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

[simiansmarts]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/%E2%80%98michael%E2%80%99-becomes-highest-grossing-musical-biopic-off-all-time.1550314/  
 

People all around me talking about the movie and talk about him as if none of the allegations exist and it just drives me crazy .

I was his biggest fan when I was a kid but now I just feel such anger and disgust with him.

 

We are the world.
We are the perverts.
We are the ones
that make your children squirm
while we make a living.

 

This movie brought out the MJ Defense Force. Had two people arguing with me the other day trying to say he wasn't an abuser and pedophile. They called ME gross and obscene for telling them what he did 🙉
At this rate there will probably be a Trump biopic 20 years from now that tries to sanitize how much of an idiotic, abusing piece of shit he is too.

 
 

The world sucks.

 

I was thinking about making a thread about Michael Jackson, because as far as I knew it was pretty widely understood that he did horrible things and all his great music was tainted because of that. But the other day I found my two teenage kids watching Michael Jackson youtube videos and I said something like "Great music, it's a shame he was a child molester" and they both went off on me like "DAD YOU DON'T REALLY BELIEVE THAT DO YOU?? All the people who accused him just lied for money!!" I was like, oh yeah, where'd you hear that, and it was all from tik-tok videos they said. So has Michael Jackson generally been rehabilitated in the eyes of most people? I really haven't been paying attention well enough I suppose.

 

[Straight Edge]

Stellar blade 2 should start with Evie celebrating her 18th bday.

[Jansen]

Stellar blade 2 should start with Evie celebrating her 18th bday.

And then the doorbell rings and at the door is the pizza delivery guy with the big sausage pizza

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/june-12-2026-elon-musk-becomes-worlds-first-trillionaire.1549762/page-3#post-156380518

 User Banned (Permanent): Advocating murder, long history of severe infractions

Tax the hell out of all millionaires, put all billionaires in jail and **** all trillionaires

[who is ted danson?]

When you think about it, pretty much the entire downfall of the AAA/AAAA games industry can by traced back to Epic

UE4 / UE5 
Fortnite GAAS 
Epic games store

[who is ted danson?]

If the industry just reverted back to UE2.5 / UE3 and the piss filter it would heal

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/stellar-blade-blood-rain-shiftup-ceo-hyung-tae-kim-to-ign-yes-she-is-younger-shes-smaller-in-size.1547899/page-2#post-156284677

 User banned (2 weeks): Deeply inflammatory commentary in a sensitive thread.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/stellar-blade-blood-rain-shiftup-ceo-hyung-tae-kim-to-ign-yes-she-is-younger-shes-smaller-in-size.1547899/page-9#post-156301960

 User Banned (1 Month): Generalizing Asians

The thing that scares me is that those saying she doesn't look too young in turn normalize it. They move the goalpost on what is acceptable, and I'm pretty sure in 98% of the people that first saw her, a signal went off in their head that she looks too young. Problem is people are gaslighting them to think they're the weird ones. This whole situation has been extremely weird.

Yeah, the situation is just weird. I meant the game comes from Asia which this kind of stance I'm not surprised. Asia gacha games in general has a lot of gross designs sexualize young girls but I rarely seen backlash in asia. However, it seems they're to normalize this behavior like you said when introduce the game to western.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/stellar-blade-blood-rain-shiftup-ceo-hyung-tae-kim-to-ign-yes-she-is-younger-shes-smaller-in-size.1547899/page-9#post-156312400

 User Banned (2 Weeks): Concern trolling in a sensitive thread

This is a genuine question: Can I like or be excited about this game and say it in this forum? Or am I only allowed to dislike it?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/stellar-blade-blood-rain-shiftup-ceo-hyung-tae-kim-to-ign-yes-she-is-younger-shes-smaller-in-size.1547899/page-9#post-156313870

 User banned (permanent): Troll account

I agree that the protag choice is...questionable. In fact, it's so questionable that it almost seems as if it were done on purpose to stir up controversy.

But...what's the difference between this and the *Alita: Battle Angel* manga (for example), which basically features a sexualized, robotized little girl, but apparently that's not a problem there.
And the same goes for various pedo-loli games—there are even threads and tons of fans on Era.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/valor-mortis-release-delayed-from-september-24th-to-october-13th.1548661/#post-156331315

 User Banned (2 Weeks): Ableist Slur

October is also a battlefield right now.

September is 10 times worse.

I also still think now releasing early in November because of GTA is retarded, especially if you are relying more on the Switch or PC. Yeah, Media will build pre-release Hype for the Game, but I think the fear is insane overblown. The same with not releasing in December. There is no universe where end of September is better than middle of December.

