That sucks! I also dropped off when it was The Patriarchy all the time. So sad to see where it ended up.

There’s nothing wrong with proxying. It only becomes an issue if you’re playing in a tournament, or your opponent insist on using real cardboard since they probably spent a lot and so everyone should as well.

Very likely. He has a Tagalog username.

Then where would I go to look for cat pictures?

Trick question. Everyone knows cats invented the Internet to put their pictures in.