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

[Uncle]

ah yes there would be nothing embarrassing about the final on screen performance of harrison ford being fartjew, the fartingest jew who ever lived

[Boredfrom]

ah yes there would be nothing embarrassing about the final on screen performance of harrison ford being fartjew, the fartingest jew who ever lived

Bad luck. 

Or you think Warner/DC purposefully planed to be his last roles. Like Disney planned that the last thing that people remember of Carrie Fisher was the absurd force powers in TLJ?

[benji]

I have something to admit. I didn't think the Suicide Squad game was that bad.

I haven't played it but I wanted to even more after seeing this linked in that thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/SuicideSquadGaming/comments/1bz085e/what_good_is_getting_to_a_mastery_level_this_high/

[Uncle]

ah yes there would be nothing embarrassing about the final on screen performance of harrison ford being fartjew, the fartingest jew who ever lived

Bad luck. 

Or you think Warner/DC purposefully planed to be his last roles. Like Disney planned that the last thing that people remember of Carrie Fisher was the absurd force powers in TLJ?

I also hate that this was the last appearance of carrie as leia, obviously

[benji]

Dr*g him king:


He did? In the OP?



I think it might be easier to get Brian to understand that the law is unenforceable (and ironically was opposed by the FBI and J. Edgar):


Jeff sees his love being attacked by a lib woman and springs into action, additional context to follow (the pedophile is Destiny who was defending her and Hasan references as a cult leader in the quoted tweet below):

[benji]

@HelloHiThere123
3 days ago
Communications degree going from "you're practically guaranteed a career! Every company needs someone that can effectively write and communicate!" to "why would I hire you? Can't AI just do that?" all within my 4 year program was certainly a curve ball.

@wallclimber4021
3 days ago (edited)
god yes. i thought “cool, a middle ground between english, PR & journalism” just for it to become a meme degree by my senior year

@MrBazBake
3 days ago
@wallclimber4021  Remember, the degree isn't useless. It's just an obstacle to billionaires trying to destroy the planet. Every useless degree is a shaking fist at the idea of a disposable person. Every humanities degree is humanity at war with its own commodification.

@dynamohums
3 days ago
My youngest just completed his degree in computer science. Seemed like such a wise move a few years ago.

@BruceNJeffAreMyFlies
3 days ago (edited)
I finished a 3 year degree in 2 years, with straight A's, in computer science. Applied for hundreds of roles so far, and still nothing....

Anyone telling you that 'you can still get a job if you just work on your skills' has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. Everyone in the industry above junior level seems ignorant to the reality.

[Daffy Duck]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/til-mark-wahlberg-committed-multiple-violent-hate-crimes-in-his-past.1567711/#post-157378537

To be clear this was when he was a teeanger and he did face consequences. He went to court and did time in jail. As far as I know he hasn't done anything hateful or criminal in ages. So, I mean, yes people know about it but he has seemingly turned his life around so most folks are not going to be upset.

WRONG. We don't believe in rehabilitation for rich white dudes. 

Sit down and listen, sweetie, and you might learn something. Though to be clear, it's NOT my job to educate you. 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/til-mark-wahlberg-committed-multiple-violent-hate-crimes-in-his-past.1567711/#post-157384324

Funny how crackers always get the benefit of the doubt.

Yep, repeatedly calling a Black person beautiful Black body and wanting them dead is just normal dumb kid shit. Terrorizing Vietnamese people is just normal dumb kid shit. Mmhmmm. The infantilizing of white people is a sight to behold. Just don't know better no matter what age they are I guess.

I knew right from wrong when I was much younger than 15. I certainly didn't go around terrorizing people nor did it ever cross my mind.

What, you never caused a little bit of chaos?

Threads hilarious to read.

nep has turned up now

What rehabilitation process has he gone through? What restitution has he given to the affected communities?

[benji]

Who are the affected communities?

And yet again it's an instance where looking it up, you find out that Wahlberg didn't get away with it:

In August 1986, civil action was filed against Wahlberg for violating the civil rights of his victims, and Wahlberg and his friends were issued a civil rights injunction which served as a warning that they would be jailed if they committed another hate crime.

...

