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

[Besticus Maximus]

listen, even if she did consent, the guys are still gross monsters going by their interest in this kind of depraved sexual activity alone.

But Itch better let me redownload “My Daughter the Cumdumpster 2” or I’m gonna be pissed!

What you obviously fail to realise is that itch not letting me download mdtc2 effects women and minorities way more

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/itch-nukes-adult-games-you-cant-even-download-them-anymore-if-you-paid-for-them-update-itch-releases-statement.1251720/page-17#post-143051646

 User banned (permanent): Troll account

I wouldn't engage with this user. They've proven time and time again in threads of this nature that they believe these organizations are operating in good faith from the get go and we shouldn't go to bat for what's otherwise reprehensible content.

I am in favor of victimized groups of people choosing to not stay victimized and exerting substantial political pressure to improve their conditions and that of their interest group they represent. Asking a payment processor whether they want -through inaction- enable the objectification of a vulnerable group is not a crime.

This is also the same user who believes it's embarrassing to admit to playing video games as an adult and that it's a further embarrassment to be caught in the act of doing so (Thread Post).

Yes, and?
This thread only solidifies my opinion on that.

[BIONIC]

listen, even if she did consent, the guys are still gross monsters going by their interest in this kind of depraved sexual activity alone.

But Itch better let me redownload “My Daughter the Cumdumpster 2” or I’m gonna be pissed!

listen, even if she did consent, the guys are still gross monsters going by their interest in this kind of depraved sexual activity alone.

But Itch better let me redownload “My Daughter the Cumdumpster 2” or I’m gonna be pissed!

What you obviously fail to realise is that itch not letting me download mdtc2 effects women and minorities way more

I said what I said, and I'm done responding to swerfs in this thread

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So Christo-fascism and and censorship is totally cool and acceptable so long as the icky things get the boot? Get fucking real dude, this affects so much more than just the nasty stuff. This WILL affect queer people and sex workers. Learn empathy.

Disgusting. Payment pressors shouldn't be able to decide what people are allowed to purchase. They are not a governing body of elected officials. They're a corporation. Their word shouldn't be law.

And anyone who agrees with this despicable nonsense is a fucking fascist and I hope you burn in hell.

There's an ACLU petition that has over 80,000 signatures (of the needed 100,000) I've signed it myself back when it the situation with Steam happened and encourage others to do the same if you can. As well as calling and emailing these companies and make your displeasure known.

https://action.aclu.org/petition/mastercard-sex-work-work-end-your-unjust-policy

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Imagine signing petitions at this point.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/itch-nukes-adult-games-you-cant-even-download-them-anymore-if-you-paid-for-them-update-itch-releases-statement.1251720/page-17#post-143051646

 User banned (permanent): Troll account

I wouldn't engage with this user. They've proven time and time again in threads of this nature that they believe these organizations are operating in good faith from the get go and we shouldn't go to bat for what's otherwise reprehensible content.

I am in favor of victimized groups of people choosing to not stay victimized and exerting substantial political pressure to improve their conditions and that of their interest group they represent. Asking a payment processor whether they want -through inaction- enable the objectification of a vulnerable group is not a crime.

This is also the same user who believes it's embarrassing to admit to playing video games as an adult and that it's a further embarrassment to be caught in the act of doing so (Thread Post).

Yes, and?
This thread only solidifies my opinion on that.

I would like that victimized groups don’t dictate what people do in their private time as long no one hurts anyone.

[Boredfrom]

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listen, even if she did consent, the guys are still gross monsters going by their interest in this kind of depraved sexual activity alone.

But Itch better let me redownload “My Daughter the Cumdumpster 2” or I’m gonna be pissed!

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listen, even if she did consent, the guys are still gross monsters going by their interest in this kind of depraved sexual activity alone.

But Itch better let me redownload “My Daughter the Cumdumpster 2” or I’m gonna be pissed!

What you obviously fail to realise is that itch not letting me download mdtc2 effects women and minorities way more

I said what I said, and I'm done responding to swerfs in this thread

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So Christo-fascism and and censorship is totally cool and acceptable so long as the icky things get the boot? Get fucking real dude, this affects so much more than just the nasty stuff. This WILL affect queer people and sex workers. Learn empathy.

Disgusting. Payment pressors shouldn't be able to decide what people are allowed to purchase. They are not a governing body of elected officials. They're a corporation. Their word shouldn't be law.

