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

[benji]

More and more, people will ask, "Hey, why did this artist stop drawing as much BDSM with very domineering tops? Why can't I find as much new content of this ship? Why did my favorite VTuber stop doing my favorite fetish? Why does she create only vanilla content now, Mommy Domme stuff dropped off?"

Ana, you really have such a way with words. The smut world is lucky to have you as their defender.  

Wow, and here comes the transmisogyny just because the voice of the people is a trans woman. You realize they're coming for you next right? That if you let the Epstein cabal restrict Mommy Domme farting into the nostrils of child looking adults in diapers that next the Epstein cabal will go after Mexicans living in Mexico, you realize that right? And that they'll paint the drones with Iranian colors when they do it? It's literally in Mossad's Project 2025.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/2026-us-and-israel-launches-strike-on-iran-khamenei-killed-israel-invades-lebanon.1449391/page-177#post-152459902

I think calling it conspiratorial is a bit much. With this specific conflict, the lengths that the Israelis have gone to to initiate this war which is something Netanyahu has wanted to do for decades, the lengths they go to sabotage negotiations, the US massacring school children and writing it off as 'we're investigating', and like you said the undoubted amount of intentional misinformation that is going on behind the scenes, which all just the tip of the iceberg, thinking that could be a possibility doesn't feel out of bounds at all.

I'm not suggesting it is necessarily the case. I said I wouldn't put it past them. You said yourself it's imperative to be skeptical. There's no hard proof of anything, but I am just that: skeptical.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/2026-us-and-israel-launches-strike-on-iran-khamenei-killed-israel-invades-lebanon.1449391/page-177#post-152460064

it's absolutely conspiratorial. No reason to speculate on something like this that hasn't happened.

With this slippery slope logic you can say any sort of speculation whatsoever is conspiratorial, as if something like this is completely 100% out of the realm of possibility. If you think it's absolutely impossible, that's fine. I think it's a bit naive.

He's completely right, for example, it's also not conspiratorial to speculate that Darkseid could come out of a Boom Tube and start turning Iran into fire pits for the transition of Earth to Apokolips. We know Darkseid has wanted the Anti-Life Equation for millennia, that the Anti-Life Equation is somewhere on Earth, that he has been sabotaging resistance efforts across the galaxy, that there are no protectors here like Kryptonians or Lanterns, that powerful forces like Intergang are under his thumb, that Glorious Godfrey has manipulated human minds and used misinformation in the past, which all just the tip of the iceberg, thinking that could be a possibility doesn't feel out of bounds at all.

I'm not suggesting it is necessarily the case. I said I wouldn't put it past Darkseid. You said yourself it's imperative to be skeptical. There's no hard proof of anything, but I am just that: skeptical.

[Lonewulfeus]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/2026-us-and-israel-launches-strike-on-iran-khamenei-killed-israel-invades-lebanon.1449391/page-177#post-152459902

I think calling it conspiratorial is a bit much. With this specific conflict, the lengths that the Israelis have gone to to initiate this war which is something Netanyahu has wanted to do for decades, the lengths they go to sabotage negotiations, the US massacring school children and writing it off as 'we're investigating', and like you said the undoubted amount of intentional misinformation that is going on behind the scenes, which all just the tip of the iceberg, thinking that could be a possibility doesn't feel out of bounds at all.

I'm not suggesting it is necessarily the case. I said I wouldn't put it past them. You said yourself it's imperative to be skeptical. There's no hard proof of anything, but I am just that: skeptical.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/2026-us-and-israel-launches-strike-on-iran-khamenei-killed-israel-invades-lebanon.1449391/page-177#post-152460064

With this slippery slope logic you can say any sort of speculation whatsoever is conspiratorial, as if something like this is completely 100% out of the realm of possibility. If you think it's absolutely impossible, that's fine. I think it's a bit naive.

He's completely right, for example, it's also not conspiratorial to speculate that Darkseid could come out of a Boom Tube and start turning Iran into fire pits for the transition of Earth to Apokolips. We know Darkseid has wanted the Anti-Life Equation for millennia, that the Anti-Life Equation is somewhere on Earth, that he has been sabotaging resistance efforts across the galaxy, that there are no protectors here like Kryptonians or Lanterns, that powerful forces like Intergang are under his thumb, that Glorious Godfrey has manipulated human minds and used misinformation in the past, which all just the tip of the iceberg, thinking that could be a possibility doesn't feel out of bounds at all.

