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

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/netanyahu-says-he%E2%80%99s-on-a-%E2%80%98historic-and-spiritual-mission-%E2%80%99-feels-a-connection-to-vision-of-greater-israel.1268418/page-2#post-143812671

 User banned (3 months): antisemetic rhetoric; prior bans for dismissing concerns surrounding racism and sexual assault

If you believe in the god of the Old Testament, Netanyahu is justified in what he's doing. It's not even the first time Yahweh has ordered a genocide to make room for the Jewish people.

Just another reason to get rid of fundamentalists of any and all religions.

The real reason: (unintentional) whataboutism religious fundamentalism. 

[DavidCroquet]

woah buddy, too far! Hitler? fine. Nazi? sure! But don’t you dare call israelis “fundamentalists”!!!!

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Meanwhile Planetsmasher has discovered Reddit -

I’m 34M, my wife "Sarah" is 32F. We’ve been married 7 years.

I’ve been doing amateur stand-up for about a decade-open mics, small local gigs. It’s not my job, but it’s a big part of who I am. Sarah’s always been supportive in a practical way. She’ll come to shows, help me rehearse, give me feedback, cover for me when I have late sets.

But here’s the thing: she’s never once laughed at my jokes. Not a real laugh. If I ask, she just says it’s not her type of humor. I’ve tried not to let it bother me, but honestly it’s always been in the back of my mind.

Last week we were having drinks and politics came up. She knows my politics and while never being outspoken she always agreed with me, so it caught me off guard when I jokingly asked who she voted for and she said “Trump.” I thought she was kidding. She wasn’t. I asked why, and she just said, “Because he’s hilarious. The way he talks, the faces, the chaos... it just cracks me up.” No mention of policies or anything like that. Just that she thinks he’s funny.

I don’t even know how to explain how weird that felt to hear. She’s watched me try my hardest for years and never found me funny, but the guy whose whole shtick is being cruel and mocking people is what makes her laugh? I know it’s “just humor” to her, but it’s the kind of humor that I’ve always thought can be dangerous when people cheer it on. I made some stupid comment comparing it to dark moments in history, and she told me I was being ridiculous.

Since then I’ve been sleeping in the guest room and am making plans to stay with my parents for a while as I figure things out and find a divorce lawyer to get me out of this for good. I keep thinking about it and feeling sick. My friends say I’m overreacting, that not everyone laughs at the same stuff. But to me it feels bigger than that.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmIOverreacting/comments/1moao7s/aio_for_leaving_my_wife_after_finding_out_she/

EDIT: Stop DMing me asking for my material. This isn't about whether I'm actually funny or not.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Is it wrong to say that all religious zealots should be put in camps?

[Orange Juice Box]

Is it wrong to say that all religious zealots should be put in camps?

No feel free as long as they are Christians or Jews. That third one?  Whoa buddy, this is a progressive side forum here.

[Potato]

:sexualtrex

[Cauliflower Of Love]

If you mash them all up, you get like a god flavored chutney.

[benji]

Yeah, an ethnocentric state who's been subjugating a whole people and in the process of active genocide has no right to exist. The fact that we still have politicians, even supposedly progressives, dancing around the issue one way or another is disgusting (AOC and Bernie comes to mind).

They are ideologically lazy socialists because they get hung up on ascribing rights to nations over populations. Nations do not have rights to exist, people do, so if a nation is fundamentally built upon apartheid and ethnic cleansing then there is no reason to defend its "right to exist." That actively undermines human rights and exposes you as either ignorant or insidious.

It's also not even politically popular to defend Israel and they're not even funded by AIPAC so wtf are they doing.

He means "states" when he says nations. Nations exist within and outside of states. Denying a nation's right to exist is actually one of the core aspects of real genocide.

