Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-dont-know-if-its-worth-it-anymore.985251/

I got laid off at the start of the year, and when I got on unemployment, I got into a program about starting a business, I got the idea that, I would finally try to make a game, at least as much as one person could. And in earnest? It wasn't even going bad, I even got good impressions from the demos I produced from it, but ultimately... I needed more time and the program didn't afford unlimited time.

I had also, in my optimism in believing I would get it done in time, paid for stuff, I shouldn't have.

After now almost 2 months, I have applied for nearly 90 jobs and the response has been to basically: "Fuck off".

Some might remember me making a thread about getting into the Gaming Industry in a Junior level role, while yes, many of the jobs I did apply for where in such positions, I also applied for many that were just general Tech Industry jobs. Ones that fit my College degree and Programming know-how. Even those have been flunks and the best one I could potentially get basically told me: "We will at least glance at your resume in 6 - 8 weeks." Unfortunately, that wasn't at the start of August, so I am not even potentially close to that one.

So i thought, if I could just you know, maybe hold out, so I decided to open up Art Commissions. At least something, to get some money to help pay for stuff and wait to see about the jobs I applied for.

After all, I've done art for years now, while I'm not some AAA Artist, I am pretty decent and always improving. Since I hadn't done Art Commissions before, I decided to keep the price relatively low at $30 (which for anyone who isn't aware is quite on the low end), and you get a 3/4th body fully rendered piece of art. Even with the support of artists friends who are much bigger than I am, we couldn't get anymore to commission to me. So in the end, I only got 1 commission, from someone who is already a fairly long time good friend.

[benji]

I think The Bi-iree should be the proper pronunciation. I had thought it was pronounced more similar to Bier but the AI podcast woman makes a strong case.

[Besticus Maximus]

Kalentan, you should write a book about who is to blame for this. You could call it ‘My Struggle’.

[Echelon]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-dont-know-if-its-worth-it-anymore.985251/

I got laid off at the start of the year, and when I got on unemployment, I got into a program about starting a business, I got the idea that, I would finally try to make a game, at least as much as one person could. And in earnest? It wasn't even going bad, I even got good impressions from the demos I produced from it, but ultimately... I needed more time and the program didn't afford unlimited time.

I had also, in my optimism in believing I would get it done in time, paid for stuff, I shouldn't have.

After now almost 2 months, I have applied for nearly 90 jobs and the response has been to basically: "Fuck off".

Some might remember me making a thread about getting into the Gaming Industry in a Junior level role, while yes, many of the jobs I did apply for where in such positions, I also applied for many that were just general Tech Industry jobs. Ones that fit my College degree and Programming know-how. Even those have been flunks and the best one I could potentially get basically told me: "We will at least glance at your resume in 6 - 8 weeks." Unfortunately, that wasn't at the start of August, so I am not even potentially close to that one.

So i thought, if I could just you know, maybe hold out, so I decided to open up Art Commissions. At least something, to get some money to help pay for stuff and wait to see about the jobs I applied for.

After all, I've done art for years now, while I'm not some AAA Artist, I am pretty decent and always improving. Since I hadn't done Art Commissions before, I decided to keep the price relatively low at $30 (which for anyone who isn't aware is quite on the low end), and you get a 3/4th body fully rendered piece of art. Even with the support of artists friends who are much bigger than I am, we couldn't get anymore to commission to me. So in the end, I only got 1 commission, from someone who is already a fairly long time good friend.

How you gonna leave this gem out?

I don't drive, I am deathly afraid of being put behind the wheel of a car and so if I did get a retail job, I would be spending a lot of money every single day just getting to and from work. Hence why I was trying to go for Remote Work, after all, my last job went fully Remote during the Pandemic and that really helped me out.

Certified fucking clown. If you're that terrified of operating a motor vehicle then surely you already live in an urban environment where your lazy ass can get up and go apply at the nearest Home Depot/Lowe's/Burger King/Kohl's/Target and get a fucking entry level wageslave job.

This dumb bitch just wants to sit at home and draw furry porn.

[AldusMoneyPenny]

Kalentan, you should write a book about who is to blame for this. You could call it ‘My Struggle’.

Speaking of final solutions to temporary problems

[Besticus Maximus]

Benji, are you familiar with Erika Hall? Trailblazing popular research writer, actually wrote a very good book (Just Enough Research).

