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

[Taco Bell Tower]

I want to see her pussy

I was trying to be a smartass and show a pic of her cat but she doesn't own a cat 

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-want-to-say-something-positive-but-just-cant-anymore.1135224/

I didn’t read it until today. Man, these are the most bitch ass fake people ever.

Self requested ban
Banned

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-want-to-say-something-positive-but-just-cant-anymore.1135224/

I didn’t read it until today. Man, these are the most bitch ass fake people ever.

I'm worried about most of that stuff too. I'm just so damn tired. I'm scared about the world my kids will inherit.

In the past I've seen the trans community of era offer up a lot of great support and resources for people in your situation, so hopefully somebody pops in to this thread soon to reach out. It would feel out of place for me to weigh in on this. I've learned 90% of what I know about trans people from the era Trans community though, they are top shelf human beings.

Also I love your animal threads, especially your recognition for Aussie animals and things that aren't as cute or cuddly. I feel like we are often just labelled as the "ew scary spiders and snakes place with birds and 2 legged deer that will kick you to death". Anybody who can love snakes or spiders is awesome in my books.

For what it's worth I like your threads and have a similar feeling of obligation towards positivity. But it is ok to be scared and to not be ok. No one is impervious to negativity. Rest and recovery is important too.

I don't think you're a coward. You make threads to try and lighten the mood and put yourself out there to do so. I'm often too shy to make threads other than news threads so I admire the way you can do that. I think that takes some courage to keep doing honestly.

That said, it isn't something you should do at your own expense. You don't need to be stoic or overly confident and positive. It's alright to be vulnerable, it's alright to be angry. Give yourself the space and time to sit with where you're at. The easiest way to take a break from here is to do something else. Go somewhere, see something or someone. Remind yourself of the good.

Honestly, the last near decade has fucking sucked. We had Trump from 2016-2020 and right into the Pandemic, Russia-Ukraine in 2022 and just when we needed 'some' kind of win, Trump gets re-elected and he's actually worse than he was the first time.So I hear ya OP....I mean seriously, when was the last time you really felt GOOD about anything, or said 'this has been a good year'? It feels like a storm cloud has been hanging over our heads and just won't let up. There are parts of me that simply have died the last 5 years, passion for life, hope for the future. I can 'feel' how numb and cold I am now, and my wife has said a few times I'm dead behind the eyes.

TheEchosOfTheCyborg It's okay to take a break and not be okay yourself. Even if that isn't fun. These are very tough times and even the most positive people can't be positive all the time. From the sounds of it, you have plenty going on in your personal life that is stressful. Focusing on things beyond our control or on other people can help us cope when we have difficulty with the things we can control in our lives. I fall into that myself, but it's necessary and good to focus on ourselves as hard as that may be.

You're a very lively member of the community and I like seeing you around, especially with how passionate you can be. Take care of yourself. 🫂

I really like your posts TheEchosOfTheCyborg

But I'd rather see you around long into the future, than burned out!

You don't owe anyone anything and I don't have any personal experience of this, but I think I would certainly give some of those screen time reduction apps a go.

Take care of yourself!

I'm sick of not being able to come out as trans, I'm sick of being such an introverted shy coward

You being trans isn't conditioned upon you coming out or the acknowledgement of others. It's something that's inherent to your being, and you should be proud that you were courageous enough and loved yourself enough to come out to yourself and to ERA! For example, I consider myself as non-binary, but I've only told my wife and ERA. Seriously, revel in the knowledge that you've embraced the freedom to truly be yourself. Not many people have the kind of courage to be themselves like you have. You are brave, and you certainly aren't shy or a coward, otherwise you wouldn't have had the courage to make this thread in the first place.

...

And, as far as being an ugly wreck, I simply don't believe it. You are beautiful to me merely for being a good person in this shitty world. I mean you said yourself, you try to make people laugh with a lot of your threads. That is beautiful. You are beautiful for just being your unique self, and I'm glad you are a member here on ERA. I wish you good luck, and I'm hoping you have a good day today!

[Boredfrom]

They fucking love his threads so much that they never comment on them.

Echoes is totally doing those threads to make people happy and not because he is starved for attention and gets a kick by being an open creep.

Honestly, I hope he takes his time and takes cares care of his mother, and reflects about why he is not happy. But ERA already told him “you are perfect, don’t change… just don’t post for some time so people can forget about you you get energized.

