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

[jooseloose]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/eurogamer-gives-arc-raiders-2-5-dinged-for-use-of-ai-generated-voices.1349200/

[D3RANG3D]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tucker-carlson-and-nick-fuentes-declare-civil-war-on-the-gop-ben-shapiro-in-shambles.1348315/

They are the party of division. The party of playing victim. The party of pointing fingers and never taking responsibility. The party of throwing people under the bus. The party of purity tests

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[Uncle]

need the video with this guy 

Laaaaand back!

full 20 minute video

[D3RANG3D]

[filler]

turns out that nicca is just gay af 


it's himu 

[Uncle]

Era's coming up huge for me on the IOC thing because most of the "cis" TRANS RIGHTS people I go to laugh at have been silent on it.

The guy who wrote this masterpiece hasnt said shit yet 

https://bsky.app/profile/jonathanliew.bsky.social

[i mg]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G5aBsPdXYAAOLeP?format=jpg&name=medium[/img]

it would genuinely be hilarious if men held all the top performance records for both men and women

men are even better at being women than women

[Orange Juice Box]

need the video with this guy 

Laaaaand back!

And I thought antifa had no leaders?

[Uncle]

turns out that nicca is just gay af 

I actually can't believe there was a new development with him at the start of this year

https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/prosecutors-drop-charges-against-leader-of-black-nationalist-group/GBIT65DCDBHMRJVSO6QPVJKQ7U/

Prosecutors drop charges against leader of Black nationalist group

Gazi Kodzo, already convicted of conspiring with Russians, will not face kidnapping charges

Jan 29, 2025
Prosecutors have dropped all criminal charges against the leader of the Black Hammer Party stemming from a 2022 raid at the radical group’s Fayetteville headquarters.

Augustus Claudius Romain Jr. — who goes by the name Gazi Kodzo — faced charges of racketeering, participating in a street gang, kidnapping, aggravated sodomy, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and human trafficking after a prospective member placed a 911 call claiming to be kidnapped. But the case against Kodzo never progressed, despite a plea deal taken by one of his top lieutenants in exchange for his testimony.

David Studdard, chief assistant prosecutor in the Fayette County district attorney’s office, said the expected testimony by the lieutenant and other key witnesses was unreliable and the case had languished too long.

“We thought the best course was to (drop the charges) and let Mr. Romain get on with his life,” Studdard said. “His lawyer has asserted to us that he has learned his lesson from all this. He’s out of the activist business.”

long article where his lawyer asserts that their violent rhetoric was just attention seeking behavior to raise money to help the homeless

With the dismissal of the state charges, Kodzo is free but his Black Hammer Party is in shambles. The group’s many social media channels have been dormant for the past year or longer, the last posts switching between posting pro-Russian propaganda and raising money for Kodzo’s criminal defense.

One member of the group died at the scene of the police raid in Fayetteville raid by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Other members of the group — many of whom were also charged in the state investigation — have scattered.

Only one Black Hammer member is in prison. Xavier “Keno” Rushin was arrested in the raid and made an early plea deal with prosecutors and is serving out a sentence for aggravated assault in Georgia’s Central State Prison. He is scheduled for release later this year.

Rushin was expected to testify against Kodzo, but Studdard said he was ultimately unwilling to call him to the stand.

“We had some serious concerns about what he was going to say should he be called,” he said.

[D3RANG3D]

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[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ioc-set-to-ban-trans-women-athletes-from-the-olympics.1348621/page-2#post-147487864

I don't understand how this topic became such a fucking big deal in so many circles.

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/target-employees-will-now-be-required-to-smile-and-look-customers-in-the-eye-if-they-are-within-10-feet-of-them.1347817/

The amount of people who dislike some human interaction here is just stunning.

I’m going to target with plans to hover exactly 9’11” distance from an employee at all times.

[filler]

need the video with this guy 

Laaaaand back!

And I thought antifa had no leaders?

they claimed one of their members was doxxed by antifer 


he's threatening antifer 

[DavidCroquet]

Banger Onion article posted in the Olympic thread

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming

STOCKTON, CA—Cackling as the steps of the dastardly plan crystallized in her mind, local trans teen Brie Chandler told reporters Tuesday that she had hatched a nefarious plot to undergo years of medical treatments and counseling to win at swimming. “It’s oh, so simple: several years of sweet-talking medical professionals, receiving hormone therapies, and enduring complex gender-affirming surgeries, and that swimming trophy will be mine!” said the 17-year-old high school senior, who provided a step-by-step account of her knavish conspiracy to take fourth or even third place in a high school or Division III collegiate swimming competition by transitioning to a female identity. “I don’t even want to be a woman—I just want to win at swimming. Imagine how I’ll laugh with glee up there on the winners’ podium, knowing that all I had to do was lie about my gender identity issues through months or years of psychiatry sessions, take a shitload of androgen blockers, go to speech therapy, and recover from multiple invasive surgeries! Those feelings of isolation as my family members struggle to accept my social transition, the bureaucratic headaches of having to change my legal documents to reflect my correct identity, and becoming more likely to be the target of harassment from strangers will be nothing compared to holding that trophy in my devilish little hands!” The trans teen noted that there was only one thing threatening her nefarious ploy to change her gender to beat several girls at a regional swimming competition, which is that she doesn’t know how to swim.

