@FoolOfD How would the fertily rate vary so little between 50k to 500k if money was the major factor, and why would poor households still outnumber them? Wouldn't culture, and religious and political beliefs be a greater factor? Or how to explain 1.3 TFR in VT but 2.0 in SD?
@FoolOfD Honestly I doubt money's the major factor in having kids. Else wouldn't make sense why poorer people tend to have more kids. I just think having kids is seen as more trouble than it's worth for most of the population.
@tixkerou@TheNumber1of1@panicsoreo@AlvinG2005@MinModulation This wasn't just because they wanted to. The KKK originally also promoted feminism as a way to be "progressive" while actively shunning every other category of women. There are absolutely incentives why a woma might oppress others that aren't just self-deprecation.
@tixkerou@TheNumber1of1@panicsoreo@AlvinG2005@MinModulation You don't see how someone could gain from demeaning or hating on minorities if their social circle also hates them? Very early protofeminists (1850s or so) were explicitly racist towards black women, seeing feminism as a white women only movement.
@Rbycandy@libbysalt this doesn't make much sense because if they want to they'll reprint the card, even under a different name. nothing stopping them from making "mana-infused mole" as a in-universe reprint. to say nothing of cards with generic names like bowmasters or halfling
@MinModulation most leftists see both activities as complete wastes, it's just that at this point complaining about it makes you seem crazy or antiquated. it's the same for going vegetarian, you can do it for many reasons but saying 'climate change' marks you as an annoying activist
@goblinbiker There's no way you're comparing the use of something like trample, haste, or hell even something complex like airbending to every YGO deck working in a very unique way, missing the timing and how link/pendulum summon works for beginners
@twinkdefcon The current elite has shown they're stupid in general, smart in maybe one or two things and ignorant or simpleton on the rest. Why would anyone want to really study in school when the pretense of an "intellectual elite" is dead
@twinkdefcon Vegas was generally cheap outside of the gambling. The economy has stagnated and there's heavy investment (all the Formula 1 stuff, the sphere, etc) so there's an incentive to extract as much money as possible from tourists. Intl tourism is also pretty much gone
@jupiterbrandos@Festival_Feet FWIW I hate HP and I don't think a set is likely anytime soon since they'd lose way too many people internally in WotC, but I'd expect that if the TV series isn't a flop they'd start seriously thinking about a set a few years down the road
@jupiterbrandos@Festival_Feet Marvel has exhausted normies and the dedicated fans don't care about a SPM set that focuses way too much on Spiderverse shit + weak cards. TMNT is baffling too but it's getting far better reviews from franchise fans and the power level is there
@twinkdefcon To be more clear Paul's writings condemn a lot of behavior from which the church can expand on. Crucially for catholics Mattthew 16:19 means that the church is free to set their own rules
@twinkdefcon Homosexuality specifically is condemned by Paul (arsenokoitai and malakoi are specifically terms invented to define it), and Matthew 19 implies that unions should be between a man and a woman.
@spesnor@TheZachkAttack Zach is also referring to a literal reading of your tweet. In that case MtG trounces on everyone when we include casual EDH in the mix from sheer sales numbers and popularity.
@spesnor@TheZachkAttack You're missing cEDH which has massive FNM attendance and while the big tournaments are smaller they're far more frequent than on other TCGs. When you combine cEDH and non-cEDH formats, MtG is pretty well positioned.
@twinkdefcon It only feels that way because of the proliferation of antibiotics, PrEP, and fentanyl lacing. Common STDs are becoming very resistant to medicine and HIV devastated LGBT spaces through the 80s and 90s. The moment super syphilis shows up it's gonna be be apocalyptic