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[kaleidoscopium]

Also, i just want to say that "guys guys what if I did some diet and waxed my body and got breast implants and looked like a hot girl" does not sound something a 100% cis guy would say, EVEN if the endgoal is a very transphobic thing.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/steve-o-backs-out-on-transphobic-prank-after-a-profound-conversation-with-a-trans-person.981363/#post-128702691

They really can't accept being the butt of the joke

[HardcoreRetro]

My favourite time in 15 years across GAF and Era was the early days of the PS3 when it was struggling and they didn’t know how to deal with it

The cope! The NPD threads! Shane on 1UP Yours! “Wait for Lair!” “Wait for Heavenly Sword!”

Don't forget about Haze, the Halo killer.

[DocWager]

It wouldn’t shock me  that Steve-O would identity as a woman, he is a wacko after all.

[kaleidoscopium]

That whole last page of the SteveO thread is great. Malds calls someone out, rages off, comes back and calls someone out for not being trans but commenting on the issue and then that person reveals they are trans and Malds quiets up  

It’s really a collection of the worst users on the site in one topic

Bonus, Malds is upset with modern science

It hasn't been mentioned enough that this sort of procedure is basically impossible for someone like me to get, somehow who has been out as a trans woman and on HRT for nearly 4 years. It's not considered "medically necessary".

Yet he was nearly able to get it as a cis man doing an awful joke. This just throws fuel on the conservative "sex changes are being handed out like candy" fire. Fuck I wish they were.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/steve-o-backs-out-on-transphobic-prank-after-a-profound-conversation-with-a-trans-person.981363/page-5#post-128713485

No, it’s not basically impossible, you made poor life choices which have ended with you working at a gas station, spending all your income on gundam and video games, then running to your parents house when you got evicted, and now ebeg to other transbians online.

A simple google search shows that out of insurance “breast augmentation surgery” in Ohio costs between $6000 and $10000, that is not “basically impossible” that’s “stop buying video games and hamburgers for a year and save up if this is that important to you”.

[killamajig]

Now, I don't want to sound homophobic, transphobic or queerphobic (because I'm none of those things) but the only reason Chapell Roan is getting a pass for her total shit behaviour is because she has turned herself into an absolutely fucking ugly pretend-lesbian.

That's it. No other reason. She's become a RuPaul's Drag Race reject.

And because the vast majority of the TransMafia who are trying, and failing, to transition on Era still look like beasts (Melody Shreds, Kyuuji, Plagiarize, etc...) it's easy for these MEN to finally find a WOMAN in the mainstream who they can relate to and worship.

Chappell Roan used to look like this. Quite a babe IMO:



And then she turned into this blobby blub-blub:



And now she's become... whatever the fuck this is supposed to be...




It's fine to cancel shows if you've had a mental breakdown, illness, medical emergency, etc... But she has clearly cancelled her performances just so could attend the VMA's and get a publicity boost, which is just flat out wrong. 

It's not just a case of 'stop-your-whining, those dates will get rescheduled, people can go on the new dates' like the Era-retards are excusing her for, because those same fans have now wasted a lot of money on buying flight/train tickets, paying for hotels, taking time off from work, etc, etc... They've potentially lost thousands of dollars and annual vacation time.

But hey, on Era, it's alright. They have a new fatass LGBTQ icon to look upto and anyone who dares to criticise Humpty Dumpty in drag is clearly a woman-hating misogynist /s


Edit: Also, newsflash for these idiots: Lady Gaga did it first and did it better. When she burst onto the scene ~15 years ago, every article was about how she is a gay icon and everyone thought she was lesbian. Except, she simply milked the fanbase and attention for all it was worth and her longest relationships have all been with men. She's always been straight.

Chappell is following the exact same well-trodden path. Give it a couple of years and a couple of dozen ozempic doses. The weight will have dropped and she'll be married to a dude.

If we want give credit to an old Queen King, how about King Louis XIV. You know, the guy that all these drag people are copying. Back then everyone was doing "drag", even the women.
Louis was even doing drag as a child.

Some random "men".

And women 


Chapell Roan is just the latest using this look. Trans Reeee and company are just showing their ignorance stating she's some ground breaking icon. 

