Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[Averon]

TransERA on any subject: ME ME ME ME ME ME!!!!!

Just extreme levels of narcissism, selfishness, and main character syndrome.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

daffyduck mentioned no women


now lokiduck shows up

[books]

If cis women want to be taken seriously, they should have been born with dicks.

[Snoopy]

[Boredfrom]

Pretty wild to see the company who got huge being promoted by a pederast who lost a bunch of weight, and ran fatphobic commercials for years, selling footlong cookies & churros now. Hell yeah, capitalism rock's.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/subway-is-adding-foot-long-churros-pretzels-and-cookies-to-its-menu.806898/

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/congratulations-youre-now-a-super-villain-what-song-are-you-going-to-force-your-lackeys-to-sing.807072/

Tumblr fucked everyone brains out.

[PogiJones]

Isn't it weird how they love to frame things around tiny edge cases but then dismiss detransitioners by saying that it's just a small amount?

This implies trans members need to be a sizeable part of the community to be worth listening to.

RE: "It doesn't matter how few they are, THEY MATTER!"

RE on detransitioners: "They're too few, they don't matter."

[books]

Kraid might be fat.

[HaughtyFrank]

Pretty wild to see the company who got huge being promoted by a pederast who lost a bunch of weight, and ran fatphobic commercials for years, selling footlong cookies & churros now. Hell yeah, capitalism rock's.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/subway-is-adding-foot-long-churros-pretzels-and-cookies-to-its-menu.806898/

The fuck does this have to do with capitalism? The fuck does this even have to do with subway selling churros?

[HaughtyFrank]

Isn't it weird how they love to frame things around tiny edge cases but then dismiss detransitioners by saying that it's just a small amount?

This implies trans members need to be a sizeable part of the community to be worth listening to.

RE: "It doesn't matter how few they are, THEY MATTER!"

RE on detransitioners: "They're too few, they don't matter."

Oh god, I knew this day would come. I hereby resign from my position as the president of the bore university. The chuds won

[cRumB]

Are these people fucking allergic to first person shooters now?
https://www.resetera.com/threads/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-is-confirmed-to-be-first-person-with-third-person-mixed-releasing-late-2024.806934/post-117811845

Fair enough. I remember reading a report about how health issues associated with first person shooters were on the rise, especially amongst children. But maybe it is still marginal.

[Boredfrom]

Isn't it general knowledge that first person is disliked by a lot of people? Maybe it's just me and my friendship group. The last first person game I played I believe was the 2nd Wolfenstein, which is why I will give this a go because of Machine Games. But it takes a lot for me to play a first person game.

Even when I used to get games for free for review/ordering purposes I passed off most of the first person stuff to an underling :p

[nachobro]

speaking as a former sandwich artist, the cookies were always the best thing at subway 

haven't been in years but i imagine that's still the case

[Boredfrom]

None of my friends like first person either. Maybe it's an Era and Gav bubble. Maybe I am double bubbled! The worst fate of all.

Man, if he isn trolling and actually used to be a jurno. 

[Polident]

I've heard many, many women talk about hating their periods, and even in some cases, admitted to be jealous of trans women who don't have periods at all (which could be triggering in some cases, since some trans women do want all the typical things that come with being born with female sex traits).

[Pwnz]

Pretty wild to see the company who got huge being promoted by a pederast who lost a bunch of weight, and ran fatphobic commercials for years, selling footlong cookies & churros now. Hell yeah, capitalism rock's.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/subway-is-adding-foot-long-churros-pretzels-and-cookies-to-its-menu.806898/

Capitalism is the problem comrade. We must centralize all of capitalism into state so we can have MREs in our commune as equals, yes.

[benji]

Florida might ban 16 and under from social media, seemingly a good thing based on all data out there. And of course clickycal comes to the rescue to keep access to talking to underage people… 

Many aren't playing with it, and moreso using it as a lifeline and full source on how to live.

Queer and trans kids in Florida will heavily disagree.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/florida-house-set-to-pass-bill-blocking-minors-under-16-from-social-media.806919/page-2?post=117797988#post-117797988

Cuntycal running off to constructive

It's wild that it's 2024 and we still have people here defending the idea that social media should be heavily guarded from kids.  Like do you not realize how many use it as a lifeline?

Yes and it's also actively damaging to so many others.

Do I even need to check the thread for how this is already established to be unconstitutional?

