Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)
They are mad that they criticize “woke and diversity” even if they also constantly mock the “chuds”? Or that they still blame Rian Johnson as the beginning of the end of the franchise cultural impact?
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Ghostbusters 2016 and Star Wars The Last Jedi are ground zero for the Cultural wars in fandom. The excusing of poor quality cause diversity.
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(08-20-2025, 07:06 PM)Uncle wrote:
radiogra wrote:yeah i watched and liked the prequel reviews back in the day, fucking 15 years ago. but RLM becoming this institution of bitter dudes, always fuckin' surrounded by toys and merch, complaining seriously about the most corporate, capitalist media and how it's ruined because it's not corporate in the right ways made me immediately think they were probably assholes.

like that meme about "consume product, wait for other product" or whatever while the dude's surrounded by merch is just laughable and makes RLM look like the most vapid shit. and i'm not sure if everyone reads that meme the same way.
This guy gets it, the last straw for me was when they sold out and starting promoting FilmLinx™ rather than focusing on Madame Web, exclusively in theaters on February 14th.

(08-20-2025, 08:45 PM)Averon wrote:
ezekial45 wrote:I firmly believe that TPM review ultimately set into motion the decline of modern media criticism. People are so eager to rag on movies/tv shows with nitpicks and shallow critiques of plot with review -- to the point where the review is secondary to making fun of the media -- and I think of a lot of video reviews these days are just trying to chase after the Plinkett reviews. It's really lame.

And I say this as someone who watched the early Plinkett videos and thought they were funny -- but now I don't bother with RLM at all. They suck.
What was the great media criticism this guy thinks existed before 2009? MovieBob? lol 

Also Plinkett did Star Trek films first, and that's a fandom with a proud history of nitpicking:
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(08-20-2025, 10:26 PM)Hap Shaughnessy wrote: https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-comedy-was-destroyed-by-an-anti-reality-doomsday-cult-the-elephant-graveyard.1273410/page-2#post-144123468

Juanchopsanchon wrote:Insecure dudes seeking validation by just sticking together in numbers is a plague politically and socially. The internet enabled that.
Yeah, you definitely never saw that before the internet. But really I should report this post for being anti-trans.
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(08-19-2025, 03:36 PM)benji wrote:
Quote:His videos started out as dunking on Rogan but it's progressed to connecting the dots from Rogan and his listeners to the manosphere and current political climate. There's much more substance to his content than just shitting on Joe
He says as he posts a 45 minute video he says is necessary to watch first before the one and a half hour one this thread is about.

What possible "substance" could there to be to such an obvious "theory"? All the replies in the thread about "these are excellent breakdowns" is just baffling. Like what are you even saying needed to be exposed here? What even needs to be broken down and "connecting the dots" about Rogan and his friends being Rogan and his friends? "It's affecting more than that, it's affecting comedy overall and our society beyond!" You mean popular things have large places in their industry? ???

Messofanego wrote:
Quote:I totally agree with the premise of the video but can't stand that long winded narrative and style of the channel. So many times it's like get to the point man. It needs to be condensed into 5 minutes to resonate with more people. Maybe it's just me but not a fan of the delivery.

Anyway the Austin comedian cult is gonna burst soon. Marc Maron broke it down really well recently on why he doesn't go on Rogan.
Can always use an AI summary if you hate his delivery lol
Yikes

A: How does this not get Nep's hairs up
B: is this true.  Can I use AI to condense 2 hours of explaining why Rogan = Badman into a minute of reading?
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(08-21-2025, 12:35 AM)Disco55 wrote: Ghostbusters 2016 and Star Wars The Last Jedi are ground zero for the Cultural wars in fandom. The excusing of poor quality cause diversity.

I get that there is also clueless people that think that diversity is the cause of bad quality, but RLM has never given the impression that think that way.
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Quote:like that meme about "consume product, wait for other product" or whatever while the dude's surrounded by merch is just laughable and makes RLM look like the most vapid shit. and i'm not sure if everyone reads that meme the same way.

