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

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/you%E2%80%99re-taking-a-quick-nap-in-dk-bananza%E2%80%A6-you-talking-to-pauline-or-skipping-ahead.1260840/page-2#post-143442858

 User banned (1 month): wildly inflammatory accusations toward other posters

I know some of you seem really into the concept of pillow talk with a fake child wearing eyeliner, but as a gay man it's a little uncomfortable listening to a grown-ass woman babble like an idiot through awkward writing whenever I just want to get my hearts refilled

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/xbox-lets-you-stream-your-owned-console-games-through-pc-xbox-app-250-games-supported-plans-to-add-more.1255695/page-3#post-143250483

 User Banned (2 months): Dismissing concerns of genocide

I go to video game forums to talk about video games and escape the real world. Just curious, this ms boycott, does it extend to every pc you own? Do you quit your job too if you computer is running on windows? Shop in a store that sells ms products? Where is the line? Do you decide for me too? Am I even allowed to post in an ms thread without being vilified?

Can't even talk about a gamepass new feature without this.......might as well ban all ms related posts.

[PogiJones]

You can't just occupy a public corner for whatever purpose you want. The owner, the state, can evict you even if you're using it for speech. That's why you tend to need to get permits to use public spaces.

Similarly, with Twitter or Era or here, you're drifting towards arguing that others have a right to use someone else's property even if the owner doesn't want them to and the reason why this needs to be the case is because they wish to use the property for their own purposes. This simply isn't a free speech issue at all, your free speech is not limited because the Sulzberger's don't let you use their presses or the Murdoch's don't put you on the air. Maybe takings are for the greater good, I have yet to see the argument why, but they're still takings.

You are also conflating the principle of Free Speech with the 1A. You're right that it's not a 1A issue. But it absolutely is an issue where the principle of free speech is colliding with property rights. You're obviously a property rights absolutist, or close to it, but regardless, the principle of free speech needing modern interpretation in a modern technological context is very obviously there. If you had just said property rights should always win, I'd have nothing to argue back except disagreement, but the fact that you're saying "this simply isn't a free speech issue at all" tells me you really are not digesting the principle of it rather than the specific 1A manifestation. The principle is, very simply, an issue of powerful entities being able to punish dissent. And this falls under that. So do gov't powers, as gov'ts are very powerful entities. So are large (yes, private) corporations. Again, you can disagree with the outcome, or claim private property always wins the clash of principles, but saying the principle of free speech isn't involved at all is quite simply incorrect.

[simiansmarts]

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/you%E2%80%99re-taking-a-quick-nap-in-dk-bananza%E2%80%A6-you-talking-to-pauline-or-skipping-ahead.1260840/page-2#post-143442858

 User banned (1 month): wildly inflammatory accusations toward other posters

I know some of you seem really into the concept of pillow talk with a fake child wearing eyeliner, but as a gay man it's a little uncomfortable listening to a grown-ass woman babble like an idiot through awkward writing whenever I just want to get my hearts refilled

This guy definitely has a lolicon folder

[benji]

You are also conflating the principle of Free Speech with the 1A. You're right that it's not a 1A issue. But it absolutely is an issue where the principle of free speech is colliding with property rights. You're obviously a property rights absolutist, or close to it, but regardless, the principle of free speech needing modern interpretation in a modern technological context is very obviously there. If you had just said property rights should always win, I'd have nothing to argue back except disagreement, but the fact that you're saying "this simply isn't a free speech issue at all" tells me you really are not digesting the principle of it rather than the specific 1A manifestation. The principle is, very simply, an issue of powerful entities being able to punish dissent. And this falls under that. So do gov't powers, as gov'ts are very powerful entities. So are large (yes, private) corporations. Again, you can disagree with the outcome, or claim private property always wins the clash of principles, but saying the principle of free speech isn't involved at all is quite simply incorrect.

I'm not conflating it with the First Amendment at all. Free speech as a concept simply cannot mean your right to do whatever you want using anything you want whenever you want. That's not a right, it's simply making you the sovereign.

edit: It's also not about if property rights wins over free speech because they aren't distinct, you taking my property to allow yourself to speak reduces my capability to speak with my property. If I only wish to publish wlw wasp fiction and you want to publish only material about organizing neighborhood pods then taking my property to publish your work with it prevents me from doing the former to the maximum extent I desire.

