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

[Bootsthecat]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-is-an-innocuous-word-that-has-become-ruined-forever-for-you.1577047/#post-157907878

"Awkward". It was used so often in the early-to-mid 2000s by people that the word broke in my brain and it's extremely difficult for me to put up with it.

It's like the time I said "fork" so many times that the concept of the word "fork" unraveled in my brain.

Odd nobody said 'Nazi' or 'Genocide' or 'Lesbian'

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/conspiracy-theories-about-charlie-kirk%E2%80%99s-death-are-still-raging-infuriating-friends.1574941/page-2#post-157818478

I'm 100% in favor of "let them fight" but I feel like the very nature of this being a left-leaning forum causes most posters here to overlook a very good point that another poster pointed out:

It's really not hard to see how his death is surrounded by conspiracy theories based on visuals alone. You're trying to convince gun-loving Republicans that a hunting rifle left no exit wound and magic bulleted all around his body due to the grace of God.

I think the likelihood of Charlie Kirk having a magic throat that can stop a bullet from a high powered rifle is a lot less probable than an intentionally-incompetent FBI and a known-corrupt regime that benefits from one guy's death.
I'm not even a conspiracy theorist and a lot of the official details don't make sense.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/conspiracy-theories-about-charlie-kirk%E2%80%99s-death-are-still-raging-infuriating-friends.1574941/page-3#post-157823629

What is the official story that is so unbelievable? I haven't paid attention since they caught the alleged killer but at that point it sounds fairly straightforward: kid decides something need to be done, grabs a rifle and shoots Kirk in the throat, gets talked into turning himself in by his pastor (IIRC).

Should add that this is not an attempt at snark, legit question.

I can't answer this question in any sort of detail on Resetera without catching a ban. It's happened before.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/conspiracy-theories-about-charlie-kirk%E2%80%99s-death-are-still-raging-infuriating-friends.1574941/page-3#post-157828732

Goofy

Do you have any sort of actual response as to how anything I said is incorrect, or are you just glazing the moderation

https://www.resetera.com/threads/conspiracy-theories-about-charlie-kirk%E2%80%99s-death-are-still-raging-infuriating-friends.1574941/page-3#post-157838989

He didn't say he didn't support it. He said he didn't want to delve into it here, because he would catch a ban for spreading conspiracy theories, which he was doing.

I also didn't say I supported the conspiracy theories either, and I don't.

You don't have to be all "IT WAS THE JEWS!!!!" to see that the official story makes no sense and that the resulting investigation into the shooting was... botched, at best.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/conspiracy-theories-about-charlie-kirk%E2%80%99s-death-are-still-raging-infuriating-friends.1574941/page-3#post-157853713

They explained it. They questioned it. They defended the conspiracy theorists.

When you are around these people enough, their bullshit is easy to spot.

"I don't know if this is true or not, but don't you find the inconsistencies interesting? The people questioning the narrative have legitimate grievances. Just asking questions."

You couldn't be further from the truth and I don't fall into that category at all.
I'd be more frank towards you with my response, but you're not worth risking the ban.

I have zero affiliation with conspiracy theorists or JAQ'ing type of people but it's kind of difficult to explain to a largely anti-gun forum how guns work, and it's really not surprising that people that are very familiar with guns on both sides of the political spectrum are pretty much in agreement that "hey, what the FBI is saying here doesn't make a lot of sense".

You're welcome to accept the official line from fucking Kash Patel, of all people, but I'd prefer not to be that idiotically gullible.
You would think that people here would have more sense than to blindly take the Trump administration's word on things.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/conspiracy-theories-about-charlie-kirk%E2%80%99s-death-are-still-raging-infuriating-friends.1574941/page-3#post-157854334

share a source with the class and maybe there's something to talk about

otherwise ya goofy

If it's that difficult for you to use context clues to understand that I can't do that on this forum, as I have already said in this thread, please stop wasting my time with this low-level bait.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/conspiracy-theories-about-charlie-kirk%E2%80%99s-death-are-still-raging-infuriating-friends.1574941/page-3#post-157854595

 User Banned (1 Month): Conspiracy Theorizing; History of the Same

You are, in fact, strongly encouraged to share your sources here

So hmm, I wonder why you wouldn't be able to share your...particular sources

Tell B-Dubs to come in here and say that himself and I'll think about it.
Otherwise, if you're not smart enough to read between the lines and use the information that I've already presented here and in a different thread to figure out the answers yourself, I can't help you.

So, it wasn't the person that confessed to the crime with the weapon that was found?

We'll see what happens with the ongoing court case, I guess.

