Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[benji]

Don't forget the rampant homophobia and casual racism!

https://www.resetera.com/threads/2000s-comedies-were-wild-and-had-no-filter-at-all.988128/#post-129065712

and the extreme transphobia.

Yeah I'm good with leaving those transphobic/homophobic/racist joke movies in the past.

the amount of sexism/racism that was seen as acceptable by most was... certainly a thing.

Came here to post this. Yeah, most of these films couldn't get made today for good reason.

Oh, look, all the Born Again Scolds saw the signal.

[BananaBlast]

You don't like big farts? Big wet gamer farts?

Hell no. People into farts, messed diapers, and whatever other scatological fetishism are all fucking sick in the head.

I mean "big wet stinky gamer farts" could probably make for a funny, non-sexual meme. But as an actual fetish? Actual mental illness.

[benji]

I like how all the "wild" examples in that thread are tame for the 1970's.

The second one is barely even really risque, that's a very old joke with a very bad setup and poor execution. Broadcast TV was doing that joke the decade prior.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

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-401#post-129066858

 Can't take a lil banter.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://icon-era.com/threads/wonkybump-aka-quest4441-gets-exposed-on-reseter.14150/page-3#post-330282

We had an update!

The best thing to do is ban both accounts and be done with it.

[benji]

Christ. Imagine if it melts down. Would it be the first AI-powered nuclear meltdown of all time?

 

Don't worry if you're afraid people are being too sensible in that thread, the prominent members are on it:

While it is better than using something like coal or gas, the fact that Microsoft's AI requires a fucking nuclear reactor to run should make a reasonable world say "maybe this is really stupid."

But we don't live in a reasonable world. We live in world where people simply want "AI go brrrrrrr"

Point is: we definitely do not need to hand to to Microsoft because they seem to be using clean energy here. Because they are at the same time increasing use of unclean energy at the same time.

Here's an option that would be preferable: every energy increases is clean, and if they're not, you don't get to use more energy. Here's another thing: maybe if a technology requires ginormous increase in energy use, maybe it should not be allowed.

This isn't eliminating dirty energy, it's just being added to the overall energy needs to make the almighty line go up. People being complacent with "at least it's not a coal plant" are frogs continuing to boil and being glad that hot coals aren't being added to the pot. The pot is still burning and emissions aren't going down.

Jevons paradox continues.

Here's a centuries old adage: "no point crying over spilt milk"

AI is here to stay. It'll eventually be a massive part of our everyday lives, going forward.

Yeah by force not by utility

Well i for one hope for a better future that's not designed by capitalist hubris.

I lived 10 miles away from that plant and my family evacuated when that shit went down. Firing it up again to power AI slop sure sounds like a great idea

I'm sure the multi billion dollar corporation will use it wisely and not for any evil purposes that will end up hurting regular people in the long run.

This should be common sense, but our society has normalized bringing about the apocalypse for the almighty dollar.

Millions will die in the future so we can have shit like plagiarism machines right now, and questioning this reality gets one labeled a luddite.

It isn't going to bust. It is going to grow and infect every aspect of humanity, just as the internet has over the last 20 years.

Then human life will get significantly worse for no reason but the profits of companies like Microsoft.

And then eventually things will come topping down as the effects of climate change become insurmountable.

And this amazing stupidity:

I'd go a step further and require data centers to use low carbon sources in order to get permission to be built. Last thing we need is huge new energy drains while the grid is still dirty

[Potato]

From the construction thread:

Folks really need to start ignoring/not clicking threads they don't care about instead of defaulting to requesting bans on them

Ignore thread. Its right there. There are a lot of tools to customize this site to how you want it to look and work.

Pending threads that are outright harmful, I agree. It's not hard to click ignore on a thread.

Also posting in threads they don't want to see. Congrats you silly person, you just bumped it!

Fucking hilarious they are saying this. How often have certain cliques on ERA been allowed to brigade threads to get them closed and/or people in them banned with blatant ban-baiting?

Cunts seriously need to start quoting these comments back to these arseholes. Don't be pussies. Are you that scared of losing your account on that shithole?

[benji]

I don't know how much of this thread I can read:

Simply an indiscriminate terrorist attack. It's utterly appalling.

