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

[Taco Bell Tower]

LOUDER 👏 FOR 👏 THE 👏 PEOPLE 👏 IN 👏 THE 👏 BACK 👏👏👏

[benji]

A lot of their anger is tied to the constant frustration of finding out that no matter how hard they ignore or hate something it often somehow inexplicably continues to exist.

[simiansmarts]

A lot of their anger is tied to the constant frustration of finding out that no matter how hard they ignore or hate something it often somehow inexplicably continues to exist.

That’s why a banned content list is necessary to survive under genocide

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/which-if-any-uses-of-generative-ai-in-gaming-are-you-ok-with.1552981/page-7#post-156633433

Honestly, I hope that a game like Tomb Raider's recently announced one falls way short of internal projections. It'll still sell well by being a popular IP, but I hope they struggle to recoup expenses on it and that their metrics show them that lost a sizable chunk of their audience. My hope is that there are enough people sticking to their principles and ethics on AI when these games boast AI usage to the point where it's felt by the publishers.

 
 
These people genuinely believe the world begins and ends at Bluesky

The devs will appreciate when they get fired because of low sales and not because of AI

[Taco Bell Tower]

Someone tried to scam me the same way as visawife got scammed   Thank you for taking one for the team, messy!
https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-fell-for-the-steam-discord-unlawful-purchasing-illegal-activities-false-report-emily-kent-scam.718384/

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/getting-in-shape-after-50.1552645/#post-156569959

I'm 50 and walked away from the video game industry after getting laid off last year. I now do manual labor in construction and warehouses. In two months you'll be in the best shape of your life. I burn like 2000 calories a shift and my step count always gone over 9 miles after doing a 9 hour shift. Quit the gym because the gains from work is way better. In 6 months I've gotten a body builder physique just from work

[Mask]

"dismissing concerns" gotta be in the top 3 ban reasonings. that shit covers EVERYTHING

I wrote this a while back, but "dismissing concerns" is the "resisting arrest" for the online leftist.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/getting-in-shape-after-50.1552645/#post-156569959

I'm 50 and walked away from the video game industry after getting laid off last year. I now do manual labor in construction and warehouses. In two months you'll be in the best shape of your life. I burn like 2000 calories a shift and my step count always gone over 9 miles after doing a 9 hour shift. Quit the gym because the gains from work is way better. In 6 months I've gotten a body builder physique just from work

TylerD

This is my plan to get me much closer to retirement age if needed. I'll be 43 in September and in "IT".

Comfortable work from home job, do cardio and body weight stuff so I'm in decent shape. I have become totally disenchanted with tech related jobs and have no desire to increase my skills unless it comes related to my current job and employer. I'm working on selling my house to move across the country and downsize in to a 1-2 bedroom apartment.

If i get laid off or automated away, I'm going to take 6-12 months off, travel, workout a lot then start working a manual labor job and try to ride that until retirement of ~55 is my current target.

[TylenolJones]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/getting-in-shape-after-50.1552645/#post-156569959

I'm 50 and walked away from the video game industry after getting laid off last year. I now do manual labor in construction and warehouses. In two months you'll be in the best shape of your life. I burn like 2000 calories a shift and my step count always gone over 9 miles after doing a 9 hour shift. Quit the gym because the gains from work is way better. In 6 months I've gotten a body builder physique just from work

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/search/43521238/?c[users]=TheGummyBear&o=date

[killamajig]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tennessee-pharmacies-sell-potent-ivermectin-led-by-doctor-whos-taken-bucketloads-not-just-covid-19-cancer-and-diabete-patient-are-taking-it.1553344/#post-156626155

tabris lore..

The worst part of this is I feel gross when I have to describe my medications because of ivermectin being used by these MAGA/MAGA POS'

I have (well a bit more had as it addressed my symptoms) called Rosacea (redness in the face). I use something called Rosiver which is a small dose of Ivermectin as a cream on my face. The anti-parasitic (mites on your face) and anti-inflation properties do great for Rosacea.

