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

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-much-wealth-is-ethically-acceptable-for-you-to-have.1388347/

my question is, how are they going to stop people from "giving" all of their money over the cap to their very best friends who will also happily buy things for them if they want, like all best friends should

[Nintex]

oh man the X-Man on the big screen can you believe it? And Robert Downey jr.? Loved that guy in the Zodiac. 

It's a big risk but I think these comic book movies might actually work out

[Potato]

I'm Mexican and I'm of the opinion that Mexican people simply can't accept any criticism at all when it comes to food. I've literally had people talk shit about me as a person just for saying that I don't like pozole.

Mexicans are so lucky to have you defending white people's ignorant opinions about Mexican food.

You're not obligated to run interference for a white man.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/another-white-chef-had-to-apologize-for-criticizing-mexican-food.1387861/post-149104555

A noted British baker has provoked a furore in Mexico by saying on a podcast the country does not "really have much of a bread culture".

Richard Hart, who opened the Green Rhino bakery in Mexico City in June, also said the country's wheat was "not good … completely highly processed, full of additives" and its sandwiches – tortas – were made "on these white ugly rolls that are pretty cheap and industrially made".

"The bolillo is a popular bread, a bread that has served most Mexicans, lower classes, middle class, upper class, but it's a cheap bread because it has to be cheap, it's a practical bread, it is an everyday bread," said Sierra. "Classifying it as an 'ugly' bread just because it serves the needs of a population that can't spend 100 pesos on the bread that this baker sells in his bakery seems to me like a very poor point of view."

So, he's right?

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-much-wealth-is-ethically-acceptable-for-you-to-have.1388347/

my question is, how are they going to stop people from "giving" all of their money over the cap to their very best friends who will also happily buy things for them if they want, like all best friends should

That's part of what I was getting at by saying it would outlaw all the companies they love.

If you say "oh, your holdings in a company don't count" well guess fucking what all of Elon (or Bezos or whoever)'s wealth actually consists of instead of fucking money in the bank.

One guy even suggests making it illegal to get a loan on your assets.

[Boredfrom]

Mexicans are so lucky to have you defending white people's ignorant opinions about Mexican food.

You're not obligated to run interference for a white man.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/another-white-chef-had-to-apologize-for-criticizing-mexican-food.1387861/post-149104555

A noted British baker has provoked a furore in Mexico by saying on a podcast the country does not "really have much of a bread culture".

Richard Hart, who opened the Green Rhino bakery in Mexico City in June, also said the country's wheat was "not good … completely highly processed, full of additives" and its sandwiches – tortas – were made "on these white ugly rolls that are pretty cheap and industrially made".

"The bolillo is a popular bread, a bread that has served most Mexicans, lower classes, middle class, upper class, but it's a cheap bread because it has to be cheap, it's a practical bread, it is an everyday bread," said Sierra. "Classifying it as an 'ugly' bread just because it serves the needs of a population that can't spend 100 pesos on the bread that this baker sells in his bakery seems to me like a very poor point of view."

So, he's right?

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/another-white-chef-had-to-apologize-for-criticizing-mexican-food.1387861/page-3#post-149119507
Dyno who has yet to request self ban

I'll never get it. I'm white and British yet spend virtually every meal trying to eat anything but our own. Italian, Mexican, you name it. I think it's pizza from the local tonight and beyond that got a few days caprese salad ready to go. Do anything but feed me British food, but if you're putting Mexican on the menu? Well that's the weekend to me. Who the fuck opens a restaurant there then shit talks their INCREDIBLE food?

This fuckwit realises that the fast food slop he's eating isn't really representative of ANY foreign cuisine he's claiming to love more than the food from his own country, right?

[Boredfrom]

Mexican Tacos are also fast food and I love it.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bloomberg-%E2%80%98baldur%E2%80%99s-gate-3%E2%80%99-maker-promises-%E2%80%98divinity%E2%80%99-will-be-%E2%80%98next-level%E2%80%99-turn-based-rpg-early-access-gen-ai-for-idea-exploring-placeholders.1384537/page-15#post-149099260

 User Banned (1 Week): Concern trolling and hostility over multiple posts

No, you do not create genAI/LLMs just by using the internet or posting on a message board. The internet, and this message board, precede the technology. What is this nonsense?



Ah yes, yet another unverifiable bandwagon fallacy. Good job. How original. Doesn't make your argument any less terrible though.

Fierce words from the gaming forum activist. I bid you farewell, there's nothing to debate here, you just want to point fingers and feel smart about it.

Someone PLEASE post that Moba media release which talks about farming their posts to feed AI. Please.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/green-flags-strong-signals-from-potential-romantic-interest-and-completely-misread-them-experiences-story-inside.1387837/

**IMPORTANT note - romantic interest misread = A.O.K. Used to it. Not phased. But even friendship "backfire" after all of this? :/"

So, the facts.

I met a girl at work.
We usually work from home, but we started chatting more and more. At first it was standard work talk, then it naturally turned into longer conversations and personal topics like what you do in your own time, music you like, travel, background, etc.

