Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[HaughtyFrank]

I don't think there's anyone I hate more than the "he/they"s just pure virtue signaling bullshit.

"All men suck but I'm now like half a man so I'm one of the good ones. Why don't you have another coke & roof- uh, I mean coke & whiskey"

[benji]

I don't think there's anyone I hate more than the "he/they"s just pure virtue signaling bullshit.

"All men suck but I'm now like half a man so I'm one of the good ones. Why don't you have another coke & roof- uh, I mean coke & whiskey"

You're just upset that they outsmarted you and found a loophole.

[kaleidoscopium]

silent panda has always been one of the best posters on the whole forum

https://www.resetera.com/threads/elon-musk-lost-democrats-on-tesla-when-he-needed-them-most-wall-street-journal.849390/page-3?post=121928748#post-121928748

Because they spam posted their usual anti-Tesla post? There is a reason SilentPanda had/has thread making perms taken away

[benji]

I am currently deathly ill from like addiction/withdrawal and all of y'all's narcissistic, coercive abuse cycle is triggering agoraphobia in me. I don't even feel like Joe Biden is lit anymore, fam.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/an-update-on-my-life-thoughts-about-graduating-with-my-phd.849447/

Some may recall that sometime last year I posted I was getting a divorce. I've had a really devastating last 9 months...fast-forward to today: it was brutal, he's an absolutely evil narcissist and it took multiple mental health professionals, friends, and family to rescue me out of a narcissistic, coercive abuse cycle from my ex. The divorce is finally finalized, but it left me financially vulnerable in a way I've never been. I've needed some good news lately. I've been doing lots of therapy to deal with the fallout/trauma of the divorce with someone I trusted with my life for 7 years that turns out they were the very worst person I could have trusted. Now I need to get a job, fast, to pay for my expenses, as 5 years of graduate student wages and life have been suffocating here in Seattle.

Well I finally got the good news I needed recently.

- My first science publication got accepted to a top 1% medical journal. It was a 9-month revision process but it's finally over and accepted. It will be published in a couple of weeks. Just have to zip them my final files.
- I had a couple more seminars left to take for my computational molecular biology certificate and I talked to the program coordinating professor and they counted some of my other credits for the seminar so I don't have anything left to take. I just got the certificate.
- I explained my circumstances to my own program coordinator and she counted another course I took as sufficient to get my the data science title on my PhD, so that worked out as well without me having to take more quarters.
- All this cleared me for getting ready for graduation.
- So I'm done with all my degree requirements.
- With all that solidified, the last thing left to do was to talk to my boss on if he was going to let me graduate this summer like I expected. I was really nervous about it but he said since I published now that I'm free to go. I'm working on a second paper and a co-authorship but I can finish that in tandem with my the rest of my life plans and graduating. It went well.
- I've registered for graduation now and scheduled my dissertation defense. It's really happening.
- I talked to a headhunter who scouted me for a position I already applied for and it looks like I'm a really good candidate, I'm hoping I can get a job offer asap. Looking for positions in Seattle currently.

Why did I write all this? Because I've been silent, on social media (because I'm paranoid about my ex snooping about my life through reconnaissance with our mutual friends), and hermited almost (my ex-spouse's abuse on my triggered an agoraphobia I've never dealt with in life before), about my life for about 9 months now but it's truly been a living hell. I needed to write out that things are turning around for me. And take a moment to acknowledge myself...I've survived a lot. I thought I wouldn't get to graduate at all. I had mused about suicide plans or just quitting everything and running away. I had been so emotionally betrayed by the divorce that I thought the daily sobbing and wailing was going to consume me forever. I thought I was going to die from the devastation of my divorce. It's the hardest thing I've ever experienced, like cutting off half my body to save the other half. I honestly did not think I would make it this far. I was very sick in December, like deathly ill literally, from recovery from weed addiction/withdrawal plus torment and abuse from my ex-spouse on his way out of my life. I had basically given up on everything. I was about to lose my home, my previous life, and I had no money and had to take on 99% of the marital debts despite me making 1/3 of his income because he refused to do an inexpensive, uncontested divorce with me unless I did so...just a lot of stress and tragedy. Alongside my family getting sick, stepfather getting dementia (the third person I've cared for with dementia that dies/will die soon of these symptoms...) and they're far away while I've been recovering in Seattle. It's been a challenging road. All while I've had to finish my PhD work or I wouldn't graduate.