[benji]

[HaughtyFrank]

Fatties half life thread

https://www.resetera.com/threads/remember-dr-breen-in-city-17.1136208/

[Vertigo]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-battle-for-the-bros-young-men-have-gone-maga-can-the-left-win-them-back.1136940/

This incessant coddling of men grows tiring.

Exactly sista, much better if we coddle men pretending to be women.

Much more worthwhile.

[BananaBlast]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-want-to-say-something-positive-but-just-cant-anymore.1135224/

I didn’t read it until today. Man, these are the most bitch ass fake people ever.

Self requested ban
Banned

If I'm not mistaken, self-requested bans can be reversed by the user. So echoes will be back sooner or later.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-want-to-say-something-positive-but-just-cant-anymore.1135224/

I didn’t read it until today. Man, these are the most bitch ass fake people ever.

Self requested ban
Banned

If I'm not mistaken, self-requested bans can be reversed by the user. So echoes will be back sooner or later.

Yep, still wasn't expecting it.

[Snoopy]

Let's get away from the Nazi website and check in on the funniest dog on the


Weird how not a single one of these people ever complained when SocialismERA was purged for resisting the staff's narratives.

His ego is so large he still hasn’t figured out Dub’s has already won

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-battle-for-the-bros-young-men-have-gone-maga-can-the-left-win-them-back.1136940/

I mean a good start would actually be doing something about the toxic cesspool the Internet has been allowed to fester into. We can keep trying to offer positive alternatives but realistically were allowing some of the worst people in the world to have infinite reach and pretending it isn't the problem.

What would you like Trump to do?  

This incessant coddling of men grows tiring.

And this. I've never seen any other group being excused so much for their own behaviour. I don't even get when this shit started and became something to value. I was taught when I fuck up it's on me. Learn from it and grow from it don't point at everyone else and blame them for your shit.

This incessant coddling of men grows tiring.

For real....the shit that young women/teens have to deal with is innately on a daily basis far scarier and rougher than younge men, yet it feels like so many people say we have to be tone policing and hyper soft to explain why they shouldn't blame women and minorities for their issues.

Thank you ladies.

I'm sure this isn't necessarily a common experience, but I personally can't imagine growing up in a time without hearing leftist-inspired music on the radio. It's just wild to think about how much that sort of thing influenced me. There was normal day-to-day programming with RATM, SOAD, et al. and local weekly shows focused on punk like Propaghandi, Pennywise, Bad Religion, et al. Then again, my friends listened to the same stuff and a fair amount of them didn't consider the messages at all.

I mean, even fucking Nicktoons pushed left-wing ideas. Rocko's Modern Life often had critiques of capitalism, for example. Do family-focused shows even do anti-bullying episodes these days? That feels like the bare minimum for any show hoping to promote a positive world view.

I definitely started to roll my eyes a bit at how hamfisted shows and movies got with these messages as I aged, but I look back and can definitely acknowledge their role in getting me to critically think about morality and ethics. Eventually I started down the path of researching left-wing political and social ideas for myself. I was also lucky that my mom got custody of me after her divorce and, at least during my formative years, still held strong to her "flower child" and "bra burning" ideals. Compared to my friends all coming from religious, and mostly conservative, households, I might as well have been a Communist in their eyes.

You sound easily influenced.

It's really sad, but MAGA grows because they are willing to infantilize these people. And the people want it. It's a whole umbrella of Peter Pan's lost boys.

You are never going to solve the persecution complex some people have, because some people just like feeling persecuted.

They NEED someone to blame, doesn't matter if they win or not. It all falls apart the second they don't have a target to explain why they are failing. When they are out of targets they will turn inward and blame each other. Some of these people have been told since childhood its not their fault, they were not raised to self-reflect on their own actions.

The "alpha" males are going to decimate society when they get older because they can never, and WILL never, be happy. Chasing unrealistic ideals and blaming others for your every problem will do that.

It's a lot easier to not grow up, and Republicans have offered that as a valid option. Dems can provide an alternative, but nothing will be as convenient for the audience as MAGA's "stay a child and embrace your id."

