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

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cbc-three-movies-in-has-avatar-gotten-indigenous-representation-right-indigenous-film-critics-discuss.1390828/


LOL, I go to Avatar Land but actually I don't like it.  

He understands that this is because you can't put people in 9 foot tall costumes and make it look real, right? The Killers of the flower moon comparison also makes like no sense at all?

[books]

Talk to yo' kids y'all.

He understands that this is because you can't put people in 9 foot tall costumes and make it look real, right?

Never been blotto at a rob zombie concert eh?

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/chevy-chase-had-full-meltdown-on-community-set-after-n-word-incident-leaked-said-%E2%80%98my-career-is-ruined-%E2%80%99-witness-recalls.1393426/page-2#post-149433115
 

I mean therapy is readily available, very affordable, and is a cure-all so

the therapist who is supposed to cure you: 

I’ve avoided watching this shit for years out of fear of dying from cringe and it’s somehow even worse than I could have ever imagined

[filler]

I mean therapy is readily available, very affordable, and is a cure-all so

the therapist who is supposed to cure you: 

I’ve avoided watching this shit for years out of fear of dying from cringe and it’s somehow even worse than I could have ever imagined

messy is a licensed therapist and respected reee user 

[BIONIC]

How has he not taken that down yet is what I really wanna know. Barely any views, and the few comments on it are people shitting on him

[filler]

@chuychongas
5 years ago
how many papa john's "ghost chili" chicken wings did it cost your parents to buy you a wife?

we should invite that guy to the bore 

[Chumbawumbafan69]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/taco-bell%E2%80%99s-value-is-being-enshittified-my-%E2%80%9C-9-discovery-box%E2%80%9D-cost-nearly-11.1387903/

Let me preface this: I LOVE Taco Bell, it's the best value in fast food and I go three times per week. I love their LTO model where the menu stays fresh because items go away or come every few weeks. But the biggest thing that gives you amazing value is their Box model. For $6, you can get a Luxe Cravings Box including a few items and a drink and for $9, you can get a Discovery Box. The Discovery Box typically includes a limited time item (whatever is their current LTO item), a taco, a Dorito Locos Taco, your choice of cinnamon twists or chips and nacho cheese and a medium drink.
Today, the new Taco Bell menu came out. The new thing is steak or chicken dipping burritos paired with all-new "Creamy Garlic Sauce" to dip them in.

I got a $9 Discovery Box today, same thing as I always order. Mountain Dew Baja Midnight upsized to a large for a 25 cents upcharge and sub the Cinnamon Twists for Chips and Nacho Cheese. Always $9.25. I'm used to this 25 cents upcharge, it isn't that bad.

Today, I got a $9 Discovery Box with the new dipping burritos with garlic sauce, the upsize to a large was $0.50 not $0.25 (so they doubled the cost of upsizing the medium to a large) and to substitute the Cinnamon Twists for Chips and Nacho Cheese, which has ALWAYS been free, I had to pay $1.25. On top of this, they didn't even give me a taco in the box when the discovery box typically has 4 items. The justification for this I'm assuming is because that they included a Chalupa so they thought it would be okay to replace two tacos with that and remove one item and charge the same price.

Here's my issue with that: I understand that they included a chalupa, but the dipping burrito was very unfilling, tiny and gone in a few bites, I'm not joking when I say this, it looked like it was the length of my index finger. It feels more like a side dish than an actual meal item so a taco should've still been included in the box for the price. What kind of value is this Taco Bell?

No wonder they're in the list here
https://www.resetera.com/threads/more-than-75-of-us-adults-may-meet-criteria-for-obesity-under-new-definition-says-study.1394638/

This is the fattest thing I've ever read.

[malfoyking]

How the hell are you gonna eat fast food like taco bell 3 times a week?

[Greatness Gone]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ff7-rebirth-director-ff7-remake-co-director-naoki-hamaguchi-praises-japans-far-right-pm-sanae-takaichi.1394749/

What is the point of this thread other than to stoke outrage? Only a handful of the retards on this site even live in Japan. Nobody gives a fuck about a Square-Enix employee's political views.

