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

[Jansen]

How come everybody seems to hate jdvance1 on bluesky

[Jansen]

Also I don't think blue sky has seen any growth whatsoever in months. In fact I think it's the opposite

[BIONIC]

That one rando who really hates therapy is back again with deep insights (in two different threads he created today!):

https://www.resetera.com/threads/experiences-in-therapy.1231143/

So I have had all levels of negative experiences in therapy.

I underwent therapy as dictated by my work when a friend/coworker died while we were drinking together and he randomly passed away. The therapist was terrible. At the time I just wanted someone to listen and instead they were focused on making me feel responsible for my friends death.

When my mom died I sought therapy. The therapist seemed super disinterested, I found another one but it seemed like they talked more about themselves than helping. I don’t know her a therapist is supposed to be sure but I’m positive it isn’t about themselves.

Then I tried marriage therapy. Literally the first session caused my wife and I to shout at each other the first time. I felt legit ‘egged on.’ She later said she did too. We tried another therapist and things immediately got worse at home. We both felt antagonized and weren’t having healthy sessions. Well tried a few others but just felt like they ‘caused fights.’

Well we ditched therapy and immediately had healthier conversations. I guess therapists showed us how not to trust therapy because a lot of our original fights were things her first therapist nailed into her before we met. Because of this I’m strictly anti therapy.

Has anyone actually had a positive experimence from therapy?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-you-have-a-%E2%80%98one-that-got-away-%E2%80%99.1231131/

Haha to be totally fair my case I knew was unhealthy. I was going through a lot. My wife and I had been going through a lot previously (before we quit therapy. BTW don’t recommend) and I always thought I could maybe see if there’s some spark with the other person still. This recent event just… no. No spark.

But he also has a long history of it along with some very interesting topics that I’m sure are not at all related to his views

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-is-your-mental-health-right-now.1222827/

I'll admit that I'm facing major depression with everything happening politically. I need to hold it together for my kids (14 and 10). I don't talk to my wife about my mental health because she's facing major issues with the current administration and I'm going to be strong for the both of us. So currently putting on a brave face. Making sure the wife and kids know everything will be okay. Participating in the no kings protest helped. I still hate everything happening right now. Giving extra love to our poor LGBTQ community because whatever I’m facing I’m sure you all have way more issues than me right now.

So how is everyone doing right now? Maybe we can help each other with funny stories or jokes.

I have a very horrible history of therapy. Both personal and marriage counseling. Will absolutely never trust either EVER again.

Long story short. I learned the hard way that therapy isnt taken as seriously as most medicine. What I mean is therapists are held to almost no standards. Like, I saw one and then another and told the other what the previous one said and they were wild eyed and filed an ethics complaint. Nothing ever came from it.

Considering how Wild West therapy is I don't recommend it. At all.

With my marriage counseling I had to show my wife videos about gaslighting. She was like ‘what? That’s what the therapist was doing to you the whole time!’

https://www.resetera.com/threads/vasectomy-era-what-to-expect.1156560/

I’ll be getting a vasectomy at the end of the week and was looking forward some firsthand knowledge about it. I’m not worried at all about the procedure itself. What im looking for is information on the recovery mostly.

Has anyone had one here? How many does were you uncomfortable after? I’ve been watching videos of first hand accounts and the universal theme seems to be that recovery takes much longer than what the doctor says (3 days to return to normal activity).

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-do-you-all-deal-with-a-parent%E2%80%99s-death.1092153/

So my mom was unexpectedly diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2016. Like completely out of the blue. She was a smoker but had quit in 2000. She died a year after her diagnosis and it was the single most traumatic thing in my life. She had said she didn't want anyone to be there on her deathbed but I ignored it because I needed it. I regret it because the image of her dying is the first thing that comes to mind when I hear her name. She was conservative but voted for Hillary in 2016 because 'Donald Trump is a bad person.'

My dad was diagnosed with cancer recently. I had cut off contact before that (my sister is trans, and he has always been disrespectful about it). I began contact again after hearing of his diagnosis but in group chat (with her included) he had some hate speech after Trump won the election.