[NekoFever]

Someone tried to scam me the same way as visawife got scammed   Thank you for taking one for the team, messy!
https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-fell-for-the-steam-discord-unlawful-purchasing-illegal-activities-false-report-emily-kent-scam.718384/

I’d forgotten about this

He believed a random who claimed his Steam account was about to be “destroyed” unless he contacted a Steam support agent, and this was to be done through fucking Discord for some reason.

Despite the support agent being barely literate he handed over his verification codes when that’s the one thing literally everywhere tells you not to do, and then bought a gift card for them like a fucking grandma who thinks the FBI is coming to arrest her.

It’s a good thing he didn’t pay for his wife with gift cards because she spotted immediately that her husband is an idiot.

And reading the thread again, I see this guy pop up again:

I fell for the same scam last year and I still feel so disappointed in myself for it.

[Jansen]

Selected all of the above, but then again I'm going to go against the grain of many on this forum that just repeats "slop slop slop" all day and I'm an AI/ML Scientist with doctoral training so I'm automatically going to have a take that isn't sometimes worth repeating here just to get dogpiled.



GenAI is a nuanced, complex technology and its implications. It objectively has the potential to reduce a lot of tedium for creators and scientists and engineers in both personal and professional settings when used appropriately and ethically, such as reducing trial-and-error and rapid prototyping and cognitive multi-tasking/tedium that otherwise would have to have been done manually. It can reduce outsourcing inefficiencies which can theoretically expand time available for creators to focus on more tasks GenAI can't do well, like nuanced judgmental decision-making, team work, and subjective analyses, as well as human attention to detail. There's a lot to say on this topic but I'll just say it's too much to slice apart in one thread or one post even, let alone to field dogpiling from people that just have "slop slop slop" ctrl + v ready at their fingers to respond to anything remotely neutral or positive that can be said about GenAI. So I just sigh and shrug, it's not my place or intent to defend a technology thrown under the bus of lazy and greedy corporate execs laying off creators and artists for unethical reasons. But I do see potential for it to amplify gaming and help reduce some of the bloated costs and redundancies in tedium in game development if implemented ethically, while also knowing that we can't trust these companies such as Microsoft to really do both in tandem while keeping people employed.



Like I said, a nuanced topic, but that's the most effort I can really write out right now.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/which-if-any-uses-of-generative-ai-in-gaming-are-you-ok-with.1552981/page-7#post-156634432

No one is willing to step to the poop king 

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/which-if-any-uses-of-generative-ai-in-gaming-are-you-ok-with.1552981/page-7#post-156633433

Honestly, I hope that a game like Tomb Raider's recently announced one falls way short of internal projections. It'll still sell well by being a popular IP, but I hope they struggle to recoup expenses on it and that their metrics show them that lost a sizable chunk of their audience. My hope is that there are enough people sticking to their principles and ethics on AI when these games boast AI usage to the point where it's felt by the publishers.

 
 
These people genuinely believe the world begins and ends at Bluesky

The same people who believe there's popular support for all this extreme trans shit like men in women's sport, puberty blockers and multi genders and sex is fluid.

[Potato]

A lot of their anger is tied to the constant frustration of finding out that no matter how hard they ignore or hate something it often somehow inexplicably continues to exist.

That’s why a banned content list is necessary to survive under genocide

The banned content list literally IS genocide chud!

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tennessee-pharmacies-sell-potent-ivermectin-led-by-doctor-whos-taken-bucketloads-not-just-covid-19-cancer-and-diabete-patient-are-taking-it.1553344/#post-156626155

tabris lore..

The worst part of this is I feel gross when I have to describe my medications because of ivermectin being used by these MAGA/MAGA POS'

I have (well a bit more had as it addressed my symptoms) called Rosacea (redness in the face). I use something called Rosiver which is a small dose of Ivermectin as a cream on my face. The anti-parasitic (mites on your face) and anti-inflation properties do great for Rosacea.