I'm not suggesting it is necessarily the case. I said I wouldn't put it past Darkseid. You said yourself it's imperative to be skeptical. There's no hard proof of anything, but I am just that: skeptical.

So in this analogy is Trump Bruno Mannheim?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/are-democrats-gonna-let-republicans-beat-them-to-the-punch-on-yet-another-easy-layup-israel.1462156/#post-152517718

Seriously though, if people can't tell the difference between "What Israel is doing is wrong and we need to stand against it" and "Israel actually controls the world and manipulates us into doing their bidding" then we have a real problem on our hands.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/are-democrats-gonna-let-republicans-beat-them-to-the-punch-on-yet-another-easy-layup-israel.1462156/page-2#post-152528683

Genuinely, how many Democrats are paid by AIPAC (all the different innocent sounding names too)? Is it the vast majority? Kat Abughazaleh bringing this up with her competition got me thinking.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hugh-jackman-sings-for-rupert-murdoch-at-his-95th-birthday-party-variety.1462498/#post-152528425

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/are-democrats-gonna-let-republicans-beat-them-to-the-punch-on-yet-another-easy-layup-israel.1462156/page-2#post-152528683

Genuinely, how many Democrats are paid by AIPAC (all the different innocent sounding names too)? Is it the vast majority? Kat Abughazaleh bringing this up with her competition got me thinking.

If only there was some well known popular website where you could easily find out this kind of stuff:
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/american-israel-public-affairs-cmte/summary?id=D000046963
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus?cycle=All&ind=Q05

Or even some kind of not impartial (that means biased) website that turns up if you search for anything like this and gets lots of social media traction and attention from expert sources like Hasan:
https://www.trackaipac.com/

And we're expected to trust this guy's dossiers?

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thr-leaked-audio-reveals-rebel-wilson%E2%80%99s-pr-team-plotted-to-smear-movie-producer-as-sex-trafficker.1462501/#post-152530102

I love that my irrational hatred towards Rebel Wilson has been justified a couple of times in the last few years already.



Absolutely talentless hack that makes fun of obese people.

Perfectly normal people

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/are-democrats-gonna-let-republicans-beat-them-to-the-punch-on-yet-another-easy-layup-israel.1462156/page-2#post-152528683

Here is my prediction:
- Trumps iran war costs him the mid terms and he is impeached
- Newsom wins the presidency by a landslide against Vance or Rubio, GOP looks finished
- Newsom admin offers pretty vanilla stances on everything, economy still tanking because of the Iran war fallout and bust of the AI bubble
- GOP and AIPAC have a fallout over openly anti semitic R candidates who are seeing great success in polls, GOP decides to bet on the new wave of candidates, MENA lobby groups replace the lost AIPAC funds as the Gulf states see a historic chance shift the US israel position
- Newsom loses his re election to an openly anti semitic candidate who blames all of Americas problems on Israel and theJews. dragging the US into the Iran war, great replacement theory …. Not long before ice agents detain jewish Americans and seize their assets

No clue it will play out like this but things have escalated so quickly since 2016 it would be foolish to write it off completely.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/are-democrats-gonna-let-republicans-beat-them-to-the-punch-on-yet-another-easy-layup-israel.1462156/#post-152517718

Seriously though, if people can't tell the difference between "What Israel is doing is wrong and we need to stand against it" and "Israel actually controls the world and manipulates us into doing their bidding" then we have a real problem on our hands.

The Israel lobby is probably THE most powerful lobby currently present in America. So much that it's more important catering to it than to your own constituents.

$60 million out of the $2.5 billion in the "single issue" sector alone. MOST. POWERFUL. LOBBY.



It's hard to read threads like those and not want to go tell all those self-diagnosed political experts they all need to read a little fucking* James Madison:

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As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed. As long as the connection subsists between his reason and his self-love, his opinions and his passions will have a reciprocal influence on each other; and the former will be objects to which the latter will attach themselves. The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. From the protection of different and unequal faculties of acquiring property, the possession of different degrees and kinds of property immediately results; and from the influence of these on the sentiments and views of the respective proprietors, ensues a division of the society into different interests and parties.

