Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[NekoFever]

FUCK STRAMER

[DavidCroquet]

Nintendo being a scumbag litigious company is okay as long is a game I don’t like:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/palworld-dev-pocketpair-has-shared-a-statement-explaining-changes-made-to-the-game-due-to-the-pokemon-nintendo-lawsuit.1183920/

For the sanctity of Pokemon designs gameplay mechanics.

I will say the changes Palworld is making here sound a bit like trying to rile up the base.

"Guys, we had to change everyone's character model to a stinking dookie turd because of EVIL NINTENDO. We know you are sad and there is no justice in this tortured world. We had no other choice."

[Boredfrom]

I will never compromise on my belief that women should never ever need to justify their womanhood, we should never feel less of a woman because of how she dresses, looks, her hobbies, likes etc. If a women doesn't like traditionally "girly" things, their a still a woman and should be forced or pressured into liking "girly" stuff. This is especially given how so much of what we classify as "girly" and "boyish", from toys, beauty standards, hobbies to even the fucking idea of pink = girl and boy = blue is arbitrary nonsense often dictated by corporations. This goes for fiction as well. Writers, your badarse women warrior/soldier doesn't suddenly become more "complex" or "well-rounded" just because you randomly give them a "girly" hobby like poetry or love songs.

 

If anything, poetry and love songs are in line with ancient soldiers/warriors and current society is the one imposing them as “girly or sissy”. 

Is almost like you are okay with these stereotypes.

[Boredfrom]

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Nintendo being a scumbag litigious company is okay as long is a game I don’t like:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/palworld-dev-pocketpair-has-shared-a-statement-explaining-changes-made-to-the-game-due-to-the-pokemon-nintendo-lawsuit.1183920/

For the sanctity of Pokemon designs gameplay mechanics.

I will say the changes Palworld is making here sound a bit like trying to rile up the base.

"Guys, we had to change everyone's character model to a stinking dookie turd because of EVIL NINTENDO. We know you are sad and there is no justice in this tortured world. We had no other choice."

So… ?

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-are-views-and-topics-that-you-wont-back-down-on-refuse-to-compromise-on.1184142/

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[SIZE=15px][COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)]Please don't use this thread to attack other users and please be respectful. This thread is likely going to be a bit passionate, especially the OP. [/COLOR][/SIZE]

Not in the best of moods so this thread is a bit of a vent (note, this isn't anything ERA related, really had some nasty personal experience, please don't treat it as such). What are views that you simply won't compromise, whether it's due to experience, belief that are too important to you to ever compromise on or just sheer bloody stubbornness?

Here are a few of mine.

On the serious end:

1. Trans rights, I'm sorry but no, I'm never going to compromise on trans rights and will NEVER let someone shame me to vote against my interests like people did last year to convince to vote for labour (I'm glad I never gave in, FUCK STRAMER AND THE LABOUR PARTY). If you want my vote, actually give a shit, no vague promises, no lies, actually show and prove you fucking care. Human rights should never be fucking compromised and the fact that keeps happening in the UK and places like the US just shows how rotten the political system has become and needs to heavily reformed or dismantled for something better to arise.
   
2. (Note, what I am saying here is primarily targeted at straight people, this is not targeted at women in ERA), I will not comprise on despising the trope that wlw and lesbian couples can't be happy in fiction and nearly always results in death or tragedy. While I give leeway to works written by wlw and lesbians, especially those telling personal stories or exploring their own feelings (which should be encouraged), I'm sorry I'm not giving leeway to corporate media CONSTANTLY pulling this and I will NOT TOLLERATE being shamed, patronised (anyone who dares pull the "Why should lesbians be above being killed off!?" on me is fucking getting screamed (And counter question, why should lesbians and wlw couples and characters not be able to be happy?!) or feel pressured to back down on it. I'm sorry, if a work uses that trope, I'm going criticize, judge the creatives involved and question it's use. And no, the "We killed half the couple/the couple off but GOTCHA!!! We did a convoluted thing to have our cake and eat it to!" that was popular in the mid-10s for mlm and wlw couples, not to mention superhero fiction (and no, San Junipero doesn't get an exception).
   
3. Similar to the above, I'm sorry I'm beyond sick of the idea that's it's good to exclude lesbians and gay man from being playable protagonists and companions in RPGs or games with love interests. I'm sorry no, lesbians and gay men have every right to be in those roles as anyone else, they shouldn't be barred from those roles.
   