I've pointed this out before, but it wasn't just popular music pushing left-wing ideas. The half-hour family sitcom 100% pushes left-wing ideas on a weekly basis. As an example, Tim Allen is a deeply conservative man, but the show that made him famous, Home Improvement, was feminist as all holy hell. Every single week had the same basic plotline: Jill struggles in society due to being a woman, Tim brushes her off, the two have a fight, Tim eventually realizes that Jill was right and the patriarchy keeps women down and he's contributed to it in a small way without realizing it and finds some way to make amends. Feminism was literally at the very core of the show. It was the same with Dean Cain and his Superman show, it was definitely feminist for it's time. Those weren't the only two pushing left-wing ideas either.

If you look at any half-hour sitcom you'll see the exact same thing and it wasn't just sitcoms. Movies did the same shit. Remember Lethal Weapon? The first movie was low-key a critique of the Vietnam War, the second movie was a blatant critique of apartheid South Africa, the third movie was a blatant critique of the war on drugs and police corruption, and the fourth was a critique of America's immigration and refugee policies. That's a Mel Gibson cop movie franchize pushing left-wing ideas in all four films.

Books, music, movies, television; for the longest time the left has ruled popular culture. Pretty much every single popular thing had subtle left-wing messaging. Except right now, when the right has control of the algorithms and everyone is glued to their phones. There's a reason young people were exceedingly left-wing in the past and aren't so much anymore. They used to get fed left-wing ideas on a daily basis through popular culture, but now we're seeing a generation of kids raised on right-wing podcasters and social media personalities.

 

At the end of the day everything is about material conditions, young men feel like they will never have a house/family/etc, they go online and see the "right" give answers by blaming minorities. The left needs to be better at countering this message, even if of course it's not going to be easy when media in general is owned by the right and right wing content is everywhere.

To be fair this has been the play since the 1600s, and the people most able to do something about it simply do not because they simultaneously benefit from these social divisions themselves. The media apparatus being amenable to the status quo is a problem, but it doesn't really address the fundamental issue which is that a shitload of men like the benefits of oppressing others, and to even begin to make an argument against that, you have to build non-oppressive systems to demonstrate a viable alternative. It can be done, but that takes time though, and might get you killed.

Marx's take is literally that all problems are the cause of a minority and you just have to oppress them for utopia. Something you completely believe. You yourself said this in that thread I uncovered yesterday:

Have you looked around lately? This country is held hostage by a minority of bigoted conspiratorial nutcase conservatives, and an even larger cabal of billionaire shitlords who pay off both parties. If you were intending to stop the degredation of whatever integrity this country ever had, it's way too fucking late.

saying fuck men & men suck then consequently complaining about losing elections seems like it's going to be the course of liberal/leftists for the next couple decades.

Yet the right and men say "fuck women and women suck", and they win. So why bother trying to help.

Because the goal is winning elections?

saying fuck men & men suck then consequently complaining about losing elections seems like it's going to be the course of liberal/leftists for the next couple decades.

Men break from women and vote more conservatively than they do across all demographics and class lines. Even men who are ethnic minorities and thus trend more leftward than white people still do not express progressive politics to the same degree as ethnic women do. We could literally scrub, censor, and criminalize all misandrist language today, and men will still be amenable to Republicans.

 

I find it ironic that there's persistent complaint liberals are too mean and condescending to men when nobody insults and denigrates men more harshly than alt right men. Their entire shctick is you're a loser unless you have this "perfect" life with a "perfect" body, wife, career, wealth, etc.

And that's to say nothing of how the alt-right talks about other people. They constantly vilify and dehumanize women and minorities and yet no one complains that they don't "reach out" to the other side or identifies that as a problem by itself.

I think the rub is that the denigration comes with the prescription. These charlatans tell the loser audience coming to them that they can fix their loserdom if they subscribe to capitalism. "You're coming to me as a loser, but if you listen to me and pay me, you can become me by doing x, y, and z."

I can see that being more refreshing to hear than "you're a loser" or "you're a loser because you don't take responsibility for your self-improvement or want to take time to understand the conditions of your reactionary behavior."

Men feel lost, want recognition for their loss, and then want to be told how to fix it. It just so happens that what they want to hear is just capitalism and toxic masculinity.

In what world does the alt-right promote capitalism and tell them that it's good for them?  

"Win Them Back" as if it's not a personality issue.

Hey, stop being a piece of a shit.

I wonder if it's always a bunch of incels rounding people up for death camps? Like, throughout human history. I'll bet it is. Can't wait to get executed by someone named something phallic and stupid.

 

I would like for someone to point out an election where men have ever outvoted women on the most progressive candidate in a national race.