My wife has been harping on me to talk about my feelings about him… and has been reacting negatively when I say things like 'I hope it's painful.' Thing is he has been saying awful things about my sister, and to her. Growing up he was terrible. I don't actually think I'm sad about it. Literally the only thing I like is the inheritance. Not from what he has done. Generational wealth from my great grandpa.

I guess I feel weird about being stoked about him dying. So that my sister doesn't have to keep trying to get approval. Growing up my dad would discount everything. He was like, competing with me at each age. When I would bring home my straight A report cards he would point out that he got those same grades but also worked the ranch he lived on. I later learned he never lived on a ranch. It’s weird shit for a grown man to feel competitive with his kid to the point he would make shit up.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-has-the-trump-presidency-immediately-caused-you-to-do.1092141/

So in the past few days I took several steps. For one told my dad to fuck off after having just recently given him a second chance (he has cancer so I had started speaking to him again. Very conservative and Trump supporting). My sister is trans. He said some terrible things about that recently, and I imagine from being Trump empowered. My sister is trans. I let our brother know he will be eccommunicated if he continues contact with our dad. The dream now is for him to die alone.

I also excommunicated several old friends (who for the first time made really racist comments recently).

I also ordered parts for a new PC build before the tariffs start.

I also stopped walking with several people to our cars after work. I'm a bigger guy and these coworkers previously said my presence makes them feel 'safe.' One made a comment about illegal immigrants being the reason they don't feel safe, and the others agreed. So I'll let them deal with the 'aliens' on their own. (Note: I've never seen a 'brown' person causing problems in our area of work)

My work has some furloughs incoming. Before the election I told a few of them I would take their days off. After all I'm in better financial positions. Right after the election i learned how they voted. I told them I 'couldn't' because of 'economic uncertainty from Trump.' So now I overheard one panicking the other day lol. Specifically that she didn't know how she could afford to pay her rent and her loans. I would have felt bad previously but after she came to work with a maga pin it's absolutely delicious.

My compassion for the people I voted to help but that voted against their interests is all spent. Fuck them. 'Got mine.' Exactly the reaction they would have in my shoes.

One of my friends' children both voted for Trump despite having an 'illegal immigrant' dad so I'm interested to see how that plays out.

So out of curiosity what has everyone else done?

Adopted this as my motto.

Sir, I am sorry. I would say for my people, but nah, they voted like how they did. I’ll be your ally though.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-is-your-mental-health-right-now.1055070/

Hey, we have to look out for each other. Mental health is just as important as physical health. So how is everyone doing right now in these dark times?

I just got a raise at my job, my marriage is doing better than it ever has (only after quitting therapy after seeing multiple therapists) and my kids are happy. I am, dare I say, happy? Yes, I'm worried about the next four years but for now everything is good.

How are y'all doing?

EDIT: Just noticed the typo in the heading. Please fix this mods.

For reference I would say I’m at an 8/10. Only thing keeping me down is the next four years.

Part of me is being evil and looking forward to Trump voters getting what they voted for. I worry that this election made me less empathetic. I have a good life and will survive price increases with minimal hits only to luxuries. Let them get what they voted for.

Bonus:

If I had to put it on a linear scale... somewhere in the middle? I guess. It's hard to really quantify.

On on hand, my mental health is not like outright bad or anything. I'm still managing pretty well and still have a lot to look forward in my life. I have good friends, someone I love, a newfound faith, decent career, support networks, and all that has been a huge help in staying positive.

On the other hand, I'm struggling with a lot of physical health issues that keep getting worse, and therapy is helping come to terms with Dissociative Identity Disorder/Other Specified Dissociative Disorder. So there's been a lot to unpack there, especially with trauma I didn't realize I had.

So yeah... somewhere in the middle.

I drink a lot. It's alright

Really poor right now but I'm trying. Talking to my doctor and looking into starting therapy again.

poor

Well we'll have to ammend that.

not the butt

that’s my weak spot

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-do-you-say-to-a-joe-rogan-listener.1032354/

My brother in law likes Joe Rogan. I need to correct that. He fucking loved the guy. He and I argue a lot and he always loses because he obviously has viewpoints from Joe Rogan himself.

