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Should have kept his job a s prime minister
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(06-21-2024, 06:46 PM)nachobro wrote: [Image: KG2ptBf.png]
https://www.resetera.com/threads/zach-hadel-psychicpebbles-smiling-friends-is-currently-in-hot-water-over-past-racist-takes-and-comments.907545/post-124822020
You're going to have to articulate what the "harm" is before I can even possibly consider knowing what to "do the work" about. "It's not my job to educate you!" Well, it's not my job to dedicate my life to finding out whatever the fuck you're on about. I shouldn't have to emotionally labor to decode whatever cis nonsense this is. Especially when you aren't providing any evidence for your own case.

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"I didn't consent to you using my rules against me!"
Actually, I read it again.

"addressing the harms that have been caused by the beliefs"

Harms caused by the beliefs.

Literal thought policing.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/jason-schreier-rumours-go-dark-as-video-game-leakers-face-a-reckoning-includes-interview-with-pyoro.907929/?post=124818447#post-124818447
Quote:An article with a lot of era references. We are famous! Hi Mom!
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Probably the only site that accepts Jason
Crossing Eden
Quote:The Midori thing is still so wild to me because literally what is the point of pretending to be a Japanese woman for years??
omfg
(06-21-2024, 10:48 PM)CHOW CHOW wrote:
(06-21-2024, 10:21 PM)Boredfrom wrote:
ImranShockingAlberto wrote:I realize I am on an island alone here, but I'm of the belief that you can't spoil or steal the thunder from a reveal from a commercial.

Nothing to do with you doing the same at Gaf, with the cryptic shit included. 

No shit, they are glorified commercials, but is still someone job that you are fucking just to get some asspats on the Internet and role play as a e-celeb.

I don’t care about leaks, but the whole e-celeb culture around the leakers.
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this is such a "say cheese" smile

"I'll do the physical motion that humans understand as smiling but there will be no emotion associated with it, so basically I'm just inviting the viewer to look at my chompers"
(06-21-2024, 11:33 PM)Taco Bell Tower wrote: Crossing Eden
Quote:The Midori thing is still so wild to me because literally what is the point of pretending to be a Japanese woman for years??
omfg

man can you imagine if someone pretended to be a woman but they weren't actually

what would be the point of that, why would you pretend to be a woman when you're really a man, what kind of person does that
Quote:Devs don't determine marketing cycles. Marketing departments determine marketing cycles. Marketing cycles are a function of a soulless corporate entity, even if the people who make the games get emotionally invested in wanting to read people's positive reactions
Closetalker wrote:as someone who works in marketing, ouch lol
Fat4all wrote:i work in advertising lol

What’s up with RE marketers roleplaying as communists?
nepenthe wrote:I am always taken aback by how white people's "rebellious phase" is just them being a bigot indistinguishable from the rest of the bigots minorities have to deal with. It also explains why actual apology and restorative action is such a rare thing- the environment is such that y'all don't believe the behavior is all that serious. "How cute. He'll grow out of it."

nepenthe wrote:I mean, when your society and identity is fundamentally built on grave human atrocities that you refuse to address centuries later, it makes sense that that "live and learn" attitude would manifest itself in admittedly smaller instances of bigotry in the modern day. Again, there are no cultural mechanisms for in-group admonishment for this kind of thing because bigotry has largely been advantageous to white people. So yeah, Hadel was allowed to openly talk about white replacement theory as a grown adult, eventually be rewarded with a show regardless, and the most even liberals can do is go "well yeah, of course." It's a depressing reminder of what I already knew.

I think he was rewarded with a show because he has a marketable skill, not because he said something about "white replacement theory" once in a discord 10 years ago.  But what do I know, you're the expert on capitalism nepenthe.
Nepenthe was enjoying the fucking show without problems before this “news” (not even news, just drama):

https://www.resetera.com/threads/smiling-friends-season-2-starts-next-sunday-march-31st-on-adult-swim.830577/page-2?post=123842181#post-123842181

Nepenthe wrote:Very good episode this week. I was silently crying at the sudden appearance of the roommate. Something about the naturalistic conversation that will randomly occur just kills me.

What a fucking miserable person she is to turn her back at something that give her joy so easily.
The world needs to know: when is psychicpebbles going to address the grave human atrocities he committed against black people centuries after he committed the grave atrocities against black people.  He keeps making shows about a guy jerking off in space, I need him to acknowledge my pain, do the work, and engage in restorative action or else I won't be able to function as a full time stay-at-home womanchild.  There's a lot at stake here if my pain isn't addressed.


