Mag1cman


Savant wrote:
Every single politician from Texas makes my skin crawl, I feel like they all have lampshades made out of human skin at home.
Eh, Talarico seems genuine even if I don't agree with all his policies.


One look at his theology is enough to tell me he’s the biggest phony in Texas.

Mag1cman

10 Years AMA

Mag1cman · 20 days ago


Kohai wrote:
What are your most memorable moments?


Some negative ones, ruining Subutai's mafia game, and my own many years ago... I've had a few bad crashouts over the years.


Positive ones...


I've played a few strong mafia games. My favorite was the bait I set for Lunatic and Mikal in Microbiology Mafia. Another fun one was sniping Pie in Ted Lasso Mafia. Bussing Shining in Ted Lasso as well was great. My first game was PHilosophers IV on DDO, and I caught WYlted DP1, before getting modkilled twice (once as a replacement) for mentioning the game outside of the thread (I did not realize that was a rule that existed at that time, nor was I paying much attention to PMs from the mod). lol.


In debating, not much to write home about. I've always ff'd debates by either not caring or not having the time. I can't think of a particular debate where I had much fun.


The "everyone is sum1hugme" thread from DART was kinda funny.


Oh, live mafia. How could I forget? Easily the most fun I've had with other users. I've also played some video games with a few people around here.

Mag1cman

10 Years AMA

Mag1cman · 21 days ago


Thett3 wrote:
What would you say if this was you???

I don’t have anything interesting to say.


I guess I’d eventually learn about the wayback machine, and find my way over here by looking at old DDO and DART pages.


I’d probably make a thread asking who’s still around, who the new usernames are, if they all remember me. And then who knows.

Mag1cman

10 Years AMA

Mag1cman · 21 days ago


Sidewalker wrote:

Mag1cman wrote:
On September 19, 2016, I created my DDO account. I have been in this community for over ten years now, and I’ve seen a lot and changed a lot. Ask me anything.

How would you say it has changed in ten years? Has it gotten better or worse in your opinion.


Worse. Lower quality users in general. A lot of the users who joined at the tail end of the DART days irritate me. Less users as well. Restarting twice obviously hurt the community.


Back in 2016, the religion forum was considered the most toxic place. Surprisingly, it’s not so bad now, outside of Stephen being low hanging fruit, and generally obnoxious. Oh and whatever BK/LS has to say. But it is a much calmer place than it used to be.


The politics forum has become a lot more toxic over time. There were some pretty toxic debaters over there in 2016, but they’d all go hang out when not at each others’ throats over politics. We don’t really have that anymore, as all those users have either left the site or only play mafia now.


These days, outside of the occasional good thread, it’s a cesspit. Even I’ll admit I’ve fallen into the temptation of being toxic over there. Every now in then I feel like I want to create a good thread to help, but I never get around to it.


Mafia is doing ok. The fun over there depends on the size of the active player base, which ebbs and flows. Rn I’d say it’s in a down period, but the last game DART ever had had 17 players, which was the record for the site. DDO had a much more active mafia community, and website community.


The active development is an outstanding positive for this site. I don’t expect it to ever reach prime DDO numbers, but it could surpass DART if we just get a few good users to make great threads, have great debates, and just great mafia games.


I don’t know whether to be optimistic or pessimistic. With the current crop of users I’d be pessimistic, but the active development makes me want to be optimistic.

Mag1cman

10 Years AMA

Mag1cman · 22 days ago


SatanLucy wrote:
You have a lot of experience. What is your top insult for me?

Tbh, I can't insult you any more than you've insulted your own dignity, with what you turned yourself into.

Mag1cman

Fortnite

Mag1cman · 23 days ago


NoAhLeEcLaRk wrote:
But I would think the prices would go up because there is more adult content if you get what I am saying?


Prices of what? Cosmetics sales? Nah. It would be horribly immoral. Hopefully would drive away most of the playerbase.

Mag1cman

10 Years AMA

Mag1cman · 23 days ago

On September 19, 2016, I created my DDO account. I have been in this community for over ten years now, and I’ve seen a lot and changed a lot. Ask me anything.

Mag1cman

Fortnite

Mag1cman · 23 days ago


NoAhLeEcLaRk wrote:
Should they make this an adult game now?


Not sure what you mean by this? If you mean a more R-rated direction, then no. It’s mostly teens and still a lot of kids.

Mag1cman

Just because I voted to acquit you does not make your threads any less weird. Go touch some grass kiddo.


You know what? Here’s a deal. Go the rest of the year without making a thread about rape. If you don’t, delete your account. If you do, float an idea, because I bet you won’t able to do it.

