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

[HaughtyFrank]

There must be a better way to tell Venezuelans that they shouldn't celebrate too early than telling them that Trump is a worse dictator than Maduro

https://www.resetera.com/threads/airstrikes-in-caracas-venezuela-update-trump-confirms-attack-says-maduro-has-been-captured.1396297/page-53

 
What would it look in the United States if Trump was captured/kidnapped? I'm assuming it would elicit similar response across the world and here in the states

Trump being kidnapped does nothing to the rest of his administration nor the overall conditions that the US's oppressed masses must exist in. Y'all gotta stop with Great Man Theory.

Perfunctory nepentheHouse.jpg

That's literally an entirely different argument Nepenthe.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Best post from that thread
Kevin360

Been driving for 12 hours and open up ResetERA for a nice scroll and FUCK

[Boredfrom]

The people in the other thread saying "Look how happy these Venezuelans are on board," don't understand that the problem isn't Maduro, it's that Trump is going to do this to anyone he doesn't like, and nobody is going to stop him. Mexico, Canada, Denmark, any country without nuclear weapons is a potential target.

The United States is a blight on the world. I wish it would collapse and leave the rest of us in peace.

 

Says the guy with a cartoon network’s cartoon as an Avatar. 

At this point I can't fault anyone if they start looking into getting their own nuclear weapons program. Literally the only thing that can stop american imperialism fucking with them.

[Boredfrom]

So, right now the social media accounts of the right-wing opposition party in Spain are making memes about former president Zapatero being kidnapped like Maduro.

Perfectly normal.

Fucking memes, how they work?

[Snoopy]

My friend. You can be anti-Maduro and anti-US at the same time.
Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Syria, and many other countries have had worse Tyrants, and look at them now.

The US is never doing anything for peace. They destabilize and leave. That's their MO.

Starts off patronising guy who says the locals are happy Marduro’s gone then goes straight to whataboutisms. Typical idiot Ree posturing. He doesn’t even understand why the US is there.

[BIONIC]

[benji]

What exactly are they expecting from the EU? The EU arguably has never been quick to make any strong responses and expecting them to go all out over Venezuela is kind of delusional (and again, what exactly is the expectation to begin with? Sanctions? Military aid?). Add to this that the EU also declared Maduro an illegitimate president.

Doesn't this apply even more so to soldiers in Venezuela who have violently struck down unrest and arrested opposition etc.? And if they're Nazis, isn't it now okay to arrest them, shoot them, invade them, bomb them? Isn't that in fact the "denazification" they asked for in other countries?

Mind you, I'm not in favor of what Trump did but this world view where they declare everyone they don't like Nazis leads nowhere.

nuhuh you cant arrest another president that's war crimes 

Except when Mamdani, a mayor, wants to arrest Netanyahu, that's actually based.

The people in the other thread saying "Look how happy these Venezuelans are on board," don't understand that the problem isn't Maduro, it's that Trump is going to do this to anyone he doesn't like, and nobody is going to stop him. Mexico, Canada, Denmark, any country without nuclear weapons is a potential target.

The United States is a blight on the world. I wish it would collapse and leave the rest of us in peace.

 

At this point I can't fault anyone if they start looking into getting their own nuclear weapons program. Literally the only thing that can stop american imperialism fucking with them.

I really must bring up how this is a forum where many of these same posters are regularly demanding someone not just take out the Israeli government but invade and subject the entire population to re-education. (Despite it having nuclear weapons.)

[Polident]

On a very basic level, do these guys talking about the USA being this demonic unlivable hellscape question why immigration from places like a Venezuela is significant? Is there no perspective or curiosity for the world at large?

[Orange Juice Box]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/airstrikes-in-caracas-venezuela-update-trump-confirms-attack-says-maduro-has-been-captured.1396297/page-53

 
What would it look in the United States if Trump was captured/kidnapped? I'm assuming it would elicit similar response across the world and here in the states

Trump being kidnapped does nothing to the rest of his administration nor the overall conditions that the US's oppressed masses must exist in. Y'all gotta stop with Great Man Theory.

Perfunctory nepentheHouse.jpg

Note:  He said nothing about it changing the conditions of American's poor minorities or indigenous people.  He wondered how the world and the USA would react.  But Nepenthe got to prove she knows another sociology term from the 19th century.

[Alpacx]

My friend. You can be anti-Maduro and anti-US at the same time.
Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Syria, and many other countries have had worse Tyrants, and look at them now.

The US is never doing anything for peace. They destabilize and leave. That's their MO.

Starts off patronising guy who says the locals are happy Marduro’s gone then goes straight to whataboutisms. Typical idiot Ree posturing. He doesn’t even understand why the US is there.

