Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/im-about-to-make-stuffed-shells-any-tips-on-how-to-make-um-bangin.1508869/#post-154495021

The secret ingredient is Love.

like cum?

He said the thing

[Taco Bell Tower]

I wonder how NeoGAF is going

NeoGAF is woke trash

I'm out. I can't deal with the constant, high-level Wokism that has infected this board. You guys think you're "anti-woke," but you're actually the most easily triggered, identity-obsessed snowflakes I've ever seen. You've turned NeoGAF into a literal safespace for professional victims.

You claim to hate "identity politics," yet 90% of the posts here are you guys obsessing over the identity of digital characters. You're doing "Representation Matters" in reverse. You're so fragile that if a character doesn't look exactly like your specific "identity" (angry, 40-year-old dude), you have a collective mental breakdown. That is the definition of Woke.

Every day it's the same thing: "The industry is out to get us! The developers hate us! The haircuts are a conspiracy!" You've adopted the ultimate victimhood narrative. You're literally crying over the "systemic oppression" of gamers because a character has blue hair. It's performative outrage, and it's embarrassing.

You've turned GAF into an echo chamber where you can protect each other from the "scary" real world. You can't handle a different opinion, you can't handle a realistic face model, and you certainly can't handle a protagonist who isn't a generic action figure. You've created a "Woke Safespace" for people who are scared of the 21st century.

You guys are the ones walking around with a checklist of things to be offended by.


Same-sex couple in a cutscene? TRIGGERED. * Woman has a jawline? TRIGGERED. * Non-white person in a fantasy game? LITERAL SHAKING.

You aren't "based." You're just a bunch of sensitive Karens who want to speak to the manager of Sony because a protagonist's pants are too baggy. You're more obsessed with "diversity" than the people you complain about.

Enjoy your woke little clubhouse of victimhood.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/neogaf-is-woke-trash.1696378/#post-271523911

Huh?  GAF was always that way since the beginning hence the knock off sites like Ree feels like GAF 

[JoeBoy101]

I wonder how NeoGAF is going

NeoGAF is woke trash

I'm out. I can't deal with the constant, high-level Wokism that has infected this board. You guys think you're "anti-woke," but you're actually the most easily triggered, identity-obsessed snowflakes I've ever seen. You've turned NeoGAF into a literal safespace for professional victims.

You claim to hate "identity politics," yet 90% of the posts here are you guys obsessing over the identity of digital characters. You're doing "Representation Matters" in reverse. You're so fragile that if a character doesn't look exactly like your specific "identity" (angry, 40-year-old dude), you have a collective mental breakdown. That is the definition of Woke.

Every day it's the same thing: "The industry is out to get us! The developers hate us! The haircuts are a conspiracy!" You've adopted the ultimate victimhood narrative. You're literally crying over the "systemic oppression" of gamers because a character has blue hair. It's performative outrage, and it's embarrassing.

You've turned GAF into an echo chamber where you can protect each other from the "scary" real world. You can't handle a different opinion, you can't handle a realistic face model, and you certainly can't handle a protagonist who isn't a generic action figure. You've created a "Woke Safespace" for people who are scared of the 21st century.

You guys are the ones walking around with a checklist of things to be offended by.


Same-sex couple in a cutscene? TRIGGERED. * Woman has a jawline? TRIGGERED. * Non-white person in a fantasy game? LITERAL SHAKING.

You aren't "based." You're just a bunch of sensitive Karens who want to speak to the manager of Sony because a protagonist's pants are too baggy. You're more obsessed with "diversity" than the people you complain about.

Enjoy your woke little clubhouse of victimhood.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/neogaf-is-woke-trash.1696378/#post-271523911

[Shecky Fragbaum]

Nepenthe's ultimate fantasy: being gifted Superman's powerset and utilizing it to get the last word.

[Straight Edge]

Haaaalp how do I boil pasta and add sauce from a jar?

[Potato]

Why the surprise? It's exactly what she did when given omnipotence over Resetera.

[Snoopy]

Gaf was actually more entertaining when the Nazis and loons were running riot. Now it's just a rest home for banned rees.

[Let's Cyber]

Gaf was actually more entertaining when the Nazis and loons were running riot. Now it's just a rest home for banned rees.

So it's just Nu-Bore?

[filler]

You're assuming that it "needed" to be done only the way it was, personally I need a lot more than "it would have taken longer" before I convict someone of murder.

All the historical evidence we have only shows his evil twin Joseph to be a murderer.

looks like someone did not watch the movie 

[benji]

looks like someone did not watch the movie 

If you want to watch a movie about a mass-murderer, good for you.

[Boredfrom]

You're assuming that it "needed" to be done only the way it was, personally I need a lot more than "it would have taken longer" before I convict someone of murder.

All the historical evidence we have only shows his evil twin Joseph to be a murderer.

Manhattan Projects. Man, that takes me back.

