Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[Taco Bell Tower]

Another thread where retardEra members are upset they can’t give minors pornography… 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/west-virginia-house-passes-bill-allowing-prosecution-of-librarians.818814/

Fucking weirdos on that site

ClickyCal'

Like 80% of the country is a living hellscape.

makonero

By land? I don't think land is either living or hell

ClickyCal'

If you live in any red state, and some purple, it is hell. Definitely if you are a minority or marginalized person.

makonero

but that isn't 80% of the country?

ClickyCal'

Okay....I approximated the number, shouldn't be a big deal.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

RE in crisis mode again after someone dares to say that women might not be the main demographic for superhero movies

"I don't know if women are enough to carry the box office here," one veteran studio source outside of Sony says. Indeed, males make up 65 percent to 70 percent of the superhero audience in North America. In the case of Madame Web, the percentage of female viewers was still only 46 percent.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thr-inside-sony%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98madame-web%E2%80%99-collapse-forget-about-a-new-franchise.818709/

I think that's generally a problem they have. Their idea of a good female character is a character that encapsulates all the old male tropes of cool, stoic, never shows feelings etc. and their idea of a good movie for women is a typically male targeted movie that just happens to star women. Meanwhile Barbie showed that women will storm your theater to just have a fun, well directed, girly movie with deeper message that feels genuinely targeted at them. 
Not to say that this applies to all women, I'm sure there's plenty who love action comic movies but overall the fan demographic simply leans male

"It's got a chick in it. What else could women want?"

[Rendle]

Uhhh... How 'bout a girl who's got a brain? Who always speaks her mind?

Also what happened to starting each new page with a certain Gal?

[kaleidoscopium]

Anyone got her apartment location? No particular reason, I just wanna talk with Chaya UwU

 
https://www.resetera.com/threads/libs-of-tiktok-targeted-a-district-then-a-non-binary-student-was-killed-on-campus.818712/page-2?post=119397333#post-119397333


Actual psychos on that site. Great bunch you’ve got b dumbs

[Nintex]

RE in crisis mode again after someone dares to say that women might not be the main demographic for superhero movies

"I don't know if women are enough to carry the box office here," one veteran studio source outside of Sony says. Indeed, males make up 65 percent to 70 percent of the superhero audience in North America. In the case of Madame Web, the percentage of female viewers was still only 46 percent.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thr-inside-sony%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98madame-web%E2%80%99-collapse-forget-about-a-new-franchise.818709/

I think that's generally a problem they have. Their idea of a good female character is a character that encapsulates all the old male tropes of cool, stoic, never shows feelings etc. and their idea of a good movie for women is a typically male targeted movie that just happens to star women. Meanwhile Barbie showed that women will storm your theater to just have a fun, well directed, girly movie with deeper message that feels genuinely targeted at them. 
Not to say that this applies to all women, I'm sure there's plenty who love action comic movies but overall the fan demographic simply leans male

Madame Web joins a troubling trend for the superhero genre. Every live-action comic book movie last year underperformed (aside from Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3)

How could that have possibly happened. 
Why did the only good film with popular heroes and actors do well and how could all the low quality trash with characters nobody cares about possibly have failed the way it did. 

It boggles the mind  

The interesting part is how all the MALE GAZERS are actually HUGE fans of Sydney Sweeney but they never use her ASSETS in the film. You could easily make a billion dollars if you put Sweeney in a tight leather suit. But instead they put her in plain clothes. 

All the woke nonsense is holding back the careers of these upcoming stars in their prime.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Did 3 days go by so quickly, or did planet threaten suicide or whatever these folks do?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/libs-of-tiktok-targeted-a-district-then-a-non-binary-student-was-killed-on-campus.818712/

They really should ban social media so tragedies like this no longer happen. 

[BIONIC]

I've seen "ban baiting" mentioned in here a couple times and I don't understand how this is even a thing. Mods due their diligence before they issue bans so it's not like they can be like tricked, and whoever is on the "baited" end could just not say something that would get them banned, right? Like nobody is forcing them by anything they could possibly ask them. The crux of it seems to be putting someone in a position where they are made to say something that is against the rules, or they have no option but to say something that is against the rules. I gotta be missing something.

[Boredfrom]

According to local news outlets and family, Nex Benedict was beaten by three older female students. The mother of Benedict's best friend told KJRH News that "one of the girls was pretty much repeatedly beating [Benedict's] head across the floor."

