Uproot (album) Puns

Quoting page 622 of The Hoaxers:

>The Washington Star, June 26, 1963, carried an Associated Press dispatch from Berlin relating an incident of President Kennedy’s visit: > >>Facing him [the President] from the Communist side of the wall was an East German sign which said:
>>“In the agreement at Potsdam, United States Presidents Roosevelt and Truman undertook:
>>To uproot German Militarism and Nazism.
>>To arrest war criminals and bring them to judgment.
>>To prevent rebirth of German Militarism.
>>To ban all Militarist and Nazi propaganda.
>>To ensure that Germany never again menaces her neighbors and world peace.
>>These pledges have been fulfilled in the (East) German Democratic Republic. When will these pledges be fulfilled in West Germany and West Berlin, Mr. Kennedy?” >> >>Mr. Kennedy read the sign but showed no reaction.

(Emphasis added.)

Perhaps only tangentially related, but as the young Kennedy was touring in Europe, he claimed that ‘Fascism seems to treat [the Italians] well.’ (He did complain about the arrogance that many in the German Reich exhibited, and he made fun of their salute, but nothing substantial.) Later on, he would endorse the so‐called Assembly of Captive European Nations, an organization staffed by Axis collaborators.

“The problem with how we attack our problems is that we go after the problem. We focus solely on the behavior by making a commitment to start or stop doing something.

You’ve done this too, right? You’ve decided, perhaps even declared, that you were going to change.

This year I’m going to eat healthily and exercise every day! I’m going to stop dating anyone who is mean to me. In fact, I’m not going to date at all! I’m tired of wasting my time on social media and comparing my life with everyone else’s. I’m getting off for good this time! That’s it. This is the last time. I will never look at pornography again! I’m not going to exaggerate or lie or gossip to get attention or feel better about myself. No more! I’m going to read the Bible every morning this whole year! Whatever your vow was, how did it go?

I would guess not well. Why? Behavior modification doesn’t work, because the focus is only on modifying behavior. You don’t get to the root of the problem, which is the thought that produces the behavior. To be more specific, the problem is the neural pathway that leads to the behavior.

Let’s say you hate an ugly tree in your yard. You want that tree gone. Finally, you decide the time has come to take care of the problem. So you march into your yard with a small handsaw. You pick an ugly branch and cut it off the tree. You smile and walk back into the house, triumphantly singing a medley of “All I Do Is Win” and “Another One Bites the Dust.” The next day you are shocked to see that the tree is still standing strong. As you stare out the window, you could almost swear it’s smirking at you.

I know. The analogy is absurd. You would never try to kill a tree by just removing a branch. Because the branch obviously isn’t the problem. The tree is the problem. Actually, the root system of the tree is the main culprit. If you don’t remove the root system when you cut down the tree, it could still grow back.

Well, if we decide, I’m going to stop yelling at my kids or I’m going to stop isolating myself and living a lonely life or I’m going to exercise every day, we’re just sawing off a branch. We are ignoring the real problem of the lie we believe and the mental rut we fall into. Attacking only symptoms, not the source.

Thinking I can change a behavior just by removing the behavior is absurd. The behavior isn’t the root problem. The neural pathway that leads me to the behavior is the problem. If I stop a behavior, it will come back, unless I

remove the lie at t

So as i like to do during this part of an expansion's cycle. I figured it would be fun to take a look at the rotation of World Uprooted. What is lost of any note, but also a look at the expansion and it's general legacy in the bigger picture.

Forestcraft

Ironback Beetle

Mechaboomerang Elf

Intertwined Resolve

Elf Queen of Abundant Life

Ironglider Elf

Windfall Fay

Damian, Drillarm Brawler

Awakened Gaia.

A bit of a mixed one for Forest. Losing some critical cards like Elf queen, and intertwined resolve which FINALLY saw some usage. Also the last of the machine cards rotate out, nerfed fairly quickly as they turned out to be a bit too good. Gaia will also be a loss for potential control decks, but i am sure there will be other options.