[xiceman191]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hulk-and-black-panther-announced-for-marvel-tokon-fighting-souls.1509028/page-2#post-154502875

On one hand, happy to have Shuri in the game. On the other, the design sucks. Too many of the women in this are sexualized in the way that puts me off fighting games in general. *sigh*

Once again mad that its an attractive design.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hulk-and-black-panther-announced-for-marvel-tokon-fighting-souls.1509028/page-3#post-154503913

This is not MCU Shuri so no issues with her inclusion, even though I would have preferred T'challa.

   The actress is anti-vax therefore she deserves to suffer for life and never be a part of anything ever again.

[Greatness Gone]

on what planet would this be considered a sexualized design?

[filler]

planet earth if you're a secret pervert 

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hulk-and-black-panther-announced-for-marvel-tokon-fighting-souls.1509028/page-2#post-154502875

On one hand, happy to have Shuri in the game. On the other, the design sucks. Too many of the women in this are sexualized in the way that puts me off fighting games in general. *sigh*

  Can't believe they put smut like this in a kids game!

[xiceman191]

I guess the fact that you can tell its a female character is enough to trigger their dysphoria or some shit.

[benji]

Really goes to show how much things are backsliding under Trump. Like back in the day everybody thought Night Trap was totally out of control and Congress demanded Sega answer for it, now Disney is like "come check out our harem of Marvel sluts! GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS!"

[Geoff Marvel]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/im-about-to-make-stuffed-shells-any-tips-on-how-to-make-um-bangin.1508869/

Melody is about to be starving on the streets and this motherfucker is out here stuffing shells

Whats the Shells name?

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hulk-and-black-panther-announced-for-marvel-tokon-fighting-souls.1509028/page-2#post-154502875

On one hand, happy to have Shuri in the game. On the other, the design sucks. Too many of the women in this are sexualized in the way that puts me off fighting games in general. *sigh*

Once again mad that its an attractive design.

Pretty sure he'll beat his meat to Shuri while playing it. 

[NekoFever]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/snl-uk-an-italian-plumber-with-princess-problems.1509061/

Damn, this is like a newer (and much louder) version of a sketch I directed like ten years ago, lol. Blast from the past.

[HaughtyFrank]

on what planet would this be considered a sexualized design?

Because she has BOOBS! Tight fitting suits are only allowed for men!

[HaughtyFrank]

Just make Shuri lesbian and Princess Bubblegum is back in. She eats up any garbage as long as two women look at each other 

Live action Bebop game me sapphic Faye, which is arguably 10 times better than anything she was given in the anime. So there was that.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/its-funny-that-one-piece-live-action-succeed-so-much-cowboy-bebop-was-a-pile-of-crap.1508866/post-154498594

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Damn, this is like a newer (and much louder) version of a sketch I directed like ten years ago, lol. Blast from the past.

[jooseloose]

Keep an eye on the Saros OT. Planetsmasher bought it so expect some crash outs about the games difficulty in the coming days.

[filler]

I wonder how NeoGAF is going

NeoGAF is woke trash

I'm out. I can't deal with the constant, high-level Wokism that has infected this board. You guys think you're "anti-woke," but you're actually the most easily triggered, identity-obsessed snowflakes I've ever seen. You've turned NeoGAF into a literal safespace for professional victims.

You claim to hate "identity politics," yet 90% of the posts here are you guys obsessing over the identity of digital characters. You're doing "Representation Matters" in reverse. You're so fragile that if a character doesn't look exactly like your specific "identity" (angry, 40-year-old dude), you have a collective mental breakdown. That is the definition of Woke.

Every day it's the same thing: "The industry is out to get us! The developers hate us! The haircuts are a conspiracy!" You've adopted the ultimate victimhood narrative. You're literally crying over the "systemic oppression" of gamers because a character has blue hair. It's performative outrage, and it's embarrassing.

You've turned GAF into an echo chamber where you can protect each other from the "scary" real world. You can't handle a different opinion, you can't handle a realistic face model, and you certainly can't handle a protagonist who isn't a generic action figure. You've created a "Woke Safespace" for people who are scared of the 21st century.

You guys are the ones walking around with a checklist of things to be offended by.


Same-sex couple in a cutscene? TRIGGERED. * Woman has a jawline? TRIGGERED. * Non-white person in a fantasy game? LITERAL SHAKING.

You aren't "based." You're just a bunch of sensitive Karens who want to speak to the manager of Sony because a protagonist's pants are too baggy. You're more obsessed with "diversity" than the people you complain about.

Enjoy your woke little clubhouse of victimhood.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/neogaf-is-woke-trash.1696378/#post-271523911

[Daffy Duck]

Just make Shuri lesbian and Princess Bubblegum is back in. She eats up any garbage as long as two women look at each other 

Live action Bebop game me sapphic Faye, which is arguably 10 times better than anything she was given in the anime. So there was that.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/its-funny-that-one-piece-live-action-succeed-so-much-cowboy-bebop-was-a-pile-of-crap.1508866/post-154498594

Remember, it’s not a fetish though.

[filler]

If Ronald Reagan kept the mental asylums open, we wouldn't be in this situation.

