niph [she/her]

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Cake day: August 4th, 2023

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  • This is the first sensible post to come out of the admin team since the start of this insanity.

    Still a lot of room for improvement - not sure that “associating behavioural trends with pronoun tags” is a route we should ever go down, to be honest.

    But after the past few days of being entirely baffled by whatever the hell was going on with the rest of the admins, this is a step in the right direction.




  • niph [she/her]togamesMagic The Gathering Megathread
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    1 month ago

    Limiteddddddd. In particular I’m a big sealed apologist, each pool is like a mini puzzle to solve and it’s so skill intensive and rewarding.

    I’m more into little mini engines and incremental value than combos, but I’m a big fan of aristocrats shenanigans eg Priest of the Forgotten Gods + unearth type effects and similar




  • I just read the thread and even though most comments are deleted you can get the flavour of what people were saying. The way that some people are almost gleeful about the prospect of a woman being physically endangered is gross.

    I think there might be a difficult discussion to be had about whether there’s a link between some of the more general politically violent rhetoric / fantasising on here and an implication that any violence against perpetrators of perceived wrongs is justified. I would hope comrades are able to distinguish between supporting resistance movements and the violence that’s necessary for the overthrow of capitalism on the one hand, and violence against individuals perceived to have committed some personal moral infraction on the other. But Western and especially Anglo culture is extremely individualistic, and that has created the framework through which many users on this site see the world.

    I’m not sure what solutions there are to this, but some self-reflection is likely the place to start.





  • niph [she/her]tovideosshould I be shocked?
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    2 months ago

    Totally valid. Yeah it’s way better than it used to be, though there are definitely still shitty elements. A lot of them have left or gone to Flesh and Blood tho


  • niph [she/her]tovideosshould I be shocked?
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    2 months ago

    Actually I have to stand up for MTG here. We genuinely have one of the better gaming communities. He wasn’t just banned by a tournament, he was kicked out after a mass public movement by major content creators and pros, many of whom received death threats for months afterwards


  • niph [she/her]tomemesRoyal Cling-wrap
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    2 months ago

    This place also loves leaning into making fun of how dumb Musk is, and I find it cringe for similar reasons. It’s still buying into the same circus


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    Congee is very good when you have stomach issues as well, easy to digest. Silky tofu seasoned with a bit of soy sauce and green onions for protein.