And anyone who agrees with this despicable nonsense is a fucking fascist and I hope you burn in hell.

There's an ACLU petition that has over 80,000 signatures (of the needed 100,000) I've signed it myself back when it the situation with Steam happened and encourage others to do the same if you can. As well as calling and emailing these companies and make your displeasure known.

https://action.aclu.org/petition/mastercard-sex-work-work-end-your-unjust-policy

[DavidCroquet]

[BIONIC]

Is this Britt’s alt?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/european-history-is-wild.1251216/

I've been studying more European history lately.

[Boredfrom]

Yeah, I think the moneyed interests have had more than enough of him fucking with the markets. Outside of a couple of people who are stupidly rich enough to buy up all the shit during the chaos, they still need a functioning market at the end of the day

Name those stupidly rich people that will buy everything during a market collapse. 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnbc-trump-‘likely’-will-fire-fed-chair-powell-‘soon-’-white-house-official-says.1245141/page-3

[benji]

Rich people love buying assets that have lost all their value at a time when their other assets are losing value.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Its what I did buying a bire + account.

[benji]

Its what I did buying a bire + account.

Nice try, those have quintupled in value from their original value of nothing.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/james-gunn-reveals-that-he-almost-cut-the-squirrel-moment-from-superman-after-test-audiences-reacted-negatively-to-it.1251864/page-4#post-143055108

I may be taking crazy pills, but I didn't read this as some read it here, that he should have let the squirrel die or ignore it.

Rather, I think the objection of most is that the scene is present at all. Not because Superman saving a squirrel is out of character, but because it was so on-the-nose. So forced. Like a lot of scenes in the movie, a lot of the hero moments feel inorganic. Forced. This scene comes to mind, along with some of the scenes where he's saving people from the giant…thing. Like, why are people still in the area to get stepped on in the first place? People doing dumb things to advance movie plots always frustrates me. In that case, people lacking survival instincts to give Superman another slow-mo save moment felt lazy.

Perhaps if the *way* he saved the Squirrel was a bit more organic? Say if he's on the ground and the giant thing breathes fire at him and he looks over, sees the squirrel and rolls over it to protect it for it to scurry away after? Just works better to me than a slow-moving foot.

So yea, more about the delivery than the act for me, and presumably for others. Hence the potential negative reaction. In the end I'm indifferent, but it would not have been high on my list of well-designed and naturally-feeling scenes.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/james-gunn-reveals-that-he-almost-cut-the-squirrel-moment-from-superman-after-test-audiences-reacted-negatively-to-it.1251864/page-4#post-143055498

good lord

https://www.resetera.com/threads/james-gunn-reveals-that-he-almost-cut-the-squirrel-moment-from-superman-after-test-audiences-reacted-negatively-to-it.1251864/page-4#post-143057130

Perhaps I too wordy. If you enjoyed the scene, cool. If people enjoyed it, then it's good it's there.

It just didn't feel particularly organic to me and I didn't enjoy that much it as a result. That's all. Maybe that works better for you, though I'm sure you're not interested in gatekeeping opinions on subjective content. Right?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/james-gunn-reveals-that-he-almost-cut-the-squirrel-moment-from-superman-after-test-audiences-reacted-negatively-to-it.1251864/page-5#post-143066814

thats his whole thing

[Alpacx]

The judge: "Carroccia said she 'did not find the evidence of E.M. to be credible or reliable'."

Fuck off.

The insane amount of vitriol that the woman suffered, on top of what she already went through.

Someone got paid off, and rapists not getting punished as usual.

E.M. did get a settlement paid out by Hockey Canada. From a slush fund they created using money skimmed off from youth/amateur player registration fees.

[benji]

There is a reasonable fear that what is being seen as "compliant" may simply include anything LGTBQ, since those groups are being actively demonized by the worldwide fascistic rise, and any equivalent "straight" content will not be categorized as such. It's definitely not the first time this has happened.

I'm LGBTQ+ myself and while I understand those fears so far they are unfounded.

Oh well shit I'm super glad that all of the recorded, factual violence and governmental oppression of those people, combined with the previous actions of these payment processors, was just a figment of my imagination.

I wonder if a Christian group is behind these MasterCard actions.

It is ridiculous to think these actions are purely motivated by a group of Australian feminists.

