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

[Nintex]

Cheryl and RKF showed up on X and I realized that ResetEra takes yet another L.

I'm just wondering when Cheryl Hines divorces him.

Wonder how Cheryl is doing these days?

Cheryl Hines and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "have barely spoken" since news emerged that he had a digital affair with New York magazine reporter Olivia Nuzzi, a source told People magazine.

Get fucked Cheryl. You knew what you were doing. Zero sympathy.

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[Snoopy]

Thankfully no. The worst was having to hear about how much a certain family member wants a cyber truck. Like, alright, could do without the fellating of a billionaire racist in the process but that's a losing battle for me. So if anything the worst part of this thanksgiving was the takeaway that I need to find a better way to deal with how much those topics get to me because I'm not going to get away with never hearing about it.

Mad I have to put in that kind of work.

Indeed. It is mad that y'all need to put the work in now when indeed y'all should have been putting the work in. At least now you know what us indigenous folks been dealin with all these years. Indeed we been out here puttin in the work. Fightin white male corporate oppreshun. Indeed, we been doin the heavy liftin for all y'all. We out here organisin, making pods, puttin in work, buildin communities. It's like MLK once said, "Indeed. Y'all."

[D3RANG3D]

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[Eric Cartman]

Someone brought COVID and now we all have it.

My mom decided that was a good time to talk her antivax shit, for some reason.

My Aunt died (separately) and we can't attend the funeral tomorrow because of COVID

Pretty bad Thanksgiving

Wasn't Thanksgiving like 24 hours ago? No chance everyone developed COVID in that timeframe.

So the logical way to parse this is that that poster had covid and spread it to his family, if hes come down with it literally the next day but in a shocking turn of events will blame everyone else first

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-reminder-thanksgiving-is-a-problematic-holiday-celebrates-a-myth-of-colonialism-and-white-proprietorship-of-the-u-s.1047771/page-9

These mere feelings, these squealing tantrums of defiance, these tearful insistences on centering one's self in every single issue are not constructive. They're not defensible. They're not cute. Some of y'all need to finally grow up, get over yourselves and your special feelings, learn how to take a second or two to question your emotional approach to difficult issues

This is worthy material for a Shadow the Hedgehog meme rant.

[HaughtyFrank]

I don't understand where in this thread people are upset about the problematic origins of Thanksgiving, but rather the sanctimonious tone of the thread itself (keep in mind it's been edited). At worst people were rude and apathetic to the content in the OP, but it's not like anyone was denying historical fact. But by page 9, it's devolved into anyone celebrating Thanksgiving must be a mask off white oppressive racist (slight exaggeration, but not far off).

Sure, go ahead and call people out for being dismissive or trying to tone police, but the immediate escalation from people that everyone must be fragile white racists that don't want to know the truth about America took this thread from 0 to 60 for no reason, and completely derailed any chance of people engaging with the actual topic.

Bjomesphat's making too much sense, so expect a petty "dismissing concerns" ban from Nep shortly.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-reminder-thanksgiving-is-a-problematic-holiday-celebrates-a-myth-of-colonialism-and-white-proprietorship-of-the-u-s.1047771/post-132287280
User banned (2 weeks): misrepresenting other posters in a sensitive thread

That forum is such a joke 

[Propagandhim]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/would-biggie-have-been-the-greatest-ever-if-he-didn%E2%80%99t-pass-rip.1048449/



He went to prison for raping a woman.  Cute little dork.   <3

[Propagandhim]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-reminder-thanksgiving-is-a-problematic-holiday-celebrates-a-myth-of-colonialism-and-white-proprietorship-of-the-u-s.1047771/page-9

Understanding is ultimately dependent upon the goals of those partaking in dialogue (under the presumption that a meaningful dialogue in a Friere-ian sense is even to be had given the participants and the environment they're in). If you are not interested in the politics or goals of someone, or even actively opposed to them, there is no bigger waste of time than trying to "strive for understanding." I don't talk with MAGA trolls on Twitter or Reddit specifically for this reason (and also because like a third of them are actual bots), and more and more as time goes on I am simply losing my patience with liberals, even on places like Era whose reputation as the most progressive gaming community ultimately serves more as an indictment than a badge of honor.

