Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

I think they are, but stood up for HamasEra.

[Greatness Gone]

This dumb bitch is claiming trans again 

[jooseloose]

Nep deciding she's trans again on Election Day.

[Taco Bell Tower]

I mostly lurk here these days, but I'm going to log in and answer it because I don't think the majority of the responses here are on target. Yes, going no contact will be a step soon, but not yet. I'm going to assume that you are on the level with what you've said - there are always two sides to every story, but I'm trusting you haven't misrepresented anything.

If so, you have been incredibly badly treated and you have a right to feel angry. You don't want that anger to consume you, but it is justified. If she doesn't want to marry you, that is ultimately her decision, but this isn't someone blowing you off after a couple of dates - you've basically spent your thirties - prime settling down time - together and now she's left you partnerless staring down your forties. Imagine soon you do start dating again, when it comes to talking about this relationship, what are you going to say. Saying she just upped and left is going to look for all the world like you are hiding something, however honestly you present it.

People are talking about not getting a restraining order. I agree, there are lines that you don't want to cross and you don't want to get in a confrontation or a stalker situation. Still there must be someone who can act as a go-between - a mother, a sister, a best friend. Ask to meet with them or have a phone call, explain that the way you have been treated is in no way acceptable and ask for a Dear John letter - at least 500 words of semi-coherent explanation of why she thought she could marry you and why she now can't. That is the absolutely minimum you are owed*. Be calm and be respectful of the other person, but then confirm if they've passed your message on. If they have and the answer is no...well then. Even once you've processed your grief, you are entitled to regard her as a horrible human being and you are perfectly free to express that lingering anger (calmly and reasonably) to anyone you meet including any future boyfriends (who you shouldn't seek out, but who arguably deserve to know)

Assuming you get that letter (or oral equivalent) then, however badly she expresses herself or however little it makes sense, then, yes, draw a line under the relationship, go no-contact and move on.

It's entirely possible that years from now she will seek you out, sit you down and express regret for everything. If so, listen respectfully and thank her. But I wouldn't count on it.
EDIT: I should also point out that if she's not able to express clearly why she has left you -to you- she's not going to be able or to bother expressing why she left you -to future partners- and I would be very concerned that she might seriously misrepresent the nature of your relationship and break-up to other people. Regarding mutual contacts, listen out for this and be very firm with anyone you talk to exactly what happened.
EDIT: *If you can put this together from what you've already been told - move on- but it doesn't sound from the OP like you can)

LaoJim got get get with this post

User Banned (3 Months): Misogynistic commentary.

[garamonde]

Nonbinary.

It's a reverse UNO card you can play anytime, anywhere you want. You get all the victim points, all the privileges, genius stuff. 

No wonder they are hated even in their own queer communities.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

TransEra still got it. 

[ComeAgain]

Era: men need to TALK more, show emotion when you feel upset and not let it bottle up inside

Also Era: “You should've stayed logged out. Men like you make me feel unsafe.”

I believe this attitude ultimately leads to toxic masculinity but hey maybe that’s just me. Then you ban the guy for a month and take away thread making privileges??? Who does that help, because it’s certainly not the guy clearly asking for some in a community he THOUGHT he could reach out to, who totally otherwise swears it’s a welcoming community for all.

Why are they, endlessly, so fucking bad at this shit?

[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-429#post-131192340

When I'm writing about Gaza/Lebanon:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/2024-u-s-presidential-house-senate-elections-were-not-going-back.1026573/page-43#post-131191062

"But what about the Uighurs in China?"

:/

Why is it so hard for people on this forum to acknowledge the atrocities in the middle-east?

Uhm, cross thread drama much? Go complain about Veilguard more, chuddie.

[AnnoyedCanadian]

I'm going to make a guess and say at least 20 people will be banned today, possibly more.

Depends on how HamasEra is reporting really and how insane Nep is being. Which she already is being even more of a psycho cunt.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Ree doesn't care about the Uyghurs genocide, only time they care is when it comes to gaming.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Ree doesn't care about the Uyghurs genocide, only time they care is when it comes to gaming.

Some Muslims mean more than others I guess. 

[Besticus Maximus]

Imagine how many people Nepenthe has banned for suggesting they might not vote democrat. How many thousand accounts constitutes a genocide? For what? 

[Nintex]

Ree doesn't care about the Uyghurs genocide, only time they care is when it comes to gaming.

Some Muslims mean more than others I guess. 

