u/Jinjoz

I recently decided to dive back into MTG Arena with a focus on Brawl. One thing I've discovered is there are some strategies and commanders I prefer playing on Arena as opposed to IRL.

For example I love playing Landfall decks and sacrifice decks, just because of the sheer amount of triggers to keep track of, and it's nice for arena to keep track of them.

I also tend to play a little more 'rude' strategies on Arena. I have a Hearthhull deck where I reoccur Strip Mine over and over again to get rid of my opponents lands.

Any other commanders/strategies that are better to play on Arena as opposed to IRL?

My brothers and I like to pick a theme for a month which dictates what kind of movies we watch. We're looking for movies that have controversial endings. Ones that made you leave the theatre either disappointed cause of how it ended or unsure how you felt because of the ending

I'm switching to my phone to record my podcast. We record via Discord and use the Craig Bot but we also usually record locally as well as a backup.

I tried to use my Recording App while in a discord Call but it won't let me. Wondering if there is a different app or a work around

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TLDR: My wife and I have decided to not attend my families annual beach trip due to my father's behavior towards my wife. I'm nervous and unsure of how to let my family know without damaging our relationship.

Every year my dad rents out a house on the beach and the whole family gets together for general beach weekend fun. 6 siblings, dad and step mom, and 7 nieces and nephews - it's a really fun time. He also likes to host everyone's birthdays which will be one relevant

Over the 12 years I've been married my wife and my father don't get along. There personalities just really clash and for a while I would just go to family events with my kids and my wife would stay home. I was fine with that, I wasn't gonna force my wife to go somewhere she didn't feel comfortable. I tried to play peacemaker and mediate but that didn't really avail to anything.

Well this year we went to my older brothers birthday which is only a few days after my wife's. When we got there he told us we were just celebrating his and he wasn't planning to celebrate any in-laws birthdays. This upset my wife and felt really shoved aside. It hurt even more when he held a birthday for my brother's wife a month or so later.

So my wife is officially done with my father and never wants to be around him (barring funerals, weddings, things like that where she said she can be cordial towards him). She also doesn't want our kids around him and doesn't want us to attend any family events at his home or events that he is hosting.

I agreed with this and I talked to him about it. After a while he sent an apology letter to my wife but it felt like the damage was done and she isn't interested in letting all this slide.

So with the annual beach trip coming up i need to let him and the rest of the family know we won't be attending. I'm envisioning a mixture of reactions from this to being disappointed we won't be there but understanding to being confused and possibly upset. I think some of my family has this view that my wife is the 'bad Guy' in this situation because she is the one choosing to not attend, when in reality my wife and I decided this together.

It's just eating a hole in my stomach trying to find a good way to tell the family and wondering if anyone has advice on how to proceed. If you have questions I'll be around to answer

My wife (36F) and my father (61M) don't get along. He's been rude to her, she's been rude to him, and for a while I just tried to keep the peace and keep them separated. We went to family events and there was a little tension if they had to interact. Most of the time I would go with my kids while my wife stayed home.

6 months ago my wife finally had enough and decided that she didn't want to go to any family events he hosts, and didn't want our kids (8F and 10M, both on the autism spectrum). While I tried to mediate, my marriage is a heck of a lot more important than my relationship with my father.

So for the past 6 months I've pushed off any invite to any event he hosts. Some were excuses but some were me telling him directly "My wife doesn't feel comfortable around you, so we won't be attending." I sent him an email at one point laying out my feelings on the situation and asked him to apologize to her to at least start the process of settling things. He sent an email but it was more just him saying how he has been hurt by the

situation. I'm not denying that my wife is blameless but it was a bit frustrating that he couldn't apologize.

We recently went to my brother's wedding and my wife and my father interacted quite a bit and things seemed to have eased up due to a little separation and time. So that just gave me some hope that maybe things will just settle. Basically a 'hey, you two don't need to be friends and spend any time together, but I can attend family events without tension."

While he is still my dad - and I run a family business with him - im settling into a point where I'm pleasant around him but I'm starting to realize that I need to keep an arms length distance from him.

That being said I have a pretty big family, six siblings and 5 nephews that I really enjoy being around. My father hosts quite a few family events and does a week long vacation to the beach for the family every year. I'd still like to go to that cause I'd like for my kids to spend time with there nephews and I'll be honest, it's a free vacation I don't have to pay for.

I guess I'm just unsure if my motivation for going to events my dad hosts matter. Cause it's not to go spend time with him or for my kids to spend time with him, it's for more chances to spend time with the other members of the family. Am I just asshole for suggesting this to my wife? It just feels like a crappy situation and I just want some peace where I don't have to tip toe around the situation.

So there I am, playing FF7 Remake. My 10 year old son walks by

Son: woah...what are you playing?

Me: Final Fantasy 7 Remake

Son: dude... This looks so cool. That's the most beautiful animation I have ever seen

Me: ya it's pretty awesome (trying to keep it casual). Do you... Wanna play?

Son: Ya!

Me: Sweet, let me finish this spot and I'll get you set up

I just walked into a fight that I needed to finish before I could turn it off.

Son: oh... This looks kinda hard. No worries dad I'll play when I'm older

Me: no no no it's cool, there's an easy mode I'll get you set up!

Son: it's okay dad, I don't want to play

Been sad all day over this ha ha one day he'll play I'm sure, but I felt like an awesome father son moment just slipped through my fingers

Basically the title. I know the movie isn't a great representation of Conan and his story, but I absolutely loved the movie. I wanna pick up an omnibus and just start reading. What should I grab?

So one of my favorite things to hear from my wife is 'We have no plans this weekend'. Fills me with joy. We get to hang around the house, read, play video games, and my kids get some downtime as well, it's great.

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Around 2-6 though on those weekends where we have nothing planned, I get incredibly anxious, like I'm wasting the day. I'll sit down and read, and be enjoying the story, but there is always this itch in the back of my head saying 'hey, you should get out of the house and do something that's actually good.' it's like I value outdoor activities more than indoors activities, but I love the idea of being inside and drag my feet if I have to leave the house. It's quite frustrating.

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Anybody else feel this way? Any tips on how to get through it?

Every time I watch this scene, I'm reminded that I still don't know if there is a full version of this song or not cause I love the vibe of it

So one my wife and I's favorite thing to do is to yell at the TV while we watch shows like Dawson's Creek, One Tree Hill, shows like that. Well last night she said she would love to do a podcast where we do sort of a watch and react type show (it's mostly for fun for us, I don't think we're going to go viral or anything).

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I'm just wondering what would be the best set up to do this with very little overhead. She's not gonna want to go to a sound booth or prep a script. I want to be able to sit on the couch, turn on the mic, hot play, and just go. any tips to make this work? I think it will be mostly just a really fun bonding moment for her and I

My brothers and I are getting ready to see The Odyssey in July, so we want to watch a bunch of movies around that theme. Doesn't have to be movies that are different telling of the Odyssey, though O Brother Where Art thou is on my list already.

I'm looking for movies that are based around a Myth/Legend, that are particularly focused on going on some kind of journey

Trying to expand my son's horizons when it comes to what he watches so I was thinking of presenting a couple TV shows we can watch this summer. Any good suggestions?