The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according to the different circumstances of civil society. A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice; an attachment to different leaders ambitiously contending for pre-eminence and power; or to persons of other descriptions whose fortunes have been interesting to the human passions, have, in turn, divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and oppress each other than to co-operate for their common good. So strong is this propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities, that where no substantial occasion presents itself, the most frivolous and fanciful distinctions have been sufficient to kindle their unfriendly passions and excite their most violent conflicts. But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society. Those who are creditors, and those who are debtors, fall under a like discrimination. A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes, actuated by different sentiments and views. The regulation of these various and interfering interests forms the principal task of modern legislation, and involves the spirit of party and faction in the necessary and ordinary operations of the government.

No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity. With equal, nay with greater reason, a body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time; yet what are many of the most important acts of legislation, but so many judicial determinations, not indeed concerning the rights of single persons, but concerning the rights of large bodies of citizens? And what are the different classes of legislators but advocates and parties to the causes which they determine? Is a law proposed concerning private debts? It is a question to which the creditors are parties on one side and the debtors on the other. Justice ought to hold the balance between them. Yet the parties are, and must be, themselves the judges; and the most numerous party, or, in other words, the most powerful faction must be expected to prevail. Shall domestic manufactures be encouraged, and in what degree, by restrictions on foreign manufactures? are questions which would be differently decided by the landed and the manufacturing classes, and probably by neither with a sole regard to justice and the public good. The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet there is, perhaps, no legislative act in which greater opportunity and temptation are given to a predominant party to trample on the rules of justice. Every shilling with which they overburden the inferior number, is a shilling saved to their own pockets.

...

By what means is this object attainable? Evidently by one of two only. Either the existence of the same passion or interest in a majority at the same time must be prevented, or the majority, having such coexistent passion or interest, must be rendered, by their number and local situation, unable to concert and carry into effect schemes of oppression. If the impulse and the opportunity be suffered to coincide, we well know that neither moral nor religious motives can be relied on as an adequate control. They are not found to be such on the injustice and violence of individuals, and lose their efficacy in proportion to the number combined together, that is, in proportion as their efficacy becomes needful.

From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person, can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will, in almost every case, be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and concert result from the form of government itself; and there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual. Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. Theoretic politicians, who have patronized this species of government, have erroneously supposed that by reducing mankind to a perfect equality in their political rights, they would, at the same time, be perfectly equalized and assimilated in their possessions, their opinions, and their passions.

A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect, and promises the cure for which we are seeking.

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The other point of difference is, the greater number of citizens and extent of territory which may be brought within the compass of republican than of democratic government; and it is this circumstance principally which renders factious combinations less to be dreaded in the former than in the latter. The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it; the fewer the distinct parties and interests, the more frequently will a majority be found of the same party; and the smaller the number of individuals composing a majority, and the smaller the compass within which they are placed, the more easily will they concert and execute their plans of oppression. Extend the sphere, and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens; or if such a common motive exists, it will be more difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength, and to act in unison with each other. Besides other impediments, it may be remarked that, where there is a consciousness of unjust or dishonorable purposes, communication is always checked by distrust in proportion to the number whose concurrence is necessary.

Hence, it clearly appears, that the same advantage which a republic has over a democracy, in controlling the effects of faction, is enjoyed by a large over a small republic,--is enjoyed by the Union over the States composing it. Does the advantage consist in the substitution of representatives whose enlightened views and virtuous sentiments render them superior to local prejudices and schemes of injustice? It will not be denied that the representation of the Union will be most likely to possess these requisite endowments. Does it consist in the greater security afforded by a greater variety of parties, against the event of any one party being able to outnumber and oppress the rest? In an equal degree does the increased variety of parties comprised within the Union, increase this security. Does it, in fine, consist in the greater obstacles opposed to the concert and accomplishment of the secret wishes of an unjust and interested majority? Here, again, the extent of the Union gives it the most palpable advantage.

