@snefru__ @BabyBearHS Whoops I take it back I forgot that card was neutral
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Jason
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Jason
@PapaJasonHS
Former @PlayHearthstone Grand Master
Katılım Ocak 2018
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Today is my wife’s birthday & I want to share how thankful I am to have met her. She’s been extremely supportive of anything I try to pursue & we’ve helped each other grow since we’ve been together ❤️ @TheHousewifeHS
Today we shared with family something big…
Boy or girl? 👀
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2025 has been my favorite year on this planet.
I feel like I’ve grown a lot as a person and finally started doing things I always knew I had to do, but kept avoiding. The biggest shift for me was slowing down, taking a breath and really thinking about what in my life fulfills me versus what I’ve outgrown and needed to let go of. Choosing the “safe” option is always easier, but after a while it just leaves you feeling empty.
Quitting Hearthstone was a huge moment for me. It was especially hard because the internet doesn’t like it when you change, it wants to keep you chained to the old, familiar version of yourself that they are comfortable with. Hearing things like “you changed” or “I miss the old you” took time to process, but now I’m completely comfortable with who I am. It’s something I’d do again without hesitation. In a way, once you go through that process once, it stops feeling so scary.
Another big change this year was finally starting to take care of myself. For years, all I thought about was streaming every day and staying on top of everything online. This year, I was lucky enough to be surrounded by people, especially the @YggEsports boys, who showed me how important being healthy and fit really is, and how much it improves every aspect of life, including work. Learning to eat better, loving my workouts, running, and doing sports became fun. Best investment I’ve ever made for sure.
This was the first time I truly understood the saying “surround yourself with people who make you better and lift you up.” I felt it. A huge part of that came from my fam at @yggesports. Love those guys.
I’m also incredibly grateful that I got to work closely with a game I genuinely love and believe in. @ParallelTCG represents everything I want from an online TCG and I truly hope that with all the upgrades they’re making, more people get to see what I see in it. I met amazing people through the community, and I really appreciate how open minded and authentic everyone is. There are great things coming for Parallel and I’m proud to be part of it.
This year also reignited my love for physical TCGs, a huge part of my childhood that I stepped away from after Hearthstone. I started playing @ONEPIECE_tcg_EN and @vibes_tcg , met incredible people and experienced both local events and big LAN tournaments. There’s something about face-to-face gameplay that doesn’t translate online. Seeing your opponent in real life adds a social and community layer that always felt missing in online TCGs. Maybe that’s why I’ve always believed offline/LAN events are so important, that’s where community is built and everything feels more real.
For 2026, I want to do the things I love with more confidence and more resolve.
We live in a world where authenticity is starting to feel rare and also more valuable. One of the biggest lessons I learned is that no matter what you do, some people will be upset, you can’t please everyone. So you might as well be unapologetically yourself and attract the people who vibe with you.
The internet makes it easy for people to criticize or attack anything you do, but most of the time it’s not about you, it’s about how they feel. I say all this knowing I’m still a work in progress. I’ve gotten better at applying these lessons to my own life but I’m not fully there yet. That’s my main goal for next year.
Damn, you made it all the way here? feels like we’ve bonded or something now 😂
Wishing you all the best for 2026. Go chase that thing you want, make the change you’ve been avoiding. Future you will thank you 🥂💥
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One of the best posts I’ve read on this platform, definitely worth the read.
Kevin Dahlstrom@Camp4
Today I turn 55. I’m the fittest, sharpest, and happiest I’ve ever been. If I’m an outlier, it’s not because I’m built different or discovered a secret formula. The truth is far less glamorous: It’s a million tiny choices, compounded over decades. Here are 55 of them: 1. Walk 15+ miles a week, even if you do other exercise. Humans are uniquely made to move slowly over long distances—it’s critical to longevity. 2. Develop a writing practice. It’s the single best way to sharpen your mind. And remember, you don’t have to be a good writer to write. Start with 10 minutes a day. 3. Swap out your toothpaste, deodorant, lotions, soap, shampoo, and other personal care products for natural versions. Here’s a rule of thumb: Don’t put anything on your skin that you couldn’t safely eat. 4. If you have a positive thought about someone, don’t keep it to yourself—share it immediately. Encouragement defies the laws of physics: When you give energy, you also receive it. 5. Wear shoes with a wide forefoot (I like Topo Athletic) and wear toe spreaders around the house (search “yoga toes” on Amazon). Spine health begins with the feet. 6. Get sunlight regularly. Moderate sun exposure (without sunscreen) is hugely important for overall health. 7. Do a 3-minute deep (“ass to grass”) squat every morning. Deep squats are often called the anti-aging exercise. It’s been said that, “It’s not that you can’t do deep squats because you’re old, it’s that you’re old because you can’t do deep squats.” 