That twist though!
Either written by AI or Plagiarize.

This joke doesn't even really work because they're also very keen on removing a lot of these things. 

Needing surgery to be a valid trans person? Hah, shut up you bigot everyone is valid. 

Hours of psycho therapy just to get hormones? That needs to disappear yesterday, shoot the estrogen right into my vein, doc. 

Speech therapy? Yet again a bigot claims to know what a woman sounds like

These things as far as I can tell already don’t exist in many places.

Someone I know is currently transing out, and he just went to his GP, who referred him to an endocrinologist, who said “here’s your HRT young lady!”, and that was that. No counseling or checks of any kind.

[Orange Juice Box]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tucker-carlson-and-nick-fuentes-declare-civil-war-on-the-gop-ben-shapiro-in-shambles.1348315/#post-147453433
Slayven

Reese Waters is so good, I don't post his videos because i don't want to see all posts complaining about thumbnails

A mod is terrified to post 

Knowing that people like Slayven are the audience of these youtube personalities explaining an issue for 40-80 minutes explains why those youtubers are popular. 




I've been passively following this story.  I've read the take from The Atlantic, NYC, NYM and even the The National Review and The Federalist.  I don't need some youtuber in a silly costume making jokes about it to (regurgitate) baby bird the story to me.  

It's a hilarious issue.  Republican stalwarts have to say, "uh, do we still want nazis on our side?"  But is watching a failed comic personality stretch the issue out to 40 minutes really better than just reading those five articles I listed?

Shit like this gave uspeople like Rachel Ray and Jamie Oliver explaining how to cook even when they knew jack shit.  They watch this shit and think they are informed.  

And here is Slayven saying, "I wish I could post more from this sage, this oracle of a man, but I dare not share his wisdom because the crowd here is too critical."  No shit we are too critical.  That guy has a 90 minute video called,  "Reese Waters Runs Deep: Jimmy Kimmel Returns But Does Free Speech?"



Why doesn't Nepenthe get up slayven's ass and tell him to read more?  Also, I'm kind of cranky because I was sure there was going to be a Nepenthe level event this weekend and it was a bust.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tucker-carlson-and-nick-fuentes-declare-civil-war-on-the-gop-ben-shapiro-in-shambles.1348315/

They are the party of division. The party of playing victim. The party of pointing fingers and never taking responsibility. The party of throwing people under the bus. The party of purity tests

The funny thing is the purity test is, "are you a nazi or not?"  That sounds like a pretty reasonable purity test to me.    "Do you support the abolition of police and and a return to Year Zero?  If not why do you choose to want me dead?" does not seem reasonable.

Zendaya Allegedly Refuses To Promote 'Euphoria' Season 3 With Sydney Sweeney https://share.google/8KPihDOW8XeZXHP3f

Why is God testing me!!!!?

[Potato]

Zendaya Allegedly Refuses To Promote 'Euphoria' Season 3 With Sydney Sweeney https://share.google/8KPihDOW8XeZXHP3f

Yes, but Zendaya is a confirmed fucking idiot. Who cares what she thinks. She still performed in the same show as her.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/%E2%80%98christy%E2%80%99-christy-martin-biopic-starring-sydney-sweeney-bombs-with-one-of-the-worst-ow-for-movie-released-in-2000-theaters.1348324/page-6#post-147484990

Are there any movies about real boxers that have been a big hit in the last decades? Because the ones I can remember, they're about fictional characters.