MEDIA LITERACY! SCIENCE!
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(08-21-2025, 12:01 AM)Boredfrom wrote: They are mad that they criticize “woke and diversity” even if they also constantly mock the “chuds”? Or that they still blame Rian Johnson as the beginning of the end of the franchise cultural impact?

what's worse is that this video gives a pretty clear impression that when he's talking about wokeness and lesbians, it's not mike's opinion, nor plinkett's opinion, but plinkett temporarily putting himself in the frame of mind and manner of speaking of a person who would criticize those things

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like benji does all the time
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(08-20-2025, 08:45 PM)Averon wrote:
ezekial45 wrote:I firmly believe that TPM review ultimately set into motion the decline of modern media criticism. People are so eager to rag on movies/tv shows with nitpicks and shallow critiques of plot with review -- to the point where the review is secondary to making fun of the media
Also, I haven't watched the Plinkett reviews but I have to imagine that rather than a "shallow critique of plot" that Mike goes to great lengths to point out that the events of The Phantom Menace are completely incoherent and hinge on a single set of events happening in a specific order and way. Something that afflicts countless movies but rarely gets condemnation from "serious" media critics or fans.
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(08-20-2025, 04:45 AM)Boredfrom wrote:
(08-20-2025, 04:21 AM)Hap Shaughnessy wrote: https://www.resetera.com/threads/who-can-dems-actually-run-in-2028-who-has-a-chance-who-would-you-want-to-run.1265349/page-2#post-143658489

Quote: Cop User Banned (1 Month): Racist Generalization; Don't Conflate Black and Brown
DarkCronos wrote:i'm sure it's something people here don't want to hear but really any young to middle-aged straight white male with attitude and charisma. policy doesn't really matter for the public opinion.

personally i would love AOC, but let's talk realpolitik. a black woman will NEVER win. And remember you can be as progressive as you want and as pure as you want, but it doesn't really matter if you can't win.

people will blast me for this, but that's the reality.

Mike 

I dunno who is dumber, this dude or the mod that banned him.

BIPOC in shambles.
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https://www.resetera.com/threads/eric-adams-advisor-winnie-greco-handed-a-city-reporter-cash-stuffed-in-a-bag-of-potato-chips.1276593/

Sinophobic thread.  wag

Quote:"I make a mistake," she said. "I'm so sorry. It's a culture thing. I don't know. I don't understand. I'm so sorry. I feel so bad right now. I'm so sorry, honey."
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(08-20-2025, 07:46 PM)kaleidoscopium wrote: Plagiarize got a lot of pushback for the hulk hogan stuff, now tries to defend himself lol 

Plagiarize wrote:I don't think people understand how much I hate Hulk Hogan. Which is fair enough.

But I also don't think I'm 'reading deeply' into an image that shows him as an angel with a halo and thinking, maybe whatever low effort AI nonsense you used to generate this could have easily produced a picture that didn't portray him that way.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-2025-ot-taco-trump-and-the-big-beautiful-bullshit.1236576/page-30#post-144116067

Dude acts like Hulkster personally kicked his dog or something lol

Like Hulk Hogan sucked, but hes dead or whatever and people have moved on. How do you have a personal vendetta against the Huckster unless you're Bubba the love sponge or Sting at Starrcade.

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(08-20-2025, 08:40 PM)Averon wrote:
(08-20-2025, 08:31 PM)kaleidoscopium wrote:
PaFenix wrote:As others have said, this actually doesn't surprise me.
I was introduced to AngryJoe through a collab with Steph Sterling, where I think they were both bitching about Colonial Marines (rightfully so lol) He shared a lot of views that I followed Steph for with regards to DLC/Microtransaction practices. He'd also clap back against people complainin about "SJWs" in games like when a woman appeared in one of the Battlefields.
Fell off him when he showed his ass with Last of Us 2, and when others pointed out a phobic history (Dragon Age 2.....) was when I went "oh......"
Dunno if he's circled back around and/or apologized or gotten better with that kinda rhetoric. If he has, that'd be neat and maybe I'd give a watch again. If not though then......at least maybe his brand can reach some "both-siders" that show up in the Gaming space EVERYWHERE, I guess.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-2025-ot-taco-trump-and-the-big-beautiful-bullshit.1236576/page-30#post-144121044
AngryJoe shat on TLoU II. To ERA, that eternally makes him a chud.

