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

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/youtubers-holding-lapel-microphones-drives-me-crazy.1400125/Crew er

Call me pedantic or a miser or whatever you want.

Okay.

Is this trend the end of the world? Does it affect my life in any tangible way? Well, no. But I don't care about that I'm fired up

Newsfeed.

[Uncle]

by the way on the subject of evaluating the sus-ness of various youtubers and creators, I feel like I'm going insane that I've never read anyone mention that Mr. Boss on Smiling Friends is Jew-coded

he basically looks like the happy merchant, clasping his hands together, long nose, his bad toupee is designed in a way that looks like a skullcap, he runs his business ruthlessly

there is even an episode where he meets with warren buffett and ronald reagan and mr. peanut, implying connections to right leaning old money/power

and I feel like the only reason Smiling Friends isn't cancelled over this is because it came out at a time when the left decided it's ok to hate Jews so they're not going to bother pointing out stuff like this



I see absolutely nothing wrong with this, just for the record, if Jews ever become a left-protected class again, expect to see Mr. Boss in an era thread someday with a bunch of "I always thought it was sus" takes

[Boredfrom]

Are you serious?

[Boredfrom]

Is this you? Uncle:

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

a lot of people forget that part of the joke is that Charlie self righteous attitude is after telling his girlfriend to shut up.

Because otherwise, I remember the joke being used in Family Guy or another adult animated sitcom show

[Boredfrom]

Someone posted at Reddit that the Smiling Friends fandom attracts weirdos of different political spectrums. (From furries and people of gender… to Magatards and white supremacists). I think is the edgy humor and the creators ability to actually shut up about their beliefs with megaphones outside the show.

and I feel like the only reason Smiling Friends isn't cancelled over this is because it came out at a time when the left decided it's ok to hate Jews so they're not going to bother pointing out stuff like this

Smiling Friends pilot was premiered in April 1, 2020 and the first season January 10, 2022. A year before Hamas attack.

[Uncle]

Are you serious?

what parts of what I mentioned are factually incorrect?

[Boredfrom]

Are you serious?

what parts of what I mentioned are factually incorrect?

This one at least:

and I feel like the only reason Smiling Friends isn't cancelled over this is because it came out at a time when the left decided it's ok to hate Jews so they're not going to bother pointing out stuff like this

And I think the Ronald Reagan and Warren Buffet is a bit that Zach did either Oney at OneyPlays, but not sure. 

(I love Smiling Friends but I don’t care about Oney Plays )

Otherwise, I don’t think you are necessarily wrong but I also think it comes from an apolitical and edgy stance. And the reason why there is no backlash is that SmilingFriends fandom are mostly idiot weirdos. Have you seen the SubReddit? Is embarrassing.

Edit: another thing you are wrong is about the Boss being ruthless. He isn’t toward his employees outside feign sick. Otherwise is surprisingly laid back most of the time… unless the weirdness kicks in…

If anything, that is the main reason why people like the character even if is intentionally made obvious that he is also a creepy weirdo and sex deviant.

[Boredfrom]

I just remembered they admitted they partially based him on McAffe:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McAfee

[HaughtyFrank]

The Israel methods are really coming home to roost.

Fuck off asshole.  

You admitted living in India with Modi. 

Police shooting in the US:

"Must be connected to Israel" 

[benji]

Feel like it's possible to hate Israel without making yourself say stupid things like that they invented being violent to protestors/etc.

[simiansmarts]

Keep Israel's name out of your fucking mouth 
 
There's nothing more American than an undertrained, unqualified law enforcement officer unloading into an unarmed civilian.

[filler]

most of the bore looks like this for me 

Twitter embeds. Good on you for blocking the Nazi site. (Or Javascript probably.)

it's the other way around

the nazi site blocked me 

[Polident]

Feel like it's possible to hate Israel without making yourself say stupid things like that they invented being violent to protestors/etc.

You see that footage of protesters attacked in Iran?
 
The Islamic Republic of Israel...?

[Chumbawumbafan69]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-threatens-to-attack-colombia-%E2%80%9Ca-sick-country-led-by-a-sick-man-who-likes-to-make-cocaine-he-ain%E2%80%99t-doing-for-very-long-let-me-tell-you%E2%80%9D.1396975/page-3#post-149681545

US citizens that actually care about what's happening literally can do nothing against this fascist regime. My wife and I are actively trying to move out of the country, and at least that way our taxes stop contributing - and yes I realize that that option is a privilege.

You have to give up your citizenship to stop paying US taxes, moving abroad doesn't get you out of it.

Anyone as dumb as the average era poster is surely earning less than the foreign earned income exclusion.

