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

[Jansen]

They're even shit talking koudelka and the shadow hearts series in the burka thread now. Do these cunts just ever stop. You think they'd have enough stuff to talk about coming out today instead of complaining about things that came out two decades+ ago

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-women-criticise-sexualised-character-designs-ot3-make-her-look-more-corpulent-more-stuffed-where-the-eyes-cant-escape.275780/page-507#post-151397143

Had to block quite a few people on Bluesky (who frequent Era) that were incredibly dismissive of articles from women detailing the misogynistic tropes that Kojima still trades in present in DS2. Allies only when its most convenient for them...

The article he linked

https://www.avclub.com/the-women-of-death-stranding-2-are-stuck-in-a-sad-cycle

But again, in Death Stranding, women—and, again, it’s only and specifically women, not trans men, not non-binary people who have ovaries—are inherently associated with the idea of the womb. Associating women primarily with motherhood and, specifically, with having a womb is a keystone of biological essentialism and, by extension, gender essentialism as an ideological stance.

Someone mad that pregnancy is associated with women and that pregnancy has more importance after an apocalypse

[Boredfrom]

I've been playing video games since the early 80s. I've never encountered games like that. Some may can me sheltered or naive, but I just like to think I avoid games that are for degenerate perverts.

Also something to be said to get mad at a game that's literally 30+ years old. Are they doing the same thing with movies?

You know they are doing because Kojima is a sacred cow in the industry but is also controversial enough to get people mad enough to defend 2010’s Konami. 

Kojima style is juvenile while being self serious and successful enough to annoy artsy indies and the few remnants of game journos… if he was broke as Suda51 the same people will celebrate him.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-women-criticise-sexualised-character-designs-ot3-make-her-look-more-corpulent-more-stuffed-where-the-eyes-cant-escape.275780/page-507#post-151397143

Had to block quite a few people on Bluesky (who frequent Era) that were incredibly dismissive of articles from women detailing the misogynistic tropes that Kojima still trades in present in DS2. Allies only when its most convenient for them...

The article he linked

https://www.avclub.com/the-women-of-death-stranding-2-are-stuck-in-a-sad-cycle

But again, in Death Stranding, women—and, again, it’s only and specifically women, not trans men, not non-binary people who have ovaries—are inherently associated with the idea of the womb. Associating women primarily with motherhood and, specifically, with having a womb is a keystone of biological essentialism and, by extension, gender essentialism as an ideological stance.

Someone mad that pregnancy is associated with women and that pregnancy has more importance after an apocalypse

Holy fuck is fucking Maddy Myers 

IS ALWAYS THE SAME PEOPLE AND THE SAME SOCIAL CIRCLE.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/canada-poliera-ot-2-the-north-remembers.149085/page-792#post-151428595

I do love that the curling scandal has given some of our American Era friends a vessel for trashing Canada. It would be funny if it wasn't so obvious.

It's insane how obvious it is. The vitriol Americans have towards Canada even in this site is insane.

Yep. Era and elsewhere, folks were just salivating at the opportunity to take Canadians down a peg or two. Unfortunate but not surprising.

The Yanks Strike Back.

[Jansen]

Tubi is recommending Everybody Hates Chris and American History X at the same time 

What gives

[Orange Juice Box]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nbc-news-aoc-leaning-closer-to-a-2028-presidential-bid-than-a-senate-run-will-offer-%E2%80%9Cworking-class%E2%80%9D-perspective-on-foreign-policy-in-munich.1435000/page-20#post-151386982

my dudes it's not up to him, it's literally the law in california that he has to do it

SEC. 10. Section 6723 is added to the Government Code, to read:
6723. The Governor shall annually proclaim February 6 as Ronald
Reagan Day.

please stop getting mad over dumb shit because you saw it on bluesky

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/canada-poliera-ot-2-the-north-remembers.149085/page-792#post-151428595

I do love that the curling scandal has given some of our American Era friends a vessel for trashing Canada. It would be funny if it wasn't so obvious.

It's insane how obvious it is. The vitriol Americans have towards Canada even in this site is insane.

Yep. Era and elsewhere, folks were just salivating at the opportunity to take Canadians down a peg or two. Unfortunate but not surprising.

The Yanks Strike Back.

Looking at the Resetera thread I get more of an impression that the Canadians are incredibly sensitive about their curling team, notably excel, and here they basically admit that they see the whole thing as an extension of geopolitics 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/curling-drama.1435954/

He shouldn't have poked it with his finger, it's a funny rule but still a rule, it's all fine

[Boredfrom]

The curling drama is so awesome and stupid.  

