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

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/u-s-consumers-rush-to-buy-big-ticket-items-before-trump%E2%80%99s-tariffs-kick-in.1156212/page-3#post-138114480

I bought over a thousand dollars worth of Lego sets today 🫣

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/u-s-consumers-rush-to-buy-big-ticket-items-before-trump%E2%80%99s-tariffs-kick-in.1156212/page-3#post-138114480

I bought over a thousand dollars worth of Lego sets today 🫣

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[imsotired]

Era should be celebrating, isn't Trump toppling the post-war Amercian led neoliberal order and world market system what they have been wishing for?  Even if it makes everyone in the world poorer and less secure maybe the return of autarky will lead to more state run industries that will surely bring wealth to the poor.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/welcome-new-members-introduce-yourself-here.119184/page-43#post-138156033

Hey all,
Pleasure to meet you all! My name is Night Ray and I am a huge nerd who loves pretty much all nerdy things like DND video games and movies! I am trilingual and I would like to eventually get into a creative industry and stuff. Always down to chat and stuff too! Longtime lurker too a lot of yall are really neat big scheme of things.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/american-women-are-giving-up-on-marriage-wsj.1156059/page-7#post-138154815

Longtime lurker, first-time poster. Honestly every time one of these posts comes along I read and reread them over and over again and I just feel really lost and frustrated. I really hate how much polarization there is with this kind of stuff and nobody is stopping the toxic people and as a result everyone who is normal has to suffer and get caught in the crossfire it makes me really sad. I really wish the government did more to actually address this/promote/create more third spaces and more genuine community and support for people at a micro level because i feel like that is contributing as well because the physical-digital balance is being thrown out of whack. Kind of on that level, I feel like the left needs to get better at talking to people instead of at people so like if someone is sharing they feel lost because they are struggling with feeling alone or they are struggling with something else we should try to avoid "Oh just be social or #trytherapy/#beyourself" and be like "Hey, I understand you are feeling frustrated here are some legitimate tangible communities and support who can aid you in the right direction", especially with younger folks. Like I think the ability to honestly communicate emotions makes a big impact in terms of comfort and vulnerability for a lot of folks, at least in my own experience. I think the more that people can talk to people and think of them as equal people the better.

Sometimes I feel really lost and frustrated because some people are lashing out at men at a macro level and its like "sorry i cant control other peoples actions or like 500+ years of history i am just trying to take care of myself/exist and be nice to people what do you want me to do do you want me to just not be a guy or-?". Like I got told that I was a "good one" by someone a few years ago when we were talking about a similar topic in college and that made me just feel weird/off like i am a whole person and stuff if that makes sense. And like i have read Bell Hooks and a few other writers so like i get where we are at at a more overall basis on like gender dynamics and similar stuff but idk its a topic i feel very passionate about and i feel lost in my identity as a person. Side note I know the topic of "Coddling" comes up a lot in this kind of conversation and I honestly don't see a big issue so long as everyone else is like getting the support they need to thrive(which unfortunately i don't think has been happening at a level of levels) and be heard and be seen and stuff, obviously there's a lot of space to improve when it comes to this kind of equation for everyone but I think it's something important we can strive for so that way everyone can be safer and happier and not afraid and stuff.

I am in my mid-20s and am on the spectrum and even though there is a lot of good in my life, I feel a profound terror about dying alone and want to like date people and be human/enough and stuff and i am still a virgin and have only had 1 legitimate mutual IRL relationship before that lasted less than a year. I hate how because I am a guy gender roles(lots of feelings and frustrations about gender roles I wish the left would do more to counteract them) dictate I have to be the one to initiate and like i feel like i did everything i was told to do like not approach people/be friends first and try dating apps and like i am still not enough/nothing is working. I just want to be enough for someone and have a happy mutual relationship and like be seen as an equal human being and love them and they love me back and like marry them hopefully . I am really trying to work on myself with like hygiene putting myself out there etc despite my social anxiety and lack of experience and personal struggles and like do good despite missing a lot of basic growing up milestone/social/romantic support. Sorry for the wall of text, this is just a topic that like I said I feel very passionate about.

