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

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/supreme-court-guts-the-voting-rights-act-in-6-3-decision-and-rules-that-louisianas-black-majority-congressional-district-is-unconstitutional.1505401/page-3#post-154383841

I think this is what it feels like to be radicalised. I've been feeling that a lot lately. What hope is there in this utterly corrupt system? Honestly, where's the fucking hope??

You think you have no faith in the system because you're no dummy, but you always really do; you have that small hope things can improve, the little flicker. Perhaps that's just youth. Now? I know I have no faith at all. I feel it, and it's a black, deep, dark hole where no light exists. And it's not just in the "system"; it's in humanity as a whole. Fuck, I hope this is just my depression talking. They place brick after brick upon you and you look to others for something, anything, and the majority of people don't see the problem and they'll argue in favour of the bricks. I'm so sick of it.

I know this isn't useful.

Dems need to remove the filibuster and remake the SC as deeply as possible into something as different as possible. Anything short of that and nothing will change.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-fgc-is-hyping-the-called-match-of-the-century-and-it-will-take-place-tomorrow-april-29th-in-evo-legends-2026.1504924/page-10

cool, fuck Evo tho

have some fucking principles

Dunno if  or

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/graham-platner-apologizes-for-using-ableist-slur-r-word-in-interview.1493128/page-12#post-154385374

I'm glad you admit it was bad judgement(At best) but it's still he supported it at worst or he still supports it as worster.

[Daffy Duck]

Also thread got weird with someone calling 'getting to third base' heteronormative and anti-lgbt

The bases are just heteronormative bs that I wish folks would move on from so it's probably for the best.

What's heteronormative about it? I don't even know what about it would be restricted to certain genders or sexualities

The baseball metaphor is heternormative because it flattens the sexual experience into a series of distinct, hetero-focused actions, with fourth base (the "goal") being penetrative sex. Queer folks don't necessarily engage with sex within these distinct actions – many gay men and lesbian women don't participate in penetrative intercourse at all, for example – so the baseball metaphor necessarily can't be applied to all or even most queer sexual relationships.

Not all heterosexual couples have intercourse either, btw, so your argument has a fundamental flaw in it.

All sexual relationships have some escalation, though, and given that there aren't hard-and-fast rules for what the various bases apply to, I see no reason why it couldn't be applied to queer relationships as well.

… sure but the metaphor is literally based on heterosexual sex.

And definitions can be expanded over time.

Again, there's literally zero reason why queer sexual relationships couldn't also have an escalation scale, and there's also no reason why every analogy has to apply to every person.

If a man has tried to touch the statue's penis instead of a woman, the third-base analogy would have still made perfect sense.

and blueballs wonders why we make fun of that place

Even if it is heteronormative, literally who gives a shit? How dare the overwhelming hetero majority talk about sex in ways that applies to them?

That has to be a troll. There’s no way it’s not

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ny-magazines-the-cut-i-mean-why-shouldn%E2%80%99t-we-all-smoke-cigarettes-again.1506136/page-2#post-154384321

(My father wasn't much better, smoked and drank heavily until I was in my early teens. My first memory is two years old on Christmas Eve where he comes back blackout drunk, mother locks him out and he proceeds to park the truck outside my bedroom window. Then turns on the hazard lights, holds down the horn and belts out the lyrics to Frosty the Snowman.)

[almostheathen]

Had Bdubs made that ccu sub forum before Concord came out, it would totally be thriving now.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/supreme-court-guts-the-voting-rights-act-in-6-3-decision-and-rules-that-louisianas-black-majority-congressional-district-is-unconstitutional.1505401/page-3#post-154383841

I think this is what it feels like to be radicalised. I've been feeling that a lot lately. What hope is there in this utterly corrupt system? Honestly, where's the fucking hope??

You think you have no faith in the system because you're no dummy, but you always really do; you have that small hope things can improve, the little flicker. Perhaps that's just youth. Now? I know I have no faith at all. I feel it, and it's a black, deep, dark hole where no light exists. And it's not just in the "system"; it's in humanity as a whole. Fuck, I hope this is just my depression talking. They place brick after brick upon you and you look to others for something, anything, and the majority of people don't see the problem and they'll argue in favour of the bricks. I'm so sick of it.