Smh all Muslim countries. How can Era permit this Islamophobia

[benji]

The people in the other thread saying "Look how happy these Venezuelans are on board," don't understand that the problem isn't Maduro, it's that Trump is going to do this to anyone he doesn't like, and nobody is going to stop him. Mexico, Canada, Denmark, any country without nuclear weapons is a potential target.

Actually, I need to come back to this one. If you kidnap the PM of Canada or Denmark it wouldn't change the government. Even in Mexico with a President the Congress will name a successor. Most other countries have vice presidents or similar.

Maduro, like all personalist dictatorships, was literally the regime so removing him potentially collapses the entire thing. Stable democracies aren't the same thing at all, it's weird how often they seem to act like institutions aren't something relevant at all. (For example their constant belief that the US is one day away from civil war. Or that Biden should have just ignored the rule of law. Or that sweeping away everything with nothing to replace it will have no negative consequences.)

It's fascinating how sure of everything they always are when they don't have like 101 level knowledge of the subjects.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/my-30s-have-fucking-sucked-so-far.1396513/

I know the majority of the replies here will be "Go to therapy", and trust me, I know. But I can't afford that right now. In the meantime, I feel I need to unload.

My 20s were great, for the most part. At 22, I had a temp job where I got to travel all around Europe, which I adored. Had some amazing experiences, met loads of cool people, saw lots of new places. At 23, I moved to Germany for a fairly well-paid job at one of the Big Three. Lived there for a few years, had my own place, own car, got into great shape, worked on some stuff I was super proud of, worked flexitime, had 40+ days' holiday, could afford at least a couple of trips abroad each year, would spend most of summer at the outdoor schwimmbad, hit up a few gigs and festivals, got to fly home fairly regularly to see friends. Felt super fit, super energetic, always life of the party. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't all plain sailing, and the job was stressful at times, but overall, I had a pretty good thing going.

Then I decided I wanted to go travelling, so I quit the job in Germany, and came home to the UK for 6 months just to spend some quality time with friends and family. I ended up picking up a 6-month part-time contract just to pay the bills and save a bit for my travels. Then COVID hit and fucked everything up. I ended up stuck in that dead-end job for 4 years because of the uncertainty of everything.

In that time, I continued to date and had a few relationships that didn't work out. With the last one, we agreed to 'keep it casual' because we knew I'd be going away on my travels as soon as the COVID restrictions were lifted, so getting into something serious seemed pointless. Thing is, we fell in love with each other. I didn't know how to handle it (more on that later) and it imploded and we went our separate ways.

Eventually, the restrictions lifted and I was finally able to set off on the trip I'd been dreaming of for 4+ years. The plan was to do 6 months around south-east Asia before ending in Australia on a working holiday visa, where I'd meet my buddies in Perth. I was so excited to start a new chapter in my life.

Thing is, the entire time I was out there, I was completely heartbroken; I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd made a terrible decision by choosing this trip over her. I missed her like crazy and everything felt completely hollow and meaningless without her. I wanted to take pictures of everything and send them to her like "You'd love this!" but we weren't on speaking terms.

One night, I got hammered and ended up pouring my heart out to her over text. Like, really, really poured it out. Said I'd fucked up so bad and I'd book the next flight home if it meant we could be together again. She replied the next day saying it was too late and she was already seeing someone else. My heart broke into a million pieces and I just wanted the ground to swallow me up.

Regardless, I tried to tough it out and continue my trip. I usually move on pretty quick. I eventually got to the Philippines, and one night, as I'm walking back to my apartment, I see a fight and I try to break it up. I end up having to punch this dude and my finger became severely infected, swollen, and at risk of sepsis. The medical staff in the Philippines seemed to have no idea how to deal with it, so my parents told me to fly home to have it done on the NHS.

Just like that, the trip I'd been planning for 4+ years was over. Cut in half. No more Australia. I was rushed straight to hospital, had an emergency operation, and was released on Christmas Day.

That was 3 years ago now and I feel like I haven't been happy since.

You might wonder why I didn't just get back out there after the op. Doctor's orders; I had months of physio to get through first. Shit, guess I'd better get a job then. I turned 30 and my perspective started to shift. Flitting around from one thing to the next was starting to wear thin, and I felt it was time to start building a life for myself - a career, a car, somewhere to live.

I got back into the events industry, but it's nothing like it used to be. Wages have stagnated, work is harder to come by, the quality of staff has dropped off a cliff, agencies are asking more and more of you while penny pinching the joy out of everything, and the work itself just isn't as fun as it used to be.

I was working crazy long days, constantly moving up and down the country, barely getting any sleep, and working on super stressful events. I was working pretty much every weekend, never being at home, never seeing friends, missing events, birthdays, and gigs. I even missed my grandad's funeral. And the pay didn't justify it like it once did. I knew I had to get out of events, so I started a content creation business, but juggling all of that while trying to look after myself was exhausting.