If you can afford it you are frankly also maybe just better off delaying to 2027 and using this time to maybe improve the Game further or already planning out post launch content. Worst case you could also lower working hours, that sucks but is still better than yxour game flopping and you firing half the staff or closing the Studio. And Games will Flop in September 100% due to how loaded it is. There isnt enough money in the market to support so many medium-high Tier Games.

But this shows us that Studios dont know about launch dates for other Games, this is the 2nd Game that immediately moves its launch out of September after the Showcases. This was something I was wondering about, how much do Studios know of each others Dates. I guess this Studio is very small, maybe bigger ones know.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/karmelo-anthony-case.1548097/page-4#post-156314866

 User Banned (1 Week): Dismissive Drive-By; Account in Junior Phase

No one is "overthinking" murder. You're oversimplifying a tragic case that isn't as clear cut as you want it to be.

Nah ure just overthinking it

[Uncle]

I was thinking about making a thread about Michael Jackson, because as far as I knew it was pretty widely understood that he did horrible things and all his great music was tainted because of that. But the other day I found my two teenage kids watching Michael Jackson youtube videos and I said something like "Great music, it's a shame he was a child molester" and they both went off on me like "DAD YOU DON'T REALLY BELIEVE THAT DO YOU?? All the people who accused him just lied for money!!" I was like, oh yeah, where'd you hear that, and it was all from tik-tok videos they said. So has Michael Jackson generally been rehabilitated in the eyes of most people? I really haven't been paying attention well enough I suppose.

 

   

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/travel-from-canada-to-the-u-s-is-down-even-more-dramatically-than-we-thought-data-shows.1550392/#post-156425671

I want so, so very badly to visit a girl I'm dating in the USA right now, and it simply isn't safe enough. Especially considering I'm trans. It's ripping me apart. I WANT to go. But I won't. Can't. It's not safe.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/spider-noir-2026-tv-series-ot-not-everything-is-in-black-white-but-it-can-if-you-want-it-to-be.1529497/page-4#post-156411028

Hey Everyone,
I hope, that I post it somewhere, where no one is upset about. If anyone feels upset by this message, please tell me, so I can delete it.
I'm working on a study about how people experience video games while watching a gameplay scene.
You'd watch the opening scene from Marvel's Spider‑Man Remastered (which is, in my opinion, one of the best opening scenes I've seen so far) and answer a few questions about your experience.

Everything is completely anonymous, strictly non-commercial, and for academic research only.

🕷️Survey link:  https://www.soscisurvey.de/SpiderMan530679/

For this study, it is crucial for me to gather perspectives from outside of Germany to ensure a diverse, international sample—which is exactly why this forum is absolutely perfect for my research, especially because you me be interested in the friendly spider from the neighbourhood.

It takes about 13 minutes in total - which includes about 7 minutes of watching gameplay from a great game. I hope you like the gameplay - I've played and recorded it myself.

Do you have a game in mind that would fit as well as, or better than the one I chose? Your opinion would really interest me.

I'm always open to feedback, questions, or suggestions, so please feel free to reach out or leave a comment!

If you enjoy action‑adventure games or watching gameplay in general, you'd be doing me a huge favor. Thanks in advance for supporting a fellow gamer!

[simiansmarts]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/travel-from-canada-to-the-u-s-is-down-even-more-dramatically-than-we-thought-data-shows.1550392/#post-156425671

I want so, so very badly to visit a girl I'm dating in the USA right now, and it simply isn't safe enough. Especially considering I'm trans. It's ripping me apart. I WANT to go. But I won't. Can't. It's not safe.

You'd think his lack of income would be a bigger barrier for travelling to the US than safety.

[Snoopy]

The Chinks got nuked and raped. You never hear them complain about it. Stoic. Mature. Reasonable. Unlike those Jews who will not shut up about gas chambers and Muslums. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/PrayersToTrump/s/k2kPsMEsKt

[Orange Juice Box]

I don't really see where these points are being conflated into a single argument when most people here agree with both regardless.

I think the underlying tension here is, even in our agreement, Black people are still perceiving racial animus in the way that people are discussing the defendant. For example, he's a "psycho" that "didn't belong there."

Black people are commonly framed as mentally unwell when we commit crimes, and we are constantly policed in our space to the point that it can lead to death if we stand our ground. The very idea that he should have left because a white boy with no authority told him to leave is literally just textbook racism. No two ways about it.