I know this isn't useful.

Dems need to remove the filibuster and remake the SC as deeply as possible into something as different as possible. Anything short of that and nothing will change.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/supreme-court-guts-the-voting-rights-act-in-6-3-decision-and-rules-that-louisianas-black-majority-congressional-district-is-unconstitutional.1505401/page-3#post-154383841

I think this is what it feels like to be radicalised. I've been feeling that a lot lately. What hope is there in this utterly corrupt system? Honestly, where's the fucking hope??

You think you have no faith in the system because you're no dummy, but you always really do; you have that small hope things can improve, the little flicker. Perhaps that's just youth. Now? I know I have no faith at all. I feel it, and it's a black, deep, dark hole where no light exists. And it's not just in the "system"; it's in humanity as a whole. Fuck, I hope this is just my depression talking. They place brick after brick upon you and you look to others for something, anything, and the majority of people don't see the problem and they'll argue in favour of the bricks. I'm so sick of it.

I know this isn't useful.

Dems need to remove the filibuster and remake the SC as deeply as possible into something as different as possible. Anything short of that and nothing will change.

Wasn't she a former mod or admin?

[benji]

Nintendo better get their ass for making light of Miyamoto's revolution in film making.

[Polident]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ny-magazines-the-cut-i-mean-why-shouldn%E2%80%99t-we-all-smoke-cigarettes-again.1506136/page-2#post-154384321

(My father wasn't much better, smoked and drank heavily until I was in my early teens. My first memory is two years old on Christmas Eve where he comes back blackout drunk, mother locks him out and he proceeds to park the truck outside my bedroom window. Then turns on the hazard lights, holds down the horn and belts out the lyrics to Frosty the Snowman.)

Coolness isn’t genetic, it seems.

[kaleidoscopium]

Pedo leading the country and Pedo leading the box office. America just does not give a fuck.

Sickening country that is sick.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/michael-opens-to-217-4m-worldwide-97m-domestic-making-it-the-biggest-opening-of-all-time-for-a-biopic.1502344/page-3#post-154240348

User banned (1 week): inflammatory accusations

[filler]

   

[Besticus Maximus]

Saros   2026 aint all bad

[kaleidoscopium]

That Platner thread is about to be atomic hot  

[HaughtyFrank]

Pedo leading the country and Pedo leading the box office. America just does not give a fuck.

Sickening country that is sick.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/michael-opens-to-217-4m-worldwide-97m-domestic-making-it-the-biggest-opening-of-all-time-for-a-biopic.1502344/page-3#post-154240348

User banned (1 week): inflammatory accusations

Why is calling America a sick country inflammatory but calling a developer pro colonizer isn't? 

Mods just flipping coins

[jooseloose]

Saros   2026 aint all bad

Is it that good? I've not picked it up but might.

[Besticus Maximus]

Saros   2026 aint all bad

Is it that good? I've not picked it up but might.

it's returnal 2, pile in

[Let's Cyber]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/april-30-2026-maine-gov-janet-mills-suspends-campaign-for-us-senate.1506400/#post-154396000

Is there any example of Platner's "anti-black racism" outside of a 2013 Reddit post asking why they don't tip better?

The onus isn't on Black people to prove that a person who regurgitates incredibly racist stereotypes isn't anti-Black.

"Hey, can you provide evidence of the thing you claimed?"
"Hmmm actually the onus isn't on me to provide evidence, sweetie"

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/graham-platner-apologizes-for-using-ableist-slur-r-word-in-interview.1493128/page-12#post-154400245

Or not using one member's post to taunt another member needlessly. Or when asked to remove said taunt, have the decency to respect the request and comply.

"Please don't quote my post on a public forum"

The quoting isn't the problem and you damn well know it, Dr. Benton Quest.

Calling a bunch of members Nazis and then demanding mass bans in an eight paragraph screed is goofy goober nonsense.

So they got the softest little dunk imaginable. Your post was an alley-oop.