Mag1cman

I’ve become increasingly libertarian over the years. I still consider myself conservative, but less than I do libertarian.


This started around COVID. I had liked Trump’s economic policies, but then Trump started handing out checks during the pandemic, funded by newly printed money. And then Biden saw what Trump did and decided one-up the idiocy.


From stimulus checks to tariffs, there’s plenty of reasons to criticize his economics… sure, he’s not as economically illiterate as the Dems, but he could do so much better.


And that was the start of my libertarian shift.

Mag1cman


linate wrote:
To me when I see you repeat that he's not a dem I see that you don't want to think of actual answers. Cause then you'd be forced to acknowledge the trump train wreck. Most democrats are actually pretty conservative. And trump is a never ending buffet of actual harm. Yes there are retarded views of dems but there are retarded views of republicans, especially from the man himself.


I acknowledge Trump has made a lot of mistakes. That’s kind of the point of me saying “idk if he’s so much better than any other politician that I shouldn’t vote third party.” Your accusation is flat out wrong.


No, Democrats are not conservative. The party supports DEI, open borders, transgenderism, and the expansion of the welfare state. They’ve also become more socialist in recent years. On what planet are democrats conservative?



Just given trump nailed the coffin by borrowing money with tax cuts. Thats reason alone to not support him from any responsible adult. Republican presidents have been doing that for the last 50 years. You know its gonna take a responsible Democrat to dig us out of this, as it always does

Really, with all their irresponsible spending and woke nonsense? Lol. Yeah Biden suuuuure did a good job digging us out of the covid economy.

Mag1cman
  1. he’s not a democrat
  2. he’s not a democrat
  3. he’s not a democrat


Where I’m currently at, the question isn’t if he’s good. He’s subpar. The question is if he is so close to every other politician that a third party vote would be warranted.


And yet every time I think I should vote Libertarian, the Democratic Party pushes something so utterly wicked and retarded that I can’t make up my mind.

Mag1cman


SkepticalOne wrote:
yeah I had a feeling one of you would jump to correct me before I posted that.

And yet, you posted the disinformation anyway.


yeah that’s called bait.

So go ahead and tell me, how many of them discharged their firearms?

Why? Use of firearms is not required for something to be considered an insurrection. Plus, there were firearms AND other weapons which were used.

"Roughly 174 of those 608 were charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or otherwise causing serious injury to an officer."

[LINK]


doesn’t erase my point. If the people were interested in committing an insurrection, they would have pulled their firearms. It was a simply a riot that got out of hand.

Mag1cman


SkepticalOne wrote:

Mag1cman wrote:
Worlds first unarmed insurrection let’s gooooooo

It is easily confirmed the rioters had firearms and other weapons:

"However, court records show, opens new tab at least five cases where carrying or possessing a firearm was part of the indictment. A summary, opens new tab of the cases by the Justice Department as of Jan. 3 said 180 defendants were charged with entering a restricted area with a dangerous or deadly weapon, which includes firearms and other types of weapons."

[Link]



yeah I had a feeling one of you would jump to correct me before I posted that. So go ahead and tell me, how many of them discharged their firearms?

Mag1cman


SkepticalOne wrote:
What kind of reparations are we talking about?
Systemic economic reforms that focus on universal uplift, criminal justice reform, sentencing guidelines reforms, abolition of private jails, and yes, single payer/Medicare for all healthcare, and better (more equitable, more consistent, and just... more) funding for public education. That would be a decent start. 😉

Yeah just keep throwing money at the problem! More bureaucracy YAY!!!!1!!!!1!1!!!


If I'm reading between the lines, that means the state taxes me more so they can have total control of prisons, my healthcare, and my wealth. I am no longer free to make my own choices; instead, I will be just another cog in the machine.


Seriously, how will you achieve any of this without severely violating the property rights of others? And how would you succeed where America's cities failed? Please, elaborate on the vague LinkedIn-ass buzzwords.


As for Muslims? They havent collectively wronged the US and have no legacy of oppression against any specific group of Americans. 9/11 was terrorists which is not synonymous with Muslims.

Why not? Part of the same group, aren't they? ;)


Just read between the lines, folks. Forced collectivism for whitey... but not for Muslims (even though Muslims see themselves as a collective to a greater degree than white Americans do).

Mag1cman


ebuc wrote:
Twas the day the music died

Humanity is still here for now. There is no guarantees it will exist going forward.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T ..... Aretha Franklin

My mind was on DART going offline when I referenced that lyric. Although tbh, one could argue this community’s music died the second Juggle stopped communicating. Or when Mike did.