[benji]

lol it real

[benji]

Era should be celebrating, isn't Trump toppling the post-war Amercian led neoliberal order and world market system what they have been wishing for?  Even if it makes everyone in the world poorer and less secure maybe the return of autarky will lead to more state run industries that will surely bring wealth to the poor.

Capitalism is the cause of every problem, free trade is destroying the planet, taxes need to be higher, the West needs to stop trading with the Global South, the US needs to stop colonizing and culturally appropriating, we need degrowth, our way of life needs to end, corporations and billionaires need to have less global effects, billionaires need to lose large amounts of their wealth, etc.

...

NOT LIKE THAT

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-asked-about-pain-in-the-market-says-sometimes-you-have-to-take-medicine.1156764/#post-138151140

Who knew rat poison and cyanide were medicines…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warfarin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide#Medical_uses

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uncivilized-why-mcdonalds-and-starbucks-lost-18-billion.1156725/

 

They are not better than Trumptards in their delusions.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uncivilized-why-mcdonalds-and-starbucks-lost-18-billion.1156725/

Never seen this channel but the great OP made this a must-watch

[benji]

Microsoft's turn

And Google and Amazon hopefully, in our lifetimes!

[benji]

Oh, the entire video's title claim is based on the Starbucks share price change from the prior year.

McDonald's annual revenue for 2024 was $25.92B, a 1.67% increase from 2023.
McDonald's annual revenue for 2023 was $25.494B, a 9.97% increase from 2022.
McDonald's annual revenue for 2022 was $23.183B, a 0.17% decline from 2021.

Starbucks annual revenue for 2024 was $36.176B, a 0.56% increase from 2023.
Starbucks annual revenue for 2023 was $35.976B, a 11.55% increase from 2022.
Starbucks annual revenue for 2022 was $32.25B, a 10.98% increase from 2021..

WE'RE BEATING THEM GUYSSSSSSSS THE PEOPLE ARE BOYCOTTING

Pictured: the revolution:

[Alpacx]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uncivilized-why-mcdonalds-and-starbucks-lost-18-billion.1156725/

Never seen this channel but the great OP made this a must-watch

I don't drink coffee so have no opinion on Starbucks but the "they chose the wrong side in the genocide" shit pisses me off.

They were defending their trademark when their dumbass union used it. If you don't defend your trademark you lose it.

As far as I know nobody at Starbucks has talked about the war and they don't have franchises in Israel anyway.

Dumbass leftists.

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/welcome-new-members-introduce-yourself-here.119184/page-43#post-138156033

Hey all,
Pleasure to meet you all! My name is Night Ray and I am a huge nerd who loves pretty much all nerdy things like DND video games and movies! I am trilingual and I would like to eventually get into a creative industry and stuff. Always down to chat and stuff too! Longtime lurker too a lot of yall are really neat big scheme of things.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/american-women-are-giving-up-on-marriage-wsj.1156059/page-7#post-138154815

Longtime lurker, first-time poster. Honestly every time one of these posts comes along I read and reread them over and over again and I just feel really lost and frustrated. I really hate how much polarization there is with this kind of stuff and nobody is stopping the toxic people and as a result everyone who is normal has to suffer and get caught in the crossfire it makes me really sad. I really wish the government did more to actually address this/promote/create more third spaces and more genuine community and support for people at a micro level because i feel like that is contributing as well because the physical-digital balance is being thrown out of whack. Kind of on that level, I feel like the left needs to get better at talking to people instead of at people so like if someone is sharing they feel lost because they are struggling with feeling alone or they are struggling with something else we should try to avoid "Oh just be social or #trytherapy/#beyourself" and be like "Hey, I understand you are feeling frustrated here are some legitimate tangible communities and support who can aid you in the right direction", especially with younger folks. Like I think the ability to honestly communicate emotions makes a big impact in terms of comfort and vulnerability for a lot of folks, at least in my own experience. I think the more that people can talk to people and think of them as equal people the better.