Swordcraft

Gizmo Courier

Panther Scout

Levin Beastmaster

Gelt, Resolute Knight

Lady of the Lance

Stroke of Conviction

Grayson, Rocket Blader

Amelia, The Silverflash

Patrick, Rhiceros Knight

Most of the cards here only saw brief usage with only Stroke of Conviction and the Amelia+Gelt pair seeing any long term usage in Sword. That said, they will be a big hit for Sword, the aggressive decks will be sad to see stroke go, and more midranged/control decks will be sad to see Amelia/Gelt go. That said, the rotation should still open up for fresh cards to help the class.

Runecraft

Spellbinder's Prepration

Earth Sorceress

Vergewalker Magician

Sorcery in solidarity

Stormelementalist

Mystic Absorption

Daria Infinity Witch

Aethereal Golem

Regalore, Steel Chimera.

Once more many cards that only saw brief usage. But overall biggest losses here will be Sorcery in Solidarity which represented a very good tutor for the class and Daria.. and Earth Rite receives another kick while it's already down

Dragoncraft

Scalebound Plight

Rockback Ankylosaurus

Steelcap Pachycephalosaurus

Rola, Inferno Dragoon

Steelstorm Dragonewt

Dragonfolk's Wail

Cursed Furor

Dragoon Medic

Shipsbane Plesiosaurus

Jerva, Wyrm Transcendent.

Quite a few losses here. Biggest one is Cursed Furor which is just an amazing ramp card and hard removal. But Discard Dragon takes a big blow and this could very well be the end of the archetype for now. Beyond that, Jerva will be a loss for Face Dragon decks which did run him.

Shadowcraft

Triscythe Reaper

Jackshovel Gravedigger

Gremory, Death Teller

Ghastly Assault

Beastly Medium

Sarcophagus wraith

Fatal Order

Nightmare Devourer

Friends Fore

Good day everyone; first post here, so forgive me if this story or future stories about this individual don't fit here.

To start, context. Our D&D group for a while had two forever DMs, being That Guy and one I call the Hoontsman. For quite a while these two served well for our group, and when one got burnt out the other took over. That Guy's campaigns got wacky and were enjoyable until around mid-2020, meanwhile Hoontsman made large years long campaigns. Since both got burnt out and I wanted to put my hat in the ring and lighten the load for the two. Randomly thought of a campaign with a vampire epidemic and dragon gods, homebrewed classes and races (poorly), and got ready to be the DM for the first time.

And now, the whopping 5 minutes this campaign composed of. As always, starts off in a tavern; That Guy's psychic walks in and I have the bartender ask, "So son, what're you buyin'?" Without saying a word, That Guy pulls a Scanners and blows up the bartender's head. Seeing as this is my first session, I was a little stunned and didn't know how to respond to that. But before I could think of something, That Guy's character burns down the tavern and proceeds to use his psychic powers on the ground itself, uprooting the entire city, flipping it, and crashes it back down to earth. Now, what made this extra ridiculous was that he was merely Lv. 1 with no prior combat nor telling me how he would be using his psychic powers.

With that, I conceded and said, "We're done." After that, I was in no mood to continue this, at least for the day. That Guy, for seemingly no reason, destroyed the main city that would have been plot relevant and evolved from Murder Hobo to Genocide Hobo. Granted, probably not the best response and there could have been a million ways I should have solved it. But seeing as this was my first time, That Guy decided to make a character and force me to becoming a better DM by trial by fire. Then when I rightfully called bullshit because nothing on the class sheet said anything about this, That Guy claimed I was too vague and gave him wiggle room to do things like this. As I said, I'll admit my classes and races weren't that fleshed out nor fully explained their limitations. But I'm pretty sure that any psychic, especially at Lv. 1, should not be able to lift an entire city and flip it like a giant rock pancake.

Since then, I haven't DM'd again. Even with That Guy being kicked out, I still don't feel that I can make it work yet. I will

My grandmother lives in a city neighborhood where the houses are fairly close to each other. She has always had a problem with her sour neighbor complaining about one thing or another. So, one day her neighbor notifies her that she believes that the hedge running down the property line separating the two driveways is on her land and she wants my grandmother to cut it down. Seems a little stupid as the the hedge provides a small amount of privacy between the two homes and benefits both parties.

So, my grandmother has no choice but to comply with her wish but first she hires a surveyor to come and determine exactly where the property line is. Turns out that the hedge is indeed on my grandmothers property. It also reveals that the neighbors garage is two feet over the property line onto my grandmothers property.