I have a limited amount of time on this planet. If I am interested in actually seeing a better tomorrow, indeed, what is a bigger waste of time than trying to first discern amongst a sea of online strangers whom I will never meet whether or not they actually do share my goals, and then going on to try and work through the innumerable feelings of selfishness and immaturity in order to establish that the base issue that should take precedence is Indigenous genocide and not self-ascribed allies feeling defensive at language, and then from there finally, finally, getting to the point where we can have a "dialogue" on the issue to reach understanding?

Sincerely, what is the point of this conversation within the context of organization? To waste my time. To waste everyone's time. As is the order of the day when one understands that these discussions almost always take place within a colonial context, environment, and biases versus a revolutionary one, where wasting time is a paramount strategy to prevent organization and is thus culturally ingrained. You may not actively consider these actions as worthy of this critique because you are approaching this conversation with good intentions, but the material conclusion of this conversation is nonetheless that we are still talking about "communication" and "understanding" and "perspective," and not Indigenous genocide.

The progressiveness of Era is largely a sham. I've come to slowly realize and conclude over the years that this is not really a place where meaningful dialogue, education, organization and community-building can occur. Part of that is because, as you say, discussions go south 70% of the time, but they do so in part because the majority of people who frequent this place are people who are in higher castes (white, cis, male, able-bodied, middle class to wealthy) and have not examined their colonial and oppressive biases and thus are more likely to align with an oppressive status quo than not, or they are folks who use their very real marginalization as a defense against critique of oppressive behaviors that they have also internalized because they too exist in an oppressive world. So what if they meet the bar of not being consciously shitty to ethnic minorities and queer people? That's just being polite. Trumpers can actually be polite too.

Another part of the problem is that organization inevitably takes work out in the real world, which necessitates you being offline to actually get things done, which in turn means you cannot post on Era and be doing community work at the same time (responsibly anyways). Also, we're ad-sponsored. We got bills to pay and fuckin' talking about actual revolution and organization and direct action and critical thinking are anathema to capitalists for obvious reasons, so inherently the means through which this community can serve as a stepping stone to real change is further hamstrung by that fact alone.

No doubt though that because of the congregation of various folks with different lived experiences from all over the globe that I have come to know more on Era than I perhaps would have otherwise. If you want to look at this place in passing and read what people have to say, or participate in silly gaming or entertainment topics, it has its place. But largely the politics of it all, by which I mean the way people conduct themselves within the context of politicking, the constant rigamarole about tone and communication SKILLS (that's gonna become a meme), the attempts to constantly equivocate oppressor and oppressed, annoys me in the best of times and disgusts me in the worst of times. This is one of the worst times.

You or someone else can have the last word. I'm just kinda done trying to communicate these political ideals to a place that by its very design doesn't actually value them. I'm tired of pleading to people to give a shit about something other than themselves and their feelings, when instead I can just find people who already do give a shit about something other than themselves, or people who are in far more dire straits, to conduct these dialogues with.

Some poor customer is getting their coupons thrown back at them today.

[Eric Cartman]

"too high brow" to have the film career luda does

[Eric Cartman]

Understanding is ultimately dependent upon the goals of those partaking in dialogue (under the presumption that a meaningful dialogue in a Friere-ian sense is even to be had given the participants and the environment they're in). If you are not interested in the politics or goals of someone, or even actively opposed to them, there is no bigger waste of time than trying to "strive for understanding." I don't talk with MAGA trolls on Twitter or Reddit specifically for this reason (and also because like a third of them are actual bots), and more and more as time goes on I am simply losing my patience with liberals, even on places like Era whose reputation as the most progressive gaming community ultimately serves more as an indictment than a badge of honor.

I have a limited amount of time on this planet. If I am interested in actually seeing a better tomorrow, indeed, what is a bigger waste of time than trying to first discern amongst a sea of online strangers whom I will never meet whether or not they actually do share my goals, and then going on to try and work through the innumerable feelings of selfishness and immaturity in order to establish that the base issue that should take precedence is Indigenous genocide and not self-ascribed allies feeling defensive at language, and then from there finally, finally, getting to the point where we can have a "dialogue" on the issue to reach understanding?

Sincerely, what is the point of this conversation within the context of organization? To waste my time. To waste everyone's time. As is the order of the day when one understands that these discussions almost always take place within a colonial context, environment, and biases versus a revolutionary one, where wasting time is a paramount strategy to prevent organization and is thus culturally ingrained. You may not actively consider these actions as worthy of this critique because you are approaching this conversation with good intentions, but the material conclusion of this conversation is nonetheless that we are still talking about "communication" and "understanding" and "perspective," and not Indigenous genocide.