[Boredfrom]

Some liked it, some hated it. It ended up getting bad WOM which is one of the reasons for why it underperformed

I mean, it was not universally loved like 2016 or prop by hardcore boomer shooter fans like Eternal, but the WOM was not bad. Even before Microsoft screwing iD, they had good steam reviews.  

Then again, some people at ERA suggest that Eternal is the franchise killer.   

[Uncle]

There are plenty of non-white actors in Rings of Power and it doesn't seem to matter much at all there.

Truly, a ringing endorsement.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power faced a highly polarized and poor audience reception due to bloated pacing, deviations from J.R.R. Tolkien’s lore, and stagnant character development. The disappointment translated into poor retention, with reports showing that up to 63% of domestic viewers dropped off before finishing Season 1, and Season 2 viewership subsequently dropping 60%.

"didn't matter much at all"

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/conspiracy-theories-about-charlie-kirk%E2%80%99s-death-are-still-raging-infuriating-friends.1574941/page-2#post-157818478

I think the likelihood of Charlie Kirk having a magic throat that can stop a bullet from a high powered rifle is a lot less probable than an intentionally-incompetent FBI and a known-corrupt regime that benefits from one guy's death.
I'm not even a conspiracy theorist and a lot of the official details don't make sense.

So, it wasn't the person that confessed to the crime with the weapon that was found?

We'll see what happens with the ongoing court case, I guess.

Corrupt regime will frame a guy then botch an open trial by failing to fake the evidence?

edit: Wait, does he think Kirk wasn't shot? Killed by the vax?

[cRumB]

YEAAAAAAAH WE KILLING GEORGE TONIGHT BB!!!!
https://www.resetera.com/threads/george-lucas-says-rejecting-ai-is-like-rejecting-cars-in-favour-of-horses-theres-nothing-you-can-do-about-it%E2%80%A6-its-the-future.1577371/

[benji]

I mean...I'm not surprised at all to see this take from George...but still, from the guy that created the original Star Wars, woof.

[HaughtyFrank]

There are plenty of non-white actors in Rings of Power and it doesn't seem to matter much at all there.

Truly, a ringing endorsement.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power faced a highly polarized and poor audience reception due to bloated pacing, deviations from J.R.R. Tolkien’s lore, and stagnant character development. The disappointment translated into poor retention, with reports showing that up to 63% of domestic viewers dropped off before finishing Season 1, and Season 2 viewership subsequently dropping 60%.

"didn't matter much at all"

To be fair, the show doesn't suck because the cast is diverse or those actors are bad but it probably speaks to some of the priorities and how much the show overall cares for Tolkien

[benji]

You were meant to destroy the Sith, not join them!

I never thought we'd need an "ushering the old guy" out post for Lucas but

Not surprising, he's a shareholder at Disney.

"Fuck you, got mine."

Add another idiot to the pile.

No, it isn't. There will be no appeasement. Fuck that "it's inevitable"-talk.

Newsflash George Lucas is an out of touch moron

He went dark side on us real quick.

Its a force fed future and a bleak one at that. Nothing organic about this at all.

Thing is, what's stopping people from saying "Claude make me a movie about….", and poof, there's no more entertainment industry. How do they plan on stopping that?

How does someone who played a crucial part in advancing the VFX industry to the detriment of his films mind you come to this conclusion? Like no AI is not equivalent to a car with traditional VFX being a horse.

GenAI wouldn't even exist without the creativity of artists of yesteryear

What is future AI supposed to train on when everything being made is the same bankrupt recursive nonsense?? It won't be able to feed off of creative, original ideas BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NONE

THAT is the future you're talking about, Lucas, if you just think a LITTLE bit harder about it!

These cars, they break down, they need gas, there's all kinds of problems with them and pretty soon they'll be making them into tanks, and then they'll be killing people. It's terrible.'"

🤔 Maybe it was a mistake after all.

All these old directors seem to love AI.

Because they just see it as cool new tech, and not as the ecologically destroying, job destroying, art stealing slop that it is.

He doesn't understand that we are the horse in this scenario.

George, you were supposed to be the lone example of an ethical billionaire. Therefore, they factually do not exist.

[benji]

Lucas is the first one I'd expect to rush to use new tech. Bastardized his own material doing so.

Least surprising take. Lucas embraced technology to the detriment of his art as soon as he was able to.

George is in part successful in spite of himself. Earlier in his life he was surrounded by other talented humans, not AI, who curtailed some of his wilder ideas. Later he surrounded himself with people who wouldn't say no to his worst ideas and he's still stuck there.

                    disparaging artists?

[HaughtyFrank]

I completely understand being against AI but I don't really understand where it's inconceivable for them that someone could see opportunities in it.