It's also made me look at my phone in a new way. The idea that its battery could be laced with potent explosives by a State actor that could kill or injure me and those around me at the simple issuance of a code. When you hug your baby, should you make sure you have no electronic devices near? Generally, we trust our devices aren't made with homicidal intent. As a Westerner, I'll be safe for now (though who knows what this all leads to), but why exactly should people in Lebanon not be?

We should be having empathy at how utterly fucked up and terrifying it is to not be able to trust your devices not to kill you at the command of a hostile government. This is the root of the vile, positive reactions to this: lack of empathy from the blanket dehumanisation of entire nations of people. Racism. What Israel has done is a bald act of mass terrorism, but they have also done it in a new and terrifying way that undermines the basic safety of all our lives in a fundamental manner. This is the most dystopian shit imaginable and the fact racists are approving of it because of who it happened to is disgusting.

Israel--the state, the government and military--is a clear danger to the entire world and it is apparent there are no limits to its depravity. Our only hope seems to be the people of Israel who are fighting against this fascism succeed in bringing their country away from its evil path. Unfortunately, they seem to be a minority.

What i can't comprehend is how impactful this is gonna be. Like, people are going to be terrified of using any technology for months if not years. It might spread to other regions. How sending people mentally back to the stone age productive in anyway?

True, vicious and diabolical terrorism. It's like they wanted to be become the best example of it ever.

Seriously. Israel just taught every budding terrorist organisation that if you can just infiltrate the right factories, you can make iphones blow the face off every single person in whatever country of your choosing.

Great job, guys. You're truly innovating global terror. You're an inspiration for terrorists everywhere.

I don't think it's a realistic fear that terrorists groups will be able to infiltrate the US supply chain to install secret bombs. Israel is able to do this because of their political power.

Most electronics are not produced in the US. Bribing a disgruntled worker in a foxconn like working enviroment doesn't sound outside the realm of possibilities to me.

If I was a manufacturing company, I would probably hesitate working with any kind of Israeli affiliated companies in the future. Every manufacturer needs to weigh the risk of being infiltrated and becoming an accessory to mass murder and terrorism.

So, at what point do we become concerned that a group can just disrupt the supply chain, arm random technology with explosives and then send it on its way? At what point does this come back to bite everyone in the western world's ass?

They also banned a German guy for being a "Nazi" but only a month.

To give you some perspective on the scale of attacks and who is perpetuating them. I really hope they can avoid a war too, but that's entirely on Netenyahu who does not want a ceasefire. It's been reported over and over again, and I'm tired of people painting Israel as the victim. Do you remember which nation state is in the continued act of genocide as we speak? And is backed by a superpower? The impetus for all of this to stop is for Israel to stop its campaign of ethnic cleansing. It's been 11 months and the world has barely moved. If you think that destroying Hezbollah is of higher order than I have nothing else to say to you.

Imagine thinking you're the good guys and not like those "dirty terrorists" with such tactics.

I'm geo-politocally ignorant, what the FUCK do they have on everyone else that let's them get away with this?

No matter how many bombs are dropped on Lebanon, they are the ones that US continues to urge for restraint.

Israel commits terrorist act after terrorist act, like they've done throughout their history. But Lebanon must show restraint.

B-Dubs is posting like in all shit threads:

I give it 50/50, in the states layering often requires 'useful idiots; family/friends/"too good to be true" jobs. Her moms could be lying or relaying what she told her, but if its true Hungary had to step in then odds are she didn't know she was helping a terrorist cell.

This is the thing, their government wouldn't be stepping in like this unless she really was facing credible threats. If she was involved then she'd be under investigation, not being given protection. Odds are some low-level guys got bribed to do some work on the downlow.

lmao literally "war is peace". Biden admin has orwell rolling in his grave. This fucking country is a joke.

    

Really feels like at this point I can't imagine how a trump admin could be worse than what we have on this issue.

[Potato]

FTFY

Can anyone with a PS5 genuinely say they are happy with their purchase? How many would be just as, if not more, satisfied if they stuck with their PS4?

This whole generation is just a steaming pile of shit with no purpose or actual compelling reason to buy into it.

I own one and so far I'm pretty happy with it. Some games I own and really like are: Demon's Souls, Sackboy, Returnal, Ratchet & Clank, God of War Ragnarok, Spider-Man 2, FF16 and FF7 Rebirth and Astro Bot on it.

