Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[AnnoyedCanadian]

I love how easily all these morons picked up this "genocide" being against Arabs and Muslims in general and believing in this whole "Arab/Muslim solidarity" thing. 

“35% are catholic”

I'm going to guess a good amount of them are Lebanese, which has a decent sized Catholic population.

I'm Catholic so I tend to remember things like this for some dumb reason.

I know a ton of Lebanese Catholics but apparently they don't consider themselves Arab.

They're Phoenician if I'm remembering correctly.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/los-angeles-times-editorials-editor-resigns-after-owner-blocks-presidential-endorsement.1017924/

Trump's supporters are willing to destroy every norm and institution to give him minor news cycle victories.

Shredding a historically important newspaper's credibility to make it appear that Kamala is failing among the "CA elite", just brainworms top to bottom.

100%.

And again-all this for Trump of all people. I can't get over this after 8 years.

Maybe it's because I'm an Australian... but why is any media, the fourth fucking estate, endorsing any candidate at all?

It's the editorial board, which is supposed to reflect the "voice" of the paper.

The owner makes it sound like he had no choice after his innocent sea-lioning attempt.

These fucking ghouls man.

I used to think this guy was cool when we was a minority owner of the Lakers and sat court side. JOKES ON ME.

This makes me sooooo angry. Fuck the ownership class!

this truly is incredible to me. They know it works to a certain extent but cannot realize that it isn't a 100% certainty. Or--are so freaked out they'll do anything to prevent it. Incredibly brain wormed.

The norm of the LAT until the previous owner was not endorsing:

Months after the Watergate break-in, The Times endorsed Nixon for reelection. The editorial faulted Nixon’s handling of civil rights and said he was too slow to withdraw from Vietnam. It commended the “obvious personal decency” of the Democratic nominee, Sen. George S. McGovern of South Dakota, but found his antiwar platform hard to digest.

That endorsement deeply divided the newsroom and attracted criticism from readers. Publisher Otis Chandler later came to regret it.


Chandler had pushed the editorial board in a more moderate direction — distancing himself from right-wing members of his extended family. Anthony Day, who led the opinion section from 1971 to 1989, took it on a more independent and balanced path, including an unwavering commitment to constitutional rights, support for the state of Israel, and independent positions on issues such as gun control and capital punishment.

“Tony completely shared my vision of what The Times’ editorial page had to be — independent and nonpartisan, free of the Republican Party or any party,” Chandler later said of Day. “We did that together.”

For the next several decades, The Times avoided endorsements for president, United States senator and governor of California.

...

The Times was sold to Chicago-based Tribune Co. [in 2000]. In 2008, the paper’s publisher, David D. Hiller, and its editorial page editor, Jim Newton, decided to back Obama — ending a 36-year hiatus.

“One reason to endorse is to try to influence leaders and make the case for a candidate,” Newton said. “Another, and to my mind more important, aspect is to reveal our values as an institution, and as an editorial board, to our readers.”

Some reporters question the practice of endorsements, arguing that it makes newspapers seem partisan and not balanced. To that, Newton said, “I hope readers are sophisticated enough to tell the distinction between news and opinion and to know that the lines are strictly enforced.”

Doyle McManus, who was Washington bureau chief from 1996 to 2008, said he did not feel his reporters were hurt by endorsements. Sometimes, he would tell sources he didn’t even read them.

“It never earned us much street cred among conservative Republicans, because they knew where the editorial board’s heart lay,” McManus said. “We were one of the great outliers — it was a curiosity that we didn’t endorse. Frankly, I was more shocked that the Chicago Tribune endorsed Obama in 2008 — he was also the first Democrat they’d backed for president.”

[benji]

It's reported by the Baltimore Business Journal that the Zaxbys chicken chain wants to open locations in the Greater Baltimore area of Maryland, this is part of its northern expansion plans into Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey:

[AnnoyedCanadian]

I love how KSweeley tries to make it his own view by ONLY ADDING "It's been reported by".

Like dude just straight up posts all Baltimore news articles. It's great that you read the news, but have a fucking opinion about it and not act like such a robot.

[benji]

I love how KSweeley tries to make it his own view by ONLY ADDING "It's been reported by".

Like dude just straight up posts all Baltimore news articles. It's great that you read the news, but have a fucking opinion about it and not act like such a robot.

I think you're mistaken. KSweeley was permanently banned, this is completely different new poster MDCrabCakeFan86.

[AnnoyedCanadian]

I really hope Squid Game season 2 is good. I thought the first season was really enjoyable, though the random hair colour change at the end was kinda out of left field.

Shame that the best girl isn't coming back

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Watch the forum throw a shit fit about it somehow. That is if they still watch Netflix and didn't stop because of Dave Chappelle all those years ago.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

But Era thought Netflix would die due to the stoppage of password sharing..

[Taco Bell Tower]

But Era thought Netflix would die due to the stoppage of password sharing..

They're gonna say the same when Disney start their crackdowns on password sharing while staying subbed.