[Kyon1988]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ff7-rebirth-director-ff7-remake-co-director-naoki-hamaguchi-praises-japans-far-right-pm-sanae-takaichi.1394749/

What is the point of this thread other than to stoke outrage? Only a handful of the retards on this site even live in Japan. Nobody gives a fuck about a Square-Enix employee's political views.

She's a disaster though with a creepy smile

[Besticus Maximus]

Sometimes, the select few people I have chosen will be allowed to be capitalists, deal with it you small dicked baldy fucks

[Polident]

How the hell are you gonna eat fast food like taco bell 3 times a week?

No kidding. There are seven days a week to live mas.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cbc-three-movies-in-has-avatar-gotten-indigenous-representation-right-indigenous-film-critics-discuss.1390828/


LOL, I go to Avatar Land but actually I don't like it.  

He understands that this is because you can't put people in 9 foot tall costumes and make it look real, right?

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

messy is a licensed therapist and respected reee user 

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

How has he not taken that down yet is what I really wanna know. Barely any views, and the few comments on it are people shitting on him

I hope you opened the link in a private window. You don't wanna retardify your algo.

One of the video suggestions for this was How to Spot Autism in High-Masking Adults

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

How the hell are you gonna eat fast food like taco bell 3 times a week?

Perhaps a touch of the tism?

[BIONIC]

How has he not taken that down yet is what I really wanna know. Barely any views, and the few comments on it are people shitting on him

I hope you opened the link in a private window. You don't wanna retardify your algo.

One of the video suggestions for this was How to Spot Autism in High-Masking Adults

I immediately deleted it from my watch history

[benji]

Why the fuck they keep sperging about Opinion sections at newspapers?

Because they don't believe any opinions other than their own should be allowed anywhere. They seriously believe the Nazi bar analogy works for opinions. The NYT has a couple token conservative writers, and some Democrats who aren't far-left Bluesky types, so the entire paper is pro-Trump now. Even though this thing they were "caught" wasn't even the opinion section but an ongoing set of stories checking in with the same voters to see how their opinions towards Trump have shifted before, during and after the election into this last year.

Something they have endless threads about "how can anyone still support Trump?" The NYT is wondering the same thing so they're asking these swing voters over and over to see what if anything can change their minds. The one guy they got "caught" wasn't even a Trump supporter, he voted for Harris, but he also thinks Trump isn't the devil and was good for the economy previously. The NYT was checking in to see if he still held the latter view. A total normie, but even platforming him is a crime in their world. The NYT should publish nothing but insane "socialist" propaganda all the time. The NYT should be Hasan instead of possibly the world's most respected newspaper over the last century. It needs to stick its head in the sand about trans things or how people actually like Trump rather than recognize there's a world outside the Bluesky/Twitter bubble.

Similar thoughts to follow:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gen-zs-far-right-influencers-are-refusing-support-for-jd-vance-vow-to-vote-for-newsom-in-2028.1394452/page-3#post-149489872

They see Newsom as one of them at this point, so it should be clear why

Gavin Newsom is possibly the most progressive governor in the entire country for the last decade. (I certainly don't think any others anyone suggets would get Era approval.) But because in an interview he suggested that there's validity to doubting the trans party line about women's sports, he's now far-right. Nazi bar analogy for opinions again.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/taco-bell%E2%80%99s-value-is-being-enshittified-my-%E2%80%9C-9-discovery-box%E2%80%9D-cost-nearly-11.1387903/

Let me preface this: I LOVE Taco Bell, it's the best value in fast food and I go three times per week. I love their LTO model where the menu stays fresh because items go away or come every few weeks. But the biggest thing that gives you amazing value is their Box model. For $6, you can get a Luxe Cravings Box including a few items and a drink and for $9, you can get a Discovery Box. The Discovery Box typically includes a limited time item (whatever is their current LTO item), a taco, a Dorito Locos Taco, your choice of cinnamon twists or chips and nacho cheese and a medium drink.
Today, the new Taco Bell menu came out. The new thing is steak or chicken dipping burritos paired with all-new "Creamy Garlic Sauce" to dip them in.