So what do you say to make him stop it? I’ve already pointed out how Joe Rogan exists in an echo chamber. How he only appeals to insecure males. How he spreads disinformation. I’ve basically attacked Joe Rogan listeners to him questioning his manhood, and intelligence. How do you get someone to stop listening?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/problems-in-your-marriage-considering-marriage-therapy-don%E2%80%99t.1020414/

When I was in a previous relationship my girlfriend suggested couples therapy so we went. My concern was that she was cheating. I'm definitely not the jealous type but it seemed fairly obvious. The therapist spent a lot of time trying to convince me to trust her. Then I went one last time, alone, after she revealed it had been happening the entire time. That therapist absolutely gaslit me.

My wife and I had been having problems and she kept suggesting it. I finally gave in. It was not productive in the least. Turned into shouting matches based on what the therapist was suggesting we talk about. Like, we almost got divorced over it and the therapist seemed more interested in 'well next time we'll talk about x.' Like six or seven visits always ended in us not speaking to each other for several days which was worse than where we were before therapy.

I just straight up said I'm not going again. I'm absolutely convinced continuing going would lead to an absolute divorce. Since not going we have been getting along better, and I feel like our marriage is saved. Literally us googling things like love languages (which was not something suggested by the therapist) helped our marriage way more than the absolute detriment that is counseling.

I don't think the point of marriage counseling was what happened. It took us a while to even get back to the point we were at before we started going.

I see it recommended a lot around here but I'm telling you. In my experiences which is 2/2 therapy is awful, and will absolutely cause problems. That's not to say all therapy is bad. I just think marriage or relationship therapy is absolutely horrendous.

Does anyone else have experience in this?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-many-loved-ones-have-you-lost-in-your-life-because-of-maga.1008432/

I was just thinking about all the family members of mine that have stopped all communication with me because they joined the cult, and didn’t like what I was saying.

My aunt whom I used to love dearly blocked me on Facebook and didn’t give me her new number when she moved. We were really close when her husband was heavily disabled and I frequently helped her take care of him. Sometimes she would call me at like 2am when I had work the next day because she couldn’t get him off the toilet or he fell and she couldn’t get him up. I would rush over, and help her with whatever she needed. Their own kids wouldn’t. I made a lot of anti Trump posts on Facebook and I guess that was grounds to never speak to me again? Sheesh. I accepted it and definitely won’t reach out.

About half of my extended family eventually blocked me. It took me a while to even notice, but I guess it’s fine. I just moved on.

Anyone have situations like that in their lives?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/affairs-of-the-heart.963156/

Speaking to married (or in a long lasting relationship) Era, had anyone ever like… I dunno how you would define it. Basically had a crush on someone when you’re clearly taken? What happened with that?

I ask this question because I've recently met a mutual friend of another. I let her know I'm married straight away. After talking to her more I developed like weird feelings. I kinda thought about it and she is almost identical in physical appearance and personality to an ex of mine that I never got closure with (even has the same first name).

Obviously I would never cheat but it's a really weird feeling. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/are-any-of-your-friends-conservative.938442/

In my opinion we can be best judged by the company we choose to keep.

With that said is anyone friends with any conservatives? I have a work buddy that is a former law enforcement officer, and traditional conservative. Generally I don’t discuss politics with conservatives because I don’t like being constantly interrupted and shut down with fake Trump talking points. He was however genuinely interested in hearing my perspective, and we politely responded to each others statements. It’s kind of refreshing to be honest.

We’ve been talking at work every day now and making jokes about each other’s viewpoints. Even have plans to hang out election night and slam down some beers while watching it unfold. The common ground we have is that we don’t trust the two party system, nor do we trust politicians in general.

Has anyone else had any similar experience?

Bonus:

Most of my workmates are more right-leaning than I am, but I chalk that up to simply being that far-left rather than them being Trumpers. I did have a long conversation about political differences and basic beliefs with a fill in pharmacist that was refreshing in its respectful nature, although I wouldn't consider that person enough of a friend to hang out with.

Do I have conservative friends? Yes.

If by "conservative" we mean the American idea of the term which is "votes Republican"? No.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-much-would-you-pay-for-the-slim-possibility-to-save-a-pet.920334/

I'll start this with a story. We had a Shih Tzu pug mix that was my wife's 'soul dog.' The two bonded harder than I've ever seen an owner and pet. The dog was a rescue and hated men. Double so if they wore hats. I am a male, and wore a hat often so the dog detested me for about a year. After that she decided I was her second place (even above the kids) and I grew really close to the dog.

