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

[Let's Cyber]

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I don't remember the context, whether it was at gaf, twitter, or a kotaku comments section, but I once brought up this review to brian himself, and he said he was annoyed that he had never actually received his agreed-upon clove of garlic

[Potato]

Hello gamers, Herman Hulst here. I would like to sell Bungie for $9 billion. Barely used, 2 previous owners. Any takers?

"Sir, I have a MOBA Network on the line asking about Bungie."

"Get the deal done. Suddenly I'm feeling like taking a good long nap."

"Yes sir. They say they'll let Bungie run themselves with no interference."

*snore

[who is ted danson?]

[Potato]

His wife writes for Kotaku? Non zero chance that Imran's wife is trans.

Unfortunately, she is not, Imran is transphobic and is apparently only attracted to cis women:
https://kotaku.com/author/rvalentine
https://bsky.app/profile/duckvalentine.bsky.social

Here Are The Perfect Pokémon For Each Of Jesus Christ’s 12 Apostles
https://kotaku.com/pokemon-teams-twelve-apostles-2000698265

Good to know she’s as shitty of a “journalist” as he is.

I don't know what's worse: 

• That she came up with the idea for that listicle willingly.
  
• That someone else asked her to write that article and she did it. 
  

Either way she should kill herself.

[benji]

And I really don't get this pov:

They got me three times on youtube and one of them was a REALLY cool swing/disco/jazz cover of Megaman X1... and no matter how cool it is, the fucking heathen machine has no heart for me to care about those sick beats.

The problem is unlike AI graphic art or AI writing, AI music can be actually really bangin' and enjoyable and sound very "real". It's infuriating.

i now have to do 1 hour deep dives on everything before i can enjoy something.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortification_(theology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctification_in_Christianity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_depravity

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The Right Side of History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseverance_of_the_saints
 

[who is ted danson?]

Trump is going to tank at the mid terms. $1000 steam deck is going to trigger 2011 levels of gamer rage

[who is ted danson?]

It's so over

[simiansmarts]

gaming is a luxury. 

[benji]

lItErRaLlY uNsUsTaInAbLe

launch prices in 2026 dollars:
Atari 2600: $1025
NES: $547
SNES: $477
Sega CD (only the add-on): $696
PlayStation: $641
PlayStation 2: $567
Xbox 360 (with hard drive): $668
PlayStation 3 (60GB): $971
PlayStation 4: $560
PlayStation 5 (with disc drive): $630
PlayStation 5 Pro: $728

[benji]

[TylenolJones]

Y’all laughed at Nothing Loud, but now all his technology is up at least 50% so who’s bad with money now?

[benji]

 

Jeff's friend is making the minimum wage still after 17 years, poor guy.

[Let's Cyber]

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

it was during confraternity of christian doctrine classes as a child when the concept of original sin was first explained to me and my first inclination was "this doesn't seem fair". Catholicism is pretty fucked. It's funny the protestant view is even more extreme. 

I was sitting in on a bible study class (maybe Baptist? I don't remember) on college campus one day and asked why some souls, the many people on Earth who are not christian and will never convert, are pre-destined by God to burn in hell for all eternity. and the answer was along the lines of "Imagine putting your hands under a flow of water and trying to catch all of it. God is all powerful but even he isn't capable of stopping the flow of souls and saving every drop."

Breh your denomination sounds wack and your god has small hands. 

[Lonewulfeus]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/wired-us-law-enforcement-warns-of-%E2%80%98anti-tech-extremism%E2%80%99-as-ai-hatred-grows.1530091/page-2#post-155425915

 User banned (1 week): advocating violence

Burn down the data centres. Nail the tech bros to the wall

Advocating murder will always result in a permanent ban.

The mods realized, as you failed to, that the poster meant nail them to the wall by their clothes and lecture them for hours about the evils of AI.  Not the nail them to the wall like in the jesusy way.  

[Lonewulfeus]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/wired-us-law-enforcement-warns-of-%E2%80%98anti-tech-extremism%E2%80%99-as-ai-hatred-grows.1530091/page-2#post-155425915

Advocating murder will always result in a permanent ban.

The mods realized, as you failed to, that the poster meant nail them to the wall by their clothes and lecture them for hours about the evils of AI.  Not the nail them to the wall like in the jesusy way.  