He was arrested for attempted murder.[89] He was charged with two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, one count of marijuana possession, and criminal contempt for violating the prior civil rights injunction he received in 1986.[81] He pleaded guilty to felony assault and was sentenced to three months in jail, but served only 45 days of his sentence.

Exactly why they were whining in the Karmelo Anthony thread, that a 17 year old was having his life ruined. Now they're demanding lifetime penance from a 16 year old.

And oh, look, restitution:

Wahlberg established the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation in May 2001 for the purpose of raising and distributing funds to youth service and enrichment programs.[113] Wahlberg is active with The Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women and Children.[114]

Funniest part of his PCP-enhanced attack on the Vietnamese guy:

Wahlberg believed he had left the second victim permanently blind in one eye, though Trinh later said that he had actually lost his eye during the Vietnam War while serving in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.

[simiansmarts]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marvel-rivals-has-introduced-a-swimsuit-skin-for-captain-america.1567858/#post-157390369 
 
Jeff and the usual suspects soying out over visible male genitals in a Marvel Rivals skin because why not 
 
boys club behavior amirite

[benji]

What rehabilitation process has he gone through?

Does she think people (especially 16 year olds) charged with attempted murder and sentenced to jail don't have a massive process they go through or what? She's a criminal justice activist who knows literally nothing about the system.

[benji]

But it's funny how people come with the "it happened years ago" thing when dude literally says full on slurs with no apologizing

Love that this guy thinks the slurs are worse than the actual violence.  

And THEN, black folks and people of color, just gotta accept it. "He apologized, he's young!". Ok. How does the explain the trauma he's inflicted?

He didn't do shit to you.

Speaking seriously, I'm of two minds of this. Because, yes, it's not fair to keep punishing someone forever, and Mark Wahlberg seemingly hasn't evaded punishment or responsibility. But Mark Wahlberg didn't just return to society to live like the rest of us, he got to be a famous millionaire. So I'm also left with a sense of, there are so many other people who haven't tried to murder ethnic minorities who don't make it like Wahlberg does. Would it be a grave injustice if one of them got to have that opportunity instead of him?

What exactly are you proposing be done?

Yes? We either believe people can be rehabilitated or we believe in forever jailing someone because they will just commit crimes again.

People can learn and grow. Doesn't mean we have to forgive them for their past actions, just have to work on making sure they do not repeat them.

Or: he can be rehabilitated but he doesn't need to have the right to earn millions of dollars over the rest of his life being a famous actor.

He (might) deserve a second chance, but nothing says that second chance has to be making him a world famous celebrity.

He's a white guy, he could have went into a million other careers choices.

holy fucking shit     

What does this actually mean, though? Ex cons cannot become actors or any other job that may reach a certain level of fame and financial success?

Let's make it more simple:

When you commit multiple hate crimes, support homophobes and more, perhaps you should also relinquish your right to make millions of dollars for the rest of your life.

Much less being brain-dead enough to present an award to an all Asian cast in 2023. SAG fucked up there, but so did he.

And he just somehow just keeps repeatedly fucking up all his life and getting passes each time...funny that.

ah im not all about that. Either the person is rehabilitated and is able to do what they want/able to do or you just keep punishing them.

You cannot just willy nilly limit people just because.

I do not care if he is white, and you feel it is unfair. That is not how we should be doing things since it could eventually be used against us.

Im talking in general not just with Marky Mark.

He deserves a chance at a new life, there's no question about that.

He is not owed forgiveness though. That's the penance of committing a literal hate crime. White people should also not be the ones rushing to forgive him either, especially given the nature of what he did...multiple times.

And again, since then he's also caped for a homophobe.

Again, he absolutely deserves a new chance at life to show he's reformed..and he got that. He also immediately upon receiving that chance got really happy cheering on a homophobe while throwing his queer fanbase under the bus and his PR machine took over after that.

He's not owed a movie career out of that, nor do minorities ever have to forgive and forget what he did or be happy that he's now rolling in beds of money.

White people shouldn't be the ones rushing out to forgive Wahlberg, because white people already have forgiven him. He's already famous. He's already had people look at his past and say, "yeah, we can still make money off him." He's already had a successful career. He's already set for life.

so what does accountability look like now?

The fuck are these people talking about.  