The influence of factious leaders may kindle a flame within their particular States, but will be unable to spread a general conflagration through the other States. A religious sect may degenerate into a political faction in a part of the Confederacy; but the variety of sects dispersed over the entire face of it must secure the national councils against any danger from that source. A rage for paper money, for an abolition of debts, for an equal division of property, or for any other improper or wicked project, will be less apt to pervade the whole body of the Union than a particular member of it; in the same proportion as such a malady is more likely to taint a particular county or district, than an entire State.

Not that I have great faith in their ability to even be able to read it, let alone understand it and why it places a tremendous burden on those attempting to demonstrate that any one interest (let alone a specific lobby) has complete control of the state versus what we see in the actual interest spending figures posted above. (That's aside from their standard narcissistic assumption that the "people" entirely agree with them even as they never win any popularity contests.)

*it's a joke too because James Madison was only 5-1.

[benji]

Oh, and for anyone wondering why the Defense industry number is so low in the above, it's because of the way Defense appropriations work, there's no point in giving money to random ass Congress people if they aren't on the committee that does that.

[Propagandhim]

Here is my prediction:
- Trumps iran war costs him the mid terms and he is impeached
- Newsom wins the presidency by a landslide against Vance or Rubio, GOP looks finished
- Newsom admin offers pretty vanilla stances on everything, economy still tanking because of the Iran war fallout and bust of the AI bubble
- GOP and AIPAC have a fallout over openly anti semitic R candidates who are seeing great success in polls, GOP decides to bet on the new wave of candidates, MENA lobby groups replace the lost AIPAC funds as the Gulf states see a historic chance shift the US israel position
- Newsom loses his re election to an openly anti semitic candidate who blames all of Americas problems on Israel and theJews. dragging the US into the Iran war, great replacement theory …. Not long before ice agents detain jewish Americans and seize their assets
No clue it will play out like this but things have escalated so quickly since 2016 it would be foolish to write it off completely.

No clue it will play out like this but

THEN WHY DID YOU WRITE THIS SHIT

[benji]

THEN WHY DID YOU WRITE THIS SHIT

User Banned (Permanent): Dismissing concerns of ICE doing a pogrom against Jews in 2033, exactly 100 years after the Nazis took power in Germany of all years, something that would be difficult to believe that someone didn't want that way; long history of history of being Italian and extensive record of bans related to this. Account in junior status.

[Alpacx]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/are-democrats-gonna-let-republicans-beat-them-to-the-punch-on-yet-another-easy-layup-israel.1462156/page-2#post-152528683

Here is my prediction:
- Trumps iran war costs him the mid terms and he is impeached
- Newsom wins the presidency by a landslide against Vance or Rubio, GOP looks finished
- Newsom admin offers pretty vanilla stances on everything, economy still tanking because of the Iran war fallout and bust of the AI bubble
- GOP and AIPAC have a fallout over openly anti semitic R candidates who are seeing great success in polls, GOP decides to bet on the new wave of candidates, MENA lobby groups replace the lost AIPAC funds as the Gulf states see a historic chance shift the US israel position
- Newsom loses his re election to an openly anti semitic candidate who blames all of Americas problems on Israel and theJews. dragging the US into the Iran war, great replacement theory …. Not long before ice agents detain jewish Americans and seize their assets

No clue it will play out like this but things have escalated so quickly since 2016 it would be foolish to write it off completely.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/are-democrats-gonna-let-republicans-beat-them-to-the-punch-on-yet-another-easy-layup-israel.1462156/#post-152517718

Seriously though, if people can't tell the difference between "What Israel is doing is wrong and we need to stand against it" and "Israel actually controls the world and manipulates us into doing their bidding" then we have a real problem on our hands.

The Israel lobby is probably THE most powerful lobby currently present in America. So much that it's more important catering to it than to your own constituents.

$60 million out of the $2.5 billion in the "single issue" sector alone. MOST. POWERFUL. LOBBY.



It's hard to read threads like those and not want to go tell all those self-diagnosed political experts they all need to read a little fucking* James Madison:

Meanwhile:
How Qatar Spent Billions to Gain Influence in the U.S

[benji]

I never stop enjoying how their conception of the most important event (to them) in world history is that one day all of Germany had suddenly gotten really hateful and bigoted, especially anti-Semitic, overnight and upon waking up decided to take that out on all of Europe.