The look on her neighbors face when she gets the report and is informed that she has to tear down her garage was worth the price of the survey. They eventually settled and in the interest of peace my grandmother allowed her to buy the land on her property for several thousand dollars.

TLDR; I am soon getting a job offer across the country and with it, a shot at fulfilling a decades-long career goal but it would uproot my fiancee for the second time in 5 years. Should I compromise on my dreams to keep things fair to my fiancee?

Hi all,

Created a new act for anonymity. Really need some advice on a new situation developing in my life. The timing couldn't be worse but the opportunity being presented to me is amazing.

Background: Ever since I was ~5yo, I wanted to have a certain career path. It's more like a calling for me than anything else. It's in the science discipline and it's extremely competitive to get permanent jobs in. I knew from early on it's what I was meant to do with my life, so I took the right high school classes, was laser-focused in undergrad, and selected a grad school program all with the hope of achieving my dream career one day. I've sacrificed everything to pursue this career, I live thousands of miles away from my family and close-knit friends in order to do this.

While in grad school, I met my now fiancee 7 years ago. Ours is the best relationship I've ever had hands down, and we get married in 3 weeks from now. I'll get back to that later. Anyway, our relationship has always been great but he's 7 years older than me so that means we have always been at different stages in our careers. When I was 27, I took a job on the West coast with a government agency and my fiancee stayed in the South where we lived at the time. We spent a year doing long-distance and he was incredibly hesitant to move out West with me, despite me pleading with him. He's very hesitant about change and didn't want to leave his job. It was definitely a very stressful situation but I kept my job out West and eventually persuaded him to make the plunge and move out here with me. We both love the life we've made out here and he has since admitted that he should have moved out West when I did. He just takes a lot longer to make decisions than I do.

Fast forward to now, 3 years later. Covid is winding down and the last year was very stressful for me at work. I actually recently (within the last 2 months) started a new position at work. We are getting married in a few short weeks and planning a Covid wedding has been ROUGH. So definitely a high-stress time for us.

I found out last week I am getting a job offer in New England for a job I applied for in OCTOBER of 2020. That's the government for you... anyway the offer will be with the agency

Why do they all keep using that as an excuse not to move back to Utah? At least be honest and just say you don’t want to and you don’t care about Christine’s feelings. Stop using your children as scapegoats.

I want to preface that no one in this story has ever entered or worked in a foreign country illegally.

Onto my tale:

My parents (both 70s) and I (47F) escaped communism when I was a pre-teen. We spent the next 5 yrs living a nomadic lifestyle following my father’s career. My dad eventually took a permanent post in New York where I finished high school. My mom was at this point a SAHM. She never tried to resurrect her own career, though she holds a PhD.

I went off to college after which I did a bit of my own living in a suitcase - Europe and different parts of the US. Eventually I settled in California. My work continues to keep me traveling, but my home base has been here for over a decade. And (important) the location does matter for work.

Once it became safe to do so, we started to regularly visit the old country. My father is now retiring, and my parents are in the process of moving back permanently. I don’t blame them. It’s a beautiful place. We have a lot of extended family. Since the communists have been kicked out, it’s a quickly recovering economy and a really nice place to live.

The problem is, my mother refuses to accept that I won’t be joining them. It’s been a constant point of contention ever since they’d started to make their plans. Every phone call ends in a fight. She refuses to listen to reason. I finally lost it a few days ago. I told her: They dragged me across the world when I was a kid, leaving behind family, friends, and everything I knew. I had to learn a new language, a new culture, and find new footing in my life. And now, 35 years later, she expects me to just dump it all again. She kind of shut down and said her goodnight. I haven’t talked to her since.

She insists that given the nature of my work, it makes no difference where I live. But that’s not really true. My job is a niche industry that relies heavily on established relationships. There is a small respectful community in my old country. But it is quite incestuous. I have never worked there, I don’t know any of those people. It would be difficult to break in. And honestly ass-backwards, as the US industry is much bigger. Foreigners are looking to join projects in the US instead of the other way around.

Here’s where I may be TA. My partner (51M) is also an immigrant, from a different country. He also works in the same field as I. We have been looking at the political climate in the US with some trepidation. And we have started to seriously consider our options. But I

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