I got a $9 Discovery Box today, same thing as I always order. Mountain Dew Baja Midnight upsized to a large for a 25 cents upcharge and sub the Cinnamon Twists for Chips and Nacho Cheese. Always $9.25. I'm used to this 25 cents upcharge, it isn't that bad.

This seriously doesn't seem like that good of value. Whenever these dudes, or Boogie1488, talk about the great value of fast food and then talk about what they get it's always pretty lousy value.

Just to use Taco Bell, they still have the cravings menu: https://www.tacobell.com/food/cravings-value-menu
Look how much shit you could get for $9, especially if you dump the drink. You could get three of those bean/rice burritos and two double stacked tacos. That's a lot better value if your goal is to stuff your face with as many calories as possible.

Regarding his complaint that Taco Bell is wrecking the value with these changes, I bet they're actually closing some loopholes because people like him were doing substitutions that ruined the margins on the meal. The upcharge change is probably just inflation related but the substitution probably really was a situation where they had planned the meal around no substitutions only to discover people doing similar substitutions. Now they're using the charge to stop it. Only our Era poster needs the nachos more so will apparently keep paying, everyone else probably will not.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ff7-rebirth-director-ff7-remake-co-director-naoki-hamaguchi-praises-japans-far-right-pm-sanae-takaichi.1394749/

What is the point of this thread other than to stoke outrage? Only a handful of the retards on this site even live in Japan. Nobody gives a fuck about a Square-Enix employee's political views.

Par for the course. I feel like Japan in general seems very far right for whatever reason. Had a friend in the industry who felt that way too and was influenced once he moved there to work for Capcom then SE at the time. He certainly seemed to think the country was quite far right, anyway.

Long-standing consequence of the bubble economy falling out, rampant anti-immigrant hysteria, and paranoia/delusion driven by conspiracy theories. Like many former empires, Japan is chasing a shadow of its past self.

The bubble broke in Japan like 40 years ago, it's always been anti-immigrant, and the Empire lasted for only a couple decades nearly a century ago.  

Japan's anti-immigrant hysteria is killing the country. They aren't going to be able to replace their workers at current birth rates.

Yes, Japan is an ouroboros nation destroying itself slowly. It's unfortunate but this seems to be what they want.

This guy sounds like Roman profile picture Twitter.

This is disappointing to read. And as someone who loves visiting Japan more than any other place on Earth, I am very disappointed to see that there is a rise of racism there. Wasn't there enough racism in Japan prior to many tourists and foreigners entering the country? Isn't that enough to open the eyes of many there to other cultures and accept that there's more to other cultures other than their own?

Ironic coming from the director of a game that has an anti capitalist message and features a corporate, right wing villain in Shinra.

It's easy mental gymnastics. His version of far right is "good" while Shinra was a "bad" version of it. It's common for far right leaners to project good qualities onto fundamentally flawed administrations. They easily dismiss failed admins that weren't much different on a flimsy basis of one or two slightly differing qualities.

They think the new admin will solve all their problems and bring back the good old days, when in reality it will be more of the same old corruption. Staying silent and getting used to life sliding downward is unfortunately a continuing trend. We're all frogs boiling in the pot.

Is it time for a Japanese game boycott on Era?

I mean, there's not much to be done really, fascism is sweeping the entire world. Even here in Finland - which is rightfully considered a wonderful place to live - everyone freaked the fuck out over Ukrainian refugees and the right took power using anti-immigration sentiment in a tiny country that's over 90% Finnish or Swedish with an abundance of spare land. Kokoomus (the capitalists) and Perussuomalaiset (the fucking racists) have, of course, immediately set to work trying to dismantle the social safety net and privatize various services.

My favorite quote from the latter party goes something to the effect of, "Let us not be so blue-eyed (think 'idealistic') that we are no longer (literally) blue-eyed" with regards to immigration. And this is in the supposedly happiest country on the planet. This is happening absolutely everywhere, unfortunately, from the USA to the UK to Japan.

I'm always fascinated when people come on to explain their own countries and screw it up. The Finns have been the second largest party in this guys country since 2011. The "right" were in power until 2019, then the Centre party collapsed and the "left" held power for exactly one term before the "right" coalition won again 2023. The "right" coalition is now more right-wing because the Centre party has completely imploded, it had 51 of 200 seats in 2007, now it has 23. The Social Democrats actually gained in 2023, it was the Greens and Left parties that took the hit for the government that was in office. Kokoomus (National Coalition, basically Finland's Tories) have been in power more often than not since the 1980s.