4. I will never compromise on my belief in animal welfare and rights should not just be for what humans consider "cute" and "cuddly", that ALL animals deserve them, especially invertebrates. I hate the fact that animal death and cruelty when it comes invertebrates is constantly treated as funny (edit: I started writing this thread last night and discovered this morning their is a thread on this topic) or acceptable.
   
5. I will never compromise in my belief that ableism is wrong, full stop; it doesn't become randomly acceptable based on the target. I've written a massive essay on this but no, "allies" and other progressives don't get a free pass just because their throwing their ableism at chuds, right wing politicians, TERF and other genuinely monstrous human beings; in fact that is fucking hurtful you comparing autistic people to these kind of people for example.
   
6. I will never compromise on my belief that women should never ever need to justify their womanhood, we should never feel less of a woman because of how she dresses, looks, her hobbies, likes etc. If a women doesn't like traditionally "girly" things, their a still a woman and should be forced or pressured into liking "girly" stuff. This is especially given how so much of what we classify as "girly" and "boyish", from toys, beauty standards, hobbies to even the fucking idea of pink = girl and boy = blue is arbitrary nonsense often dictated by corporations. This goes for fiction as well. Writers, your badarse women warrior/soldier doesn't suddenly become more "complex" or "well-rounded" just because you randomly give them a "girly" hobby like poetry or love songs.
   

On the lighter end:

1. Mash potato, grapefruit, cotton candy and beetroot are horrible and you can't convince me otherwise!
   

What are some of yours?

Cyborg, you start the OP off with saying not to attack other users, yet at least half of your listed items appear to be relitigating fights you had or imagined you had (such as the w/ the wasp thread) with other users on this site over the past few weeks.

This is an incredibly stressful time for many thanks to the current news cycle and especially being on TERF-island right now but I fear this sort of "air your grievances" thread, even when dressed up as "state your red-lines", isn't going to be productive and will likely lead to more bitter feelings.

I think a step inward to the communities you belong to rather than a step outward and broadcasting to everyone might be a better way to work though at least some of this stuff.

The this thread wasn't about that, Yesterday I was at a funeral with my in-laws and had to spend so much of it seething to avoid making a scene, hearing anti-trans ignorance (and a certain Andor spoiler that is part of the vent) from people I hope I never have to see again. I'm glad I had era because it was a distraction and was really important for me for other reasons. The invertebrate bit comes from hearing one pulling the "it doesn't matter if we kill them all, bees will take over those plants!" That I hate. I've had these frustrations long before that Wasp thread.

Gonna be honest, this thread comes off as mean-spirited and combative when you mix in petty shit like video game romances with stuff like human rights and ableism. Queer people, including lesbians, have varied opinions on these things and there's no correct stance to take because it's so personal. You just seem like you're using this to disparage people you disagree with.

I've decided to edit the OP really don't want to upset others or cause fights. Like I said, Era was helpful yesterday and I don't want bitterness

[Snoopy]

Gender isn't binary. Sex isn't immutable.

Trans people are fucking cool.

You’re not cool. You’re a weird old man with rubbish hair

[DocWager]

Gender isn't binary. Sex isn't immutable.

Trans people are fucking cool.

You’re not cool. You’re a weird old man with rubbish hair

Gender isn’t binary yet acknowledges gender by referring to himself as non-gender.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

I wonder what mod

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that didn't vote

warned this post.

[Bootsthecat]

Echoes 'in-laws' as to imply he's married? Lololol. Love this dude

[benji]

I've already written a 16,000 words academic paper on this transphobic bullshit (no idea how to publish it)

1. Search for an appropriate journal.
2. Read their website about how to submit, follow it.
3. They take one look at it and do not send it out for review.
4. Follow up after a bit and they may think you're foreign and be nice enough to explain why it doesn't come close to any academic standards let alone publishing.
5. Revise and resubmit. (In your case, give up and bitch about it on forums.)

[Alpacx]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-are-views-and-topics-that-you-wont-back-down-on-refuse-to-compromise-on.1184142/
What are views that you simply won't compromise, whether it's due to experience, belief that are too important to you to ever compromise on or just sheer bloody stubbornness?

Here are a few of mine.

1. Women's rights
2. Heterosexual relationships are good
3. The identity of protagonists doesn't matter.
4. Pest Control
5. Using your self-diagnosis for clout or material gain is immoral.
6. A woman is an adult human female

[DocWager]

Echoes 'in-laws' as to imply he's married? Lololol. Love this dude

Probably “brother in-law” through a siblings marriage.

[Jansen]

I just can't be sympathetic to transbians. I'm transphobic if I won't date a trans person but they can flat out refuse to have sex with other people of gender. That's not fair!