The world isn't ready for this.?.? Just google lesbian singers...
Melissa Etheridge
Janelle Monáe
k.d. lang
Dusty Springfield
Queen Latifah
Tracy Chapman
Hayley Kiyoko
Ma Rainey
Young M.A.
Tegan And Sara
Kehlani
Brandi Carlile
Brandy Clark
Syd
St. Vincent
Arlo Parks

I listed them for all the Resetera lurkers that might be interested to see the transbians on there aren't the sole keepers of  LGBTQ+ knowledge. It's a bubble inside of a bubble over there.

There's even more women, I could list that go farther back in time. After looking at all that I find it really disrespectful to those women that these Resetera transbians don't even mention them. It just shows their massive blind spot to their own history. But they sure like to lecture others from their Ivory Towers, protected by Mods and Admins.

[Venice]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, it's all kicking off in the Steve-O thread now that world-renowned trans-activist Melody Shreds has entered the ring! 

Too many posts to copy/paste and quote so I've screenshotted for my fellow Boreans convenience. The action starts from here, as Malds orders CIS people to stay in their fuckin' lane, stop talking down to proud and beautiful she-males and know their place  

https://www.resetera.com/threads/steve-o-backs-out-on-transphobic-prank-after-a-profound-conversation-with-a-trans-person.981363/page-4#post-128712150













Wow, amazing! This Melody Shreds individual sounds like someone who is deeply passionate about trans issues! I simply must follow/subscribe to their Twitter or other socials as I am sure they have deeply interesting things to say so I can stay up-to-date on the latest issues facing the trans-community...

https://bsky.app/profile/jyagi.bsky.social/post/3l46duk5ehz2d




Oh... just another trans person who loves loli porn and little girls   
(and this was one of more SFW images I could find on his BSKY)

There are, of course, people who truly suffer from gender dysphoria and genuinely are born in the wrong body, whose lives most certainly are a living hell. I do feel bad for them.

And it only makes their life even harder that these unfortunate souls are represented online by assholes like on ResetEra,  who have done untold damage and harm to how the trans-community are perceived in the real world.

Melody Shreds, you are not trans and never will be trans. You're a soon-to-be 40 year old man, living at home with your parents who you relentlessly criticise, despite scrounging off them, as you sit on your fat-ass building Gundam toys all day long.

And on top of that... you're a fucking pervert and an unashamed pedophile. Your Bsky social page is filled with borderline loli.

The only reason you identify as a woman is so you can get closer to, and creep on, true ladies when you go to a public bathroom because you sure as hell ain't got no other way of talking to one.

It's not your place to be criticising CIS-men. You are one.

[kaleidoscopium]

Ding ding ding.

I cannot point at this this enough, because his stunt gives these right-wing people ammo.

Even if he backed out of it.

According to men in this thread though, it's just asking for "unattainable perfection" to not contribute to right-wing smear campaigns. See page 3, where one states it outright. It's unattainable perfection for men not to do this, apparently, somehow.

This shit contributes to actual trans people getting more and more obstacles in the way of surgery, both because doctors back out, and because right-wing mobs push for it and now have even more ammo to use, a direct case of trans surgery being just whim of someone who didn't need it. But that's fine, because even mild criticism is thought policing and punishing. Apparently.

It's ironic that the men yelling "thought policing" are sure doing a good job policing allowed criticisms of direct harm

https://www.resetera.com/threads/steve-o-backs-out-on-transphobic-prank-after-a-profound-conversation-with-a-trans-person.981363/page-5#post-128713941

It is now… harmful… for the doctors to not do plastic surgery for a joke…?

These people man, constantly being self harmed

[Polident]

I just love the fact that it took a ridiculously large failure like Concord and the ongoing backlash and excuses for the users of that forum to face up to the fact that the moderation of it and its predecessor forum have been massively biased towards Sony and that has been reflected in the moderation for 20+years. 



A long long long overdue emote and such a timely addition to thebire and the shitbin thread.

My favourite time in 15 years across GAF and Era was the early days of the PS3 when it was struggling and they didn’t know how to deal with it

The cope! The NPD threads! Shane on 1UP Yours! “Wait for Lair!” “Wait for Heavenly Sword!”

Going from peak PS2 Sony to eating shit with the PS3 was a ride. 