She appears to be completely unhinged on linked in, all of the resetera talking points while punting her talks and courses and raising a jihad against AI.

[Polident]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-dont-know-if-its-worth-it-anymore.985251/

How you gonna leave this gem out?

I don't drive, I am deathly afraid of being put behind the wheel of a car and so if I did get a retail job, I would be spending a lot of money every single day just getting to and from work. Hence why I was trying to go for Remote Work, after all, my last job went fully Remote during the Pandemic and that really helped me out.

Certified fucking clown. If you're that terrified of operating a motor vehicle then surely you already live in an urban environment where your lazy ass can get up and go apply at the nearest Home Depot/Lowe's/Burger King/Kohl's/Target and get a fucking entry level wageslave job.

This dumb bitch just wants to sit at home and draw furry porn.

Don’t underestimate how many services deliver. Food, groceries, whatever. Some people can survive (debatable) without leaving their homes for days and weeks.

[FEUER FREI.]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-dont-know-if-its-worth-it-anymore.985251/

So here I am, almost out of money, stuff to pay off, no job, and honestly just considering just giving up, all the result of my dumb arrogance in myself.

I got laid off at the start of the year, and when I got on unemployment, I got into a program about starting a business, I got the idea that, I would finally try to make a game, at least as much as one person could. And in earnest? It wasn't even going bad, I even got good impressions from the demos I produced from it, but ultimately... I needed more time and the program didn't afford unlimited time.

I had also, in my optimism in believing I would get it done in time, paid for stuff, I shouldn't have.

So, I decided to bite the bullet, admit I couldn't get it done in time, and in early August, started applying for jobs.

After now almost 2 months, I have applied for nearly 90 jobs and the response has been to basically: "Fuck off".

Some might remember me making a thread about getting into the Gaming Industry in a Junior level role, while yes, many of the jobs I did apply for where in such positions, I also applied for many that were just general Tech Industry jobs. Ones that fit my College degree and Programming know-how. Even those have been flunks and the best one I could potentially get basically told me: "We will at least glance at your resume in 6 - 8 weeks." Unfortunately, that wasn't at the start of August, so I am not even potentially close to that one.

So i thought, if I could just you know, maybe hold out, so I decided to open up Art Commissions. At least something, to get some money to help pay for stuff and wait to see about the jobs I applied for.

After all, I've done art for years now, while I'm not some AAA Artist, I am pretty decent and always improving. Since I hadn't done Art Commissions before, I decided to keep the price relatively low at $30 (which for anyone who isn't aware is quite on the low end), and you get a 3/4th body fully rendered piece of art. Even with the support of artists friends who are much bigger than I am, we couldn't get anymore to commission to me. So in the end, I only got 1 commission, from someone who is already a fairly long time good friend.

I don't drive, I am deathly afraid of being put behind the wheel of a car and so if I did get a retail job, I would be spending a lot of money every single day just getting to and from work. Hence why I was trying to go for Remote Work, after all, my last job went fully Remote during the Pandemic and that really helped me out.

So now...

I'm almost out of money.

No one wants to hire me.

No one wants to commission me.

I have stuff that needs to get paid off.

I am stressed out of my goddamn mind and I don't see any sign of hope. At this point, I don't see any reason why I shouldn't just go walk into traffic or something, I have been so thoroughly rejected by everything. And this is all my fault. When I lost my job originally back in January, I should have just tried for a job right there and then, I had the money at the time to not worry for a good long while... But that's what I did, I was stupid and now I'm paying the price.

First post

Remember friend, suicide is a final solution to temporary problems. Not worth it. It will get better, hardship is just one of the most prominent tastes of life. Best wishes!

i almost final solutioned myself this morning by choking while drinking my coffee when i read that

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Do you have a patreon?

Can't suicide bait without a Kofi or Patreon. 

[BisMarckie]

Special episode of The Bire podcast:

benji was kind enough to give us an interview. Listen to our analysis of the interview here:
https://voca.ro/1IUMHrQSqPJf

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

They went harder than I intended  

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Time to buckle up!

[TacoWallace]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nintendo-switch-2-launch-photos.985293/#post-128915484

That title almost gave me a heart attack

I laughed. Fell for it, then laughed

Lol, that's really clever bait. Congrats OP, you'll make some people here have a heart attack.

How would there be launch photos before it is officially announced?

