Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[Uncle]

Zeo needs to get another cat, he’s a fucking lunatic.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

marvel is my whole identity. It's dehumanizing when you claim the series that give me strength to live is bad.

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DC chads always winning.

[Venice]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/easy-allies-ot3-begin-corrections-music-please.145554/page-386#post-113495651

Wonder when all these low count posters get bored coming out of the woodwork for LSM it's so funny how everything is like years ago. It's like an actual program running. It's actually amazing the level of deja vu I'm getting down to the type of responses and arguments.

What's their obsession with post counts?

1: Alot of them are still very deluded and think ResetEra is somehow important to the videogame industry, like they thought NeoGAF was important (even though GAF was equally universally despised and ignored)

2: Therefore, having tens of thousands of posts makes them feel individually important, as if they somehow have a voice and influence on the industry. The greater the post count, the greater their imagined influence.

A perfect example of this is PlanetSmasher:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/playstation-studios-ot38-i-have-nothing-left-except-spider-man.773426/page-24#post-113401949

What a healthy, fun industry to be a part of

The moron doesn't realise he isn't 'a part of' anything.

Like almost everyone else on Era he is an outsider, looking in.

[Venice]

Zeo needs to get another cat, he’s a fucking lunatic.

Every cat on the planet:

"No fucking way" 

[Nintex]

marvel is my whole identity. It's dehumanizing when you claim the series that give me strength to live is bad.

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DC chads always winning.

Fast & Furious stays winning. No drop-off after 10 movies and soon the queen will be back too 

[Averon]

I wonder what horrible shit is in Zeo's closet. Only someone that feels real guilty about something they did would be that dedicated across multiple platforms.

[remy]

I wonder what horrible shit is in Zeo's closet. Only someone that feels real guilty about something they did would be that dedicated across multiple platforms.

basically

[kaleidoscopium]

They're now actively posting 9/11 conspiracy theorists and being called out for it. Kind of incredible how quickly they've gone down the rabbit hole. 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hamas-attacks-israel-including-attacks-and-kidnappings-of-civilians-israel-cuts-off-basic-infrastructure-and-bombing-civilian-targets-in-gaza.772478/page-99#post-113515469

Great thread by Abby Martin trying to refute the human shield argument Israel is using to excuse their bombings:

Why are we quoting a 9/11 truther who retweeted and liked posts calling the Hamas attacks a Palestinian resistance victory ?
There are better sources than this and better people who share the human shield defense is a lie opinion.

[Boredfrom]

That's exactly the type of place to do it though. If you simply do it in places that the average person can ignore, it does nothing.

If this turns someone against climate activism then they weren't serious to begin with.

You understand that the objective should be that people take climate change seriously?

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/just-stop-oil-protesting-group-disrupted-a-tekken-7-tournament-at-egx-by-smearing-paint-at-players-monitors.775124/

they say this shit all the time

Notice that they shifted the goal to merely "raising awareness" which means the protests don't have to actually accomplish anything but people noticing them. These protests do nothing about climate change, they don't cause anyone to think "yes, we need to kill billions" as the protestors want, etc. But oh, they "raise awareness" of the issue surely, so opposing them is complicit. Ignore that we're multiple steps away from addressing the issue itself ("killing billions and ending capitalism") and we're now to where the success is measured by if someone says "what were those assholes doing that for?" "raising awareness of something or other" then we can claim by purity of intent any action is justified.

Is true past societies had more liberal attitude about homosexuality

First mistake you make is thinking about “rewriting of history” when past societies were not thrilled to conserve historical documents as they were or societal and religious reasons to not be objective about the history of not Christian nations (they weren’t even with Christian nations).

I didn’t mean it was open. The same quote pretty much made its clear that was tolerated, not encouraged.

If you read Ancient Greek philosophers it would be clear that they were butt fucking with young people. I dunno why you will consider just fat rednecks attributing stupid shit. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen, God knows of many assholes saying that some historical Mexican nun was feminist and lesbian with little evidence and ignoring historical context. I just mean that you also be critical of how old societies interpreted history.

You are also falling in the same progressive mistake that thinks history is entirely a progressive line to enlightenment and not cyclical periods of highs and lows.

No, you're the one doing the progressive mistake. You declared something "true" and then as support cited the lack of any evidence for it while attacking "just fat rednecks attributing stupid shit" neither of which establishes anything as true. In any case, your statement was overly broad, Greek or Roman elites doing something in a specific way says nothing about "past societies" let alone that they were more tolerant than today. There is absolutely no evidence of cyclical periods in history either. We're also ignoring that the lie was not about ancient societies but a Muslim one a century ago.

It's true that today is less tolerant of LGBT people that at any point in history but that's only because Joanne used her wealth to push her personal hatred onto the planet leading to an unceasing genocide. And algorithms. And Elon buying Twitter. And censorship in school libraries. And the changes to cosmetic loot in Overwatch 2. I'm just so tired.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

When all you can do is post a twitter link and nothing more because you lack any sort of opinion to articulate for yourself.

Wait, it's anti-Israel so B-dubs doesn't have to go out of his way to prune it.



edit: nevermind. Looks like B-dubs is finished critiquing Quantumania.

[benji]

"Today"? And is he forgetting the ones on his staff?

The forum has a pinned conspiracy nut thread.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

They're now actively posting 9/11 conspiracy theorists and being called out for it. Kind of incredible how quickly they've gone down the rabbit hole. 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hamas-attacks-israel-including-attacks-and-kidnappings-of-civilians-israel-cuts-off-basic-infrastructure-and-bombing-civilian-targets-in-gaza.772478/page-99#post-113515469

Great thread by Abby Martin trying to refute the human shield argument Israel is using to excuse their bombings:

Why are we quoting a 9/11 truther who retweeted and liked posts calling the Hamas attacks a Palestinian resistance victory ?
There are better sources than this and better people who share the human shield defense is a lie opinion.

