This sort of shit happens all the time when people put too much meaning into specific numbers. Like ringing up 6.66 at the cash register.

It looks as if older sets are numbered purely alphabetically rather than by color first. 

Is the Gatherer order based on something other than release date and alphabetical order? Or similar?

Agreed. 

Additionally, the statistics on side effects tend to skew heavily toward persons who have the procedure later in life.

Sure. As I said, the larger qualm of how “black” has multiple meanings (in an unhealthy way) is the problematic aspect, but that’s a *considerably* bigger issue than just a card game.

There’s a lot of cultural miseducation in the South that unfortunately has found its way north and west too.

The fourteen words, which is what the 14 stands for in 1488, weren’t written until 1995. That part has to be a bizarre coincidence. 

Eh, I think that one has more to do with the larger linguistic issue of how “black” can separately mean (1) an ethnic group and (2) evil.

Oddly enough, that is/was the case in Iran. Homosexuality is treated as an abominable sin, while gender dysphoria is treated as a medical condition. Some gay men have transitioned to female in order to escape persecution.

Kinda reminds me of an older card too:

It’s similar to MASH in that way.  Some of the film’s actors had more promising film careers ahead of them; I imagine the show didn’t have the budget for them (nor the actors the freedom in their schedules).

I found it really hard to get into after having seen the original film (which I thought was amazing).

There are some of these intros that I love for their artistry but still end up skipping for various reasons. OITNB is probably the best example, as it’s essentially a brilliant short film in its own with a well-paired piece of music, but the intensity of the guitar riffs just becomes too much at times.

TERFs are an extreme and cruel segment of feminism that are responding hatefully to a series of more nuanced philosophical questions about gender, sex, and the degree to which they are and aren’t related, and how that relationship manifests through physiology or sociology.

Oh absolutely. The dudebro mentality particularly common in VC-funded tech companies also seems to rub African Americans the wrong way IMO. The one firm I worked for that was actually on the right track in regard to black representation (and female representation) was an old-school shard of IBM. Their hiring process…

It’s unfortunately a very tangled chicken-and-egg problem with hiring African Americans in the tech sector right now. They are disproportionately underrepresented, even in companies that are racially diverse, and the reasons for it are convoluted. It’s a good example of how racism can have wide-spreading effects that…

Also worth noting that some lobbyists are actually contracted to speak on behalf of charitable organizations. There’s only so much a charity can do without political movement, legislation, et cetera, and until we come up with a better plan, lobbyists are one of the few ways to have detailed, nuanced conversations with…

It may be an entirely different situation with Corona fears, but the big trouble with Vote by Mail in NC has been participation. It’s been legal and available for years, but it’s just barely used, even by populations who would most benefit from it.

Oh neat! I used to work with someone who is now a Nebula winner!