Fuck if I know, but we cannot just say people are beyond rehabilitation that was my entire point to the post I quoted originally.

I would say that most people aren't beyond rehabilitation, but I also find grandstanding on this point tactless within this specific conversation when we currently exist in a framework where rehabilitation is not valued as a general practice, especially when it comes to white people fucking with minorities. Like, you can't even answer my question on how he's been rehabilitated and/or what restitution he has given to the affected communities; fuck that, what's clearly more important to you is that the famous white multimillionaire be forgiven of his past deeds. Why is protecting the soul of racists from social scorn (because no one here has the power to put him in jail) always worth more than repairing the damage done by white people towards non-white people?

Remember that Nepenthe has previously defended the concept of blood feuds to see what her belief in "rehabilitation" is.

[Potato]

I’m surprised that ERA thinks that Sony didn’t plan this.  
I think the real mistake they are making is not reassuring everyone that the PSN service and store are going to get better or at least not being a shit show to use. They don’t need it, obviously being a walled garden, but may as well do it so they don’t fuck all the goodwill from the PS4 era.

The minute they put out a digital only console was the moment they signalled their intention to go all digital. 

Anyone who didn't see this coming is a retard.

[benji]

I mean the GOP complained massively about it. He fired way more than Obama. I just don't buy the weak Dem executive takes. It's not accurate.

Who cares what the GOP complains about? My argument is that administrative changes happen regularly and they do not have a sweeping affect on the conditions of the American people.

I just highly disagree here. The FTC and consumer financial protection bureau have seen massive changes in two administration and they have affected people dramatically.

I get being tired of electoral politics but it still wields a lot of power.

The American people are getting poorer year over year, their environments are getting more poisoned year over year, their labor protections are eroding year over year, their precarious rights relating to things like bodily autonomy and the ability to vote are being stripped year over year, they are suffering increasing state surveillance and violence year over year, and on and on. But that is all immaterial. Thank you so much to the consumer protection agencies making sure that the batteries for my superfluous electronics don't explode in my face the moment I turn something on.

  You need to get in the streets and start murdering the complicit rather than waste your time voting for social fascists.

But with that out of the way, we can focus on the important issues:

*sigh* I would be interested in this if A.) This wasn't an obvious reactionary movement to the success of Obsession and Backrooms, and B.) I could trust Hollywood to not do a Backrooms and doll it up with a boring ass personal story or more special effects. The point of Mandela Catalogue is how low-tech and suggestive it is. We're not going to get 90 minutes of bad Photoshop images or phone conversations being narrated by two off-screen characters, so what's the point?

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

That video in the OP made me laugh instead of feel scared. Wtf is that.

[benji]

I’m surprised that ERA thinks that Sony didn’t plan this.  
I think the real mistake they are making is not reassuring everyone that the PSN service and store are going to get better or at least not being a shit show to use. They don’t need it, obviously being a walled garden, but may as well do it so they don’t fuck all the goodwill from the PS4 era.

The minute they put out a digital only console was the moment they're signalled their intention to go all digital. 

Anyone who didn't see this coming is a retard.

I like the people who think they're still going to make the boxes just to leave them empty.

edit: I actually could see Microsoft keeping physical releases (at a massively reduced number) just to justify putting a disc drive in the Series X successor and claim both superior hardware and backwards compatibility. The Series S successor will obviously never have one.

[Besticus Maximus]

I see you chud fucks are still using nazi talking points like 'learning skills' to 'get jobs' in your early career

[who is ted danson?]

[who is ted danson?]

Scheming Sony destroying all the 4k blu rays as we speak 

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marvel-rivals-has-introduced-a-swimsuit-skin-for-captain-america.1567858/#post-157390369 
 
Jeff and the usual suspects soying out over visible male genitals in a Marvel Rivals skin because why not 
 
boys club behavior amirite

Classic case of safe horny

[benji]

I pretty much only ever hear about this game when it's about how perverted the skins are nowadays.

Posts in here about how it's equality in action are missing the point of why women don't like these types of things in videogames.

That doesn't even seem sexy except to maybe the bara crowd.

They're really pushing the gooner envelope for a mainstream game.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_people ?