It's actually both horrifying and exciting to watch in real time how social media is radicalizing them even more. It's a countdown until the holocaust starts being justified.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Maybe actually waiting for articles to be posted instead could be a valuable lesson to learn. Being fed content from a random twitter person claiming to be a journalist and re-tweeting / sharing it ASAP doesn't make you a better activist.

[Uncle]

I question the efficacy of basically all "awareness" actions

can anyone ever name a moment where they saw something like that and changed their mind somehow or learned something new that recontextualized things?

"hey what's that band for"
"oh it's breast cancer awareness"
"holy shit women are able to get cancer in their breasts?? I should donate money"

like how much benefit does it really bring to any cause ever?

even if it doesn't affect regular people, does it make a difference in a meta-sense like oil companies say "wow lots of people seem to be organizing anti-oil protests, we should do things that earn us less money in order to shift our PR in a positive direction"

if anyone at era took a step back and considered if any of them have EVER changed their thinking or actions based on ANY protest or event...

[benji]

if anyone at era took a step back and considered if any of them have EVER changed their thinking or actions based on ANY protest or event...

Of course it doesn't work on the elite, but it's important for all the proles out there who do and believe whatever they're told. They're the ones we're worried about and need to craft all messages towards promoting good morals in. Climate change isn't solved, we still have capitalism, which alone proves that awareness hasn't been raised enough. If we had enough awareness, the problem would be solved because no one would be able to resist.

[Boredfrom]

No, you're the one doing the progressive mistake. You declared something "true" and then as support cited the lack of any evidence for it while attacking "just fat rednecks attributing stupid shit" neither of which establishes anything as true. In any case, your statement was overly broad, Greek or Roman elites doing something in a specific way says nothing about "past societies" let alone that they were more tolerant than today. There is absolutely no evidence of cyclical periods in history either. We're also ignoring that the lie was not about ancient societies but a Muslim one a century ago.

Okay Benji, not reason to get mad and claim that I said (lol) they were more tolerant before.

I know how it goes, but I legit didn’t want to sound condescending to Uncle because and actually made me think.

[Straight Edge]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ny-bus-driver-drinking-on-job-says-she-didnt-know-white-claw-had-alcohol-is-not-facing-charges.774305/

I believe her.

I believe her, it’s shaped just like a red bull can.

Sounds like an honest mistake.

I believe her. It could easily be mistaken for a flavored seltzer if it's just in the fridge.

[benji]

Okay Benji, not reason to get mad and claim that I said (lol) they were more tolerant before.

You have a problem with projection quite often. And you are the one who said it:

Is true past societies had more liberal attitude

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Okay Benji, not reason to get mad and claim that I said (lol) they were more tolerant before.

You have a problem with projection quite often. And you are the one who said it:

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Is true past societies had more liberal attitude

I’m sorry Benji, where do I said “compared to today”? Why do you omit when I said they were lacking in what is considered “progressive”?

[benji]

You're as bad as they are sometimes. Saying you were trying to not sound condescending to someone while pulling a motte-and-bailey.

[Boredfrom]

And you get mad easily.  

Like I said, I’m sorry Uncle if sounded condescending or assholish, and Benji is right that I expressed something as true when is not necessarily.

[benji]

And you get mad easily.  

Only when people arrogantly project their own issues onto me.

[benji]

New Zealand fell to the fascists and ResetERA.com doesn't even have a thread on it?

[Potato]

I question the efficacy of basically all "awareness" actions

can anyone ever name a moment where they saw something like that and changed their mind somehow or learned something new that recontextualized things?

"hey what's that band for"
"oh it's breast cancer awareness"
"holy shit women are able to get cancer in their breasts?? I should donate money"

like how much benefit does it really bring to any cause ever?

even if it doesn't affect regular people, does it make a difference in a meta-sense like oil companies say "wow lots of people seem to be organizing anti-oil protests, we should do things that earn us less money in order to shift our PR in a positive direction"

if anyone at era took a step back and considered if any of them have EVER changed their thinking or actions based on ANY protest or event...

Awareness in marketing terms is about recall and keeping a brand/cause front of mind, so they're not entirely pointless. The problem is that the unintended consequence of the way they're going about it is that they are actively shifting sentiment away from their cause, so doing actual harm to their cause while reminding people that the issue exists.

[Potato]

New Zealand fell to the fascists and ResetERA.com doesn't even have a thread on it?

Especially considering they were all planning on moving there since Trump and Elon turned the US into a literal hellscape...

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And you get mad easily.  

Only when people arrogantly project their own issues onto me.

Dude, you got mad before that. 

I will admit that there is a part that is assholish and pedantic like RE that still lives in me (being fair, I was in another community that was a little like a micro Gaf/RE, but I will say way more well intentioned (then again, that is not excuse, specially  on how it collapsed in the end)). 

That’s a me problem, I will admit.

[benji]

Dude, you got mad before that. 

Calm down dude, no need to get violent and threatening just because someone replied about something you were talking about with others.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/palestinian-american-boy-killed-in-anti-muslim-hate-crime-linked-to-israel-hamas-war-police-say.775196/

Waiting the thread about this:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67101089.amp

Sigh

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Dude, you got mad before that. 

Calm down dude, no need to get violent and threatening just because someone replied about something you were talking about with others.

I’m more sad than angry, but hey. Whatever.