That said, every state's right to exist is the fundamental component of the international order. Indeed, their central complaint about Israel is that it doesn't recognize Palestine's right to exist. To get at the Zionist devil, they'd cut down this law.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jerry-bruckheimer-says-hes-spoken-to-johnny-depp-about-returning-to-pirates-i-think-he-would-do-it.1267959/#post-143793630

Everyday that Amber Heard didn't win against that scumbag is another day he can go onto hurt more young women, I don't know why anyone would hire him for something when the conversation he brings attached to any film is so toxic. Also it's wild to me that so many people in here are celebrating his return when his legal team basically wrote the playbook that male abusers are using to harass their victims in court and harness the power of incel misinformation online to shape public opinion. But hey, we're in the era of appealing to conservatives, so bring the woman abuser back! We brought the abuser back to the White House, might as well do the same to Pirates right?

I doubt many male abusers have victims who wrote nationally published essays about them and fabricated evidence regarding the abuse.

The real reason Johnny Depp could have the Virginia trial is because UK libel law doesn't apply in the US. At no point does the person illustrate how it was a sham trial, Depp didn't even win on all the counts and in fact was punished for things done during the trial.

And you can turn their own logic back on them, you don't have to stand by Depp to recognize that Heard is no angel.

User threadbanned: Whataboutisms in a sensitive thread

Pardon my ignorance, but Playstation pays Microsoft and Amazon, both cloud providers on the BDS boycott list. Is PS+ as an alternative any different? Wouldn't Microsoft (and Amazon) get your money in the end?

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-21#post-143804340

Shows how serious these people are that they ban this for "whataboutism" rather than actually dealing with the question it raises about their complicity in genocide.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/netanyahu-says-he%E2%80%99s-on-a-%E2%80%98historic-and-spiritual-mission-%E2%80%99-feels-a-connection-to-vision-of-greater-israel.1268418/page-2#post-143812671

 User banned (3 months): antisemetic rhetoric; prior bans for dismissing concerns surrounding racism and sexual assault

If you believe in the god of the Old Testament, Netanyahu is justified in what he's doing. It's not even the first time Yahweh has ordered a genocide to make room for the Jewish people.

Just another reason to get rid of fundamentalists of any and all religions.

That forum's coddling of religion is fascinating.

Also, this isn't remotely anti-semetic especially because he specifies "any and all religions."

[Cauliflower Of Love]

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[Cauliflower Of Love]

It's 2026 and I still can't believe people are religious.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

we perfected time travel for god sakes, and jésus was like no thanks

[benji]

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Quoting multiple posts into one versus making multiple posts makes it easier for others to scroll past.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

I appreciate it.

[BIONIC]

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[BIONIC]

It's 2026 and I still can't believe people are religious.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-plans-military-%E2%80%9Creaction-force%E2%80%9D-to-use-against-americans.1268010/page-3#post-143803131

 User banned (permanent): Troll account

So how long before you all wake up and do something ? Haven't heard of any new protests or marches in months? Or would that inconvenience Americans precious summer vacation times?

As an outsider looking in I'm shocked and yet not at how lazy you all are strolling into your death camps.

[BIONIC]

Wasn't it like case closed that amber heard being a piece of shit?

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-plans-military-%E2%80%9Creaction-force%E2%80%9D-to-use-against-americans.1268010/page-3#post-143803131

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So how long before you all wake up and do something ? Haven't heard of any new protests or marches in months? Or would that inconvenience Americans precious summer vacation times?

As an outsider looking in I'm shocked and yet not at how lazy you all are strolling into your death camps.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-plans-military-%E2%80%9Creaction-force%E2%80%9D-to-use-against-americans.1268010/page-2#post-143800083

I'm from LATAM, the moment I saw the "shooting attempt" I recognized the dots because it is what has been happening in LATAM since United Fruit Company and the CIA helped destabilize my region.

This was a set up to elect a dictatorship. It may sound extreme and scary, but the faster you understand the situation where you are, the faster you can act. Learn from what happened to us.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

[Cauliflower Of Love]

User subforum banned pending further action

how many different kind of sub bans did cerium implement before taking his nap?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-plans-military-%E2%80%9Creaction-force%E2%80%9D-to-use-against-americans.1268010/page-3#post-143805636

You have the second amendment designed to prevent this.