Lair… when people were saying it’s actually good and playable if you plug in a generic usb controller or stream it to PSP.

[HaughtyFrank]

Also, i just want to say that "guys guys what if I did some diet and waxed my body and got breast implants and looked like a hot girl" does not sound something a 100% cis guy would say, EVEN if the endgoal is a very transphobic thing.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/steve-o-backs-out-on-transphobic-prank-after-a-profound-conversation-with-a-trans-person.981363/#post-128702691

They really can't accept being the butt of the joke

Remember Johnny Knoxville getting covered in shit? I don't think anyone a 100% not shit would do that

[kaleidoscopium]

Already edited before you responded. I understand why other people have grievances, annoyances etc with this.

But you felt the need to talk down to them.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/steve-o-backs-out-on-transphobic-prank-after-a-profound-conversation-with-a-trans-person.981363/page-5#post-128714370

“Why do all the CIS ignore us and talk over us in OUR THREADS??!!!??!!

Also donate to my kofi pls or I’ll not be able to afford a hamburger  DIE OF STARVATION”

[DJ Bedroom]

Don't forget about Haze, the Halo killer.

For some of us, gaming is a religion, and Haze is the shit.

[Alpacx]

My favourite time in 15 years across GAF and Era was the early days of the PS3 when it was struggling and they didn’t know how to deal with it

The cope! The NPD threads! Shane on 1UP Yours! “Wait for Lair!” “Wait for Heavenly Sword!”

When games journalism was entertaining.



Now it's just   from a bunch of 

[kaleidoscopium]

On the contrary, there are multiple cis people saying that he needs to be literally "positively reinforced" for this, like he's a dog lol. Someone even questioned your leftist credentials if you weren't glowing with praise. Just riveting analysis in this thread.

It is okay as a minority to be exasperated with people in the out group fucking around with your identity for a joke

https://www.resetera.com/threads/steve-o-backs-out-on-transphobic-prank-after-a-profound-conversation-with-a-trans-person.981363/page-5#post-128716338

Nepenthe has entered the SteveO thread, expect bans soon 

[Boredfrom]

On the contrary, there are multiple cis people saying that he needs to be literally "positively reinforced" for this, like he's a dog lol. Someone even questioned your leftist credentials if you weren't glowing with praise. Just riveting analysis in this thread.

It is okay as a minority to be exasperated with people in the out group fucking around with your identity for a joke

Says the furry woman that bitched about furry minorities being stereotyped in costumes.

[BananaBlast]

Funny to see Melody, the weird freak jerking off to anime children, being such an uptight moralist all of a sudden. Perhaps something about a man pretending to be a woman hits is something that hits a little too close too home for Melody. 

Also I haven't really watched much of Jackass. I know their pranks are well known for being crazy and dangerous as all hell, but I don't know if getting actual breast implant surgery for a one time prank event was something that would put this Steve-O fella's life in grave danger... as in he probably didn't want to risk dying from complications.

On the contrary, there are multiple cis people saying that he needs to be literally "positively reinforced" for this, like he's a dog lol. Someone even questioned your leftist credentials if you weren't glowing with praise. Just riveting analysis in this thread.

It is okay as a minority to be exasperated with people in the out group fucking around with your identity for a joke

https://www.resetera.com/threads/steve-o-backs-out-on-transphobic-prank-after-a-profound-conversation-with-a-trans-person.981363/page-5#post-128716338

Nepenthe has entered the SteveO thread, expect bans soon 

Alright Nep, time for you ban messofanego. Make it a lengthy one too. I'm pretty sure implying that republicans and right wingers dressing as a woman for joking purposes are potentially closeted trans people is very offensive and tone deaf to plenty of people.

[Snoopy]

Shreds is working hard to get back in with Kyuuji's high femme clique

[kaleidoscopium]

Shreds needs another pay pig to milk, stevarow can’t keep up with the burger budget of this cow

[DocWager]

On the contrary, there are multiple cis people saying that he needs to be literally "positively reinforced" for this, like he's a dog lol. Someone even questioned your leftist credentials if you weren't glowing with praise. Just riveting analysis in this thread.

