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

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-bds-movement-calls-for-a-boycott-of-xbox-and-microsoft-gaming-products-over-its-parent-companys-complicity-in-the-genocide-in-gaza.1155057/page-19#post-142393338

Also, @Transistor , I wanted to say thank you as you've been a real trooper for all of this, and I'm sure you've been dealing with on this we (regular users) don't even see either.

Thank you ❤️

I'm just trying to do the right thing. We can all agree there's no ethical consumption under capitalism, there's no doubt about that. But this is a situation where a company is going above and beyond in atrocious behavior, time and time again. We should all be able to say "you know what, fuck that company" especially with something hobby-centric like video games.

I'm sure many people think of me as the "PlayStation Mod" which is kinda funny because if you look at my history for the last year or two, I've been 99% all in on PC (usually just using my PS5 for exclusives). Granted, I sold my Series X before the boycott because it was gathering dust (again, because I bought the games on PC). Where I'm going with this is that I would have no problem giving the finger to any company that did this shit. If Sony did this shit? Fuck them, I'd sell my PS5. If Nintendo did? Fuck them, I'd sell my Switch. Valve? Fuck them, I'd stop any and all purchases on Steam and only buy from GOG or something. It would suck, for sure, but it would be the right thing to do.

Going back to the "ethics in capitalism" discussion, all companies have had layoffs. It fucking sucks for sure, especially because capitalism is the core cause of that (record profits but firing people because need more shareholder value). But we live in a capitalistic society. We can try to skirt the issue, but we'd be pretty much giving up every hobby.

That's where you need to look at the other stuff, which is why the BDS boycott (and this thread by proxy) exists. You have a capitalistic company that does the usual capitalistic bullshit, but on top of that literally funds a government that's performing active genocide. Not just funding it, actually, but has people with boots on the ground in the fucking IDF. It's absolutely fucking disgusting and a company that does that will not get a dime from me. I've already cut off every single one of the priority targets, most of the pressure targets (my work uses Google, so I'm stuck with that, but I've cut it from my personal life), and all of the organic targets as well.

Fuck these companies. Fuck the IDF. Fuck genocide.

And most of all, fuck Microsoft.

Thank you for attending my TED talk.

Transistor out.

How about banning Microsoft ads on the forum? Limiting all Microsoft products to a single thread like Cyberpunk? 

Also don't think I'm not side eyeing your Zionist hasabra talking points like "fuck genocide."

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

all companies have had layoffs. It fucking sucks for sure, especially because capitalism is the core cause of that

    

[Kyon1988]

You can't be against the layoffs happening at Microsoft while also boycotting Microsoft. Era is full of hypocrites

[benji]

You can't be against the layoffs happening at Microsoft while also boycotting Microsoft. Era is full of hypocrites

No, no, see the Zionist executives should lose their jobs. And with those incredible savings, raises should happen for the pro-Palestine workers who should never be fired for any reason and also more artists should be hired to model leaves and grass.

This could happen if it wasn't for fucking capitalism. (AND ZASLAV)

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Porn hurts everyone. Simple as. 

y'all ain't ready for the conversation about how porn has infected the youth today into thinking choking girls is fine.

[Uncle]

Like, she won. She led the charge in eradicating trans rights and presence at every level in both her own country and America and she still talks about herself as if she's being silenced. I know why these people do this but it is just so stark how ridiculous it is to play the victim when she's throughly defeated all of her perceived opponents (Victims) and is still just as unhappy.
 

I believe she's quite happy

[im g]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GosUamSXUAAWcMW.jpg:large[/img]

Thank you Joanne for putting the degenerate trans agenda on ICE 

If the transes had their way, she would be banned from every social media channel and no traditional media would be brave enough to quote her.

How is it not their intention to silence her?

honestly it feels like we came so close to that happening, there were tons of other people banned from all over the place with similar sentiment around that time

imagine she'd been banned long ago and was relegated to some quiet substack this whole time, and wasn't able to demonstrate to less influential people that they weren't alone in their opinion

would something like the cass review have even happened? would kids still be out there getting permanently mutilated because discord told them to?

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Look at this guy being factually incorrect about that incoherent mess when Forever opens with a fight scene superior to every single one in the Nolan films:

Spoiler:                 the only good part of the Nolan films without Heath Ledger?