Both Swedes and Canucks suck ass in this fight.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/canada-poliera-ot-2-the-north-remembers.149085/page-792#post-151428595

Yep. Era and elsewhere, folks were just salivating at the opportunity to take Canadians down a peg or two. Unfortunate but not surprising.

The Yanks Strike Back.

Looking at the Resetera thread I get more of an impression that the Canadians are incredibly sensitive about their curling team, notably excel, and here they basically admit that they see the whole thing as an extension of geopolitics 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/curling-drama.1435954/

He shouldn't have poked it with his finger, it's a funny rule but still a rule, it's all fine

It is a rule but it sounds like the Swedes got salty about it and that Canadian dude exploded by the accusation of cheating (he touch the granite, thought  ).

It’s sounds like one of those ancient sport rules that actually doesn’t make any sense but people remember when they are salty about the game.

[malfoyking]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-women-criticise-sexualised-character-designs-ot3-make-her-look-more-corpulent-more-stuffed-where-the-eyes-cant-escape.275780/page-507#post-151397143

Had to block quite a few people on Bluesky (who frequent Era) that were incredibly dismissive of articles from women detailing the misogynistic tropes that Kojima still trades in present in DS2. Allies only when its most convenient for them...

The article he linked

https://www.avclub.com/the-women-of-death-stranding-2-are-stuck-in-a-sad-cycle

But again, in Death Stranding, women—and, again, it’s only and specifically women, not trans men, not non-binary people who have ovaries—are inherently associated with the idea of the womb. Associating women primarily with motherhood and, specifically, with having a womb is a keystone of biological essentialism and, by extension, gender essentialism as an ideological stance.

Someone mad that pregnancy is associated with women and that pregnancy has more importance after an apocalypse

Oh no. how dare kojima adhere to actual reality???

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Hope all my fellow Bires have a great Ramadan starting tomorrow evening.

It's always important to never listen to Era kafir when it comes to our beloved religion.

[Straight Edge]

I've been playing video games since the early 80s. I've never encountered games like that. Some may can me sheltered or naive, but I just like to think I avoid games that are for degenerate perverts.

Also something to be said to get mad at a game that's literally 30+ years old. Are they doing the same thing with movies?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-did-charlie-chaplin-get-away-with-having-an-affair-and-marrying-a-15-year-old-when-we-has-35.147528/

I'm surprised this case isn't looked at more. When Charlie Chaplin was 35, he had an affair with 15 year old Lita Grey and got her pregnant. They then ended up marrying in Mexico.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-justice-department-releases-heavily-redacted-cache-of-jeffrey-epstein-files.1388710/page-52#post-151421635

mod edit: let's not platform totally random conspiracy substacks

Going to say this, I get there's a lot of wild stuff in the files, but that doesn't mean we need to be actively platforming conspiracy websites, subreddits, and substacks.

Please, I am begging people, check your sources.

Would it be better for me to link the actual files form the DOJ?

There is another article which seems to be from a more discerning sub stack source that lays the details out in a potentially more sober manner, if that is to your liking.

The information cited is directly from the files themselves.

Dude, one of the "articles" on that substack literally accuses US Senator Cory Booker of being a Mossad agent among other insane things. It's a crazy-ass "Jews control the world" account.

Understood, I was stating that there is a different (entirely unassociated as far as I can tell) substack that lays out these files in a more clear manner.

I did not look into the rest of the articles by that previous substack, so my apologies for not checking it's apparent biases.

My intention is to raise attention to the actual contents of the files regarding Ken Turner's investigation in Mexico.

Here, an actual newspaper instead of some dude on substack: https://english.elpais.com/internat...eos-and-alleged-ties-to-drug-trafficking.html

It's good to see there is reporting on this aside from independent sources or substack. I appreciate you sharing this article. I was not aware substack is considered an unreliable source on the whole.

Substack is neither unreliable or reliable, it is a free-for-all platform akin to blogger or medium. It depends entirely on who is posting there.

I see. Well in good faith I'd like to share this substack article which goes into more depth than the above newspaper article but by my estimation appears much more reputable than the prior link of an entirely unrelated substack:
2 FBI Agents Killed in Mexico Investigating Epstein

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/canada-poliera-ot-2-the-north-remembers.149085/page-792#post-151428595

Yep. Era and elsewhere, folks were just salivating at the opportunity to take Canadians down a peg or two. Unfortunate but not surprising.

The Yanks Strike Back.