None of this is an example of fascism sweeping the world. The Finns pretty much brought down the previous right government by leaving it. With Centre collapsed, like in most other Scandinavian countries, there's no coalition the right can make if they continue to refuse to make one with the "far-right" parties. There actually isn't one the left can make either without going for a German style grand coalition. It's just math, not fascism.

Good to have a legit reason to hate the Remake trilogy now beyond the awful pacing.

For fucks sake, Hamaguchi!! Ugh, I'm just so tired of this fucking shit and so goddamn disappointed...!

Most conservatives here are sick of Trump. From the pulse of things, I have a strong certainty that a democrat will win the next presidency. Hopefully things will course correct and that nazi bs can fall away into irrelevancy.

Thats the thing with nazis. They never fade away. They just bide their time.

The reality is fascism will always creep back in because the contradictions of liberal capitalist society mean eventually things collapse and fascists grab power and exploit people's fears and anxieties. Unless that contradiction is tackled this cycle will continue.

Wait… a Woman went for Prime Minister to reinforce historical practices of downsizing the woman presence in politics, family and society?

I mean, look at Italy, look at one of the leaders of the far-right party in Germany, which is not only a woman, but also homosexual. People are wild and make no sense.

Or maybe your own ideology is too rigid?  

Sadly I think the only solution to the rise of nationalism in Japan is for them to experience the economic hell they will experience with an ageing majority and an overworked young minority. The country will have to open the flood gates on immigration then and I feel bad for all the SEA immigrant workers having to smile while the elderly talk shit about them behind their back.

It's crazy how easy that works on people. In the USA we have a ton of immigrants and deal with it in our own flawed way, but there's never this fear of losing national identity or race being diluted.

PS: "Own flawed way" is an interesting spin on "concentration camps".

I'm not saying this isn't true. All I meant was it's obviously not the norm for us. As stated with the rest of my comment, I hope we course correct soon and leave that nazi stuff behind.

Can we really say it's not the norm though?

Yes?

Sanae Takaichi cited Margaret Thatcher as an inspiration for her political career.

Fucking yikes

If you're really hung up on that, consider that the last time America had concentration camps was with the Japanese in the 1940s. When I say it's not the norm, I mean it obviously hasn't been the norm for nearly a century. Equating what I said to it's "not what America is about" isn't really a stretch. It's generally true it isn't what modern America was about until nazis took the white house.

The US has been holding immigrants in concentration camps since the Clinton admin.

 

It's disappointing, but this will probably be a "F around and find out" situation for Japan very quick.

Another thing about the current Japanese government that is also concerning is their current aggression towards China, it seems they really want to start a conflict because they think they have the backing of Trump like Israel does all stemming from that manufactured incident a couple of weeks ago and also the current PM talking trash about China every chance she gets !

Great thread.

[kaleidoscopium]

Already can feel the heat on preparing to toss trans and homeless people all the way under the bus. People are gonna get mad at others voting AOC in the primary because she isn't "the most electable" in the GE.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gen-zs-far-right-influencers-are-refusing-support-for-jd-vance-vow-to-vote-for-newsom-in-2028.1394452/page-3#post-149494378

All because he said you shouldn’t play women’s sports

Gavin wins 2028...implements shit against trans people and homeless people, plays full bog standard Biden-tier at best neolib bs, and by 2032 Tucker Carlson or whoever will have had a full 4 year attack plan, and then win. Great plan huh?

So unlikely you can’t even name a single policy

[benji]

Newsom hates the homeless so much his administration has added $20-25 billion in spending on them. Clicky's entire thing is because they cleared out a few illegal encampments.

The actual left-wing position, per Lenin (or are you saying that Huey P. Newton sucks?), is to force the homeless (and other malingerers) into slave labor.

[benji]

Whites could never:

[Taco Bell Tower]

Is it time for a Japanese game boycott on Era?

Japan is far right so why not ban Japan on Era in general?