Sometimes I feel really lost and frustrated because some people are lashing out at men at a macro level and its like "sorry i cant control other peoples actions or like 500+ years of history i am just trying to take care of myself/exist and be nice to people what do you want me to do do you want me to just not be a guy or-?". Like I got told that I was a "good one" by someone a few years ago when we were talking about a similar topic in college and that made me just feel weird/off like i am a whole person and stuff if that makes sense. And like i have read Bell Hooks and a few other writers so like i get where we are at at a more overall basis on like gender dynamics and similar stuff but idk its a topic i feel very passionate about and i feel lost in my identity as a person. Side note I know the topic of "Coddling" comes up a lot in this kind of conversation and I honestly don't see a big issue so long as everyone else is like getting the support they need to thrive(which unfortunately i don't think has been happening at a level of levels) and be heard and be seen and stuff, obviously there's a lot of space to improve when it comes to this kind of equation for everyone but I think it's something important we can strive for so that way everyone can be safer and happier and not afraid and stuff.

I am in my mid-20s and am on the spectrum and even though there is a lot of good in my life, I feel a profound terror about dying alone and want to like date people and be human/enough and stuff and i am still a virgin and have only had 1 legitimate mutual IRL relationship before that lasted less than a year. I hate how because I am a guy gender roles(lots of feelings and frustrations about gender roles I wish the left would do more to counteract them) dictate I have to be the one to initiate and like i feel like i did everything i was told to do like not approach people/be friends first and try dating apps and like i am still not enough/nothing is working. I just want to be enough for someone and have a happy mutual relationship and like be seen as an equal human being and love them and they love me back and like marry them hopefully . I am really trying to work on myself with like hygiene putting myself out there etc despite my social anxiety and lack of experience and personal struggles and like do good despite missing a lot of basic growing up milestone/social/romantic support. Sorry for the wall of text, this is just a topic that like I said I feel very passionate about.

Egg post.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/druckmann-joel-was-right.1149069/page-11#post-137814204

Of course, fuck the world, just see the current world, USA just elected Trump, imagine USA 20 years post apocalyptic, why would you sacrifice a loved one for shit people.

Fuck everyone but you, too.

Hypocrite, I doubt you would kill a daughter to a bunch of incel that would kill you and rape her after it, would you?
It's pretty easy to portray a higher moral ground when you don't put yourself on the shoes and the world of those characters, remember it wasn't an inflected that killed Sarah, it was a soldier following orders, the same "humanity" that you expect him to save, but 20 years down the drain, the doctor himself wouldn't kill Abby to save his precious humanity, easier when was not his daughter huh.
Funny how some pretend the cure would turn murderers, rapists, mercenaries and so on, in good persons because there would be no reasons anymore to kill each other.
I bet most of the people stayingthey would sacrifice their child for humanity, avoids homeless and drug addicteds in real life -.-

Hi. I'm Alyssa. Nice to meet you.

You want my life story? Then here. For all of you.

I was not born. I was dead in the womb. Drowned in my maternal's blood, because she was too stupid and selfish to not do something which specifically states that one shouldn't do while pregnant. She was a selfish, disgusting, below scum, piece of shit, and an absolute shitdick. Inhuman. Selfish. Greedy.

I was meant to be born in late February / early March.
I was born in December.

Over the course of my life, I've had non-stop health issues. Sucks, yeah? Organs removed, rearranged, reshapened, etc.
I have also been stabbed in the back, had my jaw broken twice, kidnapped, head trauma, and have been at the opposite end of a gun multiple times.

I have been raped multiple times. I tried typing out the full details, but ultimately it made me sick to even think of right now. Because, I'm being told I'm a fucking hypocrite, and some person is trying to size me up.

I have been completely homeless for what should add up to six years of my life.

I have been placed on highly addictive medications and have succumbed to such. Oxycodone, klonopin, valium, etc.

I have travelled cross-country via train, just three or four days out of surgery for removal of my appendix. Those stitches opened back up through the process. Still homeless, remember that, if you will.

I have had lockjaw without the ability to make it to a doctor.

The list goes on.

It seems to me that you're the hypocrite and are projecting pretty hard.

"I bet most of the people stayingthey would sacrifice their child for humanity, avoids homeless and drug addicteds in real life -.-"

Like, what does this mean, coming from you? You don't give two fucks about any of us, as you said. You're saying homeless and addicts don't deserve to live? The fuck is wrong with you?