Lol, Tabris is a pizzaface!!

[Polident]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tennessee-pharmacies-sell-potent-ivermectin-led-by-doctor-whos-taken-bucketloads-not-just-covid-19-cancer-and-diabete-patient-are-taking-it.1553344/#post-156626155

tabris lore..

The worst part of this is I feel gross when I have to describe my medications because of ivermectin being used by these MAGA/MAGA POS'

I have (well a bit more had as it addressed my symptoms) called Rosacea (redness in the face). I use something called Rosiver which is a small dose of Ivermectin as a cream on my face. The anti-parasitic (mites on your face) and anti-inflation properties do great for Rosacea.

Really neurotic to feel any sort of way when telling nurses what medication you’re on. His insecurity imagines them gossiping about this chud loser putting horse dewormer on his fucked up face.

[killamajig]

obligatory

[Uncle]

The same people who believe there's popular support for all this extreme trans shit like men in women's sport, puberty blockers and multi genders and sex is fluid.

by the way, on that note:

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/06/ftc-states-sue-world-professional-association-transgender-health-over-deceptive-claims-regarding-treatment-children

the US Federal Trade Commission along with several states has sued WPATH for making unsubstantiated claims regarding treatment of trans children, in order to make money by selling unnecessary medical procedures

The Federal Trade Commission, along with Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska and Texas, today filed a lawsuit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), alleging the organization has provided the means for medical providers to make false and unsubstantiated claims to parents in order to sell pediatric medical transition services.

WPATH, an association of clinicians who profit from pediatric medical transition services, recommended medical interventions, including drugs and surgery, for children and adolescents who expressed dissatisfaction with or distress about their sex traits. In their complaint, the FTC and its state partners allege that these recommendations misled parents and children about the medical consensus and medical necessity, as well as the safety and effectiveness, of such services, in violation of the FTC Act.

“Today, the FTC filed a lawsuit against WPATH alleging that the organization made false and unsubstantiated claims regarding the necessity, effectiveness and safety of puberty blockers, hormones and sex-change surgeries,” said Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson. “Children, but especially their parents, must have complete and truthful information when making decisions to purchase medical services. For decades, the FTC has taken action against entities that make deceptive and unsubstantiated health-related claims. The complaint filed today reflects that same long-standing mandate: when an entity makes a claim about a medical treatment, the claim must be truthful, evidence-based and not misleading.”

In 2022, WPATH omitted all mention of age limitations for breast amputation or penis removal from the “Standards of Care” document providing the organization’s official recommendations for treating sex-trait-related dissatisfaction or distress in children. As alleged in the complaint, WPATH did not base this decision on medical evidence.

“When an organization provides guidance designed to mislead families about the risks, benefits, or medical consensus behind a treatment, it undermines trust in those responsible for providing medical care,” said Commissioner Mark R. Meador. “Our action today is a straightforward application of the law to ensure that families receive accurate, evidence-based information as they seek to make some of the most important healthcare decisions for their children.”

The complaint further alleges that WPATH failed to disclose side effects of certain pediatric medical transition services, including that cross-sex hormones can cause mood disturbances, vocal pain and limitations, pelvic pain, clitoral discomfort, vaginal pain, inability to orgasm, incontinence and erectile pain. 

As described in the complaint, in several instances, parents seeking help for their children were asked by clinicians whether they “would rather have a live daughter or a dead son,” based on WPATH representations that pediatric medical transition services are “lifesaving.” As the complaint argues, there is no competent and reliable scientific evidence to suggest these interventions reduce the risk of suicide.

WPATH claims its recommendations represent “consensus-based expert opinion.” This leads WPATH members and other clinicians to repeat to consumers false, misleading or unsubstantiated statements about safety and efficacy found in WPATH guidelines, according to the complaint.

According to the complaint, despite the absence of competent and reliable scientific evidence, WPATH’s guidelines label nearly every pediatric transition service as “medically necessary” to maximize the likelihood that insurers will pay for the pediatric transition procedures.

