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

[Echelon]

I just don't understand how these people are all such abject fucking failures.

I also don't understand how they can't manage to figure out affordable means of entertainment in the year 2024. Epic gives you 1 or 2 free games every week and has been doing so for years at this point. I just checked, I have 467 games on EGS and I have spent a total of like $20 on the THPS remake. Free games still get handed out every now and then on Steam. 6 of the top 10 most popular games right now on Steam are Free to Play.

Libraries exist. Every book ever written in the history of mankind is free. There are like 10 different free ad-supported streaming services for movies and TV. Spotify and Pandora exist. Internet radio exists. Regular fucking radio exists.

You could easily spend an entire lifetime consuming media in your spare time and not spend a single fucking dollar on it and still have an embarrassment of options to spend your time with.

Beyond the entertainment shit, it's like every last one of them is so fucking lazy that the mere concept of existing as an adult is too much for them to handle. Your parents think you're a mentally ill queer because your pronouns are plurals? Move out you dumb attention-grabbing whore, you're clearly not getting the right type of it at home. Find one of your utopian communist co-ops you sperg out so much about and live with your fellow 21st century hippie morons. Meat is murder and you're not an enabler of climate change so rice and beans will do you just fine.

Can't afford rent? Find roommates. I just checked and even most fast food chains offer health and dental. Need a phone? Congrats, you can buy cheap phones that aren't $1000 iphones for $100 that will function as a phone and basic internet tool. You can supplement that with a basic Google Fi subscription for $30 instead of paying Verizon $100 for unlimited porn downloads over 5G. Don't have a car? You can walk two hours to and from work, or buy a bicycle until you can afford a 10-15 year old used Honda or Toyota that will do the trick. Every one of these is a bottom of the barrel solution to bottom of the barrel problems. Their real issue is that they want $1000 graphics cards, $300 anime figurines, and $300 in subscription services while not being fucked to even stock shelves at a Target. 

Late stage capitalism indeed.

[Uncle]

Can't afford rent? Find roommates.

um chuddie I tried but every single one was transphobic

[Taco Bell Tower]

the neptunia games don't have sexualized minors, they're console goddesses!!
 

you can only sexualize the wii/ps3 and older because they are 18+

nes is becoming a milf ngl

Ree: 

[Jonsey]

I can't even

Just shoot me

[Snoopy]

What's on their Amazon wish list though?

[Boredfrom]

It’s not surprising how much Ceerius is able to dig dirt on Game Science and Tencent, unlike the rest of ERA:

If this event, is something you've read in Chinese game related news, I think it would be the following.

Warning: misogyny pic

It's not an award, it's Tencent's annual celebration of its mobile communication business sector, which took place around 2017. As a celebratory "game", they had male employees hold mineral water bottles with their thighs, and then had female employees kneel down and unscrew the caps with their mouths.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/black-myth-wukong-studio-ceo-wrote-game-of-the-year-acceptance-speech-two-years-ago-questions-selection-criteria-of-the-game-awards.1061829/page-17#post-133036701

What is surprising is how ERA and the rest of journos are incapable of doing when defending and/or attacking these companies.

[benji]

Libraries exist. Every book ever written in the history of mankind is free. There are like 10 different free ad-supported streaming services for movies and TV. Spotify and Pandora exist. Internet radio exists. Regular fucking radio exists.

You could easily spend an entire lifetime consuming media in your spare time and not spend a single fucking dollar on it and still have an embarrassment of options to spend your time with.

Only thing from Apple TV I've watched is Severance. What else here is good?

Thank you for all the responses. I love that everyone gave me a different show. Guess I'll have to try it all lmao

Can't listen to the new versions since I'm at work but are they really that dramatically different? That's wild, what is going on? Are the new versions good? Anyone prefer them?

I think they're subscribed to PS Plus at least based on some other threads.

Also:

I still have a sealed copy of both Anthem and Babylon's Fall. Wonder if I can grab one for Concord too....

[benji]

This is basically the praxis of ResetERA.com regarding anything they want changed about their life:

[Nintex]

It's really just a toxic cycle of self-pity and I don't see how they can get out of it.

Mostly because in therapy as far as I understand, the general advice is to actually share these stories and find like-minded individuals to talk about your problems.
So now we have scores of barely employed or unemployed depressed millenials and zoomers sharing their sob stories on platforms like BlueSky all begging for donations.

I truely hope Bobby Kennedy can find a way to help these people.

[Averon]

Nothing from these Ashes of Dreams posts implies they are buying these games/media on layway as they suggest. So they're lying to farm for ERA sympathy points. I do suspect that a lot of these desperate sounding "I'm literally on the knife's edge of ruin!!!" posts on ERA are outright fabrications.