The progressiveness of Era is largely a sham. I've come to slowly realize and conclude over the years that this is not really a place where meaningful dialogue, education, organization and community-building can occur. Part of that is because, as you say, discussions go south 70% of the time, but they do so in part because the majority of people who frequent this place are people who are in higher castes (white, cis, male, able-bodied, middle class to wealthy) and have not examined their colonial and oppressive biases and thus are more likely to align with an oppressive status quo than not, or they are folks who use their very real marginalization as a defense against critique of oppressive behaviors that they have also internalized because they too exist in an oppressive world. So what if they meet the bar of not being consciously shitty to ethnic minorities and queer people? That's just being polite. Trumpers can actually be polite too.

Another part of the problem is that organization inevitably takes work out in the real world, which necessitates you being offline to actually get things done, which in turn means you cannot post on Era and be doing community work at the same time (responsibly anyways). Also, we're ad-sponsored. We got bills to pay and fuckin' talking about actual revolution and organization and direct action and critical thinking are anathema to capitalists for obvious reasons, so inherently the means through which this community can serve as a stepping stone to real change is further hamstrung by that fact alone.

No doubt though that because of the congregation of various folks with different lived experiences from all over the globe that I have come to know more on Era than I perhaps would have otherwise. If you want to look at this place in passing and read what people have to say, or participate in silly gaming or entertainment topics, it has its place. But largely the politics of it all, by which I mean the way people conduct themselves within the context of politicking, the constant rigamarole about tone and communication SKILLS (that's gonna become a meme), the attempts to constantly equivocate oppressor and oppressed, annoys me in the best of times and disgusts me in the worst of times. This is one of the worst times.

You or someone else can have the last word. I'm just kinda done trying to communicate these political ideals to a place that by its very design doesn't actually value them. I'm tired of pleading to people to give a shit about something other than themselves and their feelings, when instead I can just find people who already do give a shit about something other than themselves, or people who are in far more dire straits, to conduct these dialogues with.

lotta words from someone who didnt even vote

[Nintex]

Did NepNep miss the memo where ResetEra was formed by a bunch of gaming nerds that left NeoGAF? What the hell did she expect   

Hey guys, I'm in a womens Tennis club. All these bitches talk about is tennis and their families and friends instead of restoring the glory of the Roman empire. They are just not willing to put in the manual labour to restore Rome. I'm fucking tired of this shit. Why are they playing tennis, they seem to care more about fucking Wimbledon than the betrayal of Ceasar.

[Propagandhim]

Why isn't this consumerist gaming forum not thinking about overthrowing capitalism.  THE WORK AINT BEING DONE YALL.




You've admitted that the majority demographic of this place frustrates you to the point where you don't want to talk about your political leanings anymore, and you acknowledge no meaningful change can occur here on the forum.  Maybe it's time to just step down from being an admin and move on?

Nepenthe: No.

[Nintex]

the majority of people who frequent this place are people who are in higher castes (white, cis, male, able-bodied, middle class to wealthy)

Why aren't you fuckers hitting your head against the wall until you're brain damaged. Why aren't you having car accidents so you end up on wheelchairs. Why aren't you quitting your jobs and leaving your families. Fuck Fuck Fuck. Why won't this homeless person I watched crawl out of a dumpster frequent this place to tell y'all about colonialist oppression. 

God fucking dammit. You really expect me to do EVERYTHING?


The ironic thing is that IF Nepenthe would actually explain instead of complaining that she has to explain, she might actually find very fertile ground for her communist ideals on ResetEra.

[Eric Cartman]

Shes already said she likes to just go driving as something to do while eating snacks, so pretty rich to talk about people who cant even make minor personal lifestyle changes for the common good because its easier to pretend climate change will fix itself when capitalism gets overthrown so why take any personal action on the crazy offchance that that doesnt fucking happen?

[Nintex]

The fix for climate change is nuclear energy. Easy and very affordable.

They're just throwing every environmental issue in a binder and call it 'climate' when each of these issues requires a different and specific approach.
For energy it's nuclear until we find something better. A lot of flooding and fires could've been prevented by better water and forest management.

The dumb carbon stuff gets you Xbox winning the UN Prize for most Sustainable Gaming Company while they release an Xbox Mini fridge that uses more energy than a GPU farm.
It gets you people blocking vital roads and highways just after they return from their holiday in Qatar and destroying precious works of art.

