Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[benji]

Like, what the fuck does this even mean:

Something they probably would have worked on is the sidequest in Spider-Man 2 built around the Harlem music museum. They probably would have assisted with that sidequest after it was decided to be implemented, and written the text descriptions of the musicians within the museum

It's the HARLEM Music Museum so they found some Black dude to write the text descriptions? Was he from Harlem? Is he knowledgeable about music? Specifically the music in it? Or what?

Seriously.

[Potato]

Changing the topic for a second...Resetera and the weird lefty idiots are all still crazy with COVID stuff, right?

Well, this is some interesting news which, if posted, would put the cat amongst the pigeons.

Queensland's Chief Health Officer says it's time to stop using the term 'long COVID'

The term "long COVID" should be scrapped, according to Queensland's Chief Health Officer, because it creates unnecessary fear — and is "probably harmful".

John Gerrard said the description wrongly implied long-term post-COVID viral symptoms were "somehow unique and exceptional" to other viral infections, but new research suggested they were indistinguishable.

The infectious disease physician said a Queensland study of more than 5,000 people found similar rates of functional limitations in the daily lives of people a year after a COVID-19 infection, compared to seasonal flu and other respiratory illnesses.

Dr Gerrard will present the results of the study next month at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in Barcelona.

"We believe it's time to stop using the term long COVID," he said.

"[It] causes unnecessary fear. It implies that there is something particularly sinister and ominous about COVID-19.

"Our evidence suggests that there isn't, that it is not dissimilar to other viruses. That does not mean that you can't get these persistent symptoms following COVID-19, but you're no more likely to get it after COVID than with other respiratory viruses."

Queensland researchers compared 2,399 adults who tested positive for COVID-19 with 995 influenza patients, and 1,718 others who reported respiratory symptoms in mid-2022 but were negative for COVID-19 and the flu.

They surveyed the participants a year later, asking about ongoing symptoms and functional impairments using a questionnaire delivered by text message.

Dr Gerrard said — after controlling for influential factors such as age, sex and First Nations status — the researchers found no evidence the COVID-19 patients were more likely to have ongoing symptoms or moderate to severe functional limitations, a year after their diagnosis, than the other participants.

After 12 months, 16 per cent of respondents reported ongoing symptoms, regardless of whether they had COVID-19, the flu, or another respiratory infection.

The survey also found three per cent of the COVID-19 patients said they had moderate to severe functional impairment — compared with 4.1 per cent of the non-COVID participants.

Long COVID 'does exist'

Dr Gerrard said 94 per cent of participants who reported the moderate to severe level of functional limitations experienced fatigue, post-exertion symptom exacerbation, brain fog and changes to taste and smell a year after their infection.

The rates were similar regardless of whether the person had tested positive to COVID-19 or not.

Given the study results, Dr Gerrard described long COVID as "probably a harmful term", given its potential to make some people hypervigilant to symptoms in the months after their infection, which could be detrimental to recovery.

However, he stressed he was not questioning the validity of long COVID.

"Post-viral syndromes do occur. We're absolutely saying that it does exist," Dr Gerrard said.

"We see it with Ross River virus. Clearly, we see it with influenza as well.

"A severe viral infection can be quite a significant inflammatory insult and, in some people, that clearly can cause persistent symptoms. But in the vast majority of people, recovery is the norm."

Study builds on prior Queensland research

The latest study builds on Queensland Health research, published in the British Medical Journal last year, that found no difference between COVID-19 and influenza symptoms three months on from infection.

Dr Gerrard said limitations of the Queensland research included that participants who had pre-existing illnesses were unable to be identified in the study.

He also said the risk of so-called long COVID in Queensland was lower during the Omicron waves, compared with other variants as 90 per cent of the state's population was vaccinated when Omicron emerged.

"We may well have found a different result in an un-immunised population, prior to the arrival of the Omicron variant," Dr Gerrard said.

[Boredfrom]

Sorry, I was talking about Zack Snyder.

Okay? I'm not sure what that has to do with gods.

Batman kills, he always has. I don't see why an unhinged broken Batman with a death wish is going to not kill.

