Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[Hap Shaughnessy]

I was under the impression that Nepenthe's mother was a lawyer.

[Besticus Maximus]

It would be easy to lapse into thinking Nepenthe is a teenager, instead of pushing 40

[HaughtyFrank]

Resetera bravely takes on a disabled vtuber for not being progressive enough (which in reality just means having the wrong friends)

Ew. I thought Ironmouse was some Era progressive bastion? She sure collabs with a bunch of gross people.

Lol. She's had Asmongold on her stream and called him a "dear friend".

She's taking flak for cozying up and with collabing with awful people. The cause itself is fantastic. There are plenty of very major channels and people she could go to that aren't the worst of the worst

https://www.resetera.com/threads/streamer-kai-cenat-makes-vtuber-debut-in-collaboration-with-vtuber-ironmouse.1049166

And the same people then go on to talk about the evils of gamergate

[Nintex]

It would be easy to lapse into thinking Nepenthe is a teenager, instead of pushing 40

Just wait until she's pushing 80  

[benji]

Related to the ZeoVGM and ongoing Nepenthe vs. Democrats content:

Democrats Face an Existential Crisis on X
Conversations with a dozen insiders point to a party that is unsure about whether to leave or engage with the increasingly MAGA platform.

...

But the situation is a bit more complicated for Democratic lawmakers, strategists and the like who might have come to dislike X but have also grown to depend on it to shape minds and win elections. It might seem a trivial matter, but the trend has prompted a larger debate that encapsulates the many other conversations the liberal ecosystem — elected officials, Hill staffers, administration aides, activists, lobbyists, opinion-shapers and beyond — is having in the wake of Trump’s election win: Should left-leaning people and Democratic voters wall MAGA off as much as possible and hope that eventually it suffocates? Or try even harder to meet those voters where they are, or at least understand them?

...

In conversations with a wide range of other left-leaning insiders, his concerns were fairly typical. Among those who were leaving or contemplating it, the most prominent reasons included Musk’s push to not just rollback the platform’s once robust filtering of what it judged misinformation and bullying but to what some researchers have said is tilting the site to boost Donald Trump’s chances.

Others, though, argue that the statistically significant dip in Democratic users over time is a worrying trend and that the so-called self-deplatforming of progressives is ultimately self-defeating.

“If we leave X, it will help Elon with his goal of making the platform void of any progressive ideology or the way we think about the world,” Maxwell Frost, a 27-year-old member of Congress from Florida, told me, “and leave it to the Charlie Kirks and Tim Pools of the world to fill it up with what they believe.”

Tim Karr is the senior director of strategy and communications at the non-profit advocacy group Free Press, founded in 2003 to press for a media landscape that is, among other things, not dominated by a small handful of corporate players. He said that there had long been internal debate within his organization over whether to stay on X.

But recent events, said Karr, tipped the balance. For one thing, said Karr, the journalists that the group once cultivated on X are increasingly setting up presences on Bluesky. For another, a group dedicated to the idea that American democracy needs a healthy media landscape can no longer, the thinking went, lend validity to the sort of media platform Musk is running.

“The mere fact of posting means that you’re helping them make case for the return of advertisers,” argued Karr. “You’re juicing the engagement numbers they use to sell ads.”

On November 14th, Free Press announced that it would no longer engage on the platform, saying, “we refuse to give X any legitimacy.”

A Democratic Hill staffer, not authorized to speak on the record, scoffs at that line of argument.

“It’s already been legitimized,” said the staffer about X, pointing to how baked into the Washington landscape the platform has been.

“There’s really nothing to be gained” by leaving, argued the source, saying that as a practical matter it does little to challenge Musk’s dominance — or create any sort of hit on his wallet — given that X still seems unable to actually make money.

“So [by continuing to use the site],” said the source, “we’re making Twitter only slightly less unprofitable?”

That X is trending closer to political parity is one reason that some Democrats — including those whose job descriptions include winning elections — are saying that the left needs to stay and fight on the site, even if it can feel to them increasingly hostile.