If you're posting in a public forum people are going to respond.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nba-2026-playoffs-ot-for-kraid.1495021/page-82#post-154294810

 User banned (1 week): Antagonizing another user

Not sure why you're calling me out. I'm not a Pistons fan. And no, I haven't watched most of the regular season games, but I do keep up with results, standings, stats, etc. As for Cunningham:

Fucking Paul George and Isaiah Thomas finished or so that doesn't mean much what AI nonsense are you grabbing?

Cade was never in serious contention for MVP we know who are that includes Jokic.

I call you out because its clear you don't have any idea what your talking about and saying you don't watch the regular season shows your knowldege.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/representatives-mike-lawler-r-and-josh-gottheimer-d-introduce-resolution-to-us-house-to-condemn-hasan-piker-and-candace-ownes-for-antisemitism.1505824/page-5#post-154391863

 User banned (permanent): blatant antisemitism and conspiracy theories surrounding the moon landing

How you guys ever put a man on the moon?

Hollywood jews.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-verge-microsoft-is-giving-its-xbox-employees-an-xbox-email-address-this-is-yet-another-change-thats-part-of-the-%E2%80%98we-are-xbox%E2%80%99-effort.1505545/page-2#post-154357117

 User banned (1 week): Accusations of shilling, prior warning for same behavior

I was warren for calling out these PR pieces before, so let me just 🤐

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/today-in-competitive-pokemon-go-regional-championship-winner-loses-title-due-to-unsportsmanlike-celebration.1483270/page-5#post-154051617

 User Banned (1 Week): Advocating Doxxing and Harassment

Except we all know what "held accountable" means when you want somebody's name and it's not acceptable. Drag their name through the mud, harass them and everybody related to them, and even scarier, try to find where they live. So no, you're wrong. Refs and judges shouldn't need to fear for their lives because weirdos on the internet demand their personal information. You can hold Play Pokémon accountable and take it up with them.

If anything, this fallout perfectly illustrates why these matters are better handled privately and not on the internet. If there was a chance for Firestar to be heard, it went away the moment his friend decided to throw gasoline on the fire and dox the judges then go into a popular streamer's channel to talk about it.

Yes you should be held accountable for your actions, just like every real job. Real sports referees and Real life judges names are all known.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thank-god-for-futa-in-this-current-job-market.1504741/page-2#post-154328002
User banned (1 month): Transphobia

Someone said that tax was an epic trap… so it tracks.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thank-god-for-futa-in-this-current-job-market.1504741/#post-154322716

 User banned (1 week): Inappropriate joke

Would definitely be a pain in the rear if it wasn't there for unemployed folks.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thank-god-for-futa-in-this-current-job-market.1504741/#post-154322770

 User banned (2 weeks): Inappropriate joke

Would definitely be a pain in the rear if it wasn't there for unemployed folks.

Taking the FUTA tax

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thank-god-for-futa-in-this-current-job-market.1504741/page-2#post-154329772

 User banned (1 month): Transphobic thread creation & transphobic slur

Someone said that tax was an epic trap… so it tracks.

FUTA has nothing to do with traps. It's actually good.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thank-god-for-futa-in-this-current-job-market.1504741/page-2#post-154331404

 User banned (1 week): inappropriate commentary

You think the people that made that tax have a Black Bible on their bedside table?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thank-god-for-futa-in-this-current-job-market.1504741/page-3#post-154338805

 User banned (1 month): Transphobic joke

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-expanse-osiris-reborn-beta-preview-thread.1498261/page-2#post-154063798

 User banned (3 days): Antagonizing another member. Account in junior phase.

Oh I have absolutely no plans to purchase this game whatsoever for that exact reason.

Who cares, grow the heck up like that is so ridiculous and I feel like people like you do a disservice to the gaming industry just thinking like that

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-expanse-osiris-reborn-beta-preview-thread.1498261/page-4#post-154228780

 User banned (permanent): Troll account

Lol you're gonna do great here!!

I got banned for 3 days because I guess someone got their feelings hurt lol

At least reddit is less ban crazy

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-town-of-7-000-planned-so-many-data-centers-it%E2%80%99s-like-adding-51-walmarts.1503745/#post-154316578

 User banned (1 month): Advocating violence

Eco-terrorism is definitely going to increase at the rate things are going. I'll meet you at 7th Heaven.