Pretty wild to see the company who got huge being promoted by a pederast who lost a bunch of weight, and ran fatphobic commercials for years, selling footlong cookies & churros now. Hell yeah, capitalism rock's.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/subway-is-adding-foot-long-churros-pretzels-and-cookies-to-its-menu.806898/

The fuck does this have to do with capitalism? The fuck does this even have to do with subway selling churros?

Capitalism is when other people are allowed to value things differently from you.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/florida-house-set-to-pass-bill-blocking-minors-under-16-from-social-media.806919/page-2?post=117797988#post-117797988

Do I even need to check the thread for how this is already established to be unconstitutional?

Nope, not mentioned on any of the three pages so far but there's plenty of other great stuff:

In another move which am sure DeathSantis will endorse seeing as he can't properly raise his own children

haha got em

Instead of meaningful legislation, regulations and rules holding social media companies accountable to address the various issues with minors using social media, right-wingers turn to the only fucking thing they know how to do when it comes to any problem: ban. They don't want to have to put any effort in and they're not capable anyway. Fucking morons.

Honestly they can ban all social media channels, fuck me. And take Twitter from Musk, regulate it well and actually make it trustworthy.

Please stop with this. You are asking for fascists to block the only methods minority children have to reach out to others, experience other view points, and not be propagandized.

Florida is not doing this because social media sucks. Florida is doing this to control the masses.

Because it's actually an active attempt to block very specific progressive messages from being heard

I wish people stopped trying to make out social media as this curse upon humanity. Some of us rely on social media to form support networks that we don't have IRL.

There is an argument that social media companies need to be way better at enforcing their rules and regulate what content kids can easily access that can really damage their growth, but we live in a world where the status quo wants minorities silenced and dead, children working in sweatshops, women to be baby factories, and so on and so forth. In no way shape or form are we going to be able to trust anyone rallying against social media, when they love where the status quo currently is and wants it to hurt even more people. Look at what florida is currently doing right now, this bill is targeting queer youth because republicans and transphobe grifters have convinced a ton of people that the queers are transing their children through social media.

Everything they are doing is designed to create the next wave of hateful fucks like them. Ban everything educational and open minded you don't like and indoctrinate kids from a young age with your bullshit views.

User banned (3 days): inflammatory comparisons

It's extremely weird to see an online community of people who were to the person almost certainly using some form of bulletin board, online chat or straight up modern social media before they turned 16 suddenly turn around and worry about those stupid kids over there who don't know any better so yes it's good to criminalize that behavior now.

I remember when boomers panicked over condoms in schools. Take a look at yourselves.

The real reasons behind this so that the kids can't be "indoctrinated." I.e, being exposed to anything beyond a straight white make trad family perspective.

Do not praise this. Because my brother in Christ, it's Florida. The book banning nazi state, run by a book banning nazi. Involved in a generation of people absolutely terrified that the youth of today is far smarter than they were when they kids.

Lets use the amazing technologies we have to find solutions to these issues without blanket bans to platforms because us adults are too scared to try and fix it.
What's that? Social media isn't the problem but rampant capitalism driving consumerism, tribalism, extremism and hate on these platforms? Unihibited by any regulations or restrictions? Fascinating.

Amen, limit the rights of corporate entities and stop adding more limitations on everyday people. That folks here could post even implying that it's a good idea is something else.

User banned (3 days): inflammatory accusations

Honestly it isn't new around here. There are so many people on this site who seem to vehemently against TikTok and things teens flock to that they gladly clap at fascism for some reason.

User banned (3 days): inflammatory accusations

Also Jack Thompson. We got a bunch of his acolytes here

The harms of social media are just another example of what happens when you let big corporations and the wealthy do whatever the fuck they want with no oversight.

A rare good move from terrible people though ideally they would just require a flat age gate rather than any actual verification.

Sure

Except ...

LGBTQ youths will be cut off from support in a state that hates them.

Young people will lose access to other political points of view aside from the MAGA shit the people in the communities spout.

They'll also lose out of diverse voices and with the horrific state of education in Florida be subjected to mostly homogenized bigotry giving it better chances to take hold.

Social media brings with it a lot of ills and I favor efforts to curb those ills, but I don't think blanket bans are the way.

This will only be used to hurt LGBT+ kids and other minorities.