It was more a dig about Snyder and feeling you may give him more credit that he deserves.

[benji]

It was more a dig about Snyder and feeling you may give him more credit that he deserves.

Justice League (then as two films) was already in pre-production and Darkseid as the villain when they were shooting BvS. That's why there's the Steppenwolf scene with Luthor. The Omega logo and parademons are in the Knightmare which was Darkseid's victory that was supposed to be the second half of Justice League.

Come at Snyder da King, you best not miss.

[HaughtyFrank]

speaking of forum experts

shot:


https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamergate-2-0-chuds-furious-about-a-consulting-company-named-%E2%80%9Csweet-baby-inc%E2%80%9D-which-overviews-scripts-to-make-sure-nothing-offensive-was-written.823731/post-120475527


https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamergate-2-0-chuds-furious-about-a-consulting-company-named-%E2%80%9Csweet-baby-inc%E2%80%9D-which-overviews-scripts-to-make-sure-nothing-offensive-was-written.823731/post-120475959

chaser:


https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamergate-2-0-chuds-furious-about-a-consulting-company-named-%E2%80%9Csweet-baby-inc%E2%80%9D-which-overviews-scripts-to-make-sure-nothing-offensive-was-written.823731/post-120476073

Schrödingers Consultant company. They actually don't change anything at all about the game but they actually are also very important and if you hate them you hate diversity

[benji]

"They don't decide what the plot is about."

Then why hire them to make sure it's not problematic?

[Boredfrom]

Again, sorry Benji. I was thinking about this when I wrote that comment: 

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/zack-snyder-batman-killing-ratings-battle-batman-v-superman-1235933404/

Sorry for not being clear. 

(dont punch me   im sorry)

[benji]

"Nice video game, would hate to see Twitter and gaming journalists drag it for being problematic."

Like it's not clear what this company is really doing, if anything starts they wouldn't be working the back channels to make sure it was clear it had been vetted by proper ideological elites within the industry.

These guys think they're all so smart about uncovering systemic horseshit or underlying motivations and greed and then believe what anybody tells them.

[Polident]

Sorry, I was talking about Zack Snyder.

Okay? I'm not sure what that has to do with gods.

Batman kills, he always has. I don't see why an unhinged broken Batman with a death wish is going to not kill.

Unironically, Snyder explained it decently on the Rogan podcast. Can a character like Batman come back from that, and if he can’t, what does it say about our perceptions of them. Is the foundation so shallow and weak they can’t be tested. Broken and put back together. There’s the childish perception where people see these characters as their dad and Jesus. Inflatable. And every boy comes to realize their father was just a man. That it’s a place they can reach and even surpass. It’s mirrored in the movie when Bruce’s image of his dad has been static since childhood. The last image is Thomas Wayne foolishly trying to punch out the mugger. You see how that informed Bruce’s whole world view. Magical thinking of orphan boys.

That’s the interesting dimension to modern superhero fans. They don’t aspire to be Batman and Captain America anymore. They want to be the random people saved by them. There’s a perpetual infantilism. In a broader scope, these guys can’t accept the position of supporting the next generation by being the role model or idol or whatever. Some of these guys are in their 40s acting like they’re children. Not just the ones claiming to have DID.

That’s all to say, I think it was horse piss in those jars. Not Lex’s.

[HaughtyFrank]

Sweetbaby driving people insane

[Potato]

speaking of forum experts

shot:


https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamergate-2-0-chuds-furious-about-a-consulting-company-named-%E2%80%9Csweet-baby-inc%E2%80%9D-which-overviews-scripts-to-make-sure-nothing-offensive-was-written.823731/post-120475527


https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamergate-2-0-chuds-furious-about-a-consulting-company-named-%E2%80%9Csweet-baby-inc%E2%80%9D-which-overviews-scripts-to-make-sure-nothing-offensive-was-written.823731/post-120475959

chaser:


https://www.resetera.com/threads/gamergate-2-0-chuds-furious-about-a-consulting-company-named-%E2%80%9Csweet-baby-inc%E2%80%9D-which-overviews-scripts-to-make-sure-nothing-offensive-was-written.823731/post-120476073

Schrödingers Consultant company. They actually don't change anything at all about the game but they actually are also very important and if you hate them you hate diversity

"They don't decide what the plot is about."