His yearly EA Madden scorching reviews are top notch. Too bad some chick accused him of being a nerd or something at some point in the past (im assuming, or maybe hes a chud, who knows). Ree should be embracing him for making it big and bringing his bros along.
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(08-21-2025, 01:10 AM)books wrote:
(08-20-2025, 07:46 PM)kaleidoscopium wrote: Plagiarize got a lot of pushback for the hulk hogan stuff, now tries to defend himself lol 

Plagiarize wrote:I don't think people understand how much I hate Hulk Hogan. Which is fair enough.

But I also don't think I'm 'reading deeply' into an image that shows him as an angel with a halo and thinking, maybe whatever low effort AI nonsense you used to generate this could have easily produced a picture that didn't portray him that way.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-2025-ot-taco-trump-and-the-big-beautiful-bullshit.1236576/page-30#post-144116067

Dude acts like Hulkster personally kicked his dog or something lol

Like Hulk Hogan sucked, but hes dead or whatever and people have moved on. How do you have a personal vendetta against the Huckster unless you're Bubba the love sponge or Sting at Starrcade.

Because killing Gawker killed the free press. Awesome SCIENCE!
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(08-20-2025, 06:12 PM)Jansen wrote: https://www.resetera.com/threads/%E3%80%8Cgoddess-of-victory-nikke%E3%80%8Dx%E3%80%8Cresident-evil%E3%80%8Dcollaboration-confirmed.1276023/

This is the kind of collab specifically made to piss off the burka brigade lol

from the burka thread

ClickyCal', post: 144112998, member: 7351 wrote:Not looking forward to see what comes out of the ResEvil Nikke crossover.

Hyper
God I can't wait for inevitable meltdown lol

I hope they also include Leon and Chris, but make them look completely normal, and only oversexualize the fuck out of the female characters, just like nature intended lol lol lol

"The girls have huge wobbly asses..... but the men.... don't?!?!..... THEY SEXUALIZE WOMEN.... BUT NOT..... THE MEN?!?! AAGGGGGH! SEXISM! MISOGYNY! PATRIARCHY!!!!! MALE ASS ERASURE!!!!! ACCCCCK!!!!"
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(08-21-2025, 12:55 AM)benji wrote:
(08-20-2025, 08:45 PM)Averon wrote:
ezekial45 wrote:I firmly believe that TPM review ultimately set into motion the decline of modern media criticism. People are so eager to rag on movies/tv shows with nitpicks and shallow critiques of plot with review -- to the point where the review is secondary to making fun of the media
Also, I haven't watched the Plinkett reviews but I have to imagine that rather than a "shallow critique of plot" that Mike goes to great lengths to point out that the events of The Phantom Menace are completely incoherent and hinge on a single set of events happening in a specific order and way. Something that afflicts countless movies but rarely gets condemnation from "serious" media critics or fans.

I have this instinctual dislike of that exact thing but I'm always second-guessing myself on whether it's really a problem, because after all, literally everything in our own lives is a result of the butterfly effect, if I hadn't eaten toast one morning maybe through a series of minor events I would've never found the bore and not be posting here

the main problem is when a character like palpatine is supposedly so brilliant and smart that they orchestrated things to happen a certain way which had millions of small points of failure where it could've gone wrong but it miraculously didn't, and the only way that can make sense is to argue that they had a lot of irons in the fire and this is just the one that worked out for them
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(08-21-2025, 01:59 AM)BananaBlast wrote:
(08-20-2025, 06:12 PM)Jansen wrote: https://www.resetera.com/threads/%E3%80%8Cgoddess-of-victory-nikke%E3%80%8Dx%E3%80%8Cresident-evil%E3%80%8Dcollaboration-confirmed.1276023/

This is the kind of collab specifically made to piss off the burka brigade lol

from the burka thread

ClickyCal', post: 144112998, member: 7351 wrote:Not looking forward to see what comes out of the ResEvil Nikke crossover.

