Recent content by Jasper

umbry vs Bushtush Accel vs LNumbers Adaam vs Indigo Plateau Luthier vs mncmt Gondra vs Askov

OK, now I'm done. Promise.

Choose wisely.

I've had better luck than you.

How about The Flying Pressure for a Smogon Champions League team? The logo could feature a flying-type legendary with Pressure as its ability, like Lugia. Performing in the face of pressure is vital in the tournament scene, so it also fits thematically in that way.

I don't want to take this too seriously (admittedly my hackles go up when people slight literature, regardless of the context), so I'll end with this point. We all have our blind spots when it comes to perceiving greatness in different forms of art. Recognizing and admitting that we have those...

I'm glad that on a meme forum we've solved that books which have moved, delighted, and astonished readers for decades or even centuries are actually secretly bad, and not that we as teenagers and/or literary philistines who were forced to read these books against our will just might not have...

Actually, probably not. The big hurdle in ancient times was living past infancy; if you managed to do that, there was a solid chance you'd survive into what we would still call old age today. When applied to populations with high infant mortality, life expectancy can be a pretty misleading...

"She's not my First, but man, is she a Lady."

Then I'll explain why. I wanted to point out that criticism of the repressive aspects of the CCP's COVID response is entirely valid. I think it's an insult to the Chinese people it incarcerated to say or imply otherwise. On the other hand, I do think there is some merit in the essence of your...

Another early contender. Keep this up and you'll sweep the podium. I'm not going to waste effort debating a stream of logical fallacies, so I think we should end this exchange here.

Congrats, this is an early contender for straw man of the year.