[kaleidoscopium]

Someone posts a 2 hour FD Signifier video as a thread, 40 minutes after it came out, with no summary. People rightfully call it out. 

Nepenthe ain’t happy  

The point is y'all didn't have smoke for a barebones thread wherein the subject was a charming white British guy like y'all do here where instead the subject is a Black man.

This is what we call a micro-aggression.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/f-d-signifier-its-bigger-than-diddy.1062954/#post-133095273

[Uncle]

is a macroaggression just screaming the n word

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/canada’s-finance-minister-resigns-as-pm-trudeau-faces-biggest-test-of-his-political-career.1062981/

Always nice to see how many of the most opinionated dudes there are Canadians, and how much they hate their own leftie government.

[JoeBoy101]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/doom-and-gloom.1061931/page-2#post-133074063

We've breached the 1.5 degrees climate target about a decade before most moderates predicted, even most "alarmists" didn't anticipate this until 2026.

Freshwater demand is set to exceed supply by 40% by 2030.

Carbon sinks are switching to carbon sources. Which has not been factored into all the climate models we've been using.

Drylands now make up 40% of land on earth, and an area a 3rd larger than India turned permanently arid in the last 30 years.

I could do this all day. Compelling arguments as to why you're not sure this will make things worse, loudly and into the mic please 🎤

They could do it all day, huh??

The drum of climate doom has been beating since I was in elementary school, more than 40 years ago. Those top minds had predicted then that we would be annihilated by now. Before now. Or should I mention we only have measured temperature data for the past 125 years or so, and they are trying to derive data from hundreds of thousands of years ago with those climate models.

There are plenty of critical reasons to practice conservation, but fucking doom fetishists Thanos wannabes like that poster only make serious work and activism that much more difficult.

[Nintex]

The real solution to all these problems is what has always worked. Somehow, some way you need to get people out of their 'comfort' zone'. They need to face their fears in a somewhat controlled and safe environment and develop new skills.

In high school I was just terrified to give presentations in front of the class. I knew however that if I wanted to make it, I had to somehow make it work. So I practiced and practiced until I could somewhat give a presentation good enough to finish high school. I had improved so much that final year, that the teacher said it was a skill I should develop further as it would really help with my higher education after high school. At that moment I nearly had a panic attack because I hadn't realized this wasn't the 'final level'. 

I kept working on it, at that point studying how Steve Jobs, Reggie and the best of the best did it. I took every opportunity to present something until I was considered basically one of the best presenters of the entire university. Launching boring student projects with trailers like this:



And whenever someone doesn't know about this hidden skill I developed. they are anxious when I take the stage, thinking their event is going to be completely spoiled. But within 3 minutes they gasp as they see how an introvert can present in front of 10, 50, 100, 200, 400 or 1000 strangers without blinking an eye, keeping the audience engaged and excited from start to finish better than any of their consultants can.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamerant-persona-producer-explains-why-most-persona-protagonists-are-male-students-spoiler-it’s-sexism.1062990/

As for the protagonists' gender, Wada said that was mostly down to the perceived differences of mental maturity of girls and boys. Wada noted that high school female students tend to have a "higher mental age" or be more mature than their male counterparts. As such, the males have more space to grow and evolve, making them a better choice for the protagonist in this context. With that said, Wada notes that it's not out of the question for the protagonists of the games to be either female or non-students.

I mean, is sexism but not the one that usually gets ERA offended.  

Posers.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamerant-persona-producer-explains-why-most-persona-protagonists-are-male-students-spoiler-it’s-sexism.1062990/

Glad this got its own thread. Dude this excuse is crazy.
Just be honest and say either:
"We wish to tell this story from a male perspective because we are guys." Or "We won't be able to make a good female protag because we are guys."

You get angry with both answers and use one to gate keep male writers.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/canada’s-finance-minister-resigns-as-pm-trudeau-faces-biggest-test-of-his-political-career.1062981/

Always nice to see how many of the most opinionated dudes there are Canadians, and how much they hate their own leftie government.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Trudeau#Ethics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Justin_Trudeau_controversies

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamerant-persona-producer-explains-why-most-persona-protagonists-are-male-students-spoiler-it’s-sexism.1062990/

As for the protagonists' gender, Wada said that was mostly down to the perceived differences of mental maturity of girls and boys. Wada noted that high school female students tend to have a "higher mental age" or be more mature than their male counterparts. As such, the males have more space to grow and evolve, making them a better choice for the protagonist in this context. With that said, Wada notes that it's not out of the question for the protagonists of the games to be either female or non-students.

I mean, is sexism but not the one that usually gets ERA offended.  

Posers.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamerant-persona-producer-explains-why-most-persona-protagonists-are-male-students-spoiler-it’s-sexism.1062990/

Glad this got its own thread. Dude this excuse is crazy.
Just be honest and say either:
"We wish to tell this story from a male perspective because we are guys." Or "We won't be able to make a good female protag because we are guys."