You didn't even know there were more progressive candidates than Kamala running in the last race.

Oh, and men vote third party more than women do and register as neither D/R more often too.

The Left needs to re-brand. They need to spread the message without associating labels. The polls say that most people want healthcare, support with rent, mostly all points the left fights for, but as long as the red scare is there people will always be against it. Look at the red states, ffs.

Basically they need to do what the right did with their messaging: spread it without labels. The right spreads neo-nazi shit blatantly, but do not brand it like that, because that would be poison.

And also the left should consider playing dirty too. The right uses alternative facts and fake shit all the time pushed in the algorithms. But that shit can be done both ways. The discourse is already tainted either way, with the president itself and higher positions spreading misinformation and bullshit conspiracies. The left should also play the game.

I don't think we should be as dishonest as the right is.

 

[benji]

Books, music, movies, television; for the longest time the left has ruled popular culture. Pretty much every single popular thing had subtle left-wing messaging. Except right now, when the right has control of the algorithms and everyone is glued to their phones. There's a reason young people were exceedingly left-wing in the past and aren't so much anymore. They used to get fed left-wing ideas on a daily basis through popular culture, but now we're seeing a generation of kids raised on right-wing podcasters and social media personalities.

I didn't even really read this stupid shit or I would have realized the General Manager is posting conspiracy theories again.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

I ended things with her. She was so much fun and the sex is amazing but she needs to get off drugs and alcohol she passed out after walking all day. It was tough because she is so hot and has been all over me for days but I called paramedics and had her put into treatment.

She might hate me but at least she'll have a chance at a life. Good chance she'll go back home and face the charges she got for beating up some cops cutting off her ankle bracelet and fleeing the state

PERFECT 3 day girlfriend gonna start looking for one every time I get a check from the county

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-dont-more-people-create-threads.1131609/page-8#post-137006616

User banned (2 weeks): Hijacking other threads to get around having threadmaking privileges revoked

[Hap Shaughnessy]

So all of us that bought and played the game are also Nazi supporters??

You put money in the pocket of the proud Nazi-aligned public face of the company who made the game. Explain to me how that's not supporting him?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii-hits-1m-copies-sold-within-24-hours-already-covered-its-development-costs-update-2m-in-under-2-weeks.1100826/page-7#post-135925233

User banned (1 week): attacking other posters

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii-hits-1m-copies-sold-within-24-hours-already-covered-its-development-costs-update-2m-in-under-2-weeks.1100826/page-5#post-135922545

User banned (permanent): trolling over a series of posts, account in junior phase

Ok. In the case of such partisanship there's nothing more to discuss (at least not without risking a ban lol)

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii-hits-1m-copies-sold-within-24-hours-already-covered-its-development-costs-update-2m-in-under-2-weeks.1100826/page-6#post-135924153

User banned (1 week): thread derail, meta commentary

Given our stance on the wizard game's source material leading it to be a banned topic of discussion here, I'm curious why KCD2 continues to get play here.

Edit:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/kingdom-come-deliverance-ii-hits-1m-copies-sold-within-24-hours-already-covered-its-development-costs-update-2m-in-under-2-weeks.1100826/#post-135363087

User banned (permanent): Troll account

nah this thread will be a celebration of a modern old fashioned rpg ... shirley

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bloomberg-warner-bros-games-is-shutting-down-monolith-productions-player-first-games-and-wb-san-diego-wonder-woman-game-canceled.1118697/page-10#post-136264989

User banned (1 month): advocating violence

Fucking awful news, we need another Luigi moment for the gaming industry instead.

[killamajig]

The game seriously is something special. It clearly has a vision of what it wants to be and goes all out on achieving that.

I'll also say that if this game is meant to be an example of right wing ideology, it's doing a really really shit job of it. The representation of Romani and Jewish people in the game is second to none. Because of the historical setting, I'm actually learning an insane amount about how the Romani were able to live as nomads, how villagers would look down on them, what often caused pogroms against Jews to be instigated (Christians were not allowed to lend money, so Jewish lenders were often the only option and when everyone was indebted, wiping out or exiling the Jews would make that go away).

Also the romance line with Hans is far better than any other game I can think of.

Highly encourage anyone with even a passing interest in medieval history to try it out!

If Warhorse were an actual Nazi studio, doubt they would feature Romani and Jewish people in any good light.