[kaleidoscopium]

https://bsky.app/profile/fat4all.bsky.social/post/3mkoonropts2b

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[BIONIC]

Perhaps this isn't possible but can the hide feature work more like ignore where people that are not engaged in the topic just don't see a post that is hidden? I only really ask this since I use the feature when I go into SA details and always regret getting several notifications of people just replying that they want to see the hidden content

Not sure if it's possible in the UI (as you don't need to hide the whole post), but I'm pretty sure replaying crassly that they want to see hidden content is something reportable, I'm pretty sure I've seen it be actionable. People can still fake it, but it'd be hard anyway to completely elude people knowing there's something, unless the post would also be unquotable.

I saw that and got secondhand ick on your behalf, I'm sorry that happened to you. It always feels voyeuristic in such a case even if it's not the person's intention. I'm not sure what can be done about it but it sucks. I like your idea but not sure if it’s possible.

Thanks and yeah that's kinda what I figured just had the passing thought about it.

I just went back and reported a couple of the posts.

1) "Posting to see what's being said" is a form of drive by posting that straight up resembles spam.

2) It's counter to the whole premise of the hide feature. Someone uses it to feel more comfortable talking about a sensitive subject… and then people respond to it with filler, draw a purely voyeuristic form of attention to it, all while making it clear they can't be assed to actually contribute anything at all to a thread.

3) Almost every time I've seen the above happen, it becomes a whole thing. One person doing it leads to another person doing it leads to another person doing it. Which is completely unsurprising. "If everyone posted this way, would that be good for the thread/forum?" is an obvious question to ask here and this happens to be a very contagious form of posting where, almost every time it happens, we get a firsthand demonstration to why the answer to that question is "no."

I feel like a thread ban coupled up with a warning should be the bare minimum response to the more explicit forms of the above behavior. Definitely a big pet peeve of mine and I don’t think I’ve ever even used the hide feature lol.

Agreed. It’s off in most instances but in a case where the hidden reply is in a thread about child sexual abuse, where there’s a decent chance the post is regarding personal experience, replying solely to see - with no other interest in discussing the topic at hand - is pretty gross imo.

Maybe it should be 2 posts instead of one?

I think Sacul's original idea is perfectly fine and valid: Make it so that hidden posts will not show up at all for ppl not posting in a thread. There's literally no reason for the "there's a post here but you'll have to reply to read" message anyway, it actually encourages spam and it encourages creeping in on posts you originally wouldn't even have read in the first place. The whole point of the hidden posts (as I get it) is to keep a post within a circle of people actually caring for it and having proven so.

So yea if it's in any way possible, here's a +1 for Sacul's idea.

Well, it still prevents people without accounts or banned from seeing it, but yeah, if it's possible to be more discreet it'd be good.

Was coming here to raise a complaint about the drive-by hidden text responses. +2 to Sacul’s idea of hiding it entirely.

There’s still the matter of certain threads known for having frequent hidden text posts where people are sharing very vulnerable and private sides of themselves that seem to draw a sort of rubbernecker but I don’t know what can be done about that beyond this and keeping the thread in Members Only.

Won't this just cause a lot of confusion? We will see people quoting empty posts with comments that seem completely irrelevant. At some point discussion needs to be possible and convenient for readers and posters alike. I think at the end of the day these features needs to be intuitive that anyone can understand at a glance, and not on a guess-basis where you have no idea if you're not seeing any posts while reading a thread.

I get the frustration for sure but with a hide function like this it's impossible to make it perfect, sadly. You take a risk when sharing sensitive details on the internet or whatever content it may be you're sharing, and you will invite people to reply to the thread - this is simply the reality. This is why it has been largely discouraged to use the feature unless it really makes sense to do so (a good example might be hiding a link to a Discord for active members).

Even if you could stop the direct "quoting your post to see the content" replies, people will still post "interesting thread" and such in order to see the content.

Thank you everyone for the kind words

Just want to chime in that I agree with the hidden post suggestion. There are a couple of times I've posted things where I don't necessarily want the entire userbase to read in on it, and the big red "you must reply to view this message" text feels like bait. And I've also seen folks clearly just popping in to see what was said, which feels pretty voyeuristic, especially when you're talking about marginalized members sharing their experiences among their communities.

That said, and please note this isn't meant to be a response to any specific event or user… but I would gently remind folks that ResetEra, much like social media, is not a private space, nor is it a black or POC space, a women's space, a queer space, a disability space, a survivor space, etc. even if it is more sympathetic to those communities than other gaming oriented forums online. I trust folks here to know that, but as much as this place can be an online home for some, it's worth keeping in mind that there are safer venues if you need to have certain kinds of discussions or even just vent.

Yeah not every forum can be a safe space like the bire unfortunately

[BananaBlast]

Mmmmmh, anti-vax free Shuri

I'm sorry, what?

Letitia Wright has some unfortunate views.

Oh you dont know?

Her movie actress, Letitia Wright, once shared a video that was anti-vax (specifically the Covid vaccination) on her now deleted social media.

Completely unnecessary drive-by. She already apologized for it like 5 years ago.

It has nothing to do with the in-game Shuri, who isn't even voiced by her.