BUT WE KNOW THAT'S NOT THE CASE. This is fucking Florida we are talking about here. This bill is only a thing because they want to do anything they can to keep their population ignorant, voting repub, and to repress communities they do not like.

I love all the posts admitting that they would support this, so the accusations are accurate, except that they conceive of it hurting LGBT kids.

Yep, fascist movements often seek to implement simplistic, strong, but vaguely worded social, cultural, or political welfare policies that the broader population tends to think is ok, or at worse not that bad, because they project their interpretations onto it. Policies that are often framed in a manner to poison the well of anyone that would stand in opposition(What? you want to defend minors accessing porn?? Children being consumed by predatory algorithms??? Teachers thinking it is ok to teach your children all white people are racist and giving them gay sex stories at school???? You are a monster!!).

Except these are fascistic radical right-wing extremists interpreting and wielding the law, not you. It's a sledghammer approach to a scalpel problem being wielded by the worst people you would want to have a sledghammer. And like happened after Roe vs. Wade, over time they will leverage their positions of power and that intentionally vague language to disproportionately apply those laws or policies to control, suppress, or eliminate their targets of grievance, signaling out what will be permissible in their society or not. Then use the gaps or loopholes in the law to justify even broader and deeper draconian steps of suppression(which was always the greater desire), done in the name of safety and social welfare.

Tell me more.

So how does Resetera plan to comply with this law?

Afterall, the language is vague, and technically this can be considered social media site as it hits the criteria

We already don't allow people under that age as per our tos so it literally won't affect us at all.

Social media seems especially damaging to young people and Is a net negative for society overall, and I think regulation is needed because these companies are run by sociopaths who won't police themselves, but I have the sidest of side eyes at anything the Florida house are trying to push.

Pretty much this.

I mean.. you know what, I'll just say this is not a remotely introspective post.

Excuse me if I'm a little angry; it's because I know that if I'd been barred as a confused, miserable 13 year old and left alone to my local community's mercy, I'd probably be fucking dead or a total asshole.

[Uncle]

Pretty wild to see the company who got huge being promoted by a pederast who lost a bunch of weight, and ran fatphobic commercials for years, selling footlong cookies & churros now. Hell yeah, capitalism rock's.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/subway-is-adding-foot-long-churros-pretzels-and-cookies-to-its-menu.806898/

The fuck does this have to do with capitalism? The fuck does this even have to do with subway selling churros?

you see, if you provide people with a product they might want to buy and enjoy, you are actually evil

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

there is literally a positive portrayal of a trans person in the game

it diversity-washes the distant past to portray a budding melting pot where everyone is happy and gets along in spite of their differences

Don’t forget there were people throwing the trans actress under the bus by saying they’d deliberately cast someone masculine-sounding.

They obviously didn't build their voice from the ground up.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

I've heard many, many women talk about hating their periods, and even in some cases, admitted to be jealous of trans women who don't have periods at all (which could be triggering in some cases, since some trans women do want all the typical things that come with being born with female sex traits).

Trans women: "Not all women get periods!"

Women: "I'm so jealous of trans women, the only women who don't get periods."

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

If there was some kind of medication that could induce periods in men Kyuuji and the rest of them would be demanding it for free. then they'd spend every day on ree bragging about their flows

They'd be threatening to "flow" all over the terfs.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/florida-house-set-to-pass-bill-blocking-minors-under-16-from-social-media.806919/page-4?post=117814905#post-117814905

This bill is just another bullet being fired towards the the total extermination of trans people in America, this one of course aimed at trans kids.
Obviously this is a blanket issue for LGBTQ kids of all kinds but I can't help but see the continuity here when the common thread seems to be hurting trans people in general.

The GOP's trans genocide will continue unabated it seems...

 

Edit:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/florida-house-set-to-pass-bill-blocking-minors-under-16-from-social-media.806919/page-4?post=117814971#post-117814971

I hate Florida's government and their racist, sexist, anti-queer authoritarian fuckwad-ery.

But as the parent of a tween girl with severe mental health and body image issues.... I'm kinda in favor of this.

Your in favor of shutting off queer kids from everyone except their immediate and potentially harmful peers and unaccepting parents?

Completely self-centred.

[PogiJones]

"Kids can't trust their parents and IRL friends, they need to come to us, 40-year-old strangers on the internet. They'll die if I can't slide into these kids' DMs."

[Boredfrom]

I’m also not fan banning social media, but I feel some people really need a huge internet detox, probably most of the trans community.