 Not banned

[TylenolJones]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bloomberg-warner-bros-games-is-shutting-down-monolith-productions-player-first-games-and-wb-san-diego-wonder-woman-game-canceled.1118697/page-10#post-136264989

User banned (1 month): advocating violence

Fucking awful news, we need another Luigi moment for the gaming industry instead.

The gaming industry already had that moment. 

[No. 1 Boss Jocker]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-need-some-input-on-whether-i-should-buy-an-expensive-luxury-item-or-not.1137132/

About 2 years ago, I was in a department store, and I saw an 83 inch OLED tv, a Sony, for £4000. I had and still have a 65 inch Sony OLED and I really like it, but I really wanted said tv. I'm on a very limited income, and I don't touch stuff like loans or credit cards/agreements after making some poor very choices about them. So I decided I'd save up for one, which I did, for 2 years. I don't remember off the top of my head what model that tv was, but now there's one I knew I wanted, same size, £3500.

Lot of money to spend on a luxury item, but I saved for it, and last Friday I had saved enough for it, while still having some money left over, so it wasn't like I was spending every single penny I had. But I'm still hesitating, and need to sound it out best as possible


- The main thing thats made me hesitate is the call we had on the same Friday from the management company that owns my building on behalf of an investment firm. They're selling the building and are going to get everyone possible out so they can refurb the flats and increase the rents, and thats gonna include us. So it feels pretty irresponsible to spend all that money when my living situation is so uncertain.

- What's the point of buying the tv, getting it into this building with no lift, and then having to bring it down again in a few months when we leave?

-- Costs more money to buy a new stand for the tv, same issue with bringing it up the stairs, as I don't have a stand big enough for it right now.

- On the other hand, I want the tv, ive been saving for 2 years for it, I want it.

- it's also on discount right now, granted it'll probably get another discount at some point, but still, its on discount.


I would appreciate some input on this.

I'm pretty certain that this poster has mentioned never having had a job, living off benefits / student loans. Also buys all the new tech that comes out and seems to eat exclusively junk food.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kingdom-come-deliverance-2-review-thread.1098792/page-4#post-135270513

User Banned (Permanent): Troll account

goty

[benji]

I'll also say that if this game is meant to be an example of right wing ideology, it's doing a really really shit job of it. The representation of Romani and Jewish people in the game is second to none. Because of the historical setting, I'm actually learning an insane amount about how the Romani were able to live as nomads, how villagers would look down on them, what often caused pogroms against Jews to be instigated (Christians were not allowed to lend money, so Jewish lenders were often the only option and when everyone was indebted, wiping out or exiling the Jews would make that go away).

Just sounds like some decolonization efforts against oppressor settlers who should go back where they belong.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/first-image-of-david-thewlis-as-peylak-from-avatar-fire-and-ash.1103370/page-2#post-135467466

User Banned (3 Months): Dismissing Concerns of Cultural Stereotyping; Long History of for the Same

Because these movies perpetuate harmful stereotypes of other cultures.

The creator has the most tone deaf possible responses to these questions

Are we not allowed to talk about that?

Of course you are. It should be (and has been) talked about. But if we go by your behavior last time around, people here would ask that you talk about it and address it in a thread dedicated to the issue. Rather than derailing every single thread about this franchise with the same conversation and unsubtly demonizing anybody that enjoys these movies for not engaging you on this same conversation in every single thread about these movies.

[benji]

What culture is being stereotyped?

[HaughtyFrank]

Resetera only years ago "Yes all men!"

Resetera now: "Why are young men moving to the right??"

Like when have they actually made an effort to attract young men (Haha, phrasing) to the left?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/rant-vent-im-fed-up-at-feeling-lesbians-arent-wanted-in-rpgs.1100052/page-3#post-135412026

User banned (permanent): Troll account

Not to disagree with your point as in "distinct romances" is also something I felt better than playersexual. However:

Who's funding the resource for developing better romance content?

I have played most of the games mentioned in the thread (BG3, PF:WOTR, 2077, etc), for the most part romance is not mandatory for progression and mostly a flavor item. In any of these games you have complex combat system, divergent plots, etc. I don't expect dev to put a huge amount of resources on romance because it will likely dilute the other content. Take PF:WOTR (Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous) for example, romance will give some stat bonus and change some slides at the epilogue, but that's it. The game itself features complex PF1/DND 3rd style buff/attack/damage system that is probably require huge investment in dev resources. I imagine the resources allocation would be 90% core game play 10% romance or less even. So playersexual in these cases I feel are a good compromise, given that I play them not entirely for romance but also for combat and story too.