[Boredfrom]

I pretty much only ever hear about this game when it's about how perverted the skins are nowadays.

Posts in here about how it's equality in action are missing the point of why women don't like these types of things in videogames.

That doesn't even seem sexy except to maybe the bara crowd.

They're really pushing the gooner envelope for a mainstream game.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_people ?

Bara is hentai for male gay people. Yaoi, what people consider gay manga, is actually directed to girls.

Yaoi has androgynous pretty boys, bara has muscular hairy men. 

Somehow related to this:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/love-and-deepspace-cancels-new-character-for-being-too-ugly.1564672/

[benji]

I like how it took until halfway through the second page before someone posted how they gave the skin the infamous Rob Liefeld chest too.

[benji]

Bara is hentai for male gay people. Yaoi, what people consider gay manga, is actually directed to girls.

Yaoi has androgynous pretty boys, bara has muscular hairy men. 

Another example of why we shouldn't focus just on fighting games, that we also need hero shooters made for lesbians made by lesbians.

[Uncle]

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

"The thing about Uncle is, he's not even out-rightly bigoted, he just like ham sandwiches."

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

"They don't see us a women in the same way we believe we're women." Yeah, no shit. The way you believe yourself to be a woman is a contradictory mess because apparently "owning the TERFs" is more important than offering up any sort of logical argument. 

Most supporters take "trans women are women" to mean that men who identify as women just want to be treated they way any woman is treated, without having their transness constantly brought to attention. They don't treat you the same way they treat other women because that's not what you are - you are not a "woman", you are a "trans woman".

I was raised with two sisters and had the same upbringing. That doesn't mean we had the same experiences. Even without the differences of sex, they are both extroverts whereas I'm an introvert. 

A 30 year old man can claim that he totally imagined himself to be the female character in a cartoon he watched as a kid, therefore he has always been a girl, but that won't change the reality that he was raised a boy and treated as a boy and thought of himself as a boy for those 30 years of life.

[Rendle]

67% of people feel uncomfortable when talking to a disabled person.

[Uncle]

god damn I like ham sandwiches

[Daffy Duck]

I love how fast this all unravelling around them.

[simiansmarts]

67% of people feel uncomfortable when talking to a disabled person.

[simiansmarts]

deep discussions are happening in the burka thread  
https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-women-criticise-sexualised-character-designs-ot3-make-her-look-more-corpulent-more-stuffed-where-the-eyes-cant-escape.275780/page-544#post-157394305 
 

Am I the only one who's sick of seeing the word "gooner bait"? It always just ends up feeling like justifying objectification and an end all be all to criticism.

The term on its own isn't meant to justify or absolve and has a negative connotation. It's just a plain statement about a design's purpose. If you mean in the sense that people will often use it to basically say don't bother diving into a criticism of something, I get what you mean. But I also think many of those conversations really can be fruitless to just tackle from the perspective of objectification. Partially because the most egregious stuff appeals to people who are never going to be swayed about arguments about objectification and sexism, and partially because the root of the problem is often not even the lifeless, generic, deeply sexless forms of sexualization you find in gooner bait games and material. The issue lies in the commodification of emotional attachment, it's the way these games exploit, isolate, and reinforce unhealthy and harmful behaviors and coping mechanisms, then extract a bunch enough money to trap players into sunken cost mindsets while making them believe they are in control.

Focusing on the sexualization aspect of gooner bait alone, while it is dehumanizing, especially in this immature, sexist medium, just doesn't accomplish enough and opening ourselves up to being painted to look like we are broadly scolding people for experiencing attraction is a quick way to be ignored by pretty much everyone. Attraction to depictions of sexy people is normal, but generally if a man's brain is not thoroughly cooked, 10 seconds of Nikke is going to induce distaste, discomfort, or a red flag because the stuff that really counts as gooner bait is not even classic Lara Croft or tacky street fighter swimsuit poster, it's 3 dangerous social epidemics in a trenchcoat and thong. Honestly, that's why 2B is such a good birthday stripper. She's a regular grade sexy virtual lady from a game people take seriously and find legitimate value in despite (and sometimes because of) its relationship to sexuality whose value as a guest character in these games that already have 4 OC knockoffs of her is as a trojan horse to wider audiences who think they are gross.