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I'll bite. I reflexively doubt that you have a well-founded opinion on the entirety of western literary academia that perfectly lines up with ragging on the countries communists don't like, culminating to rag most on the country communists like the least. Seems too serendipitous to be true. Is this a take coming from your own research and experience in the field? Is this a topic you did not know about but somebody convinced you on? If this is like, genuine informed commentary, I'd be interested to see more, but it reads like standard dunking on the most academia of the academias, with a sheen of societal justice in not criticizing the countries communists stand behind.
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I hate every fiber of my being that I agree with this.
the correct answer is that both ideas are bad
in other news, i think fairy should be weak to and resisted by the psychic type
the only new type idea i've thought of that i think could kinda sorta maybe have a glimmer of potential is a Slime type. Even then I have no idea what old mons would be retyped besides Goodra, Wugtrio and Muk
This is only true because Sound is a terrible idea for a type, not because Smell is actually a good idea.
sound is still a better type idea than light tbf
what does this mean?
Translation: I wish bronzong was a stall staple
???
Jirachi is right there, Bronzong is never getting used, ever.
OHHHHHHHHHHH
Protect+lefties alongside wish passing is more then enough recovery, utility it has in protect to absorb f-sight, rocks and psychic noise. I'd say that gets it enough bitches.
Why even post Kyurem lol. How is Kyurem similar to either of these Pokemon?
Also why are we counting Protect as a utility move as if literally every single Pokemon doesn't learn it? And Psychic Noise? Are we really scraping the bottom of the barrel like that? All Bronzong fans are actually fucking delusional I swear to god. The only bitches yall ever get is when your mom comes in to bitch at you to clean your room (you should really clean your room though, you haven't in 6 months)
Hm, I wonder if kyurem has any popular coverage moves that bronzong is immune to that jirachi is weak to. Hmmmmmmmmmm
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Peaked #1 (2039 ELO) – Bronzong Stall
https://pokepast.es/1b7720880ff5cff1
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Introduction
is a Pokémon that I had wanted to build a stall team around for a long time but never quite got around to using. However with the drop of 
in DLC2 and the rise in viability it saw following the tragic...
https://pokepast.es/1b7720880ff5cff1
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Proof of Peak
- Team Members
- Threats
- Replays
- Acknowledgments
Introduction
is a Pokémon that I had wanted to build a stall team around for a long time but never quite got around to using. However with the drop of in DLC2 and the rise in viability it saw following the tragic...
Zonger discussion is missing the big picture point that the new use case for Zong that started this was Psychic newly resisting / being SE to Fairy, but
1) Steel already does these things, so it's not a huge deal for Zong specifically - other Psychics have more to gain
2) Rachi is also Steel/Psychic, so it'd also get this benefit, just like Zong
Zong people can be happy Zong is D rank in OU and Rachi is unranked
Rachi people can be happy that Rachi is C / A+ in UU / RU while Zong is unranked / C
I subscribe to this thread for shit takes not shitmons. Time to take this thread back to its projectile shitting origins
1) Steel already does these things, so it's not a huge deal for Zong specifically - other Psychics have more to gain
2) Rachi is also Steel/Psychic, so it'd also get this benefit, just like Zong
Zong people can be happy Zong is D rank in OU and Rachi is unranked
Rachi people can be happy that Rachi is C / A+ in UU / RU while Zong is unranked / C
I subscribe to this thread for shit takes not shitmons. Time to take this thread back to its projectile shitting origins
I mean, is it good in NU? That's kind of the point of doing tiers, isn't it?
What's it like having no recovery, no utility, and no bitches?
Pizza is one of those things that people freak out about too much in general. Pineapple/ham pizza is conceptually gross to me, but if someone else wants to eat their pizza that way, it's their life. I guess it's just for the sport of freaking out about something?
people put ketchup on their pizza in the first place??
AN is right, but it's also fun to think about why some people do have a big negative reaction and aren't just performative. I'm going to guess it's mostly Americans freaking out - I don't think many other places use ketchup enough to care, and Americans are an awful lot of the internet. I'll use the opportunity for some fun cultural commentary for our non-American readers.
Ketchup is in a funny place in America. It's extremely standard and respected on a limited, defined selection of things - burgers, fries, hot dogs, chicken, and that's probably it. It's generally seen quite negatively outside that. Like ketchup on eggs is definitely a thing, and some people love it, but most people will turn their noses up at it.
Even further, ketchup has a reputation / stereotype as something that people overload on food when:
1) The food is exotic / unfamiliar to them and they actively don't like that, or they just habitually have a very limited American-focused diet, such that they're drenching an American-associated condiment without regard for how its flavor will match the food's flavors;
2) They don't like the food, masking its flavor with this strong, establishment consistent flavor. Often overlaps with 1.
