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

[HaughtyFrank]

.... I'm not the only one who acknowledges the human cost on African lives all this bullshit AI tech is having, right?

This bitch acts like having a job is some kind of existential torture. 

And here comes bootlicker number one. 

All the psychological damage on low income workers in the imperial periphery.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/meta-raybans-are-a-privacy-disaster-“we-see-everything-–-from-living-rooms-to-naked-bodies-”.1458091/page-2#post-152371732

Has she ever acknowledged the human cost on African lives caused by Trump stopping USAID? Somehow she doesn't care about that at all 

[JoeBoy101]

.... I'm not the only one who acknowledges the human cost on African lives all this bullshit AI tech is having, right?

This bitch acts like having a job is some kind of existential torture. 

And here comes bootlicker number one. 

All the psychological damage on low income workers in the imperial periphery.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/meta-raybans-are-a-privacy-disaster-“we-see-everything-–-from-living-rooms-to-naked-bodies-”.1458091/page-2#post-152371732

Has she ever acknowledged the human cost on African lives caused by Trump stopping USAID? Somehow she doesn't care about that at all 

Of course not. Because that would mean, by definition, she would have to acknowledge USAID does something beneficial for them, and we all know yt US can only harm Africa.

[Jansen]

I'm a psychotherapist. As part of my practice I work a couple of evenings a week at a local university counselling students. In my experience social media does have an impact on mental health, which at first glance may appear to be somewhat contradicted by the studies cited in the above article.



Cheng et. al. 2025 (the UK study referred to in the article) is interesting. It had a large, longitudinal sample of secondary school age participants taken from the #BeeWell survey's data set. They examined both the use of social media and gaming. They looked for causitive links between them and increased incidences of "internalising difficulties".



"Internalising difficulty" describes emotional problems or behaviours which are internalised and typically kept to oneself. Examples might be depression, anxiety, social withdrawal, low self esteem, and loneliness. This is not an exhaustive list. Nor is it a particularly comprehensive list of issues affecting mental health (which is in and of itself a nebulous phrase at best).



To quote the article,"There was no evidence that time spent on social media or gaming frequency predicted later internalizing symptoms among girls or boys." However, that is all it says.



It is silent on the impact social media or gaming might have on those who, for whatever reason, have internalising difficulties or other mental health needs. It is also silent on other impacts social media and gaming might have on the devlopment of young people. And older people for that matter. Mental health is an important issue but it isn't the only issue in play here. We'd do well to remember that.



Perhaps these results are not overly surprising. Since Freud we've known that it is our experiences in early childhood which have the biggest impact on our mental wellbeing in later life. And while many of Freud's ideas have not stood the test of time those that have, including this one, remain as relevant as they ever were. Nearly 30 years ago the ACES study confirmed the depressing correlation between adverse childhood experiences and poorer than average physical and mental health in later life.



It is perhaps arguable (if a little flippant) to say that by studying the impact on 11-16 year olds they were too late: the damage was already done.



Using anecdotal experience from working with people only slightly older than the study's sample group as evidence of anything generalisable would be imprudent. I work with a self selecting sample - those who present themselves for therapy. Recent statistics in the UK (where I am) show that just under a quarter of 11-16 year olds are likely to have a mental health issues. That means just over three quarters don't. Most kids and young adults are coping well enough (it is easy to forget that but important to acknowlegde it) and it is only a small subset of the ones who aren't that I will encounter.



That said, it is very common in my work that social media is brought up as an aggravating or exacerbating factor. It isn't ever the sole or primary cause of their issues, but the detrimental impact it can have on those already struggling should not be understated. Gaming seems far less problematic and in many cases actually seems to be, if anything, a benefit to mental health. Why they have been bundled together, I don't know.



That's not to say I agree with an outright ban. Bans tend to be unnuanced sledgehammers and this issue is far too complex for such a blunt instrument. As Maslow told us, if your only tool is a hammer, every problem comes to resemble a nail.



Regulation of tech companies, especially with regard to algorithms, is a much better answer. But that requires a nuanced response to a complex multifaceted issue.



And it seems there are altogether too many blunt tools in the corr
idors of power these days for that.

AI?

[filler]

.... I'm not the only one who acknowledges the human cost on African lives all this bullshit AI tech is having, right?

This bitch acts like having a job is some kind of existential torture. 

And here comes bootlicker number one. 

All the psychological damage on low income workers in the imperial periphery.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/meta-raybans-are-a-privacy-disaster-“we-see-everything-–-from-living-rooms-to-naked-bodies-”.1458091/page-2#post-152371732

Has she ever acknowledged the human cost on African lives caused by Trump stopping USAID? Somehow she doesn't care about that at all 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/march-10-2026-u-s-consulate-in-downtown-toronto-canada-hit-by-gunfire.1458517/#post-152388145

There was some news yesterday that there is signals intelligence that sleeper cells are activating outside of Iran.

Are you sure they're IRGC and not just Mossad planning falseflags?