Ali
Raging Bull
The Hurricane
Cinderella Man
And while not a boxing movie, there was Bloodsport back in 1986

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Dux#Kumite

Kumite

When interviewed by John Johnson in 1988, John Stewart expressed regret for writing the Black Belt article on Dux's alleged Kumite victory. He described himself as naive for believing Dux, saying that after the story was published he received information that "raised questions about Dux's military career". Jim Coleman, then editor of Black Belt, added that Dux's story was "based on false premises" and there was no evidence of the Kumite.[2][1] Kenneth Wilson of the Ministry of Sports in The Bahamas disputed the existence of the Kumite, saying it was impossible a martial arts tournament of that scale could have been kept a secret.[2] According to Johnson, an invoice for the organization that allegedly staged the Kumite listed Dux as its only point of contact, and the base of the trophy he claims to have won was bought by him at a local trophy store. Dux told Johnson to speak to a man named Richard Robinson, whom he said he had met at the Kumite. Robinson initially confirmed Dux's story, saying that he was invited to the Kumite as he was an undefeated wrestler at Lower Merion High School. Johnson later uncovered that Robinson had not attended that school, and had actually gone to school with Dux. Confronted with this information, Robinson responded "All right. I don't know what to say ... Frank was a buddy of mine when I was in L.A."[2]

Sheldon Lettich said that he got the idea for Bloodsport after listening to Dux's "tall tales" regarding the Kumite. Dux introduced him to a man named Richard Bender who claimed to have been at the Kumite and verified the story, though a few years later confessed to Lettich that he had been lying and that Dux had instructed him on what to say. Lettich described Dux as a "delusional day-dreamer".[26] Citing his Kumite claims, MMA website Fightland includes Dux among their list of martial arts frauds.[27] Both John Johnson and Fightland believe Dux faked his story to help promote his martial arts schools.[2][28]

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-the-use-of-generative-ai-in-arc-raiders-acceptable.1348075/page-6#post-147455164

  User Banned (Permanent): Hostility towards other users, multiple infractions in very limited amount of posts

I'll just say that I have a complex take on the usage of generative AI, especially as someone who has to interact with it constantly for my day job. Just because I accept its existence and can have a nuanced takes on its application, does not mean I have to defend the technology itself.

Oh my god, jerk yourself off a little more would you.
Any generative AI is built on stealing and that's not acceptable.

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[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bernie-sanders-defends-graham-platner-calls-him-an-%E2%80%9Cexcellent-candidate-and-the-next-senator-of-maine%E2%80%9D.1330780/page-20#post-146886832

Why even bother to engage with something like this when you eliminate 99% of people in the conversation because they don't want to destroy capitalism entirely? Is it just an absolution of guilt so that you can reject allyship in the name of pure ideology because you know it means absolutely nothing will happen and you don't have to do any actual work while riding a high horse of moral superiority?

NepNep

I have found and worked with plenty of people who understand the fundamental problems of exploitation, oppression, and environmental destruction inherent to capitalism and want to work together to get rid of it. We may have different ideas on how to get there at which point we can have adult discussions over those ideas, the opposite of the bad faith drivel you wrote in this post, but we at least see it as a goal to mutually work towards.

You still see capitalism as something that's salvageable. If what you say is true and 99% of people agree with you on that front, stop bitching about the 1% of people who disagree with you and go work with the 99% to pretty please beg the billionaires capitalists to give you a $17 minimum wage or whatever it is you want.

Lynnetto

I'm not bitching about anything, I asked you about your approach in good faith and you attacked me. I apologize if it makes you uncomfortable to question your extremely militant and exclusionary stance.

NepNep

No you didn't.

Lynnetto

I understand why you would want to frame any kind of questioning of your ideology as bad faith since it's difficult to internalize and reflect on criticism, but it wasn't. I am genuinely curious what you think you can accomplish when you intentionally reject such an extremely broad scope of allies.

NepNep

You can continue acting like this-

- is good faith, and I can simply be specific and direct and call you an asshole.

Do you want to apologize for being bad faith and actually have an adult discussion, or continue wasting my time? Makes me no difference.

Benny W is kissing NepNep's ass

I didn't read Nepenthe's comment as militant (please be careful) or exclusionary. It's direct speak. "Real talk". Straight to the point.

I believe they're saying don't waste their time by pretending you're in alignment when you're just going to pull back later on down the line. It's an absolutely frustrating process to go through.

Also they said collaborators may have "different ideas on how to get there." That's open, inclusive, and not militant.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/target-employees-will-now-be-required-to-smile-and-look-customers-in-the-eye-if-they-are-within-10-feet-of-them.1347817/page-8#post-147481330

 User Banned (Permanent): Troll Account

Most people won't just blindly follow whatever their boss asks them to do regardless of anything else. It's perfectly normal and acceptable for employees who aren't being paid a living wage to skirt some of their responsibilities. In this specific example, putting on a friendly face to those who are often openly hostile towards you when you're working full time but still living paycheck to paycheck is not a reasonable expectation for everyone

That is most certainly any workers prerogative, to determine what they are comfortable with, but if the basic premise of the job is "be friendly and helpful to customers" I don't really know what wiggle room is expected in skirting those responsibilities.