And what exactly is the "harm" that they keep going on about?  Let's take the absolute worst case scenario and benefit of the doubt - What if he believes that white people are being bred out of existence?  Uhhh, where is the "harm" here?  Nepenthe believes there's a worldwide conspiracy that white people coalesce into one groupthink unit to keep blacks impoverished and demoralized.  In her case, there's actual intentionality and a characterization of malice here.  In the former there's a thing that a guy believes is happening (or at least said as much, once, over 7 years ago) because numbers are going down.  How is she reconciling a feeling of "harm" here with what she believes and obsesses over?
She has said worse stuff and in less forgiving situations, and just in the last 6 months. That includes outright antisemitism.
(06-22-2024, 12:18 AM)Propagandhim wrote:
nepenthe wrote:I mean, when your society and identity is fundamentally built on grave human atrocities that you refuse to address centuries later,
Explain what they are and how they could be addressed. Use as many words as you want.

(06-22-2024, 12:18 AM)Propagandhim wrote:
nepenthe wrote:So yeah, Hadel was allowed to openly talk about white replacement theory as a grown adult, eventually be rewarded with a show regardless
So she's saying that your entire life should be extensively scrutinized including everything you've ever said anywhere before you're allowed any opportunities at all in life? Maybe she is a communist after all.
I love how she can't even conceive of a world where some omnipotent and omnipresent sinister cabal doesn't control and operate every aspect of life. lol
(06-22-2024, 12:51 AM)Boredfrom wrote: She has said worse stuff and in less forgiving situations, and just in the last 6 months. That includes outright antisemitism.

Just zero self reflection.. A month ago she was complaining about being misunderstood over her "collective nation of Jews" comment.but turns out it's only her who deserves the benefit of the doubt, no one else
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I mean, when your society and identity is fundamentally built on grave human atrocities that you refuse to address centuries later, it makes sense that that this attitude would manifest itself in admittedly smaller instances of bigotry in the modern day. Again, there are no cultural mechanisms for in-group admonishment for this kind of thing because bigotry has largely been advantageous to white people. It's a depressing reminder of what I already knew.
(06-22-2024, 12:25 AM)Propagandhim wrote: And what exactly is the "harm" that they keep going on about?  Let's take the absolute worst case scenario and benefit of the doubt - What if he believes that white people are being bred out of existence?  Uhhh, where is the "harm" here?  Nepenthe believes there's a worldwide conspiracy that white people coalesce into one groupthink unit to keep blacks impoverished and demoralized.  In her case, there's actual intentionality and a characterization of malice here.  In the former there's a thing that a guy believes is happening (or at least said as much, once, over 7 years ago) because numbers are going down.  How is she reconciling a feeling of "harm" here with what she believes and obsesses over?

at the root, there's practically no harm in anything they go on and on about

every "harm" is like seven layers removed from what actual harm would represent, the slipperiest slope

like, think about slurs and slightly chud-like attitudes, what's a disastrous scenario, absolute worst case in this context?

wholesale return of american slavery and subjugation of black people

which happens when enough people believe that black people are subhuman and they have the institutional power to subjugate

which happens when there aren't serious personal/legal consequences for physically mistreating black people

which can only happen after they've spent long enough as a society without receiving pushback/consequences for speech that characterizes black people as subhuman, a society that truly believes in this

which only happens after slurs have been normalized for so long that some people actually believe what's implied by them

slurs only get normalized when people look up to others who say such things and they want to emulate them

which leads us to arin hanson, the first brick leading to the top
Nepenthe's world also has to be incredibly black-and-white in the most literal sense:
Quote:Again, there are no cultural mechanisms for in-group admonishment for this kind of thing because bigotry has largely been advantageous to white people.
In her history there's no within Census category bigotry like anti-Catholic bigotry apparently. This was arguably the defining component of American society for ~150 years, not slavery. Blacks weren't socially relevant until they moved north and began displacing the Irish/Italians/etc. from their prior lower class positions as those whites moved into the broader middle class.

This is part of the challenge of knocking her off her unearned pedestal. You essentially have to teach American history to people who don't give a shit about it because it's not as simple as their narcissistic fantasies. And then they'd just deny it. Because there's no cultural mechanisms for in-group admonishment for this kind of thing because arrogant ignorance has largely been advantageous to the aggressive anti-social types.
and of course you can use the same chain of logic on practically any of their own behaviors

nepenthe loves lucio

lucio represents a brazilian stereotype, perhaps a positive one but a one dimensional stereotype nonetheless

so broad popularity of lucio leads to more companies deciding to make shallow representations of brazilians

some of these representations are actually not so nice, but too many people love brazilian stereotypes now to recognize its problematic aspects

over decades, an entire society grows to see brazilians in a negative subhuman light, that maybe ALL THEY ARE is the stereotypes

they decide it's acceptable to treat them as such, and thousands of brazilians are kidnapped and forced to perform perverse pantomimes as if they are this far future degraded and corrupted vision of lucio