[HaughtyFrank]

Japan's anti-immigrant hysteria is killing the country. They aren't going to be able to replace their workers at current birth rates.

Yes, Japan is an ouroboros nation destroying itself slowly. It's unfortunate but this seems to be what they want.

This guy sounds like Roman profile picture Twitter.

"Japan will die out but also the solution is to replace the Japanese with immigrants"

They see why that might not appeal to a nation with strong national pride, right?

[benji]

Nations apparently have the right to police and protect their culture, art, food, music, etc. from outsiders but also not protect their land, populations, etc. from outsiders unless these outsiders are colonialists/Jewish/white/etc.? Like they say, intersectionality is such a tough cookie to crack.

edit: Sorry, forgot that Han, Russian and Muslim colonialism is okay.

Also forgot that sometimes outsiders are allowed to define the nation such as African Americans (or just Nepenthe) defining the global Black Nation based on things specific to African Americans on the grounds that whites can't tell the difference.

[Boredfrom]

"Japan will die out but also the solution is to replace the Japanese with immigrants"

I mean, the solution is both immigration and assimilation. The second is notoriously hard to them to do that the concept of “white privilege” is laughable in that island nation.  Is so hard that even video games deal with the notion of “discriminated for being too Anglo”.  

(Obviously, that also puts some question marks at identity politics core tenets about race and colonialism, but hey…  )

[Boredfrom]

“You need to paint your hair black at school.”

“I’m natural blonde.”

“Oh… You need to paint your hair black at school.”

[Averon]

What's funny is that ERA was initially excited about the election of the new Japanese PM purely because she was a woman, her actual politics be damned. Wasn't until after she got into office that they actually discovered she was to the right of them politically.

Maybe prioritizing identity over everything else is a shitty way to pick people? Of course this will fly right over their heads if someone suggest that, and they'll just call you a misogynist for not rooting for a female politician simply because she will supposedly "break the glass ceiling" for women.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Vote witholding in regards to Gaza didn't even come close to turning the tide at all, so it's a nonstarter.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gen-zs-far-right-influencers-are-refusing-support-for-jd-vance-vow-to-vote-for-newsom-in-2028.1394452/page-4#post-149513194

Liberals refuse to accept this. That or they are just hell bent on antagonizing people who are anti genocide not realizing how ghoulish it makes them look.

Yup

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

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

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

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

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

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

Edit:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/bernie-discusses-kamalas-position-on-gaza-and-madison-square-garden-rally.1022652/page-2#post-130855683

NGL, after these recent string of threads (this one included), I would not blame a single Palestinian, Arab, or ME user for abandoning this forum wholesale.

Some of y'all really reduce their lives as little more than political talking points to morally grandstand and bloviate. It's high-key infuriating.

I mean let's say in the case of trans people in the US....if Trump wins, it means full scale genocide country wide. I want my wife and friends and I to not be criminalized. When life is on the line, people will do what they need to survive off instinct.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bernie-discusses-kamalas-position-on-gaza-and-madison-square-garden-rally.1022652/page-2#post-130856109

How do you think Palestinians feel....y'know the ones being GENOCIDED RIGHT NOW.

Trans people are being genocided right now in red states. It will be every state if Trump wins.

[Boredfrom]

What's funny is that ERA was initially excited about the election of the new Japanese PM purely because she was a woman, her actual politics be damned. Wasn't until after she got into office that they actually discovered she was to the right of them politically.

Maybe prioritizing identity over everything else is a shitty way to pick people? Of course this will fly right over their heads if someone suggest that, and they'll just call you a misogynist for not rooting for a female politician simply because she will supposedly "break the glass ceiling" for women.

Is double funny because it sounds like that is the actual opinion of the the FF7 co director:

Question 3: Person you personally noted (are noting) in 2025

The person I paid attention to this year is Japan's Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi. As a Japanese person, I felt proud and happy about the historical event of the first female Prime Minister being born. Not only that, I feel deep respect for the fact that Ms. Takaichi herself has a solid policy vision and is executing speedy decision-making. I also feel a little affinity for her "work, work, work" attitude, which is somewhat similar to my own mindset.

Normie ass take.

[HaughtyFrank]

The important part is that clicky remained consistently condescending