07-31-2024, 03:27 PM
Elon Musk might be a meth addled satanist demon but deadbranding is so dehumanising
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07-31-2024, 03:27 PM
Elon Musk might be a meth addled satanist demon but deadbranding is so dehumanising
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07-31-2024, 04:00 PM
(07-31-2024, 02:22 PM)kaleidoscopium wrote:TheEchosOfTheCyborg wrote:To be blunt, this isn't on the userbase, Elon should NEVER have been allowed to buy Twitter, no one person should be able to buy and wreck and essential service like he did and the fact that nothing has been done to intervene is a failure of our governmental and economic system. Instead of trying to push people into other services (also ran by billionaires which lets be honest, are just more quiet that Musk), we need to push our governments into taking action, to make shit like this can't happen or take down Twitter and Musk for being dangerous. How exactly did Elon ruin Twitter again? I’m a bit confused by that because aside from a couple of boneheaded decisions around ‘Verified’ tags, I struggle to see why it’s ruined compared to before.
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07-31-2024, 04:10 PM
(07-31-2024, 03:05 PM)Superstar wrote: Nelson Mandela is literally Hamas A: He was on a watchlist. B: https://time.com/5338569/nelson-mandela-terror-list/ Quote:On the ANC side, a deciding factor was a shift in strategy that led some activists to see violence as a possible means to an end; the end being, the end of South Africa’s official government policy of the separation of blacks and whites. Since its founding in 1912, “the ANC fought against apartheid for decades through rigorously nonviolent means, mostly labor strikes and public service boycotts,” TIME later reported. But, “The ANC’s policy of nonviolence received a sudden and brutal setback in 1960.” Now, I wouldn’t agree with him on a watchlist now, but during the Cold War it’s another matter. And hardly as a gotcha that the REeeee douchebag thinks it is.
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07-31-2024, 04:16 PM
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Quote:Israel has been conducting a brutal and illegal blockade on Gaza for almost two decades with the goal of exterminating its people. They tried peacefully protesting in 2018 and hundreds of them got killed and many more got their kneecaps blown off by IDF soldiers, all while armed Israeli kibbutz "civilians" whose "settlements" are right next to military bases (human shields) cheered them on. Israel has also captured thousands of Palestinians with no charges and are raping them in prison. Hamas captured hostages to trade for the freedom of their hostages being held in Israel. Israel carpet bombed their own citizens to prevent them from acquiring this leverage, then blamed Hamas for the destruction they caused.https://www.resetera.com/threads/ap-hamas-leader-ismail-haniyeh-assassinated-in-tehran.940896/post-126544944 User banned (2 weeks): conspiracy theories and misrepresenting information over a series of posts In another post he straight up called October 7th ethical resistance but somehow that earns him less of a timeout than someone admitting that they like videogame titties.
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07-31-2024, 04:28 PM
(07-31-2024, 04:00 PM)JoeBoy101 wrote:(07-31-2024, 02:22 PM)kaleidoscopium wrote:TheEchosOfTheCyborg wrote:To be blunt, this isn't on the userbase, Elon should NEVER have been allowed to buy Twitter, no one person should be able to buy and wreck and essential service like he did and the fact that nothing has been done to intervene is a failure of our governmental and economic system. Instead of trying to push people into other services (also ran by billionaires which lets be honest, are just more quiet that Musk), we need to push our governments into taking action, to make shit like this can't happen or take down Twitter and Musk for being dangerous. How can something be ruined but also be impossible to live without? Only Era knows.
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07-31-2024, 04:36 PM
(07-31-2024, 04:16 PM)HaughtyFrank wrote:Quote:Israel has been conducting a brutal and illegal blockade on Gaza for almost two decades with the goal of exterminating its people. They tried peacefully protesting in 2018 and hundreds of them got killed and many more got their kneecaps blown off by IDF soldiers, all while armed Israeli kibbutz "civilians" whose "settlements" are right next to military bases (human shields) cheered them on. Israel has also captured thousands of Palestinians with no charges and are raping them in prison. Hamas captured hostages to trade for the freedom of their hostages being held in Israel. Israel carpet bombed their own citizens to prevent them from acquiring this leverage, then blamed Hamas for the destruction they caused.https://www.resetera.com/threads/ap-hamas-leader-ismail-haniyeh-assassinated-in-tehran.940896/post-126544944 And 6 times less than misgendering Ava Kris Tyson (if using "they" even counts as misgendering). You see what the priorities are.