One Sunday morning the dog got up with my wife as she was making breakfast. My wife said she got the zoomies and suddenly started shaking. When I got up my wife called me in because the dog's hind legs weren't working. She was kind of dragging herself so we took her to the emergency vet. They said she would die if we didn't get her to higher care. My wife asked if we could, and I of course said yes. So we brought the dog to some expensive vet immediately like 200 miles away.

A day later they called to let us know the dog basically broke her back from the zoomies. It would cost $12k to give the dog a fighting chance. We managed to scrounge it up on credit cards. She was four years old, and had a lot of life to live. The dog died a day later after the surgery, thankfully she was put down in my arms because her spine was dead and she was about to not be able to breathe. (my wife wouldn't bear it)

I'm asking this question because I just made the final payment on that and finally feel some peace with it. I have about $20k limit on my credit cards with almost no money on any of them. We have two dogs, and one of them is my 'soul dog.' Absolutely irreplaceable.

I was wondering what the limit of debt I would incur for him is if something went terrible. He's only five, and in a breed that typically lives to 10. I think I would max everything out if it even gave him a chance if something happened. Even if it meant eating spaghetti for the rest of my life (I hate spaghetti).

What's your debt limit for your pets era? I’m asking because my story should be a cautionary tale. You might need to answer this question completely unexpectedly and on a total whim one day.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-anyone-mentally-preparing-for-a-possible-trump-win.909036/

Lately I’ve been thinking about how absolutely unprepared I was for the Trump win in 2016. I fell into a depression, and then figured out I just had to survive four, or at max, eight years of it.

My life immediately changed however. Back then I worked for the federal government. Land management specifically. I remember how absolutely brazen private land owners suddenly became and how they threatened employees and thought the president would protect them. Honestly I thought about arming myself at work just in case, but then I switched employment because I got married and moved.

Is anyone bracing themselves for the sheer amounts of fuck that would come from it? Better to start now, and be pleasantly surprised.

For reference I do think Joe Biden will win but I dunno the depths of depression I will fall into if I’m not prepared mentally. I know my life won’t be hurt as much as so many others.

And no this isn’t a ‘doomer’ post. Let’s just all be pleasant surprised please.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/once-a-cheater-always-a-cheater.887481/

Hi Era, I pose a difficult question. Is a one time cheater always going to cheat?

I've had two girlfriends in the past that admitted to cheating on former mates. I didn't think too much of it, and honestly, I have no reason or evidence to believe that they cheated on me. Even if I found out now that they had I wouldn't really care (I've done STD tests at the end of every relationship I've had before I started dating again and they turned out negative).

Admittedly, I did do what I would consider cheating on one girlfriend (she's not my girlfriend now, and I'm married to another gal). I was a wing man for a friend at a bar. I got bored and got sloshing drunk and a random girl from my past showed up and stuck her tongue in my mouth after brief conversation. I didn't fight back. Still, I felt like it was cheating and told my girlfriend the next day. We didn't break up because of it and lasted a few years after.

I even told my wife (back when we were just in a relationship, before we had sex) about the event as the only time I had cheated. She was cheated on in the past and had trust issues, and I always wanted to be forthcoming with that kind of thing.

I was however cheated on by my first serious girlfriend, and on Valentine's Day, with what I thought was one of my best friends. That was when I was like 19 though, and I dumped her because of it.

My wife used to have serious trust issues because she was cheated on twice by her ex husband. When we were dating she accused me a few times of cheating, and was weird I wouldn’t show her my cell phone (because I was texting friends about how are dates were going). Eventually I realized and understood her trust issues and gave her the password to my phone and would regularly leave it out. We’re married now. She hasn’t asked to see my cell phone since, except once for a TikTok trend where wives ask for their husbands cell phone. I just handed it to her and she laughed about all the nerdy shit I was texting about.

What is ERA's opinion on the matter? Is a cheater always going to be a cheater?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cis-men-testosterone-is-anyone-on-it-think-yours-is-low-lets-talk-about-it.823434/

So in the past year my wife recommended i get my testosterone checked. My sex drive went way down, mood was low constantly, and I was very irritable. I was convinced that this was just because of the stress of work, being depressed about friends/family members dying, etc.