I don’t think RE understands how many people are going to side with the girls, regardless of the actual reasons. I thought he was killed by male classmates playing the white knight, not by girls.

They fucking choose the worst battles to rally on.

[Boredfrom]

Did 3 days go by so quickly, or did planet threaten suicide or whatever these folks do?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/libs-of-tiktok-targeted-a-district-then-a-non-binary-student-was-killed-on-campus.818712/

What’s funny is if you read the actual sourced news articles this student isn’t even confirmed to be NB, isn’t confirmed to have died from this fight (medical report isn’t out), and isn’t even named Nex. The amount of misinformation peddled on that site is wild

Holy shit. They are fucking vultures.

[BIONIC]

ClickyCunt: *endless screeching about how everything AI is the devil*

Also ClickyCunt: *unironically posts AI monstrosity to own the chuds *

https://www.resetera.com/threads/crystal-dynamics-to-spanish-media-new-image-of-unified-lara-croft-does-not-necessarily-represent-the-appearance-that-lara-will-have-in-the-new-game.818817/?post=119394555#post-119394555

[Potato]

I've seen "ban baiting" mentioned in here a couple times and I don't understand how this is even a thing. Mods due their diligence before they issue bans so it's not like they can be like tricked, and whoever is on the "baited" end could just not say something that would get them banned, right? Like nobody is forcing them by anything they could possibly ask them. The crux of it seems to be putting someone in a position where they are made to say something that is against the rules, or they have no option but to say something that is against the rules. I gotta be missing something.

That's a little too on the nose for even RedMercury. Gotta be an elaborate troll that one.

[Averon]

I've seen "ban baiting" mentioned in here a couple times and I don't understand how this is even a thing. Mods due their diligence before they issue bans so it's not like they can be like tricked, and whoever is on the "baited" end could just not say something that would get them banned, right? Like nobody is forcing them by anything they could possibly ask them. The crux of it seems to be putting someone in a position where they are made to say something that is against the rules, or they have no option but to say something that is against the rules. I gotta be missing something.

RedMercury's such a disingenuous little shit.

[Boredfrom]

I rarely post on the forum these days. I did not like the series... but reading your mostly negatively reactions, I think I appreciate it more. I get what the creators were going for. What lets it down is sloppy writing, with things like the secret lab, little detective work.

But the sociological/political/psychological stuff is top notch. This is a series about the exploitation of ethnic people, and women, by white men. In the first episode, a woman was beaten by a man.

(…)

…this is my read. The symbolic/meaning layer of Night Country gets 10/10 from me. I presume this is what the reviewers are focusing on. I can guess why a lot of the Internet (guess who) has a problem with the show. My problem is that I feel this kind of story cannot stop at the symbolic level. It needed tighter scripts, more actual detective work. More coherency, so the twist reveal would land (be obvious in retrospect, and not out of left-field).

Well, that's my 3 cents. Thanks for reading.

I guess you are the only person that catch the symbolism over the narrative making sense and everyone else were a bunch of internet misogynists. Not everyone could have been intelligent enough to understand what they were going for and still found it shitty.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/true-detective-night-country-reviews-rt-93.805023/page-29?post=119403078#post-119403078

[kaleidoscopium]

I find the bigger moral panic to be kids willing to beat classmates to death and the surrounding community trivializing it, but I guess that's just me

Are you thick or are intentionally trying to dismiss that the reason why this murder happened, and the following trivializing of it by school staff and local news outlet is the anti-trans moral panic?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/libs-of-tiktok-targeted-a-district-then-a-non-binary-student-was-killed-on-campus.818712/page-3?post=119403981#post-119403981

Still waiting on a source that can state this even was a murder let alone a reason for one.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Nex Benedict? There's no ABC or CNN article.

Looks like Fake News to me. 

Am I really supposed to believe the Daily Dot, Daily Kos, and the Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents?

[kaleidoscopium]

Extreme left gossip rags essentially, same as retarded articles from Fox. But they will lap it up because it fits their preconceived notions

[Shecky Fragbaum]

ClickyCunt: *endless screeching about how everything AI is the devil*

Also ClickyCunt: *unironically posts AI monstrosity to own the chuds *

https://www.resetera.com/threads/crystal-dynamics-to-spanish-media-new-image-of-unified-lara-croft-does-not-necessarily-represent-the-appearance-that-lara-will-have-in-the-new-game.818817/?post=119394555#post-119394555

OMG BOOB SOCKS?!