[benji]

The funny thing is that there are actually a couple trans academic journals with borderline no standards (i.e. one published Alexandra Caraballo) and I'm like 99.9% sure they'd take one look at Lady LaCox's "academic paper" and do the same thing as a standard journal.

[nachobro]

I've held a view since I was like...14 (I'm 33 now) that there's actually only a small percentage of the Earth's population who are truly self-aware. As in, aware of how their behaviour comes off, affects others, etc. I think there are a ton of people who believe they're self-aware, but they're actually just kidding themselves.

I realize this sounds incredibly arrogant (because obviously and probably somewhat ironically, I count myself among the self-aware folks) but it's just something I've held since I was a kid - mainly seeing the difference between people in my family, friends, and so on. Watching people say or do things with seemingly zero consideration of how others might respond or feel, watching people have arguments about anything and are unwilling to actually hear the other side, etc.

It could very well be a different "issue", but I can exhaust myself sometimes stressing about how my behaviour came off in certain situations, or if something I've said could be taken the wrong way, etc. I'm not saying this is a good thing (I wish to be freed from this curse) but I also feel like not enough people do this lol.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-are-views-and-topics-that-you-wont-back-down-on-refuse-to-compromise-on.1184142/#post-139682328

that's not "being truly self-aware", its anxiety

[DavidCroquet]

[Polident]

I've held a view since I was like...14 (I'm 33 now) that there's actually only a small percentage of the Earth's population who are truly self-aware. As in, aware of how their behaviour comes off, affects others, etc. I think there are a ton of people who believe they're self-aware, but they're actually just kidding themselves.

I realize this sounds incredibly arrogant (because obviously and probably somewhat ironically, I count myself among the self-aware folks) but it's just something I've held since I was a kid - mainly seeing the difference between people in my family, friends, and so on. Watching people say or do things with seemingly zero consideration of how others might respond or feel, watching people have arguments about anything and are unwilling to actually hear the other side, etc.

It could very well be a different "issue", but I can exhaust myself sometimes stressing about how my behaviour came off in certain situations, or if something I've said could be taken the wrong way, etc. I'm not saying this is a good thing (I wish to be freed from this curse) but I also feel like not enough people do this lol.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-are-views-and-topics-that-you-wont-back-down-on-refuse-to-compromise-on.1184142/#post-139682328

that's not "being truly self-aware", its anxiety

This is what happens when you only read Catcher in the Rye because it’s assigned reading and never any other books.

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/digital-foundry-ps4-is-a-very-natural-point-of-comparison-for-the-switch-2-you-can-expect-a-ps4-level-experience.1163328/page-48#post-139680264


RED ALERT: The Digital Foundry Switch 2 thread has been fallen! I repeat, the Digital Foundry Switch 2 thread has fallen!
ALL MODS: mobilize immediately! 

Hogwarts Legacy is up to 1440p Docked Mode and 1080p Portable mode. Both using DLSS.
So DF basically pixel-counted the input resolution rather than the output resolution.

Oh fuck that's hot. That's more like it. I take it they have a new video up

Edit: nvm so where's this info from? Hope this isn't nothing lol

Interesting. iirc wasn't the base ps4 version 900p @ 30fps with pro @ 1080p?

How does this compare to PS4 pro version?

DLSS Resolution 1440p Docked 1080p Handheld... should be around the same redndering resolutions or around the same

Now that is interesting and cool news.

[Boredfrom]

I've held a view since I was like...14 (I'm 33 now) that there's actually only a small percentage of the Earth's population who are truly self-aware. As in, aware of how their behaviour comes off, affects others, etc. I think there are a ton of people who believe they're self-aware, but they're actually just kidding themselves.

I realize this sounds incredibly arrogant (because obviously and probably somewhat ironically, I count myself among the self-aware folks) but it's just something I've held since I was a kid - mainly seeing the difference between people in my family, friends, and so on. Watching people say or do things with seemingly zero consideration of how others might respond or feel, watching people have arguments about anything and are unwilling to actually hear the other side, etc.

It could very well be a different "issue", but I can exhaust myself sometimes stressing about how my behaviour came off in certain situations, or if something I've said could be taken the wrong way, etc. I'm not saying this is a good thing (I wish to be freed from this curse) but I also feel like not enough people do this lol.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-are-views-and-topics-that-you-wont-back-down-on-refuse-to-compromise-on.1184142/#post-139682328

that's not "being truly self-aware", its anxiety

This is what happens when you only read Catcher in the Rye because it’s assigned reading and never any other books.

It didn’t end with the kid getting help after having an epiphany after visiting his sister?

