MTG Salvation

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Ironically, i am currently making a set about this, but here is what i view the basics of each wedge as

WUR: It is a group of people who act on desires, but think things through in an orderly way before acting. They occasionally act rash, but they normally can reign themselves in
EXAMPLE: Human beings

WBR: They seek to form order, under their own terms. They aren't afraid to push people around to get what they want.
EXAMPLE: Vampires

WGB: They celebrate the joys of life, and the pain of death. They understand the living, but they cannot be like us
EXAMPLE: Ghosts

UGB: They care nothing for death. They are a group working towards the goal of an ambitious individual
EXAMPLE: Ants

URG: The forces of nature, from the rivers to the mountains
EXAMPLE: Captain Planet

Quote from northprophet

This is an interesting debate, one that has been something of an undercurrent in Canadian society for my entire life. We try to have as strong national identity here, but almost anyone with a brain and enough sense to think about it for a little while comes to the conclusion that the fundamental idea behind our culture is this: "Canada; most definitely, absolutely, decisively not the United States."

Quote from Amadi

The actual difference is that the countries actually compete with each other. They compete on offers for treaties, have differences regarding international legislation, have their own interests on resources. There is this whole thing called war that happens every now and then. They exist in a state where resources are not infinite.

Imagine for a moment that you have a more exotic pet. Say, a panda. You love this panda very much, like you love your dog. Now imagine that all the local bamboo forests have been cut down, and you're reliant on import bamboo to feed your pet. Your neighbour also has a panda, who they also love very much. One time, there is only barely enough bamboo imported to feed one panda in this town. The other one will invariably die. There is no way around it.

And that's what countries essentially are. With an exception, I grant you, that countries are born of necessity exactly because competition for resources exists. If we lived in a magical world of abundance of everything that we could possibly want, we would have no need for countries. Countries are a construct to prioritize the needs or wants of those close to you over those of people far away from you while refusing to feel bad or responsible for doing so.

US in particular is pretty guilty of this. The price of oil is ricing? Give Saddam some money so he can invade neighbouring countries and take over their oil fields. Let's get some few millions killed in middle-east so we can keep oil prices down, whoo! Those African countries are actually trying to recover? Let's ship guns to rebels in those areas, and then only offer to sell guns to the government if they reduce the import and export tariffs, so their farmers will be screwed over economically, and we can buy all the fields, whoo! What do you mean there is a continent south of us with insane amounts of natural resources but barely no technology? Let's invade that and take their resources, whoo!

Okay, that last one was Europe, but I think you get the point. Countries are willing to price the desires of their members over the needs of others, and often refuse to recognize this as an issue at all. Or if they do, they still keep doing it. For the mother/fatherland, yay!

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You seriously thought there could be a thread about national pride and patriotism, something US is #1 in (Tied with Venezuela.), and no US-bashing in that thread? As far as I am concerned, it's worth bashing countries with high amounts of patriotism and national pride for that fact alone. US is also a really easy target. The fact that the thread title also has a flag of a certain country in it just makes it a more enticing one.

Quote from Sene

Unfortunately, I can't even deliver on that point - I've never been to New Zealand (though I wish to, at some point). But if I were to guess, I'd say that our fjords are better than their ones Though I'd say New Zealand probably has a richer flora & fauna and a less hostile climate. I bet I'd be able to grow as fond of NZ's geography, given time, as I am of Norway's.

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Source: My brother is a hipster. He says hes not of course, like any hipster would.

Quote from Senori

Dear sir,

Regarding your question "what is a hipster?" I am.

Sincerely yours,
Senori

Quote from Joneleth Irenicus

I was waiting for Serum Visions... meh...

Quote from god of cyanide

9909, dunno if you thought I had missed the point, but I haven't.

Tastes change and are somewhat cyclical, and people's tastes in music are amorphous and inconsistent when preferences are expressed.

In other words, it's just a phase.

Quote from god of cyanide

This.

I've found Facebook to be useful for two things:

1. Keeping up with groups/organizations you belong to/support;

and

2. Keeping "in touch" with people without actually having to communicate with them.

The second is why I've come to call it Fakebook.

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I guess I have to check her account the next time we meet since my settings isn't that really restrictive

Quote from Callahan09

For me, the 80s were pretty damn good because they gave me Slayer: Reign in Blood. That's really all it takes to make me happy. And then there's about a million other great 80s albums too, of course. But really, every decade since about the 1930s has a lot of music I appreciate, but I'd say it really started pumping out the kind of stuff that's my go-to music around the time of Black Sabbath, but the majority of what I listen to goes back to the 80s and through to today.

Quote from Meowmeowzor

The only thing I hate about rock is that it makes me want to be born a little earlier (around the 1990´s).

Quote from RavynVT

Are you 100% sure on that? The text on the card is unclear. I figured it would say enchanted creature gets 3 3 flying and gains "at the beginning of your upkeep you lose 1 life".

Quote from guacamole

Also, sad it will not smash a jar of eyeballs, hag's eye, urza's glasses, or urza's sun glasses. Use on tar pit warrior is totally winmoar.

Quote from Zaratustra

Sadly, it does not kill Eyes.

Quote from Card Slinger J

The late Lou Reed said it best:

"I think the world is just opening up to culture, new culture for new people, new ways of doing things, new fashions, new everything. It's just a generational thing," Everybody older always says, "Well, it was better before.' I don't think it was better before. It's different now. You've got all these young people trying another way of doing it, and they've got a different mindset. It's certainly not a low. That's not fair. If you said that, then you should go back to Shakespearean times. That was the best. It's been downhill ever since."

There’s a YouTube video of Reed conducting a Q&A at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in June. Over the course of eight minutes, he answers a variety of questions, expressing his thoughts on politics, music, advertising, social media and his influence on music. He is asked to respond to a quote from punk-fashion pioneer Vivienne Westwood that the world today is low on culture. Reed’s response reflects his enthusiasm for embracing change and indulging in something new and his low tolerance for nostalgia.

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Darn, I thought for sure it'd be Foresee