The original meme was somewhat clever. Every parody is worse than the last and the users that remain are getting even more retarded.

[Snoopy]

FACT CHECK


https://www.resetera.com/threads/nytimes-sean-diddy-combs-arrested-in-manhattan-up-bail-denied-judge-orders-him-to-be-sent-to-jail-to-await-trial.982716/page-10#post-128901759

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Israel (and Zionists before the founding of the state) brought terrorism to the Middle East. No surprise here.

[DocWager]

I think The Bi-iree should be the proper pronunciation. I had thought it was pronounced more similar to Bier but the AI podcast woman makes a strong case.

I’m starting to think Resay Terra is the proper pronunciation.

[DocWager]

FACT CHECK


https://www.resetera.com/threads/nytimes-sean-diddy-combs-arrested-in-manhattan-up-bail-denied-judge-orders-him-to-be-sent-to-jail-to-await-trial.982716/page-10#post-128901759

Prison is a lot closer to a Days Inn. No free HBO, just Showtime, and Starz.

[Snoopy]

Even in a thread about vampires rees manage to find a way to bicker and argue with each other

https://www.resetera.com/threads/medieval-vampire-burial-unearthed-in-che%C5%82m-poland.985245/#post-128915031

[HaughtyFrank]

While I think this attack was likely illegal by international law and has serious moral issues, I doubt that it is important to Israel or many outside observers (at least in the west) whether everyone affected was actually a combattant. Working in a militant islamist and antisemitic organisation in any capacity will not net you any sympathy among non-islamists and especially among average westerners I would suppose.

It runs the risk of normalizing these kind of actions - one where everyday devices can be mass rigged and detonated by a state power, while being distributed in civilian spaces unknowingly. There are no good metrics to know who is near these devices and no way of isolating the devices from being sold or used in other spaces. You even run the risk of items like these being unintentionally distributed to other countries and places. It's a new form of terrorism, an ugly weaponization of everyday tech devices. Can you imagine such campaigns being waged on Americans or Ukrainains for example by a Russian or Chinese force? The targets, legitimate or not have very little bearing on the issues being raised here.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-an-apparent-terrorist-attack-by-israel-a-wave-of-exploding-pagers-targeting-hezbollah-kills-at-least-8-and-injures-2700-up-2nd-wave-confirmed.983253/post-128914548

What? It has everything to do with that. Its the difference between a terror attack and a military strike. 
No wonder RE moderation is so shit

[Polident]

Israel (and Zionists before the founding of the state) brought terrorism to the Middle East. No surprise here.

You know these guys have no Muslim friends who trust them if they’ve never heard rants about bringing back the caliphate.

[DocWager]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-dont-know-if-its-worth-it-anymore.985251/

So here I am, almost out of money, stuff to pay off, no job, and honestly just considering just giving up, all the result of my dumb arrogance in myself.

I got laid off at the start of the year, and when I got on unemployment, I got into a program about starting a business, I got the idea that, I would finally try to make a game, at least as much as one person could. And in earnest? It wasn't even going bad, I even got good impressions from the demos I produced from it, but ultimately... I needed more time and the program didn't afford unlimited time.

I had also, in my optimism in believing I would get it done in time, paid for stuff, I shouldn't have.

So, I decided to bite the bullet, admit I couldn't get it done in time, and in early August, started applying for jobs.

After now almost 2 months, I have applied for nearly 90 jobs and the response has been to basically: "Fuck off".

Some might remember me making a thread about getting into the Gaming Industry in a Junior level role, while yes, many of the jobs I did apply for where in such positions, I also applied for many that were just general Tech Industry jobs. Ones that fit my College degree and Programming know-how. Even those have been flunks and the best one I could potentially get basically told me: "We will at least glance at your resume in 6 - 8 weeks." Unfortunately, that wasn't at the start of August, so I am not even potentially close to that one.

So i thought, if I could just you know, maybe hold out, so I decided to open up Art Commissions. At least something, to get some money to help pay for stuff and wait to see about the jobs I applied for.

After all, I've done art for years now, while I'm not some AAA Artist, I am pretty decent and always improving. Since I hadn't done Art Commissions before, I decided to keep the price relatively low at $30 (which for anyone who isn't aware is quite on the low end), and you get a 3/4th body fully rendered piece of art. Even with the support of artists friends who are much bigger than I am, we couldn't get anymore to commission to me. So in the end, I only got 1 commission, from someone who is already a fairly long time good friend.