  (click to show)(click to hide)

I like the Nolan movies. Don’t get me wrong. They’re Bond movies with a Batman who is relatively un-damaged. In context of the world, he’s Batman for like two years, retires, and then is Batman again for a week. He spent more time exploring renewable energy than being a weirdo who punched people in a bat costume.

I’m partial to Bruce being a little off and aware of it. Always liked this scene in Forever. Even Dick skipping up the stairs at the end. Or especially.



And good lord look at those Doom 3 shadows. It isn’t flat front lit with blown out gamma shot against a green screen.

can't believe I missed these two posts. Forever chads just keep winning. 

[Boredfrom]

I love Kabuki Waq normie cape shit fan takes. They are so bad:

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

man luther executing the guy was super dark. Glad they made Luther such an asshole. Hopefully they do not try to redeem him. He executed a man, kidnapped a baby, tortured superma. Etc etc. For once we have a guy that has depth and is actually evil.

They aren’t going to redeem Luthor but Superman outright says that he hopes someday Luthor realizes the error of his ways and the good he could do. Something that is consistent with the comic book portrayals of being a villainous asshole but not outright totally evil. 

While I enjoyed the pettiness of this Luthor, it always disturbs me  when ERA concept of “totally evil villains” are essentially cartoon villains more hollow than Dick Dastardly.

[Boredfrom]

I believe she's quite happy

[im g]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GosUamSXUAAWcMW.jpg:large[/img]

Thank you Joanne for putting the degenerate trans agenda on ICE 

If the transes had their way, she would be banned from every social media channel and no traditional media would be brave enough to quote her.

How is it not their intention to silence her?

honestly it feels like we came so close to that happening, there were tons of other people banned from all over the place with similar sentiment around that time

imagine she'd been banned long ago and was relegated to some quiet substack this whole time, and wasn't able to demonstrate to less influential people that they weren't alone in their opinion

would something like the cass review have even happened? would kids still be out there getting permanently mutilated because discord told them to?

Being fair, they were losing support a little before the Cass Review happened. The Trans Activists bigger mistake is never owning their mistakes and keeping questionable causes like TransWomen in prison and Hormones for kids.

If you talked to people IRL, even people that supports Trans people (including some Trans people themselves), you will realize how everyone was already hating the online discourse of blind support for Trans Causes.

[benji]

Goddess, just imagine if it was Alexis or Alexandra Luthor so we could have a villainess.  And she could be wlw.  Maybe with Supergirl?  Or QUEEN BEE??? (No canon female Wasps in DC unfortunately.)

[TacoWallace]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-bds-movement-calls-for-a-boycott-of-xbox-and-microsoft-gaming-products-over-its-parent-companys-complicity-in-the-genocide-in-gaza.1155057/page-19#post-142393338

Also, @Transistor , I wanted to say thank you as you've been a real trooper for all of this, and I'm sure you've been dealing with on this we (regular users) don't even see either.

Thank you ❤️

I'm just trying to do the right thing. We can all agree there's no ethical consumption under capitalism, there's no doubt about that. But this is a situation where a company is going above and beyond in atrocious behavior, time and time again. We should all be able to say "you know what, fuck that company" especially with something hobby-centric like video games.

I'm sure many people think of me as the "PlayStation Mod" which is kinda funny because if you look at my history for the last year or two, I've been 99% all in on PC (usually just using my PS5 for exclusives). Granted, I sold my Series X before the boycott because it was gathering dust (again, because I bought the games on PC). Where I'm going with this is that I would have no problem giving the finger to any company that did this shit. If Sony did this shit? Fuck them, I'd sell my PS5. If Nintendo did? Fuck them, I'd sell my Switch. Valve? Fuck them, I'd stop any and all purchases on Steam and only buy from GOG or something. It would suck, for sure, but it would be the right thing to do.

Going back to the "ethics in capitalism" discussion, all companies have had layoffs. It fucking sucks for sure, especially because capitalism is the core cause of that (record profits but firing people because need more shareholder value). But we live in a capitalistic society. We can try to skirt the issue, but we'd be pretty much giving up every hobby.