Then why hire them to make sure it's not problematic?

Like all insul...consulting companies, they specialise in repackaging your own work and selling it back to you.

[Polident]

Sweetbaby driving people insane

What are the odds the Lawhorn (he/him/decent f***ing person) guy has shared a list of zionist businesses and people to boycott.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

I think Twohearts is a real person and not at all one of us or a member of Kiwifarms.

[Boredfrom]

Sorry, I was talking about Zack Snyder.

Okay? I'm not sure what that has to do with gods.

Batman kills, he always has. I don't see why an unhinged broken Batman with a death wish is going to not kill.

Unironically, Snyder explained it decently on the Rogan podcast. Can a character like Batman come back from that, and if he can’t, what does it say about our perceptions of them. Is the foundation so shallow and weak they can’t be tested. Broken and put back together. There’s the childish perception where people see these characters as their dad and Jesus. Inflatable. And every boy comes to realize their father was just a man. That it’s a place they can reach and even surpass. It’s mirrored in the movie when Bruce’s image of his dad has been static since childhood. The last image is Thomas Wayne foolishly trying to punch out the mugger. You see how that informed Bruce’s whole world view. Magical thinking of orphan boys.

That’s the interesting dimension to modern superhero fans. They don’t aspire to be Batman and Captain America anymore. They want to be the random people saved by them. There’s a perpetual infantilism. In a broader scope, these guys can’t accept the position of supporting the next generation by being the role model or idol or whatever. Some of these guys are in their 40s acting like they’re children. Not just the ones claiming to have DID.

That’s all to say, I think it was horse piss in those jars. Not Lex’s.

But is not new neither recent. And I think people wouldn't mind this reasoning if he didn't mentioned the "irrelevance" part. Modern super hero fans suck, but they can accept this stuff if done well. 

Most fans seem to feel that he is a wannabe Alan Moore without the actual writing chops. 

I get why scenes like Martha in SupesVsBatman are supposed to be touching, but also why he fails at it.

[Nintex]

Like Grummz says, lots of AAAAAAAAAA games were funded by ESG funds and other short term credit lines and loans.

In fact a lot of things developers/publishers did these last few years were just aimed at getting more funding. When your budget is $5 million investors don't see big enough returns to make it worth it. If you hire more people, increase your budget to $50 million or $100 million, suddenly it becomes an interesting investment opportunity and with sky high projections and gamers buying any old shit what could possibly go wrong. Of course no one is going to fund: Medieval Knight World or something like that so you need the rights of big IPs like Lord of the Rings and Tomb Raider. However, investors don't directly invest in Lord of the Rings The Game, better to spread risk and invest in the publisher/studio making LOTR The Game. And then the money of course doesn't go to development, instead the games are made the cheapest way possible so the cash can be used to buy more studios and IPs and attract more investors. 

Canadian, US and EU governments might also give you some incentives if you are big and tech enough, hire 'diverse and inclusive' and make it 'sustainable'. There's consultants who can help you meet the demands and requirements of such incentives and fill up management spots you haven't been able to hire yet.

So we got our venture capital, board of directors, ESG policies, DEI consultancy, cheap outsourced labor and franchise potential IP in place and Nvidia will also give us some cash if we use RTX but I think we're forgetting something in this videogame business thing 

[Potato]

Sweetbaby driving people insane

They were always insane. They just latch their insanity onto whatever is the flavour of the month outrage this week.

[Boredfrom]

And yes, I’m bitter that he was the one that made the Watchmen film.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

I think Twohearts is a real person and not at all one of us or a member of Kiwifarms.

Banshee mcspook's revenge.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gop-nominee-to-run-north-carolina-public-schools-called-for-violence-against-democrats-including-executing-obama-and-biden-cnn.827334/





Tweet reads like a Resetera post if you replace a few words.

You must not realize that the goal of Republicans is to eradicate ALL trans people from the planet. Trump and every other Republican is populating the western world to take it over. We MUST demand that our laws and people be protected.