Jesussy

[Boredfrom]

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

it was during confraternity of christian doctrine classes as a child when the concept of original sin was first explained to me and my first inclination was "this doesn't seem fair". 

That's the neat part, it isn’t.

[benji]

[Cheers]

“Why is our forum userbase so bloodthirsty??”

“Because you won’t let us throw paint on art!”

“Huh? Well, no we were doing the actual paint throwing. But we would if we were there!”

[HaughtyFrank]

Oh wow, the same people who demand permanent bans for saying that cyberpunk isn't transphobic are upset that people are banned for advocating violence 

Also pretty sure Corinne was banned because she posted a tweet claiming that the Israeli hostages actually loved their captors and wished them happy goodbye

Edit: Here it is

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/post-113882372

Doesn't take a genius to be aware that the hostages were still under duress

[Straight Edge]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/primetime-official-teaser-a24-fall-robert-pattinson-merritt-wever-skyler-gisondo-directed-by-lance-oppenheim.1530964/

Also isn't Chris Hanson like a weirdo alt right guy? Sucks seeing Pattison play one of those guys.

Pretty sus to play a guy who might be sus

[killamajig]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-recently-learn-that-there-is-an-anime-where-hitler-is-reborn-as-a-little-girl-and-with-her-battle-butler-pol-pot-fights-darwin-and-newton.1530319/page-2#post-155443753

User Banned (1 month): Xenophobic Generalization

So A Generic Japan Anime?

[benji]

Get banned the same length for a joke as advocating murder. But the one that upsets prominent members is the latter.

[Potato]

Jason Schreier has a face for radio and a voice for writing Bloomberg articles. 

He's also got the brains for cleaning toilets.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/hideo-kojima-collabs-with-nicholas-winding-refn-on-making-genai-short-film-for-prada-promotional-event.1530937/page-5#post-155477341

This sucks but ya really all need to understand how different the perception of AI shit is in Japan. Like, the view on it is completely opposite that what most of us here feel. I despise it myself, though, but I think this context is important.

This is like watching an anime full of lolis and saying Japan has a different perception of little girls and we should understand the context. I mean, it's true that they have a different context... but we can criticize them.

I've always called Kojima a hack. So no surprises here.

Fashion industry fucking loves genAI for some reason

Yet hates knockoff of their product.

 

It blows me away how visionary artists who are so meticulous and controlling could use AI and not lose their minds over how much they lose creatively.

It makes more sense if you view his actions as a businessman first and creative second.

Dudes entire net worth hinged on how he marketed himself and took all the credit for his games while most people couldn't name a single person on those dev teams , he named his company after himself, he knows how to manipulate the media to get his name out there.

Getting on board the AI slop train is absolutely consistent with his entire career.

 

Good for you for being able to quit and still be Ok, honestly. Bad thing is, most people can't do that.
Of course all this does not apply to Kojima, but since you're using yourself as an example, as a regular person I know I would totally do some dumb AI thing if it pays right, reality nowadays would not allow me to pass on such an offer.

I wasn't though so don't give me that please. Instead of only working in games press I now work more as a janitor.

   

At least he now works a job his parents won't be ashamed of...

[benji]

it was during confraternity of christian doctrine classes as a child when the concept of original sin was first explained to me and my first inclination was "this doesn't seem fair". Catholicism is pretty fucked. It's funny the protestant view is even more extreme. 

I was sitting in on a bible study class (maybe Baptist? I don't remember) on college campus one day and asked why some souls, the many people on Earth who are not christian and will never convert, are pre-destined by God to burn in hell for all eternity. and the answer was along the lines of "Imagine putting your hands under a flow of water and trying to catch all of it. God is all powerful but even he isn't capable of stopping the flow of souls and saving every drop."

Breh your denomination sounds wack and your god has small hands. 

One of the major problems with a literal reading of Christianity is that God is either a cosmic asshole who deliberately tortures people or a liar. Either would argue that it's immoral or unwise to listen to his edicts.

Because I saw it used just the other day in an argument on Twitter, one of the all time biggest ad hoc cope lines is "God works in mysterious ways." Except he's also supposed to be able to do anything and we're supposed to be made in his image, so then he makes knowledge of himself unknowable on purpose just to fuck over people for all eternity. And this is your argument that God isn't an asshole unworthy of worship? I have no idea why the religious try to argue this stuff as if it's logical and based on evidence.