And because history repeats, the US, which has always been a racist terrorist state built on Black exploitation and is the cause of all evil in the world, is guaranteed to follow the same course of events. (Even as they do absolutely nothing to prepare for the fact that they claim they could wake up in the height of a Fourth Reich tomorrow.)

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sex-scenes-in-film-and-tv-whats-your-take.1462054/

They aren't for me, but it's just hard for me to find watching other people have sex "sexy". It's probably the whole demi thing.

I usually just tune out and do other things or fuck around on my phone when a sex scene starts. I'm not gonna turn a movie off because people have sex in it but it's not something that I put any energy into focusing on.

As for actually PERFORMING romantic scenes as an actor...I've done it a few times, but again, due to the demi thing it's hard for me to capture that energy properly on a regular basis, because I rarely feel that level of attraction to anyone and it's very difficult to trick my body into thinking it does.

Calls himself demisexual to explain why he gets no play. One step away from going full blown incel!

[Potato]

Dice going full Karen on the poor and dirty browns:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/timoth%C3%A9e-chalamet-sparks-controversy-for-saying-%E2%80%9Cno-one-cares%E2%80%9D-about-ballet-and-opera.1455697/page-7#post-152502100

What he said is especially true fo folks living in a 3rd world country like me.

No one, absolutely no one, in here cares about ballet and opera. Seems like something only the privileged can enjoy, really, unlike movie theaters.

You're online at least 10,000 posts worth here. Take that steam and watch on youtube or something if you actually care to try it. If you don't then you don't. 🤷‍♂️ No need to wear this "no opera/ballet badge" proudly when the internet exists. You're just not interested, period.

What steam? What "no opera/ballet badge" thing?

Weird ass response. Though its true that I don't care about ballet and opera, and most in my country also do not, since I live in a 3rd world country and things like ballet and opera are things that can only be enjoyed by the most privileged.

HERE YA GO.  58 million views.  No '7pm tickets' required.

You don't seem to understand.

Where *I* live, things like ballet and opera are the things that only the very rich and privileged can enjoy. No one outside that circle usually gave it a spot in their headspace.  I just merely stated that fact.

So?
You can YouTube it.  Wasn't aware you were giving the final comment on ballet and opera...whatever the excuse is.
I know watching theatre or sports from some other part of the world isn't THAT out of reach, it being niche is irrelevant, a LOT of stuff is "niche".  Anime and games were niche.

Then again, Laughing Banana is also a retard shit talking posser.   So I’m fine with him dealing with Dice in Karen mode.  

I get his point, but he said in the usual lefty dismissal way, when great portion of lefties like to pretend that they understand high art.

Laughing banana is posting on a video game forum from a third world country...talk about being rich and privileged. 

[benji]

Is Indonesia really a third world nation still? If it is, then so are South Africa, Jamaica, India and the Philippines.

[benji]

So in this analogy is Trump Bruno Mannheim?

Morgan Edge. 

And it's not an analogy. Darkseid is. 

[Potato]

It's a third world country if it helps me win an argument on the internet!

[Straight Edge]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marathon-steam-ccu-thread.1455688/page-63

I spent a few hundred dollars on Highguard and requested a PSN refund. Sony refused, citing their EULA. I'm in the EU.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marathon-steam-ccu-thread.1455688/page-63

God dammit, we need Jeff to pushback on this Nazism.  

Whole lot of people online talking about reasons people bounced off Marathon, but the player counts haven't collapsed; people simply didn't show up in the first place.

Millions of people have played Destiny 2, thus millions of people have seen either first hand or through friends the kind of shit Bungie likes to pull. Destiny 2 was aggressively monetized almost right from the start, with the eververse store rapidly becoming Bungie's focus for new content additions and earnable cosmetics being both relatively uncommon and low effort. Entire swathes of content were permanently removed from the game via 'vaulting' as future content became increasingly expensive. A handful of years ago I decided to jump back into Destiny 2 as the latest expansion was receiving positive reviews, and so I purchased the new expansion, purchased the annual pass for all the expansion content that wasn't included in the expansion purchase, logged in and was greeted with a splash screen advertising a grand new dungeon to explore... if I purchased it separately, of course. I just logged out and never touched the game again.