Well now it's happening. I'm graduating, I'm getting that PhD, and I'll be eligible for a high-paying job soon that will rescue me from this devastating blow my ex-spouse did to my life. And hopefully I'll get to keep my house. It's exciting but I'm not used to good news in my life so part of me is anxious/doesn't believe that this is real. But I'm trying to settle into the reality that it is.

When I took care of my Colombian grandmother with dementia before she died, she used to call me her "doctor", as if to speak into existence a reality that wasn't yet so. Because I was the only grandson that cared for her and visited her, and she only had a 4th grade education, so she used to think so highly of me she would call me "Doctor".

Now I'm registered for hooding ceremonies in June and the excitement is building up. Grandma died a couple of years ago, but I dedicate my dissertation to her and my graduation to her, since I wouldn't be here without her sacrifices in her life. My dissertation defense is scheduled for mid-August and I'm looking for jobs now!

Just remember that even during the worst times, if you just survive one more day at a time, just linger one day longer in this world, each day, bad memories will fade and good opportunities will come your way, little by little, more and more each day. It's worth sticking around and seeing what life can offer you if you just survive one day, each day at a time.

And thank you to Era. If it wasn't for being able to log on and read and participate in the daily activities of this forum, the Retro Portables thread, emulation threads, occasional news threads, etc. I wouldn't have a healthy distraction from my life and I wouldn't have had nearly as much enriching conversation in my life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Era, for providing me a space to be me and to talk with you guys during a terrible year for myself.

It feels like I'm dreaming, but I keep waking up and it's all still there, still real.

Everything about the husband seems like an extreme case of it’s not even funny

Members only sub, booo.  Time to log into riotous account.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/man-lit-himself-on-fire-outside-the-courthouse-where-trumps-trial-is-underway.848988/?post=121888530#post-121888530

User Banned (1 Month): Inflammatory Commentary; Dismissing Concerns of Mental Health; Ableism

I'm quite entertained by the fact that this was done by a crazy person who has no motivations other than being a crazy person.

"Inflammatory Commentary"

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/linus-tech-tips-ranks-almost-every-game-console-released.845982/page-4?post=121791381#post-121791381

User banned (1 month): Downplaying sexism and harassment. Account in junior phase

Keep reading the thread (specifically the threadmarks), it gets even worse. It goes beyond just "a few mistakes".

I get it. But I won't follow the hate train. I prefer stay at the good side. If I need this kind of content about ltt I already know where to find. Tks.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/new-konami-code-discovered-after-25-years-in-castlevania-legacy-of-darkness.844851/?post=121733931#post-121733931

User Banned (1 Month): Racist Slur

Such an awesome opening for such a terrible game. I felt so gypped buying that game.

Still, it's pretty cool that this code even exits.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Avatar's New Groove seems to be erasing his posts:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/j-k-rowling-and-her-legacy-of-hate-the-uk-gender-critical-movement.643740/page-95?post=116756043#post-116756043

Deleted member

[Boredfrom]

Avatar's New Groove seems to be erasing his posts:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/j-k-rowling-and-her-legacy-of-hate-the-uk-gender-critical-movement.643740/page-95?post=116756043#post-116756043

Deleted member

IRL drama? A lot of stuff in those threads get borderline worrisome.

[kaleidoscopium]

Sorry but these hangers-on calling themselves ganging up on Drake just makes Drake look good

You're MAKING him the final boss.

And Kanye looks like a groupie. Which tracks.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/drake-vs-kendrick-future-metro-friends-4-20-drake-summons-ai-tupac-snoop-in-new-diss-track.829863/page-41?post=121931682#post-121931682

Count on Royalan to have the most retarded take in all black culture threads. Drake had to use AI to pretend to be 2Pac...