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-guardian-the-world-wants-to-ban-children-from-social-media-but-there-will-be-grave-consequences-for-us-all.1457179/page-5#post-152380618

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thr-rosanna-arquette-says-quentin-tarantino-has-been-given-%E2%80%9Chall-pass%E2%80%9D-to-use-n-word-in-films-%E2%80%9Cit%E2%80%99s-not-art-it%E2%80%99s-just-racist-and-creepy%E2%80%9D.1456729/#post-152300992

 User banned (permanent): Dismissing concerns of racism. Account in junior phase.

I don't see the issue really.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-will-hold-news-conference-on-the-iran-war-at-5-30pm-edt-he-will-be-late.1457944/page-4#post-152365138

 User Banned (Permanently): Inflammatory commentary / trolling

Zero doubt Trump is worse, still means Biden was shit.

Hindsight being 20/20

Biden was a good American president by EVERY measure. Including the genocide measure...

I'm not interested in hearing ppl try to suggest otherwise

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-will-hold-news-conference-on-the-iran-war-at-5-30pm-edt-he-will-be-late.1457944/page-5#post-152365780

 User banned (1 week): inflammatory attacks toward other posters

He did some good things....he also heavily aided Netanyahu one of the largest (still ongoing) genocides and sequentially have him more power in doing so, that has led to him expanding the massacres. Not something that can in any way be put as just simply a "fault or issue". Trump being this way doesn't mean we also have to go back and white wash what Biden did.

On the other hand, clearly Trump is your preference and is doing much better things in the middle east and not aiding or committing genocide any longer? No? Or maybe we can all realize that all political leaders are going to suck in some ways and the lesser of two evils is always the way. We can all wish for a better world and better candidates and work toward those ends rather than dealing with this unstable POS and living in hindsight. Trump is the worst

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marathon-reaches-steam-peak-of-88-337-in-first-24-hours.1455688/page-47#post-152380687

[Mediocre Lager]

guys being at work rn is giving me psychological damage fr 

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/echoes-of-aincrad-announced-sword-art-online-rpg-july-10-2026-for-ps5-xbox-series-pc.1455088/page-4#post-152245087

Android Sophia butthurt because people were making fun of sword art online

[Boredfrom]

“Or maybe is because the game’s genre is niche as hell and people would either play more welcoming games or the hyper hardcore OG.”

[Vertigo]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thr-rosanna-arquette-says-quentin-tarantino-has-been-given-%E2%80%9Chall-pass%E2%80%9D-to-use-n-word-in-films-%E2%80%9Cit%E2%80%99s-not-art-it%E2%80%99s-just-racist-and-creepy%E2%80%9D.1456729/#post-152300992

 User banned (permanent): Dismissing concerns of racism. Account in junior phase.

I don't see the issue really.

That thread was setup as a honeypot thread. I'm surprised anyone fell for it posting anything against the hivemind. 

I almost posted in it. To say that QT grew up around black people in low income housing, yeah his a wigger but seeing middle class blacks and whites moan about the use of the word was weak. It just became a I hate Tarantino thread, with some I hate Israelis thrown in because his married to one.

[filler]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/march-10-2026-u-s-consulate-in-downtown-toronto-canada-hit-by-gunfire.1458517/#post-152388145

There was some news yesterday that there is signals intelligence that sleeper cells are activating outside of Iran.

Are you sure they're IRGC and not just Mossad planning falseflags?

mossad agents have already been caught in other countries attempting falseflag operations, but reee must be wrong no matter what 


average bore autists 

[Boredfrom]

That's because when you're LGBTQ+ you're far more aware that concerns about "safety of my children" is very likely another way of saying "my direct control over my children."

Im in my early-to-mid thirties and the controlling nature of my parents did damage to my self image and social ability that literally took until I was 32 to overcome. I see stories of this kind of trauma throughout the queer community.

Gonna speculate and say that social media would have not helped you, given that you are mess that cries about the Doctor gender while dressing like a teenage girl.

Which is why I can't help but roll my eyes when, even though there's someone who works in the field of mental health stating the contrary in this thread, there's posts insisting "Well I know the effects it has on me. Its must be worse for my child." 

This isnt about you. And not even your spawn. This is about increasing the surveillance state and preventing marginalised youths from finding acceptance and community. The harms of social media such as the algorithm, hate speech and disinformation could easily be legislated against, as we saw with the international push back against Grok generating non-consential sexual imagery and CSAM, without removing all access to vulnerable individuals to whom social media could be a literal lifeline.

Oh, you want to go there?

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thr-rosanna-arquette-says-quentin-tarantino-has-been-given-%E2%80%9Chall-pass%E2%80%9D-to-use-n-word-in-films-%E2%80%9Cit%E2%80%99s-not-art-it%E2%80%99s-just-racist-and-creepy%E2%80%9D.1456729/#post-152300992

 User banned (permanent): Dismissing concerns of racism. Account in junior phase.

I don't see the issue really.

That thread was setup as a honeypot thread. I'm surprised anyone fell for it posting anything against the hivemind. 