You get angry with both answers and use one to gate keep male writers.

imagine a female character goes along a similar path of growth, starting in a bad place and becoming a better person:

"omg why is she like this? why do girls always have to be airheads and idiots with all these petty problems but guys are already perfect?"

[Boredfrom]

He permitted rampant exploitation of foreign workers and international students to boost economic numbers. Provinces also indulged. All of this created a clusterfuck of housing issues and service strain which has subsequently turned most of the country against immigration which fucking sucks because Canada always polled super favorably for Immigration.

So the right hates him because they are xenophobes and everyone else hates him because he cynically used the narrative of Canada being a welcoming nation as a means to help corporate interests with a cheap labor force. He's a snot nosed privileged fuck that has ruined what Canada was always happy with and that is robust diversity. He did more to turn the country against immigration than the right ever could.

"Immigration is difficult, you guys!”

Is depressing but not unexpected.

[benji]

Nothing from these Ashes of Dreams posts implies they are buying these games/media on layway as they suggest. So they're lying to farm for ERA sympathy points. I do  suspect that a lot of these desperate sounding "I'm literally on the knife edge of ruin!!!" posts on ERA are outright fabrications.

This is like one of the major things with that place. I'm sure there's people over there struggling or disabled or whatever other stuff that happens to everyday normal people. But when you're ceaselessly dishonest I have to distrust everything you say, plus you're making clear that you aren't truly seeking help and/or real advice.

Where should I start if I do want to help when somebody like this guy or Nepenthe or Dr. Nothing Loud or Melody are just telling me the story they want me to believe rather than the truth about their situation?

[Averon]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamerant-persona-producer-explains-why-most-persona-protagonists-are-male-students-spoiler-it’s-sexism.1062990/

As for the protagonists' gender, Wada said that was mostly down to the perceived differences of mental maturity of girls and boys. Wada noted that high school female students tend to have a "higher mental age" or be more mature than their male counterparts. As such, the males have more space to grow and evolve, making them a better choice for the protagonist in this context. With that said, Wada notes that it's not out of the question for the protagonists of the games to be either female or non-students.

I mean, is sexism but not the one that usually gets ERA offended.  

Posers.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamerant-persona-producer-explains-why-most-persona-protagonists-are-male-students-spoiler-it’s-sexism.1062990/

Glad this got its own thread. Dude this excuse is crazy.
Just be honest and say either:
"We wish to tell this story from a male perspective because we are guys." Or "We won't be able to make a good female protag because we are guys."

You get angry with both answers and use one to gate keep male writers.

I'm constantly mystified why they are disappointed that Persona is what it always was--a juvenile power fantasy for teenage boys. That's that series bread and butter. They are a bunch of middle aged people that should had outgrew Persona literally decades ago in many cases. They continually try to wish and shame the devs to make it a series it was never meant to be.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamerant-persona-producer-explains-why-most-persona-protagonists-are-male-students-spoiler-it’s-sexism.1062990/

As for the protagonists' gender, Wada said that was mostly down to the perceived differences of mental maturity of girls and boys. Wada noted that high school female students tend to have a "higher mental age" or be more mature than their male counterparts. As such, the males have more space to grow and evolve, making them a better choice for the protagonist in this context. With that said, Wada notes that it's not out of the question for the protagonists of the games to be either female or non-students.

I mean, is sexism but not the one that usually gets ERA offended.  

Posers.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamerant-persona-producer-explains-why-most-persona-protagonists-are-male-students-spoiler-it’s-sexism.1062990/

Glad this got its own thread. Dude this excuse is crazy.
Just be honest and say either:
"We wish to tell this story from a male perspective because we are guys." Or "We won't be able to make a good female protag because we are guys."

You get angry with both answers and use one to gate keep male writers.

I'm constantly mystified why they are disappointed that Persona is what it always was--a juvenile power fantasy for teenage boys. That's that series bread and butter. They are a bunch of middle aged people that should have outgrow Persona literally decades ago in many cases. They continually try to wish and shame the devs to make it a series it was never meant to be.

I mean… Persona 2 Eternal Punishment… but that was a direct continuation of Persona 2 that was teenagers.

[Kyon1988]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamerant-persona-producer-explains-why-most-persona-protagonists-are-male-students-spoiler-it’s-sexism.1062990/

As for the protagonists' gender, Wada said that was mostly down to the perceived differences of mental maturity of girls and boys. Wada noted that high school female students tend to have a "higher mental age" or be more mature than their male counterparts. As such, the males have more space to grow and evolve, making them a better choice for the protagonist in this context. With that said, Wada notes that it's not out of the question for the protagonists of the games to be either female or non-students.

I mean, is sexism but not the one that usually gets ERA offended.  