According to JK Rowling, Trumps attacks on hundreds of innocent Trans people is not genocide. The insanity of the media demonstrates the need to teach K-12 students real history and critical thinking skills.

[benji]

Unironically, Snyder explained it decently on the Rogan podcast. Can a character like Batman come back from that, and if he can’t, what does it say about our perceptions of them. Is the foundation so shallow and weak they can’t be tested. Broken and put back together. There’s the childish perception where people see these characters as their dad and Jesus. Inflatable. And every boy comes to realize their father was just a man. That it’s a place they can reach and even surpass. It’s mirrored in the movie when Bruce’s image of his dad has been static since childhood. The last image is Thomas Wayne foolishly trying to punch out the mugger. You see how that informed Bruce’s whole world view. Magical thinking of orphan boys.

That’s the interesting dimension to modern superhero fans. They don’t aspire to be Batman and Captain America anymore. They want to be the random people saved by them. There’s a perpetual infantilism. In a broader scope, these guys can’t accept the position of supporting the next generation by being the role model or idol or whatever. Some of these guys are in their 40s acting like they’re children. Not just the ones claiming to have DID.

That’s all to say, I think it was horse piss in those jars. Not Lex’s.

I'll actually say I think this is what many of them find so distasteful about the Snyder trilogy and their complaints that he "doesn't get the characters" and it's edgelord or whatever. It's not, it's about humanizing the heroes. It's a very obvious narrative, Superman comes in as a seeming god along with the bad god Zod, but he and the other heroes discover their heroism and humanity in time to go up against an actual god. Bruce and Diana and Arthur aren't heroes anymore, they've given up, they don't see the point. Superman's still figuring it out, Flash and Cyborg never have been. Superman reminds the first ones what it's about and helps inspire the latter.

The hacky crap ending of the whole thing was for Batman to recognize he needed to sacrifice himself not for his trauma but for others (Lois/Clark) so that the Justice League could help make a better world.

A lot of people don't like the idea that heroes need to discover why to be heroes, they should just be good guys and inherently do it.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gop-nominee-to-run-north-carolina-public-schools-called-for-violence-against-democrats-including-executing-obama-and-biden-cnn.827334/

"called for violence"

She seems to be suggesting executing them for treason after trial, not like, assassination.

[Boredfrom]

[Nintex]

Genocide Joe calls it a suicide crisis

[benji]

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1768356426336866602

Genocide Joe calls it a suicide crisis

Looked at the replies hoping to see people attacking him for calling it a suicide, but it's bitching right-wingers.

[Boredfrom]

Suicide Crisis over trans genocide.

[benji]

Ah, check the quote tweets:

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

[Boredfrom]

Also, I legit feel sorry for the school and those girls. They are going to get harassed to death. Thank you, Joe.

[JoeBoy101]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gop-nominee-to-run-north-carolina-public-schools-called-for-violence-against-democrats-including-executing-obama-and-biden-cnn.827334/

"called for violence"

She seems to be suggesting executing them for treason after trial, not like, assassination.

Nah, sorry Benji. This crazy bitch is not far from making my life more difficult and I sincerely doubt the proper process of law after trial is what is on her mind with the statements.

The press is making more of her statements (calls for violence) then she made, but she's still batshit crazy. Anybody at the Jan 6 riot is fucking retarded in my mind and doesn't need to hold any kind of office, much less Superintendent of Schools.

Morrow has in the past called public schools “socialism centers” and “indoctrination centers.”

In a campaign speech in February, Morrow advocated for a constitutional amendment to abolish the state Board of Education, which sets policies and procedures for public schools in the state. Doing away with the board would put direct control over the state’s education agenda under the superintendent and the state legislature, which is currently controlled by Republicans.

Yeah, we don't need her.

[benji]

Why say "nah, sorry" if you're just going to agree with me?

[JoeBoy101]

Also, I legit feel sorry for the school and those girls. They are going to get harassed to death. Thank you, Joe.

They've gotten far in rebranding all sorts of terms to fit their whims with willing idiots nodding behind them. Making 'suicide=murder' is the promised land.