The controller as well I think is a nice edition if developers take advantage of it. Which lets be honest is mostly 1st party or like exclusive games like the Final Fantasy games. I will say though because I bought the version before they made it smaller, thing is massive and quite the pain in the ass to make it look presentable in your entertainment setup.

PS5 is peak arrogant Sony. I won't buy a PS6 at launch because of it. Playstation has basically been my main since inception aside from switching teams during the 360 era (and yeah, even then I spent 599$ US DOLLARS on a PS3) but fuck them and the PS5.

I hide mine in shame behind my TV

If you're all being honest, it's really a PS4ProPro. Outside of a handful of games, everything has been released on the PS4 and, of those that haven't, at least some could have been.

[Potato]

We were all pulling for you, Jansen.

Don't be a jerk Dave, let Jansen do that!

[Potato]

The cruelty is the point:

:why

[Daffy Duck]

From the construction thread:

Folks really need to start ignoring/not clicking threads they don't care about instead of defaulting to requesting bans on them

Ignore thread. Its right there. There are a lot of tools to customize this site to how you want it to look and work.

Pending threads that are outright harmful, I agree. It's not hard to click ignore on a thread.

Also posting in threads they don't want to see. Congrats you silly person, you just bumped it!

Fucking hilarious they are saying this. How often have certain cliques on ERA been allowed to brigade threads to get them closed and/or people in them banned with blatant ban-baiting?

Cunts seriously need to start quoting these comments back to these arseholes. Don't be pussies. Are you that scared of losing your account on that shithole?

I swear people have tried that and then be subsequently banned for it when going up against the big accounts on era

[benji]

Cunts seriously need to start quoting these comments back to these arseholes. Don't be pussies. Are you that scared of losing your account on that shithole?

I swear people have tried that and then be subsequently banned for it when going up against the big accounts on era

They literally lectured people the other week for vaguely criticizing Royalan (not by name) over defending that sex pest. While this week Nepenthe and others took victory laps over unnamed other posters over the Palworld thing even despite the lawsuit being about something else.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Christ. Imagine if it melts down. Would it be the first AI-powered nuclear meltdown of all time?

 

Don't worry if you're afraid people are being too sensible in that thread, the prominent members are on it:

While it is better than using something like coal or gas, the fact that Microsoft's AI requires a fucking nuclear reactor to run should make a reasonable world say "maybe this is really stupid."

But we don't live in a reasonable world. We live in world where people simply want "AI go brrrrrrr"

Point is: we definitely do not need to hand to to Microsoft because they seem to be using clean energy here. Because they are at the same time increasing use of unclean energy at the same time.

Here's an option that would be preferable: every energy increases is clean, and if they're not, you don't get to use more energy. Here's another thing: maybe if a technology requires ginormous increase in energy use, maybe it should not be allowed.

This isn't eliminating dirty energy, it's just being added to the overall energy needs to make the almighty line go up. People being complacent with "at least it's not a coal plant" are frogs continuing to boil and being glad that hot coals aren't being added to the pot. The pot is still burning and emissions aren't going down.

Jevons paradox continues.

Here's a centuries old adage: "no point crying over spilt milk"

AI is here to stay. It'll eventually be a massive part of our everyday lives, going forward.

Yeah by force not by utility

Well i for one hope for a better future that's not designed by capitalist hubris.

I lived 10 miles away from that plant and my family evacuated when that shit went down. Firing it up again to power AI slop sure sounds like a great idea

I'm sure the multi billion dollar corporation will use it wisely and not for any evil purposes that will end up hurting regular people in the long run.

This should be common sense, but our society has normalized bringing about the apocalypse for the almighty dollar.

Millions will die in the future so we can have shit like plagiarism machines right now, and questioning this reality gets one labeled a luddite.

It isn't going to bust. It is going to grow and infect every aspect of humanity, just as the internet has over the last 20 years.

Then human life will get significantly worse for no reason but the profits of companies like Microsoft.

And then eventually things will come topping down as the effects of climate change become insurmountable.

And this amazing stupidity:

I'd go a step further and require data centers to use low carbon sources in order to get permission to be built. Last thing we need is huge new energy drains while the grid is still dirty

You skipped this one

Serious Bond villain energy right here.

[Polident]

Don't forget the rampant homophobia and casual racism!

https://www.resetera.com/threads/2000s-comedies-were-wild-and-had-no-filter-at-all.988128/#post-129065712

and the extreme transphobia.