Is LGBTQ+ content by itself that is not adult being blanket targeted in this?

From what I've read in this thread it doesn't seem so, just things marked as adult.

I haven't seen any news about visa/MasterCard/any major payment processor blanket banning LGBTQ+ content yet but maybe I missed it and you can link it to me?

One domino falls on another.

We know the end game of things like project 2025 and this is no different.

This is going to sound conspiratorial, but I doubt this group is even that large or as large as they claim to be.

Based on their activity, my guess is that they're using an AI to impersonate a large, impassionate group to submit complaints to payment processors against specific types of content. The only way a credit card company would even care about itch compared to the shit they deal with almost every day would be if there's a huge influx of reports that appear to be genuine attached to a specific IP and domain.

It would be incredibly easy to set up an AI agent that takes the result of a web crawler, writes vague complaints about how they got exposed to pornography online, and then push a message submission as a complaint. They could even use a database of customers that have been exposed from credit card leaks to appear authentic, as they don't typically ask for any more details than account names.

Lastly, the FAQ is written suspiciously akin to how an individual would respond, not a true collective. Questions directed as you, responses in I. And while their socials have following counts, they're not as impressive as they'd need to be for payment processors to give a shit and the users within these lists in the early days are suspiciously close to bots.

I think it would probably be good for a journalist (probably Bloomberg, with how games media is today) to reach out to payment processors and ask how they've made the decision and what metrics they used to determine a problem. I think there's probably more to the story here than payment processors simply being puritanical (though there's definitely truth there.) I would also love to see where this non profit organizes, how they vote on decisions, and youtube videos of people who sit on the board

Very few people are aware of the damage inflicted by FOSTA-SESTA. I have a sneaking suspicion the debate was wilfully snuffed out by forces who wanted those laws to pass, in order to keep constructing their assault based on them. It was a cornerstone of their strategy and they absolutely needed them to pass.

I remember the people speaking against them at the time getting constantly sidelined.

It's not even banks. It's their circulatory system which, due to various historical reasons, ended up being completely separate from the banks themselves.

And it got infested with Christofascists. Who use their influence to bring about the kind of laws they can use said infested circulatory system to enforce.

How impossible would it be for the affected businesses to make their own financial union. I'd totally invest in that!

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/james-gunn-reveals-that-he-almost-cut-the-squirrel-moment-from-superman-after-test-audiences-reacted-negatively-to-it.1251864/page-4#post-143055108

I may be taking crazy pills, but I didn't read this as some read it here, that he should have let the squirrel die or ignore it.

Rather, I think the objection of most is that the scene is present at all. Not because Superman saving a squirrel is out of character, but because it was so on-the-nose. So forced. Like a lot of scenes in the movie, a lot of the hero moments feel inorganic. Forced. This scene comes to mind, along with some of the scenes where he's saving people from the giant…thing. Like, why are people still in the area to get stepped on in the first place? People doing dumb things to advance movie plots always frustrates me. In that case, people lacking survival instincts to give Superman another slow-mo save moment felt lazy.

Perhaps if the *way* he saved the Squirrel was a bit more organic? Say if he's on the ground and the giant thing breathes fire at him and he looks over, sees the squirrel and rolls over it to protect it for it to scurry away after? Just works better to me than a slow-moving foot.

So yea, more about the delivery than the act for me, and presumably for others. Hence the potential negative reaction. In the end I'm indifferent, but it would not have been high on my list of well-designed and naturally-feeling scenes.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/james-gunn-reveals-that-he-almost-cut-the-squirrel-moment-from-superman-after-test-audiences-reacted-negatively-to-it.1251864/page-4#post-143055498

good lord

https://www.resetera.com/threads/james-gunn-reveals-that-he-almost-cut-the-squirrel-moment-from-superman-after-test-audiences-reacted-negatively-to-it.1251864/page-4#post-143057130

Perhaps I too wordy. If you enjoyed the scene, cool. If people enjoyed it, then it's good it's there.

It just didn't feel particularly organic to me and I didn't enjoy that much it as a result. That's all. Maybe that works better for you, though I'm sure you're not interested in gatekeeping opinions on subjective content. Right?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/james-gunn-reveals-that-he-almost-cut-the-squirrel-moment-from-superman-after-test-audiences-reacted-negatively-to-it.1251864/page-5#post-143066814

thats his whole thing

I can totally see why it would be felt forced. I didn’t feel that way given the overall tone of the film already pretty cartoony.