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07-31-2024, 04:55 PM
(07-31-2024, 02:22 PM)kaleidoscopium wrote:TheEchosOfTheCyborg wrote:To be blunt, this isn't on the userbase, Elon should NEVER have been allowed to buy Twitter, no one person should be able to buy and wreck and essential service like he did and the fact that nothing has been done to intervene is a failure of our governmental and economic system. Instead of trying to push people into other services (also ran by billionaires which lets be honest, are just more quiet that Musk), we need to push our governments into taking action, to make shit like this can't happen or take down Twitter and Musk for being dangerous. An essential service. ![]()
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07-31-2024, 05:17 PM
(07-31-2024, 04:00 PM)JoeBoy101 wrote:(07-31-2024, 02:22 PM)kaleidoscopium wrote:TheEchosOfTheCyborg wrote:To be blunt, this isn't on the userbase, Elon should NEVER have been allowed to buy Twitter, no one person should be able to buy and wreck and essential service like he did and the fact that nothing has been done to intervene is a failure of our governmental and economic system. Instead of trying to push people into other services (also ran by billionaires which lets be honest, are just more quiet that Musk), we need to push our governments into taking action, to make shit like this can't happen or take down Twitter and Musk for being dangerous. That’s the thing, it’s essentially the same site. Go back to those original posts when he took over and read how most expected it to implode by the end of the year ![]()
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Poklane wrote:So fucking done with this continuing to happen everywhere while the rich assholes responsible for the bad business decisions which got these studios there in the first place suffer no consequences. GamerAddict411 wrote:This is the reality of end stage capitalism. Fuck around and the people they lead do the finding out. ![]() https://www.resetera.com/threads/bungie-is-laying-off-220-employees-or-17-of-its-workforce-155-additional-roles-will-be-integrated-into-sie-75-additional-roles-going-to-new-studio.941271/ Fucking crocodile tears.
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07-31-2024, 05:20 PM
(07-31-2024, 05:17 PM)kaleidoscopium wrote:(07-31-2024, 04:00 PM)JoeBoy101 wrote:(07-31-2024, 02:22 PM)kaleidoscopium wrote: https://www.resetera.com/threads/elon-musk-takes-fire-for-posting-fake-video-of-kamala-harris.940080/page-7?post=126544041#post-126544041 Well, I wish didn’t need to register to actually be able to see tweets or how sometimes embeds just don’t work. ![]() Hardly smooth sailing.
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(07-31-2024, 04:00 PM)JoeBoy101 wrote: How exactly did Elon ruin Twitter again? I’m a bit confused by that because aside from a couple of boneheaded decisions around ‘Verified’ tags, I struggle to see why it’s ruined compared to before. Mainly: People no longer get banned for misgendering/going against the trans mafia and he unbanned some people who had been banned for stuff like misgendering. ![]() His layoffs seem to have gotten rid of the progressive enforcers at the company who would ban the instant the likes of Taylor Lorenz directed them to some wrongthink. Don't get me wrong, I don't think Elon is doing a great job with Twitter... Advertising seems down and the blue check change was asinine... But it's the same website it's always been just with a bit more freedom for right wing voices than there was before the takeover. ![]() The people complaining about Elon ruining Twitter were calling it an irredeemable Hellsite for years before Elon bought the place. They just don't want to see anything they disagree with. ![]() Edit:Top page video game content ![]()
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07-31-2024, 05:37 PM
Ehh nah. Twitter was never particularly great but it is way way worse now. Way worse. Its not just that misgendering/progressive nonsense.