That argument seems especially powerful after an election that has prompted many party insiders to wonder why they are increasingly out of touch with a broad swathe of Americans, particularly those outside the bubbles of East Coast, highly educated elites — or the type of people who once made up Twitter’s power-user base and who, it seems, have been among the first to leave.

One former Biden administration official, speaking without attribution given their current job in the tech industry, said of those who’d give up that ability to reach a big part of the American electorate, “they’re replicating the same mistake we made. ... Too much of the Biden administration was talking to itself and not the broader country.”

Quitting X might feel good for a time, said the source, comparing it to quitting the gym, but ultimately it’ll lead to painful outcomes. “You can’t disengage,” said the source, “if you’re losing the popular vote.”

About Musk being in charge? Sure, they said, “I find it annoying, but this is the playing field. Those are the terms. We don’t really have an option to just whine about it.”

Adam Kovacevich is the CEO of a left-of-center lobbying group that exists to win Democrats’ support for the tech industry. “I hate everything Elon has done to the platform,” said Kovacevich, whose group counted X among its members before Musk’s purchase of it in the fall of 2022. “But we also just had a big debate over whether Kamala Harris should have gone on Joe Rogan,” citing the immensely popular “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast. Harris opted to skip an appearance there, shortly after which Rogan backed Donald Trump’s candidacy.

“We have to recognize that if we’re only talking to ourselves, as Democrats we’re consigning ourselves to minority party status,” argued Kovacevich.

It's not my job to worry about electing politicians closer to what I support.   

[Besticus Maximus]

Ah the constructed dismissal, happened to me while working at Marie Curie because they were unwilling to make accommodations for my autism.

Check out this guy, took the end of life care charity on and lived to tell the tale 

[Snoopy]

Ree gets caught creeping -

A bit of backstory:

I befriended a coworker (A), and although I don't work at the same place they do anymore as of yesterday, they texted me some about issues they were continuing to have with a different coworker (B). This coworker has been causing tension with others as well. I told him (A) before that if my new workplace ends out well, I can possibly pull them in. He said that'd be great.

Well, I viewed this friend's (A) Instagram. I'll admit, I have a small crush on the guy but nothing I'd ever act on or have acted on. I think earlier today I viewed their profile again and somehow accidentally viewed their story but immediately backed out in fear.

So a short while later, I notice his IG profile is gone but has a new one up, and is private. I don't know if he found out that I viewed his story, or maybe he made a new account because of the other coworker (B) that he and everyone else is having issues with.

I texted him earlier to see if he's continued to have issues with the other coworker, and to let him know I'm still waiting on orientation date for new job. But it's been a few hours and haven't heard back yet.

Am I fucked? Do you think I scared him off?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/can-someone-on-instagram-know-if-i-viewed-their-story-see-detail.1049247/

[Besticus Maximus]

Nobody actively check who watched their stories on Insta. You're good, don't worry.

that's a bad assumption foolbro

[Nintex]

Nobody actively check who watched their stories on Insta. You're good, don't worry.

[imsotired]

Resetera bravely takes on a disabled vtuber for not being progressive enough (which in reality just means having the wrong friends)

Ew. I thought Ironmouse was some Era progressive bastion? She sure collabs with a bunch of gross people.

Lol. She's had Asmongold on her stream and called him a "dear friend".

She's taking flak for cozying up and with collabing with awful people. The cause itself is fantastic. There are plenty of very major channels and people she could go to that aren't the worst of the worst

https://www.resetera.com/threads/streamer-kai-cenat-makes-vtuber-debut-in-collaboration-with-vtuber-ironmouse.1049166

And the same people then go on to talk about the evils of gamergate

But she collabed with a chud two years ago and hasn't thrown away her career canceling every popular streamer on Twitch.

[benji]

Mr. Beast finally doing actual work against capitalism, colonialism and white supremacy:

[Besticus Maximus]

Is that glenn from mad men

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Mr. Beast finally doing actual work against capitalism, colonialism and white supremacy:

Jimmy looks so dead inside.