Hyper
God I can't wait for inevitable meltdown lol

I hope they also include Leon and Chris, but make them look completely normal, and only oversexualize the fuck out of the female characters, just like nature intended lol lol lol

"The girls have huge wobbly asses..... but the men.... don't?!?!..... THEY SEXUALIZE WOMEN.... BUT NOT..... THE MEN?!?! AAGGGGGH! SEXISM! MISOGYNY! PATRIARCHY!!!!! MALE ASS ERASURE!!!!! ACCCCCK!!!!"
"T-THEY'RE MISSING OUT THE GAY DOLLAR...!" 
 
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They didn’t include Shinji in the story of both Evangelion events. Say what you will about that character, but those events felt missing something without them on it.
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(08-21-2025, 02:06 AM)Uncle wrote:
(08-21-2025, 12:55 AM)benji wrote:
(08-20-2025, 08:45 PM)Averon wrote:
Also, I haven't watched the Plinkett reviews but I have to imagine that rather than a "shallow critique of plot" that Mike goes to great lengths to point out that the events of The Phantom Menace are completely incoherent and hinge on a single set of events happening in a specific order and way. Something that afflicts countless movies but rarely gets condemnation from "serious" media critics or fans.

I have this instinctual dislike of that exact thing but I'm always second-guessing myself on whether it's really a problem, because after all, literally everything in our own lives is a result of the butterfly effect, if I hadn't eaten toast one morning maybe through a series of minor events I would've never found the bore and not be posting here

the main problem is when a character like palpatine is supposedly so brilliant and smart that they orchestrated things to happen a certain way which had millions of small points of failure where it could've gone wrong but it miraculously didn't, and the only way that can make sense is to argue that they had a lot of irons in the fire and this is just the one that worked out for them

You could also argue that he used the force to influence the situation to his advantage...
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NERDS!
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Never speak bad of Switch 2 performance. AND NEVER FORGET ANY AND ALL INJUSTICE AGAINST NINTENDO

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/ign-elden-ring-on-switch-2-is-a-disaster-in-handheld-mode.1276014/#post-144110544
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(08-21-2025, 02:06 AM)Uncle wrote: I have this instinctual dislike of that exact thing but I'm always second-guessing myself on whether it's really a problem, because after all, literally everything in our own lives is a result of the butterfly effect, if I hadn't eaten toast one morning maybe through a series of minor events I would've never found the bore and not be posting here

the main problem is when a character like palpatine is supposedly so brilliant and smart that they orchestrated things to happen a certain way which had millions of small points of failure where it could've gone wrong but it miraculously didn't, and the only way that can make sense is to argue that they had a lot of irons in the fire and this is just the one that worked out for them
It's a problem because the other characters are generally ciphers. The exist purely to react blindly to events orchestrated by the master character who controls everything and knows everyone better than they know themselves. And this is generally the only personality trait of that character.

I think a lot of our media literacy experts prefer this because they despise characters, they process the plot through identifying with a character and want to experience it as something of their doing. They regularly show that a character who is in any way complex or nuanced is an offense. It's toying with their emotions to have a character act in a way they cannot expect. It doesn't take much to get them upset about characters that have implications they don't care for. To use some superhero examples, how many Era posters have complained about Killmonger being a villain because they identify with his intent. There's other examples like Bruce in BvS or Thanos. The idea that they may have had a point but went about it in the worst way possible is fairly offensive to their worldview, suggest that they significantly overstated that point to justify their actions and they find it really offensive. I think much of this is because they seek to self-insert and flawless ciphers are the best vehicle for that.