I'm actually considering it the only way, blow them the f up.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-town-of-7-000-planned-so-many-data-centers-it%E2%80%99s-like-adding-51-walmarts.1503745/page-2#post-154317898

 User banned (2 weeks): Inflammatory comparisons and whataboutisms over multiple posts. History of similar behavior.

Noise pollution and massive water and electricity requirements for AI Data Centers put quantifiable, well researched and documented constraints on local demand.

Besides which, if you're going to take up 14% of an areas total land id argue the local residents are fair and entirely reasonable in pushing back if the 'benefits are low' to the community.

do you hold the same energy for golf courses, agriculture or the cement industry?

there are a bunch of stories of data centres having a negative impact on specific communities but they largely amount to local building mismanagement rather than an inherent issue.

from the report i linked above:

But – none of this means data centers shouldn't be carefully sited, constructed, and planned. When community members talk about brown water and sediment buildup because of local data center construction, that's real. But as the article cited notes, the reason the taps ran dry was because of sediment buildup in groundwater from construction – not the data center's normal operations (it hadn't even begun operating yet.)

Brown or sediment-laden well water from nearby construction is a known issue across industries – and communities are right to demand accountability when it happens. The EPA has pursued major enforcement actions against home builders for exactly this, including a $4.3 million settlement with the nation's largest builders over Clean Water Act violations. Data center developers should be held to the same standard.

And resource consumption is a fundamentally local issue. If data centers only made up 1% of all water consumption in the U.S., but that 1% came from one water-scarce community, such as many areas in the American Southwest – well, that would pose a challenge for that community! It is critical that these projects are situated and governed in ways that protect communities, because each community has different desires and different levels of resource scarcity (or abundance.)

this is the kind of thing people should focus on. the local concerns are often legit but it's straight-up misinformation to suggest that data centres are this uniquely poisonous form of construction.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/graham-platner-apologizes-for-using-ableist-slur-r-word-in-interview.1493128/page-12#post-154413838

People are getting a bit too personal here, so the thread is being locked given there are other, more current threads, to talk about the Maine primary.

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/representatives-mike-lawler-r-and-josh-gottheimer-d-introduce-resolution-to-us-house-to-condemn-hasan-piker-and-candace-ownes-for-antisemitism.1505824/page-5#post-154391863

 User banned (permanent): blatant antisemitism and conspiracy theories surrounding the moon landing

How you guys ever put a man on the moon?

Hollywood jews.

Hasan defender

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hasan-piker-presents-a-minidoc-americas-war-on-cuba.1483456/post-153471856

[simiansmarts]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thank-god-for-futa-in-this-current-job-market.1504741/page-2#post-154328002
User banned (1 month): Transphobia

Someone said that tax was an epic trap… so it tracks.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thank-god-for-futa-in-this-current-job-market.1504741/#post-154322716

 User banned (1 week): Inappropriate joke

Would definitely be a pain in the rear if it wasn't there for unemployed folks.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thank-god-for-futa-in-this-current-job-market.1504741/#post-154322770

 User banned (2 weeks): Inappropriate joke

Would definitely be a pain in the rear if it wasn't there for unemployed folks.

Taking the FUTA tax

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thank-god-for-futa-in-this-current-job-market.1504741/page-2#post-154329772

 User banned (1 month): Transphobic thread creation & transphobic slur

Someone said that tax was an epic trap… so it tracks.

FUTA has nothing to do with traps. It's actually good.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thank-god-for-futa-in-this-current-job-market.1504741/page-2#post-154331404

 User banned (1 week): inappropriate commentary

You think the people that made that tax have a Black Bible on their bedside table?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thank-god-for-futa-in-this-current-job-market.1504741/page-3#post-154338805

 User banned (1 month): Transphobic joke

I didn’t think they’d actually go in and deal out bans to users making gay hentai jokes without having “trans” in their bio. This is a new low   
  
Imagine getting banned because a britbonger incel manchild who literally roleplays as a woman online cried to the mods that his pretend-woman feelings were hurt by a corny joke thread.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/wkd-box-office-%E2%80%A2-04-24-26-26-%E2%80%A2-antoine-fuqua-does-a-nasty-thing-for-some-money.1502311/page-3

Box office thread is a lot more positive without Clicky constantly complaining about movies making money.