There is no benefit of the doubt to be given to Bungie because they have spent a decade removing all doubt as to who they are, and lo and behold, days after Marathon's launch Bungie had to walk back their predatory skin and currency bundle pricing mismatch. Their first battle pass was such horrendously poor value that they had to promise extra skins to be added next month, and they're playing the same old Destiny shader game with weapon cosmetics that can only be applied to a single weapon at a time, thus allowing Bungie to fill battle passes with repeated filler rewards.

And that's just talking money, Bungie is repeating the same patterns with game systems design. A huge amount of development resources for Destiny 2 went into raids which were inaccessible to the majority of players, content which required players to go to external sources like forums or discord to build groups due to a complete lack of tools in-game. Their only PvP mode they put effort into was a viciously exclusionary Trials mode which, again, most players could not reasonably engage with. And they got away with these things because Destiny 2 was a large game with a lot of other content for people to putter around in.

Now we've got Marathon, a game that for at minimum the next six months has three maps accessible to everyone and one promised raid-style map which, if it follows Bungie's established patterns, is going to be inaccessible to the majority of players outside of watching streamers run it in their premades. This time there's no cushion of overworld zones to ride your nifty speeder bike around in, no myriad dungeons to queue up for and mindlessly grind, no solo quests for exotics to explore, no mixed PvP modes like Crucible and Gambit which, even if they were left to flounder, at least offered variety. Marathon is a bare bones three-plus-one map extraction shooter, and two of the three existing maps are not particularly good. A lot is riding on Cryo not just being good but being something average players can even engage with.

I played two of the early play tests last year and if Marathon had launched at its original release date it wouldn't have had a steady gradual decline in player count, it would have cratered. Bungie was adamant about the game being built around trios with no solo queue, about there being no proximity chat, until it was made crystal clear to them that this shit was not optional; they are still refusing to commit to adding duos despite it being called out as a necessary option all the way back to the first play test. Bungie created (Or perhaps reinvented) an IP centered on players taking control of disposable artificial bodies in a cyberpunk world, a perfect vehicle to allow player customization and the creation of unique personal identities, then decided that actually it would be a hero shooter. When faced with strong feedback about how bad an idea that was they changed the character names and nothing else, leaving every map full of the same characters running around, spouting the same voice lines with the same personalities. Playing a round of Arc leads to encounters with a bunch of random guys and gals, playing a round of Marathon leads to encounters with half a dozen identical Assassins.

Server slam rolled around and 143k people showed up. That's not great. It was pretty fun though, the game's visuals and music are phenomenal and the shooting feels good. Marathon is a whole ass vibe, from the stiflingly oppressive menus to the garish absurdity of the game world's searing neon colors overlaid upon blocky geometry reminiscent of children's toys, from the excellent voice acting and artistic design of the faction representatives to the anxiety-ramping music tempo changes as you queue for a round. Activating that terminal in Dire Marsh for an early priority contract and hearing the sound of a human voice recorded centuries ago was incredibly immersive, at least for the first half before another team showed up and we had to go kill them; never did get to listen to the second half. This game's strongest assets, the narrative and world constructed around it, are unfortunately at odds with the game Bungie decided to create.

That game, the extraction shooter, was already getting old by the end of the server slam. Fighting the UESC felt like fighting Destiny enemies, it was fine but not interesting. Those first handful of priority contracts which ended in chats with the cool faction reps were gripping, but it became apparent quite quickly that contracts were ultimately going to be tedious MMO style daily quests on repeat. Perimeter is just not a good map, and Dire Marsh while better is still forgettable with little personality. Everyone being KOS and the game encouraging it was kinda fun for a bit, but it turns out that it removes tension, excising the social dynamics and unpredictability found in Arc, resulting in Marathon sometimes feeling like Apex with extra steps. Solo queue is poorly balanced since the UESC and runner hero abilities were designed around trios, and Bungie clearly doesn't give a shit about it. You've got a long grind to level up fundamental stats for your character to the point that it feels good to play and you're going to repeat that grind starting from scratch every season. Rook runs are cool, points for that.

