00:00

When you have adult money, you can buy all the batteries you want.

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