this eventually escalates into full-on slavery

good job nepenthe
(06-22-2024, 01:23 AM)Uncle wrote: and of course you can use the same chain of logic on practically any of their own behaviors

good job nepenthe
FACT CHECK: This can't happen because her intentions are good and pure from her divine soul therefore nothing bad can come from anything she does or supports. Unless corrupted by sinister forces to undermine that pure benevolence.
She thinks the dominant organizing paradigm of human history was something that wasn't even conceived until the 20th Century and almost solely localized in America.
(06-22-2024, 01:11 AM)Uncle wrote: at the root, there's practically no harm in anything they go on and on about

every "harm" is like seven layers removed from what actual harm would represent, the slipperiest slope
The Butterfly Effect is basically their entire worldview. Gamergate leading to global fascism. Russians posting Facebook ads leading to Trump winning. The Marvels and Forspoken flopping leading to no more women or Black people in any media. Rejecting someone's weird religion leading to genocide. Not being affirmed in everything leading to suicide. The algorithms. Whiteness. Stochastic terrorism. On and on.

I'm pretty sure there's a psychological term for this but I'm blanking, it's a major component of depression, anxiety, etc. Where you escalate everything to an existential all-or-nothing extreme. Then you apply the precautionary principle to justify doing something absurd to prevent that probably near impossible chain of events excluding all contradictory evidence or alternatives because of the existential danger of the outcome you've decided is guaranteed.

In other words:
Nepenthe’s rally:



Just replace PuertoRicans with “non black people”.
(06-22-2024, 02:47 AM)Boredfrom wrote: Nepenthe’s rally:



Just replace PuertoRicans with “non black people”.
I didn't know anything about this show but this does seem pretty alt-right and pro-chud fascist. Like those two dudes getting arrested are clearly dismissing concerns.
(06-22-2024, 02:42 AM)benji wrote: The Butterfly Effect is basically their entire worldview.

that, and Minority Report ( Teehee )
(06-22-2024, 02:52 AM)benji wrote:
(06-22-2024, 02:47 AM)Boredfrom wrote: Nepenthe’s rally:



Just replace PuertoRicans with “non black people”.
I didn't know anything about this show but this does seem pretty alt-right and pro-chud fascist. Like those two dudes getting arrested are clearly dismissing concerns.

You should at least watch the pilot. Mr Plinkett himself appears:

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So, I'm watching World War Z. I wonder how the whole Jerusalem scene would play out in the current climate. I would love to hear nepenthe's take on it since it basically casts the Jews as benevolent saviours and the Palestinians as the reason the zombies breach the wall.

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(06-22-2024, 02:42 AM)benji wrote: I'm pretty sure there's a psychological term for this but I'm blanking, it's a major component of depression, anxiety, etc. Where you escalate everything to an existential all-or-nothing extreme. Then you apply the precautionary principle to justify doing something absurd to prevent that probably near impossible chain of events excluding all contradictory evidence or alternatives because of the existential danger of the outcome you've decided is guaranteed.

It's not my job to provide emotional labour for you chuds, but just this once out of the kindness of my pure, benevolent, anti capitalist heart:

Catastrophising?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/catastrophizing wrote:Catastrophizing is a cognitive distortion that prompts people to jump to the worst possible conclusion, usually with very limited information or objective reason to despair. When a situation is upsetting, but not necessarily catastrophic, they still feel like they are in the midst of a crisis.

What are some examples of catastrophic thinking?
When someone makes a mistake at work, she might engage in catastrophic thinking by exaggerating how poorly the error will reflect on her and concluding that she will be fired for it—and, perhaps, that this will lead to other severe consequences, like losing her home. An airplane passenger may catastrophize by interpreting turbulence as a sign of an imminent crash. Someone who incorrectly assumes that a relationship, or her reputation with others, has been irreparably damaged because of some regrettable behavior could be described as catastrophizing.

What is catastrophic thinking a sign of?
Catastrophizing has been linked to a number of adverse experiences and behaviors, including anxiety, depression, and anger-related problems. It can be a tendency of individuals who have generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or other conditions—each of which is diagnosed based on a broader list of symptoms.

Why does catastrophizing make the effects of pain worse?
Catastrophizing, which is sometimes called “magnifying,” can be thought of as a second burden or injury that follows the initial one, such as a flare-up of pain. Thoughts that zoom in on pain and emphasize the worst-possible outlook for the future (“I will always feel this way,” or “I will never be able to ___”) may exacerbate stress and anxiety. For some, catastrophizing may also discourage physical activity, which can be a valuable part of the management of certain forms of chronic pain.
Nah, doesn't sound like ResetERA.com. Must be something else. Let me check the pages about capitalism.


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