[Taco Bell Tower]

Time for grave dancing 
https://www.resetera.com/threads/november-5-2024-cnn-bernard-marcus-cofounder-of-the-home-depot-and-billionaire-republican-megadonor-has-died-at-95.1028271/

[AnnoyedCanadian]

Time for grave dancing 
https://www.resetera.com/threads/november-5-2024-cnn-bernard-marcus-cofounder-of-the-home-depot-and-billionaire-republican-megadonor-has-died-at-95.1028271/

Of course KSweeley doesn't offer any opinions, it's just; HERE'S NEWS, FUCKING TALK ABOUT IT.

[Ribosome]

Stop calling him KSweeley, that's clearly MDCrabCakeFan.

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

If your pragmatism leads you to voting for a candidate promising to continue colonialism and genocide, then you have given up any moral high ground that you stand against these things as a hard-line principle. It also means that if genocide is something to renege on when it's convenient, then I absolutely cannot trust you for less pressing matters like police abolition and prison reform. You will throw me under the bus the moment it's convenient.

Ultimately what you're telling me is that you absolutely will vote for these things to continue if it means you can trade off for domestic policy you support like healthcare. That's an understandable utilitarian approach, but it's not actually one that refuses colonialism and genocide wholesale. Doesn't actually matter what you say you believe. Intent isn't action.

I also don't really respect notions from people who claim that revolution is a dream to be peddled and not an ultimate goal to work towards through various means of organization. You can continue cleaning the master's house. I'm trying to actually break the chains and achieve abolition.

From the suburbs where she lives with her mom and step dad, am I right?

[Ribosome]

I'm trying to actually break the chains and achieve abolition.

Overthrow the system? Bitch, your family is the system.

[AnnoyedCanadian]

If your pragmatism leads you to voting for a candidate promising to continue colonialism and genocide, then you have given up any moral high ground that you stand against these things as a hard-line principle. It also means that if genocide is something to renege on when it's convenient, then I absolutely cannot trust you for less pressing matters like police abolition and prison reform. You will throw me under the bus the moment it's convenient.

Ultimately what you're telling me is that you absolutely will vote for these things to continue if it means you can trade off for domestic policy you support like healthcare. That's an understandable utilitarian approach, but it's not actually one that refuses colonialism and genocide wholesale. Doesn't actually matter what you say you believe. Intent isn't action.

I also don't really respect notions from people who claim that revolution is a dream to be peddled and not an ultimate goal to work towards through various means of organization. You can continue cleaning the master's house. I'm trying to actually break the chains and achieve abolition.

From the suburbs where she lives with her mom and step dad, am I right?

This bitch is wealthy enough to move to Brazil and live in an affluent area, not some fucking favela.

She is the queen of LARPing as a communist on that forum. Also, the queen of hating Jews and anyone who isn't black or brown.

[JoeBoy101]

If your pragmatism leads you to voting for a candidate promising to continue colonialism and genocide, then you have given up any moral high ground that you stand against these things as a hard-line principle. It also means that if genocide is something to renege on when it's convenient, then I absolutely cannot trust you for less pressing matters like police abolition and prison reform. You will throw me under the bus the moment it's convenient.

Ultimately what you're telling me is that you absolutely will vote for these things to continue if it means you can trade off for domestic policy you support like healthcare. That's an understandable utilitarian approach, but it's not actually one that refuses colonialism and genocide wholesale. Doesn't actually matter what you say you believe. Intent isn't action.

I also don't really respect notions from people who claim that revolution is a dream to be peddled and not an ultimate goal to work towards through various means of organization. You can continue cleaning the master's house. I'm trying to actually break the chains and achieve abolition.

From the suburbs where she lives with her mom and step dad, am I right?

Jesus, the dripping condescension in that post. And again, her usual MO of offering no other solution.

Step 1: Don’t vote.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Abolition and End of Genocide

I mean, how in the actual fuck is a foreign ‘genocide’ a more pressing matter than needed police reform here in the country where the elections are actually taking fucking place. Sounds to me like she’s the one you can’t trust on lesser issues, because she’s too busy taking grandiose stances with no path to change or reform of anything.

[AnnoyedCanadian]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/report-finds-%E2%80%98shocking-and-dispiriting%E2%80%99-fall-in-children-reading-for-pleasure.1027947/

[Chudder Barbarity]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/dragon-age-the-veilguard-review-thread.1020987/page-51#post-131163327

User Banned (3 Months) - Trolling & Conspiracy Theories with history of similar

They really can't. If nothing else this review cycle has shown that there are a lot of people whose masks aren't as tightly secured as they'd perhaps hoped.