[benji]

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

[railGUN]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/joe-biden-to-pardon-hunter-biden.1049256/

If you can’t beat’m, join’m?

I’ll be sure to throw it back in their face whenever remotely applicable.

[CHOW CHOW]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/man-obsessed-with-woman-he-played-online-with-for-years-flies-to-california-to-kill-her-but-fails.1048617/

Wonder what their Era account is

EchoesOfTheCyborg

This dude is annoying as hell. He never misses the opportunity to make everything about himself and put himself over. I bet he likes the smell of his own farts. 

I adbocked that avatar.

Oh is that so? 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/joe-biden-to-pardon-hunter-biden.1049256/page-5#post-132352443

I'm both extremely conservative and extremely pro-2A and I agree with this.

Biden is correct in that it's very rare for someone to be prosecuted for how they filled out their NICS background check paperwork, unless there were extenuating circumstances - such as a straw purchase.

That said, the NICS check shouldn't exist in the first place.

"Shall not be infringed" means just that.

[billy big balls]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/joe-biden-to-pardon-hunter-biden.1049256/page-5#post-132352443

How often until the ban, even if poster doesn't further elaborate on said "extremely conservative" positions lol

I'm both extremely conservative and extremely pro-2A and I agree with this.

Biden is correct in that it's very rare for someone to be prosecuted for how they filled out their NICS background check paperwork, unless there were extenuating circumstances - such as a straw purchase.

That said, the NICS check shouldn't exist in the first place.

"Shall not be infringed" means just that.

Also a very fun time for that account to pop up. 1 post in 2017 and the rest in the last week.

[nachobro]

Then again, the American electorate voted for a felon rapist because groceries are to expensive, so maybe people overestimate how much people want criminals at jail.

and we'll do it again

[Potato]

skeet

 skeet

 bleat

[HaughtyFrank]

Mr. Beast finally doing actual work against capitalism, colonialism and white supremacy:

One of the more confusing recent fads. Even weirder is that they themselves seem to be completely over the bit, but maybe that's also the appeal?

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/man-obsessed-with-woman-he-played-online-with-for-years-flies-to-california-to-kill-her-but-fails.1048617/

Wonder what their Era account is

EchoesOfTheCyborg

This dude is annoying as hell. He never misses the opportunity to make everything about himself and put himself over. I bet he likes the smell of his own farts. 

I adbocked that avatar.

Oh is that so? 

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/joe-biden-to-pardon-hunter-biden.1049256/page-5#post-132352443

How often until the ban, even if poster doesn't further elaborate on any "extremely conservative" positions lol

I'm both extremely conservative and extremely pro-2A and I agree with this.

Biden is correct in that it's very rare for someone to be prosecuted for how they filled out their NICS background check paperwork, unless there were extenuating circumstances - such as a straw purchase.

That said, the NICS check shouldn't exist in the first place.

"Shall not be infringed" means just that.

Also a very fun time for that account to pop up. 1 post in 2017 and the rest in the last week.

Took until Morrigan posted to start dogpiling the guy. 

[Jansen]

Dear God, 🙏 please don't let me act a fool in front of the delivery driver. I knew I forgot to do something earlier today

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/joe-biden-to-pardon-hunter-biden.1049256/page-5#post-132352443

I'm both extremely conservative and extremely pro-2A and I agree with this.

Biden is correct in that it's very rare for someone to be prosecuted for how they filled out their NICS background check paperwork, unless there were extenuating circumstances - such as a straw purchase.

That said, the NICS check shouldn't exist in the first place.

"Shall not be infringed" means just that.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

All bro has to say is that the government should stay out of the bed room, all men are created equal, and everyone has the right to bear arms.

[benji]

Or as America's Dad and America's Coach put it: MIND YOUR OWN DAMN BUSINESS!

[Jansen]

Lol Biden pardoned his son anyway

Probably didn't even know what the piece of paper he signed was about

[benji]

"bububububut that law abiding citizen has something I don't want him to have" - Morrigan and the rest of ResetERA.com

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

SHALL
NOT
BE
INFRINGED