That's where you need to look at the other stuff, which is why the BDS boycott (and this thread by proxy) exists. You have a capitalistic company that does the usual capitalistic bullshit, but on top of that literally funds a government that's performing active genocide. Not just funding it, actually, but has people with boots on the ground in the fucking IDF. It's absolutely fucking disgusting and a company that does that will not get a dime from me. I've already cut off every single one of the priority targets, most of the pressure targets (my work uses Google, so I'm stuck with that, but I've cut it from my personal life), and all of the organic targets as well.

Fuck these companies. Fuck the IDF. Fuck genocide.

And most of all, fuck Microsoft.

Thank you for attending my TED talk.

Transistor out.

How about banning Microsoft ads on the forum? Limiting all Microsoft products to a single thread like Cyberpunk? 

Also don't think I'm not side eyeing your Zionist hasabra talking points like "fuck genocide."

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

all companies have had layoffs. It fucking sucks for sure, especially because capitalism is the core cause of that

    

Did he just admit he reads this place frequently? Who is calling him that over there?

Also, selling your console to someone else so they can then support that company is still getting shit wrong, you fool.

Cerium left some very stupid people in charge before he took a nap.

[Greatness Gone]

Holy fug not even the Ree Sonyponies can defend Ghost of Yotei…why is this the game they finally get mad at for being yet another boring iterative sequel. 

[Boredfrom]

Transistor is such a fucking fake ass bitch.

[Greatness Gone]

*trans sister

[Uncle]

Now Bluesky seems dead in the UK because of age verification laws, I understand being for anonymity on the web but they seem to be more upset that they can't groom "educate" children. Weird. 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bluesky-uk-will-require-age-verification-id-face-scan-payment-card-starting-july-25-to-be-able-to-use-bluesky-without-restrictions.1240776/

Another part of the law is coming into force on July 25th, requiring sites and apps containing porn and harmful content to provide “highly effective age assurance.” Platforms that don’t comply with the new rules will face fines of up to £18 million ($24 million) or 10 percent of their worldwide revenue, whichever is higher."

what happens if the site says fuck off?

the site owners can never fly internationally to the UK or risk incarceration? oh no...?

like is there a provision that the UK reserves the right to block access to the site for all of the UK?

[Boredfrom]

Ugh. I see they're doing the rock paper scissors combat shit again, only now it's "this weapon instakills this enemy" instead of "this stance kills this enemy". I wish they would stop doing that. It oversimplifies combat and makes it painfully dull.

If there's always one weapon that's unquestionably better at dealing with every enemy, then there's no actual decisionmaking in combat and there's no personal expression. It's just "pick the right weapon and you win", every time.

When playing a game with a better combat system: WHY IS SO DIFFICULT!

[Uncle]

  

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

thebire.com is now noncompliant with the UK's new laws, as the site now hosts harmful pornographic content

benji must require real ID of all UK citizens or be fined 24 million

[Boredfrom]

Are you high?

[Uncle]

Are you high?

are you in the UK?

[Uncle]

on behalf of benjamin I went through the whole process of checking if the rules apply to thebire.com...

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/pornography/adults-only-what-to-do-if-your-online-service-allows-pornography

and at the end of everything it just said... "unclear"

what the fuck? don't you know if the rules should or shouldn't apply to a site?

UK be like "ok this site hosts a questionable image, are we going to fine them" and the regulatory bodies just shrug

[Potato]

Spoiler: long post in spanish (click to show)(click to hide)

Bueno... vamos a escribir un post largo/diatriba porque... bueno, algo cansado de estar viendo gente que se cree mejor que otra por tener privilegios de primer mundo. Escribo en español porque 1) puedo expresarme mucho mejor al ser mi lengua madre, 2) me da pereza escribir en ingles en ocasiones como esta y 3) si no es capaz de traducir por su cuenta, se nota que solo viene a postear aquí solo por sentirse bien.

Comencemos con los que piden ejemplos, perfectamente puedo colocar varios, pero me quedo con 2-3 recientes:

1. El mes pasado hubo un movimiento telurico cerca a Bogotá (capital de Colombia, donde vivo). Una de las formas para averiguar datos del sismo una vez que pasa es usando la pagina del sistema del Servicio Geologico Colombiano, pero como es de esperar, la cantidad de gente que trata de acceder a la pagina web de la entidad es tanta, que la pagina simplemente se cae por minutos (o hasta horas en algunas situaciones). ¿En donde más informa el SGC sobre sismos? Twitter, así la población general puede compartir datos sin que se caiga y hacerse una idea de cosas que puede hacer o ayudar. Bajo la estúpida lógica que pintan varios personajes de ERA, ¿tengo que considerar a las personas que utilizan el servicio tanto para informar como para ser informados como apoyantes a la causa Nazi? Obviamente no.