Posers.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamerant-persona-producer-explains-why-most-persona-protagonists-are-male-students-spoiler-it’s-sexism.1062990/

Glad this got its own thread. Dude this excuse is crazy.
Just be honest and say either:
"We wish to tell this story from a male perspective because we are guys." Or "We won't be able to make a good female protag because we are guys."

You get angry with both answers and use one to gate keep male writers.

I'm constantly mystified why they are disappointed that Persona is what it always was--a juvenile power fantasy for teenage boys. That's that series bread and butter. They are a bunch of middle aged people that should have outgrow Persona literally decades ago in many cases. They continually try to wish and shame the devs to make it a series it was never meant to be.

Yeah. It's like being mad Pokemon isn't some gritty shooter. If someone like Clickycall would be in charge of Persona you might get something like Laura Kate Dale and Dragon Age. Sounds absolutely terrible

[HaughtyFrank]

He permitted rampant exploitation of foreign workers and international students to boost economic numbers. Provinces also indulged. All of this created a clusterfuck of housing issues and service strain which has subsequently turned most of the country against immigration which fucking sucks because Canada always polled super favorably for Immigration.

So the right hates him because they are xenophobes and everyone else hates him because he cynically used the narrative of Canada being a welcoming nation as a means to help corporate interests with a cheap labor force. He's a snot nosed privileged fuck that has ruined what Canada was always happy with and that is robust diversity. He did more to turn the country against immigration than the right ever could.

"Immigration is difficult, you guys!”

Is depressing but not unexpected.

That would just make them against Trudeau, not immigration. Maybe overwhelming a country with immigrants just isn't a great idea?

Instead they have to act like the only reason it failed was because Trudeau was secretly evil? Is it so impossible that good intentions could have negative results?

[kaleidoscopium]

So have anyone figured out what the video is about yet since the OP just ghosted?

Yeah, but a lot of the Black posters don't want to engage with the way people engage with Black creators, so threads die like this.

OP: 

Idk what to tell you man I wrote a very general summary of what I watched so far and others have elaborated further in the thread, but luckily for you evolution gifted you with free will to do whatever you choose to. Watch the video, ignore it, start a small business in New Jersey, it's up to you. Some guy legit asked for a multiple paragraph summary so I just laughed and left.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/f-d-signifier-its-bigger-than-diddy.1062954/page-2#post-133098192


Effort? Into a post? Unheard of  why are all of the sub groups on era so fucking weird

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/warfare-official-trailer-a24-2025-written-and-directed-by-iraq-war-veteran-ray-mendoza-and-alex-garland.1062330/page-2#post-133090878

I might agree, if Civil War didn't just come out.

Civil War went right over a lot of peoples heads didn't it

First I've heard of that happening. What did you find confusing about it?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/warfare-official-trailer-a24-2025-written-and-directed-by-iraq-war-veteran-ray-mendoza-and-alex-garland.1062330/page-2#post-133093479

Is this a real post

As real as your original condescending reply to me.

Implying that I "found it confusing" is pretty condescending, just sayin'

... did you forget what your original reply to me was?

So we're both condescending then… god bless

What an incredibly strange interaction.

Bro you said "that's the first I've heard of that happening" in RE: to Civil War going over peoples heads when it's been a common take since the movie came out.

Yes, it was a purposeful jab because of your original rude reply to me specificially, where you implied that the movie went over my head.

Come on now.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/warfare-official-trailer-a24-2025-written-and-directed-by-iraq-war-veteran-ray-mendoza-and-alex-garland.1062330/page-2#post-133094457

A lot of people seemed really pissed that the movie wasn't what they wanted it to be.

That might be true with some people. Not with me though. It was actually exactly what I thought it would be: shallow and dumb.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/warfare-official-trailer-a24-2025-written-and-directed-by-iraq-war-veteran-ray-mendoza-and-alex-garland.1062330/page-2#post-133098417

With you being the unofficial ambassador of everything MCU, is that a compliment to Civil War then?

If we're talking about the good Civil War that released in 2016, sure.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Embiid wasn't rude to ZeoVagina at all, what a vagina Zeo is 

[Boredfrom]

Trudeau could have changed the election system. He promised he would. He could have permanently made Canada a better place, curbed right-wing extremism in the country by preventing split votes.

But that would likely have resulted in him, personally, losing a bit of power. So he changed his mind.

Now I get to worry about whether or not trans people will be legally allowed to pee in a public washroom after the next election.

S'fun.

Wait… what?

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-ordered-a-30th-anniversary-dualsense-christmas-ornament-and-i-received-it-today-and-wow.1063044/

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-ordered-a-30th-anniversary-dualsense-christmas-ornament-and-i-received-it-today-and-wow.1063044/

 

That looks like shit, is good he is going to get a refund.