Which Planeswalkers Can Read? | Truman the Gray Merchant
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    Jace can't read. He just alters everyone's memories so they think he can. This is canon, and no one can change my mind. :P

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  • Massive Leak Of European Neo-Nazi Web Store Reveals Dozens Of Canadian Customers' Personal Information
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 66%

    TBH my guy, while OP's comment was a non-sequitur and there is a lot of value to posting articles like this and making sure people are aware and stay vigilant of antisemitism and other issues within our own borders, your post history is kinda sus. Like, 90% reasonable and then 10% weirdly pro Russia/China.

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  • Massive Leak Of European Neo-Nazi Web Store Reveals Dozens Of Canadian Customers' Personal Information
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    The human propensity for ignorance should never be underestimated; I can also see the possibility (to use an example product from the antihate article) someone somehow stumbled into buying shotglasses with norse runes on them because they thought they were cool, not realizing the broader context of the site. Is that likely? No, but again, people are really good at doing dumb shit. :P

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  • Baldur's Gate 3 colossal new patch adds a playable epilogue set six months after the game ends with 3,589 new lines of dialogue, 2 new difficulty modes, and I'm running out of headline space
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    Mod support has definitely been mentioned as an eventual goal, IIRC though they didn't have plans to implement an official DM mode.

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  • [Explorer] Discover is a fair and balanced mechanic /s
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    Wotc can do this, sure... so long as they restrict it to BO1. In BO3, decks needing to run a couple pieces of hate/interaction in the sideboard to deal with a linear combo is good for the health if the game, if anything. (If that's still not enough, then sure, ban it globally. But BO1 and BO3 are fundementally different games.)

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  • Winnipeg nurse's lawsuit against top drug companies claims they marketed decongestants that don't work
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    It feels like every time I go on the internet, I get reminded I need to be very explicit about what I'm saying. (Or develop a thicker skin. :P) Apologies if I sounded dismissive, I was just trying to say that I don't know exactly how it was approved as I haven't done the research to know, but that wasn't surprised it had been, given the overarching issue with medical studies from the last century failing to be replicated. I'm not trying to imply that I'll somehow dig up the absolute truth of the situation that was previously unknown, I just know I'm making a statement with incomplete information.

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  • Winnipeg nurse's lawsuit against top drug companies claims they marketed decongestants that don't work
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    Eh... I'd need to look into this specific one more, and it's a bit weirder than 'normal' given this is a drug for a common physiological symptom, but there was a lot of bad medical science done from roughly WWI to the turn of the millennium that nonetheless still underpins some of our commonly available medicines. Clinical psych has it especially bad, but the replication crisis is a problem everywhere.

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  • Majestic
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    Yeah, post-shaving alopecia is a thing, especially in double coated breeds. (Which is part of the reason you're supposed to avoid shaving them.)

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  • Canadian Podcasts?
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    If you want Canadian but about nerdy things instead of politics, LoadingReadyRun (Victoria BC) has a few, some actual-play tabletop stuff, some Magic the Gathering, some sketch and improv comedy (although they haven't made a new one of those in a while, sadly), etc.

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  • Get Rid of CBC’s Ethical ‘Journalistic Standards’ Policies, Conservative MP Suggests
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    "...you know what the problem is with the CBC? Too much ethics and journalistic integrity."

    Who... who is this for? Who wants this? Who hears this and goes "ah yes, this is, A: a real problem, and B: a useful solution to said problem."

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  • Lae'zel's ducks
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    The VA for Laezel (Devora Wilde) has actually seen this meme and read it in-character. :P You can find it on YouTube.

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  • Suncor CEO fields tough questions on climate change at federal committee
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    Whoof. I know I shouldn't be surprised, but damn. "Yeah, we made 9 bil in profit last year, but we're too focused on the long term and transitioning away from energy sources that are actively reducing the habitabilty of our planet." Do you fucking hear yourself speak? As-is, if we manage to get things under control before literally rendering huge swaths of the world unlivable within the next century, it'll be near a goddamn miracle. I understand the need for a smooth transition and the capital to support green initiatives*, and that practically we will need at least some amount of oil for decades yet. Nothing here though gives me any confidence this is anything but a move to maximize shareholder returns.

    (*as much as free-market solutions to problems related to common goods (like our goddamn climate) fundementally offend me, due to inherent inefficiency and misaligned incentives, an inefficient response is still better than waiting until we can fundementally restructure society >>)

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  • Favorite minor/side character?
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    Yeah, as the other commenter mentioned, wander around north of the Shadowed Battlefield waypoint, make sure to explore all the nooks and crannies at the edges of the map, you'll find his campsite eventually.

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  • Favorite minor/side character?
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    spoiler

    You monster.

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  • Favorite minor/side character?
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    I could see that. She's got some thematic ties to Karsus, shares a home plane with Shar, and has a portfolio revolving around lost knowledge (ie, a potentially attractive avenue for recoving an amnesiac's memories) giving options for a subplot around her to resonate with a couple different origin characters. (And could potentially serve as a more "benign" (for certain definitions of the word) source of power to Wyll, if he wanted to retain his powers but escape his contract with Mizora.)

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  • Favorite minor/side character?
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 88%

    In terms of extremely minor one-off characters, He Who Was was very cool. I was sad when he didn't show up in act three. Just a random Shadar-Kai warlock of the Raven Queen chilling in the Shadow Cursed lands, delivering warped justice to the dead, and collecting their tormented memories and emotions to sustain his queen.

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  • More adults are taking medication for ADHD. Physicians say trend is a double-edged sword
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    Yes. Thank you. There have been plural studies (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.add4165, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3489818/, and many more, these are literally just the first google results), showing that perscription stimulants have a negligible, or even negative, effect on productivity in neurotypical populations. Their reputation as a "smart drug" has been greatly exaggerated.

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  • Whisky War (Dispute between Canada and Denmark) - Wikipedia
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    Clearly, I need to find a Dane to get in a fight with. I could use a drink. :P

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  • More adults are taking medication for ADHD. Physicians say trend is a double-edged sword
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    This is also a valid question, the systemic pressure to "be productive" puts a lot of weight on the side of taking meds despite side effects. Anecdotally though, some ADHD patients do find meds useful for helping them maintain interpersonal relationships and the like, not just focus on work.

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  • Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix 8 Shaves His Majesty After Cat Backlash
  • Oldmandan Oldmandan Now 100%

    Never mind the nudity toggle, we need a "hairless cats" toggle at the beginning of the game too I guess, if we want everyone to be happy. :P

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  • store.steampowered.com

    Some insight to coming updates, the future of cut content, etc.

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    onguardforthee Oldmandan Now 100%
    Religious Sect Members Who Obtained $12 Million Through Manitoba Government Contracts Run Companies Out of Co-owned Building, Records Show
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    Copying over from u/HowMyDictates post on reddit, because I'm petty and will continue to refuse to engage with that site. :P The whole three-part series is worth a read. It's fascinating (in a horrifying sort of way :P) how all this lobbying and third-party marketing works, even the stuff not directly connected to the PBCC. The more I learn, the more obviously corrupt the whole system becomes.

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    Formerly Aonar, on reddit and other platforms. Engineering undergrad, dnd player, book lover. He/They.