Amongst all this, I was going to therapy to, amongst other things, talk about my relationship history. I've been a textbook avoidant all my life, because I was very suddenly abandoned by a girl I was madly in love with when I was 18. It fucked me up for so many years without me even realising. I would self-sabotage in relationships and start acting up at the first sign of things getting serious. Therapy really helped me unpack a lot of things, and eventually I felt I could move on and finally let someone in.

I reconnected with the girl I'd fallen in love with just before my travels, as I'd heard she was single again. We dated for 7 months, seeing each other where we could, and it was amazing. The feelings came rushing back and I felt so lucky to get a second chance. If I'd had a shitty week, she made everything right. She was my port in a storm, the only thing I felt sure about, the reason I kept plugging away. And because of the therapy, I didn't get scared this time. I felt so safe and secure. Until one day, she suddenly turned around and said she didn't feel the same. It was a textbook repeat of the trauma I'd just worked through from 14 years ago, and it destroyed me all over again.

At exactly the same time, my therapist left the service, and I got paired up with someone new. Starting all over again felt really heavy, and in the end, I decided I wasn't really getting on with her. I left the service entirely and haven't been back since.

I then decided to get my head down and put all my energy into my content creation business. I basically spent 2025 locked in my room, working my absolute arse off to make it happen. In the first year, we gained 30k followers, made around £20k, and secured some fairly big clients, including the BBC. Not exactly a gold mine, but certainly something to build off.

But I'm 33 in March, and I'm still mostly broke, still living with parents, still single, and I feel like life is just passing me by. I feel like I'm just treading water and not making any headway. I thought I'd be so much further ahead by now, but I can't even afford a deposit on a 1-bed apartment. I feel totally ashamed of living at home.

I feel absolutely exhausted every single day, no matter how much sleep I get, no matter what I do. Being self-employed, I struggle to find the motivation to get out of bed most days.

I no longer enjoy the hobbies that once brought me joy. I feel totally flat and numb, day in, day out.

When I do enjoy things, it feels more like a temporary distraction from the fact I'm unhappy, rather than genuine joy and contentment. I can't even go for a walk without my brain constantly reminding me I'm unhappy.

I go completely into myself and barely say a word most days. I have no interest in most conversations or interactions, and find talking to my parents exhausting.

When I do have time off, my brain is telling me that I don't deserve it and that I should be working.

Half of my friends have moved away, and the ones that haven't are married with kids.

I've had to buy a Brick to stop my doomscrolling and I fear I may have undiagnosed ADHD.

I've gained weight, started to get pain in my feet and knees when I run, and feel like I've aged 10 years in 5.

I've fallen back into old habits of meaningless casual sex because I crave physical intimacy but am not in a position to date/be a good partner right now.

I hate the long, cold, dark UK winters. I quite like my town but after 30 years, I feel I've seen all it has to offer, and I hate the mentality of the people that live here. I dream about moving somewhere else, but then I feel like I'm just exporting my problems somewhere else rather than fixing them.

And then I look around at the state of the world, i.e. Gaza, and it all just feels very fucking heavy and hopeless.

I hate feeling like this. I wake up every day and know nothing is going to surprise me.

I miss the happy, quick-to-laugh, energetic, fit, fun, flirty 25-year-old me. How do I get back there, Era?

[Orange Juice Box]

If only Venezuela had a nuclear bomb this would have never happened.  Once you get a nuke it's a magical amulet that repels foreign invaders and war.  India, Pakistan, Israel and Russia have been conflict free since they obtained them. 


I do like how Nepenthe's only comments are related to domestic issues like healthcare and US inequality.  God forbid she try to understand other cultures which are no doubt equally and more racist. 


edit:  Let us pray for Michelle Lewin 

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[D3RANG3D]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/my-30s-have-fucking-sucked-so-far.1396513/

I know the majority of the replies here will be "Go to therapy", and trust me, I know. But I can't afford that right now. In the meantime, I feel I need to unload.

My 20s were great, for the most part. At 22, I had a temp job where I got to travel all around Europe, which I adored. Had some amazing experiences, met loads of cool people, saw lots of new places. At 23, I moved to Germany for a fairly well-paid job at one of the Big Three. Lived there for a few years, had my own place, own car, got into great shape, worked on some stuff I was super proud of, worked flexitime, had 40+ days' holiday, could afford at least a couple of trips abroad each year, would spend most of summer at the outdoor schwimmbad, hit up a few gigs and festivals, got to fly home fairly regularly to see friends. Felt super fit, super energetic, always life of the party. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't all plain sailing, and the job was stressful at times, but overall, I had a pretty good thing going.