3) They have poor culinary taste, carelessly dumping this strong flavor, which Americans generally believe is only compatible with a few things, onto whatever else. Often overlaps with 1, again.
It's obviously good to try new things, and not ideal if someone refuses that in favor of dumping ketchup on everything, but there's definitely a classist angle here too. Poorer, rural, white, Appalachian/Southern people are stereotyped as having much more limited, boring, processed, cheap, unhealthy, etc. food. A lot of white bread, heavily processed meats and other products like bologne and Cheez-Whiz, and yes, ketchup. Which is how you get things like ketchup sandwiches, a stereotypical poor white person food.
Soapbox time: I'll emphasize "cheap." This food often is easy to buy and cheap in America and is calorie-dense, and there is some truth to people in these groups eating it. However, it is better to understand the poor-health aspect as coming from poor wealth, food access, and knowledge / guidance, versus people being specifically flawed or uncaring when it comes to health.
Also. While of course dietary health is good, and culinary expertise and palate are skills that can be cultivated, I am hardly here to trash on any group's cuisine. We don't expect our friends to become food critics, and we usually aren't close to that level ourselves, so we shouldn't expect them to think and choose food like food critics, or seriously trash them for making choices we don't like. Friendly ribbing is different of course. I'm not saying anyone trashed anyone here, just a stance I have when it comes to food.
OK. We were talking about pizza. The average American would interpret "ketchup on pizza" as a direct squeeze on a cooked pizza from a bottle, and they'd have an immediate negative reaction from what I talked about, not even thinking about the specific taste combination. I wouldn't personally be a fan of it myself - not only am I very finicky when it comes to food in general, but the lukewarm temperature of the ketchup with the hot temperature of the cooked pizza is not a dynamic I like. Of course, not only might you like it, you may also do different things with the ketchup than the average American would expect from hearing "ketchup on pizza," like a different or less standardized ketchup flavor, or even putting it on before you bake the thing. Heck if I know. Have fun
Ketchup is in a funny place in America. It's extremely standard and respected on a limited, defined selection of things - burgers, fries, hot dogs, chicken, and that's probably it. It's generally seen quite negatively outside that. Like ketchup on eggs is definitely a thing, and some people love it, but most people will turn their noses up at it.
Even further, ketchup has a reputation / stereotype as something that people overload on food when:
1) The food is exotic / unfamiliar to them and they actively don't like that, or they just habitually have a very limited American-focused diet, such that they're drenching an American-associated condiment without regard for how its flavor will match the food's flavors;
2) They don't like the food, masking its flavor with this strong, establishment consistent flavor. Often overlaps with 1.
3) They have poor culinary taste, carelessly dumping this strong flavor, which Americans generally believe is only compatible with a few things, onto whatever else. Often overlaps with 1, again.
It's obviously good to try new things, and not ideal if someone refuses that in favor of dumping ketchup on everything, but there's definitely a classist angle here too. Poorer, rural, white, Appalachian/Southern people are stereotyped as having much more limited, boring, processed, cheap, unhealthy, etc. food. A lot of white bread, heavily processed meats and other products like bologne and Cheez-Whiz, and yes, ketchup. Which is how you get things like ketchup sandwiches, a stereotypical poor white person food.
Soapbox time: I'll emphasize "cheap." This food often is easy to buy and cheap in America and is calorie-dense, and there is some truth to people in these groups eating it. However, it is better to understand the poor-health aspect as coming from poor wealth, food access, and knowledge / guidance, versus people being specifically flawed or uncaring when it comes to health.
Also. While of course dietary health is good, and culinary expertise and palate are skills that can be cultivated, I am hardly here to trash on any group's cuisine. We don't expect our friends to become food critics, and we usually aren't close to that level ourselves, so we shouldn't expect them to think and choose food like food critics, or seriously trash them for making choices we don't like. Friendly ribbing is different of course. I'm not saying anyone trashed anyone here, just a stance I have when it comes to food.
OK. We were talking about pizza. The average American would interpret "ketchup on pizza" as a direct squeeze on a cooked pizza from a bottle, and they'd have an immediate negative reaction from what I talked about, not even thinking about the specific taste combination. I wouldn't personally be a fan of it myself - not only am I very finicky when it comes to food in general, but the lukewarm temperature of the ketchup with the hot temperature of the cooked pizza is not a dynamic I like. Of course, not only might you like it, you may also do different things with the ketchup than the average American would expect from hearing "ketchup on pizza," like a different or less standardized ketchup flavor, or even putting it on before you bake the thing. Heck if I know. Have fun
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