[filler]

the average special needs adult 

[yetanotheraccountholyf]

is there any reason this is evil, self-serving, ineffectual, impossible, or in any way not based?

totally clears the president, thank you!

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/january-7-2026-ice-agent-fatally-shoots-woman-during-protest-in-minneapolis-mn.1399654/page-20#post-149790085

And just tonight I found a photo of my grandfather wearing a fucking Nazi uniform and I am SO DONE.

So is Ree gonna ban him for being a Nazi grandson?

[Snoopy]

Does the cookout thing count if you got invited to a South African's birthday party?

I think that makes you a turbo racist.

Well that's not good. Although it explains why there wasn't any fried chicken.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bloomberg-elon-musk%E2%80%99s-grok-ai-has-generated-about-6-700-sexually-suggestive-or-nudifying-images-per-hour-according-to-analysis.1400047/page-2#post-149784766

 User Banned (1 Month): Inappropriate commentary regarding CSAM

To quote an ancient wise sage: The internet is for porn.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/january-7-2026-ice-agent-fatally-shoots-woman-during-protest-in-minneapolis-mn.1399654/page-14#post-149784007

 User Banned (Permanent): Advocating violence

I have read from history books USA has assassinated several earlier presidents and presidential candidates. Wouldn't it be good and conservative to revive this way of handling things right about now?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/january-7-2026-ice-agent-fatally-shoots-woman-during-protest-in-minneapolis-mn.1399654/page-22#post-149798029

 User banned (permanent): advocating violence, account in junior phase

In a country with so many guns per capita, I don't understand why they are not used against this kind of trash instead of using them against minorities and kids in schools. They are going to be portrayed as victims by the president even when all evidence shows they never are, may as well actually do it.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

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

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnbc-trump-weighs-using-u-s-military-to-acquire-greenland-white-house.1398856/#post-149737561

 User banned (1 week): inflammatory rhetoric

Fuck the USA, fuck its troops and fuck its people.

What next, Canada? Mexico?

Dog shit country. May its empire crumble.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnbc-trump-weighs-using-u-s-military-to-acquire-greenland-white-house.1398856/page-5#post-149740597

 User banned (1 week): inflammatory rhetoric over a series of posts, account in junior phase

You seem to be unaware of the prevalence, consistency, and seriousness of the protests going on the US. If you're asking that people do things that will get them murdered by the police, go ahead and say that from the comfort of your phone/computer, though.

Inversely, I hope you get to see my family and friends die to American bombs in 4k

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnbc-trump-weighs-using-u-s-military-to-acquire-greenland-white-house.1398856/page-10#post-149759413

 User banned (1 week): inflammatory rhetoric

Haughty? Your country is eyeing invading us, our people will die. It should never have gotten to this point, there were so many moments that were allowed to pass.

Why would they care about Canadians dying? They don't care about people in the Middle East, or Latin America. They don't care about their own nation's children being massacred in their schools.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnbc-trump-weighs-using-u-s-military-to-acquire-greenland-white-house.1398856/page-12#post-149776285

 User banned (1 week): attacking other users

Bold of you to assume I haven't been to any protests. What I'm pushing back on is the idea that disruption will do anything. Because it doesn't in America.

Again, all we hear are excuses.

It is the height of American Ignorance, not only abroad, but even at home to even claim this shit doesn't work.

Stop falling for your own governments propaganda. Stop it with the American Exceptionalism.

Trumps approval ratings are severely down, and that has not stopped him from doing anything, because he simply does not care. I'm supposed to storm a CEOs room (having to make it past security despite myself being quite scrawny) and say pretty please can you disobey Trump? When those CEOs only give a shit about keeping themselves out of his hit list? The only thing worse than a dictator is a dictator whose mind is so far gone he is past the point of rational self-preservation.

On December of 2011, during the Obama Presidency. 1000 Occupy Protestors marched on the Ports of Oakland, California, Portland, Oregon, and Washington. Successfuly shutting them down and halting operations for multiple days. They threatened to shut down Airports and scared the government to spend millions in time and energy focusing on a false plan.

Occupy Protestors numbering from the hundreds to the thousands used Guerrilla tactics to blocade streets at random, shut down ports of entry, and marched into corporate headquarters and occupied board rooms.

They became such a nuisance to the people in power that despite only causing half a billion dollars in economic damages, the Billionaire class spent multiple fucking billions to deride the movement and make you think it was useless.

Because they were fucking scared.

In 2017, Thousands stormed Airports and shut them down to protest the Muslim Ban. Flights were delayed at the cost of about a hundred million dollars to the economy and they halted deportations until the legal system could catch up.

When George Floyd was murdered in broad daylight thousands took took to the streets and shut down portions of the economy. Will you do the same now that a woman was murdered in broad daylight? Because you clearly didn't do it when they were kidnapping people, when those people died in detention centers, nor did you do shit when the survivors were deported to a developing nation to be sold into slave labour. Nor did you do it when Democratic politicians were assassinated in cold blood.

