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

[BIONIC]

yeah the downplaying in this thread is really bizarre

Average era user, after hearing “violent lesbian porn sites”:

Holy shit
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also i'd never kink shame anyway, but when its grummz its never just simple kinks, man is a fucking monster.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

“violent lesbian porn sites”

https://www.freecatfights.com/forums/index.php

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/toronto-star-opinion-no-longer-unthinkable-the-u-s-invasion-of-canada.1147794/page-2#post-137632359

User Banned (1 Month): Inflammatory commentary, victim blaming.

Wow, who would have thought that the country responsible for millions of deaths in the Middle East and Latin America would bite their valuable allies that partook in many of the massacres with their own men, industry and foreign policy?

Massive "leopards ate my face" moment for Canada and Europe.

[Boredfrom]

“violent lesbian porn sites”

https://www.freecatfights.com/forums/index.php

So who on ERA are going full republican and act like “lesbian porn sites” are snuff films? JeffMarvel already on the case, for example.

I don’t think Grummz has been anything but a sleazy dumb fucker in the last decade to get hurt by this stuff.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/begging-for-money-with-a-credit-card-machine.1147365/#post-137606358

User Banned (Permanent): Trolling, multiple past long infractions for trolling, account in junior phase

Nice to know how far some people's compassion actually extends.

[Boredfrom]

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/toronto-star-opinion-no-longer-unthinkable-the-u-s-invasion-of-canada.1147794/page-2#post-137632359

User Banned (1 Month): Inflammatory commentary, victim blaming.

Wow, who would have thought that the country responsible for millions of deaths in the Middle East and Latin America would bite their valuable allies that partook in many of the massacres with their own men, industry and foreign policy?

Massive "leopards ate my face" moment for Canada and Europe.

Does he think that Europeans are clean? That the history of Europe isn’t plagued with betrayals, senseless brutality and religious persecution? (Just like the rest of the world)

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/elon-musks-daughter-vivian-is-on-hasan-pikers-stream-right-now.1148577/page-3#post-137676822

User Banned (Permanent): Thread derailment with xenophobic talking points over multiple posts

Nope, he was born in New Jersey. He was RAISED in Turkey though.

He is an anchor baby as far as I know. So, parents went on holiday when she was pregnant to give birth in USA to gain citizenship. Which was later used for him to move to USA and his parents as well.

Which I believe conversaties do want to combat.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/elon-musks-daughter-vivian-is-on-hasan-pikers-stream-right-now.1148577/page-3#post-137676822

User Banned (Permanent): Thread derailment with xenophobic talking points over multiple posts

Nope, he was born in New Jersey. He was RAISED in Turkey though.

He is an anchor baby as far as I know. So, parents went on holiday when she was pregnant to give birth in USA to gain citizenship. Which was later used for him to move to USA and his parents as well.

Which I believe conversaties do want to combat.

That dude was leftie leftie given his comments in other threads. His biggest sin is not liking Hassan (like BDubs, but he is allowed to complain).

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-ot-4-5-intermission-keys-more-like-uhhmmm-i-got-nothing-today.962805/page-1740#post-137690409

Ok might not be able to make it the Fight Oligarchy rally in Los Angeles, but fortunately it seems there will be a "Hands Off" protest about 20 minutes from my place next Saturday. Gonna have to see if I'll at least attend that.

Recently I also donated $20 to AOC. Because why not?

[killamajig]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/elon-musks-daughter-vivian-is-on-hasan-pikers-stream-right-now.1148577/page-2#post-137658180

Keep serving cunt indeed. That was a fun time ✨

You tell 'em sis.

[books]

Someone with an account needs to make a poll for most attractive Overwatch character you'd want to have sex with and start off with Lucio.

[Venice]

ZeoVGM gets a bitchslap.

From the Mark Kern 'turned out to be fuckin-nothin' thread:


https://www.resetera.com/threads/western-kabuki-a-podcast-on-internet-topics-du-jour-hints-at-a-major-incoming-scoop-about-mark-grummz-kern-that-has-him-panicking-on-twitter.1146102/page-4#post-137697108

So more is coming?
Next time, start with the strongest stuff you got.

It is so weird to downplay the stuff that is out so far.

I'm not downplaying anything and you're going to my ignore list. Bye.