So you're asking citizens as a whole to start a gun backed violent revolution and pissy that isn't happening. Just say that.

[BIONIC]

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-481#post-143809863

I was shocked when viewing the outfit in the model viewer. They somehow outsexualized themselves with Outfit 4 versus SF5.

It’s not just Chun Li. Cammy, Manon, and Kimberly have similar levels of detailed cake.

Not only is it detailed but with better jiggle physics than Dead or Alive. That’s ridiculous

I am... amazed at the level of skin detail for a fighting game model. Butt also wow.

There's also sadly more detail in that bit of skin than all of the female character models of Tekken combined.

I dont even think Stellar Blade has this level of detail up close.

Tekken has too many same face and same body type characters. Its too much copy and paste for my liking.

I stand in awe of the master troll

[Orange Juice Box]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-were-the-warnings-that-trump-would-rule-like-a-dictator-ineffective-in-the-2024-election.1268571/page-3#post-143821485

I don't see what the point of this thread is when we've had a million others asking why Trump got elected and all they do is come down to "everyone aside from liberals is stupid," but I'm going to assume you made this thread in good faith and not as a call to once again stir up reactionary drivel just because it feels good in the moment.

America is a colonial empire that runs on the doctrine of neoliberal capitalism, which in plain terms argue that human well-being is a secondary effect, an afterthought, or even a hindrance with regards to the privatization of property and laissez-faire policies where corporations are allowed to do whatever they want. Both parties are ultimately gung-ho for this but have their own interclass conflict at play: Republicans want an evil empire and Democrats also want an evil empire but for the good Black and queer people to run the ship sometimes. Neither is meaningfully interested in leading us into a future that primarily prioritizes human well-being because they're neoliberals who, again, believe that human well-being is secondary to privatization of property. However, they have to pretend like they're not actually friends with each other in order to keep the charade up, and thus elections are advertised on these superstructural issues like immigration or queer rights or policing. (For everyone always wondering why Democrats don't fight back in a material manner; do you openly revolt against your coworkers over minor disagreements, especially when your paycheck is on the line? I thought so.)

So what you end up with is the current hellhole we now live in where life sucks in pretty much every metric imaginable for everyone but the most well off because, well, no one at the top genuinely cares for humanity. And most people know the game is rigged against them, because they're living in the hellhole. They physically deal with it. But they do not have the education nor emotional or psychological tools to pinpoint or elaborate on the problem, and that is by design because America has had strains of anti-intellectualism for about as long as it's been a colonial empire. Like, remember how neither party cares about human well-being? Improving education and media literacy skills sound suspiciously like you're trying to improve human well-being. If the people get smart enough, they might just revolutionize. No, no, no, none of that. We need sychophantic worker drones. Gut the education system, make college unaffordable, allow the social media companies to run rampant with distracting apps and websites more addictive than heroin, allow the traditional media to refuse due diligence in the chase for ratings and for further distraction and editorialization.

Most people, when pressed, just want an honest and comfortable life. But they don't know how to achieve better with all of the barriers and limited tools to gain understanding of their own oppression in the way. So what do people do? They vote for the Party that seems more convincing to them that they understand their issues on a personal level. Sometimes that's Democrats. Sometimes that's Republicans. This time it just happened to be Republicans who were the better marketers.