“Any group that illegally promotes irreversible, life-altering ‘transitioning’ procedures to kids as safe and necessary will face the full force of the law for harming children,” said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. “We will not allow WPATH or any other organization to illegally promote or perform dangerous ‘transitioning’ procedures on our kids that leave them with permanent trauma and lifelong health consequences.”

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers said: “WPATH has long represented itself as the final authority for the gender-related treatment of children, advancing profit-driven ideology unsupported by science and withholding crucial information from children, parents and doctors. We’re proud to work with the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general to hold WPATH accountable for deceiving parents and medical professionals and causing harm to children in Nebraska and nationwide.”

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said: “WPATH recommends permanent irreversible treatments and surgeries on children without solid medical science. Patients and their families have been deceived into believing the organization is an authoritative, medical body, when, in truth, their recommendations are based on politics and ideology. Parents and children deserve better.”

Alaska Acting Attorney General Cori Mills said: “Our laws demand real transparency and full disclosure of risks—whether it’s a defective product that harmed consumers or powerful drugs like opioids. This is especially vital for irreversible treatments with lifelong consequences, and it must be held to the highest standard when minors are involved. Unfortunately, as alleged in the complaint, WPATH failed that test by prioritizing ideology over sound science, downplaying serious long-term harms. They must be held accountable like we have held countless other companies and organizations accountable when they fail to follow the laws that protect consumers.”

The Commission vote authorizing staff to file the complaint was 2-0. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

NOTE: The Commission files a complaint when it has “reason to believe” that the named defendants are violating or are about to violate the law and it appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. The case will be decided by the court.

The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition, and protect and educate consumers. The FTC will never demand money, make threats, tell you to transfer money, or promise you a prize. You can learn more about consumer topics and report scams, fraud, and bad business practices online at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Follow the FTC on social media, read our blogs and subscribe to press releases for the latest FTC news and resources.

[Boredfrom]

Uncle, you forgot who is the government now?

[Alpacx]

The nail in the coffin for WPATH should have been their Standards of Care  having a Eunuch Chapter or the footnotes referencing an "adults fantasizing about child castration" fetish message board.

But you bring either of those things up in polite conversation and you come off like this guy
  

[Potato]

The same people who believe there's popular support for all this extreme trans shit like men in women's sport, puberty blockers and multi genders and sex is fluid.

by the way, on that note:

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/06/ftc-states-sue-world-professional-association-transgender-health-over-deceptive-claims-regarding-treatment-children

the US Federal Trade Commission along with several states has sued WPATH for making unsubstantiated claims regarding treatment of trans children, in order to make money by selling unnecessary medical procedures

The Federal Trade Commission, along with Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska and Texas, today filed a lawsuit against the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), alleging the organization has provided the means for medical providers to make false and unsubstantiated claims to parents in order to sell pediatric medical transition services.

WPATH, an association of clinicians who profit from pediatric medical transition services, recommended medical interventions, including drugs and surgery, for children and adolescents who expressed dissatisfaction with or distress about their sex traits. In their complaint, the FTC and its state partners allege that these recommendations misled parents and children about the medical consensus and medical necessity, as well as the safety and effectiveness, of such services, in violation of the FTC Act.

“Today, the FTC filed a lawsuit against WPATH alleging that the organization made false and unsubstantiated claims regarding the necessity, effectiveness and safety of puberty blockers, hormones and sex-change surgeries,” said Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson. “Children, but especially their parents, must have complete and truthful information when making decisions to purchase medical services. For decades, the FTC has taken action against entities that make deceptive and unsubstantiated health-related claims. The complaint filed today reflects that same long-standing mandate: when an entity makes a claim about a medical treatment, the claim must be truthful, evidence-based and not misleading.”