I mean, I'm not cool with genocide whatsoever.
I can't stomach how others can be dense, uncaring, and so far below scum of the earth.

Apathy is foreign and weird as fuck.

Damn, Alyssa Mercanto had a hard life, huh?

[Potato]

I was not born. I was dead in the womb. Drowned in my maternal's blood, because she was too stupid and selfish to not do something which specifically states that one shouldn't do while pregnant. She was a selfish, disgusting, below scum, piece of shit, and an absolute shitdick. Inhuman. Selfish. Greedy.

I was meant to be born in late February / early March.
I was born in December.

So anyone that knows more about medicine can explain what happened here? 

Feel I’m reading a schizophrenic manifesto.

I deduced they're talking about placental abruption which breaks up the blood-oxygen separation for the baby. Drug, alcohol, cigarette use during pregnancy can increase this risk.

It's ironic because later on in the schizo post they want you to feel sorry for them being a drug addict.

Personal choice does not exist chud. Our lives are controlled by unseen forced beyond our comprehension. 

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uncivilized-why-mcdonalds-and-starbucks-lost-18-billion.1156725/

 

They are not better than Trumptards in their delusions.

Not watching that shit. Did they actually lose money, or just imaginary stock market value?

[Besticus Maximus]

Fairly eloquent and interesting (and mental) schizopost from A.M there

[Polident]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/druckmann-joel-was-right.1149069/page-11#post-137814204

Of course, fuck the world, just see the current world, USA just elected Trump, imagine USA 20 years post apocalyptic, why would you sacrifice a loved one for shit people.

Fuck everyone but you, too.

Hypocrite, I doubt you would kill a daughter to a bunch of incel that would kill you and rape her after it, would you?
It's pretty easy to portray a higher moral ground when you don't put yourself on the shoes and the world of those characters, remember it wasn't an inflected that killed Sarah, it was a soldier following orders, the same "humanity" that you expect him to save, but 20 years down the drain, the doctor himself wouldn't kill Abby to save his precious humanity, easier when was not his daughter huh.
Funny how some pretend the cure would turn murderers, rapists, mercenaries and so on, in good persons because there would be no reasons anymore to kill each other.
I bet most of the people stayingthey would sacrifice their child for humanity, avoids homeless and drug addicteds in real life -.-

Hi. I'm Alyssa. Nice to meet you.

You want my life story? Then here. For all of you.

I was not born. I was dead in the womb. Drowned in my maternal's blood, because she was too stupid and selfish to not do something which specifically states that one shouldn't do while pregnant. She was a selfish, disgusting, below scum, piece of shit, and an absolute shitdick. Inhuman. Selfish. Greedy.

I was meant to be born in late February / early March.
I was born in December.

Over the course of my life, I've had non-stop health issues. Sucks, yeah? Organs removed, rearranged, reshapened, etc.
I have also been stabbed in the back, had my jaw broken twice, kidnapped, head trauma, and have been at the opposite end of a gun multiple times.

I have been raped multiple times. I tried typing out the full details, but ultimately it made me sick to even think of right now. Because, I'm being told I'm a fucking hypocrite, and some person is trying to size me up.

I have been completely homeless for what should add up to six years of my life.

I have been placed on highly addictive medications and have succumbed to such. Oxycodone, klonopin, valium, etc.

I have travelled cross-country via train, just three or four days out of surgery for removal of my appendix. Those stitches opened back up through the process. Still homeless, remember that, if you will.

I have had lockjaw without the ability to make it to a doctor.

The list goes on.

It seems to me that you're the hypocrite and are projecting pretty hard.

"I bet most of the people stayingthey would sacrifice their child for humanity, avoids homeless and drug addicteds in real life -.-"

Like, what does this mean, coming from you? You don't give two fucks about any of us, as you said. You're saying homeless and addicts don't deserve to live? The fuck is wrong with you?

I mean, I'm not cool with genocide whatsoever.
I can't stomach how others can be dense, uncaring, and so far below scum of the earth.

Apathy is foreign and weird as fuck.

All that and the most important thing is discussing a PS3 video game on an ex video game spin off forum.