So to sum up, these combat-oriented RPG games would never put romance as a core focus. You'd better look for good romance writing in games like Life is Strange.

[Boredfrom]

The richest man in the world who has already killed untold thousands of people by destroying USAID and has wrecked peoples' lives by taking their livelihoods: "I'M THE REAL VICTIM HERE!"

https://www.resetera.com/threads/elon-musk-tw𝕏tt𝕏r-dr𝕏m𝕏-𝕏t-let’s-keep-it-here-parody-🔵-official-ꕤ.649272/page-1124#post-137150907

[benji]

Actually, I'll quote the whole three-post thread:
the problem with this discourse is that people say that the left needs to "speak to young men" in some general way, but no specifics are ever given because then you'd realize these people actually have no solution

this post says progressives need to address young men's needs. like what? job security? education? mental health concerns? which side do you think has the better offering for young men in those areas?

what the right is offering young men is the subjugation of women in lieu of any material gains for men. that, like many components of fascism, feels very immediately rewarding to some people. it's not something you can easily replicate on the left.

But... it literally is how the left does everything these days?

Also, whether people are intentionally doing it or if they're just unaware, the whole talking point of "this is why the left lost the election" any time people criticize men, say "fuck men", or just turn their backs on men in general is FUD straight from the right-wing playbook to get people to stop these men from being held accountable for their beliefs or their actions.

I think they'll accept the political power in exchange for being "held accountable"?

100%

Its crazy to me how many people in here are basically say "fuck em". This is literally why they were able to be radicalized by the right.
Everyone matters and everyone needs to feel like they matter. Just because some people have had it immensely better doesn't mean they dont deserve to be seen. That doesn't mean give white men equal support as a group that is underserved, but it does mean some effort must go to both.

This statement is easier to swallow when the disagreement is not human rights.

It is VERY HARD to give a fuck for a neighbor who wants me to be not alive anymore. We are expected to hold our hands out for those with knives in our face?

 Fuck all men.

This incessant coddling of men grows tiring.

Over and over and over we're told this. We have to reach out to them. We have to teach them. We have to demonstrate that we're worthy of being treated like human beings. I am not doing it. These men are an active danger to me. Other men can handle this one. I'm going to keep myself safe and limit my contact as much as possible.

TransEra is the best. I love how they all ran to this post from their queen.

How are they supposed to win them back? What can the Dems offer these shit stains that is more appealing to them than white cishet supremacy, domination over women and minorities, and a world where rapists are given the power to run the country?

Maybe not assuming this is what they want?

Here's my thing

Maybe lets try actually, honestly, confidently offering class based messaging with bold ideals and strong policies that would address people's underlying material conditions, reform the various systems we have into better ones, and get behind people that actually authentically believe in that ideal and can message it.

If that doesn't work, fine, we can all retreat into the liberal Curtis Yarvin headspace of "these morons are too stupid to know whats best for them and democracy is pointless"

Which seems like a lot of people are already doing

But a lot of the Democratic Party's navelgazing is little more than a bunch of "we have tried nothing new and we are all out of ideas."


I don't even understand the whole "it's pointless, they cant be won." Like literally the Democratic party post 2008 has time and again explicitly said they de-prioritize young voters cause "they don't show up." I can't even count the amount of times I have heard Democratic knowledge leaders or people I know that are into party organizing regurgitate the phrase about how "all that campus outreach to register young voters from Obama in 08 was actually wasted calories cause the turnout to investment ratio was so low." Even though it did deliver a multi decade high in youth turnout and that brief moment where Democrats tried to win youth voters still has dividends being paid today as Millennials, unlike every other generations before or since have not broken right nearly as hard.

Can take Nola out of The Bore but not The Bire out of Nola?

[killamajig]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/first-image-of-david-thewlis-as-peylak-from-avatar-fire-and-ash.1103370/page-2#post-135467466

User Banned (3 Months): Dismissing Concerns of Cultural Stereotyping; Long History of for the Same

Because these movies perpetuate harmful stereotypes of other cultures.

The creator has the most tone deaf possible responses to these questions

Are we not allowed to talk about that?