In 2022, WPATH omitted all mention of age limitations for breast amputation or penis removal from the “Standards of Care” document providing the organization’s official recommendations for treating sex-trait-related dissatisfaction or distress in children. As alleged in the complaint, WPATH did not base this decision on medical evidence.

“When an organization provides guidance designed to mislead families about the risks, benefits, or medical consensus behind a treatment, it undermines trust in those responsible for providing medical care,” said Commissioner Mark R. Meador. “Our action today is a straightforward application of the law to ensure that families receive accurate, evidence-based information as they seek to make some of the most important healthcare decisions for their children.”

The complaint further alleges that WPATH failed to disclose side effects of certain pediatric medical transition services, including that cross-sex hormones can cause mood disturbances, vocal pain and limitations, pelvic pain, clitoral discomfort, vaginal pain, inability to orgasm, incontinence and erectile pain. 

As described in the complaint, in several instances, parents seeking help for their children were asked by clinicians whether they “would rather have a live daughter or a dead son,” based on WPATH representations that pediatric medical transition services are “lifesaving.” As the complaint argues, there is no competent and reliable scientific evidence to suggest these interventions reduce the risk of suicide.

WPATH claims its recommendations represent “consensus-based expert opinion.” This leads WPATH members and other clinicians to repeat to consumers false, misleading or unsubstantiated statements about safety and efficacy found in WPATH guidelines, according to the complaint.

According to the complaint, despite the absence of competent and reliable scientific evidence, WPATH’s guidelines label nearly every pediatric transition service as “medically necessary” to maximize the likelihood that insurers will pay for the pediatric transition procedures.

“Any group that illegally promotes irreversible, life-altering ‘transitioning’ procedures to kids as safe and necessary will face the full force of the law for harming children,” said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. “We will not allow WPATH or any other organization to illegally promote or perform dangerous ‘transitioning’ procedures on our kids that leave them with permanent trauma and lifelong health consequences.”

Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers said: “WPATH has long represented itself as the final authority for the gender-related treatment of children, advancing profit-driven ideology unsupported by science and withholding crucial information from children, parents and doctors. We’re proud to work with the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general to hold WPATH accountable for deceiving parents and medical professionals and causing harm to children in Nebraska and nationwide.”

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said: “WPATH recommends permanent irreversible treatments and surgeries on children without solid medical science. Patients and their families have been deceived into believing the organization is an authoritative, medical body, when, in truth, their recommendations are based on politics and ideology. Parents and children deserve better.”

Alaska Acting Attorney General Cori Mills said: “Our laws demand real transparency and full disclosure of risks—whether it’s a defective product that harmed consumers or powerful drugs like opioids. This is especially vital for irreversible treatments with lifelong consequences, and it must be held to the highest standard when minors are involved. Unfortunately, as alleged in the complaint, WPATH failed that test by prioritizing ideology over sound science, downplaying serious long-term harms. They must be held accountable like we have held countless other companies and organizations accountable when they fail to follow the laws that protect consumers.”

The Commission vote authorizing staff to file the complaint was 2-0. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

NOTE: The Commission files a complaint when it has “reason to believe” that the named defendants are violating or are about to violate the law and it appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. The case will be decided by the court.

The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition, and protect and educate consumers. The FTC will never demand money, make threats, tell you to transfer money, or promise you a prize. You can learn more about consumer topics and report scams, fraud, and bad business practices online at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Follow the FTC on social media, read our blogs and subscribe to press releases for the latest FTC news and resources.

I called this shit years ago about there being a "big pharma" selling hormones to kids revelation incoming.

Remains to be seen if they manage to prove anything in court.

[Uncle]

Uncle, you forgot who is the government now?

and you still seem to be on your idiotic "listen to who is saying the thing rather than the message/action itself"

[Boredfrom]

Uncle, you forgot who is the government now?

and you still seem to be on your idiotic "listen to who is saying the thing rather than the message/action itself"  

No, I’m saying “they are going to screw the case, hard”

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

So at this point is there anything left that they're actually allowed to enjoy?