*writhes in despondent, sexless agony*

[Rendle]

According to local news outlets and family, Nex Benedict was beaten by three older female students. The mother of Benedict's best friend told KJRH News that "one of the girls was pretty much repeatedly beating [Benedict's] head across the floor."

I don’t think RE understands how many people are going to side with the girls, regardless of the actual reasons. I thought he was killed by male classmates playing the white knight, not by girls.
They fucking choose the worst battles to rally on.

They were non-binary and genetically female so i'm not sure where "he" comes from.

Did 3 days go by so quickly, or did planet threaten suicide or whatever these folks do?
https://www.resetera.com/threads/libs-of-tiktok-targeted-a-district-then-a-non-binary-student-was-killed-on-campus.818712/

What’s funny is if you read the actual sourced news articles this student isn’t even confirmed to be NB, isn’t confirmed to have died from this fight (medical report isn’t out), and isn’t even named Nex. The amount of misinformation peddled on that site is wild

Nex was the name they went by so it's not uncouth for the media to refer to them as such. And objectivity, 'innocent until proven guilty', and pending coroner's report aside; I think it's safe to say the multiple head slams to the ground 24 hours before they died is what did them in.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Extreme left gossip rags essentially, same as retarded articles from Fox. But they will lap it up because it fits their preconceived notions

There's a police statement but that's it. No details beyond that. So it seems like these other outlets are just running away with the story.

Seems like they're just slapping something up to try and blame LibsofTikTok for.

In 2022, Chaya Raichik targeted an Owasso teacher for speaking out in support of LGBTQ+ students who lacked acceptance from their parents. Raichik's post was shared thousands of times on social media and resulted in the teacher getting condemned and harassed until they resigned.

https://www.facebook.com/jacksonrlahmeyer/videos/this-predator-tyler-wrynn-was-hired-by-owasso-public-schools-and-is-now-on-admin/513730766801423/

I don't think they should've been fired since teachers have been protected for worse but maybe don't tell kids "Fuck them (your parents), I'm your parents now" isn't a good look.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

I'd rather have been bullied by boys than girls. Girls are fucking crazy. 

[Besticus Maximus]

'Lara croft but with a big forehead and a jaw like desperate dann that it's okay for trans women to jerk off to, please midjourney'

[HaughtyFrank]

Extreme left gossip rags essentially, same as retarded articles from Fox. But they will lap it up because it fits their preconceived notions

It's even worse. Under the articles headline:

by VPSReports
Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

It's just something anyone can publish. I'd wait until an actual reporter writes something

[HaughtyFrank]

ClickyCunt: *endless screeching about how everything AI is the devil*

Also ClickyCunt: *unironically posts AI monstrosity to own the chuds *

https://www.resetera.com/threads/crystal-dynamics-to-spanish-media-new-image-of-unified-lara-croft-does-not-necessarily-represent-the-appearance-that-lara-will-have-in-the-new-game.818817/?post=119394555#post-119394555

Clicky Cal was also upset that the "chuds" thought that Lara looked too manly in the artwork and then she manages to find the ugliest interpretation of Daisy Ridley I've ever seen 

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

ClickyCunt: *endless screeching about how everything AI is the devil*

Also ClickyCunt: *unironically posts AI monstrosity to own the chuds *

https://www.resetera.com/threads/crystal-dynamics-to-spanish-media-new-image-of-unified-lara-croft-does-not-necessarily-represent-the-appearance-that-lara-will-have-in-the-new-game.818817/?post=119394555#post-119394555

Clicky Cal was also upset that the "chuds" thought that Lara looked too manly in the artwork and then she manages to find the ugliest interpretation of Daisy Ridley I've ever seen 

I bet it's because Clicky saw it and thought "She looks just like me!" if they were 300 pounds thinner.

[kaleidoscopium]

Extreme left gossip rags essentially, same as retarded articles from Fox. But they will lap it up because it fits their preconceived notions

It's even worse. Under the articles headline:

by VPSReports
Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

It's just something anyone can publish. I'd wait until an actual reporter writes something

That tracks completely, just make up that she is non binary, invent a fake video game sounding name and then blow up a story.