8. Explore minimalism (it’s not what you think it is). 9. Set boundaries on toxic relationships. We tend to cling to relationships past their expiration date, and it takes a bigger toll on our health than we recognize. 10. Eat real food. Not too much. Don’t eat garbage. Binge occasionally. Fast occasionally. That’s the diet. 11. Learn about FIRE. It’s a great framework for financial success. 12. Don’t take antibiotics except in emergency situations. They’re massively over-prescribed and aren’t needed in most cases. Antibiotics have done untold damage to our guts, which is where health begins. Great natural alternatives are out there. 13. Get 8 hours of quality sleep each night. To optimize sleep: —Don’t eat after 6pm —Get blackout shades and cover LEDs with black tape —No screens 2 hours before bed —Try ashwagandha (an herb) to calm the nervous system 14. Stop drinking, even in moderation. People find all sorts of ways to justify drinking, but there’s no escaping the simple fact that alcohol is a toxin and it limits your potential. 15. Travel as much as possible. Nothing expands the mind like seeing the world. And travel doesn’t have to be expensive—the best experiences happen outside of fancy resorts, when you live like a local. 16. Let go of resentment. When you forgive someone, you release the prisoner, and the prisoner isn’t them… it’s you. 17. Show up on time, every time. Poor time management limits success more than most people realize. If you struggle with punctuality, stop everything else and fix that first. 18. Spend lots of time in nature and touch the earth. Humans evolved over 300k years to live in harmony with nature, and only recently have we retreated indoors. If you don’t spend time outside, you’re fighting biology (hint: You won’t win.) 19. Stop doing dumb things. As Leo Tolstoy said, “People try to do all sorts of clever and difficult things to improve life instead of doing the simplest, easiest thing—refusing to participate in activities that make life bad.” 20. Find your happy place and (eventually) move there. Most people live where they live because... that's where they live. We are products of our environment—choose yours carefully. 21. Find a hobby and pursue mastery. You can’t have a happy life without a passionate pursuit that isn’t your vocation. Your work—even if you enjoy it—isn’t enough. 22. Avoid mainstream medicine except as a last resort. The results are in—our healthcare (or more appropriately, sick care) system is badly broken and only makes people sicker. 23. Have a mindset of abundance. There is no advantage to being a pessimist—even if you’re right, it’s a miserable way to live. In a very real way… whatever you believe, you’re right! 24. Do hard things. Choose courage over comfort. Everything you want is on the other side of fear and hard work. As Jerzy Gregorik said, “Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.” 25. Ignore haters. Hurt people hurt people. Negative/toxic people live in a prison of their own design. Don’t join them! 26. Say no. Protect your time and energy like it’s your most precious asset… because it is. 27. Become a water snob. As an alien said on Star Trek, humans are “ugly bags of mostly water.” You are what you drink—literally! We have Mountain Valley Spring water delivered in glass 5-gallon jugs and also have whole-house water filter (Aquasana Rhino). 28. Stop drinking sodas and sugary energy drinks. After a few weeks you won’t miss them, and a few months later they’ll seem disgusting. Refined sugar causes inflammation, which is the root of most disease. 29. If you’re over 35, find a good functional/longevity medicine doctor and start tracking your hormones. Modern life is hell on the endocrine system and restoring healthy hormone levels can change your life. As we get older, we either accept a slow decline in performance or we do something about it—choose the latter! 30. Develop a morning routine and follow it faithfully. Win the morning, win the day! 31. Invest in experiences, not things. People frequently regret buying things, but rarely regret investing in great experiences (especially when shared with loved ones). Remember, there’s nothing you can buy in a mall that you’ll remember in ten years. 32. Explore spirituality. It’s arrogant and small-minded to believe there’s nothing going on in our universe that is beyond our comprehension. We know less about our universe than an ant meandering on a sidewalk understands about this planet. 33. Have a strong bias toward action—doing rather than talking. If you ask a bunch of old people about their regrets, they’ll talk about the things they *didn't* do—the shots they didn’t take—more than the things they did do (even if it went wrong). As Wayne Gretzky famously said, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Most people don’t take enough shots. 34. Stay lean. Men in particular are obsessed with muscle mass these days, but bulk doesn’t age well. The goal is to be strong but lean. The fittest guys in their 50s and beyond aren’t meatheads, they’re lean guys who are serious about a sport. 35. Curate your inner circle carefully. Surround yourself with people you admire and who challenge you to grow. Remember, we’re the average of our 5 closest relationships. 36. Be the fittest version of yourself. Your body is your only vessel for experiencing life—so treat it as such. Fitness isn’t working out a few times a week, it’s a lifestyle. The older you get, the more time you need to devote to your health. 37. Take the time to appreciate art and beauty in all its forms. 