It is okay as a minority to be exasperated with people in the out group fucking around with your identity for a joke

https://www.resetera.com/threads/steve-o-backs-out-on-transphobic-prank-after-a-profound-conversation-with-a-trans-person.981363/page-5#post-128716338

Nepenthe has entered the SteveO thread, expect bans soon 

Nep probably reading this forum, and us pointing out she never gets involved in them, set her off, and now she’s posting there because shes a contrarian who easily gets lured into things because of criticism.

[BIONIC]

Shreds needs another pay pig to milk, stevarow can’t keep up with the burger budget of this cow

ENHANCE

stevarow

ENHANCE

Steve O

[Steven Snell]

So getting fake boobs is transphobia?

Also Resetera and other terminally online people need to realise people out there doesn't have every fucking thing memorized of what you can or can't do regarding trans people. "It's not up to us to educate people" bla bla.

[DavidCroquet]

Now, I don't want to sound homophobic, transphobic or queerphobic (because I'm none of those things) but the only reason Chapell Roan is getting a pass for her total shit behaviour is because she has turned herself into an absolutely fucking ugly pretend-lesbian.

[snip]

It's fine to cancel shows if you've had a mental breakdown, illness, medical emergency, etc... But she has clearly cancelled her performances just so could attend the VMA's and get a publicity boost, which is just flat out wrong. 

It's not just a case of 'stop-your-whining, those dates will get rescheduled, people can go on the new dates' like the Era-retards are excusing her for, because those same fans have now wasted a lot of money on buying flight/train tickets, paying for hotels, taking time off from work, etc, etc... They've potentially lost thousands of dollars and annual vacation time.

[snip]

The world isn't ready for this.?.? Just google lesbian singers...
Melissa Etheridge
Janelle Monáe
k.d. lang
Dusty Springfield
Queen Latifah
Tracy Chapman
Hayley Kiyoko
Ma Rainey
Young M.A.
Tegan And Sara
Kehlani
Brandi Carlile
Brandy Clark
Syd
St. Vincent
Arlo Parks

I had a lot of these thoughts back when she came out with that "women don't owe you" statement about overly...something??? she was super vague...fans. 

I was immediately reminded that she was getting positive press for calling out a real life previous boyfriend live on stage, encouraging his fiancee to dump him or whatever. You can open and close that door as many times as you want, but expecting to be able to corral your fans in that context is going to be a tall order.

"I don't want you in my personal life or acting overly familiar...also My name is Walter Hartwell White. I live at 308 Negra Arroyo Lane Albuquerque New Mexico 87104."

[Steven Snell]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/steve-o-backs-out-on-transphobic-prank-after-a-profound-conversation-with-a-trans-person.981363/page-5#post-128718594

Shit like this is so pathetic. As soon as Clickity, Kyuuji, Melody and others don't get their way. I could only liken it to a kid playing on a playground and as soon as it doesn't go the way they want they take their ball and go home.

[NekoFever]

My favourite time in 15 years across GAF and Era was the early days of the PS3 when it was struggling and they didn’t know how to deal with it

The cope! The NPD threads! Shane on 1UP Yours! “Wait for Lair!” “Wait for Heavenly Sword!”

Don't forget about Haze, the Halo killer.

[Uncle]

I just love the fact that it took a ridiculously large failure like Concord and the ongoing backlash and excuses for the users of that forum to face up to the fact that the moderation of it and its predecessor forum have been massively biased towards Sony and that has been reflected in the moderation for 20+years. 



A long long long overdue emote and such a timely addition to thebire and the shitbin thread.

I like how there doesn't need to be equivalent xbox and nintendo emotes  

 

[Averon]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/chappell-roan-had-a-really-cool-performance-at-the-vmas.980595/page-3#post-128719944
Looks like gay men are no better than chud cis men:

Thing is, being queer or gay doesn't make queer/gay men any less, well, men. And men, no matter their sexuality, will never fully understand lesbians & be able to talk about us & the things we go through in society. It's especially frustrating just how often I've witnessed cis gay men in particular be lesbophobic & everything but understanding of lesbians. Which was especially harrowing as a baby lesbian when I was just happy to see anyone queer in my small city. Or just look at how lesbians in media are discussed both on & off Era - chances are high that if it's not a straight-up only lesbian/sapphic space, men will sooner or later try to take over the conversation or make it all about themselves. That's how we always get dudes butting into convos about lesbian representation going off about how they feel like they're less represented than lesbians & that actually we're so overrepresented because straight men love us while completely ignoring that fetishization is everything but representation, support & love. You'll have dudes claim that there's an overabundance of butch lesbians in media, but then are unable to name a single one. Stuff like that is fine if you come across it for the first or second even third time in your life, but after that it just becomes more & more grating.