[Uncle]

Another thread where retardEra members are upset they can’t give minors pornography… 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/west-virginia-house-passes-bill-allowing-prosecution-of-librarians.818814/

Fucking weirdos on that site

so at the start of the news article in OP, I was ready to be a little upset - 

The West Virginia House of Delegates debated the merits of removing protections for public librarians and school librarians from criminal prosecution in the off chance a minor encounters books and content some consider to be obscene.

school librarians, maybe, if they're curating content based on their ideology that is nonetheless inappropriate for kids

but public librarians? so now no libraries can have anything remotely obscene, just in the off chance a minor sees it?!

but then you read further

State Code defines obscene matter as anything an average person believes depicts or describes sexually explicit conduct, nudity, sex or certain bodily functions; or anything a reasonable person would find lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. According to State Code 61-8A-2, any adult who knowingly and intentionally displays obscene matter to a minor could be charged with a felony, fined up to $25,000 and face up to five years in prison if convicted.

well that's a bit fucking different from just "an off chance of encountering it"

Supporters of the bill said it does not ban books or stop the selling or distribution of books some consider to be controversial or obscene. It merely provides the same prohibition against knowingly providing obscene materials to children outside the supervision of parents and guardians that already exist.

fuck this news provider for framing it as they did in the lede, what the hell

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Another thread where retardEra members are upset they can’t give minors pornography… 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/west-virginia-house-passes-bill-allowing-prosecution-of-librarians.818814/

Fucking weirdos on that site

so at the start of the news article in OP, I was ready to be a little upset - 

The West Virginia House of Delegates debated the merits of removing protections for public librarians and school librarians from criminal prosecution in the off chance a minor encounters books and content some consider to be obscene.

school librarians, maybe, if they're curating content based on their ideology that is nonetheless inappropriate for kids

but public librarians? so now no libraries can have anything remotely obscene, just in the off chance a minor sees it?!

but then you read further

State Code defines obscene matter as anything an average person believes depicts or describes sexually explicit conduct, nudity, sex or certain bodily functions; or anything a reasonable person would find lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. According to State Code 61-8A-2, any adult who knowingly and intentionally displays obscene matter to a minor could be charged with a felony, fined up to $25,000 and face up to five years in prison if convicted.

well that's a bit fucking different from just "an off chance of encountering it"

Supporters of the bill said it does not ban books or stop the selling or distribution of books some consider to be controversial or obscene. It merely provides the same prohibition against knowingly providing obscene materials to children outside the supervision of parents and guardians that already exist.

fuck this news provider for framing it as they did in the lede, what the hell

Outrage merchants.

[benji]

I feel like its the most likely outcome from a society that values individualism over any type of community in addition to our consuermism/capitalist view on society where everything can be a transaction and people are encouraged ad-nauseum to take advantage of those avenues. It results in even tragic events like 9/11 being atomized as an individual's pain to deal with while society gets "back to normal", and how do we do that? Consumerism!

Uh, how would a society that values "any type of community" respond to 9/11? Just shut down and wallow in "pain"? 

Or maybe "never forget"? Having massive increase in military recruitments? A global war on terror? Huge new additions of draconian laws and draconian enforcement? Rounding up all kinds of outsiders to the community? Endless memorials and cultural references? A fundamental cultural change to the notion of "safety"?

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

I feel like its the most likely outcome from a society that values individualism over any type of community in addition to our consuermism/capitalist view on society where everything can be a transaction and people are encouraged ad-nauseum to take advantage of those avenues. It results in even tragic events like 9/11 being atomized as an individual's pain to deal with while society gets "back to normal", and how do we do that? Consumerism!

Uh, how would a society that values "any type of community" respond to 9/11? Just shut down and wallow in "pain"? 

Or maybe "never forget"? Having massive increase in military recruitments? A global war on terror? Huge new additions of draconian laws and draconian enforcement? Rounding up all kinds of outsiders to the community? Endless memorials and cultural references? A fundamental cultural change to the notion of "safety"?

BENJI! NO! STOP! 

[Taco Bell Tower]

ClickyCunt: *endless screeching about how everything AI is the devil*

Also ClickyCunt: *unironically posts AI monstrosity to own the chuds *

https://www.resetera.com/threads/crystal-dynamics-to-spanish-media-new-image-of-unified-lara-croft-does-not-necessarily-represent-the-appearance-that-lara-will-have-in-the-new-game.818817/?post=119394555#post-119394555

OMG BOOB SOCKS?!

*writhes in despondent, sexless agony*

Wtf, kinda looks like Morrigan