[HaughtyFrank]

Weird, aren't they also blaming transphobia on social media? And don't forget that gamergate literally brought Trump into the white house. Now banning it is suddenly a tool of the far right

[Polident]

Frankly, we as a people weren’t meant to treat all ages as equals and the modern internet makes that an unhealthy reality. You get children without emotional maturity thinking they’re adults and adults infantilizing themselves to act like children.

Is it hypocritical to say this when I used the internet in my youth? Sure. But back then you had to seek these things out. You needed a certain level of competency and understanding. It’s too easy these days. Maybe there should be different internets. Like how they have special cellphone for kids. And if any adult whines about wanting to use the child internet, I dunno, send them to gitmo?

[LoverOfCycles]

This dumb fuck has a sticky X button on his Steam Deck, probably from spilling his grape juice out of his sippy cup. So he writes to Steam support, and they reply saying they can either give him a refund, or do a repair. He somehow interprets this to mean they will refund him the full amount and let him keep the console. How do these people remember to breathe?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/steam-deck-ot2-episode-1-lcds-for-sale-here.785147/post-117771078

Y'all I am dumb I thought the refund meant I didn't have to return.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/florida-house-set-to-pass-bill-blocking-minors-under-16-from-social-media.806919/page-4?post=117814905#post-117814905

This bill is just another bullet being fired towards the the total extermination of trans people in America, this one of course aimed at trans kids.
Obviously this is a blanket issue for LGBTQ kids of all kinds but I can't help but see the continuity here when the common thread seems to be hurting trans people in general.

The GOP's trans genocide will continue unabated it seems...

Weird, aren't they also blaming transphobia on social media? And don't forget that gamergate literally brought Trump into the white house. Now banning it is suddenly a tool of the far right

Right, they can't even conceive that the GOP, and Florida's in particular, was already mad at social media and trying to restrict it for non-trans related reasons:

Most of a Florida law that sought to stop social media companies from restricting users' political speech violates the companies' free speech rights and cannot be enforced, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday, agreeing with a lower court.

However, a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived a part of the law requiring companies like Meta Platforms' (FB.O), opens new tab Facebook, Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), opens new tab to disclose the standards they use to moderate content on their platforms.
The unanimous decision was authored by Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom, who was appointed by Republican former President Donald Trump.

The 11th Circuit ruled that the parts of the law concerning political speech violated social media companies' First Amendment right to decide what to publish. However, it said requiring them to disclose their standards likely did not, ordering the lower court to reconsider that issue.

Bryan Griffin, a spokesperson for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, called the decision "stupefying" and said the governor's office was considering appeal. DeSantis signed the law in May 2021.

...

DeSantis, a Republican, previously said the law was needed to prevent "censorship" by "Big Tech," pointing to Trump's removal by Twitter and Facebook in January 2021.

And you know how narrow minded they are? California has enacted a more draconian version of the same thing as Florida is proposing, among other laws:
https://calmatters.org/economy/2023/05/social-media-addiction/
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/9/23909903/california-ab1394-child-abuse-social-media-regulation-signed-governor
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3642407-newsom-signs-controversial-social-media-bill-into-california-law/

That first article notes this isn't just states with governors who want to be President or despise trans people:

California isn’t the only state where legislators are aiming to regulate social media platforms. In March, Utah’s governor signed a similar bill into law, plus another law that institutes a social media curfew for Utah teens under 18 and requires teens to get their parents’ permission to set up social media accounts. Arkansas also passed a law requiring parental permission for teens to set up social media accounts. State legislators in New Jersey are considering a bill that prohibits social media companies from using features that addict kids, and lawmakers in Minnesota are also mulling a social media bill. Then, there are the bills that would regulate social media with a different aim: Texas passed a law that made it illegal to ban users based on their “viewpoints,” and Florida also passed a law restricting platforms’ ability to ban users.

It can't be a nationwide thing against social media for reasons that many ResetERA.com members regularly express, no, it must be the genocide.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Fuck trans folx fake tears. Know what I care about saving children from? Furries.

When those fur freaks were concealed in IRC, zines, and message boards it was fine. They were a niche and you hardly had any interactions with them. Then AOL came, followed by other messaging systems, and now Discord and Social Media.

We need to ban children from social media so they are KEPT AWAY from the furry menace.


 Do you want your children talking to THIS?!