Gay men thought they escaped Original Sin for being born male

Like, I don't want to step on any toes here & I know plenty of queer men that behave properly when it comes to lesbians & don't make us feel uncomfortable, but I can't think of a single thread where lesbians in media have been the focus in a topic on Era that was longer than a single page or two that didn't have lesbians be vocal about feeling uncomfortable with how we were talked about by men. seroun is far from the only lesbian/sapphic person in this thread alone that has voiced concerns about how men on Era talk about lesbians & women in general. This is, frankly, about lesbians & sapphic people feeling uncomfortable due to it being everything but the first instance of people on Era being weird about lesbians & women. Era already is quite awful to be on whenever men try to act like they know more about sexualization, fetishisation, and misogyny than women do or try to blame women for x thing they're struggling with instead of their fellow men, so naturally it doesn't feel any less shit when the focus is put on lesbians instead. Era isn't unique in that ofc & obviously much better than less moderated places with even less lesbians present, but that doesn't mean lesbians should just ignore their own feelings on these topics.

Now we know that a goddam lie, as there are plenty of examples on ERA where self proclaimed lesbians, especially trans-lesbians, gets away will all sorts of stuff that hetero-ERA would be instantly banned if they did the same.

Nobody has said that we absolutely do not want to talk about Chappell or other lesbian artists on here, but I think it's important to acknowledge that Era isn't really a safe space where we can feel like we're just together with other lesbians or sapphic folk because this forum is still largely men & public to boot. Once you've had gross fuckers from other sites send you the most disgusting DMs after finding your other social media accounts you don't really ever go back to feeling 100% safe to be super personal on here. Sorry, this kinda ended up being all over the place lmao & I absolutely get where you're coming from, but I think when it comes to lesbians feeling uncomfortable about how threads with us as a topic often go, it's kinda useless to go "Eh, I don't agree with this for x reason". Because, with nothing but love & a deep respect, you're not in our skin & might not even recognize or feel uncomfortable by microaggressions & just language that's often used against us that might sound fairly normal to even other queer folks.

Obviously folks want Chappell to be talked about. Because an openly, vocally lesbian artist with explicitly lesbian music who is well-known beyond just you & your two dozen sapphic friends is so goddamn rare for us. People are just voicing their concerns over how she's being/will be talked about going by their own experiences on & off Era.

Translation: We lesbians are still higher than you on the oppression totem pole. Remember that, you disgusting male

[Jansen]

The trans experience isn't a fucking prank to be laughed at.

I disagree 

[Taco Bell Tower]

Had to log into the riotous account to vote
https://www.resetera.com/threads/where-will-you-be-playing-gta-6-first-on-ps5-pro-poll-option-included.980631/

PS5 Pro
Votes: 459 30.5%
PS5
Votes: 459 30.5%
Xbox Series X
Votes: 188 12.5%
Xbox Series S
Votes: 22 1.5%
wait for PC release ( 1-2 years later)
Votes: 379 25.1

There isn't much of a difference between og PS5 and Pro so including Pro to the poll was meaningless 

[Taco Bell Tower]

Previous thread title:

Former MS exec: heard estimates Concord cost 250 million dollars to make, failed because of Firewalk company culture

Current thread title:

Former MS exec: failed because of Firewalk company culture, heard estimates Concord cost 250 million dollars to make

Some mod wanted to change the emphasis by flipping the two clauses around with a copy/paste, but failed to adjust it for the new order 

"MS exec: failed" No mention in this clause of what failed  How are they so, so bad at their "jobs", it's insane

It was probably Slayven 

[kaleidoscopium]

If I can’t laugh at Malds comical life I don’t want to live in this country anymore

[Snoopy]

The reason nobody takes ree’s lesbians seriously is because 9 times out of 10 they’re fat old men with receding hairlines.