Important context. I would have genuinely been fine if this stayed platonic. I have plenty of female friends. Even a "hey, I like you but not romantically" outcome would have been totally fine. I did start developing romantic interest, but friendship was never a deal breaker.

Over time we got closer. We had several in office days and group settings where we gravitated toward each other. One day I casually said, "Hey, do you want to do dinner just us in a few weeks? You can choose the place."
She sounded super enthusiastic. Happy, vibrant, clearly positive. Even then, I was still thinking this could just be friendly and that would be fine.

Fast forward to our work Christmas party. We basically stuck together the whole night. Ignored most other people and just talked to each other. It was very touchy feely. Her hand on my lap, my hand on her arm. Nothing that would raise eyebrows at work, but definitely closer than strictly platonic coworkers.

I was a bit tipsy. She was not drinking because she said she was on medication. She then suggested changing our January dinner plans to "how about we go for drinks that night and then wherever the night takes us," (because she said she will be off the medication by then) plus comments like "you haven't met the other side of me, she's fun," and similar things throughout the night.

At that point, even as someone who admits he cannot read women well, I thought okay, these feel like very strong signals. Not guaranteed, but at least something beyond pure friendship.

Then today, our last day before shutdown. I asked if she was up for a quick call, mainly to confirm we were all good for January.

The call starts totally normal. Work talk, joking, laughing, gossip. All fine. Then I casually ask something she herself had previously mentioned. Since she had said her current role is a means to an end and not a forever thing, I said, "Have you thought about what you want to do instead?"

She suddenly freezes. Completely different energy. And says, "That's a totally life-changing decision and I don't think you should be asking me about that."

I was genuinely thrown.
She had already opened up in the past about:

• a failed engagement
  
• travel
  
• minor past trauma
  
• unhappiness at work
  

Personal topics were not new territory.

I said, "Oh, okay, no worries." Then tried to move on: "What do you have planned during shutdown?"
She mentions her mum visiting. I say, "Oh cool, you mention your mum a lot — do you speak to your dad?"

Her response: "Um… yes? Why wouldn't I?"
Then dead silence.

At this point I'm seriously confused, so I say, "Sorry, did I ask something inappropriate?"

She replies: "Oh no, I'm just not an open person unless you're the right person."

I didn't know what to say, so I shifted topic again. She mentions travelling to her home country next year. I ask if she speaks the language.
Again: "Why are you asking me these questions? I feel like you're trying to paint a picture of me and get to know me."

And internally I'm thinking… yes? That's literally what conversations are?

Up until this point we had discussed:

• personal finances
  
• social circles
  
• hobbies
  
• breakups
  
• background
  
• music
  
• travel
  
• work history
  
• light family stuff
  

So I finally say, calmly:
"Look, I'm sorry if I've asked questions you didn't like. But honestly, I felt like we were getting to know each other — we've talked about a lot already. I'm not sure why it's an issue now, but that's fine. I won't ask anything personal again."

Dead silence.

I thanked her for the call and ended it.

I'm not really hurt — rejection doesn't hit me that hard. I'm just… confused. And honestly a bit disappointed that even a friendship seems off the table now, because the whole thing feels so weird that I don't even want to engage anymore.

What gets me is that it wasn't like she was having a bad day. Work talk was light, funny, normal. But the moment it went personal — something that had happened many times before — it was like I was talking to a completely different person.

If she'd drawn that boundary from day one, fair enough. Totally understandable. But this sudden shift after so many signals just makes my brain hurt.

So yeah.

Went from:
"she seems cool" →
"oh, I think I like her" →
"wait… maybe she likes me too?" →
dead, instantly, before it even became anything.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of whiplash?

Huge IF here, but if that whole scenario happened exactly like he said, she absolutely led him on. However, as we know, most of the remaining resettis are extremely autistic, so there's no doubt in my mind he's misrepresented the whole thing. Hand in lap was probably just an accidental brush of her hand on his leg etc.

[clockwork5]

MOBA.ST down another 23% today. 

Down 96% YTD

How low can it go?

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/MOBA.ST/

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/edge-419-february-2026-romeo-is-a-dead-man-cover-story-reviews-include-metroid-prime-4-beyond-kirby-air-riders-dispatch-routine-skate-story.1388734/

Oh boy.

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

Metroid Prime 4 (4)

Kirby Air Riders (5)

[Potato]

I'm sure whoever the Brit chef is said something uncouth about something he thinks is crap. I don't see why it needs to always be treated as offensive though. People can hate shit you like, get over it. "It's popular in Mexico though!" Okay? And? Since when do we have to not criticize anything popular or it's some kind of national/racial/ethnic offense?

Look at all the shit Americans like. It's only offensive when you say actual insane things that nobody can seriously argue like that the First Amendment goes too far, Americans have too many guns or the Snyder Trilogy isn't the pinnacle of superhero filmmaking.

But...he was white...