[Boredfrom]

I would not blame any country for trying to get their own nukes.

MAD is probably the only deterrent that still works, see North Korea.. or Ukraine for that matter.

 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nbc-trump-on-iran-“if-they-don’t-make-a-deal-with-us-there-will-be-a-bombing-and-it-will-be-a-bombing-they’ve-never-seen-the-likes-of-before-”.1149168/page-2

[DavidCroquet]

The fact that anyone thought this grummz thing would be anything…


Free tip: anytime a streamer schedules a drop of some big drama, it is never worth shit. “more coming” is going to be unpaid parking tickets or that he doesn’t give oral lol.

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/elon-musks-daughter-vivian-is-on-hasan-pikers-stream-right-now.1148577/page-2#post-137658180

Keep serving cunt indeed. That was a fun time ✨

You tell 'em sis.

Bit funny for trans people to latch onto that phrase, innit?

[books]

Its either to pretend to be women, British, or Aussie.

[Boredfrom]

If you don't want to hear about Grummz or whoever anymore, I recommend stop entering threads about them instead of being insufferable

Because you guys never go to other threads and name drop Grummz as the ultimate gaming evil.

[HaughtyFrank]

The fact that anyone thought this grummz thing would be anything…


Free tip: anytime a streamer schedules a drop of some big drama, it is never worth shit. “more coming” is going to be unpaid parking tickets or that he doesn’t give oral lol.

They don't understand that they can fall for grifting just as much as the chuds they're mad about. Instead they're in the thread saying shit like "Why would you ever critique someone who is against grummz??"

There's this weird tone some people have, as if they're trying to feel offended on Grummz behalf here. Why are we trying to act as if people exposing more shitty stuff about that dipshit are the enemies here?

[Nintex]

He doesn't even need people to try & tell him that, just open a book! Practically every war the us started & was on its own was lost. The only war that didnt happen was the civil war, where we were fighting ourselves. yeah, that's a great fucking track record... atleast Russia wasn't that. the us is gonna get fucking blasted & than dismantled. Way to go Donald!

wat

[Besticus Maximus]

Nobody would know who Grummz was if they didn’t have their chud tracking gamergate 2.0 thread. They’re platforming morons to get mad at them

[Potato]

Some podcast uncovered that Grummz ran some weird porn fetish sites and talked it up as major scoop. Now RE is mad that people don't think it's a huge deal

yeah the downplaying in this thread is really bizarre
It doesn't surprise me anymore since I've seen the increasing sentiment on Era that "who cares about Grummz, I don't wanna hear about him since he doesn't bother me" and it fucking sucks because they're indirectly turning a blind eye to how much this dipshit has harassed countless people

https://www.resetera.com/threads/western-kabuki-a-podcast-on-internet-topics-du-jour-hints-at-a-major-incoming-scoop-about-mark-grummz-kern-that-has-him-panicking-on-twitter.1146102/post-137696049

Did anyone come in with a "sex work is real work" yet?

[Potato]

Meanwhile Bengraven is bragging about getting front seat on the short bus again 

I think a lot of it is the constant stream of information we get.

I'm 45, I was one of the first kids in my class to read. I used to read a book at least every week, if not every 2 days, since I could. I have hundreds of books on my shelves. I used to write books. I was the reader of the family. I listened to reading podcasts.

I have only finished two books since I bought my first iPhone, the 6S back in the day. Years.

ADHD and distractions are a nightmare

Exhibit A - A prominent member of Resetera. 

Exhibit A illustrates the tendency of prominent Resetera members to be complete retards with no ability to regulate their urges. This is a perfect example of why you should NEVER listen to the prominent members about anything. They're retards. 

It's also the reason the Resetera proletariat gets uppity weekender the prominent members change things to their own peculiar tastes.

[Boredfrom]

Glad to see him standing up to the orange asshole, but I just don't see how this doesn't end with Greenland under US control. Either they take a big payout at gunpoint or get invaded. Both choices are shit, but one ends with short term gains for the people of Greenland.

I think they'll pick getting invade tbh, it'll be a pr nightmare for the us. Regardless of what Donald says.

It's easy to say that, but he wants it bad and the population is not very big, so they could probably offer enough money that most people there agree to it. Of course it would be a terrible deal though, because if there is one thing Trump is famous for it's not paying his debts.