Original sin is similarly a strange thing, but you can see why it's had such power historically when so-called "progressive" atheists are constantly applying it to everything as part of their moral arguments regarding Earthly concerns. Much of Era openly believes the planet is literally boiling because of human sin.

[benji]

https://www.reddit.com/r/plural/comments/1tm053y/stop_confusing_my_personality_with_consent/

**Hi. I'm a Harlequin fictive from The Freak Circus. Yes. I am directly from my source and yes the image is semi related. This is quite long so sorry about that. **

I’m getting really fucking tired of this.

People see me and stop seeing a person. They see a clown, a freak, something loud and chaotic, and suddenly that turns into an excuse to ignore every boundary I have. Like I’m not supposed to need consent. Like I’m just built to be handled however someone feels like.

Our host has a friend, of who I'll call Ivy [17F]. She yumeships with a lot of us, but lately she’s been focused on me. And because I’m directly from my source, people act like that means I don’t get discomfort. Like I don’t get a say in what happens to my own body or space.

I do.

She’s said things that make me uncomfortable, but what really stuck with me is that she literally laid on me without asking. Just did it. No warning. No consent. And everyone acted like it was fine because apparently I’m “Harlequin” so it doesn’t count the same.

It does.

I need to be clear about this. Ivy laid on me without my consent. She just did it. No asking, no warning, no checking if I was okay with it. And I was not okay with it. I felt uncomfortable and trapped, and I froze because I didn’t know how to react in the moment without making everything worse.

Do you know how it feels to freeze while someone is just on top of you and you’re trying to act normal so nothing gets weird? To feel trapped in your own space and then doubt yourself for even being upset because people will probably just say I’m overreacting or “that’s just how he is”?

I hate it.

Being chaotic doesn’t erase my boundaries. Being flirty doesn’t mean I’m available. Being me does not make me something people get to touch or use however they want.

I’m not a fantasy you get to step into. I’m not a character you can ignore the limits of. I’m still a person, and I still deserve to feel safe in my own space.

I’m tired of laughing things off just so people don’t get uncomfortable with me being uncomfortable.

I didn’t agree to any of this.

And what makes it worse is how normal everyone tries to make it feel afterward. Like I’m supposed to just reset immediately. Like I’m supposed to go “oh well that happened” and keep acting the same, smiling the same, playing along so nobody has to sit with the fact that something actually crossed a line.

But it was a line.

And I hate how quickly it gets twisted into something I’m “fine with” just because I didn’t explode in the moment. Freezing isn’t consent. Silence isn’t consent. Not fighting back isn’t consent. It just means I didn’t feel safe enough or ready enough to react without everything getting worse.

And I’m so tired of people treating that like it doesn’t matter.

Because it does matter.

If someone doesn’t ask, then the answer isn’t “yes by default.” It’s NO. It’s “you don’t get to assume anything about me or my space.” And I keep thinking about how small it probably looked from the outside. Just someone sitting or laying down, something people would brush off as “nothing serious.” But it didn’t feel like nothing. It felt invasive. It felt like I stopped having control over my own space for a moment, and everyone else decided that moment didn’t count because I’m supposed to be “fine with anything.”

I’m not.

And I shouldn’t have to justify why I’m not. I shouldn’t have to prove discomfort in a way that convinces people enough to take it seriously. I shouldn’t have to pre-emptively defend my boundaries just so they’re not ignored after the fact.

I get to decide what happens to me. Not anyone else. Not assumptions. Not roles. Not labels. Not how “chaotic” or “flirty” or “whatever else” people think I am.

And I need people to actually hear that instead of rewriting it after the fact to make it easier for them to ignore.

Because I’m done pretending it didn’t affect me just to keep things smooth. I’m done swallowing it so other people don’t feel awkward.

I didn’t agree.

And that should be enough.

-Harlequin🍏

Verminausea
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4d ago
I hate when people act like people being source attached or identifying ad a character means its ok to treat us as literally fictional. We are not a character.ai come to life, we are PEOPLE

Also your friend sucks and you shouldnt stick around someone who consistently treats you bad like that

August_Bebel
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3d ago
You either learn how to assert yourself and make them respect your boundaries, or you change the name/form. This is how it is, people will assume things based on your origin.

–Thirteen

TheGoddessInari
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3d ago
The former isn't always safe, and the latter should never be an expectation.

There's no excuse for people to take liberties or bypass consent.