Of course you are. It should be (and has been) talked about. But if we go by your behavior last time around, people here would ask that you talk about it and address it in a thread dedicated to the issue. Rather than derailing every single thread about this franchise with the same conversation and unsubtly demonizing anybody that enjoys these movies for not engaging you on this same conversation in every single thread about these movies.

Speaking of Fj his ban is almost up for this

https://www.resetera.com/threads/11-year-old-girl-kills-herself-after-6th-grade-classmates-allegedly-bully-her-about-immigration-status-threaten-to-call-ice-to-have-parents-deported.1114353/#post-136047279
User Banned (1 Month): Highly inflammatory rhetoric in a thread concerning suicide

This is what Latinos voted for, because every single one of them is convinced they're white enough, legal enough to be one of the good ones.

Breaks my heart.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/six-cybertrucks-vandalised-with-swastikas-in-the-seattle-area.1132923/page-5#post-136969317

User banned (1 week): Thread derail over multiple posts

Fascism doesn't care about democracy, you cannot democratically defeat fascism if it's already in power.

In that case you better drop any anti-gun activism you may have been apart of in the past and start gearing up.

What a sad, sad position the American Left finds itself in if that is where we are.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/six-cybertrucks-vandalised-with-swastikas-in-the-seattle-area.1132923/page-6#post-136983312

User Banned (1 Week): Concern trolling over multiple posts, thread derailment

Maybe this is a bad idea, but i'm jumping in to share my opinion here.

I'm not a Musk apologist at all. The man may very well have mental health issues that needs to be addressed (see the total 180's in his statements from 4-5 years ago). I am extremely disappointed in him and believe he needs to be removed from company leadership.

But I'm personally not ok with so many people lumping ALL Tesla owners with literal Nazis and destroying their property. This is downright hared for people who may have purchased the vehicles for positive reasons (environment, efficiency, transportation savings, etc.).

I know a lot of fantastic people who work AT Tesla that align with the values of others here in ERA. They care about making fantastic vehicles that are great for reduced emissions, overall costs, and serviceability. We own Two Teslas purchased in '22 and '23 after trying out all of the other EV brands. Teslas were far and above the other brands for us.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/six-cybertrucks-vandalised-with-swastikas-in-the-seattle-area.1132923/page-7#post-136984584

User Banned (Permanent): Inflammatory commentary towards another user, account in junior phase

You're not just a Musk apologist; you're a full on cultist. You invested in the Tesla brand and now he controls you but you're too foolish to realize. You're even trying to market his cars in this thread of all places.

These cars were never good for the environment. If elon cared about the environment he wouldn't have thwarted all those public transportation projects and lobbied for subsidized public transit rather than his luxury vehicles. Look at what they're doing to environmental regulations! You won't because you don't care. You're under a spell.

Personally, I think you're a nazi, not literally, but whatever the modern equivalent is. If hitler was revived today you'd get right in line to suck his lil' dick.

[Boredfrom]

this post says progressives need to address young men's needs. like what? job security? education? mental health concerns? which side do you think has the better offering for young men in those areas?

Every single time some asshole goes nuts and shoots people you guys don’t want to entertain the idea of “mental health”, you deride it and mock anyone mentioning it as a fascist gun nut.

So how the fuck do you think you have a better offering in that regard when you hate call mentally ill people as mentally ill people because some bizarre notion of optics.

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/rant-vent-im-fed-up-at-feeling-lesbians-arent-wanted-in-rpgs.1100052/page-3#post-135412026

User banned (permanent): Troll account

Not to disagree with your point as in "distinct romances" is also something I felt better than playersexual. However:

Who's funding the resource for developing better romance content?

I have played most of the games mentioned in the thread (BG3, PF:WOTR, 2077, etc), for the most part romance is not mandatory for progression and mostly a flavor item. In any of these games you have complex combat system, divergent plots, etc. I don't expect dev to put a huge amount of resources on romance because it will likely dilute the other content. Take PF:WOTR (Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous) for example, romance will give some stat bonus and change some slides at the epilogue, but that's it. The game itself features complex PF1/DND 3rd style buff/attack/damage system that is probably require huge investment in dev resources. I imagine the resources allocation would be 90% core game play 10% romance or less even. So playersexual in these cases I feel are a good compromise, given that I play them not entirely for romance but also for combat and story too.


So to sum up, these combat-oriented RPG games would never put romance as a core focus. You'd better look for good romance writing in games like Life is Strange.

That's his first and only post