Like, I shouldn't have to point this out. Indeed, pointing this out gets met with "So you believe he shouldn't have been charged?!!!!" As if I am supposed to be okay with what I perceive as racism when leveled towards a Black person of any character. James Baldwin said to the extent of "Black people should be allowed the grace to be bad people sometimes."

It's like when that whole Jussie Smollett shit happened and people, even folks here, who were outraged that he "set racism back" (as if most people genuinely care about anti-racism) and "wasted officers' time" (I thought we were about ACAB???) should be "punished to the fullest of the law" and go to prison for years and years, as if we are unaware of what prisons are actually meant for.

Meanwhile, how many white people have faked hate crimes on themselves? And how many of them were seen as threats to the social fabric? Hell, that one "Blacks rule!" guy is a meme around here.

Ultimately, this entire thread ultimately reeks of people finally having a chance to stone a beautiful Black body, and even if I largely agree with the ruling (albeit not really the length of the sentence,) it's like some of y'all can't help yourselves whenever a Black defendant is undeniably guilty. Some people here need to examine themselves, but they won't. 🤷🏿‍♀️

I think ostensibly liberal and even progressive people hold anti-Black biases because being a liberal or progressive is not actually contingent on any meaningful internal deconstruction of racist biases.

I think ostensibly liberal and even progressive people are comfortable labeling Black criminals as "psycho" in part because they're Black despite other, potentially performative concerns about how ableist this would be when leveled at other people, including those who have higher body counts like our politicians.

I also think ostensibly liberal and even progressive do not consistently treat white criminals and Black criminals with the same level of condemnation or grace respectively as the other, and this actually bears out with data; support for harsher sentencing and the death penalty actually goes up when you mention that Black people are more likely to be sentenced regardless of whether or not they're guilty.

Your extremely defensive yet expected reaction also doesn't really refute the notion either, and I'm not going to entertain the idea that a presupposition that racial bias is at play here is completely irrational given what I know both about this community and the issue of anti-Black racism within an American context in general.

People just really like jailing niggas. This isn't actually controversial.

Ban this fucking bigot, Nepenthe. Don't let him spread this white supremacist shit!

Oh, what do you think?  Because your thinks are so much more important than actual facts. 



I wrote a college application (one of many) and realized I used, "I" repeatedly to open a sentence and I apologized for doing so.  I even said I hoped their writing program would help me.   Every program had some AI warning and not to use.  I think my shit writing and dependence on "I," statements might help and prove I'm not a robot.  Like a robot want's to pay 15k to write papers.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/spider-noir-2026-tv-series-ot-not-everything-is-in-black-white-but-it-can-if-you-want-it-to-be.1529497/page-4#post-156411028

Hey Everyone,
I hope, that I post it somewhere, where no one is upset about. If anyone feels upset by this message, please tell me, so I can delete it.
I'm working on a study about how people experience video games while watching a gameplay scene.
You'd watch the opening scene from Marvel's Spider‑Man Remastered (which is, in my opinion, one of the best opening scenes I've seen so far) and answer a few questions about your experience.

Everything is completely anonymous, strictly non-commercial, and for academic research only.

🕷️Survey link:  https://www.soscisurvey.de/SpiderMan530679/

For this study, it is crucial for me to gather perspectives from outside of Germany to ensure a diverse, international sample—which is exactly why this forum is absolutely perfect for my research, especially because you me be interested in the friendly spider from the neighbourhood.

It takes about 13 minutes in total - which includes about 7 minutes of watching gameplay from a great game. I hope you like the gameplay - I've played and recorded it myself.

Do you have a game in mind that would fit as well as, or better than the one I chose? Your opinion would really interest me.

I'm always open to feedback, questions, or suggestions, so please feel free to reach out or leave a comment!

If you enjoy action‑adventure games or watching gameplay in general, you'd be doing me a huge favor. Thanks in advance for supporting a fellow gamer!

Yes, and? What does this do materially for Black people?

[Rendle]

How little someone must think of Black people that they think 12 Black jurors would come to a different verdict.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/travel-from-canada-to-the-u-s-is-down-even-more-dramatically-than-we-thought-data-shows.1550392/#post-156425671

I want so, so very badly to visit a girl I'm dating in the USA right now, and it simply isn't safe enough. Especially considering I'm trans. It's ripping me apart. I WANT to go. But I won't. Can't. It's not safe.

It's always Ree trans women that are lesbians.  I never seen a trans woman talk about her boyfriend there.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ubisoft-originally-planned-to-release-six-dlcs-for-star-wars-outlaws.1550329/page-3#post-156431101

Game had a ROUGH launch but the amount of work devs put after the release turned this one into a very good Star Wars game.

