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

[Boredfrom]

I hate how these articles never ask, say, Democrat voters or folk who knew that things would get worse if Trump got back in again. I don't give a fuck that Trump supporter #567447 is upset over the economy or that they don't care because he's keeping out the gay Muslim communists because it's so predictable and means nothing

They are going to tell you that they didn’t vote Democrat because the party didn’t support the gay Muslim communists.  


https://www.resetera.com/threads/trumps-2024-grocery-photo-op-now-haunts-republicans-in-the-midterms.1604959/

[Garfield]

he was not just a fraudster but he was also a scumbag who sicced lawyers on the first journalist who tried to investigate him and even falsely told the police he was being threatened/harassed by the guy. And of course, the UK police, even after finding out there were no harassment or threats, told the journalist to stop because it was hurting Arday's feelings, and white people aren't allowed to do that in England.

[Garfield]

https://www.reddit.com/r/whatdoIdo/s/I4OwGF4Hpe

My Best friend is trans and refers to the stomach cramps you get from HRT as “periods”

Hello, I (23f) had a conversation with my best friend (27f) about HRT and how it causes PMS like symptoms and how it’s caused. At one point she said “I can’t wait to have my first period! It’s gonna be so funny we’re gonna be watching a movie and I’ll just randomly get a cramp and die lol”.

I did a lot of research on the subject because I wanted to be as knowledgeable as possible and when it comes to cramps specifically HRT can cause physical stomach cramps but the way it happens is a little different from cisgender women. For cisgender women, estrogen affects the smooth muscle within the uterus when it’s shedding its uterine lining. It’s why we have cramps but it’s deeply tired to our uterus. For trans women it cramps due to the estrogen affecting the smooth muscle within the stomach and intestines. So when there’s a large amount of estrogen it affects the way those muscles contract and often weakens them as well. And of course the more emotional symptoms of PMS also happen because inserting estrogen in your body is going to mess with your hormones a lot and your hormones mess with your emotional. A term I hear some trans women say is “HRT cycle” to describe it but I digress..

It made me feel uncomfortable and slightly offended to hear her say that? Obviously, I don’t feel or want to make her or anyone else to feel less of a woman. I also understand that what trans woman feel physically and emotionally while on HRT (estrogen) is VERY real and the symptoms are also very real and I respect that.

I feel like calling it a “period” (menstrual period) is kind of wrong. Because it isn’t a menstrual period. As a cis woman I feel like my experience as someone who deals with a uterus and the struggles with my cramps and specifically physical blood lost, involuntary biology (just being born this way and not being able to change this, and navigating menstrual stigma, pregnancy fears, birth control side affects, and eventually menopause are my own? I’m not sure how to describe it. I don’t want to offend anyone or sound like I’m transphobic because I’m frankly not. And these feelings are quite conflicting for me. I guess using the term “period” in the way she did as well almost felt like it minimized how it feels for cis woman? Like she’s excited for it and can’t wait for it to happen to her and to me it’s just like. It’s not a good thing for most women. It’s not “fun” and for her to treat it like it kind of is makes me feel weird about it. I’m also aware that this is just something I’m feeling of course but I also feel like quite a few cis women feel the same way?

I guess I’m wondering what I should do about this? Should I just ignore how I feel and keep our friendship as amazing as it already is? Do I even tell her I feel this way? Shes my best friend and I don’t want to come off like I’m minimizing her womanhood either. I want to be very mindful about this and I want to be a good friend as well. Any advice is appreciated.

CLARIFICATION: one thing people mentioned a lot was how much they were excited for their periods. This was entirely a surprise to me just because most of the people in my life hate it so I had also grown to also wish to never get it. So, that also gave me some insight on why she would be excited over this milestone.

UPDATE: Thank you everyone who has responded and commented. Aside from a few really rude people, you have all been very insightful, kind, and helpful. Thank you for giving me some grace and not completely lashing out on me. I’ve gained a lot of understanding from everyone especially from those who are trans, you’ve taught me a lot on what it’s like for you.

I have decided that I’m not going to tell her how I feel and support her as her best friend. especially since talking it through with all of you I’ve changed my mind on the matter. I also found I was probably being too sensitive about it and she’s just trying her best just as well as I am too. I will however probably delicately talk to her about how it could be dangerous to say this in front of people in public though as some of you’ve have stated that people could get aggressive.

I’m happy that most of you were able to understand my intentions are/were not malicious whatsoever. Just like some of you’ve said I am also growing as a person as well which is why I try to be mindful about these things. I will not be responding or replying to posts that are just trying to aggravate or stir the pot. This is not the place for that your hate is not appreciated.

Who was the trans Ree that claimed they get periods?

isn't it normal for women to bleed out of their butt every month like that guy, I mean girl, running for office in Maine?