Yeah I'm good with leaving those transphobic/homophobic/racist joke movies in the past.

the amount of sexism/racism that was seen as acceptable by most was... certainly a thing.

Came here to post this. Yeah, most of these films couldn't get made today for good reason.

Oh, look, all the Born Again Scolds saw the signal.

That video is really bad in intent, but pretty good at capturing the most annoying wanker imaginable. The next in the series is forcing the imaginary friend to watch Ted Lasso season 3 and saying “now this is comedy. Why aren’t you laughing?”

[Polident]

Just one page earlier

This Zelda commercial is awful:


Literally screaming and running into a house from an monster we've seen for decades. Who approved this?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-women-criticise-sexualised-character-designs-ot3-make-her-look-more-corpulent-more-stuffed-where-the-eyes-cant-escape.275780/post-128568507

The other day I saw a lady, probably early 20s, react the exact same way to seeing a spider on the ground outside. Unironically shriek and run away like that. It’s a reaction real people have. I mean, these guys should recognize it from whenever they approach women in real life.

[benji]

That video is really bad in intent, but pretty good at capturing the most annoying wanker imaginable. The next in the series is forcing the imaginary friend to watch Ted Lasso season 3 and saying “now this is comedy. Why aren’t you laughing?”

Yesssss, this is what I couldn't quite articulate when I posted the video a few weeks ago from that one article's comment section. The "hero" of the video would only be empathized with by these types in the first place.

[Besticus Maximus]

That video is really bad in intent, but pretty good at capturing the most annoying wanker imaginable. The next in the series is forcing the imaginary friend to watch Ted Lasso season 3 and saying “now this is comedy. Why aren’t you laughing?”

Yesssss, this is what I couldn't quite articulate when I posted the video a few weeks ago from that one article's comment section. The "hero" of the video would only be empathized with by these types in the first place.

Listen chudlord, literally everyone knows that women never watched these movies and it's basically impossible that women enjoyed any such film, except for Bring it on, which is different because of vast reasons 

[D3RANG3D]

Christ. Imagine if it melts down. Would it be the first AI-powered nuclear meltdown of all time?

 

Don't worry if you're afraid people are being too sensible in that thread, the prominent members are on it:

While it is better than using something like coal or gas, the fact that Microsoft's AI requires a fucking nuclear reactor to run should make a reasonable world say "maybe this is really stupid."

But we don't live in a reasonable world. We live in world where people simply want "AI go brrrrrrr"

Point is: we definitely do not need to hand to to Microsoft because they seem to be using clean energy here. Because they are at the same time increasing use of unclean energy at the same time.

Here's an option that would be preferable: every energy increases is clean, and if they're not, you don't get to use more energy. Here's another thing: maybe if a technology requires ginormous increase in energy use, maybe it should not be allowed.

This isn't eliminating dirty energy, it's just being added to the overall energy needs to make the almighty line go up. People being complacent with "at least it's not a coal plant" are frogs continuing to boil and being glad that hot coals aren't being added to the pot. The pot is still burning and emissions aren't going down.

Jevons paradox continues.

Yeah by force not by utility

Well i for one hope for a better future that's not designed by capitalist hubris.

I lived 10 miles away from that plant and my family evacuated when that shit went down. Firing it up again to power AI slop sure sounds like a great idea

I'm sure the multi billion dollar corporation will use it wisely and not for any evil purposes that will end up hurting regular people in the long run.

This should be common sense, but our society has normalized bringing about the apocalypse for the almighty dollar.

Millions will die in the future so we can have shit like plagiarism machines right now, and questioning this reality gets one labeled a luddite.

Then human life will get significantly worse for no reason but the profits of companies like Microsoft.

And then eventually things will come topping down as the effects of climate change become insurmountable.

And this amazing stupidity:

I'd go a step further and require data centers to use low carbon sources in order to get permission to be built. Last thing we need is huge new energy drains while the grid is still dirty

You skipped this one

Serious Bond villain energy right here.

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

[booomer]

The Trans Begging community is getting pretty crowded. I was once worried about the Haitians Eating the Cat. Now we have someone tasing the cat.

https://x.com/OliLondonTV/status/1837543557877436608

[Rendle]

Better to have your cat tased than tasted

[HaughtyFrank]

"These twisted fucks want to ban diaper porn" is an all timer

[Nintex]

Yep nuclear power was the solution to climate change all along. But the climate cult doesn't want solutions, it destroys their business model.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

I just wanted to say, what an absolute honour it is to be a part of this forum, where a user who goes by "Uncle" would offer to come around to your house and wank you off.