There are myriad smaller issues that are not structural to the game and which could be reasonably solved, like how bad heat (Stamina) feels until you've leveled up significantly, the poor onboarding for the people who do give it a chance, the terrible item icons, how poor inventory management and looting feel with a controller, and on it goes. A thousand little cuts, any of which could be easily endured if the broader game were compelling enough.

Release day rolled around and 88k people showed up. That's really not good. Steam reviews are great at least, due in part to the server slam filtering people who didn't like it and in part to Bungie straight up asking people in the discord to leave a review. I'm loosely following the CCU because I'm a nerd who likes metrics, and I'm following Marathon still because despite everything else the vibes did grab me for a bit during the server slam. My expectations for Cryo and Bungie are low but I am open to being surprised.

Marathon is not floundering because some chud on youtube said it's woke or because some rando on twitter said it looks like Roblox, there is no coordinated hate campaign by a cabal of evildoers murdering games that were totally going to succeed otherwise.

Marathon is laying in the bed Bungie made.

[benji]

Don't blame anyone for not wanting to watch Marathon honestly. It's so incredibly uninteresting at this point.

Speak for yourself. I along with many others are having a blast and I enjoy watching Shroud play it too.

Don't blame anyone for not wanting to watch Marathon honestly. It's so incredibly uninteresting at this point.

Maybe for you, but there are thousands of people that would like to watch it and interact with the community without a bunch of weirdo chuds in every single chat.

This exchange is a perfect encapsulation of Era.

[killamajig]

Honestly, and I say this as someone who definitely disagrees with Chalamet, but it kinda feels like people are so used to being mad at people because they say bigoted stuff that when something like this comes along, a random stupid take, that they just don't know how to handle it in a reasonable way. I've seen bigotry invoked in this discussion twice in the last page or so and my brain is just fried.

He's wrong and it's a stupid take that I very much disagree with, but it really feels like people need to learn about how to handle basic disagreements because, holy crap. We gotta stop going to 11.

"Why is my forum like this?"

Bitchdubs is the stupidest mother fucker on the planet.

[Orange Juice Box]

Hate this little fucker so much. 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/dinkydev-appreciation-thread.1461850/

He thinks he's responsible for the mental well being of the forum.    I hope his own personal therapist tells him what a horrible idea that is and he ignores her.  I also hope he got that book, hard copy of the magazine reviewed it, and a podcast for his wife that talks about appropriate screen time for children.


Oh it was about how lawyers and scientists are training AI even if they know what the future holds.  Apparently, like Nepenthe forbids AI in her house, so does MessofanEgo


https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-laid-off-scientists-and-lawyers-training-ai-to-steal-their-careers.1459522/post-152429635

Is anyone able to gift a link so I can read the whole article? So I can send this to my lawyer wife.

[benji]

aw yeah drag that fake gamer cunt poptart

[Lonewulfeus]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sex-scenes-in-film-and-tv-whats-your-take.1462054/

They aren't for me, but it's just hard for me to find watching other people have sex "sexy". It's probably the whole demi thing.

I usually just tune out and do other things or fuck around on my phone when a sex scene starts. I'm not gonna turn a movie off because people have sex in it but it's not something that I put any energy into focusing on.

As for actually PERFORMING romantic scenes as an actor...I've done it a few times, but again, due to the demi thing it's hard for me to capture that energy properly on a regular basis, because I rarely feel that level of attraction to anyone and it's very difficult to trick my body into thinking it does.

Calls himself demisexual to explain why he gets no play. One step away from going full blown incel!

I thought being a demisexual meant you were into fat guys 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/huel.1456768/#post-152303746

 User Banned (2 Months): Ableist Rhetoric; Antagonizing Fellow Member; Long History of Inflammatory Commentary

I'm sorry but you need some tough love

Do you brush your teeth everyday? Ok great you can eat some vegtables and healthy food, not some processed garbage. Your health isn't something you should need "motivation" for as a adult it's something you prioritise.

ADHD isn't a excuse either.

[simiansmarts]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/huel.1456768/#post-152303746

 User Banned (2 Months): Ableist Rhetoric; Antagonizing Fellow Member; Long History of Inflammatory Commentary

I'm sorry but you need some tough love

Do you brush your teeth everyday? Ok great you can eat some vegtables and healthy food, not some processed garbage. Your health isn't something you should need "motivation" for as a adult it's something you prioritise.