Looking at the Resetera thread I get more of an impression that the Canadians are incredibly sensitive about their curling team, notably excel, and here they basically admit that they see the whole thing as an extension of geopolitics 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/curling-drama.1435954/

He shouldn't have poked it with his finger, it's a funny rule but still a rule, it's all fine

https://www.resetera.com/threads/milano-cortina-2026-winter-olympics-paralympics-ot-6-to-22-february.1423282/page-26#post-151326544

Malanin backed out of the quad axel near the start and he never got into rhythm after that. When he dropped the salchow it got really grim. That was two jumps he got a single point for, essentially dooming the whole thing. I wonder if going for a triple axel would have been better with his huge lead. But well, you don't get to be the best by playing it safe.

You don't get to be the best by finishing 8th either

https://www.resetera.com/threads/milano-cortina-2026-winter-olympics-paralympics-ot-6-to-22-february.1423282/page-26#post-151328047

Really poor show for Canadians, and I thought it was just their hockey team.

Where ya from?

This is a very important question

https://www.resetera.com/threads/milano-cortina-2026-winter-olympics-paralympics-ot-6-to-22-february.1423282/page-26#post-151328128

Sorry Canadian hockey team, it's accumulated experience and not this specific tournament, yet.

No no where ya from

[filler]

I've been playing video games since the early 80s. I've never encountered games like that. Some may can me sheltered or naive, but I just like to think I avoid games that are for degenerate perverts.

Also something to be said to get mad at a game that's literally 30+ years old. Are they doing the same thing with movies?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-did-charlie-chaplin-get-away-with-having-an-affair-and-marrying-a-15-year-old-when-we-has-35.147528/

I'm surprised this case isn't looked at more. When Charlie Chaplin was 35, he had an affair with 15 year old Lita Grey and got her pregnant. They then ended up marrying in Mexico.

[Alpacx]

Resetera thread on the hockey game shooting in Rhode Island could be interesting if it's confirmed the perp was another  MTF attempting a family annihilation.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/february-16th-2026-3-dead-3-injured-after-shooting-at-r-i-high-school-hockey-game.1437814/

[benji]

BitchDubs makes a good vibes thread.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/injured-seabird-desperately-pecks-at-hospital-door-for-help.1437523/#post-15141630


His members make sure to shit it up with the bad vibes

Glad that avian birds can get treatment.

America would've denied the bird medical care.

and then deported/shot it for illegally immigrating from the sea

Does the bird have insurance

What a fun place you got there, Dubs

I mean, those are valid jokes.

Almost the whole genre of television medical dramas wouldn't exist if the US had a sane healthcare system.

It's illegal in the United States to turn away people seeking emergency medical care.

Had to block quite a few people on Bluesky (who frequent Era) that were incredibly dismissive of articles from women detailing the misogynistic tropes that Kojima still trades in present in DS2. Allies only when its most convenient for them...

Why wouldn't you name and shame these chuds? No interest in making Era a safe space and holding Nazis accountable? Ally only when its most convenient for him...

[benji]

Had to block quite a few people on Bluesky (who frequent Era) that were incredibly dismissive of articles from women detailing the misogynistic tropes that Kojima still trades in present in DS2. Allies only when its most convenient for them...

Why wouldn't you name and shame these chuds? No interest in making Era a safe space and holding Nazis accountable? Ally only when its most convenient for him...

https://clearsky.app/yodoops/blocking




The "did:blahblahblah" ones are accounts that have been deleted/banned/suspended from Bluesky.

Spoiler: he also uses these blocklists (click to show)(click to hide)

[Alpacx]

Resetera thread on the hockey game shooting in Rhode Island could be interesting if it's confirmed the perp was another  MTF attempting a family annihilation.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/february-16th-2026-3-dead-3-injured-after-shooting-at-r-i-high-school-hockey-game.1437814/

And here we go

Been following this a bit today. There is already a strong online push about the shooter being trans

There is a push of that with every single shooting over like the last 5 years. Not something that needs to be entertained here at all.

Pawtucket shooter’s gender identity tied to past family disputes, court records show

At a late-night news conference, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said Dorgan also went by the name “Roberta,” and court documents show his gender identity played a role in multiple family disputes over recent years.

In early 2020, Dorgan went to the North Providence Police Department and reported he had recently undergone gender-reassignment surgery and that his father-in-law wanted him out of their North Providence home because of it.

Around the same time, Dorgan’s then-wife Rhonda Dorgan filed for divorce. Under grounds for divorce, Rhonda initially wrote, “gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits.” Those reasons were then crossed out and replaced with “irreconcilable differences which have caused the immediate breakdown of the marriage.”