Now, is this all to say that this is nothing but just sheer economics? Of course not. We know that fascism runs in tandem with economic decay, and we also know that America's status as a colonial empire means that various bigotries- anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, misogyny, xenophobia, etc.- are baked into its foundation. Of course plenty of Trumpers voted for him just because they wanted to hurt people they're bigoted against. We also know plenty of people just didn't want to vote for a Black woman. But a bigoted society begets a bigot population. The FBI killed Fred Hampton, probably the one person who got closest to synthesizing anti-bigotry with anti-capitalism into a real movement in this country, and no one else has picked up the mantle for a whole host a reasons. This country is not actually serious about materially fighting bigotry, and I include like 99% people on this forum (me too). But yet you all get confused and shocked when bigots act like bigots. Hell, you engage in your own form of cruelty if you deem the target worthy enough with no sense of introspection or questioning of these carceral tendencies. For example, a lot of y'all were dismissive of Biden shitting on Black people in order to big up the "rich and diverse political history" of Latino people, until Latino men voted for Trump, at which point some of y'all were hoping they were deported and their families torn apart by the very Nazis you claim to hate, or at least shrugging at it happening.

America is just a fundamentally cruel nation that prioritizes subservience to capital in every single facet of life to the detriment of humanity, from the pollution to the trash infrastructure to the lack of workers rights to the shitty movies, television, and music we consume to this goddamn fucking AI bullshit- all of it is tainted. This inevitably begets a population of unimaginative and cruel people. It's just now running into a situation where the economics of it all are becoming too contradictory to keep these unimaginative and cruel masses satisfied, which historically has usually meant a descent into fascism. What is happening isn't really all that surprising if you proceed to have a basic understanding of this country's sheer barbarism as well as no actual standards that you hold the populous to. Trump won once, ergo him winning a second time is not unprecedented. Like, I'm sorry, one of our Presidents openly genocided an Indigenous population (and the fact that you don't know which one I'm talking about says it all).

Like, we're not a good country. I don't know what to tell you.

Didn't Read   .  Let me predict.  "I'm smarter than you, I do more for The Cause than you.  Just end capitalism."  


But post #2 seems like a call out to Nepenthe.  She warned us against Harris and also would dreams of a having a "good" dictator.  

Because people want a dictator on their side.

[Orange Juice Box]

I forgot, "and read people!"

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Like, we're not a good country. I don't know what to tell you.

He's not wrong.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

I forgot, "and read people!"

I'm not sure My Little Pony fan-fiction will help bring down capitalism, colonialism, and white supremacy.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ign-kamala-harris-campaign-is-launching-its-own-fortnite-map-freedom-town-usa.1020933/page-3#post-130774779

There's nothing idiotic about calling out the fact that Americans have to cast their vote between two genocidal monsters "embarrassing".

Putting Kamala at the same level as Trump is embarrassing indeed.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ign-kamala-harris-campaign-is-launching-its-own-fortnite-map-freedom-town-usa.1020933/page-4#post-130776750

If you want Muslim US citizens and their allies to vote for the option that would help your loved ones you could try engaging in good faith. You're not going to convince anyone by acting as if other minorities getting genocided were a minor or lesser issue. Intersectionality goes both ways and US politics are fickle. Today it's Palestinians getting thrown under the bus, tomorrow it might occur to Dems to do the same with us queer or trans folks just to secure more conservative votes.

I support a ceasefire and want IDF to fuck off. If you want me to support not voting for Kamala, I guess that is bad faith I'm participating in.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bernie-discusses-kamalas-position-on-gaza-and-madison-square-garden-rally.1022652/

He explains why regardless of her position on the crisis, that it is imperative to vote for her.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-ot-4-5-intermission-keys-more-like-uhhmmm-i-got-nothing-today.962805/page-1573#post-131464629

There is something wrong with the amount of people I've seen gloat about how they didn't vote. Like, thanks for nothing?

Privileged people with no personal stakes.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-to-sign-orders-ending-diversity-programs-proclaim-there-are-only-two-sexes.1086957/page-3#post-134602818

Shame on anyone who didn't vote this election

Its a little of that, and a lot of the democratic party being fucking idiots hanging this over to him pretty much.