[Lonewulfeus]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/welcome-new-members-introduce-yourself-here.119184/page-36?post=121903584#post-121903584

Hi everyone im a walmart fan because they sell 3 dollar eagges with orange yolk. The best quality eggs. Better that there 7 dollar eggs. Nice to be here

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

I don't think there's anyone I hate more than the "he/they"s just pure virtue signaling bullshit.

"All men suck but I'm now like half a man so I'm one of the good ones. Why don't you have another coke & roof- uh, I mean coke & whiskey"

You're just upset that they outsmarted you and found a loophole.

Imagine being a cis man in this day and age. 

Just claim you're gender-fluid trans with he/her/they pronouns. White feminists will cower before you.

[Uncle]

Avatar's New Groove seems to be erasing his posts:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/j-k-rowling-and-her-legacy-of-hate-the-uk-gender-critical-movement.643740/page-95?post=116756043#post-116756043

Deleted member

IRL drama? A lot of stuff in those threads get borderline worrisome.

I assume someone who threw a huge fit like "this forum's stance on palestine is so bad, I demand that you ban me" and when they didn't get banned fast enough they started taking matters into their own hands, until the mods finally saw their request and did it

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/man-lit-himself-on-fire-outside-the-courthouse-where-trumps-trial-is-underway.848988/?post=121888530#post-121888530

User Banned (1 Month): Inflammatory Commentary; Dismissing Concerns of Mental Health; Ableism

I'm quite entertained by the fact that this was done by a crazy person who has no motivations other than being a crazy person.

"Inflammatory Commentary"

Not what their reddit commentary matches with. r/stupidpol had to go private because the guys posts were found there. 

[Polident]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/new-konami-code-discovered-after-25-years-in-castlevania-legacy-of-darkness.844851/?post=121733931#post-121733931

User Banned (1 Month): Racist Slur

Such an awesome opening for such a terrible game. I felt so gypped buying that game.

Still, it's pretty cool that this code even exits.

Genuinely, people aren't aware gypped became a no-no word, nor is it considered one by enough people to notice.

The user will assume the ban came for writing exits instead of exists. Very insensitive to suicide-era.

[Potato]

And thank you to Era. If it wasn't for being able to log on and read and participate in the daily activities of this forum, the Retro Portables thread, emulation threads, occasional news threads, etc. I wouldn't have a healthy distraction from my life and I wouldn't have had nearly as much enriching conversation in my life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Era, for providing me a space to be me and to talk with you guys during a terrible year for myself.

Your addiction to Era enabled your behavior for long, and you don’t seem to have grown at all. The fact that you are see that wasting the money you don’t have in Portable Gaming PC makes me think you are huge scumbag.

No context boredfrom posts are the true bore boss run!

[kaleidoscopium]

Lobbyists who have be trying to ban TikTok admitted politicians finally came to around to it after there was a massive amount of pro-Palestinian content. They couldn't ban it under Trump because there wasn't an appetite for it.

We also know that Meta is lobbying against TikTok so they have less competition.

It was slow going until Oct. 7. The attack that day in Israel by Hamas and the ensuing conflict in Gaza became a turning point in the push against TikTok, Helberg said. People who historically hadn't taken a position on TikTok became concerned with how Israel was portrayed in the videos and what they saw as an increase in antisemitic content posted to the app.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/house-approves-sell-or-be-banned-tiktok-measure-attaching-it-to-foreign-aid-bill.849453/page-8?post=121928811#post-121928811

Thordinson saying the quiet part out loud, pro Palestinian posts are rooted in antisemitism.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Thordinson won. PoliEra lost. 

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/new-konami-code-discovered-after-25-years-in-castlevania-legacy-of-darkness.844851/?post=121733931#post-121733931

User Banned (1 Month): Racist Slur

Such an awesome opening for such a terrible game. I felt so gypped buying that game.