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Quote:The people complaining about Elon ruining Twitter were calling it an irredeemable Hellsite for years before Elon bought the place. Exactly. ![]() In the technical side, I think the site is worse but the site user base is almost exactly in the same place, for better or worse. Of course, this is the impression from someone that has not used it for years outside searching tweets, something that you are not allowed without log in any more.
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(07-31-2024, 02:22 PM)kaleidoscopium wrote:All these dudes ever want is the cops to start doing violence to people and seizing assets without due process. All for a momentary rush about "justice" being handed out for a few seconds.TheEchosOfTheCyborg wrote:To be blunt, this isn't on the userbase, Elon should NEVER have been allowed to buy Twitter, no one person should be able to buy and wreck and essential service like he did and the fact that nothing has been done to intervene is a failure of our governmental and economic system. Instead of trying to push people into other services (also ran by billionaires which lets be honest, are just more quiet that Musk), we need to push our governments into taking action, to make shit like this can't happen or take down Twitter and Musk for being dangerous. Like this lunatic mouthbreather can't even comprehend what he's calling for. He's just upset that something isn't the way he wants and he wants some heads busted and people harmed so he feels like he has some semblance of control over something that he's done nothing to earn a say in. Since I exist you should do as I say or else suffer violence. That's really what all these people want, like Nepenthe said, they've chosen to be failures and that upsets them because they "deserve" Heaven on Earth so now everyone else needs to be controlled with no deviation so it feels like "order" has been imposed on themselves without them having to do anything. The fact that a bunch of minorities that they hate because they blame them for the lese majeste reality delivers will get hurt and everyone will suffer is just a side benefit from the illusion of control it will provide.
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07-31-2024, 05:56 PM
Twitter was always stupid. Elon musk buying it was the opportunity for everyone to consider how stupid it was that the news cycle was dominated by a stupid website filled with such bullshit. Alas, the experiment continues. What's weirder is that Twitter definitely doesn't matter as much as it did in say 2016 but it's still as there in the background as much as it ever was.
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07-31-2024, 05:57 PM
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https://www.resetera.com/threads/recommend-games-to-help-improve-at-it-takes-two.938922/page-2?post=126423240#post-126423240
Quote: Blu wrote:I don't know. Using "my wife" sounds like you own her and is in poor taste. https://www.resetera.com/threads/recommend-games-to-help-improve-at-it-takes-two.938922/page-3?post=126433674#post-126433674 Quote: Budi wrote:scare_crow wrote:You seriously don't see anything weird about the phrase "training my wife" ESPECIALLY when it's referring to video games?She needs practice in controlling a character in 3D environment. They are playing together and OP is trying to help her improve. It's not a perfect phrase for the context, but it's completely understandable and innocent. https://www.resetera.com/threads/recommend-games-to-help-improve-at-it-takes-two.938922/page-4?post=126505149#post-126505149 Quote: Zemoco wrote:scare_crow wrote:You seriously don't see anything weird about the phrase "training my wife" ESPECIALLY when it's referring to video games?Seems pedantic with the full context.
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07-31-2024, 06:01 PM
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(07-30-2024, 02:27 AM)Hap Shaughnessy wrote: https://www.resetera.com/threads/israel-palestine-the-ongoing-israeli-genocide-in-gaza-icj-orders-halt-to-israeli-offensive-on-rafah-see-staff-posts-for-posting-guidelines.772478/page-372?post=126483444#post-126483444 Quote:
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07-31-2024, 06:03 PM
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fine, fine, I admit the choice of words was poor and thoughtless. I'll rephrase:
Does anyone have any tips for grooming my wife to become a better gamer? EDIT: The moderator post explaining the thread title change is pretty funny too. Snormy wrote:Yes, I noted that but chose to over ruled it and change the title any way. I value the comfort of members, particularly minority members, casually reading the forum who might find it troubling or disturbing over the chance someone might learn a lesson in wording assuming they even bothered to find the post in which you clarified and read some of the reasonings provided by others across the thread. Beyond that, while you agreed it was poorly worded in your post the thread still had members frankly being quite dismissive of the issue. It should not fall on minority members to continuously need to educate users and explain over and over again as each person come into the thread reacting to a badly worded title and then debate over it. ![]() ...as usual.