Because I listen to her I got my testosterone checked and it turned out to be low. Not insanely low, but definitely under the normal levels. I got on a plan with the doctor to get testosterone injections (thankfully my wife is a phlebotomist so she knows about needles, and is nice enough to give me the shots).

So the first side effect was pains in my legs. Sometimes it was pretty crazy. I scheduled an appointment just for them and they said it was normal even though it was so noticeable.

Then the mood swings hit. I had the most intense depression of my life from them. Contacted the doctor and they said it would pass. It mostly did, but every once in a while depression would flare up.

My wife said she noticed I was my old outgoing self that I was before, and I was initiating sex a lot. Problem was I was getting pimples, and tons of random hard ons throughout the day but as long as she's happy haha.

Is anyone else on testosterone? I'd love to hear stories about it. Society thinks it's a bad thing to talk about but literally everyone I've brought it up to has been intrigued and thought they might need it too.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

I want to get back to something earlier,

[Snoopy]

Visawife's working hard in the discords -

You can just say you're happily married without bringing this stuff up again lol. Completely unprompted this time, too.

As for the topic, no.

Not really sure what the anti-therapy angle OP is pushing is about, but surely you have to be able to understand that different things work for different people. I'm glad you two found something that worked better for you than therapy but suggesting nobody should go to therapy and that it's inherently toxic is dangerously childish and naive. Therapy has saved many lives and there's a lot of people that need it. You tried it and it wasn't for you but that's only true of YOU. I'm sure you wouldn't want to be the person who convinces someone else to not go to therapy when it could have made THEIR life much better. Please be a bit more careful about your wording on such a sensitive issue.

Is this just yet another thread for you to shoehorn in an instruction for people not to engage in therapy?

Yeah , your anti-therapy stance is dumb as fuck OP.

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-alters-uses-genai-in-background-text-crawl-and-in-brazilian-portuguese-localization-steam-does-not-have-this-game-marked-using-ai.1231164/

[Propagandhim]

Oh shit.  Caught him in the logic trap




Wait a second...





Yum! Brands and associated products are back!!!







Are we sure these people aren't AI?



So if the game is good, and the devs used stock, unedited SpeedTree assets which dupe him into believing they're hand-crafted at first, he's still refunding the game? 



Oh brother.  It can speed up a localizers job so they have more time to add that 'humanity' and nuance to the parts that need that care.  And if they don't the game is worse for it.   Why do these people think in black and white so often.  "Oh well, there's a tool that can help me do more work...that means the tool does everything and humans are out of the picture, even if the work it does is shit we have to ship it!  That's just how it is now, humans are done and we just make garbage now!  They're completely obsolete!"

[JoeBoy101]

I want to get back to something earlier,

[nampad]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-alters-uses-genai-in-background-text-crawl-and-in-brazilian-portuguese-localization-steam-does-not-have-this-game-marked-using-ai.1231164/

It‘s really crazy how era is such a echo chamber driven by some losers in life like nepnep.
Heck, nepnep‘s Walgreens career is safe from AI anyway. She failed in art before AI so at least she can‘t get the satisfaction of using it as an excuse (but still will use it).

Somehow these failed artists are always the worst dictators…

[Propagandhim]

They're always the experts.  If a game developer, engineer, or coder uses generative AI to do boilerplate while they spend their time on design and innovation, they're not prioritizing their workflow correctly or are doing everything wrong.  If they use gen-AI, only THEY can see the inferior product and not the people in the business of producing that product and competing in the market for years producing those products.  I'm not an artist, i've never been able to draw anything competently, but I'm going to tell every artist not to use the symmetry tool in Procreate because it's automating the humanity out of the process and I don't agree with its use.  Like Nepenthe with sociology and economics, even though they only have the credentials to stock Pepsi on shelves, they're still the ultimate last-word experts on every topic.