[nampad]

Finally caught up with the thread:
-the thread is way less funny than it used to be, guess era is too crazy now to get anything entertaining out of it.
-the Nothingloud stuff was one of the funniest shits in years though, but sadly only a blip.
-Final Fantasy tier lists? Really?
-the ponies hate is a bit much even if they are stupid as fuck.
-Banana is still trying too hard to fit in.

Am I the only one who felt that Zelda Switch was nothing but grade A Nintendo slop that fanboys ate up happily? Horizon to me was how you mix combat, with traversal without dumb meters, and let’s face probably the dumbest way you implement physics. Garbage game, with a garbage cartoon world, and 100% garbage fans. Nintendo rewarded once again by unnecessary childhood memories.

BOTW was boring as fuck and overhyped due to the typical Nintendrone nostalgia. Nintendo finally made something barely modern and somehow it is hailed as the best shit ever.
And how is there whining about hand holding in that Xbox Zelda game when the Wii Zelda game was the most annoying offender?

[D3RANG3D]

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

Hey Nintendo if I wanted open world Ubislop I would have gone to the source!

[Daffy Duck]

Am I the only one who felt that Zelda Switch was nothing but grade A Nintendo slop that fanboys ate up happily? Horizon to me was how you mix combat, with traversal without dumb meters, and let’s face probably the dumbest way you implement physics. Garbage game, with a garbage cartoon world, and 100% garbage fans. Nintendo rewarded once again by unnecessary childhood memories.

BOTW was boring as fuck and overhyped due to the typical Nintendrone nostalgia. Nintendo finally made something barely modern and somehow it is hailed as the best shit ever.
And how is there whining about hand holding in that Xbox Zelda game when the Wii Zelda game was the most annoying offender?

Yeah I agree, I bought it off the hype (being a sega kid I never played a Zelda game before) and after about 40-50 hours of it exploring the open world and killing 2 of the bosses I gave up, it’s a glorified science kit which is cool and all but it’s not an experience I want to keep coming back to, just feel its trademark Nintendo and unless you have the nostalgia of the franchise from when you were kid living at home with no responsibilities then it just doesn’t cut it.

[Snoopy]

That skeezy little Ubisoft apologist has had a go at poor Shreds

Yeah I agree It helps that From games sell AAA numbers at absolute miniscule budgets.

People need to stop repeating this. Because no Fromsoft games are not made with pennies. Elden Ring is the most ambitious game in their history and took more than half a decade with more than 1600 people being involved with the game by the time it was finished. Which is to say nothing of their crunch and underpay controversies.

Sorry...

was just trying to inject some positivity, im sorry im sorry im sorry im sorry imsoory im sorry im sorry im sorr im sorry im sorry ill go away

It's all good, it's just important to remember that any "biggest game of the year" esque release most likely isn't some AA project with that didn't involve tens of millions of dollars if not more and 1000 people.

What a slimy, patronising little weasel he is.

[Daffy Duck]

That skeezy little Ubisoft apologist has had a go at poor Shreds

Yeah I agree It helps that From games sell AAA numbers at absolute miniscule budgets.

People need to stop repeating this. Because no Fromsoft games are not made with pennies. Elden Ring is the most ambitious game in their history and took more than half a decade with more than 1600 people being involved with the game by the time it was finished. Which is to say nothing of their crunch and underpay controversies.

Sorry...

was just trying to inject some positivity, im sorry im sorry im sorry im sorry imsoory im sorry im sorry im sorr im sorry im sorry ill go away

It's all good, it's just important to remember that any "biggest game of the year" esque release most likely isn't some AA project with that didn't involve tens of millions of dollars if not more and 1000 people.

What a slimy, patronising little weasel he is.

Shredder needs to harness some of that “I am the trans agenda” energy and stand up for themselves a bit more

[BananaBlast]

Shredder needs to harness some of that “I am the trans agenda” energy and stand up for themselves a bit more

Yeah, exactly. That was pathetic. Should've stuck their chest out and their foot down against that miserable prick. Shredder would've won because even the mods don't like Eden being a loose canon.