Still, it's pretty cool that this code even exits.

Genuinely, people aren't aware gypped became a no-no word, nor is it considered one by enough people to notice.

The user will assume the ban came for writing exits instead of exists. Very insensitive to suicide-era.

genuinely what does it matter if it doesn't communicate hate today

if you don't mean it that way when you say it and there's no one around to be offended by it, does it still make a sound?

there are hundreds of words rooted in some modern leftist definition of bigotry that we've probably yet to even identify

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/restricting-toilet-use-should-be-banned.849474/page-2?post=121926327#post-121926327

Should be illegal to refuse bathroom access.

The point of little to zero public washrooms especially in cities was because businesses were able to offer that service since the infastructure was there and was convenient.

I have now noticed more smaller use washrooms pop up in parks and other places because businesses are being ghouls about it. I get a laugh when a customer only bathroom business fails cause it feels like karma.

You get a laugh when people's livelihood goes under?

"Refusing access for a basic human function should be illegal!"

"I get enjoyment from watching people lose their jobs they need for basic human function"

that's awesome

[HaughtyFrank]

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Thank you Biden! 

If you're against the banning of Tiktok then you're for trans genocide. Simple as that.

[benji]

It's completely okay if a US based corporation is influencing and elections by conservative side but you know Lord forbid the Chinese should have any sort of influence..

I'm being slightly sarcastic but this is all nonsense and of course "rules for thee but not for me." Long live the US empire

The only one allowed to disenfranchise and propagandize to American citizens is me.

[benji]

Speaking of Nepenthe:

[kaleidoscopium]

I mean, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I disagree. Elon actively mocks the idea that people like me should have equal rights and riles up his fanbase to mobilize against people like me through a bunch of pretty fucking audible dog-whistles. He and his stewardship of Twitter make the world less safe for people like me.

Yes, all these companies are late-stage capitalist companies and they're all complicit in environmental degradation and they all probably have some terrible work for them. But platforming literal nazis and stopping juuuust shy of straight-up advocating for violence against trans and gender-expansive people on Twitter is a pretty overt escalation beyond that.

Someone seemingly wanting me dead is a pretty good reason for me to choose not to further enrich them.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/elon-musk-lost-democrats-on-tesla-when-he-needed-them-most-wall-street-journal.849390/page-3?post=121934592#post-121934592

What are these weirdos talking about? Seriously, 

https://fortune.com/2022/06/02/elon-musk-tesla-lgbtq-hrc-corporate-equality-index-personal-choices/#

7th year in a row with perfect 100/100 rating from the HRC

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

kaleidoscopium I need you to stop thinking logically and just start hating Elon. 

Do you really want to be on the wrong side of history? 

[benji]

I mean, everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I disagree. Elon actively mocks the idea that people like me should have equal rights and riles up his fanbase to mobilize against people like me through a bunch of pretty fucking audible dog-whistles. He and his stewardship of Twitter make the world less safe for people like me.

Yes, all these companies are late-stage capitalist companies and they're all complicit in environmental degradation and they all probably have some terrible work for them. But platforming literal nazis and stopping juuuust shy of straight-up advocating for violence against trans and gender-expansive people on Twitter is a pretty overt escalation beyond that.

Someone seemingly wanting me dead is a pretty good reason for me to choose not to further enrich them.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/elon-musk-lost-democrats-on-tesla-when-he-needed-them-most-wall-street-journal.849390/page-3?post=121934592#post-121934592

Okay, so don't? Who's saying you can't?

[benji]

Worst case scenario for Tesla is Elon becoming so obviously toxic that buying a Tesla is seen as a choice to deliberately signal support Elon and his politics, sort of like those Trump sneakers are. And honestly, I don't think we're that far off from that point now.

[benji]

I have no clue how these people can post all day about how everyone but them is stupid and brainwashed by algorithms and at the same time post about how everyone is hyperobsessed with whatever they are.

Plus the mass misunderstanding of necessary and sufficient conditions.