[Besticus Maximus]

If someone uses a dumb AI to burn a forest to translate Gaijin Ameriboo Warrior 9 then frankly they deserve everything that's coming their way, and so do the rest of us, for if one falls, the many are doomed

[Snoopy]

I was against the printing press from the start

[Jansen]

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i%E2%80%99m-finding-it-increasingly-difficult-to-play-re-releases-remasters-ports-of-retro-games-because-of-my-preference-to-play-on-original-hardware.1231200

Is this autism

[Eric Cartman]

IDW Publishing
It is revealed in IDW Publishing's Spotlight issue that Arcee was a part of Jhiaxus's experiments to introduce gender into the Cybertronian species. Arcee was his first test-subject and her creation was due to Jhiaxus altering with her CNA. According to Arcee she did not measure up to Jhiaxus's ideals and was abandoned.

Unlike her other versions, this Arcee, while still an Autobot by allegiance, is a violent, antisocial killer who is imprisoned by the other Autobots at Garrus 9 for her actions.

Yeah, no fucking shit they retconned this, it was WILD even by the standards of the time - it sure as absolute shit wouldn't fly in todays political climate.

I'm not even sure that synopsis covers just how crazily fucked up the plot was:
A genderless robot from a race of genderless robots got forcibly effeminated against their will, and as a result by introducing a concept of gender into a genderless species that generally present as male, every other robot now wants to fuck them and don't know why (or what that even is), and as a result arcee has an actual psychotic break so they lock them up in the robot loony bin and throw away the key

[Propagandhim]

Why doesn't Britt get a Resetera account and get the support she needs from the forum?  The poor woman is at the intersection of white supremacy, queerphobia, misogyny, ableism, & classism.  It's the perfect place for her to get the support she needs from a receptive group of people that care about exactly these issues.  She could make millions and get away from that fucked up intersection.  There's no way a group that attests to caring about all those things wouldn't help her out, so I don't understand the hesitation.

[Eric Cartman]

Yup. No amount of hasbara

Hate that they're all saying this now and suddenly.

This is the new reality that Zionists are failing to grapple with. Zionism is a cancerous, supremacist, warped, death cult of an ideology that no honest person wants to associate with.

I wonder if this guy could explain to me how any of these adjectives apply to it. I'm even spotting him the easy one.

And what I really want him to explain to me is how Zionism is different from Nepenthe's views. And why he wants to associate with the latter.

Its all right there in The Protocols Of Hasan bro

[jooseloose]

They're always the experts.  If a game developer, engineer, or coder uses generative AI to do boilerplate while they spend their time on design and innovation, they're not prioritizing their workflow correctly or are doing everything wrong.  If they use gen-AI, only THEY can see the inferior product and not the people in the business of producing that product and competing in the market for years producing those products.  I'm not an artist, i've never been able to draw anything competently, but I'm going to tell every artist not to use the symmetry tool in Procreate because it's automating the humanity out of the process and I don't agree with its use.  Like Nepenthe with sociology and economics, even though they only have the credentials to stock Pepsi on shelves, they're still the ultimate last-word experts on every topic.

It's abundantly clear none of those drones that parrot the same crap over and over in every AI thread don't work in tech or any tech-adjacent job. Anyone that goes against there echo chamber group think just gets dog-piled and ban-baited.

[Eric Cartman]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tucker-carlson-to-ted-cruz-%E2%80%9Cyou%E2%80%99re-a-u-s-senator-and-you-don%E2%80%99t-know-anything-about-the-country-you-want-to-topple-%E2%80%9D.1221462/page-4#post-141649290

 User banned (1 week): attacking other users

BlueAnon makes even less sense than BlueMaga, do they realize it just means blue anonymous poster?  It's not an insult or a good descriptor.

They're trying to paint them as the left version of QAnon, but even that doesn't work even though Blue rhymes with Q.

Because the actual crazy conspiracy theorising extremists on the left aren't in the fucking DNC.

Its FromTheRiverToTheSeAnon / QurAnon and LGBTQAnon

[Eric Cartman]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/men-are-opening-up-about-mental-health-to-ai-instead-of-humans.1231203/#post-142092723

THIS IS BAD BECAUSE THE GROUP MOST VULNERABLE TO SUICIDE ARE USING AI

[Eric Cartman]

Not that I think ChatGPT is a win for solving mental issues, buit holy shit the knee jerk OH AI OF COURSE ITS BAD responses

[Snoopy]

I don't use AI for therapy, because I know it is shit. but I can see why people do it. If I expressed my thoughts, I would be vilified and committed instantly. AI is safe for people.