2. Desafortunadamente en mi país (Colombia) tenemos un conflicto armado interno de larga data, mucha gente que no esta en las principales ciudades o cascos urbanos no tienen acceso a dispositivos, y los pocos que si tienen, pues para poder ser vistos (ya sea para difundir un emprendimiento local, informar a la comunidad, o para mostrar una noticia de un ataque en desarrollo) utilizan los medios de difusión más concurridos, entre los cuales esta Twitter. Nuevamente, bajo la estúpida lógica que pintan varios personajes de ERA, ¿tengo que considerar a esas personas que utilizan el servicio tanto para informar como para ser informados como apoyantes a la causa Nazi? Obviamente no.

3. Muchos de los portales de noticias de nuestro país están usando el modelo de paywall para acceder a su contenido. Ahora, considerando que adicional, dichos medios de comunicación tradicionales (ya sea por radio, televisión o directamente por internet) siempre han apoyado a sectores conservadores o de derecha/ultraderecha, las personas que tienen posiciones de izquierda recurren a las redes sociales para poder transmitir sus opiniones para que lleguen a la mayor cantidad de personas, dentro de las cuales están Facebook o Twitter. Una vez más, bajo la estúpida lógica que pintan varios personajes de ERA, ¿tengo que considerar a estas personas, que utilizan el servicio para difundir sus posiciones y conseguir que más personas traten de cambiar sus ideologías o visiones del mundo, como apoyantes a la causa Nazi? Obviamente no.

Ahora, tomando mi experiencia personal, soy una persona que le gusta mucho leer e informarse de muchas cosas que pasan tanto en mi país (en todos los contextos) como en otras partes del mundo ya que eso me ayuda a tener una visión mucho más grande, me da acceso a vivencias y posturas que no podría encontrar en donde vivo y para ello, busco información de todos los lados que pueda entre los cuales está Twitter, de ahí que después pueda analizarla, hacerme una idea y poder tomar mis decisiones. Según ERA, ¿con mis acciones se me acusa de ser apoyante a la causa Nazi por usar Twitter, aun cuando ni me conoce de carne y hueso, ni sabe que he hecho, ni cual es mi ideología, ni absolutamente nada?

Considero que es muy hipócrita de mi parte estar diciéndole a los demás que son Nazis o que apoyan la causa Nazi por usar una red social, cuando lastimosamente mi vida esta inundada de elementos hechos por empresas y/o conglomerados que violan los derechos humanos en todas partes del mundo, desde el computador donde estoy escribiendo, el software que uso para escribir este post, el celular que uso para comunicarme con mis amigos/familiares, la ropa con la que me visto, la comida que como, la casa donde vivo, etc. La única forma real de no apoyar a todas estas empresas, es deshaciéndome de todo esto, dejar mi casa, irme a una montaña y vivir como ermitaño. Pero pues para efectos prácticos es una soberana estupidez, antes lo que hago es aislarme del mundo y que los grupos dominantes sigan haciendo lo que se les venga en gana.

Desafortunadamente ninguno de los servicios alternativos que tanto cacarean en ERA, no han tenido una acogida con la cual decir que el publico general pueda migrar de manera fácil y efectiva.

    Threads, es una red parte de Meta, otra red social controlada por un tipo que tiene ideologías de derecha/ultraderecha pero que a diferencia de Musk y Twitter, lo hace de manera más solapada, el contenido son bots, agregadores de contenido que ya tienen en Twitter, influencers de Instagram que creyeron que sus mismas tácticas iban a funcionar. Hay poca o nula interacción.
    Bluesky ha tomado algo de fuerza solo para la gente de habla inglesa (y algunos que hablan portugués cuando Brasil bloqueo Twitter en Brasil) pero para el resto de idiomas, el contenido es simplemente bots y agregadores de contenido que ya tienen en Twitter, hay poca o nula interacción.
    Mastodon con su red federativa descentralizada es aun más difuso y nebuloso donde menos se tiene el control para buscar información.