They want that other nations oppose Trump but also act like he is genuinely the God Emperor of Mankind.   

Is this a weird form of American exceptionalism? 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-will-not-get-greenland-islands-new-pm-says-in-response-to-trump-comments.1149369/

[Boredfrom]

Any military intervention to take Greenland by force will absolutely sink the US on the global stage, whatever little reputation the US has left will be gone and major repercussions will hit the US. Greenland is NATO territory by association of Denmark, it's a literal declaration of war and it will be taken seriously as it endangers everyone if the US have unmitigated control over Greenland.

I do hope that we see European soldiers deployed to Greenland as France talked about a few weeks back, if anything it will serve as a direct counterpoint to the bullshit spewed by JD Vance the other day. It's absolutely fucking pathetic that this and the annexation of Canada are very real talking points, yet the general US population doesn't seem to give two shits about everything that's going on as their liberty is slowly disappearing.

From sane to insane. 


People are not panicking because people know that Trump says stupid shit.

[Ribosome]

The US is still cooperating with Denmark militarily as of Friday. If that stops then yes I would be concerned.

[Swiftest]

PlanetSmasher crashes out cause the videogame he wants to progress through requires him to play the game, and no one takes his shit seriously
https://www.resetera.com/threads/final-fantasy-xiv-dawntrail-ot-hroth-girl-summer.913902/page-322#post-137704368

I have absolutely no idea where to get gear to push me into the ilvl requirements for any of the new content. It feels like I missed an entire chunk of story or something.

And no, I don't grind raids. I'm too old and bored to grind raids.

finished the dungeon

now the game wants me to go up another 10 ilvl to do the trial immediately after it. Even though none of the drops I got in the dungeon were for my class.

why fucking design your shit like this

The item level system is such bullshit and needs to go the fuck away. I'm so tired of this crap.

I don't want to grind. I'm tired of grinding. Tomestones are shit. Alliance raids are over-long and boring. I never get dungeon drops for my class. It's just a miserable experience to get hit with a "lol grind for two weeks, idiot" wall every time you want to do content.

And the market board economy is so fucked that trying to get a relevant weapon is 1-2 million gil, in a game where getting gil is impossible unless you grind up a crafter/gatherer class, which I do not have the inventory space to do even if I had the free time to do so.

I've been slugging at this shit all day and I'm still nowhere close to being able to do any of the new content. I wasted a few hundred thousand gil on a weapon and it barely impacted my ilvl at all. Did two alliance raid runs while desperately trying not to fall asleep from boredom and was able to buy some gloves that...didn't help nearly enough. Trying to replace six or seven pieces of ilvl 700 gear just to do a single trial is an absurd lift.

And since I know people love to talk about the market board, the problem with buying crafted gear is, as I said, there is currently no route for players who can't engage with the crafting system to make gil. There are no meaningful sources of gil anymore. I have literally been hovering around 12,000,000 for three straight years (genuinely, not an exaggeration) because there is no accessible way for me to get more, short of paying Square Enix real money for two more retainers so I can have the inventory space to actually level a gatherer or crafter or both.

And since I refuse to spend any extra real-world money on my subscription than I already pay them right now, any gil I spend on the market board is gil I can never get back. Doing that three times a year would render me unable to buy anything, even teleports. It's just an unrecoverable death spiral.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/toronto-star-opinion-no-longer-unthinkable-the-u-s-invasion-of-canada.1147794/page-2#post-137632359

User Banned (1 Month): Inflammatory commentary, victim blaming.

Wow, who would have thought that the country responsible for millions of deaths in the Middle East and Latin America would bite their valuable allies that partook in many of the massacres with their own men, industry and foreign policy?

Massive "leopards ate my face" moment for Canada and Europe.

How is this bannable? It's 100% true.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

PlanetSmasher crashes out cause the videogame he wants to progress through requires him to play the game, and no one takes his shit seriously
https://www.resetera.com/threads/final-fantasy-xiv-dawntrail-ot-hroth-girl-summer.913902/page-322#post-137704368

I have absolutely no idea where to get gear to push me into the ilvl requirements for any of the new content. It feels like I missed an entire chunk of story or something.