[benji]

Why do communists drink herbal tea?
Because Proper-Tea is theft.

Thank you and good night

User Banned (3 Months): Dismissing Digestion Concerns in a Sensitive Stomach; Inflammatory Drink Commentary; Ableism

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/american-eagle-sparks-backlash-for-touting-sydney-sweeneys-great-jeans.1255467/#post-143197752

 User Banned (3 Months): Dismissing Concerns of Racism, Previous Ban For Racist Dogwhistling

Does not seem unreasonable to see a dogwhistle here. Dunno if it is one or if it's intentional…but ya

Nah, you can go and look for things to get upset about and find those things everyhwere if you look hard enough with the goal of getting upset.

Gotta find something to get outraged about in everything

https://www.resetera.com/threads/american-eagle-sparks-backlash-for-touting-sydney-sweeneys-great-jeans.1255467/page-3#post-143200197

 User Banned (1 Month): Misogynist Commentary, Dismissing Concerns of Racism; Prior Ban for Dismissive Commentary

Yeah, she just happens to be white. Like, let's not mince words: they would not be making this ad with a hot brown or black woman in 2025. Are there bigger issues? Yep, totally. But it's not like I'm ignoring all of those to think about why this ad sucks for 30 fucking seconds. It's not that complex.

I am not and never will be sorry for being "outraged" that a company is fucking wink-winking to Nazis.

It's not winking to Nazis to reference a hot chick being hot. They can do another shoot of the ad with Nicki Minaj or something and just run them both if that would alleviate people drawing these conclusions I guess though getting one world class hottie was probably expensive (and effective) enough

https://www.resetera.com/threads/american-eagle-sparks-backlash-for-touting-sydney-sweeneys-great-jeans.1255467/page-15#post-143316720

 User Banned (2 Weeks): Trolling in a sensitive thread

I see you frequent a lot of Nintendo threads. Post quite a bit. I really wish you put all that energy into something like climate instead.

OR maybe you can manage two things at once? Possibly more? Iunno.

Lmfao.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/american-eagle-sparks-backlash-for-touting-sydney-sweeneys-great-jeans.1255467/page-16#post-143395875

 User Banned (3 Months): Dismissing Concerns of Racism, Previous Ban For Being Dismissive Towards Transphobia

This is dumb internet controversy. It's a pun.

The first reply to this entire thread nailed it and 16 pages later people are still seriously going at it. It's ironic to see Dems act like this is a made up controversy because it's actually embarrassing only to come here and see people still stewing in it.

AE shouldn't have given any comment at all. This entire thing is absurd. Folks have lost the plot.

Mods forgot someone
purpkemonkey111

So...its okay to criticise trump but rich white women need to be protected from all the mean minorities?

[benji]

https://medium.com/@epiphanyaweek/the-10-most-society-damaging-xkcd-comics-1282089de03b

Blankfaces absolutely hate the movie Idiocracy for a number of reasons. 1) They have no sense of humor, 2) Idiocracy says that IQ tests are valid, 3) Idiocracy says that society’s problems are caused by human stupidity, rather than the explanations that sociologists like, 4) Idiocracy essentially (albeit humorously) supports the dysgenics theory.

Recently, youtuber Sarah Z made a video on why idiocracy is bad, basically arguing all of these points. Recently, youtuber Sarah Z made a video on why idiocracy is bad, basically arguing all of these points. For starters, she has a bone to pick related to point 2, echoing the “IQ is bunk” claim. Blankfaces like to claim things they dislike are “pseudoscience,” but in the case of IQ, a 1 minute escapade into google scholar would reveal that 1) credentialed, respected scientists, not psuedoscientists, have 2) published many articles in prestigious scientific journals, not pseudo-scientific journals, and 3) the findings of those articles is that IQ is the most-predictive measurement in all of the social sciences. I wonder if Sarah Z noticed this… Well, given that she called it bunk pseudoscience, we know she is just saying what she heard from her social circle and other blankface influencers without checking.

Referencing back to my second paragraph: Point #1 is self-explanatory, and point #3 can be roped into point #4. That leaves us with dysgenics.