Si esa es mi opinion de las alternativas como alguien que tiene un dominio básico/decente sobre redes sociales, ahora imagínese para la gran mayoría de la población que normalmente sigue la corriente y se queda en las redes sociales de preferencia (Facebook y Twitter).

Y es aquí donde muchos de los los que postean aquí en ERA ni siquiera se toman el tiempo para pensar de manera razonable. Al ser una comunidad principalmente estadounidense y/o de lengua inglesa, tienen DEMASIADAS falencias en su visión del mundo y les importa cinco la realidad de los demás. Están en una burbuja tan pequeña que creen que solo su posición o su visión del mundo es la correcta y el resto es una mano de idiotas que siguen la corriente. No más, un poco más adelante vean como han tratado a las personas que hablaron sobre Japon (un pais donde Twitter esta basicamente arraigado a la cultura en muchos aspectos) como razón por la cual siguen en Twitter y en su egocentrismo por quedar como persona correcta de mejor moral, menosprecian y en cierta forma "humillan" con mensajes como "Ah, es que yo puedo encontrar desde mi comodidad la información que solo a mi me importa en otro lado, entonces usted es una basura por no buscar en otras partes su información" (aun cuando a veces esa información solo la encuentra en Twitter). Y esto no es solamente de este tema, esta misma logica se presenta con muchos otros temas sensibles (caso Israel/Palestina) o politicos (en ejemplo reciente, la llorada que pegaron varios usuarios estadounidenses por aca por la cantidad ingente de noticias politicas estadounidenses porque "no quiero leer sobre la realidad de mi pais en ERA porque me siento mal, hay que filtrarla/ocultarla").

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-will-it-take-to-get-you-off-twitter.1239987/page-7#post-142532250

Basically goes into why Spanish speaking users like him use twitter, and chastises Era for virtue signaling with banning Twitter links and attacking people for still using it. Would be banned if this was in English though which is extra funny, see if he gets caught

Latino mods probably got genocided to make way for even more trans mods...

[Averon]

I'm pretty sure Ree was all for invasive online surveillance when they thought it would only deter the Nazi chuds.

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-touts-500-million-ai-savings-while-slashing-jobs.1239876/page-3#post-142506336

Sorry? Man, I hate that usage of the word. That's sorry said with a grin.

Moooommmmm! THEVOID is smiling on the computer againnnnn!!   

[DavidCroquet]

I'm pretty sure Ree was all for invasive online surveillance when they thought it would only deter the Nazi chuds.

Nepenthe (because of course) was extolling the merits like 3 days ago. She wants Benji's social security number, employer, and home address.

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

Ostensibly for punitive reasons, but we all know our queen loves a white boy*.

*I actually have no idea if Benji is white.

[Jansen]

Holy fug not even the Ree Sonyponies can defend Ghost of Yotei…why is this the game they finally get mad at for being yet another boring iterative sequel. 

Wait till they find out she has a penis. GOTY

[Jansen]

Feudal Japan more accepting of Trans Representation than the UK

[simiansmarts]

Holy fug not even the Ree Sonyponies can defend Ghost of Yotei…why is this the game they finally get mad at for being yet another boring iterative sequel. 

I lowkey think we should ban samurai games for 10 years minimum, other cool historical settings exist but don't get much appreciation in media because everyone is too busy soyjakking over japan

[Potato]

Porn hurts everyone. Simple as. 

y'all ain't ready for the conversation about how porn has infected the youth today into thinking choking girls is fine.

Prude.

[Tektonic]

I already uploaded my personal ID and bank account details to Benji. I've got nothing to fear, plus I don't subscribe to Microsoft Gamepass

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

🤔

idk how someone can think leftists and conservatives are equally bad when leftists hardly wield any real power in America.  
 
they're just extremely fucking annoying.

Leftists are simultaneously so powerful that Democrats must listen and cater to them, and so powerless that they don't have an effect on and can't be blamed for anything.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

*I actually have no idea if Benji is white.

Benji is the fulcrum, the giver and the taker. He is the one who can be many colours at once. 

Benji is the Kwisatz Hadderach.