And no, I don't grind raids. I'm too old and bored to grind raids.

finished the dungeon

now the game wants me to go up another 10 ilvl to do the trial immediately after it. Even though none of the drops I got in the dungeon were for my class.

why fucking design your shit like this

The item level system is such bullshit and needs to go the fuck away. I'm so tired of this crap.

I don't want to grind. I'm tired of grinding. Tomestones are shit. Alliance raids are over-long and boring. I never get dungeon drops for my class. It's just a miserable experience to get hit with a "lol grind for two weeks, idiot" wall every time you want to do content.

And the market board economy is so fucked that trying to get a relevant weapon is 1-2 million gil, in a game where getting gil is impossible unless you grind up a crafter/gatherer class, which I do not have the inventory space to do even if I had the free time to do so.

I've been slugging at this shit all day and I'm still nowhere close to being able to do any of the new content. I wasted a few hundred thousand gil on a weapon and it barely impacted my ilvl at all. Did two alliance raid runs while desperately trying not to fall asleep from boredom and was able to buy some gloves that...didn't help nearly enough. Trying to replace six or seven pieces of ilvl 700 gear just to do a single trial is an absurd lift.

And since I know people love to talk about the market board, the problem with buying crafted gear is, as I said, there is currently no route for players who can't engage with the crafting system to make gil. There are no meaningful sources of gil anymore. I have literally been hovering around 12,000,000 for three straight years (genuinely, not an exaggeration) because there is no accessible way for me to get more, short of paying Square Enix real money for two more retainers so I can have the inventory space to actually level a gatherer or crafter or both.

And since I refuse to spend any extra real-world money on my subscription than I already pay them right now, any gil I spend on the market board is gil I can never get back. Doing that three times a year would render me unable to buy anything, even teleports. It's just an unrecoverable death spiral.

It's week 1 of the new patch of course weapons will be 1-2 mill. Maybe make friends and offer them the items to make you a full set? You will be spending 2 mill for a full set instead of a weapon. There's a lot of ways to make gil even as a low level crafter because of housing items. Lil bro doesn't want to work.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/california-governor-newsom-says-the-democratic-brand-is-%E2%80%98toxic%E2%80%99.1149126/page-5#post-137710056

Tolerance for what, and for whom? Democrats will let civil rights go or outright vote against them depending upon what is politically necessary for their party.

Democrats pander to minorities in order to solidify a base that is beholden to them for a sense of safety, which in turn means they are less incentivized to actually dismantle systems of oppression. Because if I'm not oppressed, I don't need to vote and donate to your Party.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/california-governor-newsom-says-the-democratic-brand-is-%E2%80%98toxic%E2%80%99.1149126/page-6#post-137717238

It's not actually the same logic because you've presented a straight falsehood while I'm speaking to economic reality.

Regardless, Democrats are basically garden variety compassionate conservatives from the late 90s/early 2000s now. They might wholeheartedly believe in the social issues they claim to champion (I don't believe this is true anymore, but I'm assuming it for the sake of discussion), but they have yet to actually reckon with the contradictory economics that underpin that oppression, meaning neoliberalism cannot actually result in liberation. It's a dead end.

It's as stupid as a dog shelter advocating for backyard breeding. It literally makes fuck all sense as a consistent philosophy unless you consider the fact that the shelter is only open because of an excess of unwanted dogs, and thus there is a tangible benefit to the shelter operator to never sincerely broach the subject of, much less fight to abolish, backyard breeding.

If Democrats are sincere about minority rights but also still full-throated capitalists, the only way this makes logical sense is if they understand that their Party maintains relevancy- and thus those sweet sweet donations and the other benefits to their jobs like healthcare and paid security- if large swathes of the electorate feel they literally have no choice but to vote for them to save their lives. This means they have no actual incentive to achieve liberation, for if they do the Party will cease to be useful, and usefulness is paramount for raking in billions. That's why shit always fails at the last minute, or why there's always some swathe of Democrats there to throw a wrench in things. They're controlled opposition.

Indeed, this is all literally how capitalism works: the engine and the fuel are oppression. It's actually an amazing fucking gig when you think about it. A six-figure salary to do fuck all for the most vulnerable. Sign me up; I still have student loans to pay off.

[Boredfrom]

If Democrats are sincere about minority rights but also still full-throated capitalists,

You keep repeating this shit like communist countries are safe heavens for ethnic minorities.