In terms of the actual writers though, I think most of it is just that they're bad writers. It's not even hard to write a single line that "explains" it much of the time, but so many TV shows and movies don't even bother because they aren't writing plots with characters, they're writing a series of coincidental events. To bring it back to The Phantom Menance, you can pretty much see Lucas's plot just directing you to the next set piece vision he has in his head. Underwater Naboo, the podrace, the battle with the robots and the big shield, etc. And along the way they have to pick up Anakin from somewhere and he needs to save the day. You can criticize all this, show that it's a bad plot and still appreciate that it has some great Star Wars stuff. The idea of Palpatine's whole plot is one of the best in the entire franchise, as is keeping the heroes in the dark for most of the prequel trilogy (even if the execution makes them look stupid), Darth Maul probably is the best Sith underling, aside from the stupid jumping the entire fight with him and the Jedi is well done as is the cutting between it and the other areas of the battle, Qui-Gon meditating while Maul paces is maybe Lucas's most brilliant moment, etc. But none of that ultimately saves the film from its inherent problems even if that stuff is very enjoyable.

It's not hard to see that forum seems to quite literally believe that you can't criticize something you may love to try and make it better, just affirm affirm affirm forever in denial. Mike's offense is that he actually cares too much and takes these things seriously, they aren't seeing his actual critique. They're seeing the trees, not the forest.
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El Bombastico wrote:Not since Bobby Roberts or that one Zack Snyder fanboy whose name I forget have I seen an online meltdown this hilarious yet sad...
Get the look!
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Actually, probably the biggest indictment of Lucas as a writer is his inability to write towards an ending that already exists. This all gets handwaved as him revising and retconning even though in every instance he makes the story worse and more incoherent. This critique would be labeled "nitpicking" as if the story doesn't center around this stuff.
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ZombieBurrito85 wrote:Not good enough. His entire administration, all of the heritage foundation, all maga politicians need to be wiped out, dark money financiers, etc.

This is going to continue with or without trump. He was only the gateway.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/news-trump-admin-bans-coverage-for-trans-govt-employees-mandates-conversion-therapy-coverage.1276656/#post-144136194
ZombieBurrito85 wrote:Fuck this shit. I wish the utmost suffering on trump and his entire administration.

I wish we had leaders that are ready to go on the attack on the christofascist. They're all a bunch pedophiles. Bankrupt their churches, take their properties, arrest the leaders.
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Quote:I'm mad that guy missed his shot in PA.
Quote:I'm sure the fascists at Fox News are drooling at the prospect of both siding slavery.
Quote:fascists love to rewrite or downplay parts of their countries history to create a myth for its ppl to believe in.
Quote:Got to start with Gleichschaltung somewhere.
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Quote:I'm mad that guy missed his shot in PA.
Are you actively trying to end up on an FBI watchlist?

Because that's what saying stuff like this will get you.
Quote:It Trump gets his way they'll go full revisionist history and start teaching kids that slavery was a good thing. Hell, some conservatives have been caught saying this shit already.
Quote:Oh a 100%. I'm fully expecting this to be the norm in more rural areas by 2030 and for it to be forced nationwide by then too
Quote:Fucking racist snowflakes and their white fragility
Quote:Why are the right so soft and need to be coddled constantly remaking reality as their safe space where Everything Is Cool Actually?
Quote:I can't even describe in words how much I want to see this motherfucker dead.

Die already, you orange fucking ghoul!!
Quote:The only two possible explanations for this specific attack (slavery wasn't bad) are either: trying to absolve white people of "guilt" over slavery with a mix of nationalist jingoism of "our country's past is only glorious", or, trying to normalize slavery as a good thing (to... bring it back?), or, a mix of the two.
Quote:You need to change your perspective. None of those matter.
What does matter, is that he's fulfilling white insecure dreams.

We measure him/ the party by factual data points.
They measure themselves on how they can hurt people they demonised.

