"It's very humbling" is the new buzz-phrase for those with an ego the size of an aircraft carrier who are desperately trying to comprehend something not going their way
Shout-out to older men who instantly start reciting their entire library of camera jargon to let you know they also did some photography back in the day, so
@MAKBOT It's been a long time since Door Monster used one, but there weren't any worth joining 4 or 5 years ago, and I doubt it's changed for the better. Everything they offer, you can do yourself for free. They were always just useless middlemen.
Watching #ThePowerOfTheDoctor just to see the passing of the torch - too bad to see this run apparently never got much better. I'm not even halfway through and it's just so constantly dramatic! There's so much random plot shit and no levity whatsoever.
@uhjnlols Yeah, I think Covid showed corporations that they can put even less effort into things than they already were, and Disney took the chance to start phoning it in reeeeeal hard.
I've been on #MTG Twitter for all of four months and all I see is complaints that the game is unplayable, the new sets are bad, look at these awful cards, and I'm over here still brushing the surface of how cool this world is. And no one stokes that quite like @RhysticStudies.
As a very fresh Magic convert, I'm continuously baffled by the opportunities @wizards_magic seems to just leave on the table - this awesome game's potential feels 90% unfulfilled, and sponsoring the creators who expand their world for them is a clear step in the right direction.
But these reactions to that basic step definitely highlight the issue - there's a tiny, entitled, disproportionately pandered-to corner of the community that gives the product a bad name. It's also why I have so much trouble convincing other people that they'd love playing.
(prediction) in 20 years an enormous study will reveal social media was as directly responsible for mental health collapse as cigarettes were for lung cancer, and we'll all go "oh fuck lol that makes sense" while laying on the floor rocking back and forth & shaking