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

[DocWager]

It’s amazing how unhealthy ree are. They must have the worst diets on the planet.

3. Some places brew coffee and tea with the same equipment. I've had a few iced teas that have a coffee aftertaste (at one particular McDonald's it's REALLY apparent) and found out that this is why.

Absolutely no chance that most places brew their own iced tea, especially McDonalds. It surely has to be a mix in the soft drink machine. Does this dude even know how iced tea is made? 

Not really sure, but most places have a separate area for the tea’s. if you want a soda machine iced tea, they’ll have a Brisk selection. The sweet and unsweetened iced tea is in its own separate canisters that the employee fills up when they are empty.

[Orange Juice Box]

I know religious types like to lay claim to moral authority on the basis of their favorite book (that they haven't read, but heard someone read selected excerpts from), but is the gist here that any legislation on ostensibly moral grounds is theocracy, actually?

Which is funny because Resetera types like to moralize everything.  The movies, tv, books you consume, the foods you eat, the municipal bond issues over a bridge, library, or street lights, the people who get published from BookTok, a tweet of smash bros, etc.

Instead of arguing something on it's merits they find the moral angle and build an argument around that.  Opinions, rational choices, and the limits of human ability and understanding mean little if you can say, "I'm good because of my choice and you are bad because of yours."

[benji]

surprisingly, mcd actually does. not anything fancy, just lipton bags and hot water from the coffee machine (hence the coffee taste). its only done like once or twice a day so its not gonna fresh at all but it is brewed there

dear god

Nepenthe was right about capitalism yet again.

[simiansmarts]

Drinking soda like water is fucking insane and I cannot believe how common it is. You must hate your teeth.

[PogiJones]

A grand total of four posts in that thread (at the time of writing) and three of them are Echo's

Oh wow, just saw that, and the last post is a list - but since the rules aren't written down, how do we know that List threads are banned still...?

If it were any other member it'd be locked and they'd have their thread-making privileges revoked, or at the very least warned for bumping, but because Resetera has an unofficial policy of being a "Safe haven" for their mentally unwell users they get a pass.

The thread's been up for 20 minutes and no one has replied. I think Echoes is going up on the ignored users leaderboard and people are getting sick of his shit but don't want to catch a ban for calling him out.

For Echos the Gladiator it's even more embarrassing than that.

As StandingOvation said, Echos post is the equivalent of 'War and Peace'. It must have taken hours and hours of thinking, writing, finding all the pictures, compiling that shit, re-editing, formatting, etc, etc...

All for a thread which, as jooseloose wrote, has a total of... 4 posts. And 3 of them are Echos.

But it gets even more cringeworthy than that.

Take a look at the number of views on that thread: 515 (and 500 of them are probably from TheBore)



Now look at the number of voters in that thread. 7.



7 voters (and one of them obviously Echos).

7 fucking votes out of a forum with thousands daily logged-in members.

Imagine spending all that time, spending all that effort, writing a thread so terrible that not only does nobody post in it, but it's SO fucking awful that virtually everybody immediately nopes-the-fuck-out and they don't bother spending one second VOTING in it! 

I agree with simiansmarts. Echos must be on the vast majority of members ignored lists at this point. Or people just see his name, know that it's going to be another shit perverted thread and don't bother to click on it.

And Rendle also got a good point. Anyone else creating insane WLW wank threads every single day would have had their thread-making privileges revoked ages ago.

But 40 year old Echos proudly squeals 'Tee-hee, I'm a silly lesbian', plays the Trans-immunity card at every single opportunity, and continues to be given an eternal pass to carry on creating more ridiculous threads and be a borderline sex-offender.

And that's the hole B-Dubs has dug himself in, by being the internet's worst administrator. He should have clamped down on this bullshit years ago. Now, not only are the inmates running the asylum, they're constructing additional wards.

I hear what you're saying, but how much time did you spend on this post?

One day that moblin like will come and it will all be worth it

[benji]

Considering that I was ingesting anywhere from 1000 to 1500 extra calories a day on beverages alone
...
I feel better. Now it could be the psoriasis meds working their magic, but I have an overall feeling of better-ness going on right now. My joints feel a little less taxed, and I don't feel as full after meals (I would always feel bloated and overfull after eating, even when I didn't go big). And while I'm not really weighing myself or anything like that (and don't plan to until my skin is healed to the point where I can work out again), I am under the impression that I have lost a pound or two. Nothing much, but I just feel lighter and my shirts and pants feel slightly roomier. I'm still eating the same and not working out, but there is a noticeable effect on my overall health from simply cutting out the massive amount of sugar and empty calories I was ingesting through soft drinks.

Ground breaking research, really.

Also, how fat is this dude that he thinks he's only "lost a pound or two" from cutting out 1500 calories a day?

edit: I'm being too critical, he's taking responsibility and improving his situation and not blaming others even if he sounds like he's the first person to discover the obvious. A model citizen for that forum.

[nachobro]

Not crying about it or asking someone else to fund his purchases of unsweetened drinks. Its a low bar but he crosses it, well done Soda Man 

[Bootsthecat]

Cha-ching! Surprised the blue sky e-begging isn't more prominent on reeeeee. All you need is a fun lil sob story and off you go

https://www.resetera.com/threads/frustrating-life.1201209/

[Taco Bell Tower]

For Echos the Gladiator it's even more embarrassing than that.

As StandingOvation said, Echos post is the equivalent of 'War and Peace'. It must have taken hours and hours of thinking, writing, finding all the pictures, compiling that shit, re-editing, formatting, etc, etc...

All for a thread which, as jooseloose wrote, has a total of... 4 posts. And 3 of them are Echos.

But it gets even more cringeworthy than that.

Take a look at the number of views on that thread: 515 (and 500 of them are probably from TheBore)



Now look at the number of voters in that thread. 7.



7 voters (and one of them obviously Echos).

7 fucking votes out of a forum with thousands daily logged-in members.

Imagine spending all that time, spending all that effort, writing a thread so terrible that not only does nobody post in it, but it's SO fucking awful that virtually everybody immediately nopes-the-fuck-out and they don't bother spending one second VOTING in it! 

I agree with simiansmarts. Echos must be on the vast majority of members ignored lists at this point. Or people just see his name, know that it's going to be another shit perverted thread and don't bother to click on it.

And Rendle also got a good point. Anyone else creating insane WLW wank threads every single day would have had their thread-making privileges revoked ages ago.

But 40 year old Echos proudly squeals 'Tee-hee, I'm a silly lesbian', plays the Trans-immunity card at every single opportunity, and continues to be given an eternal pass to carry on creating more ridiculous threads and be a borderline sex-offender.

And that's the hole B-Dubs has dug himself in, by being the internet's worst administrator. He should have clamped down on this bullshit years ago. Now, not only are the inmates running the asylum, they're constructing additional wards.

I hear what you're saying, but how much time did you spend on this post?

One day that moblin like will come and it will all be worth it

Getting a moblin like is like receiving a blessing from God 

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/frustrating-life.1201209/

I totally understand. Life is absolutely brutal right now. So many of us are suffering. I have tons of debt, so much that I'll probably never be able to start a family and it break my heart. The stuff with student loans has made it worse. It just pisses me off how Trump and his cult doesn't care that they're literally ruining people's lives, making it harder for us to live.

I used to care about hustle culture and being debt free, but I'm starting to think those are things for the privileged. Because a lot of us can't achieve that, not when every penny is going to bills, and new expenses keep popping up.

   

[killamajig]

Cha-ching! Surprised the blue sky e-begging isn't more prominent on reeeeee. All you need is a fun lil sob story and off you go

https://www.resetera.com/threads/frustrating-life.1201209/

I guess ebegging is cool now. He posted his info and now getting donations from members.

Malds in shambles

[benji]

Here's the OP of that thread in a news report at about 30 seconds:
https://www.kltv.com/2021/03/08/gregg-county-educators-receive-covid-vaccine/

[DavidCroquet]

Cha-ching! Surprised the blue sky e-begging isn't more prominent on reeeeee. All you need is a fun lil sob story and off you go

https://www.resetera.com/threads/frustrating-life.1201209/

I guess ebegging is cool now. He posted his info and now getting donations from members.

Malds in shambles

He's also set him self up smartly for open-ended "mutual aid".

We pay off debt monthly through our debt program. We've paid off almost $30K, but it's the cost of living, surprises, etc.


One thing that really hit us was my wife's health. She went over her days as a teacher and each day is like $369. If you add a few of those like we have since May, its just pure depression.

"Paying off our debt would be nice, but the REAL BURDEN (   ) is day to day normal expenditures, and random surprises you can expect me to pull out of my ass when the money faucet starts slowing."

No goal line here, folks. Selfless samaritans with heavy wallets only, please.

[Snoopy]

Presented without comment 

The last few years of my life have been a struggle, highlighted by my impending divorce and two suicide attempts. After getting out of the hospital last November, I started to hide from the world, and it was alright for a few months. I was focusing on the things I love (watching movies and sports, reading books) without the wrench that interacting with other people can throw into the mix.

Things shifted earlier this year. I had to put my dog to sleep, and that set off the dark thoughts that had previously been so prevalent. I started considering suicide again, and knew I needed to start socializing or I wouldn't be able to pull myself out of this hole. But it was incredibly difficult to be with people. Even when I was with my best friends I felt out of place, like I had forgotten how to just hang out.

I desperately needed human interaction but quickly became exhausted and overstimulated when I was with people. So I turned to OnlyFans.

I searched for models who had recently created their accounts or seemed to have few followers because I thought that would increase my chance of being able to chat directly to them. A lot of popular models use an agency to deal with talking to their followers because they don't have time to do it themselves. Was I tricked into talking to an agency when I thought I was talking to a real person? Maybe, but that doesn't really matter.

What does matter is that I was interacting with people. OnlyFans served as training wheels for me to start socializing again. I was able to talk -- about real stuff and silly stuff -- with women who at least feigned interest, and that boosted my confidence and got me out of my antisocial shell. Yeah, I would pay them for pictures or videos, but that wasn't even the point. I cared a lot more about the conversation than whatever they were selling, so I was really paying for their time and attention.

And spending a few weeks doing this completely shifted my mindset. I've started dating again, interacting with real women in the real world like a real person should. And I can also just hang out with the people in my life in a way that I wasn't able to before. It's so much easier spending time with my son or having dinner with my mom now. It's like OnlyFans was a gateway to reenter society again.

I honestly have no idea what would have happened if I didn't reach out to strangers on OnlyFans. It really seemed like I was going to die soon, or at least attempt suicide again, so I don't think it's an exaggeration to say a stupid porn site helped save my life. Crazy shit, huh?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/onlyfans-helped-save-my-life.1201872/

[benji]

Why can't Trump and his cult just eliminate my need to take responsibility for my choices?

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/onlyfans-helped-save-my-life.1201872/

I had a dream about the Firefly definition of courtesans last night. Somethingsomethingitsnotwomensresponsiblitytohelpmenthroughtheirtraumassomethingsomething but the idea of institutionalized therapy through the guise of prostitution is something that's always been fascinating to me.

wow thx

I do see a bigger problem of society itself, that we have to pay people to gain an intimacy that has been lost and should really be available for free to anyone. Something just doesn't add up.

Yeah, this is a society problem for sure, not you guys.

[HaughtyFrank]

Presented without comment 

The last few years of my life have been a struggle, highlighted by my impending divorce and two suicide attempts. After getting out of the hospital last November, I started to hide from the world, and it was alright for a few months. I was focusing on the things I love (watching movies and sports, reading books) without the wrench that interacting with other people can throw into the mix.

Things shifted earlier this year. I had to put my dog to sleep, and that set off the dark thoughts that had previously been so prevalent. I started considering suicide again, and knew I needed to start socializing or I wouldn't be able to pull myself out of this hole. But it was incredibly difficult to be with people. Even when I was with my best friends I felt out of place, like I had forgotten how to just hang out.

I desperately needed human interaction but quickly became exhausted and overstimulated when I was with people. So I turned to OnlyFans.

I searched for models who had recently created their accounts or seemed to have few followers because I thought that would increase my chance of being able to chat directly to them. A lot of popular models use an agency to deal with talking to their followers because they don't have time to do it themselves. Was I tricked into talking to an agency when I thought I was talking to a real person? Maybe, but that doesn't really matter.

What does matter is that I was interacting with people. OnlyFans served as training wheels for me to start socializing again. I was able to talk -- about real stuff and silly stuff -- with women who at least feigned interest, and that boosted my confidence and got me out of my antisocial shell. Yeah, I would pay them for pictures or videos, but that wasn't even the point. I cared a lot more about the conversation than whatever they were selling, so I was really paying for their time and attention.

And spending a few weeks doing this completely shifted my mindset. I've started dating again, interacting with real women in the real world like a real person should. And I can also just hang out with the people in my life in a way that I wasn't able to before. It's so much easier spending time with my son or having dinner with my mom now. It's like OnlyFans was a gateway to reenter society again.

I honestly have no idea what would have happened if I didn't reach out to strangers on OnlyFans. It really seemed like I was going to die soon, or at least attempt suicide again, so I don't think it's an exaggeration to say a stupid porn site helped save my life. Crazy shit, huh?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/onlyfans-helped-save-my-life.1201872/

Well, if it really helped him get out of a slump then whatever I guess. Though I don't have the hard to tell him that a lot of these only fans chicks will relegate their chat interactions to some company

[DavidCroquet]

This ArrogantBastard guy gets on my nerves, mainly because I don't think woe-is-me sadsacks should really be teaching kids in the first place. Imagine having this Eeyore as your role model at a young age.

So uproot the family, sell the house, move to a new location, find a new job, find new schools for the kids, find a new place to live.

All for a nominal increase in salary. That isn't the answer, the answer is to pay teachers and for everyone to heavily advocate for teachers.

Moving and/or getting a different job? Has anyone ever done this in the history of humanity? Did they survive? No thanks! 

How bout we focus on realistic and timely solutions like...completely redefining a hundred-years-entrenched valuation of teaching as work. 
 

The problem here is teacher pay, which is only doubled when you have two educators in the house. We work in the Houston area, with stipends for teaching STEM, MA degree, and nearly 10 years of experience...

We are grossing let me check: 130k.

130k? I apologize, I didn't know how bad it really was.

The problem is the base minimums that are allowed, some districts are out there paying teachers $35-40k. Teacher pay is dire ya'll.

It's a shame that there is no way for any aspiring teachers to clearly understand pay scales in their state in advance, and so many young people are lured by the myths of fabulous wealth and free and easy living that are so often associated with...*checks notes* being a public school teacher???

[benji]

[malfoyking]

She literally picked the fucking fight! What did she expect? What is it with these types of people? They pick fights with people they know have large fanbases for their virtue signalling reasons and when the fight starts, they start playing the victim.

Jessie Gender repeatedly used to try to pick fights with JKR; JKR responds once and Jessie Gender starts playing the victim. "Oh no! Poor me" 

Ancient Wise Proverb: "Don't start no shit, there won't be no shit! - Lil Jon"

If you cant handle the shit then don't start it.

However, that vtuber person is an asshole though.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Cha-ching! Surprised the blue sky e-begging isn't more prominent on reeeeee. All you need is a fun lil sob story and off you go

https://www.resetera.com/threads/frustrating-life.1201209/

I guess ebegging is cool now. He posted his info and now getting donations from members.

Malds in shambles

You have no idea what the community has done for me. Im in tears.

Yeah, this forums changed my life even before this situation. It's a special place for humanity.

Both from OP 

[benji]

Usually just makes me cum.

In a way isn't that giving life?

Also I laughed hard at the first reply.

BOYS CLUB AS USUAL AND FROM SOMEONE WHO PUTS STAFF IN DANGER 

[DavidCroquet]

I was under the impression that Ana Valens was pulling down major dollars via her highly popular "joke" erotic audio role play, due in large part to the unmet demand of cis lesbian fans who jokingly and sexually enjoy listening to scenarios where they are forcibly impregnated by trans women.

[benji]

I love that many on Bluesky wouldn't even question that somebody still writing articles for VICE* immediately needs "mutual aid" because of the "dire" situation they're in from not posting on Bluesky for a whole 24 hours which somehow destroyed their income.

*No, really, from the last day:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/steam-users-unironically-like-this-feet-posing-tool/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/new-to-vtubing-dont-discount-vroid-studio-its-hiding-its-power-level/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/i-just-pre-ordered-this-vrchat-avatar-you-might-want-it-too/

[benji]

Would have been better if they donated it to a better organization.

Goodwill is known for being a terrible organization.

This took an already depressing thread past the event horizon.

Fuck that organization.

Goodwill has always sucked. I avoid them like the plague. Our local thrift stores are so much better.

RandomlyRandom67 did you see it through this tweet?

https://x.com/GranblueEmpty/status/1927733019294511579

If so, kinda poor taste making a thread about it, given this user was mocking that dev.

Why would that even matter

Because I don't like when people mock developers, especially when they seemingly go through hardship.

Yeah. Being a dev and working on a project for that long only to see it get canned and I'm assuming, wants nothing more to do with it is very sad.

Yeah, but for a brief moment, dipshit era users got to gloat in the company of anti-woke chuds, all because they hate multiplayer games

Preach. It may not have been the best game ever but it got done real dirty by both single player Sony fanatics and also the anti-woke mob. Was way better than biggest flop of all time worthy. It was extremely solid fun.

Some people here, I had to block because it was getting so rampant in the hate. Still remember one user saying that Twitter was a safe space for LGBT or non-white ethnicities lol.

[Boredfrom]

Presented without comment 

The last few years of my life have been a struggle, highlighted by my impending divorce and two suicide attempts. After getting out of the hospital last November, I started to hide from the world, and it was alright for a few months. I was focusing on the things I love (watching movies and sports, reading books) without the wrench that interacting with other people can throw into the mix.

Things shifted earlier this year. I had to put my dog to sleep, and that set off the dark thoughts that had previously been so prevalent. I started considering suicide again, and knew I needed to start socializing or I wouldn't be able to pull myself out of this hole. But it was incredibly difficult to be with people. Even when I was with my best friends I felt out of place, like I had forgotten how to just hang out.

I desperately needed human interaction but quickly became exhausted and overstimulated when I was with people. So I turned to OnlyFans.

I searched for models who had recently created their accounts or seemed to have few followers because I thought that would increase my chance of being able to chat directly to them. A lot of popular models use an agency to deal with talking to their followers because they don't have time to do it themselves. Was I tricked into talking to an agency when I thought I was talking to a real person? Maybe, but that doesn't really matter.

What does matter is that I was interacting with people. OnlyFans served as training wheels for me to start socializing again. I was able to talk -- about real stuff and silly stuff -- with women who at least feigned interest, and that boosted my confidence and got me out of my antisocial shell. Yeah, I would pay them for pictures or videos, but that wasn't even the point. I cared a lot more about the conversation than whatever they were selling, so I was really paying for their time and attention.

And spending a few weeks doing this completely shifted my mindset. I've started dating again, interacting with real women in the real world like a real person should. And I can also just hang out with the people in my life in a way that I wasn't able to before. It's so much easier spending time with my son or having dinner with my mom now. It's like OnlyFans was a gateway to reenter society again.

I honestly have no idea what would have happened if I didn't reach out to strangers on OnlyFans. It really seemed like I was going to die soon, or at least attempt suicide again, so I don't think it's an exaggeration to say a stupid porn site helped save my life. Crazy shit, huh?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/onlyfans-helped-save-my-life.1201872/

Well, if it really helped him get out of a slump then whatever I guess. Though I don't have the hard to tell him that a lot of these only fans chicks will relegate their chat interactions to some company

So is a situation like the “My mom wrote me a letter” in Animal Crossing.

[Snoopy]

I can’t fault him for finding something that helped him back on the right path. Probably cheaper than a therapist too.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Good on him. Two educators needing help and getting it from the kindness of others is nice.

Hopefully a community known for e-begging doesn't take advantage of this after seeing the successful thread.

[simiansmarts]

“hate mob” 
 
This is the person who casually posted their rape fantasy against cis women btw  
 
Very normal trans woman behavior

[Boredfrom]

I’ve been feeling really passionate about VTuber basics and tutorials lately. It’s like I have this burning urge to share everything I know with new VTubers, just to help them along their journey. Pay it forward, you know? I received a lot of help and resources when I first became a VTuber in 2021. Now it’s time for me to help the growing assortment of new VTubers out there.

4 years and a complete unknown outside of her social circle.