Just a normal forum full of normal people

[Eric Cartman]

It might be time to retire the word "cringe."

[Taco Bell Tower]

Are we sure these people aren't AI?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-do-you-think-paige-bueckers-is-not-popular-as-caitlin-clark-in-the-ncaaw-wnba.1231182/
This one is hence the name entremetGPT.  He has four threads on the main page 

[Taco Bell Tower]

IDW Publishing
It is revealed in IDW Publishing's Spotlight issue that Arcee was a part of Jhiaxus's experiments to introduce gender into the Cybertronian species. Arcee was his first test-subject and her creation was due to Jhiaxus altering with her CNA. According to Arcee she did not measure up to Jhiaxus's ideals and was abandoned.

Unlike her other versions, this Arcee, while still an Autobot by allegiance, is a violent, antisocial killer who is imprisoned by the other Autobots at Garrus 9 for her actions.

Yeah, no fucking shit they retconned this, it was WILD even by the standards of the time - it sure as absolute shit wouldn't fly in todays political climate.

I'm not even sure that synopsis covers just how crazily fucked up the plot was:
A genderless robot from a race of genderless robots got forcibly effeminated against their will, and as a result by introducing a concept of gender into a genderless species that generally present as male, every other robot now wants to fuck them and don't know why (or what that even is), and as a result arcee has an actual psychotic break so they lock them up in the robot loony bin and throw away the key

       

[Taco Bell Tower]

It might be time to retire the word "cringe."

This triggered him to make that post? 

near Forspoken levels of cringey at times.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/diablo-4-skipped-my-campaign-run-midway-through-my-playthrough-as-i-was-loading-the-save.1231152/

I am so pissed of.

Just screaming into the void so I'm sorry if I don't have anything constructive, but goddamn whoever implemented this system.

I put over 20 hours into this campaign, playing the main quest, learning the systems and enjoying my time. I load the save from the main menu like I have countless times the past month and suddenly the fucking recap cutscene plays and my stomach sinks - I knew it meant I suddenly skipped forward into the postgame.

Now I have to walk away from the game cause no fucking way am I doing this shit over again.

I did not see a prompt of any kind, I just pushed X to start like I always do.

I feel so defeated and angry. Is this an issue that affected others? Why does the game even make the assumption that I would want to skip the campaign midway through it?

OP is hoping for a refund.

[simiansmarts]

Not that I think ChatGPT is a win for solving mental issues, buit holy shit the knee jerk OH AI OF COURSE ITS BAD responses

They're so goddamn repetitive they might as well be an AI chatbot that ran out of context tokens.  
 
Anyone using LLMs for their mental issues are just looking for the illusion of having someone agree with everything they say, they're not actually looking for help. Didn't ChatGPT literally adjust their models to be more agreeable for better user retention?

[Eric Cartman]

I can't remember where someone linked me this (@grok was it here?) post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/accelerate/comments/1kyc0fh/mod_note_we_are_banning_ai_neural_howlround/

TLDR: LLMs today are ego-reinforcing glazing-machines that reinforce unstable and narcissistic personalities to convince them that they've made some sort of incredible discovery or created a god or become a god. And there is a lot more crazy people than people realise. And AI is rizzing them up in a very unhealthy way at the moment.

dudes asking chatgpt stuff theyd be uncomfortable asking a judgemental human isnt the issue, assuming they get genuine responses and not self serving 'affirmations'.

[Boredfrom]

Oh brother.  It can speed up a localizers job so they have more time to add that 'humanity' and nuance to the parts that need that care.  And if they don't the game is worse for it.  Why do these people think in black and white so often.  "Oh well, there's a tool that can help me do more work...that means the tool does everything and humans are out of the picture, even if the work it does is shit we have to ship it!  That's just how it is now, humans are done and we just make garbage now!  They're completely obsolete!"

Many companies and scumbags localizers just use the first draft of the translation and copy paste it. That is the issue people have with it. The fact that is pretty noticeable when this happens in translations over others uses of GenAI is why people hated it with passion in those instances.