ERA doesn’t need to drag the guy out for not totally falling in love with the film.

[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-143030673

Do you have a source for the $7 billion loss? I see a mention of it on PressTV and as an Iranian who has relatives who were at one point part of either the IRGC or nuclear program (meaning I'm not a Shah-lover), I can tell you that I would never trust Iranian state-owned news. Starbucks and McDonald's combined make about $70 billion a year in revenue so it seems unlikely that they had a 10% drop in annual sales, even if they completely pulled out of the middle east market.

I've been loosely following the BDS movement since I was a teen and I don't think they ever really had specific goals for what to achieve when listing a company to target. Like I get the idea is that the damage from boycotts won't be measurable and the point is to raise awareness, but trying to connect Puma/Disney/Intel to Israeli warcrimes is not going to be the most robust message. I've tried explaining the BDS goals to people not on either side of the conflict and it's terrible. Like people can understand hating defense contractors who sell planes and bombs, but targeting nonviolent industries seems over the line for most people.

Can you explain what "not on either side of the conflict means", because it's pretty confusing verbiage. Do you mean neither Palestinian nor Israeli or more how people perceive them?

I feel like "Microsoft is helping Israel murder Palestinians" is pretty clear cut though and the few times I've explained it to people who don't necessarily follow the genocide closely, they completely understand it and are willing to have a conversation about it. I do think there is a misunderstanding of how activism works, but it's something I struggle with myself so it's understandable. The perception of what's happening is vastly different than it was even five years ago, let alone a decade ago. The last polling I saw had the Democratic base doing an almost complete turnaround on the topic from where it was at previously.

I think my larger point is to have a conversation with people, inform them about what's happening. This "we can't have a conversation about how these companies are helping perpetuate these crimes because they're entertainment or shoe companies" doesn't hold water to me. Anyone willing to have a conversation about it is someone open to learning more about what Palestinians face every day. That is a good thing, whether or not they decide to boycott Disney or Puma or even Microsoft. The humanization of Palestinians is the point more than anything else and having conversations with peers, friends and family who may simply just be uninformed but are willing to listen is a good thing, to me at least. Especially with Americans when you consider it's our tax dollars that are primarily funding this.

On the small example of Puma specifically though, BDS clearly did have an impact and Puma ended their sponsorship of the Israeli football team at the end of 2024.

Like, you and I and most other people are not able to boycott defense contractors. Hate them passionately, sure. But we can't do much on a day-to-day basis there. But we can take action with consumer-facing companies like Microsoft. And as the poster above said, that also opens the door to having conversations with other people. For every person who sticks their fingers in their ears and says that they'll never cancel game pass (see recent threads on era for an example), you'll have another person that's much more receptive to the idea of a boycott.

100% agree here. There's way too much throwing our hands up in the air and declaring defeat. People are going to receive this information however they will but not having this conversation at all is a far worse outcome. I don't know what people's intentions are on this forum in any case but you can see tons of people finding out about this and deciding to cancel their Gamepass sub.

If we as free and privelaged people cannot speak up for Palestinians, then who will? The Zionists? The propaganda machine? We shouldn't get bogged down in the details. Microsoft is complicit in the genocide and we should speak out about it. That's it.

So I guess the whole thing is about raising awareness. Not actually harming Microsoft which is why it's fine to continue to have threads and ads about their products.

Regarding the bolded, the post above the first post here:

Sold my series x today. Started the move to cachyos last week.

Can't unfortunately do much about the gpu subscription that I got through ms rewards through 2027, but I never really used it as it was and that'll continue to be the case.

Maybe cancel it and tell them why you want it cancelled? Just a thought.

[Boredfrom]

If we as free and privelaged people cannot speak up for Palestinians, then who will? The Zionists? The propaganda machine?

Do they think this kind of rhetoric convinces anyone that isn’t a Hasan-like leftist or an an antisemitic asshole?

[Besticus Maximus]

soulless fucks like this better hope their doomsday bunker mansions are impenetrable when the tide shifts

Fat4all, you are a man with a girlfriend who is melody shreds, Satya Nadella is CEO of Microsoft

Yes, that's how you get drowned in nonsense and fail to empower your people to do their best work. After speaking so much about empathy and empowerment in his early days, he became a real shit after his son passed away during the pandemic.