[Let's Cyber]

Resetera: "Stupid far right, always creating culture wars over nothing"

https://www.resetera.com/threads/andy-serkis-responds-to-question-about-lack-of-diversity-in-%E2%80%98lotr-the-hunt-for-gollum%E2%80%99-casting.1576951/


Resezera: "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Andy Serkis!!!

This particular brand of brain-rot really grinds my gears

I still remember the Witcher 3 discourse being exceptionally stupid, where predominantly white, woke-scolding Americans were demanding a Polish game dev include more PoC in their middle-ages fantasy Poland game. CDPR put Middle Eastern coded traders and merchants in the Hearts of Stone DLC, and it still wasn't enough. 

It is never enough for these fucking people because misery and whining online is the point.

[benji]

I love their belief that everyone will just say "generate me a movie" and happily watch whatever garbage appears.

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

Every accusation is a confession.

[Snoopy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/as-a-retail-worker-i-hate-seeing-products-out-of-their-place-because-of-customers.1576840/#post-157903681

Real talk: I got a job at GameStop because I couldn't stand seeing the shelves looking like a mess while I was visiting as a customer so I fixed up and alphabetized a shelf after some kids fucked it up. The manager saw me fixing the arrangement, and offered me a gig.

People being disrespectful of shared spaces always makes me crazy.

What actually happened-

Real talk. I brutally murdered the manager of my local Gamestop because I couldn’t stand seeing the shelves looking like a mess. 

People being disrespectful of shared spaces always drives me into a homosexual rage.

[Boredfrom]

YEAAAAAAAH WE KILLING GEORGE TONIGHT BB!!!!
https://www.resetera.com/threads/george-lucas-says-rejecting-ai-is-like-rejecting-cars-in-favour-of-horses-theres-nothing-you-can-do-about-it%E2%80%A6-its-the-future.1577371/

Truly, a ringing endorsement.

It rhymes…

[Orange Juice Box]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/conspiracy-theories-about-charlie-kirk%E2%80%99s-death-are-still-raging-infuriating-friends.1574941/page-2#post-157818478

I think the likelihood of Charlie Kirk having a magic throat that can stop a bullet from a high powered rifle is a lot less probable than an intentionally-incompetent FBI and a known-corrupt regime that benefits from one guy's death.
I'm not even a conspiracy theorist and a lot of the official details don't make sense.

We'll see what happens with the ongoing court case, I guess.

Corrupt regime will frame a guy then botch an open trial by failing to fake the evidence?

edit: Wait, does he think Kirk wasn't shot? Killed by the vax?

These are the same people that like to pretend Luigi wasn't found with the gun in his backpack nor was his computer full of the 3-D files for the gun.

[benji]

I completely understand being against AI but I don't really understand where it's inconceivable for them that someone could see opportunities in it.

AI exists on that forum in a permanent superposition where it both can't do anything useful for anyone but also is going to replace everything to the complete eradication of human thought. Also it can be stopped by a few Western holdouts refusing to consume content that includes it.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Kind of classist that they only care about white collar jobs being automated.

[Boredfrom]

I completely understand being against AI but I don't really understand where it's inconceivable for them that someone could see opportunities in it.

I think is funny because it comes from someone whose push in technological advancement, while positive for cinema, became a crutch to make slop (artistic driven slop) in his final works at SW.

[Greatness Gone]

Can’t find shit to ban people for so it’s just been the most retarded reasons possible lately. Even worse than usual, actually.

[Orange Juice Box]

I completely understand being against AI but I don't really understand where it's inconceivable for them that someone could see opportunities in it.

Because like most things they determined it's morally wrong first.  After that it's just a matter of finding reasons for it to be abhorrent and then you just need to find facts that support your claim.

If you do it the other way around you might expose yourself to differing (and wrong) viewpoints.

[Boredfrom]

Resetera: "Stupid far right, always creating culture wars over nothing"

https://www.resetera.com/threads/andy-serkis-responds-to-question-about-lack-of-diversity-in-%E2%80%98lotr-the-hunt-for-gollum%E2%80%99-casting.1576951/


Resezera: "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Andy Serkis!!!

This particular brand of brain-rot really grinds my gears

I still remember the Witcher 3 discourse being exceptionally stupid, where predominantly white, woke-scolding Americans were demanding a Polish game dev include more PoC in their middle-ages fantasy Poland game. CDPR put Middle Eastern coded traders and merchants in the Hearts of Stone DLC, and it still wasn't enough. 

It is never enough for these fucking people because misery and whining online is the point.

I like how the hyper sexual and materialistic Night City somehow sell hijabs… but then again.