Is the dysgenics theory true? I don’t know. It’s complicated? Either way, it’s a serious hypothesis that deserves real research and investigation. I wonder how the guy in the comic came to the conclusion that it was bunk…

Media literacy point: the premise of Idiocracy isn't the point so it can't be "bad" because it sets up a scenario unless your argument is that certain scenarios should never be depicted for any reason, which to be fair a lot of these people do believe. The point is the rest of it, that despite a much stupider world society seemed to continue to function remarkably well, to the point that a complete fuckup from today with an average IQ and possibly below average knowledge saved the world and seemed to direct it in a positive direction. (Although we don't know what Upgrayedd bringing his double dose of pimping to the future will do.)

The real flaw with Idiocracy is there's no explanation for where the smart people went. The number of generations is nowhere near enough to breed them out of the population permanently nor any explanation why none of the dumb people produce smarter kids. Our current education system is very stupid and employs gobs of stupid people that has everyone involved doing stupid things, yet intelligence is increasing, so why did Idiocracy's society do otherwise to where it dramatically harmed everyone? 

I almost never have seen critiques like this though, so his point remains albeit that you don't need to wank off over IQ to show why the critique is stupid. People's IQ is merely a way to show that people got stupider in a few seconds, the critics objection isn't actually to IQ, it's to the idea that intelligence is inheritable. If it is, and everything seems to indicate that it is, they fear they can't argue why you shouldn't do eugenics. That's too much of a threat to their ideological premises so it's required to simply pretend none of this is true and yell that even talking about it is bad.

[PogiJones]

You are also conflating the principle of Free Speech with the 1A. You're right that it's not a 1A issue. But it absolutely is an issue where the principle of free speech is colliding with property rights. You're obviously a property rights absolutist, or close to it, but regardless, the principle of free speech needing modern interpretation in a modern technological context is very obviously there. If you had just said property rights should always win, I'd have nothing to argue back except disagreement, but the fact that you're saying "this simply isn't a free speech issue at all" tells me you really are not digesting the principle of it rather than the specific 1A manifestation. The principle is, very simply, an issue of powerful entities being able to punish dissent. And this falls under that. So do gov't powers, as gov'ts are very powerful entities. So are large (yes, private) corporations. Again, you can disagree with the outcome, or claim private property always wins the clash of principles, but saying the principle of free speech isn't involved at all is quite simply incorrect.

I'm not conflating it with the First Amendment at all. Free speech as a concept simply cannot mean your right to do whatever you want using anything you want whenever you want. That's not a right, it's simply making you the sovereign.

Of course it doesn't mean that. At no point did I say it did. I said it was part of the equation for evaluation. You said it was a takings issue, and you're correct. And how do you evaluate a takings issue? In part, by looking at the justification of the taking; as you said, "greater good." Why is the taking occurring? What reason is given? Is it because someone grabbed your shovel to fend off an attacker? Then it's a takings/property rights issue AND a self defense issue. They are weighed against each other. It would be ridiculous to say, "This is simply not a self defense issue, it's a takings issue." It's both. And in this case, almost everyone would agree that the property rights issue fails to outweigh the self defense issue. That's why I outlined how principles clash against each other all the time. Just because there's a winner doesn't mean there was never an evaluation with multiple variables.

[Tektonic]

Why do communists drink herbal tea?
Because Proper-Tea is theft.

Thank you and good night

User Banned (3 Months): Dismissing Digestion Concerns in a Sensitive Stomach; Inflammatory Drink Commentary; Ableism

even though this site doesn't have the boobies on top of every page like the old site, it's still a good one

[Boredfrom]

Just woken up and seeing the reactions to the Street Fighter Costume 4, both here, reddit, bluesky etc; I really dislike the "This will fund Street Fighter 7" comments (or comments like that for other fighting games). Not hating on any woman who likes those skins; just that joke/comment in particular really irks me (it reminds of some of the really sleazy stuff I remember seeing from Fighting game fans from the early 2010s).

Notice that for Echoes, the problem is not the sexy costumes but that males like them.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-women-criticise-sexualised-character-designs-ot3-make-her-look-more-corpulent-more-stuffed-where-the-eyes-cant-escape.275780/page-474#post-143484912

[Daffy Duck]

Totally rational reply

I can't wait until her career goes to shit and she does an apology tour. Or she just ends up on Fox's Outnumber with Scott Baio or Dean Cain. Celebs can do the conservative lean but it's usually like how Chris Pratt does it and even then it still hurts you. There ain't enough roles in Yellowstone. Her just going right into the white supremacy is going to follow her forever. I think her career is fucked.