I almost posted in it. To say that QT grew up around black people in low income housing, yeah his a wigger but seeing middle class blacks and whites moan about the use of the word was weak. It just became a I hate Tarantino thread, with some I hate Israelis thrown in because his married to one.

yeah I heard in the neighborhood where he grew up there were lawn signs all over the place helpfully telling people where they could store their dead

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/capcom-going-non-union-on-mega-man-dual-override-sag-issues-do-not-work-order-ben-diskin-out-as-mega-man.1458898/

Well Capcom is now the new villain of the week

[Ethan]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-will-hold-news-conference-on-the-iran-war-at-5-30pm-edt-he-will-be-late.1457944/page-5#post-152365780

 User banned (1 week): inflammatory attacks toward other posters

He did some good things....he also heavily aided Netanyahu one of the largest (still ongoing) genocides and sequentially have him more power in doing so, that has led to him expanding the massacres. Not something that can in any way be put as just simply a "fault or issue". Trump being this way doesn't mean we also have to go back and white wash what Biden did.

On the other hand, clearly Trump is your preference and is doing much better things in the middle east and not aiding or committing genocide any longer? No? Or maybe we can all realize that all political leaders are going to suck in some ways and the lesser of two evils is always the way. We can all wish for a better world and better candidates and work toward those ends rather than dealing with this unstable POS and living in hindsight. Trump is the worst

I don't see any inflammatory attacks.
But still, that's rich from StevieP who spent years chastising people for daring to say that going to the store without a mask in 2022 2023 2024 2025 might not be akin to genocide.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/capcom-going-non-union-on-mega-man-dual-override-sag-issues-do-not-work-order-ben-diskin-out-as-mega-man.1458898/

Well Capcom is now the new villain of the week

Ben Diskin out as Mega Man

OMG… who the fuck cares?!

[Uncle]

well there you go...it starts

sag-aftra: NOBODY WORK WITH THEM!! IF THEY ASK YOU TO WORK WITH THEM SAY NO!!

capcom: ...we were already looking for voice actors willing to work non-union, you think shutting us out has any affect at all?

OMG… who the fuck cares?!

[Averon]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/echoes-of-aincrad-announced-sword-art-online-rpg-july-10-2026-for-ps5-xbox-series-pc.1455088/page-4#post-152245087

Android Sophia butthurt because people were making fun of sword art online

What's funny is her and her ilk proudly uses that tactic--coming into threads to purposely shit it up to ruin discussion and get people frustrated and banned and the thread eventually locked--whenever a game comes up that they don't like (see: Kingdom Come, Harry Potter, Cyberpunk 2077, etc...). They practically refined that tactic into an art-form during the Cyberpunk and Harry Potter hysteria on ERA.

[Averon]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/man-has-been-waiting-2-years-for-limited-run-games-to-fulfill-his-sonic-x-shadow-generations-statue-order.1457878/



Jawmuncher where ya at

He's here  https://www.resetera.com/threads/lrg-apologizes-for-sonic-x-shadow-generations-ce-quality-new-leadership-redoing-statue-replacements-or-refunds-for-existing-owners-public-updates.1457506/

Again with no mention at all that Jawmuncher works for LRG, a job they probably received due to being a mod on Era.

Seems real ethical to never mention that.

This is very likely a job he got after ERA helped egg on a harassment campaign against his female predecessor of that job because she had the audacity of saying she wanted to play the Harry Potter game. This was during the height of the anti-Harry Potter hysteria online pushed by leftists and the Trans community back in 2023.

[Boredfrom]

well there you go...it starts

sag-aftra: NOBODY WORK WITH THEM!! IF THEY ASK YOU TO WORK WITH THEM SAY NO!!

capcom: ...we were already looking for voice actors willing to work non-union, you think shutting us out has any affect at all?

OMG… who the fuck cares?!

I mean, what would anyone do without Ben Diskin iconic role as MegaMan.

(Not saying he was bad… but why should I care about him not getting the job back after half a decade?)

[filler]

can I get an option for japanese voice actors with subtitles

[Uncle]

well there you go...it starts

sag-aftra: NOBODY WORK WITH THEM!! IF THEY ASK YOU TO WORK WITH THEM SAY NO!!

capcom: ...we were already looking for voice actors willing to work non-union, you think shutting us out has any affect at all?

OMG… who the fuck cares?!

I mean, what would anyone do without Ben Diskin iconic role as MegaMan.

(Not saying he was bad… but why should I care about him not getting the job back after half a decade?)

probably due to the implication that this is where capcom says we don't need VA anymore, we'll just use AI, blacklist us all you want sag

[Boredfrom]

 Uncle, pls.

[HaughtyFrank]

I didn't even know the funny blue jumping man had a VA

[Alpacx]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/march-10-2026-u-s-consulate-in-downtown-toronto-canada-hit-by-gunfire.1458517/#post-152388145

There was some news yesterday that there is signals intelligence that sleeper cells are activating outside of Iran.

Are you sure they're IRGC and not just Mossad planning falseflags?

The defences for m'lady IRGC speculation in that thread compared to the Mossad conspiracies

[jooseloose]

Which one of you is this? https://bsky.app/profile/retardera5.bsky.social

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Retardera up through 4 already taken?