[benji]

I think is funny because it comes from someone whose push in technological advancement, while positive for cinema, became a crutch to make slop (artistic driven slop) in his final works at SW.

But this is the very attack they're not allowed to use. If the point of fighting AI is to protect artists, their "property" and their intent from capital and/or the masses, then you can't level any criticism at Lucas for pursuing his personal vision for his art.

[Snoopy]

Everyone else working at Gamestop filled out an application form and went for an interview. Not Planetsmasher. He was talent spotted. 

[Boredfrom]

I think is funny because it comes from someone whose push in technological advancement, while positive for cinema, became a crutch to make slop (artistic driven slop) in his final works at SW.

But this is the very attack they're not allowed to use. If the point of fighting AI is to protect artists, their "property" and their intent from capital and/or the masses, then you can't level any criticism at Lucas for pursuing his personal vision for his art.

I like how many hate Kojima because he dislikes the all digital future but experiments with AI. Like both things are somehow contradictory?

[Uncle]

I completely understand being against AI but I don't really understand where it's inconceivable for them that someone could see opportunities in it.

AI exists on that forum in a permanent superposition where it both can't do anything useful for anyone but also is going to replace everything to the complete eradication of human thought. Also it can be stopped by a few Western holdouts refusing to consume content that includes it.

much like countries under Islamic law and other cultures' treatment of LGBT issues, they have to grapple with their absolute respect and deference to the non-Western world, alongside the knowledge that practically every non-Western nation seems to love AI and is full steam ahead with it in every aspect of society

[Orange Juice Box]

Resetera: "Stupid far right, always creating culture wars over nothing"

https://www.resetera.com/threads/andy-serkis-responds-to-question-about-lack-of-diversity-in-%E2%80%98lotr-the-hunt-for-gollum%E2%80%99-casting.1576951/


Resezera: "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Andy Serkis!!!

This particular brand of brain-rot really grinds my gears

I still remember the Witcher 3 discourse being exceptionally stupid, where predominantly white, woke-scolding Americans were demanding a Polish game dev include more PoC in their middle-ages fantasy Poland game. CDPR put Middle Eastern coded traders and merchants in the Hearts of Stone DLC, and it still wasn't enough. 

It is never enough for these fucking people because misery and whining online is the point.

The whining is the point.

Like you said, these are white people complaining about too many white people.  White people who want to be noticed for being the most empathetic and virtuous.  These are the ones writing online slop like, "why white people suck," and the same people that read and share such material.  Even if you have dark skin and play that game you are at heart a white person.  Like look-maxxer Clavicular, he gets laid but he's still an incel.

[Boredfrom]

I completely understand being against AI but I don't really understand where it's inconceivable for them that someone could see opportunities in it.

AI exists on that forum in a permanent superposition where it both can't do anything useful for anyone but also is going to replace everything to the complete eradication of human thought. Also it can be stopped by a few Western holdouts refusing to consume content that includes it.

much like countries under Islamic law and other cultures' treatment of LGBT issues, they have to grapple with their absolute respect and deference to the non-Western world, alongside the knowledge that practically every non-Western nation seems to love AI and is full steam ahead with it in every aspect of society

[Uncle]

I completely understand being against AI but I don't really understand where it's inconceivable for them that someone could see opportunities in it.

I think is funny because it comes from someone whose push in technological advancement, while positive for cinema, became a crutch to make slop (artistic driven slop) in his final works at SW.

> "CGI is the future, you have to accept it"

> proceeds to make Jedi Rocks

   

[HaughtyFrank]

Resetera: "Stupid far right, always creating culture wars over nothing"

https://www.resetera.com/threads/andy-serkis-responds-to-question-about-lack-of-diversity-in-%E2%80%98lotr-the-hunt-for-gollum%E2%80%99-casting.1576951/


Resezera: "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Andy Serkis!!!

This particular brand of brain-rot really grinds my gears

I still remember the Witcher 3 discourse being exceptionally stupid, where predominantly white, woke-scolding Americans were demanding a Polish game dev include more PoC in their middle-ages fantasy Poland game. CDPR put Middle Eastern coded traders and merchants in the Hearts of Stone DLC, and it still wasn't enough. 

It is never enough for these fucking people because misery and whining online is the point.

Yeah, it just seems never enough. You have two of the most expensive fantasy tv shows ever, Rings of Power and House of the Dragon, that have diversity all over the place but a new Lotr movie by Serkins is suddenly a huge issue. Serkins didn't even say that there'll be exclusively white people in the movie, just that if there are it would have to fit within into Tolkien's world and that world is simply based on North Europe, just like Avatar is based on Asia