Then I decided I wanted to go travelling, so I quit the job in Germany, and came home to the UK for 6 months just to spend some quality time with friends and family. I ended up picking up a 6-month part-time contract just to pay the bills and save a bit for my travels. Then COVID hit and fucked everything up. I ended up stuck in that dead-end job for 4 years because of the uncertainty of everything.

In that time, I continued to date and had a few relationships that didn't work out. With the last one, we agreed to 'keep it casual' because we knew I'd be going away on my travels as soon as the COVID restrictions were lifted, so getting into something serious seemed pointless. Thing is, we fell in love with each other. I didn't know how to handle it (more on that later) and it imploded and we went our separate ways.

Eventually, the restrictions lifted and I was finally able to set off on the trip I'd been dreaming of for 4+ years. The plan was to do 6 months around south-east Asia before ending in Australia on a working holiday visa, where I'd meet my buddies in Perth. I was so excited to start a new chapter in my life.

Thing is, the entire time I was out there, I was completely heartbroken; I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd made a terrible decision by choosing this trip over her. I missed her like crazy and everything felt completely hollow and meaningless without her. I wanted to take pictures of everything and send them to her like "You'd love this!" but we weren't on speaking terms.

One night, I got hammered and ended up pouring my heart out to her over text. Like, really, really poured it out. Said I'd fucked up so bad and I'd book the next flight home if it meant we could be together again. She replied the next day saying it was too late and she was already seeing someone else. My heart broke into a million pieces and I just wanted the ground to swallow me up.

Regardless, I tried to tough it out and continue my trip. I usually move on pretty quick. I eventually got to the Philippines, and one night, as I'm walking back to my apartment, I see a fight and I try to break it up. I end up having to punch this dude and my finger became severely infected, swollen, and at risk of sepsis. The medical staff in the Philippines seemed to have no idea how to deal with it, so my parents told me to fly home to have it done on the NHS.

Just like that, the trip I'd been planning for 4+ years was over. Cut in half. No more Australia. I was rushed straight to hospital, had an emergency operation, and was released on Christmas Day.

That was 3 years ago now and I feel like I haven't been happy since.

You might wonder why I didn't just get back out there after the op. Doctor's orders; I had months of physio to get through first. Shit, guess I'd better get a job then. I turned 30 and my perspective started to shift. Flitting around from one thing to the next was starting to wear thin, and I felt it was time to start building a life for myself - a career, a car, somewhere to live.

I got back into the events industry, but it's nothing like it used to be. Wages have stagnated, work is harder to come by, the quality of staff has dropped off a cliff, agencies are asking more and more of you while penny pinching the joy out of everything, and the work itself just isn't as fun as it used to be.

I was working crazy long days, constantly moving up and down the country, barely getting any sleep, and working on super stressful events. I was working pretty much every weekend, never being at home, never seeing friends, missing events, birthdays, and gigs. I even missed my grandad's funeral. And the pay didn't justify it like it once did. I knew I had to get out of events, so I started a content creation business, but juggling all of that while trying to look after myself was exhausting.

Amongst all this, I was going to therapy to, amongst other things, talk about my relationship history. I've been a textbook avoidant all my life, because I was very suddenly abandoned by a girl I was madly in love with when I was 18. It fucked me up for so many years without me even realising. I would self-sabotage in relationships and start acting up at the first sign of things getting serious. Therapy really helped me unpack a lot of things, and eventually I felt I could move on and finally let someone in.

I reconnected with the girl I'd fallen in love with just before my travels, as I'd heard she was single again. We dated for 7 months, seeing each other where we could, and it was amazing. The feelings came rushing back and I felt so lucky to get a second chance. If I'd had a shitty week, she made everything right. She was my port in a storm, the only thing I felt sure about, the reason I kept plugging away. And because of the therapy, I didn't get scared this time. I felt so safe and secure. Until one day, she suddenly turned around and said she didn't feel the same. It was a textbook repeat of the trauma I'd just worked through from 14 years ago, and it destroyed me all over again.

At exactly the same time, my therapist left the service, and I got paired up with someone new. Starting all over again felt really heavy, and in the end, I decided I wasn't really getting on with her. I left the service entirely and haven't been back since.

I then decided to get my head down and put all my energy into my content creation business. I basically spent 2025 locked in my room, working my absolute arse off to make it happen. In the first year, we gained 30k followers, made around £20k, and secured some fairly big clients, including the BBC. Not exactly a gold mine, but certainly something to build off.

But I'm 33 in March, and I'm still mostly broke, still living with parents, still single, and I feel like life is just passing me by. I feel like I'm just treading water and not making any headway. I thought I'd be so much further ahead by now, but I can't even afford a deposit on a 1-bed apartment. I feel totally ashamed of living at home.

I feel absolutely exhausted every single day, no matter how much sleep I get, no matter what I do. Being self-employed, I struggle to find the motivation to get out of bed most days.