It is an underated gem imo.

ERA is so fucking weird with this game.

“Game is shit at launch. And games cost so much in this age. Pls buy at Day1.”  

Chuds once again ruin a fantastic game's future.

We are so anti corpo, you guys.

[Jansen]

Constructive



Takedown orders?

[simiansmarts]

Chuds once again ruin a fantastic game's future.

We are so anti corpo, you guys.

 
 
This guy is one of my new favorite characters on Era.

[Jansen]

Hela, as played by Blanchett, has major "I can fix her or die trying" energy, and I'm so there for it.

YIKES

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-are-the-current-crop-of-billionaires-so-tasteless.1550599/

Meaning, they seem more about science and tech alone than stuff like architecture, art, and more lasting physical things.



I'm not naive, the old railroads barons were not great people, but they left institutions at least. Andrew Carnegie basically built Pittsburgh.



Bezos is wasting his money on space travel and turning the Washington post into a propaganda outlet. Elon is a villain basically. I don't even know what Zuck is doing. And Thiel is another villain that is actively telling people to stop giving their money.

[Boredfrom]

He is so naive that we suspect he is a AI chatBot. A very bad one.

[Alpacx]

He is so naive that we suspect he is a AI chatBot. A very bad one.

@grok is this true?

[Garfield]

Someone on era said that his financial advisor reminded people that Space X is a "terrible buy because it's trading at 90 times sales."

That reminds me of my old finance professor in 2007 saying not to buy Apple stock because "Apple won't sell nearly enough iPod-phones* to justify the stock price."  (*yes this toolshed kept calling it the Ipod-phone.)

He was also fond of quoting some famous NYU finance professor that went around saying, in the early 2000s, "amazon will have to sell a million billion trillion books to justify its price."

You can think Space X is a good buy or a bad buy, but projecting based on its previous years' sales in an industry that does not yet exist is just a complete lack of imagination and missing the forest for the trees, or something..

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Stellar blade 2 should start with Evie celebrating her 18th bday.

And then the doorbell rings and at the door is the pizza delivery guy with the big sausage pizza

And then they both turn and wink at the camera, saying "This is legal".

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/stellar-blade-blood-rain-shiftup-ceo-hyung-tae-kim-to-ign-yes-she-is-younger-shes-smaller-in-size.1547899/post-156313870

 User banned (permanent): Troll account

And the same goes for various pedo-loli games—there are even threads and tons of fans on Era.

[Boredfrom]

Pedo-loli games like… Pragmata.

[Orange Juice Box]

We also don't know how old Evie is. Just that she's "young". But I bet in the following months they're gonna say Evie is around 18-20 just so they skirt around her appearance while giving a wink to pedos and you bet a loooooot of gamers and the media will eat that up, sadly.

He's such a gooner he probably gets off on being so blatant about it. Definitely not a mistake.

Yeah, just as you pedo gooners type these kinds of posts one-handed:

And they still can go fuck themselves if they redesign her, they do this shit on purpose i just learned OG Eve also looked way too young.
Shift Up, designed a 13 year old girl, then put her on a skin tight suit, gave her jiggly ass and boob physics, and oogled her with the camera.
You can't make a pedo appealing character design for a few years them bump her up to 25 and say "everything is solved".
Evil ass studio

Intentionally made her younger, also intentionally made the camera show off her ass jiggle and every other inch of her skintight bodysuit/corset fetish gear with the holes cut into it all over that rides all the way up said ass, also made that the focal image of the game's PR.

Every game this studio makes is goonshit and they're only getting creepier and more leering with time.

She's quite literally a 13 year old child with the body of a sex doll and jiggle physics. Anybody "sneakily" (you are not being sneaky, we're not stupid) ignoring the very obvious elephant in the room going straight to praise how great the game looks should have their hard drives checked.

I thought the game looked cool until she took off the parka cloak thing and her ass cheeks each had individual jiggle physics, and then I remembered the secondhand embarrassment that stopped me from playing the first game.

I don't have a problem with a certain level of sexualization sometimes, but these games just take it so far that it's like nails on a chalkboard to the cringe center of my brain. The new protag looking about 14 just makes it worse.

Hearing these people have histrionic fitis makes me want to see the material.  To be way old, it's like Tipper Gore and other's protesting 2 Live Crew - Me So Horny.  And then you listen and you don't know if there was a conspiracy to get some shit-ass art crap publicity or if it was just hysterical ninnies who needed a good 'ol freak out.  Fuck you protestors for wasting our time and fuck you creators for making shit.  Everyone involved should just be shot in the face so we can move on as a nation.