I don't drive, I am deathly afraid of being put behind the wheel of a car and so if I did get a retail job, I would be spending a lot of money every single day just getting to and from work. Hence why I was trying to go for Remote Work, after all, my last job went fully Remote during the Pandemic and that really helped me out.

So now...

I'm almost out of money.

No one wants to hire me.

No one wants to commission me.

I have stuff that needs to get paid off.

I am stressed out of my goddamn mind and I don't see any sign of hope. At this point, I don't see any reason why I shouldn't just go walk into traffic or something, I have been so thoroughly rejected by everything. And this is all my fault. When I lost my job originally back in January, I should have just tried for a job right there and then, I had the money at the time to not worry for a good long while... But that's what I did, I was stupid and now I'm paying the price.

First post

Remember friend, suicide is a final solution to temporary problems. Not worth it. It will get better, hardship is just one of the most prominent tastes of life. Best wishes!

I wish the world could come up with a final solution to the crisis in the Middle East.

[HaughtyFrank]

Are people finally tired of Ubislop?

Not aimed at you OP but this kinda phrasing gives me Nerdrotic brain rot right wing commentary vibes

I feel like a lot of people nowadays just paint all the Ubi games with the same brush, from what I've seen and heard this actually seems to try some big innovations for the typical formula of their open worlds.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/star-wars-outlaws-was-estimated-to-sell-800k-units-at-launch-end-of-august.985281/post-128917560

[D3RANG3D]

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

Almost Top of the page diversity.
 

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Even in a thread about vampires rees manage to find a way to bicker and argue with each other

https://www.resetera.com/threads/medieval-vampire-burial-unearthed-in-che%C5%82m-poland.985245/#post-128915031

https://www.resetera.com/threads/medieval-vampire-burial-unearthed-in-che%C5%82m-poland.985245/#post-128915139

eww Twilight

Actually yeah, I'll take yours instead lmao

Melody not even hiding their pedo shit in that thread.

https://bakemonogatari.fandom.com/wiki/Shinobu_Oshino

Physical Age 8

She now takes the form of an eight-year-old girl with another new name after losing most of her powers.

[Uncle]

FACT CHECK


https://www.resetera.com/threads/nytimes-sean-diddy-combs-arrested-in-manhattan-up-bail-denied-judge-orders-him-to-be-sent-to-jail-to-await-trial.982716/page-10#post-128901759

[benji]

It runs the risk of normalizing these kind of actions - one where everyday devices can be mass rigged and detonated by a state power, while being distributed in civilian spaces unknowingly. There are no good metrics to know who is near these devices and no way of isolating the devices from being sold or used in other spaces. You even run the risk of items like these being unintentionally distributed to other countries and places. It's a new form of terrorism, an ugly weaponization of everyday tech devices. Can you imagine such campaigns being waged on Americans or Ukrainains for example by a Russian or Chinese force? The targets, legitimate or not have very little bearing on the issues being raised here.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-an-apparent-terrorist-attack-by-israel-a-wave-of-exploding-pagers-targeting-hezbollah-kills-at-least-8-and-injures-2700-up-2nd-wave-confirmed.983253/post-128914548

No, because the American military wouldn't source their equipment from a supply chain Russia and China could have access to like this nor have their members carry it around in their everyday lives.

[BisMarckie]

Have you missed the Nothing Loud saga in this thread or you simply can't be bothered to read?

Don't worry, the Bire Podcast Episode 2 has you covered!

https://voca.ro/1cWnbp11UY44

We also introduce a new monetization concept. Instead of patreon we are looking for sponsors. Ad reads start at the incredibly low rate of $500, please contact me if you are interested. 
Unfortunately we had to decline a sponsorship offer from a butcher who didn't want people to rinse off their chicken. This kind of bigotry does not line up with our philosophy at the Bire podcast.


I'm also incredibly sorry that we keep referring to Nothing Loud's ex as "she". I am an ESL speaker and new at this podcasting thing.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

BisMarckie I need these podcasts to be an hour or more. 

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Those AI are fucking ruthless. 

[BisMarckie]

Production costs are prohibitive. I am sorry, I am really just scraping by with these podcasts. 
Pay up or stop complaining!

[BisMarckie]

Those AI are fucking ruthless. 

It's amazing, you don't actually have to do too much framing to make them go in hard