[Ribosome]

Trans autogynephile and Groyper. 

Yeesh 2026 is not off to a good start.

[benji]

More blood on Valve's hands for not more severely moderating its community. These shootings are a direct result of the toxic American ideology of free speech.

Also Gavin Newsom proclaiming Ronald Reagan Day.

[Boredfrom]

Resetera thread on the hockey game shooting in Rhode Island could be interesting if it's confirmed the perp was another  MTF attempting a family annihilation.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/february-16th-2026-3-dead-3-injured-after-shooting-at-r-i-high-school-hockey-game.1437814/

And here we go

Been following this a bit today. There is already a strong online push about the shooter being trans

There is a push of that with every single shooting over like the last 5 years. Not something that needs to be entertained here at all.

Pawtucket shooter’s gender identity tied to past family disputes, court records show

At a late-night news conference, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said Dorgan also went by the name “Roberta,” and court documents show his gender identity played a role in multiple family disputes over recent years.

In early 2020, Dorgan went to the North Providence Police Department and reported he had recently undergone gender-reassignment surgery and that his father-in-law wanted him out of their North Providence home because of it.

Around the same time, Dorgan’s then-wife Rhonda Dorgan filed for divorce. Under grounds for divorce, Rhonda initially wrote, “gender reassignment surgery, narcissistic + personality disorder traits.” Those reasons were then crossed out and replaced with “irreconcilable differences which have caused the immediate breakdown of the marriage.”

Absolutely true

This is local for me, so outside of it already being a horrific thing it's just unfolding in such a weird way. Really just posted giving a heads up more.

And that was the last post from him and Carl.

Welp. Another trans shooter they will ignore.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Why wouldn't you name and shame these chuds? No interest in making Era a safe space and holding Nazis accountable? Ally only when its most convenient for him...

https://clearsky.app/yodoops/blocking




The "did:blahblahblah" ones are accounts that have been deleted/banned/suspended from Bluesky.

Spoiler: he also uses these blocklists (click to show)(click to hide)

76 users blocked him 

[filler]

ronald reeeeeagan day 

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/lebron-james-expresses-desire-to-visit-israel-%E2%80%9Ci%E2%80%99ve-heard-nothing-but-great-things%E2%80%9D.1437262/

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/you-will-be-rewarded-1mil-usd-if-you-can-make-at-least-10-people-laugh-in-the-next-30-minutes.1436818/#post-151400485

Era is diverse, we're not all painfully socially awkward.

I work in the service industry and a big part of my job is hosting private events.

I'm very, very good at entertaining large groups of people and making them laugh, I'm sure I could get the million.

... though not right now, given it's 3:30 in the morning and I'm lazily surfing the internet.

If anyone on that site was truly capable of the OP's premise, they wouldn't be registered to post.

"Yeah, I could be a professional comedian, no big deal".

[benji]

[Potato]

BitchDubs makes a good vibes thread.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/injured-seabird-desperately-pecks-at-hospital-door-for-help.1437523/#post-15141630


His members make sure to shit it up with the bad vibes


What a fun place you got there, Dubs

I mean, those are valid jokes.

Almost the whole genre of television medical dramas wouldn't exist if the US had a sane healthcare system.

It's illegal in the United States to turn away people seeking emergency medical care.

Had to block quite a few people on Bluesky (who frequent Era) that were incredibly dismissive of articles from women detailing the misogynistic tropes that Kojima still trades in present in DS2. Allies only when its most convenient for them...

Why wouldn't you name and shame these chuds? No interest in making Era a safe space and holding Nazis accountable? Ally only when its most convenient for him...

A huge number of medical show drama storylines are based around circumventing health insurance issues. I know this because someone in my house watches an unhealthy amount of these shows.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/you-will-be-rewarded-1mil-usd-if-you-can-make-at-least-10-people-laugh-in-the-next-30-minutes.1436818/

Easy peasy. Hit 'em with my girl failure, autistic rizz. Never misses.

Psychopath stalker activated by code phrase:

Helped me cope with anxiety, depression and being neurodivergent.

As someone who spends a lot of their time online interacting with furries/scalies, they are very cool people and I love them. 100% would recommend hanging around with them, over the last 8 years they've been nothing but nice to me. And yeah I love furry art style games, they're cute!

I remember being nervous meeting my new therapist, after my prior one of 10 years quit and went into equine therapy. We chatted superficially, and he seemed OK. I opened up a bit about my chronic depression I've had since my early teens. It wasn't easy to talk about.