[Potato]

"deliberate underdevelopment by the West"  

https://unctad.org/news/africa-foreign-investment-hit-record-high-2024

Investment is just exploitation when it's done for profit. What they should do is just give the money to the local dictator or warlord and let them decide the most efficient use of that captial. 

[Potato]

Mexican Tacos are also fast food and I love it.

Pupusas are the superior Central American fast food, but tacos are pretty good too.

[Boredfrom]

A 4 from Edge is not 'terrible'.

Is a 2 in a 1-5 scale.

BTW, Horses got a 7.

People want the full scale until the full scale comes for a game they like, and then you get all the same kind of sad insecurity and desperate need for validation as the main review threads

[HaughtyFrank]

This seems to be fresh news, and is absolutely sickening at the timing of it.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-strikes-dozens-of-islamic-state-targets-in-syria-us-officials-say-reuters.1388761/


What is sickening about the timing?

Also it actually seems somewhat more justified, than say, bombing ships from Venezuela

[Boredfrom]

Clicky is going to bat for ISIS?

[HaughtyFrank]

Oh, I think they're saying he did it to distract from the Epstein files. Call me cynical but military strikes in Syria aren't going to distract anyone in the usa

[Boredfrom]

Oh, I think they're saying he did it to distract from the Epstein files. Call me cynical but military strikes in Syria aren't going to distract anyone in the usa

If anything, not even ERA is buying that.

[HaughtyFrank]

"New photo of Ghislaine Maxwell with her coochie out has been released in the new Jeffery Epstein files"
https://x.com/Algovich_/status/2002133571381964829?s=20 (censored)

"Quick, bomb Syria!"

Edit: Oh boy, Michael Jackson is going to get cancelled

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/when-it-comes-to-long-running-media-is-the-4th-entry-in-a-series-ever-better-than-what-came-before-it-games-books-albums-movies-tv-shows.1388755/#post-149139781

The Matrix Resurrections was clearly the best entry, right folks?
*crickets* - edit: I literally did not read the OP citing this and just went off the thread title

For a serious answer, there is a certain banned book series where the fourth entry might arguably be the best, and the only one of the series to win a Hugo.

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/edge-419-february-2026-romeo-is-a-dead-man-cover-story-reviews-include-metroid-prime-4-beyond-kirby-air-riders-dispatch-routine-skate-story.1388734/

Oh boy.

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Metroid Prime 4 (4)

Kirby Air Riders (5)

Nintendies going nuts

I wipe my ass with that score for Metroid and Kirby. Edge once again being controversial for the sake of being controversial. Why a 4 for Metroid? Why not a -1?

I've read the entire initial post but I'm not interested in Edge's typical pedantic (just like your reply) spiel to go find the entire review. I've played through the entire game and you may argue is not the best Metroid game but such a low score is just disingenuous in my opinion.

[Shecky Fragbaum]

The chef apologized?


GET HIM!!!

[benji]

I wipe my ass with that score for Metroid and Kirby. Edge once again being controversial for the sake of being controversial. Why a 4 for Metroid? Why not a -1?

Because their scale is from 1 to 10?

[kaleidoscopium]

I'm going to say it again but ModRetro should be fucking banned from being talked about here. Fuck modretro and Palmer luckey

https://www.resetera.com/threads/modretro-reveals-limited-edition-handheld-made-from-attack-drone-metal.1388527/#post-149129596

[benji]

Nintendies need to bring up that time three decades ago when Edge reviewed a classic FPS:

[Boredfrom]

I dunno why people take that seriously Edge reviews in either direction. They may be harsher than any online slop publication, but is not like I feel they are for refined and good tastes. 

But is funny to me how mediocre this year has been for Nintendo game wise. At least Bananza sounds great.

[filler]

ghisailne coochie 

[Boredfrom]

Oh, I think they're saying he did it to distract from the Epstein files. Call me cynical but military strikes in Syria aren't going to distract anyone in the usa

And there's the war...

 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-2025-ot2-the-2025-elections-the-government-shutdown-and-the-redistricting-reckoning.1320466/page-137#post-149138134

[Boredfrom]

I'm playing Metroid Prime 4 right now and quite enjoying it. I definitely think it's a good game.

But reviews are subjective assessments from people with different tastes and one thing I still love about Edge is the fact they've historically used the whole scale more than any other publication.

It shows you how reviewers can rate a game when they're not held to being 'first' to post the review and not beholden to maintaining a good relationship and early access with publishers so they can get early codes.

This is precisely the kind of rating system we'd be seeing if reviewers weren't silently afraid of tanking their relationship with big publishers by giving their latest big exclusive a bad score.

That Edge 4 is like an IGN 6 and given the breadth of opinions I've heard it's not out the question even if it's an opinion that (based on what I've played so far) doesn't match my own.

Honestly, in both contexts the review would be considered a disaster for the fans and the developers, specially because it was very anticipated Nintendo game.

The snippets of the Edge review paint as they truly disliked Prime 4 while a 6 is generally considered a passing, if still bad, grade.