Basically the world is still trying work within the confines of rules and order whilst the party in charge ignores it all and still end up getting rewarded.
Quote:Definitely. Trump is evil, but also incredibly stupid and (too) old. The folks surrounding him, like Miller are the ones pulling the strings, and they are much worse than Trump is. Miller, Hegseth, and a few others are 4chan nazis. Just pay attention to the internet nazism that's been spouted via their social media accounts, like the repeat use of the number 88 when statistics come up.
PlanetSmasher wrote:I mean my point remains: there is nothing worth bragging about in America right now. Nothing. "We're the best country" only works when you can back it up, and these fuckers can't. They can cover their ears and pretend everything is alright but the truth of the matter is that the country is a bloated corpse.
Quote:This is simply the revisionism and propaganda inherent to Fascism, to pretend everything was glorious. It really is extraordinary how comprehensive and quick this admin's steps are to securing a Fascist future for America, and yet most people are still somehow complacent.
Quote:And that bloated corpse is going to lead to a very small minority climbing the richest people list.
Until the world draws the line, which most won't/ can't.

It's a slowmo crash and we're spectators.

Like honestly the best you can hope for around now is that some of the involved might get some punishment after the fire burned the house down, although I imagine that is as false as the current projected climate this administration is doing.

Edit: To your point, no the USA has not been the best country for a very long time and the false projection is sadly nothing new, just a lot more stupid.
Quote:The distressing thing about the US is the size and power of its military. I am on the pessimistic side of things, but I see a combination of US + UK + EU becoming more right-wing/fascistic. This does not bode well for minorities (though even non-minorities suffer under dictatorships) within those countries but it is also dangerous to the Global South. Countries within the Global South must be able to defend themselves, their people and their resources. As a minority in the Global North…I don't know what awaits us ; the problem is that many minority groups are not seeing what is happening.
Quote:It's selective ignorance with a mix of reality. People should be in the streets given what has happened inside the country and outside of it but the systems designed to make that not possible. It's either that or apathy. I hope it's not apathy.
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Quote:Slavery is already watered down throughout American history. What's his goal here, to say slavery was actually good or focus on how great it was for the southern plantation owners?
His goal is to bring it back.
Quote:I'm sure that Trump and his rich "friends" would love to make the general population believe that there is nothing wrong with slavery. It makes sense with the attacks on immigrants, criminalizing homelessness and building all of concentration camps.
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Quote:If future history books are faithful to what is actually happening now it's going to be an incredulous read…
Sadly, I don't think they will.
Quote:so the "fuck your feelings" crowd hates to be told "fuck your feelings"
Quote:I'm waiting for the inevitable conservative history books that say, "White Americans have lived in North America since before Biblical history, but in 1492, they failed to stop an invasion of Indians from India, who then took land throughout the country, that the Native Americans eventually took back since God said it was their land to manifest their destiny on."
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Quote:Why are the right so soft and need to be coddled constantly remaking reality as their safe space where Everything Is Cool Actually?
The fundamental aspect to the conservative mindset is a belief in a Correct and Natural Social Hierarchy that reflects your value as a person.

Thinking about this for a moment may cause one to notice that this a) functions as an external source of self-worth in reality, despite their belief in it being "natural" and intrinsic, and b) means your "correct" status is highly vulnerable because there are always people above and below you that would like to push you down, either to secure their position or to crawl up themselves. Both of these things mean that one's status and self-worth are extremely fragile and need to be vigorously defended on a constant basis. It's a very toxic structure that overlaps heavily with abusive relationships.

Then you get the reinforcement layer where your fragility and dependence on external validation demand also that you constantly signal to the group that you're bought in and are one of them, meaning even more posturing and proving how Righteously Conservative you are by doing socially/energetically/temporally/etc "expensive" things. (For example, religious ritual - it serves no physical real-world purpose in most cases, but it does take time that could be more efficiently spent elsewhere and makes you stand out, thus making it "expensive" and reinforcing to your in-group that you're dedicated to them and/or their cause, buying you credibility and/or social capital. The "persecution" these people constantly insist they suffer is yet more signalling to their in-group how dedicated and credible they are).

We keep inventing new and more powerful technology when the actual inventions we need are patches for all the stupid exploits in human nature that cause us to keep faceplanting into the same pitfalls over and over and over and over and... The baby doesn't need bigger and sharper knives, it needs a safety mechanism to keep the knives out of its reach.
Great thread.