You were so close. You realize that billionaires care about their bottom line, but fail to realize that huring the economy hurts their bottom line. Every single time you attack the economy, the billionaire class gets scared. And they put pressure on politicians to get them to either slow down or back the fuck down.

How much economic damage have you done this past year? Canada did more by just banning alcohol.

And yet you think the media would cover you when you just walk around waving signs in a park in the middle of summer.

You can just sit back, and keep blaming the people who don't have any means to affect the system if it makes you feel good but I'm out here hoping every day something happens that creates a way for me to change things.

So don't sit there and tell us you can't do anything. There is powers in numbers. If you truly had the numbers on your side, if Americans truly cared about protesting this you wouldn't be in this mess.

Americans straight up haven't done shit to effectively protest Trump this term.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnbc-trump-weighs-using-u-s-military-to-acquire-greenland-white-house.1398856/page-13#post-149783923

 User banned (1 week): inflammatory rhetoric

So are we now just openly advocating people here to risk their lives or die for the good of the planet?

Yes

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnbc-trump-weighs-using-u-s-military-to-acquire-greenland-white-house.1398856/page-13#post-149785621

 User banned (1 week): inflammatory rhetoric

It's good that there wasn't social media in the thirties. The Germans whining that the onus was on everyone else to suffer to stop them would have been really irritating

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnbc-trump-weighs-using-u-s-military-to-acquire-greenland-white-house.1398856/page-13#post-149785624

 User banned (1 week): inflammatory rhetoric

You need to disclaimer that because people ITT are advocating for Americans to die yes.

I'm asking to not be bombed in the next 3 years

It's good that there wasn't social media in the thirties. The Germans whining that the onus was on everyone else to suffer to stop them would have been really irritating

"My parents support Hitler but I don't want to ruin Christmas"

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnbc-trump-weighs-using-u-s-military-to-acquire-greenland-white-house.1398856/page-13#post-149788441

 User banned (1 week): attacking other users

You need to disclaimer that because people ITT are advocating for Americans to die yes.

This is horseshit. People ITT are advocating for Americans to stop relying on other countries to clean up their own fucking mess and for Americans to use radical efforts to stop this administration from going further than it already has.

Here we are on ERA once again seeing the whole "woe is us, stop attacking us on our internet forum and making us feel bad" crap when we say what you are doing is ineffective and not enough.

and I am saying if you want Americans to act fast then the sooner they feel some economic pain the better.

Y'all remember when American-ERA cried up a storm when Ford threatened to shut the power off because of how it would impact Americans while completely disregarding and minimizing that Trump theatrened (and continues) to threaten Canadian sovereignty, would crack jokes about it, and that we shouldn't take it seriously?

Remember when Canadian-ERA said that maybe shutting the power off would be what it would take for Americans to feel the pain enough to act against their own government because it was a consequence for Trump's actions but American-ERA shame Canadians for considering the idea?

What a clown show.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnbc-trump-weighs-using-u-s-military-to-acquire-greenland-white-house.1398856/page-14#post-149792761

 User banned (1 week): inflammatory rhetoric

Fuck the USA, fuck its troops and fuck its people.

What next, Canada? Mexico?

Dog shit country. May its empire crumble.

This.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

[jooseloose]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/january-7-2026-ice-agent-fatally-shoots-woman-during-protest-in-minneapolis-mn.1399654/page-22#post-149798029

 User banned (permanent): advocating violence, account in junior phase

In a country with so many guns per capita, I don't understand why they are not used against this kind of trash instead of using them against minorities and kids in schools. They are going to be portrayed as victims by the president even when all evidence shows they never are, may as well actually do it.

So "take up arms and fight for us" rhetoric is suddenly now bannable?

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bloomberg-elon-musk%E2%80%99s-grok-ai-has-generated-about-6-700-sexually-suggestive-or-nudifying-images-per-hour-according-to-analysis.1400047/page-2#post-149784766

 User Banned (1 Month): Inappropriate commentary regarding CSAM

To quote an ancient wise sage: The internet is for porn.

I wonder how many images of twitch thots has Jeff been generating per hour

[killamajig]

Bitchdubs closed the Greenland thread 
https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnbc-trump-weighs-using-u-s-military-to-acquire-greenland-white-house.1398856/page-15#post-149802274

This thread is being locked.

While people's anger is understandable, the way you have been taking out on other users isn't. A lot of you have gone way too far.

[Mediocre Lager]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/youtubers-holding-lapel-microphones-drives-me-crazy.1400125/Crew er

Call me pedantic or a miser or whatever you want.