ADHD isn't a excuse either.

REEE users will unironically believe the psy op that exercise and good dieting is rightwing coded because ableism and fatphobia. 
  

[benji]

Disappointed there's no thread about this considering their past threads around the topic of shoplifting:

 We need a well funded study, the legislature needs to immediately make large grants available.

[Mask]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/huel.1456768/#post-152303746

 User Banned (2 Months): Ableist Rhetoric; Antagonizing Fellow Member; Long History of Inflammatory Commentary

I'm sorry but you need some tough love

Do you brush your teeth everyday? Ok great you can eat some vegtables and healthy food, not some processed garbage. Your health isn't something you should need "motivation" for as a adult it's something you prioritise.

ADHD isn't a excuse either.

Most predictable ban in a while. Challenging an identity class's claim of inherent disadvantage means firing squad.

[benji]

I've always balked at the price of the Huel bottles (Like £4/$6 each?!), but lately my diet has been awful, I hate cooking, I've got some stupid undiagnosed immune problem that zaps my energy at random every day or so and I have autism and ADHD so I'm picky about what I eat and I'm never motivated to make any food beyond toast. Maybe noodles.

So I've decided to jump into the powders in bulk at a fairly steep discount (about a months worth at £1/$1.34 per "meal") and I'm hoping this will both get my weight down and give me some more energy to actually do stuff, but I'm kinda curious to know if anyone here has had any experiences with it because I know it can be pretty divisive as far as taste and enjoyment goes.

I've picked up Black Edition in coffee flavour, Original Banana and Essential in chocolate. Coffee is nice, Chocolate is the bomb and I haven't tried banana yet. For some reason I'm finding Essential to be way more filling despite it having only 20g Protein compared to Black Edition's 40g, but it's still early days yet.

Love to focus in on ADHD and insult someone for it, because it's obviously fake and made-up, especially when OP's describing far more issues than just ADHD. Have you tried not being an ableist weirdo?

(Edit: just to be clear, OP is very clearly describing other serious energy-affecting issues beyond just ADHD, but ADHD (especially unmediated) is a real and serious issue that can ruin someone's life and your smug "have you tried growing up and doing things" bullshit is harmful. I hope you reconsider your views before you go down the full eugenicist pipeline towards the british media and MAHA, because that's where this shit leads)

What about ADHD and fairly mild ME and other issues all combined into something that means some days you can't even roll over in bed for most of the day, or can't handle the thought of solid food even if it's made for you? Because that really fucking sucks and is extremely hard to cope with. I'd love to brush my teeth twice every day, and wash my hair more than once a week, but some weeks my body doesn't cooperate and trying to go all TOUGH LOVE PUSH THROUGH DON'T BE A PATHETIC LOSER makes things much worse for even longer.

Couple of room-temperature bottles of the vanilla stuff on really bad days are all I can do. It's shelf-stable, no prep, actually has some healthy stuff in despite being blended powders or whatever, and doesn't make me worse. £3 a bottle from Tesco, or arguably a bit less if I get the £5.50 meal deal in Sainsbury's when I'm out and need a bottle of something with electrolytes and a small snack, and save the huel to take home. The cost sucks but it's better to have a stash than not.

Thank you for chiming in. I honestly didn't want to get into an argument about it because, well honestly I just don't have the mental energy to get into a back and forth, but I very much appreciate you and I hope you also get, and feel, supported.

I really hope you can find a solution, or at least a diagnosis that lets you work towards one. There are plenty of weird things that can cause energy issues, and it's so easy for people - absolutely including doctors - to write them off and say "have you tried being healthy?" Love having multiple conditions that sound like you're telling a bad joke when you describe them.

Wonder if the NOT EATING FOOD and NOT HAVING ANY KIND OF ACTUAL DIET and BEING FAT might play a role in the "undiagnosed energy problem" here.

Also, he's likely faking diagnoses because he's already decided it's an immune disorder that he goes low energy at one point in the day from being a fatty who eats like dogshit.

And as it pleases the court, for further evidence that he's making shit up, I submit into evidence: