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

[Eric Cartman]

Look none of this is to say that Capcom and Nintendo don't need to provide more wlw characters. I think that's something everybody on any side of the trans debate can agree on.

No ick men, lesbians only, final destination

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thom-yorke-radiohead-releases-statement-on-israel-and-gaza.1202832/

Thom Yorker: Netanyahu sucks and is an ultra nationalist extremist who needs to be stopped. Hamas also sucks

RE: fuuuuuuuck you Thom Yorke!

[Jansen]

Reeee can't be serious about Hunter Schafer being in Zelda. 

Nintendo, who are stridently conservative letting a trans actor be the lead in one of their most important IPs.

 

They'd sink it before it even got off the ground.

Plus they'd have to do some trickery with wardrobes or use cgi because that frame is nasty

Okay I need to stop smoking so much weed cuz apparently I made this post already lol

[Eric Cartman]

Wasn't broken window theory disproven?

No? All studies have shown it is generally true, the strongest criticism is that it might be correlation to an unknown third factor not causation.

[Boredfrom]

Is there a once sentence explanation for the shark?

From the mouths of TransEra:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-wrote-about-why-blahaj-the-shark-plush-from-ikea-became-a-trans-icon.653910/

[Eric Cartman]

What do you guys reckon the odds of a "I always knew there was something wrong with him / never liked them anyway" post in that radiohead thread on page one are?

[Snoopy]

Can’t believe Thom Yorke said bad people on both sides do bad things while innocents suffer. Unfollowed!!!

[DavidCroquet]

I never really investigated Broken Windows theory but doesn't it seem like...intuitively obvious? 

I also think it's hilarious how often Era in particular makes this point when someone of the wrong demographics is caught in a criminal act: well, you see, they were pushed into this by circumstances of poverty, want, inadequate housing, lack of access to "nice" neighborhoods, etc. They argue Broken Windows while being careful not to say it directly.

[Jansen]

[Jansen]

I guess I'm going to have to ask my 10-year-old nephew what the shark thing is all these adults are carrying about

[Eric Cartman]

I never really investigated Broken Windows theory but doesn't it seem like...intuitively obvious? 

I also think it's hilarious how often Era in particular makes this point when someone of the wrong demographics is caught in a criminal act: well, you see, they were pushed into this by circumstances of poverty, want, inadequate housing, lack of access to "nice" neighborhoods, etc. They argue Broken Windows while being careful not to say it directly.

People who've never lived in a shitty neighbourhood think it deserves to be shitty because its cool and urban and having police around keeping the streets crime free is literally fascism and gentrification.

People who actually live in shitty neighbourhoods would quite like to be able to go to work without getting rolled, drug dealers approaching their kids on the way to school, your local stores closing down due to rampant theft, needles and beer cans lying around in the road, etc.

[DavidCroquet]

Is there a once sentence explanation for the shark?

From the mouths of TransEra:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-wrote-about-why-blahaj-the-shark-plush-from-ikea-became-a-trans-icon.653910/

I read this and failed to find an explanation, but I did find this gem.

We all want to be with her. We all want to be her.

[Boredfrom]

Politically? No they are not. MS is currently supporting a genocide. Also Nintendo just released a game with a trans playable character last year

They made that character a woman in the west when initially released, and is the standard Japanese trope of “pretty lady is a dude”.

[Eric Cartman]

What do you guys reckon the odds of a "I always knew there was something wrong with him / never liked them anyway" post in that radiohead thread on page one are?

LOL fuck this tool

his band sucks btw

shoulda not skimmed at time of posting I guess
either way, predictERAble as usual

[Switters]

How did Switters avoid getting yeeted into the calcified void of digital death...?

[HaughtyFrank]

Is there a once sentence explanation for the shark?

From the mouths of TransEra:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-wrote-about-why-blahaj-the-shark-plush-from-ikea-became-a-trans-icon.653910/

I read this and failed to find an explanation, but I did find this gem.

We all want to be with her. We all want to be her.

I WAS TOLD THIS IS TRANSPHOBIC

(I always think it's funny when they're so confident and yet don't know what is happening in their own community. Every once in a while you'll see someone angrily proclaim that no one uses the pronoun "it" and that it's bigoted to even assume so)

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/arizona-senator-ruben-tells-trans-people-to-fuck-off.1202889/#post-140663553

Looks like democrats are testing the "transwomen are NOT women" waters. Era not happy.

This is all so tiresome. Hey, Ruben, whatever you think you know about this, you have no goddamn clue. Which sports? What data or science are you basing that on?

Oh right. No data or science. Cool. Figured.

Let me workshop an answer to this for you. "Gosh, I haven't seen any real evidence that this is something we should be focusing on right now. Maybe if we start to see some of peoples concerns come to light it might be worth looking into, but I can't say I've seen or heard anything to make me think that would be a good use of my time right now."

So you're saying that if the data bore out that trans women have an advantage over cis women, you would accept that transwomen should be excluded from women's sports? 

[DocWager]

How did Switters avoid getting yeeted into the calcified void of digital death...?

Jeff, always playing the victim even though he’s the one that almost always starts the harassment.

[TylenolJones]

Just get Jack Black.

He’s busy with Elden Ring. 

[Boredfrom]

You are joking but there is a Elden Ring comedy manga already.

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai-cheating-is-so-out-of-hand-in-america%E2%80%99s-schools-that-the-blue-books-are-coming-back.1202151/page-6#post-140659140

I'm sorry, huh?

I teach within humanities: AP World History. Our students use primary and secondary sources daily, they read and process those sources, and they analyze those sources for: historical contextualization, intended audience, purpose, point of view, etc. Their assessments are not about regurgitating meaningless facts, historical education hasn't been like that for 20 years or more. 

I specifically tell students on the first day I don't care about dates, who won that battle, who started that religion, etc. it really isn't important and it has nothing to do with the focus of our class.

dates? Ok sure, within reason (obviously if someone says the war of 1812 happened in 1776, that's an issue).
"who won that battle?" actually, seems kind of important...
"who started that religion?" seems like crucial information for AP World History?

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Is there a once sentence explanation for the shark?

From the mouths of TransEra:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-wrote-about-why-blahaj-the-shark-plush-from-ikea-became-a-trans-icon.653910/

I read this and failed to find an explanation, but I did find this gem.

We all want to be with her. We all want to be her.

I got halfway through and came back in here to berrate boredom for sardonically giving me a link to this antisentence.

thank you for letting close the tab on this chapter of this thread

e: Just saw they locked the thread back then. yikes transphobic much?

[Averon]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/arizona-senator-ruben-tells-trans-people-to-fuck-off.1202889/#post-140664240

I think the unfortunate problem is that people do give a fuck. Way too much so in consideration of the tiny population we are talking about. The issue has consistently polled horribly, even with dem constituents in blue states, let alone other demographics and states. The polling is even worse with parents who have kids in school too from what I've seen. Kamala tried to side step it/ignore it and got blasted by commercials throughout the campaign about sports and "transgender prisoners!!". I don't think the party knows what to do with the issue at all at this point, there's no guiding message, and public opinion isn't really changing.

LEADERS can change people's minds on these things. Maybe if they educated themselves on the topic, and spoke rationally, they could either convince people that the whole thing is a nakedly political tactic to drag *everyone's* rights backwards, or highlight how absurd it is for the government to get into the business of dictating who is allowed to chase a ball around a middle school together.

Or you know, stop telling girls they aren't as good at sport as boys? That maybe?

I don't think any amount of pleading to the public by "leaders" will change the fact that, for a lot of people across demographics, seeing 6'2 220lbs transwomen dominating women sports and breaking records in women's leagues looks and feels utterly unfair for the biological female athletes.

[BIONIC]

Is there a once sentence explanation for the shark?

From the mouths of TransEra:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-wrote-about-why-blahaj-the-shark-plush-from-ikea-became-a-trans-icon.653910/

I read this and failed to find an explanation, but I did find this gem.

We all want to be with her. We all want to be her.

FACT CHECK

The reason cis people love the MCU? Millennial Trans girls. The reason The Wachoskis got to have a career for as long as they did? Millennial Trans girls. The reason why you laugh at 69 and 420? You guessed it. Millennial Trans girls. The web is our domain, the toxic sludge we evolved from like a goddamned river monster.

[Jansen]

The shark is a trans icon

Jesus wept

[Cauliflower Of Love]

The reason people like the MCU is because it's a vehicle for beautiful people to be on screen half naked and in spandex.


Same reason most hetero men love sports, gives them a free pass to ogle sweaty men in tight clothing in huge piles.


no homo.

[Jansen]

I mentioned teen to appease you. In the eyes of the law 17 is a minor, and thus a child. If you share indecent images of a 17 year old you can be charged for child pornography. If you decide to go and lay hands on a 17 year old it can still be viewed as assaulting a child.



Look, what you're saying isn't wild. It's emblematic of the "tradtional" view of masculinity that the man must be aggressive, martial, and employ force to protect his family.



I'm saying that his job is not to be macho, it's to protect his family. Calling the police in the first instance is more likely to resolve the situation without escalation than physically confronting the erratic kid and therefore the best way to protect his family.



Deciding to confront and physically intimidate the kid does more to serve one's male ego than it does to actually resolve the situation and isn't more "masculine".



If the kid actively approached members of your family, sure, you've gotta react in the moment but actively seeking the kid out may only make things worse.



The bits I'm calling out as toxic masculinity is things like you saying the aggression "shows some masculinity". Aggression shouldn't be considered positively masculine, solving the problem should. It leans into stereotypes about men that rarely have a positive impact.



TL;DR - If in your mind "showing some masculinity" means protecting your family in a situation like this, then calling the police in the first instance is more likely to do that without escalation than seeking out and confronting the kid.

What a fucking pussy

[Nintex]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ai-cheating-is-so-out-of-hand-in-america%E2%80%99s-schools-that-the-blue-books-are-coming-back.1202151/page-6#post-140659140

I'm sorry, huh?

I teach within humanities: AP World History. Our students use primary and secondary sources daily, they read and process those sources, and they analyze those sources for: historical contextualization, intended audience, purpose, point of view, etc. Their assessments are not about regurgitating meaningless facts, historical education hasn't been like that for 20 years or more. 

I specifically tell students on the first day I don't care about dates, who won that battle, who started that religion, etc. it really isn't important and it has nothing to do with the focus of our class.

dates? Ok sure, within reason (obviously if someone says the war of 1812 happened in 1776, that's an issue).
"who won that battle?" actually, seems kind of important...
"who started that religion?" seems like crucial information for AP World History?

It's not important many people saw it. I get a call from a good friend, little overweight, his wife none to happy. We all knew Mary's reputation and it wasn't good. So she was expecting, Mary wasn't my type or Tigers or so he said. 

Then he came out, looked nothing like him. The king was there actually 3 of them. I said wow Jesus Christ. And it kinda stuck.

[BIONIC]

The reason cis people love the MCU? Millennial Trans girls. The reason The Wachoskis got to have a career for as long as they did? Millennial Trans girls. The reason why you laugh at 69 and 420? You guessed it. Millennial Trans girls. The web is our domain, the toxic sludge we evolved from like a goddamned river monster.

Was ZeroVAG (AKA Jeff Marvel) an egg this whole time?

[simiansmarts]

The reason cis people love the MCU? Millennial Trans girls. The reason The Wachoskis got to have a career for as long as they did? Millennial Trans girls. The reason why you laugh at 69 and 420? You guessed it. Millennial Trans girls. The web is our domain, the toxic sludge we evolved from like a goddamned river monster.

Was ZeroVAG (AKA Jeff Marvel) an egg this whole time?

Jeff literally goes by he/they pronouns, he's practically halfway there.