Okay.

Is this trend the end of the world? Does it affect my life in any tangible way? Well, no. But I don't care about that I'm fired up

Newsfeed.

At least this poster understands that what they're talking about is useless and unimportant. I can respect the self-awareness.

If it was any other Era poster they'd be talking about the genocidal implications and how unsafe this makes them feel.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnbc-trump-weighs-using-u-s-military-to-acquire-greenland-white-house.1398856/page-11#post-149763262

The tone deafness required to come into a thread like this saying "oh don't be mean to ALL americans" is astounding

"Fuckin' white people..."
"Not me though, right? I'm not bad."

"Ugh, men..."
"But not all men. I'm good though, right?"

It's literally like a Portlandia sketch.

When you're part of a group holding institutional power over others, and you're cohorts are exercising that power to enact oppression and/or violence against others, ya gotta have thicker skin when the victims need to vent their justified grievances.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnbc-trump-weighs-using-u-s-military-to-acquire-greenland-white-house.1398856/page-11#post-149767570

I don't expect americans to care about anything but themselves, but being called haughty is pretty rich, considering the barrel we're looking down.

You just don't understand how hard they have it. /s

[EaldNarche]

Bitchdubs closed the Greenland thread 
https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnbc-trump-weighs-using-u-s-military-to-acquire-greenland-white-house.1398856/page-15#post-149802274

This thread is being locked.

While people's anger is understandable, the way you have been taking out on other users isn't. A lot of you have gone way too far.

They locked it but didn't touch any of Minthara's posts. I guess she's got too much protection. 

[Jansen]

From constructive 

I truly believe something needs to be done about the number of nihilistic posts happening. I get shit is rough right now and it's fine to be distraught about it. There's a massive difference between "This makes me feel shitty and I'm having a time getting past this," and "There's no reason for this continue, we should give up." Same with "This kid is going to have a hard life because of what happened to their parent and I hope they have a lot of support to move through this," versus "The kid's life is destroyed and it's heartbreaking."

You need to start ignoring threads or reporting stuff. I'm not a nihilistic person myself but Era always skews negative as does the internet in general. Esp with the state of things across the world and everyones individual circumstances



Maybe take a break. I take a break from Era during the weekend most weeks and it does a world of good

I don't think you can exactly throw bans out on people feeling hopeless and just expressing their feelings.  I unfortunately would say your best option is to just take a break from the forum.

I honestly feel like neither of you read my post or misunderstood it and then completely skipped over [USER=421]Minthara[/USER]'s.

I did actually read through and understand everything completely, and the larger topic of conversation...but even then there still is just nothing you can actually do about that.  Things are horrifying right now, and this is already one of the few "safe" spaces left to fully vent, so ofcourse people are going to do that.  I honestly agree with both of you as well, but again...idk what the answer is.

I've noted that this nihilism gets particularly bad whenever a topic involves bringing up kids in today's world. The internet as a whole, ERA included, has reached a point where people say shit like its irresponsible to have kids and that they are glad they don't have kids who will have to go through what's about to come (whether that's climate change, geopolitics, rising fascism, AI or more) and it's like..gee thanks.



It's cool that you've lost all hope, but not all of us have. Many of the kids being born and raised today are going to be the ones who have to continue this world, whatever it is, and are going to be growing up with the consequences of all the previous generations. While that does mean things are going to be extremely tough in many ways, it's going to be a generation that is going to be better equipped than most of the current 20 and 30 year olds to fight back, considering your average 20 and 30 year old knew a "before the financial crisis", "before COVID", "Before X, Y, Z", etc that derailed their lives, ruined their job prospects, ensured they can't have a house, etc. And all of that is due to the older generations hoarding, yes, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't have some shred of hope for the future.



The nihilism and the "well, we are all fucked anyway" is what leads to us not fixing shit in the here and now, and it also means that we don't properly care to find solutions to the young men to alt right pipeline and other things because it's "too late".



Call me overtly hopeful, but the way through much of what is happening right now isn't to kick back and enjoy doomsday.



In many ways the kids being born now are the one we should be throwing our support behind and ensuring have the best chance of success, because they have the best chance at reversing the downward slope of quality of life thats impacted so many of us, and are the generation where the parents and people older than them have a chance to leave them a better world and life. Not a world without its own unique challenges due to the years of accumulated issues, every generation faces these days, but the opportunity for their parents (who are in the 25-45 range) to actually give their kids a better life than what they got.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/january-7-2026-ice-agent-fatally-shoots-woman-during-protest-in-minneapolis-mn.1399654/page-3#post-149770645

ICE are fascist death squads. This is one instance where i support the second amendment for citizens.

This is literally the textbook example of what the 2nd amendment is for.