[railGUN]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-reminder-thanksgiving-is-a-problematic-holiday-celebrates-a-myth-of-colonialism-and-white-proprietorship-of-the-u-s.1047771/page-8#post-132283983

It's awful, I feel like I'm being attacked as an Asian American, specifically Korean American simply for pointing out the actual history of Thanksgiving and I don't appreciate it one bit.

How weird. That other guy who posted Baltimore news stories until he was permanently banned was Korean too.

[AnnoyedCanadian]

I would feel bad for KSweeley if he wasn't such an asshole.

Same with the other bot like posters. They're all massive assholes. ContractHolder, Angie and DinkyDev being the stupidest and most annoying. Dinky has like 20 fucking topics on the off topic forum at any given time. It's like he's a bloody news feed for the lazy dickheads on that forum.

[AnnoyedCanadian]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/syrian-rebels-launch-major-attack-on-regime-forces-in-aleppo-province.1048323/



What in the name of fuck is going on in that topic? You got Assad apologists, Wagner supporters and people just being utterly fucking stupid

"SOCIALIST MAN TOLD ME ASSAD BADGOOD IS BUT RUSSIA IS GOOD BAD BUT WAGNER IS BAD WHAT DO I BELIEVE". Morons.

[Snoopy]

We need to get Nep to start using forsooth instead of indeed.

[killamajig]

The good and bad guys in Syria are a little more hard to discern than the good and bad guys in a marvel movie. 

I think it's a little too much for Era to comprehend.

[AnnoyedCanadian]

Does Lighinthedarkness actually have any opinions or just he just post random Twitter articles to make HamasEra even more insane?

Also it's fucking hilarious they don't allow propaganda on the forum apparently, but it's fine when the Qatari news sources do it.

[Jansen]

Slept through Thanksgiving dinner... 



Time to restart the grift

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Ps you are dead weight 

[Eric Cartman]

Does Lighinthedarkness actually have any opinions?

That their college tutor was shit and picking on them, all their classmates were shit and trying to steal their work, and posting on era then dropping out of uni was a more sensible move than just finishing their coursework

[AnnoyedCanadian]

If people give money to Malds I feel sorry for them if they genuinely believe that he is starving while living at home with his parents who most likely pay for his rent. It's idiots like him who make people wary of giving help to others online due to the fact that so many people take advantage of it and the people who actually need help are dismissed because of it. It's sad.

Top of the page Sydney Sweeney

[DavidCroquet]

The interesting part of the Syria thread is how much of this event is attributed to the collapse of Hezbollah.

Hmm, "Hezbollah"...why does that name sound so familiar? Were they involved in some other conflict that Era had strong opinions about recently???



HamasEra is oddly quiet for now.

[killamajig]

Melody is a lying, grifting, lazy, pimple on the ass of society. I would rather people give money to somebody that would use the money to better themselves. Melody isn't going to change if Era and Co. keep handing him cash. It literally means he's being paid to never change. 

How many years has Malds been in the exact same situation? What's cruel is enabling him to reach his 40s without knowing how to take care of himself.

Also, what kind of dummy believes a guy that fat is starving? Like, WTF. Dude isn't a little overweight either.

[AnnoyedCanadian]

I'm still surprised B-Dumbs hasn't banned a few prominent members of HamasEra yet.

Nep still has him by the balls for that.

[Nintex]

The good and bad guys in Syria are a little more hard to discern than the good and bad guys in a marvel movie. 

I think it's a little too much for Era to comprehend.

Best part is the Russian blogosphere that blames "Military leadership" for their failures and suggests deploying North Koreans to defend against the rebel advance as the most 'common sense' solution. The same North Koreans that are stuck in their bunks jerking 24/7 to internet porn because they never had free internet access before would now have to fight in harsh desert conditions.

Prigozhin and Wagnerites were war criminals but they were competent and respected as military commanders by friend and foe alike. Same for the other generals/commanders that either died or were demoted or locked up by Putin in favor of retards like Kadyrov. Just like in Armenia the Russian "peacekeepers" around Aleppo simply pack up and leave once the enemy closes in donating their tanks to the rebels. And Assad did literally nothing to prevent this or fortify.

[Besticus Maximus]

Voice chats with Melody's GF

[AnnoyedCanadian]

At least the Chechens in Ukraine are pretty damn good fighters against the Russians. Kadyrov is a fucking moron and still just a puppet at this point, if he ever was anything but one.