I no longer enjoy the hobbies that once brought me joy. I feel totally flat and numb, day in, day out.

When I do enjoy things, it feels more like a temporary distraction from the fact I'm unhappy, rather than genuine joy and contentment. I can't even go for a walk without my brain constantly reminding me I'm unhappy.

I go completely into myself and barely say a word most days. I have no interest in most conversations or interactions, and find talking to my parents exhausting.

When I do have time off, my brain is telling me that I don't deserve it and that I should be working.

Half of my friends have moved away, and the ones that haven't are married with kids.

I've had to buy a Brick to stop my doomscrolling and I fear I may have undiagnosed ADHD.

I've gained weight, started to get pain in my feet and knees when I run, and feel like I've aged 10 years in 5.

I've fallen back into old habits of meaningless casual sex because I crave physical intimacy but am not in a position to date/be a good partner right now.

I hate the long, cold, dark UK winters. I quite like my town but after 30 years, I feel I've seen all it has to offer, and I hate the mentality of the people that live here. I dream about moving somewhere else, but then I feel like I'm just exporting my problems somewhere else rather than fixing them.

And then I look around at the state of the world, i.e. Gaza, and it all just feels very fucking heavy and hopeless.

I hate feeling like this. I wake up every day and know nothing is going to surprise me.

I miss the happy, quick-to-laugh, energetic, fit, fun, flirty 25-year-old me. How do I get back there, Era?

[Boredfrom]

really do not understand why they did not kill Maduro?
Why go through this farce with the courts?

for show to distract

Is not giving Trump some points because he said “whatever happens” but the military leader with enough sense to say “bring him alive if you can.”

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/israel-palestine-the-ongoing-israeli-genocide-in-gaza-ipc-confirms-famine-in-gaza-see-staff-posts-for-posting-guidelines.772478/page-498#post-149552614

Such an evil entity that they call Israel.

Sick rogue state
Sick leaders
Sick people

The response has been disgusting. The US really just thinks they can just do whatever they want. Whether Maduro was an evil dictator or not, doesn't mean we should just try to police the entire fucking world. Not to mention this is literally just about stealing their oil.

And because of this people are kind of understanding why North Korea decided to have nukes.

[PogiJones]

I'm not much of an interventionist, nor a fan of Trump, so I wasn't really sure what to think at first. But after seeing all the celebrations of Venezuelans all over the world, it kinda warms my heart, ngl. I think ol' Donnie may have actually made a good call for once. Maybe. Guess we'll see what happens in the long term regarding the power vacuum and the prospect of occupation. But for now, those videos sure are nice. Those people have been suffering.

[Orange Juice Box]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/my-30s-have-fucking-sucked-so-far.1396513/

I know the majority of the replies here will be "Go to therapy", and trust me, I know. But I can't afford that right now. In the meantime, I feel I need to unload.


I miss the happy, quick-to-laugh, energetic, fit, fun, flirty 25-year-old me. How do I get back there, Era?

Factually wrong.  Therapy is cheap, easy, readily available, and those who don't do it are to blame for their own problems.  I bet they also think we should pity Matthew Perry for his death and addictions when he had millions to spend on rehab.


If👏 You👏 Are👏 White👏 You👏 Are👏 To👏 Blame👏 For👏 Not👏 Going👏 To👏 Therapy 

The response has been disgusting. The US really just thinks they can just do whatever they want. Whether Maduro was an evil dictator or not, doesn't mean we should just try to police the entire fucking world. Not to mention this is literally just about stealing their oil.
And because of this people are kind of understanding why North Korea decided to have nukes.

What the fuck is with the nukes?  It's the new "form a union," or "organize," solution for them.  Just get nukes, y'all.


Anyone have that tweet that says Leftists use the word organize like middle managers say synergy?

[Teddy Broosevelt]

[Boredfrom]

I'm not much of an interventionist, nor a fan of Trump, so I wasn't really sure what to think at first. But after seeing all the celebrations of Venezuelans all over the world, it kinda warms my heart, ngl. I think ol' Donnie may have actually made a good call for once. Maybe. Guess we'll see what happens in the long term regarding the power vacuum and the prospect of occupation. But for now, those videos sure are nice. Those people have been suffering.

My country also suffered by interventionism and didn’t actually made things better. Different circumstances and all that, but I didn’t think the Bore was that naive.

[Orange Juice Box]

I'm not much of an interventionist, nor a fan of Trump, so I wasn't really sure what to think at first. But after seeing all the celebrations of Venezuelans all over the world, it kinda warms my heart, ngl. I think ol' Donnie may have actually made a good call for once. Maybe. Guess we'll see what happens in the long term regarding the power vacuum and the prospect of occupation. But for now, those videos sure are nice. Those people have been suffering.

My country also suffered by interventionism and didn’t actually made things better. Different circumstances and all that, but I didn’t think the Bore was that naive.