Everything is sinful, that's what makes it so delicious.

[Boredfrom]

“Wait, I should be skeptical about the judgment and competence of Trump’s government?  . But they just did a peace treaty with Iran.   ”

[Orange Juice Box]

Selected all of the above, but then again I'm going to go against the grain of many on this forum that just repeats "slop slop slop" all day and I'm an AI/ML Scientist with doctoral training so I'm automatically going to have a take that isn't sometimes worth repeating here just to get dogpiled.



GenAI is a nuanced, complex technology and its implications. It objectively has the potential to reduce a lot of tedium for creators and scientists and engineers in both personal and professional settings when used appropriately and ethically, such as reducing trial-and-error and rapid prototyping and cognitive multi-tasking/tedium that otherwise would have to have been done manually. It can reduce outsourcing inefficiencies which can theoretically expand time available for creators to focus on more tasks GenAI can't do well, like nuanced judgmental decision-making, team work, and subjective analyses, as well as human attention to detail. There's a lot to say on this topic but I'll just say it's too much to slice apart in one thread or one post even, let alone to field dogpiling from people that just have "slop slop slop" ctrl + v ready at their fingers to respond to anything remotely neutral or positive that can be said about GenAI. So I just sigh and shrug, it's not my place or intent to defend a technology thrown under the bus of lazy and greedy corporate execs laying off creators and artists for unethical reasons. But I do see potential for it to amplify gaming and help reduce some of the bloated costs and redundancies in tedium in game development if implemented ethically, while also knowing that we can't trust these companies such as Microsoft to really do both in tandem while keeping people employed.



Like I said, a nuanced topic, but that's the most effort I can really write out right now.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/which-if-any-uses-of-generative-ai-in-gaming-are-you-ok-with.1552981/page-7#post-156634432

No one is willing to step to the poop king 

Nobody principled enough to disagree with him for fear of a ban.   Good for Nothing Loud for not siding with dogma and Era's "morality" of what's good or bad.  A true Nietzschean Ubermensch .

[benji]

I’d forgotten about this 

He believed a random who claimed his Steam account was about to be “destroyed” unless he contacted a Steam support agent, and this was to be done through fucking Discord for some reason.

Despite the support agent being barely literate he handed over his verification codes when that’s the one thing literally everywhere tells you not to do, and then bought a gift card for them like a fucking grandma who thinks the FBI is coming to arrest her.

It’s a good thing he didn’t pay for his wife with gift cards because she spotted immediately that her husband is an idiot.

And reading the thread again, I see this guy pop up again:

I fell for the same scam last year and I still feel so disappointed in myself for it.

This is one of the things I love about the forum, so many of them are so obviously stupid but they all think they're the vanguard of intellectual thought. So they constantly tell us about things like this.

One of the reasons I'm always looking them up is not because I'm critical of their real lives, I have no complaint for anyone doing most anything really, but just because I'm always so curious about how far the reality departs from the forum persona. The way they act with the things they say raise my suspicions and then I find they're like Neoxon and unemployed or all the "game developers" have never released anything or maybe just on itch or maybe they have literally minutes of gameplay or the "game journalists" don't even produce the slop Imran's wife does. Lack of self-awareness is just one of my favorite bits, a comedic all-timer.

No, I’m saying “they are going to screw the case, hard”

“Wait, I should be skeptical about the judgment and competence of Trump’s government?  . But they just did a peace treaty with Iran.   ”

You, a loser, a simpleton, unable to defeat Uncle: 'Trump's incompetent and gonna screw it up!"
Me, brilliant, a true intellectual, leaves Uncle in shambles: "The FTC is a terrorist organization and its use should never be encouraged."

Although it does say something that they have to use the FTC instead of the FDA. The reason they do and what trans activists don't want you to know? All the trans stuff is off label use. You couldn't get FDA approval for it.

[Uncle]

oh no I'm in shambles now

[Uncle]

guys it's not actually that bad here, these shambles are pretty cool actually