What this review cycle has shown most of all is that some review sites like Eurogamer should be sued for disguised advertising, and EA/Bioware for fraud.

Even setting the woke vs chuds controversy aside, the game had many issues, from the writing being too safe and littered with modern slang like "They go hard" or "Eat shit! This isn't your land!", to braindead puzzles, to stupid mistakes like party members infiltrating hooded cultists without hiding their faces. The itemisation is shit, from what I've seen, the hard fights limited to fighting time-consuming sandbags. The downgrade in player's choices and freedom compared to DAO.

There is no way this game deserves a 100/100 rating, even taking the reviewer's subjectivity into account. I wish people would focus on the underlying corruption in the industry rather that the other controversy.

He just noticed now that reviewers are in bed with publishers? LMAO. What on earth did he think gamergate was about in the first place lol?

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/report-finds-%E2%80%98shocking-and-dispiriting%E2%80%99-fall-in-children-reading-for-pleasure.1027947/

there are more screens and streaming slop to distract people than ever so i imagine it's not just kids but across most ages

so, something to consider: maybe reading for pleasure is as much a waste of time as playing a video game or watching a movie, in that you're not really educating yourself on the state of the world or causes that you should be endorsing or arguments that you should be having online

maybe if the kids are all watching hasan piker instead, they're learning a lot more about the state of the world and the approved opinions to have

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Didn't Nepenthe cheer on and tell people to relax and celebrate the defeat of Trump? How times change in 4 years. 

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

If your pragmatism leads you to voting for a candidate promising to continue colonialism and genocide, then you have given up any moral high ground that you stand against these things as a hard-line principle. It also means that if genocide is something to renege on when it's convenient, then I absolutely cannot trust you for less pressing matters like police abolition and prison reform. You will throw me under the bus the moment it's convenient.

Ultimately what you're telling me is that you absolutely will vote for these things to continue if it means you can trade off for domestic policy you support like healthcare. That's an understandable utilitarian approach, but it's not actually one that refuses colonialism and genocide wholesale. Doesn't actually matter what you say you believe. Intent isn't action.

I also don't really respect notions from people who claim that revolution is a dream to be peddled and not an ultimate goal to work towards through various means of organization. You can continue cleaning the master's house. I'm trying to actually break the chains and achieve abolition.

From the suburbs where she lives with her mom and step dad, am I right?

I really don't think you can judge someone as ceding the moral high ground, when advocating taking a position that will not only exacerbate the situation, but also target a host of other people, many of which lack the ability or capacity to defend themselves against the vehement hate that the other party is spreading. I mean, let's not confuse the actions at hand - one is a vote for the promise of change, and the other is pontificating on an Internet forum. I very much think it is some twisted logic that enables you to view only one of these actions as "throwing [one] under the bus" when convenient.

I don't respect notions from people who seem to want to tear the fabric of the coalition between "liberals" and "leftists" at a time when we need to be focused on the very real threat at hand. Ignoring the unnecessary house negro shade, I will continue to exercise my right to vote to put in place the government with the greatest capacity for progress and continue to take stock onto how my actions have contributed to continued movement towards a goal of a better society. Perhaps it'll turn out that my view of this is wrong, but at least I can take solace in the fact that I'm doing something.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/2024-u-s-presidential-house-senate-elections-were-not-going-back.1026573/page-61#post-131200356

If Florida goes blue, I'll buy a random person here Dragon Age on Steam.

If Florida and Georgia both go blue, I'll buy DA AND the kid the partial fur suit he wants for christmas. (I can't afford a full suit no matter how many states go blue)

[killamajig]

I can't be bothered to look through Neps posts but did anyone notice if she said whether she voted on the down ballot issues? Because she's got no business talking all that political shit if she can't even be bothered to do the bare minimum. And posting on Reeee all day isn't the bare minimum. 

What a lazy bitch

[Jansen]

I just want to know what pharmacy nepthing works at

[Jansen]

It's infuriating to read all that bullshit she posts knowing that she lives at home with their parents in a middle class neighborhood and won't be affected at all by whoever wins 

Fucking bitch

[Jansen]

I really appreciate your posts, your genuine passion and how eloquently you state your mind, thank you. We're blessed to have an admin like you, please don't be deterred in your activism. That goes for everyone else too

You fucking cocksucker