We at The Bore are an optimistic bunch.

[simiansmarts]

RE quickly sent a thread venting about the forum to the shadow realm 
 
https://www.resetera.com/threads/i%E2%80%99m-done.1395682/ 
 
  

 
 

It's flat out ugly here. Not the content that's posted but the attitudes held by the most prominent. And it's hard to escape. Simply putting the users on ignore is not the solution. Their way of thinking and attitude seeps everywhere.

Certain posters and mods assume the worse from benign statements. They'll factually untrue you to death for wrong think. This place demands conformity, made for a curated space instead of challenging thought. People are encouraged to dogpile. It's more important to signal moral alignment than to argue substance. Accusations and history and the thoughts of chuds are more important than praising the good things that happen in any industry but especially gaming.

And with posters like Zeo and Nepenthe how can it be any better? Zeo for his incessant moral policing and Nepenthe for the clear disdain she has for the users here.

The lack of transparency with ban histories is absurd. The lack of word filtering for banned words is crazy. How many man hours do yall spend manually banning people when a simple word filter can do the job? Even auto ban the person? You've had years to implement something better. Don't some of you get paid? Why isn't there more transparency with bans? It's just "trust us bro" and appealing a ban is not seen publicly, so all we have is the mods word… which hasn't always been reliable. Shit sucks. Y'all can do better but don't.

Yall don't even update your own fucking rules. There's no banned topic list. No banned resource list. Is there even a list of active mods?

Fucking ban me. I'm done. Yall have fun. There's nothing for me here anymore.

 
 
 Can't have that here.

[Potato]

The people in the other thread saying "Look how happy these Venezuelans are on board," don't understand that the problem isn't Maduro, it's that Trump is going to do this to anyone he doesn't like, and nobody is going to stop him. Mexico, Canada, Denmark, any country without nuclear weapons is a potential target.

Actually, I need to come back to this one. If you kidnap the PM of Canada or Denmark it wouldn't change the government. Even in Mexico with a President the Congress will name a successor. Most other countries have vice presidents or similar.

Maduro, like all personalist dictatorships, was literally the regime so removing him potentially collapses the entire thing. Stable democracies aren't the same thing at all, it's weird how often they seem to act like institutions aren't something relevant at all. (For example their constant belief that the US is one day away from civil war. Or that Biden should have just ignored the rule of law. Or that sweeping away everything with nothing to replace it will have no negative consequences.)

It's fascinating how sure of everything they always are when they don't have like 101 level knowledge of the subjects.

Dunning-Kruger in effect. It's basically the MO of the forum.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/my-30s-have-fucking-sucked-so-far.1396513/

I know the majority of the replies here will be "Go to therapy", and trust me, I know. But I can't afford that right now. In the meantime, I feel I need to unload.

My 20s were great, for the most part. At 22, I had a temp job where I got to travel all around Europe, which I adored. Had some amazing experiences, met loads of cool people, saw lots of new places. At 23, I moved to Germany for a fairly well-paid job at one of the Big Three. Lived there for a few years, had my own place, own car, got into great shape, worked on some stuff I was super proud of, worked flexitime, had 40+ days' holiday, could afford at least a couple of trips abroad each year, would spend most of summer at the outdoor schwimmbad, hit up a few gigs and festivals, got to fly home fairly regularly to see friends. Felt super fit, super energetic, always life of the party. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't all plain sailing, and the job was stressful at times, but overall, I had a pretty good thing going.

Then I decided I wanted to go travelling, so I quit the job in Germany, and came home to the UK for 6 months just to spend some quality time with friends and family. I ended up picking up a 6-month part-time contract just to pay the bills and save a bit for my travels. Then COVID hit and fucked everything up. I ended up stuck in that dead-end job for 4 years because of the uncertainty of everything.

In that time, I continued to date and had a few relationships that didn't work out. With the last one, we agreed to 'keep it casual' because we knew I'd be going away on my travels as soon as the COVID restrictions were lifted, so getting into something serious seemed pointless. Thing is, we fell in love with each other. I didn't know how to handle it (more on that later) and it imploded and we went our separate ways.

Eventually, the restrictions lifted and I was finally able to set off on the trip I'd been dreaming of for 4+ years. The plan was to do 6 months around south-east Asia before ending in Australia on a working holiday visa, where I'd meet my buddies in Perth. I was so excited to start a new chapter in my life.

Thing is, the entire time I was out there, I was completely heartbroken; I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd made a terrible decision by choosing this trip over her. I missed her like crazy and everything felt completely hollow and meaningless without her. I wanted to take pictures of everything and send them to her like "You'd love this!" but we weren't on speaking terms.