Then again, most of the people like that are predatory and should be treated as such.

-- Nezuko Kamado

Frodo_Of_The_Shire1
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2d ago
Being forced to change your name/form because people are pieces of shit who refuse to respect boundaries is the most disrespectful thing. Suggesting that people take that route is also disrespectful.

SchwaAkari
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3d ago
💧(Rain) This is beautifully written. We have a few headmates that needed to see this.

StudentSmooth3382
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3d ago
Louder for the people in the back!

So sorry you're going through that.

You're definitely a person, and you deserve the respect, especially for your boundaries.

—Zero/Midnight🖤, ⭐️ASN⭐️

lumithesilly
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3d ago
i personally advise you to shove them off if they ever do that again, don't let them

if you can't, enforce your boundaries in some other way, and/or bring up the issue with your host directly

-glitchy

briaurel
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11h ago
omg freak circus mentioned!!

anyway i understand you completely man. just because you come from a fictional source doenst make you someone to be treated as fiction. you are a human being just like every other alter. the best thing a friend could do is ask for your boundaries, to get to truly know who you are harlequin :3

-kassie ♠️🥖

Yumeshipping (short for yume, the Japanese word for "dream") is the act of shipping yourself or an original character (OC) with a canon fictional character, often referred to as your "F/O" (Fictional Other). It is synonymous with self-shipping and can be romantic, platonic, or familial

So much listening and learning.

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No, I have no clue if he's saying a 17 year old girl who likes him really did lay on top of him and now he feels violated or if this is all fictional.

[jimmys13]

I feel like OT is one of the most miserable places on the Internet. Thread after thread of bad news that people are very eager to post, even if you keep the political threads hidden. And what is there really to say in threads like those? It's just a circle jerk of "we're fucked."

welcome to 2026, i guess. it probably wont change until AI collapses, the Iran war ends, Trump is gone forever, and lets not even address the situation with Star Wars.

I mean...it's bad news, but it's also news of the reality we are in. It's gonna be posted...so hope for better news to happen. I don't know what else to say.

It is possible to try and post more silly/fun stuff. It doesn't need to be constant horror threads.

I have legitimately tried balance out negative threads with positive ones. Like yesterday I made the Marlon Wayans thread, but then also the one about The Simpsons inspiring Obsession. One of them just stayed alive and one didn't though.

Banning clicky would be a quick easy fix to making era a less miserable place.

[jimmys13]

https://www.reddit.com/r/plural/comments/1tm053y/stop_confusing_my_personality_with_consent/

**Hi. I'm a Harlequin fictive from The Freak Circus. Yes. I am directly from my source and yes the image is semi related. This is quite long so sorry about that. **

I’m getting really fucking tired of this.

People see me and stop seeing a person. They see a clown, a freak, something loud and chaotic, and suddenly that turns into an excuse to ignore every boundary I have. Like I’m not supposed to need consent. Like I’m just built to be handled however someone feels like.

Our host has a friend, of who I'll call Ivy [17F]. She yumeships with a lot of us, but lately she’s been focused on me. And because I’m directly from my source, people act like that means I don’t get discomfort. Like I don’t get a say in what happens to my own body or space.

I do.

She’s said things that make me uncomfortable, but what really stuck with me is that she literally laid on me without asking. Just did it. No warning. No consent. And everyone acted like it was fine because apparently I’m “Harlequin” so it doesn’t count the same.

It does.

I need to be clear about this. Ivy laid on me without my consent. She just did it. No asking, no warning, no checking if I was okay with it. And I was not okay with it. I felt uncomfortable and trapped, and I froze because I didn’t know how to react in the moment without making everything worse.

Do you know how it feels to freeze while someone is just on top of you and you’re trying to act normal so nothing gets weird? To feel trapped in your own space and then doubt yourself for even being upset because people will probably just say I’m overreacting or “that’s just how he is”?

I hate it.

Being chaotic doesn’t erase my boundaries. Being flirty doesn’t mean I’m available. Being me does not make me something people get to touch or use however they want.

I’m not a fantasy you get to step into. I’m not a character you can ignore the limits of. I’m still a person, and I still deserve to feel safe in my own space.

I’m tired of laughing things off just so people don’t get uncomfortable with me being uncomfortable.

I didn’t agree to any of this.