38. Think globally, but act locally. Too many people put their energy into far-away problems they don’t understand and can’t impact, while ignoring problems right under their nose. Want to change the world? Start at home. 39. Try psychedelics. It’s one of those things everyone should do at least once, and it might be the breakthrough you’ve been looking for. 40. Limit bad habits, including unhealthy thought patterns. We all have them—practice avoidance and find substitutes. Get professional help if needed. 41. Be a lifelong learner. Your brain is just like a muscle—if you don’t feed and flex it regularly, it will atrophy. 42. Find your purpose. People with a strong sense of purpose are happier and live longer. Lack of purpose sucks energy and magnifies depression. 43. Only take advice from people who embody the traits you want to have. Talk is cheap—emulate those who have DONE it. 44. The goal is not to retire and do nothing, it’s to build a great day-to-day life that you don’t need to escape. A life of leisure is a slow death. Happiness isn’t possible without a little struggle, uncertainty, and skin in the game. 45. Have fun! Do frivolous and silly things that make you smile. As George Bernard Shaw famously said, “We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” 46. Whatever you want to do or achieve in life, start NOW. Don’t fall victim to “someday thinking” because someday never comes. 47. Accumulate assets—things that grow in value over time. It’s the #1 habit of rich people, and it can be done in tiny chunks. Instead of spending $100 on an impulse purchase that has no lasting value, put that money into an index fund or Bitcoin. It becomes addictive (in a good way). 48. Don’t ignore the big 3 canaries in the coal mine for health: —Low libido (and ED) —Frequent sinus & respiratory issues —Depression These usually aren’t medical conditions in themselves, they’re symptoms of an underlying problem. Find a good doc (outside of the mainstream) and figure out the root cause. 49. Have a clear vision for your future. How can you decide which direction to go if you haven’t clearly defined the destination? It sounds obvious, but 95% of people haven’t defined their “Ideal End State” in detail and in writing. (Check out my thread on this topic.) 50. Make your own decisions. We live in an era where most of what society tells us is wrong. Don’t be afraid to break from societal norms—if people say you’re crazy, it’s a sign that you’re doing something right. 51. Get hardcore about mobility exercise. As you age, it’s usually the knees, hips, and lower back that limit physical performance. 30 min a couple times a week can spare you a lifetime of pain. YouTube is a great resource. 52. Go all in on family. Get married, stay married, have kids. Burn the boats. In the end, family is all that matters. 53. Be ruthless with your time. Money comes and goes. Time only goes. Audit your calendar ruthlessly—cut the trivial, double down on the meaningful, and spend your hours like your life depends on it. (Because it does.) 54. Have a strong bias toward action. Be curious, try things, meet people—it’s how you increase your surface area for serendipity, the most powerful unseen force in our lives. 55. Reinvent yourself every decade. Over time, we slowly drift off course from our priorities, values, and true identity. Take stock and don’t be afraid to hit the reset button. Bold, calculated moves made for the right reasons almost always pay off—usually even more than you can imagine. 🎁 P.S. If you enjoyed this post, would you give me a birthday gift? Repost or comment with the item number(s) you liked best?
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@ZeddyHS @SwaguarTV Zeddy don’t let these losers get to you. You are absolutely right to be outraged at that scum for what he does to his dog.
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@SwaguarTV Why do you insist on making everything fucking political? I'm a streamer, I see a streamer abuse his dog on stream, I say don't abuse your pets on stream. I don't talk politics here. That's it, fuck off otherwise.
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Hello! I know I've been silent about a genocide for the past couple years, but allow me to lecture you on why cruelty is le bad, actually.
What? No, this isn't just an excuse to attack the left while I constantly give right-wingers a pass! Why aren't you taking me seriously?
Zeddy@ZeddyHS
@FlareIsGone I don't see whats the point of bringing these things up. Hasan did shitty thing, fuck him. The other guys did shitty things I agree, but this is the type of crap Hasan will use to just deflect. I can't stand whatboutism, it accomplishes nothing.
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@PapaJasonHS Yeah man. I spend money on my hobbies but these card games with shifting metas and power creep felt like greedy sinkholes. I looked into flesh and blood and that seems like the best option but even then the formats and decks make it hard to justify.
Maybe try out chess? <3
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I've officially ran out of gold on my Hearthstone account, It's likely I'll never play again as every mode has turned into a money grab.
I got my start in competitive HS as free to play ladder grinder. In the past, their was always AT LEAST 1 cheap tier 1 deck per meta.
1/x
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@LorindaGames Thanks Lorinda, I still remember our chance meeting over lunch at the airport (Korea?). I appreciate the kind words and wish you the best!
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@PapaJasonHS Sorry to see you go, you were always one of the most optimistic and happy people in a game often shrouded in negativity. Wishing you well on the next journey.
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Unfortunately he is right
Dinesh D'Souza@DineshDSouza
This is worth listening to, because this Chinese guy isn’t entirely wrong.
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