How about we finally put a little accountability to the people of country that are the ones that are the ones that can vote?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ap-%E2%80%98it%E2%80%99s-not-personal-trump%E2%80%99s-deportation-efforts-find-support-among-south-florida-latinos.1140321/#post-137281788

We really don't gotta be "not all Americans" any time someone rightfully calls out how garbage of a country we are now due to the people of the country. 1/3 didn't even give enough of a shit to vote with democracy and maybe the world on the line.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-bulwark-the-american-age-is-over-and-it-ended-because-the-american-people-were-no-longer-worthy-of-it.1155705/page-4#post-138068718

So many Americans don't have time to study the politics or even take time to vote, they are just trying to survive and make a paycheck.

Didn't take much studying for someone to know in 2024 to vote against Trump.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gavin-newsom-welcomes-guest-michael-savage-on-the-second-episode-of-his-podcast.1131519/#post-136890207

Not voting if he wins the primary. Absolutely fuck this piece of shit.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/california-governor-newsom-says-the-democratic-brand-is-%E2%80%98toxic%E2%80%99.1149126/page-3#post-137702832

See this is where I don't get it. It IS better. 1% better is better. It's not good and I've made that clear. If Newsom were in the White House now, it would be better than where we are now. It's a binary statement, I don't know how anybody (here) would argue that.

1% better than where we are now is still absolute hell for tens of millions of people....trans people especially of that percentage. I'm not voting Newsom if he wins the primary, and I know many others won't as well. Throw us under the bus and lose your elections...go for it.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gavin-newsom-swings-through-south-carolina.1238640/page-2#post-142498800

Will not be voting if he is the nominee.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/governor-gavin-newsom-addresses-california-and-the-nation.1215192/page-2#post-141340893

It's a good speech.

And look, call me crazy or a "liberal" or whatever, but I will vote for anyone who at least stands up to and pushes back against these nazis. They are literally trying to have people to the left of them killed.

I don't like Newsom all that much. But if he ends up being the guy, so be it.

I'm giving a big side eye to anyone who thinks otherwise. It's why we're in this mess in the first place.

Funny because I'm giving a big side eye to anyone that can look past genocide to vote for someone juat because they're name isn't Trump.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/governor-gavin-newsom-addresses-california-and-the-nation.1215192/page-2#post-141339141

He may or may not be the Dem candidate for the 2028 election, but he's a straight, white male, and that alone will get him some votes that Kamala did not get, sadly.

So trying to tear him down now because he's not the perfect candidate for you is just gonna hurt the party down the line.

"I have my issues with Newsom" is the perfect way to express that he's not perfect, he has issues, but it's what we got right now.

I'm not voting if he is 2028 candidate. He is a transphobe and hates me and my people. I know for a fact I'm not alone there.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/governor-gavin-newsom-addresses-california-and-the-nation.1215192/page-3#post-141341745

Don't you see, you need the candidate to be perfect and have the exact same belief system and priorities that I do in order for me to vote for them.

Yes, I do infact need the candidate I vote for to not be someone that doesn't think I should exist.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-2025-ot-taco-trump-and-the-big-beautiful-bullshit.1236576/page-13#post-143223408

Will also not be voting if he [Pete Buttigieg] wins the primary.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/supreme-court-formally-asked-to-overturn-landmark-same-sex-marriage-ruling.1267365/page-3#post-143778810

You vote idealistically in the primaries. You always, always, always vote pragmatically in the general election.

Well, if Newsom becomes the nominee, I already know many people personally that won't vote at all because he would be putting in regressive policies to hurt trans people.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

ok we're done here

[Boredfrom]

It's wild just how completely gender critical groups have captured damn near all institutions in the UK.

And for what? Bored, rich middle aged women deciding to do a genocide because they want to play at being feminists?
(The wads of christofascist money certainly sweetened the deal too)

Reminded of that podcast from a few years back.
the one where the two GC ladies talked about how they want to remove "the trans problem" from society?
the bit that stuck out on reviewing it was when they said that the plan was not to try and change public opinion, but to insert themselves into political and governmental positions and just push the ideology through.

Seems like they had some success with that.

 

You clueless retard.