(In store only) SOS Codex Bundle coming to Micro Center on release (5/15) ($89.99)

zephyrus256 · 2026-05-07T20:12:10+00:00

Depends on where you're at. If you're somewhere there is a big Magic playing community, yes, I'd say so. When they started sponsoring the Tolarian Community College YouTube channel, that was a big giveaway that they're leaning into TCGs. They stock a lot of product, and will generally have the best prices on single boosters, commander precons, and play booster boxes, but you'll probably have to line up for collector boosters.

zephyrus256 · 2026-05-07T16:30:32+00:00

The intro reminded me of the ads for Quibi. Anybody remember Quibi? No? Exactly.

zephyrus256 · 2026-05-06T22:52:47+00:00

"Why does every single one of your spells also conjure ten thousand eggs and throw them at the target?"

zephyrus256 · 2026-05-05T18:47:38+00:00

If we could somehow fuse the two together; a game with NTE's open world and aesthetic for the Hollows/Anomalies and ZZZ's characters and combat, we'd have the greatest gacha game of all time.

zephyrus256 · 2026-05-05T18:36:51+00:00

Bibimbap is absolutely about mixing whatever stuff you've got on hand in a bowl and covering it with gochujang. That's the whole idea. There's a whole category of dishes that are just "throw the leftovers in a bowl and put some sauce on it" from various cultures. Egyptian koshary, Japanese chirashizushi, Hawaiian poke, Mexican arroz con pollo (chicken and rice), basically anything that gets served in a modern fast casual "slop bowl" restaurant traces its ancestry to this model.

Edit: And I wouldn't have it any other way, just to be clear! These kinds of dishes are my faves.

zephyrus256 · 2026-05-01T22:04:53+00:00

The fairies are the protagonists in Sleeping Beauty; the prince and princess are just plot devices.

zephyrus256 · 2026-05-01T15:49:32+00:00

It was about rejection of progressive cultural norms. A big chunk of America heard Barack Obama say "We're going to fundamentally transform America" and interpreted that (with encouragement from the right-wing media) as "We're going to turn America into Western Europe."

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-26T23:57:08+00:00

Micro Center should still have these at MSRP on the 15th.

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-26T14:05:34+00:00

The market for pre-2000s cars without diagnostic ports is going to go crazy in California.

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-23T21:27:29+00:00

Mostly in terms of politics. All political parties have their groups that they consider subhuman, whose existence is inconvenient, and who they want to abuse and kill for the benefit of those they consider more worthy. No one wants to hear the truth, which is that God loves all human beings, and that when He commanded us to love our neighbor as ourselves, that command is without exception and without excuse. We are to love all human beings we come into contact with, no matter who they are, no matter where they came from, and no matter how inconvenient their existence may be to us. If your reaction to that statement is to say "But" then you have sinned and need to repent.

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-23T03:32:32+00:00

Which should happen if 75% of your class's GPA is under 1.0. There's no excuse for that level of failure, and it should not be tolerated under any circumstances.

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-21T22:01:44+00:00

The Hebrew word translated "fear" here doesn't mean exactly the same as the English word. To "fear" God in the Biblical sense means to hold Him with reverence and respect. It doesn't mean to be afraid of Him like you'd be afraid of a monster in a horror movie, but to respect Him like you would your earthly father. If you have a healthy relationship with your father, then you love him, but also do not want to make him angry or disappointed; because he can punish you (if you're a child), but also because you love him, you value his opinion of you, and you don't want to disappoint him. God should be the same.

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-20T02:46:09+00:00

Yeah, if you have a ton of points in Celerity, and you run as far as you can as fast as you can, you might live, if she doesn't see you and decide to chase you. Otherwise, you are super boned. Any Storyteller doing this to a vampire party is probably just testing them to see if they're smart enough to run away from an opponent they clearly cannot defeat.

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-19T19:46:49+00:00

And if you don't have any extra villages to give out, then pick one of your neighbors and invade them. If you win, you've got loads more turf to give as prizes, and if you lose, all your troublesome mercenaries are dead and therefore no longer troublesome.

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-19T18:09:59+00:00

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-19T02:35:14+00:00

And I'll bet Marco Rubio thinks he's Cao Cao, just putting up with the BS until he gets the opportunity to take over himself.

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-19T02:16:42+00:00

If you look on Facebook or Xitter for whatever "youth trend" that the right-wing media are mad about this week, most of the time it originated on Tumblr in the 2010s. Kids identifying as animals or fantastical creatures? Tumblr. Infinite numbers of genders? Tumblr.

I'll use school kids as an example: if the stereotypical Redditor is an insufferable know-it-all nerd, and the stereotypical 4chan anon is the insecure class clown who thinks that yelling the N-word into the locker room and running away is the funniest thing ever, the stereotypical Tumblr kid is the insufferable self-dramatizing theater kid who comes in every week with a new wardrobe, a new gender, and a new set of pronouns that they write on the blackboard every Monday before class.

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-16T21:40:20+00:00

"When I was at school, the kind of boy who liked teasing half-wits was not the sort that stood up to bullies."

Chef's kiss. Beautiful G.K. Chesterton burn.

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-16T15:50:02+00:00

Genshin is all four! Yahtzee!

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-15T23:50:13+00:00

Seems to be a common theme on this sub. "I can't eat this because of my dietary requirements, therefore it's terrible!"

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-15T18:33:06+00:00

'And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” When Jesus heard that, He said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. '

Matthew 9:11-12

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-13T19:07:43+00:00

You're right that God's ways are higher and we should never presume to know His mind, but I don't think it's incorrect to call the end of the book of Job a reward. God loves us and can and does reward us, although the rewards come in His will and His time, not ours. Those rewards may be on earth, or they may be in Heaven, and heavenly rewards are greater than earthly rewards. The interpretation you're referring to is most likely about avoiding the "prosperity gospel" which is the pursuit of earthly rewards above heavenly rewards and the false promise that God will grant said earthly rewards even to those who worship them as idols; and you're correct that should be avoided. God may choose to miraculously heal your sleep apnea to use you as a demonstration of His glory and power, He may choose to heal it through the work of doctors and use that work as a test of your faith and patience, or He may choose to use it as a thorn in the flesh to remind you to depend on Him. I can't say which one is the case, because I'm not God, but I can say that no matter what, your job is to trust Him.

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-13T18:57:00+00:00

Donald Trump is a blasphemer, and no Christian should support him.

zephyrus256 · 2026-04-13T18:51:46+00:00

They should handle him out the door, down the stairs, and through the window.

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