One night, I got hammered and ended up pouring my heart out to her over text. Like, really, really poured it out. Said I'd fucked up so bad and I'd book the next flight home if it meant we could be together again. She replied the next day saying it was too late and she was already seeing someone else. My heart broke into a million pieces and I just wanted the ground to swallow me up.

Regardless, I tried to tough it out and continue my trip. I usually move on pretty quick. I eventually got to the Philippines, and one night, as I'm walking back to my apartment, I see a fight and I try to break it up. I end up having to punch this dude and my finger became severely infected, swollen, and at risk of sepsis. The medical staff in the Philippines seemed to have no idea how to deal with it, so my parents told me to fly home to have it done on the NHS.

Just like that, the trip I'd been planning for 4+ years was over. Cut in half. No more Australia. I was rushed straight to hospital, had an emergency operation, and was released on Christmas Day.

That was 3 years ago now and I feel like I haven't been happy since.

You might wonder why I didn't just get back out there after the op. Doctor's orders; I had months of physio to get through first. Shit, guess I'd better get a job then. I turned 30 and my perspective started to shift. Flitting around from one thing to the next was starting to wear thin, and I felt it was time to start building a life for myself - a career, a car, somewhere to live.

I got back into the events industry, but it's nothing like it used to be. Wages have stagnated, work is harder to come by, the quality of staff has dropped off a cliff, agencies are asking more and more of you while penny pinching the joy out of everything, and the work itself just isn't as fun as it used to be.

I was working crazy long days, constantly moving up and down the country, barely getting any sleep, and working on super stressful events. I was working pretty much every weekend, never being at home, never seeing friends, missing events, birthdays, and gigs. I even missed my grandad's funeral. And the pay didn't justify it like it once did. I knew I had to get out of events, so I started a content creation business, but juggling all of that while trying to look after myself was exhausting.

Amongst all this, I was going to therapy to, amongst other things, talk about my relationship history. I've been a textbook avoidant all my life, because I was very suddenly abandoned by a girl I was madly in love with when I was 18. It fucked me up for so many years without me even realising. I would self-sabotage in relationships and start acting up at the first sign of things getting serious. Therapy really helped me unpack a lot of things, and eventually I felt I could move on and finally let someone in.

I reconnected with the girl I'd fallen in love with just before my travels, as I'd heard she was single again. We dated for 7 months, seeing each other where we could, and it was amazing. The feelings came rushing back and I felt so lucky to get a second chance. If I'd had a shitty week, she made everything right. She was my port in a storm, the only thing I felt sure about, the reason I kept plugging away. And because of the therapy, I didn't get scared this time. I felt so safe and secure. Until one day, she suddenly turned around and said she didn't feel the same. It was a textbook repeat of the trauma I'd just worked through from 14 years ago, and it destroyed me all over again.

At exactly the same time, my therapist left the service, and I got paired up with someone new. Starting all over again felt really heavy, and in the end, I decided I wasn't really getting on with her. I left the service entirely and haven't been back since.

I then decided to get my head down and put all my energy into my content creation business. I basically spent 2025 locked in my room, working my absolute arse off to make it happen. In the first year, we gained 30k followers, made around £20k, and secured some fairly big clients, including the BBC. Not exactly a gold mine, but certainly something to build off.

But I'm 33 in March, and I'm still mostly broke, still living with parents, still single, and I feel like life is just passing me by. I feel like I'm just treading water and not making any headway. I thought I'd be so much further ahead by now, but I can't even afford a deposit on a 1-bed apartment. I feel totally ashamed of living at home.

I feel absolutely exhausted every single day, no matter how much sleep I get, no matter what I do. Being self-employed, I struggle to find the motivation to get out of bed most days.

I no longer enjoy the hobbies that once brought me joy. I feel totally flat and numb, day in, day out.

When I do enjoy things, it feels more like a temporary distraction from the fact I'm unhappy, rather than genuine joy and contentment. I can't even go for a walk without my brain constantly reminding me I'm unhappy.

I go completely into myself and barely say a word most days. I have no interest in most conversations or interactions, and find talking to my parents exhausting.

When I do have time off, my brain is telling me that I don't deserve it and that I should be working.

Half of my friends have moved away, and the ones that haven't are married with kids.

I've had to buy a Brick to stop my doomscrolling and I fear I may have undiagnosed ADHD.

I've gained weight, started to get pain in my feet and knees when I run, and feel like I've aged 10 years in 5.

I've fallen back into old habits of meaningless casual sex because I crave physical intimacy but am not in a position to date/be a good partner right now.

I hate the long, cold, dark UK winters. I quite like my town but after 30 years, I feel I've seen all it has to offer, and I hate the mentality of the people that live here. I dream about moving somewhere else, but then I feel like I'm just exporting my problems somewhere else rather than fixing them.

And then I look around at the state of the world, i.e. Gaza, and it all just feels very fucking heavy and hopeless.