[NekoFever]

Don’t mistake a couple of people being negative in a thread designed for people to be negative, with the moderation staff not wanting you to make the threads you make. Your threads are harmless fun that people appreciate either for their presence or for participating in. If they don’t, the ignore button is right there and they can solve their personal hang-up themselves. This place can be relentlessly dour at times, don’t let it weigh on you or change you. Keep bringing your energy to it ☀️

Kyuuji telling people to just use the ignore button to get rid of threads they don’t like

The balls on that fucker

[Polident]

Totally rational reply

I can't wait until her career goes to shit and she does an apology tour. Or she just ends up on Fox's Outnumber with Scott Baio or Dean Cain. Celebs can do the conservative lean but it's usually like how Chris Pratt does it and even then it still hurts you. There ain't enough roles in Yellowstone. Her just going right into the white supremacy is going to follow her forever. I think her career is fucked.

So did they boycott Chris Pratt’s marvel movies?

[Boredfrom]

It should have been four men and four women, and Capcom are cowards for not putting any of the guys in speedos, especially since every single lady is in a bikini.

It's a step forward from Street Fighter V, when they couldn't be bothered to give any of the men swimsuits, but they're still being too heteronormative and safe.

Obviously a big part of the appeal of fighting games is sexy people in sexy outfits. There's no point in disputing this. And these outfits bring in a lot of cash. But if you want to go hog wild in the sex appeal department then go HOG wild, aka bring on the men in speedos, thongs and fundoshis, and make sure their body physics have the same "enhancements" that the women have. Do it right or don't do it at all, and stop being afraid of the all mighty gay dollar.

No offense Hours Left, but after many years of the same discourse, you may realize that the gay dollar is not as big as you think to justify male speedos. And a “all or nothing” has always been a nice way to people to not care about your opinion.

I don’t think Capcom is so much afraid of male homoeroticism and more that female character costumes sell way more.

[Potato]

Why do communists drink herbal tea?
Because Proper-Tea is theft.

Thank you and good night

User Banned (3 Months): Dismissing Digestion Concerns in a Sensitive Stomach; Inflammatory Drink Commentary; Ableism

even though this site doesn't have the boobies on top of every page like the old site, it's still a good one

Be the change you want to see in the world bire

[jooseloose]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/xbox-lets-you-stream-your-owned-console-games-through-pc-xbox-app-250-games-supported-plans-to-add-more.1255695/page-3#post-143250483

 User Banned (2 months): Dismissing concerns of genocide

[quote=Pheonix1 ]I go to video game forums to talk about video games and escape the real world. Just curious, this ms boycott, does it extend to every pc you own? Do you quit your job too if you computer is running on windows? Shop in a store that sells ms products? Where is the line? Do you decide for me too? Am I even allowed to post in an ms thread without being vilified?

Can't even talk about a gamepass new feature without this.......might as well ban all ms related posts.

2 month ban for this?

It should have been four men and four women, and Capcom are cowards for not putting any of the guys in speedos, especially since every single lady is in a bikini.

It's a step forward from Street Fighter V, when they couldn't be bothered to give any of the men swimsuits, but they're still being too heteronormative and safe.

Obviously a big part of the appeal of fighting games is sexy people in sexy outfits. There's no point in disputing this. And these outfits bring in a lot of cash. But if you want to go hog wild in the sex appeal department then go HOG wild, aka bring on the men in speedos, thongs and fundoshis, and make sure their body physics have the same "enhancements" that the women have. Do it right or don't do it at all, and stop being afraid of the all mighty gay dollar.

No offense Hours Left, but after many years of the same discourse, you may realize that the gay dollar is not as big as you think to justify male speedos. And a “all or nothing” has always been a nice way to people to not care about your opinion.

I don’t think Capcom is so much afraid of male homoeroticism and more that female character costumes sell way more.

You can tell how many of these people have never been to a beach or pool party in their lives.

[Potato]

Totally rational reply

I can't wait until her career goes to shit and she does an apology tour. Or she just ends up on Fox's Outnumber with Scott Baio or Dean Cain. Celebs can do the conservative lean but it's usually like how Chris Pratt does it and even then it still hurts you. There ain't enough roles in Yellowstone. Her just going right into the white supremacy is going to follow her forever. I think her career is fucked.