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-are-views-and-topics-that-you-wont-back-down-on-refuse-to-compromise-on.1184142/page-2#post-139684101

Violence is important and you aren't going to change some peoples minds with words but you will with a brick to the face.

Also stealing from a tweet I saw:

"Can we finally admit that being a snob has a place in society and anti snobbery is the reason so much stuff is ass now".

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/grand-theft-auto-vi-trailer-2.1181970/page-50

Well the gamergate chuds are angry again, shocking i know, they already started calling the game woke after the first trailer because of one of the protagonists being a woman, now they are mad at the game for Jason being so hot, calling it pandering to women and gays, all this while completely ignoring that Lucia is also super hot.

Man these losers are so predictable.

This user just completely made this the fuck up on the spot, and of course the other Ree-tards feed into this because they have to attack invented boogeyman strawman to justify random "chuds" living rent free in their brains.

I like the GamerGate 2.0 thread because it's just like reading our thread here. 

I really hope Blueballs goes in there and tells them they are obsessed too.

Currently they're mad at a guy for saying that it's annoying that you can miss a collectable in expedition 33 and then have to replay the whole game for the achievement.
You know, typical chud complaint.

Morrigan said that this seems off topic but was quickly corrected that it's actually really important because the man is a known chud

On a libertarian forum many moons ago (like when Ron Paul was running for President) there was this annoying guy on there (I know it seems impossible, an annoying libertarian? But it can happen) who was very full of himself and otherwise posted like a lot of ResetERA.com members but he did have one thing he said that was insightful. He was fond of pointing out how many people would reason based on "principals not principles." In other words, the only thing that really mattered is who was saying something, not what they were saying. I think about that often because of ResetERA.com being like this all the time.

Though it does often seem like they even go a step beyond that. And determine their own principles based on what the "principals" they're constantly upset about are saying. The chuds seem excited about this so now it's problematic and a sign of South Korean fascism, a chud is upset about this one thing well now the game is empowering and important to the right side of history. Forsaken may have been one of the stupidest video game examples but one of the great overall examples was how insistent they were that the okay sign be given to the Nazis, to this day you can see people saying it's a well known Nazi signal, then someone will post the 4chan thing and other people will be like "that doesn't matter they've claimed it so now it's Nazi and all examples of it are Nazi signals." Just completely willing to give their opponents everything out of some strange need to be spiritually pure, yet at the same time can't comprehend how they're such an irrelevant minority outside of their bubbles.

[HaughtyFrank]

Internet sleuths have discovered that this is likely the actress for Lucia in GTA 6 which makes the burka thread complaints all the funnier

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-are-views-and-topics-that-you-wont-back-down-on-refuse-to-compromise-on.1184142/page-2#post-139684101

Violence is important and you aren't going to change some peoples minds with words but you will with a brick to the face.

Also stealing from a tweet I saw:

"Can we finally admit that being a snob has a place in society and anti snobbery is the reason so much stuff is ass now".

Please... Someone ask them how many people they've smashed in the face with a brick

[Jansen]

And while you're at it can I have a house on Coronado Beach with a fast car and a hot person of gender on my arm

[NekoFever]

I’d love to know the conversation that combined transphobia and Star Wars spoilers.

“Darth Vader was Luke’s father. Definitely not his mother, because he was a man with a penis.”

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-are-views-and-topics-that-you-wont-back-down-on-refuse-to-compromise-on.1184142/page-2#post-139684101

Violence is important and you aren't going to change some peoples minds with words but you will with a brick to the face.

Also stealing from a tweet I saw:

"Can we finally admit that being a snob has a place in society and anti snobbery is the reason so much stuff is ass now".

We all know how violence instantly leads to people changing their mind. Look no further than the Israel Palestine conflict

[DocWager]

Internet sleuths have discovered that this is likely the actress for Lucia in GTA 6 which makes the burka thread complaints all the funnier

What an ass!

Watch the transbians claim her after all the criticisms towards her body they made.

[Alpacx]

Official ass of The Bire.

[DavidCroquet]

the new chat is that HRT gives you a big latina ass

who up growing they ass

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-are-views-and-topics-that-you-wont-back-down-on-refuse-to-compromise-on.1184142/page-2#post-139684101

Violence is important and you aren't going to change some peoples minds with words but you will with a brick to the face.

Examples of this working? Is he saying that if I threw a brick in his face he'd believe trans women are men? That Joanne is harmless?

Actually, wait, no, is he saying that if I threw a brick in his face he'd believe that violence is wrong and only makes things worse?