[HaughtyFrank]

What I haven't seen mentioned is how Arday responded when people raised questions. A journalist working on the plagiarism story got hit with a letter from Carter-Ruck an aggressive defamation firm, and the story got killed. Another academic who flagged inconsistencies in his published research ended up getting contacted by police, after Arday accused him of bullying.

That's not a man caught off guard by unfair scrutiny. That's someone who knew exactly which levers to pull to try to make the questions stop.

And the underlying conduct was serious. Plagiarism in his PhD thesis. Quotes in published papers lifted from other people's research and passed off as his own interview subjects. A memoir built partly on claims that don't hold up. None of that happened to him. He did it.

It's a genuine tragedy, and there's no question bad actors piled on. But sympathy for how this ended shouldn't erase the facts that got us here

You can't find this to be that genuine of a tragedy if you felt the need to type all of this. What point are you even trying to make?

 

 We can never forget that Black victims who are murdered by racist systems are flawed individuals. We need to be nuanced and objective.

Feels like a part of a larger sarcastic post but she got lazy because she would need to read about the dude actions to defend him.

“Yeah, the system murdered him and… something about suing reporters… not talking until level… not going to read his autobiography.”

Not caring about the facts of the situation is always a great sign of rationality. This isn't a case of "he was no angel" when it's directly related to what happened. 

And Nepenthe talking about the racist system murdering him when he himself made use if the system reporting a journalist to the cops. 

[Jansen]

Just wanted to update how I got this working on my Android device (Odin 3) using Winlator Ludashi!

https://www.resetera.com/threads/new-final-beta-of-pokemon-reloaded-a-story-driven-fangame-with-real-time-pokemon-battles-combat-just-released.1594834/#post-159194752

I'm also here to report back that:

The first route is a labyrinth, Spica Forest and the route around it are an actual challenge (in a good way) to navigate and trainers/double battles all around. Took me a few blackouts to get to the next city...which leads me to...

Spica City...they really need to not do instrumental bgm of a Nickelback song for Spica City...

Having said all that, the game is really polished and the gym leader is now pushover for the Rock Badge. Talking to NPCs is actually worth it because there are rewards for talking to a good amount of them, and trainers will register your number and call you occasionally. Pretty 
cool.

He's really proud of that Odin

[DavidCroquet]

Equating suicide to actual victims of racist murder would be considered insanely offensive if anyone other than Nepenthe were doing it.

Also there is no shortage of “person who was exposed” killing themselves, across all demographics. It’s practically a cliche.

[Let's Cyber]

The Arday thread is my favorite type of Era thread because it shows exactly where the priorities of the posters are. A mask-off situation, as it were 


Nep is like a caricature of what conservatives THINK most liberals are like.

Burnham, do what Starmer didn't fucking do: REGULATE THE FUCKING MEDIA.

Yeah if the UK needs anything, it's more restrictions on freedom of press and more regulation of what people can read or say. 

[HaughtyFrank]

I had foolish hope that Jen being in this would break the containment of explicit Yuri in Chinese made games, especially with her GF's character in a enemies to lovers kind of way.

But then 1348 was a huge queerbait and she dropped out of this, so yeah i'm back to reality on that front. A lot of it looks cool otherwise though.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tides-of-annihilation-1st-hands-on-demo-40-mins-of-gameplay-looks-hype-af-guan-yu-cuts-down-a-samurai-also-cuts-down-a-dragon-in-a-single-strike.1604851/post-159196126

Just a hilarious poster. Whining in every movie or game that there's no female main character and when there is a female main character they're whining that she isn't gay

[HaughtyFrank]

The Arday thread is my favorite type of Era thread because it shows exactly where the priorities of the posters are. A mask-off situation, as it were 


Nep is like a caricature of what conservatives THINK most liberals are like.

Burnham, do what Starmer didn't fucking do: REGULATE THE FUCKING MEDIA.

Yeah if the UK needs anything, it's more restrictions on freedom of press and more regulation of what people can read or say. 

What exactly do they want? When a scandal breaks every media outlet is only allowed to write one story? No story at all? Do they also understand that this would apply to any case of cancel culture that they usually like so much?

I'd understand it if Arday's home was constantly besieged by reporters, if he was followed no matter where he went, but I haven't heard anyone make those claims.

[Besticus Maximus]

Nepenthe

Even Einstein basically came up with a universal constant just because he didn't like the idea of an accelerating expansion to the universe, despite the data at the time pointing against the idea of a static universe.

White people are allowed to make up shit in science all the goddamn time.

The complete horse shit this idiot comes out with

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmological_constant

Einstein introduced the constant in 1917[2] to counterbalance the effect of gravity and achieve a static universe, which was then assumed.

[HaughtyFrank]

Nepenthe

Even Einstein basically came up with a universal constant just because he didn't like the idea of an accelerating expansion to the universe, despite the data at the time pointing against the idea of a static universe.

White people are allowed to make up shit in science all the goddamn time.

The complete horse shit this idiot comes out with

Apart from this being a super questionable summary, I'm pretty sure that Einstein didn't hide his thought process from people and claimed that it was based on data that didn't exist.

"Einstein proposed a theory which means he's exactly the same as a compulsive liar who had lied about almost every detail of his life and plagiarized his papers"

Edit: Here's a plagiarism story Nepenthe absolutely loved hearing about

Finishing this up, and damn. The sheer satisfaction I got when Hbomberguy touched on how generated content is ultimately just complicated plagiarism when I pegged the connection earlier in the day. 😌

But still, holy shit at James Somerton. I had never watched the guy despite his videos sometimes being recommended in my feed. I have enough pretentious essayists in my subscription feed that I felt the need to not add another one. Glad I dodged the bullet beyond just, you know, his boring presentation. It makes you wonder just how widespread theft to that degree is on the platform, and on a smaller scale you have to wonder just how much money and exposure of actual talent is lost to hacks like this.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/plagiarism-and-you-tube-new-hbomberguy-video.791178/post-115824894

Now if James Somerton had killed himself after Hbomberguys video, what would her reaction be?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-buck-stops-somewhere-else-a-look-at-trump%E2%80%99s-tendency-to-avoid-blame-when-things-go-awry.1605253/

[Let's Cyber]

What exactly do they want?

A secret tribunal of moral "experts" to guide society using their woke-approved cultural lens. 

They want Sweet Baby Inc. but for everything. 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-data-centers-can-use-even-more-water-in-droughts-while-citizens-face-restrictions-from-the-corporate-labour-government.1605286/

Let the New Luddite movement do what it needs to do to these data centers.

Edit:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-data-centers-can-use-even-more-water-in-droughts-while-citizens-face-restrictions-from-the-corporate-labour-government.1605286/#post-159196339

These data centres are for AI. This hyperscale expansion isn't just for regular data centres.

There is no hyperscale expansion in the UK for data centres, energy is too expensive in the UK and AI generally isn't latency sensitive to justify that.

Stop believing you are American. You are not. You live in a different country with different things going on and a lot of shit in this forum is not relevant to your life.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-data-centers-can-use-even-more-water-in-droughts-while-citizens-face-restrictions-from-the-corporate-labour-government.1605286/#post-159201712

This headline and article are absolute bollocks and completely misleading. OP should either correct it or ask for the thread to be locked because this is nonsense.

1) These aren't AI data centres, they are regular data centres that provide the services we use every single day in the UK. Our entire society literally runs off them.

2) It is not a special exemption, it applies to a whole host of businesses. You should be far more pissed about golf courses being allowed to use water than data centres.

Thread backfire.

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-data-centers-can-use-even-more-water-in-droughts-while-citizens-face-restrictions-from-the-corporate-labour-government.1605286/#post-159201712

This headline and article are absolute bollocks and completely misleading. OP should either correct it or ask for the thread to be locked because this is nonsense.

1) These aren't AI data centres, they are regular data centres that provide the services we use every single day in the UK. Our entire society literally runs off them.

2) It is not a special exemption, it applies to a whole host of businesses. You should be far more pissed about golf courses being allowed to use water than data centres.

The narrative about Data centers has really gone out of control and the theory that China is fueling this to get an AI advantage is a conspiracy I can almost believe 

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Burnham, do what Starmer didn't fucking do: REGULATE THE FUCKING MEDIA.

[Jansen]

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/page-557#post-159171409

The replies are about what you would expect

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-appears-to-be-wearing-86-diapers.1605385/

Here comes the double standard

[Superstar]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/one-of-the-benefits-of-public-transit-not-talked-about-much-is-the-space-you-get.1605403/

wat

[huffs]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nvidia-gpus-see-yet-another-price-hike-of-20-up-to-30-as-the-generative-ai-hardware-crisis-worsens.1591135/page-5#post-159117193

 User Banned (Permanent): Troll account

We don't want them to fix the price. We want the build out of AI data centers to stop. A moratorium on AI data center build out would cause demand to fall making prices for things that are actually worthwhile (like consumer electronics) reasonable again.

AI and machine learning outside of specialized industry-specific use cases in engineering, science, mathematics, and healthcare/medicine does not add value to society and is actually a net negative to standard of living, employment/social stability, and climate/environmental impact.

I find it difficult to agree with you when I'm i) job changed to AI because I was laid off in non-AI fields ii) listen exclusively to AI music from a model I trained from scratch iii) am working on AI-generated roguelike video games for personal

I still appreciate real art it's just slow, expensive and not to my taste.

I don't see how it can be limited to specific industries like you say. Every domain can be modelled. I would like GPU prices to fall so I can buy more local GPUs for AI.

"...for things that are actually worthwhile (like consumer electronics)..."

I wonder if the denizens of the AI OT are aware that merely mentioning that one enjoys AI tools for personal use is now grounds for a sitewide permanent instaban for "trolling".

(meanwhile, saying a small business should be firebombed for using it doesn't even earn a warning)

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i%E2%80%99ve-lost-two-loved-ones-within-3-weeks%E2%80%A6.1605256/#post-159192430

I went through a mess last half 2019
my mom died, my dog died, my wife got cancer, I got laid off, my wife died, and then it was pandemic

If his truck broke down he would have a country song.

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/one-of-the-benefits-of-public-transit-not-talked-about-much-is-the-space-you-get.1605403/

wat

Claims they live in New York City and can frequently get up and walk around and nobody sits next to them 

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-appears-to-be-wearing-86-diapers.1605385/

Here comes the double standard

Erm, I mean

Edited: Wth, that's not the quote 

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i%E2%80%99ve-lost-two-loved-ones-within-3-weeks%E2%80%A6.1605256/#post-159192430

I went through a mess last half 2019
my mom died, my dog died, my wife got cancer, I got laid off, my wife died, and then it was pandemic

If his truck broke down he would have a country song.

[Venice]

Even Einstein basically came up with a universal constant just because he didn't like the idea of an accelerating expansion to the universe, despite the data at the time pointing against the idea of a static universe.

White people are allowed to make up shit in science all the goddamn time.

The complete horse shit this idiot comes out with

Gonna add a screenshot:



"White people are allowed to make up shit in science all the goddamn time"


Yes, it's called "Theoretical Physics" you fuckin' dumb-dumb 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_physics

People like Einstein create theories, which are then either proved or disproved, and we get scientific advancements.

The world's top universities offer degrees dedicated to theoretical physics. There are entire departments, and government budgets specifically for areas related to theoretical physics. We are able to send aeroplanes in the air and satellites into space because of theoretical physics. The whole reason why you're able to sit on your lazy ass at your pharmacy, and typing dumb shit like that post, is because theoretical physics allowed for the eventual invention of computers, the web and phones.

I'm not sure who the worst type of posters on Era are.

Is it Nepenthe, one of the dumbest people on the internet, who openly hates ALL white people?

Or is it the white members of Era, constantly hoping to suck Nepenthe's droopy tits and afro pussy, by constantly licking her boots, without ever realising she utterly despises them? 

[Jansen]

He IS the president of the United States. Arguably the most important position on the world. Let us not forget that he regularly releases medical reports that he is the smartest and healthiest man that ever lived...



If he is wearing diapers that shit needs to be called out because if it was Hillary or Biden, there would already be an act of congress to remove them.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-appears-to-be-wearing-86-diapers.1605385/page-2#post-159208960

Completely unhinged.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/yall-walking-around-with-your-butt-cheeks-smelling-like-liquid-death.1605457/#post-159207727

How about a diffuser you stick in your butthole so everytime you fart the smell is coconut lavender. People would be asking you to fart right in their faces.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marvel-rivals-dev-responds-to-storm-summer-skin-backlash.1602871/#post-159079816

 User Banned (2 Weeks): Racist Generalization.

There is a serious issue going on in China. Really disgusting. One or two games is one thing but off the top of my head I can think of least a dozen CN live service games that either mistreats people with dark skin or appropriates their culture. They tried this shit on one of the most famous female superheroes of all time and with an IP that isn't theirs. Meanwhile Tokon(JP) is nailing it in comparison. It's frustrating especially how big CN games are these days. All the talent, effort, and they just Arghhh.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/genigods-nezha-heroine-model-to-be-redesigned-following-player-feedback.1595203/#post-158781370

 User Banned (2 Weeks): Inflammatory Generalization; Account in Junior Phase

That's why you don't buy Chinese games (speaking as a Chinese person). I haven't seen any Chinese dev teams that are not total chuds.These people will not get a penny from me ever.

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/page-557#post-159175936

Chinese AAA gonna be like that. You can tell the game is made by a former mobile/MMO studio.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tai-yasue-haley-joel-osment-and-david-gallagher-set-for-the-kingdom-hearts-panel-at-d23.1597243/page-20#post-159209614

I'm oscillating between giving you kudos for being blunt about Disney having more positive mindshare than people here want to admit, and reflexively cringing at the realization that Kingdom Hearts is now significantly older than Final Fantasy was when the former's first game came out.

Time is a spiral. The more you think about it, the more depressing it all gets.

[Alpacx]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/yall-walking-around-with-your-butt-cheeks-smelling-like-liquid-death.1605457/#post-159207727

How about a diffuser you stick in your butthole so everytime you fart the smell is coconut lavender. People would be asking you to fart right in their faces.

What the fuck.



So many perverts congregate on that website.