And what makes it worse is how normal everyone tries to make it feel afterward. Like I’m supposed to just reset immediately. Like I’m supposed to go “oh well that happened” and keep acting the same, smiling the same, playing along so nobody has to sit with the fact that something actually crossed a line.

But it was a line.

And I hate how quickly it gets twisted into something I’m “fine with” just because I didn’t explode in the moment. Freezing isn’t consent. Silence isn’t consent. Not fighting back isn’t consent. It just means I didn’t feel safe enough or ready enough to react without everything getting worse.

And I’m so tired of people treating that like it doesn’t matter.

Because it does matter.

If someone doesn’t ask, then the answer isn’t “yes by default.” It’s NO. It’s “you don’t get to assume anything about me or my space.” And I keep thinking about how small it probably looked from the outside. Just someone sitting or laying down, something people would brush off as “nothing serious.” But it didn’t feel like nothing. It felt invasive. It felt like I stopped having control over my own space for a moment, and everyone else decided that moment didn’t count because I’m supposed to be “fine with anything.”

I’m not.

And I shouldn’t have to justify why I’m not. I shouldn’t have to prove discomfort in a way that convinces people enough to take it seriously. I shouldn’t have to pre-emptively defend my boundaries just so they’re not ignored after the fact.

I get to decide what happens to me. Not anyone else. Not assumptions. Not roles. Not labels. Not how “chaotic” or “flirty” or “whatever else” people think I am.

And I need people to actually hear that instead of rewriting it after the fact to make it easier for them to ignore.

Because I’m done pretending it didn’t affect me just to keep things smooth. I’m done swallowing it so other people don’t feel awkward.

I didn’t agree.

And that should be enough.

-Harlequin🍏

Verminausea
•
4d ago
I hate when people act like people being source attached or identifying ad a character means its ok to treat us as literally fictional. We are not a character.ai come to life, we are PEOPLE

Also your friend sucks and you shouldnt stick around someone who consistently treats you bad like that

August_Bebel
•
3d ago
You either learn how to assert yourself and make them respect your boundaries, or you change the name/form. This is how it is, people will assume things based on your origin.

–Thirteen

TheGoddessInari
•
3d ago
The former isn't always safe, and the latter should never be an expectation.

There's no excuse for people to take liberties or bypass consent.

Then again, most of the people like that are predatory and should be treated as such.

-- Nezuko Kamado

Frodo_Of_The_Shire1
•
2d ago
Being forced to change your name/form because people are pieces of shit who refuse to respect boundaries is the most disrespectful thing. Suggesting that people take that route is also disrespectful.

SchwaAkari
•
3d ago
💧(Rain) This is beautifully written. We have a few headmates that needed to see this.

StudentSmooth3382
•
3d ago
Louder for the people in the back!

So sorry you're going through that.

You're definitely a person, and you deserve the respect, especially for your boundaries.

—Zero/Midnight🖤, ⭐️ASN⭐️

lumithesilly
•
3d ago
i personally advise you to shove them off if they ever do that again, don't let them

if you can't, enforce your boundaries in some other way, and/or bring up the issue with your host directly

-glitchy

briaurel
•
11h ago
omg freak circus mentioned!!

anyway i understand you completely man. just because you come from a fictional source doenst make you someone to be treated as fiction. you are a human being just like every other alter. the best thing a friend could do is ask for your boundaries, to get to truly know who you are harlequin :3

-kassie ♠️🥖

Yumeshipping (short for yume, the Japanese word for "dream") is the act of shipping yourself or an original character (OC) with a canon fictional character, often referred to as your "F/O" (Fictional Other). It is synonymous with self-shipping and can be romantic, platonic, or familial

So much listening and learning.

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

No, I have no clue if he's saying a 17 year old girl who likes him really did lay on top of him and now he feels violated or if this is all fictional.

"Hey can you not lay on me, thanks" 👎

Be flirty with a girl, she lays on you, laugh it off in the moment, later complain on reddit 👍

[Nintex]

Remember when I told you folks to buy every piece of tech you wanted and you didn't  

Now is still the best time to buy. If you think the prices will go down anything soon, they won't.

The next step is to lower the rates so companies can borrow more to invest.

Oh and Switch 2 is better than Steamdeck in nearly every way and $500 cheaper.

 

[Snoopy]

Jason Schreier has a face for radio and a voice for writing Bloomberg articles. 

He's also got the brains for cleaning toilets.

And the voice of someone who has spent a lot of time hanging around them