[jooseloose]

I empathize with this guy, though I obviously don't share his dislikes. My ignore list during my time on Era massively ballooned once the moderators allowed the absolute idiots and ignorant loudmouths to run wild, shortly after founding.

Once my list got extremely long I realized that the forum was the problem and left.

Yeah, I once basically ignored everyone I didn’t like in the wrestling hangouts, I realized most if those people were the only people posting. 

Extremely annoying joshi fans, re-tweeters, and gimmick posters.

This was the reason I stopped posting in the wrestling threads too. The gimmick posters and their cult of personality just ended up dominating the threads, and there's one creepy joshi poster who is obsessed with the Japanese WWE women and constantly thinks they're being buried (they're not) and seems to have Messofanego-style files on everyone who has ever done anything bad in their career and brings it up whenever they're mentioned.

[Besticus Maximus]

So you literally cannot browse resetera with an ad blocker enabled now

[Daffy Duck]

Lmao.

Joanna serving cunt

[DocWager]

Lmao.

Joanna serving cunt

That’s honestly her best tweet.

[malfoyking]

Lmao.

Joanna serving cunt

That's hilarious as hell. Dang.

[DocWager]

I empathize with this guy, though I obviously don't share his dislikes. My ignore list during my time on Era massively ballooned once the moderators allowed the absolute idiots and ignorant loudmouths to run wild, shortly after founding.

Once my list got extremely long I realized that the forum was the problem and left.

Yeah, I once basically ignored everyone I didn’t like in the wrestling hangouts, I realized most if those people were the only people posting. 

Extremely annoying joshi fans, re-tweeters, and gimmick posters.

This was the reason I stopped posting in the wrestling threads too. The gimmick posters and their cult of personality just ended up dominating the threads, and there's one creepy joshi poster who is obsessed with the Japanese WWE women and constantly thinks they're being buried (they're not) and seems to have Messofanego-style files on everyone who has ever done anything bad in their career and brings it up whenever they're mentioned.

Yes exactly! “Uhhhhh… Did you know that person is an anti-vaxxer?!?!?” Uhhhh… Do you realize you are a WWE wrestling fan? A company who is owned by a larger conglomerate that has openly supported Trump, and other controversial issues. Like, really, are you that stupid? But it’s because he’s so obsessed with those joshi wrestlers that if a wrestler of another nationality has any dirt, he uses it to discredit them, just so everyone can stop talking about that wrestler, and move into talking about whatever fucking Japanese women’s wrestler he wants them to talk about.

I love Japanese wrestling, but don’t be so racially biased so you can steer the conversation towards your insane fanaticism.

[Potato]

So you literally cannot browse resetera with an ad blocker enabled now

Dismantle capitalism

[Potato]

Lmao.

Joanna serving cunt

Joanne is a cunt and that cunt doesn't miss! 

[Besticus Maximus]

Completely vile. Despicable. Garbage. Shitpile. Demonic. Monstrous. Evil Harpy beast. All she does is dehumanise.

[Eric Cartman]

Another trans person serving cunt, eh? 

I was just out this weekend crushing pussy (tumblr for getting a coffee) and casually mentioned that bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks (AAVE for the glorious complexities of feminity in all its forms) to a friend and they told me to quit being so faggy (Hopi for self-actualising)

[Boredfrom]

Honestly, every time someone says they are asexual online, I think in that character from Lars Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac film.

[Eric Cartman]

Absolutely. I live in Canada, where it happens all the time. My local news ran a story a little while ago about the police blowing up a migrant sex trafficking ring to rescue the women inside. What they actually did was deported a bunch of women doing consensual sex work.

As I looked into her cold, coked out eyes, peering through the paper bag that was her mask of make up, I knew that this was more than just a transactional relationship, even though her business manager had made it very clear I had to pay up front or get my fucking knees capped; this was very very consensual, if anything she probably would have paid me if given the chance.
Clearly she didn't say any of this, not speaking my language and being heavily sedated at the time, and we were unable to continue our relationship further as for various financial reasons she is locked in her room 20 hours a day for her own good until she works off getting her passport back, but this is just another example of the lamestream media persecuting wholesome polycules and demonising immigrants.