I hate feeling like this. I wake up every day and know nothing is going to surprise me.

I miss the happy, quick-to-laugh, energetic, fit, fun, flirty 25-year-old me. How do I get back there, Era?

"I made bad decision after bad decision and now they've caught up with me. Why can't I turn back time to before I fucked it all up?"

[benji]

I'm not much of an interventionist, nor a fan of Trump, so I wasn't really sure what to think at first. But after seeing all the celebrations of Venezuelans all over the world, it kinda warms my heart, ngl. I think ol' Donnie may have actually made a good call for once. Maybe. Guess we'll see what happens in the long term regarding the power vacuum and the prospect of occupation. But for now, those videos sure are nice. Those people have been suffering.

My country also suffered by interventionism and didn’t actually made things better. Different circumstances and all that, but I didn’t think the Bore was that naive.

Next we're going to liberate you from the tyranny of your shitty bread. You're welcome. 

[Uncle]

maybe when you're on a dream trip of your life, don't intervene in a random street fight, where someone could even pull a gun and kill you

[Hap Shaughnessy]

RE quickly sent a thread venting about the forum to the shadow realm 
 
https://www.resetera.com/threads/i%E2%80%99m-done.1395682/ 
 
  

 
 

It's flat out ugly here. Not the content that's posted but the attitudes held by the most prominent. And it's hard to escape. Simply putting the users on ignore is not the solution. Their way of thinking and attitude seeps everywhere.

Certain posters and mods assume the worse from benign statements. They'll factually untrue you to death for wrong think. This place demands conformity, made for a curated space instead of challenging thought. People are encouraged to dogpile. It's more important to signal moral alignment than to argue substance. Accusations and history and the thoughts of chuds are more important than praising the good things that happen in any industry but especially gaming.

And with posters like Zeo and Nepenthe how can it be any better? Zeo for his incessant moral policing and Nepenthe for the clear disdain she has for the users here.

The lack of transparency with ban histories is absurd. The lack of word filtering for banned words is crazy. How many man hours do yall spend manually banning people when a simple word filter can do the job? Even auto ban the person? You've had years to implement something better. Don't some of you get paid? Why isn't there more transparency with bans? It's just "trust us bro" and appealing a ban is not seen publicly, so all we have is the mods word… which hasn't always been reliable. Shit sucks. Y'all can do better but don't.

Yall don't even update your own fucking rules. There's no banned topic list. No banned resource list. Is there even a list of active mods?

Fucking ban me. I'm done. Yall have fun. There's nothing for me here anymore.

 
 
 Can't have that here.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-new-smaller-lighter-quieter-imax-film-camera-will-be-named-the-%E2%80%9Cimax-keighley%E2%80%9D-to-honor-geoff-keighley%E2%80%99s-parents.1387591/page-3#post-149123260

Even in a thread about a camera to honor Geoff's recently passed father, people still can't show any restraint in finding a way to trash talk him.

Yeah this is too much. I don't care about the TGAs or Geoff or whatever. I was going to bring up the recent advancements in IMAX cameras and talk about the name dedicated to the recently passed father.

But not here… might be time to say goodbye to this place.

[D3RANG3D]

I'm not much of an interventionist, nor a fan of Trump, so I wasn't really sure what to think at first. But after seeing all the celebrations of Venezuelans all over the world, it kinda warms my heart, ngl. I think ol' Donnie may have actually made a good call for once. Maybe. Guess we'll see what happens in the long term regarding the power vacuum and the prospect of occupation. But for now, those videos sure are nice. Those people have been suffering.

My country also suffered by interventionism and didn’t actually made things better. Different circumstances and all that, but I didn’t think the Bore was that naive.

Next we're going to liberate you from the tyranny of your shitty bread. You're welcome. 

This is factually incorrect.

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It ain't our fault the britbongs like their food bland...

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-know-its-early-but-what-are-your-new-years-resolutions-for-2026.1392634/page-2#post-149364922

To deactivate my Era account.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/airstrikes-in-caracas-venezuela-update-trump-confirms-attack-says-maduro-has-been-captured.1396297/page-16#post-149609047

Today [Jan 3]

It always has been though? Since the very beginning.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-know-its-early-but-what-are-your-new-years-resolutions-for-2026.1392634/page-2#post-149377027

Good idea, I'll probably join you

https://www.resetera.com/threads/greenland-invasion-next-stephen-miller%E2%80%99s-wife-suggests-it-could-happen-%E2%80%9Csoon%E2%80%9D.1396576/page-2#post-149631346

Today [Jan 3]

Gotta love how helpless I feel and then they even take our escapism away.

[benji]

The US already occupies Greenland as a colony:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituffik_Space_Base
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Iceworm

We need Trump to reopen this ASAP:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Fistclench