He said he had a therapy that would help retrain the brain to cure itself of depression. But he said there was a diet you needed to follow to get good results. I was mildly interested, his work had had some positive results so far, I asked him what diet.

"No more vegetables. In fact your body needs nothing more than red meat! It provides everything you need."

I looked at him. "Wait, what's wrong with vegetables?"

"They're attacking your body. They release toxins. They don't want to be eaten."

Can you imagine how I felt, having just opened myself up to this man, exposing vulnerabilities I don't like to think about, only to find out that he was an enormous quack? How it was to be in a room with a man terrified plants were out to kill him, he'd done the research.

I left. I cancelled all my booked appointments. I stopped therapy for about a year.

Thankfully I've a new, better therapist. But the encounter has stuck with me.

OK so tell me how can something be bland but also annoying? The very definition of bland/boring is that it elicits no emotion. Lots and lots of characters are bland and boring, but not only would I not call any of those "annoying" because it makes no sense, Aloy undeniably gets singled out a lot more than them, too.

To use a recent example that comes to mind... The MC of Metaphor is bland and boring. That fairy side-kick is not that, but she's definitely annoying.

Pretty sure I was told in high school by a bunch of girls that I was boring and annoying 😑 😅

*sigh*

Look, objectively I can see Emma is the better character. HOWEVER, Jean is my favourite X-man. Little girl me was enamoured by her and the fact her name was almost the same as mine.

I've worked in nursing for over 10 years and in healthcare for nearly 15, and I've been called some interesting stuff (not all of it good). But definitely the strangest compliment I've ever received was from an old fella whom I just helped get ready for the day.

He said, "They should bottle your blood"

I looked up.

"Because it's so precious."

I didn't know how to process this one and just smiled and said thank you.

To this day I still think about that compliment and wonder if this old fella was secretly a vampire.

What's the strangest compliment you've ever received, Era?

A preface: due to the nature of my work I have to be vague about some things. Confidentiality is a right.

I've worked as a casual nurse now about 7 years, but I have about a year's worth of contract experience in a unit I'll dub the dementia ward. About 2 years ago I worked nights on the unit and it was really hard work. One of the hazards to the job was physical violence from patients.

It was on nights on this ward that I had my first experience of being punched in the head. It was...unpleasant. A culture grew up around the staff there that physical abuse was just part of the job, and I was often told "learn to dodge faster". It wasn't a malicious thing if was just resignation to a fact. Our patients had dementia, we can't blame them for the way they behave. We often took pride in that we were caring for the undesirables of nursing society, that we were caring for people that no one else cared about.

Anyway, when my contract was up I didn't renew it (I studied overseas). Now we've had huge movements in the hospital network in. My old hospital was closed and I'm working in a new hospital where some old wards have been shifted to. I've been here since November and unsurprisingly many of the staff here at this other hospital don't want to work in the dementia ward or don't have the experience. I slowly found myself working every single shift there. And the work environment somehow got worse. There were more patients in a bigger ward and they were more violent. Like, really bad. The usual attitude on the ward that we were caring for people that nobody else cared for started to sour. They are constantly understaffed and the moral felt low in the new staff members. The original staff members kind of just carried on.

It was 2 months into working exclusively on the dementia ward. I was getting tired. I asked if I could have a little break from there. I ended up with no work for a week. So I sucked up and continued.

Then I found myself doing one to one care for a man who was especially violent. I was alone in the room with him and he attacked me. I hit the emergency bell and a minute or so passed and no one had come. I started to panic and I pushed the guy heavily and he fell on the bed. I ran out the room and saw someone was finally coming. I was so angry. Not about the violence but that when I needed help no one came. The response I got was that they were either not on the floor or they heard the bell and thought that a patient had hit it by accident (it happens a lot on that ward). And then I got the old adage, "learn to dodge faster" and I lost it.

A panic attack later and I told management I wasn't going back. Not for a long time. They've been better about giving me work but I haven't got as much as I used to. And now today, only 2 weeks after I said no to the dementia ward I get asked to go there again. It feels so hard, sometimes, to set boundaries on what I can and can't do. But just the thought of going back made me nervous and I knew I had to say no. It just feel like it's so hard sometimes. I wanted work, I needed it. But I don't want to be hit any more.

No one from that ward has rung up to check on me. It's not surprising but it's just so sad. What are we nurses supposed to do about a culture where violence is expected? Where money and funding is the deciding factor on whether a guard will be present or not and not the certain threat of physical harm?

I'm honestly considering finding a different job in a completely different field. But might be impossible and health care is all I know.

Tl;dr a patient tried to strangle me and staff think it's part of the job.