So did they boycott Chris Pratt’s marvel movies?

But they were the good ones...you can't expect them to miss out, right?

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/xbox-lets-you-stream-your-owned-console-games-through-pc-xbox-app-250-games-supported-plans-to-add-more.1255695/page-3#post-143250483

 User Banned (2 months): Dismissing concerns of genocide

[quote=Pheonix1 ]I go to video game forums to talk about video games and escape the real world. Just curious, this ms boycott, does it extend to every pc you own? Do you quit your job too if you computer is running on windows? Shop in a store that sells ms products? Where is the line? Do you decide for me too? Am I even allowed to post in an ms thread without being vilified?

Can't even talk about a gamepass new feature without this.......might as well ban all ms related posts.

2 month ban for this?

That one got Nep right in the ovaries

[JoeBoy101]

Benji and Blueballs are my favorite Bire couple.

Blueballs comes in fluffing Benji's nutsack for two seconds and you're all shipping them like one of your animes...

Seriously, do I need to fuck boredfrom on stream to get us some recognition and respect around here?

[Kyon1988]

2 month ban for this?

That one got Nep right in the ovaries

It still bothers me Nep her friend only got a 7 day ban for calling people idiots and laughing about insecurities. Nep herself should have been permabanned ages ago if there was any justice

[Potato]

Benji and Blueballs are my favorite Bire couple.

Blueballs comes in fluffing Benji's nutsack for two seconds and you're all shipping them like one of your animes...

Seriously, do I need to fuck boredfrom on stream to get us some recognition and respect around here?

I mean, I'm about 40 years too old for his tastes and I'm not animated, so my chances are about the same as Nintex's with the app girls...

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/wwe-good-pr-week-continues-john-cena-i-dont-care-who-hears-it-i-love-vince-roman-reigns-i-support-our-president-trump-is-one-of-those-guys.1167879/page-12

Definitely thinking maybe we should be banning the WWE thread

Not going to happen since some of the mods are WWE fans...

Seems like at least one mod/admin is a WWE mark so good luck. Can't wait for them to start up WWE PPV threads again. Makes me sick that it hasn't gotten the Harry Potter treatment

I've said before that we're closer to PPV threads than we are for it being banned. It's crazy how much what happened with WWE discussion here mirror's what the WWE themselves are doing.

it's really amazing how much closer Era is to the right than it honestly is to the left.....



i mean....its been clear Era as not as progressive as people think. We definitely are either Shit Tier Lib or Actually Right Wing according to FD Signifier

——

r/squaredcircle is fucking disgusting right now (even moreso than usual). Tons of WWE MAGATS going around in every Lesnar related thread pushing the narratives "innocent until proven guilty" and "he never actually physically assaulted her so it doesnt count."

Blocking that subreddit for the next few days.

Now I don’t use the word hero lightly, but…

[Rendle]

They say opposites attract and what could be more opposite to benji than an anti-free speech pedophile

[BIONIC]

They say opposites attract and what could be more opposite to benji than an anti-free speech pedophile

Benji loves grannies?

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[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

payment processors want to stop porn games

Era: Oh my Lilith this is censorship  

WWE doing WWE right wing shit like they've done since forever

Era: BAN IT! 

[Alpacx]

payment processors want to stop porn games

Era: Oh my Lilith this is censorship  

WWE doing WWE right wing shit like they've done since forever

Era: BAN IT! 

Swimsuits bad, Stepsister Rape Simulator 6 good.

(Fuck payment processors though)

[kaleidoscopium]

Please ban all WWE, b dumbs, I need to see the fallout and war over banning NFL football threads next, maybe NHL and NBA too.

[Alpacx]

Please ban all WWE, b dumbs, I need to see the fallout and war over banning NFL football threads next, maybe NHL and NBA too.

Wanting sports with predominately black or foreign athletes banned from Era? Somebody's wearing a MAGA hat. You ain't slick.

[Eric Cartman]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-familiar-are-you-with-non-white-american-cultures.1260609/
NepNep no where in sight 

Oh, interesting, this is like, an examination of the american indigenous cultures and their general sidelining in what is considered an american identity?

To give a couple of examples
Could you name a single important/prominent Chinese-American that wasn't/isn't a celebrity?