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07-31-2024, 06:05 PM
(07-31-2024, 05:40 PM)Boredfrom wrote:Quote:The people complaining about Elon ruining Twitter were calling it an irredeemable Hellsite for years before Elon bought the place. This is a pretty big problem for Twitter, not that I care because I didn't buy it. The user base is stagnant at best, probably decreasing through normal attrition. The blue check change not leading to a bunch of people falling for fake accounts like in the old days of Twitter tells me there aren't a lot of new users around.People used to fall for that stuff all the time before verified blue checks became widespread, and even afterwards. But experienced users are too wise to that.
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07-31-2024, 06:07 PM
Twitter was/is a good way to get info quick.
Clearly (potus) people still use it as a delivery mechanism, but using it as a "social" site is pretty trash with all the muppets on there. One thing that musk introduced that was pretty cool was community notes. The implementation is great. BUT because it turned off so many people from wanting to contribute, it's just a bunch of stans doing notes. They create some humous notes sometimes, but it's self defeating at it's intended purpose.
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Two noticeably annoying parts of new Twitter are bots and needing an account. I didn’t make an account until I needed to, but so much of the online experience is anti lurking.
The bots. Look, I appreciate my ten porno lady followers. But it’s more so the artificially inflated likes, and by extension what trends. It’s pay to win.
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07-31-2024, 07:03 PM
possible acceptable phrases on ree:
"Need help finding 2 black bulls to run a train on my wife" "Need help choosing a training bra for my trans wife's Moobs."
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07-31-2024, 07:06 PM
(07-31-2024, 06:03 PM)DavidCroquet wrote: fine, fine, I admit the choice of words was poor and thoughtless. I'll rephrase: But they’re not snowflakes no, that’s the other side. Hardcore revolutionaries here, freaking out over a benign phrasing that is accurate.
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07-31-2024, 07:10 PM
(07-31-2024, 07:06 PM)JoeBoy101 wrote:(07-31-2024, 06:03 PM)DavidCroquet wrote: fine, fine, I admit the choice of words was poor and thoughtless. I'll rephrase: Isn't it funny how "language is dynamic" motherfuckers also freak out the instant they don't like a specific phrasing?
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07-31-2024, 07:11 PM
(07-31-2024, 05:57 PM)Hap Shaughnessy wrote: https://www.resetera.com/threads/recommend-games-to-help-improve-at-it-takes-two.938922/page-2?post=126423240#post-126423240 Wait, why did Budi get banned? I get calling the person a creep but dismissing misogyny?
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07-31-2024, 07:12 PM
(07-31-2024, 05:57 PM)Hap Shaughnessy wrote: https://www.resetera.com/threads/recommend-games-to-help-improve-at-it-takes-two.938922/page-2?post=126423240#post-126423240 Longer bans than you get for excusing Hamas massacres and rapes >_>
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07-31-2024, 07:15 PM
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07-31-2024, 07:19 PM
Why would B-dubs lock another Palestine thread? SIGH.. it's, I don't know because I can't even right now.. but it's like he wants to keep all the voices in a containment thread instead of letting them have actual conversations.
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07-31-2024, 07:28 PM
https://www.resetera.com/threads/israel-palestine-the-ongoing-israeli-genocide-in-gaza-icj-orders-halt-to-israeli-offensive-on-rafah-see-staff-posts-for-posting-guidelines.772478/page-373?post=126561420#post-126561420
Grudy wrote:Also another thread locked. I'm very surprised.
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07-31-2024, 07:41 PM
I’m just so relieved they changed the thread title.
What if someone new joined the forum and, seeing the original thread title, mistakenly assumed that posters at Era are constantly training their wives like show ponies?
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