Only two people in it noticed that one of Trump's complaints was that the museums don't have anything about the future in them. lol
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A shoe for horses wrote:The fundamental aspect to the conservative mindset is a belief in a Correct and Natural Social Hierarchy that reflects your value as a person.

Thinking about this for a moment may cause one to notice that this a) functions as an external source of self-worth in reality, despite their belief in it being "natural" and intrinsic, and b) means your "correct" status is highly vulnerable because there are always people above and below you that would like to push you down, either to secure their position or to crawl up themselves. Both of these things mean that one's status and self-worth are extremely fragile and need to be vigorously defended on a constant basis. It's a very toxic structure that overlaps heavily with abusive relationships.

Then you get the reinforcement layer where your fragility and dependence on external validation demand also that you constantly signal to the group that you're bought in and are one of them, meaning even more posturing and proving how Righteously Conservative you are by doing socially/energetically/temporally/etc "expensive" things. (For example, religious ritual - it serves no physical real-world purpose in most cases, but it does take time that could be more efficiently spent elsewhere and makes you stand out, thus making it "expensive" and reinforcing to your in-group that you're dedicated to them and/or their cause, buying you credibility and/or social capital. The "persecution" these people constantly insist they suffer is yet more signalling to their in-group how dedicated and credible they are).

We keep inventing new and more powerful technology when the actual inventions we need are patches for all the stupid exploits in human nature that cause us to keep faceplanting into the same pitfalls over and over and over and over and... The baby doesn't need bigger and sharper knives, it needs a safety mechanism to keep the knives out of its reach.

Thinking
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"I went to the Air and Space Museum and they had the U.S.S. Enterprise." - Trumps
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PeakPointMatrix wrote:Someone just do it, I don't care how, just do it, and do it now.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/news-trump-admin-bans-coverage-for-trans-govt-employees-mandates-conversion-therapy-coverage.1276656/#post-144137277
Fat4all wrote:picked a hell of a year to come out

hard mode activated
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There isn't a single museum that hasn't had an exhibit about the future. 

and what these pieces of white nationalist shits are doing is trying to say that those exhibits aren't true, because of the past exhibits. 

They pulled back on attacks fo the african american museum that Obama helped put together. Because they don't understand the powerhouse behind that is bigger than them. 

And there is an AMAZING afrofuturism exhibit there.

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There is something to be said, about saying what you can, in every space you inhabit that you can. These things that have got a hold of the country, push back a little, ya know?
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(08-21-2025, 06:47 AM)Cauliflower Of Love wrote: There is something to be said, about saying what you can, in every space you inhabit that you can. These things that have got a hold of the country, push back a little, ya know?
Yet you post on this pro-Trump white nationalist hate site. Curious
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(08-20-2025, 08:40 PM)simiansmarts wrote:
(08-20-2025, 08:36 PM)BIONIC wrote: Top minds discuss the pressing matters of our day

https://www.resetera.com/threads/should-power-rangers-have-just-used-all-the-dairanger-suits-for-season-2.1275570/

Uzumaki Goku, post: 144099498, member: 15623 wrote:They were out of Zyuranger footage and it kinda shows at various points in Seasons 2 and 3. They used the White Ranger from Dairanger but putting that costume with the Zyuranger costumes wasn’t so seamless.

I mean, yeah, they were probably reluctant to change things too much. But I do wonder what if we had just gotten new rangers and a new story instead of continuing MMPR
Reminder that guy is in his mid to late 30s.

I love when Power Rangers discussion comes up there because I was a kid when it came out, ate up MMPR like most of my friends, and then grew out of it and moved on after two seasons.

I was vaguely aware that they made different themed seasons based on other Japanese series but, being over 9 years old, had no desire to watch Power Rangers Dino Thunder or whatever.

Era meanwhile has a sizeable contingent who can and will speak authoritatively about all 30 seasons of Power Rangers. They’ve been watching it for over three decades lol
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I was obsessed with power ranger from when it came out up to the movie, when I was 4-5 years old. I had no idea there were so many seasons of it.
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