Only the best people at resetera, many such cases etc.

[benji]

If we as free and privelaged people cannot speak up for Palestinians, then who will? The Zionists? The propaganda machine?

Do they think this kind of rhetoric convinces anyone that isn’t a Hasan-like leftist or an an antisemitic asshole?

Remember they also think a $365 million budget and $433 million and counting box-office major studio superhero film is a two hour anti-Israel lecture.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/israel-palestine-the-ongoing-israeli-genocide-in-gaza-icj-orders-halt-to-israeli-offensive-on-rafah-see-staff-posts-for-posting-guidelines.772478/page-466#post-143012382

israel has been a state of evil since the beginning

[benji]

soulless fucks like this better hope their doomsday bunker mansions are impenetrable when the tide shifts

The tide shift being Microsoft's Xbox division revenue increasing exponentially?  

They're posting guillotines: https://www.resetera.com/threads/schreier-deep-job-cuts-across-xbox-everwild-zenimax-online-ip-perfect-dark-unannounced-projects-cancelled-t10-50-cut-the-initiative-closed.1233783/page-60#post-143061456

It seems a little strange how their answer to everything is mass murder.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hockey-canada-2018-junior-team-trial-all-5-players-found-not-guilty-of-sexual-assault.1252710/#post-143068035

I'm confused my this thread.. People wanted them to be found guilty? Following the trial it was clear as day that she consented to everything and even egged it on.

[benji]

listen, even if she did consent, the guys are still gross monsters going by their interest in this kind of depraved sexual activity alone.

But Itch better let me redownload “My Daughter the Cumdumpster 2” or I’m gonna be pissed!

What you obviously fail to realise is that itch not letting me download mdtc2 effects women and minorities way more

Really tired of you guys dismissing concerns of Christofascists when this just got added to Steam:


Exactly as outlined in Project 2025.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hockey-canada-2018-junior-team-trial-all-5-players-found-not-guilty-of-sexual-assault.1252710/#post-143068035

Gotta protect that boys club i guess. Fucking stupid system.

Just saying: the judge is a woman as well...

Don't do this.

[HaughtyFrank]

Via a cellphone video before the incident: "a male voice asks E.M. if she's "OK with all this stuff." She responds, "Yeah, I'm OK.""


"In a second video, recorded an hour later at 4:26 a.m., E.M. is shown with no clothing and holding a towel in front of her chest.

She tells the camera, "It was all consensual. Are you recording me? K, good. You are so paranoid. Holy. I enjoyed it. It was fine. I'm so sober — that's why I can't do this right now." "

Maybe I'm missing some crucial details but why was this even a case.

There's no perfect victims and then there's multiple times saying that you consent

[DavidCroquet]

The dating scene is dangerous...if only there were an app where the victims could dox abusers who are otherwise protected by the system.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Via a cellphone video before the incident: "a male voice asks E.M. if she's "OK with all this stuff." She responds, "Yeah, I'm OK.""
"In a second video, recorded an hour later at 4:26 a.m., E.M. is shown with no clothing and holding a towel in front of her chest.
She tells the camera, "It was all consensual. Are you recording me? K, good. You are so paranoid. Holy. I enjoyed it. It was fine. I'm so sober — that's why I can't do this right now." "

Maybe I'm missing some crucial details but why was this even a case.
There's no perfect victims and then there's multiple times saying that you consent

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6429400/2025/07/24/hockey-canada-trial-players-not-guilty/?source=emp_shared_article

Though London police closed an initial investigation without charges, an out-of-court settlement for an undisclosed amount was reached between the alleged victim and Hockey Canada five years later. That settlement was supposed to have been the end of it. But news broke of the allegations and the payout, creating a firestorm of media attention and public outcry. Canada’s national pastime became a national crisis. Trudeau criticized Hockey Canada’s handling of the incident. Politicians demanded mass resignations.

Amid that scrutiny, the London Police Service reopened its investigation.

[benji]

Remember when they complain about the US invading them to liberate the First Nations that Canada is not only the country that protected these rapists, they also covered up all those mass graves at schools that were found.

Speaking of cover ups: https://www.resetera.com/threads/hockey-canada-2018-junior-team-trial-all-5-players-found-not-guilty-of-sexual-assault.1252710/#post-143068983