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[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/arc-raiders-ot-escape-from-tumbleweeds.1335586/page-80#post-147285478

 User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory Generalization

Man, idk if I had it good the last few days but I'm getting shot on sight non stop today. I kinda feared this would happen after a while, if that's what solo ends up as then I'm out

t's the Russians. Honestly, each one of them has a hentai avatar and Russian name. It's get better this evening. Honestly, they are the fucking worst. I've been playing all week and the moment they get home solo turns to shit, and I'm getting attacked by free kits, and I'm lighting them up.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-threatens-us-military-action-in-nigeria-over-treatment-of-christians.1341334/page-2#post-147157621

 User Banned (3 weeks): justifying religious violence

Don't know what he's complaining about. Jesus said that Christians would be persecuted. If you're a Christian, you signed up for this.

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[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

men are even better at being women than women

Whoa, Uncle coming out as a trans activist.  

Or should I say... Aunt?

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

turns out that nicca is just gay af 

I actually can't believe there was a new development with him at the start of this year

https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-news/prosecutors-drop-charges-against-leader-of-black-nationalist-group/GBIT65DCDBHMRJVSO6QPVJKQ7U/

Prosecutors drop charges against leader of Black nationalist group

Gazi Kodzo, already convicted of conspiring with Russians, will not face kidnapping charges

Jan 29, 2025
Prosecutors have dropped all criminal charges against the leader of the Black Hammer Party stemming from a 2022 raid at the radical group’s Fayetteville headquarters.

Augustus Claudius Romain Jr. — who goes by the name Gazi Kodzo — faced charges of racketeering, participating in a street gang, kidnapping, aggravated sodomy, aggravated assault, false imprisonment and human trafficking after a prospective member placed a 911 call claiming to be kidnapped. But the case against Kodzo never progressed, despite a plea deal taken by one of his top lieutenants in exchange for his testimony.

David Studdard, chief assistant prosecutor in the Fayette County district attorney’s office, said the expected testimony by the lieutenant and other key witnesses was unreliable and the case had languished too long.

“We thought the best course was to (drop the charges) and let Mr. Romain get on with his life,” Studdard said. “His lawyer has asserted to us that he has learned his lesson from all this. He’s out of the activist business.”

long article where his lawyer asserts that their violent rhetoric was just attention seeking behavior to raise money to help the homeless

With the dismissal of the state charges, Kodzo is free but his Black Hammer Party is in shambles. The group’s many social media channels have been dormant for the past year or longer, the last posts switching between posting pro-Russian propaganda and raising money for Kodzo’s criminal defense.

One member of the group died at the scene of the police raid in Fayetteville raid by a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Other members of the group — many of whom were also charged in the state investigation — have scattered.

Only one Black Hammer member is in prison. Xavier “Keno” Rushin was arrested in the raid and made an early plea deal with prosecutors and is serving out a sentence for aggravated assault in Georgia’s Central State Prison. He is scheduled for release later this year.

Rushin was expected to testify against Kodzo, but Studdard said he was ultimately unwilling to call him to the stand.

“We had some serious concerns about what he was going to say should he be called,” he said.

"Your Honour, who amongst us hasn't destroyed another's anus in an attempt at helping the homeless?"

[Propagandhim]

One member of the group died at the scene of the police raid in Fayetteville raid by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Laaaaaand back!

[Propagandhim]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/eurogamer-gives-arc-raiders-2-5-dinged-for-use-of-ai-generated-voices.1349200/page-10




They are distinctly NOT like this 

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/eurogamer-gives-arc-raiders-2-5-dinged-for-use-of-ai-generated-voices.1349200/page-10




They are distinctly NOT like this 

Currently writing my review of Donkey Kong Bonanza, giving it a 1/10 because I don't like the menu screen. Those dumb dumb gamers better not get mad at me

[benji]

So from the last olympics that'll ban a total of 0 participants from the last checks notes 100% of olympic games.

Wow, glad they're spending all the time and effort on this transphobic garbage. Not a waste of time at all.

Women having their own places free from men is a waste of time? It takes too much time and effort to tell men "this is for women" so we should just drop it? Interesting perspective, go on.  

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tucker-carlson-and-nick-fuentes-declare-civil-war-on-the-gop-ben-shapiro-in-shambles.1348315/

Bonus video of the GOP's number one Zionist losing his mind about Tucker, realizing that the hate beast he helped create is beginning to lick its lips while staring at Shapiro:

Ben Shapiro helped create a man who hosted multiple cable news television programs and wrote for countless media publications before Shapiro was even out of college?

Also, there's no way he's the "number one Zionist" in the GOP especially since he holds no position in the party, but he is Jewish. So that's fun.

[benji]

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Does he think that's a literal quote?  


 He doesn't even do every episode? And never made a video about the movie itself?