[Kevtones]

Resetera: games are too expensive
Game company: look our game is F2P now

Resetera: no more microtransactions
Game company: welp, back to a AAA, $70 dollar game

Resetera: I'll wait for the sale, $70 is just too much for a game.
Game company: looks like we are doing layoffs to salvage the company because of weak sales

Resetera: These evil corporations! I will not buy anything from them ever again.
Game company: let's try to salvage things and release this other game.

Resetera: I can't get over how they handled their last game and their evil CEO. Could he be transphobic?
Game company: looks like nobody bought our game, sadly our studio will close.

Resetera: Evil corporate overlords! You weren't paying your employees enough to make a game good and now you give them only basic severance after surely giving them PTSD, depression, anxiety and imposter syndrome! You didn't even tweet out a thank you for their efforts nor did put out a statement of support for Gaza/trans rights at any time.

Game company: just put it on a deep sale so it can get some associated revenue, we need to salvage the IP
Resetera: so disrespectful to the employees, basically invalidating their work as 'cheap' - it's so abundantly clear they like to dehumanize from their vapor-like stance on Gaza/trans rights.

Game companies: hey great, our doors shutter next week but the sale has helped us get a positive valuation on our IP and our parent company is bringing on some of the dev staff with retention bonuses now.
Resetera: LTTP thread: this game is cheap and worth it despite their ghoulish position on gaza/trans rights

Evil CEO: I'm transitioning, thank you for your support
Resetera: Transphobic EX-CEO comes out as transgender *thread locked* [user permanently banned for inflammatory rhetoric]

[Snoopy]

Also

Games company: Hey guys, we here at Games company believe in an all inclusive future. So we're pleased to announce our next game will be about a cool, hip 15 yr old trans girl boss.

Ree: Yass! Hyped!. Sold!! Day 1!!

Games company: Hey guys, unfortunately we are closing down with immediate effect due to poor sales.

[DocWager]

But Era thought Netflix would die due to the stoppage of password sharing..

I thought it was because they cancelled the Cowboy Bebop live-action show?

[Nintex]

On a surface level...

Didn't Trump and others of his post-war generation come of age during the time of peak "Clean Wehrmacht" and Prussian professionals just following orders mythmaking? A lot of the pop history pretty much was taking Generals' memoirs at face value.

Yep a lot of this stuff is relatively new because the Soviet archives opened in Poland, Russia and other places after the Iron Curtain lifted and the cold war ended.
This also finally allowed Israel to pursue those implicated in the Holocaust and expand their research beyond the borders of West Germany.

Not to mention with new technologies like ground radar and DNA much more research could be done.
There was also the fact that many of the original war criminals died in the late 90s and early 2000s and their children finally found the SS uniforms, orders and letters stuffed in the attic and decided to share their findings with researchers.

[Potato]

Are there genuinely some in this thread who want Trump to win? 

Kamala is the moral choice but i'm Australian, so i'm going to laugh when Trump wins because it's what your country deserves

This

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Just shut up and vote for Kamala. 

You're not a dirty arab right? If we LOSE this election it's because of those damn muslims. Trans folx are going to die because of them. 

They were never our ally in the struggle. 

[HaughtyFrank]

Please don't vote Trump, pop culture is only just recovering from the "resistance" movement.

Also I don't want to learn Russian

[D3RANG3D]

I for one am waiting with bated breath if he wins so I can jerk it profusely using bitter tears as lubricant.

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Whoever wins it will be fapapalooza!

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Claudia & Karina forever! 

I can't believe B-dubs is silencing third party voices. 

[Snoopy]

Ree says he spent $7000+ on WWE tickets. This well go well

Last night I bought 3 Wrestlemania 41 tickets and the price was per ticket 2300 USD + insane fees. Today I checked seats next to the ones I bought and the price is now 1100 USD. Of course I can't refund … I wanna throw myself out of a window…

Anyone wants to share their story so I feel a bit better?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-just-massively-overpaid-on-ticketmaster-thanks-to-dynamic-pricing-and-i-feel-like-shit.1018041/

[DocWager]

Why does he want a refund? Is his daddy gonna be pissed that he overspent his money?

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Already locked. 

[Uncle]

Please don't vote Trump, pop culture is only just recovering from the "resistance" movement.

Also I don't want to learn Russian

https://imgur.com/gallery/just-case-i-need-to-protect-myself-neighbors-ojsJu9J

I live in Texas. My elderly neighbors have already been harassed for their Harris sign. I’m honestly worried things might escalate depending on election results. I’ve taken a gun safety class and spent plenty of time on the range. Never owned a gun myself but now is one of those “better to have one and not need it” type of times

Things will escalate regardless of the direction the election goes.
Either Harris wins and we get an attempt at Civil War 2, or Trump wins and we get Kristallnacht 2. Either way, shit will hit the fan.

Working as an election official (sign people in when they vote). I am saying my "Goodbye" on Monday night to my family, because...The RISK i non-zero. And Boards of elections is absolutely silent when I ask what their Threat Action Plan is for us

I'm a gun owner, and am worried about this election. We have plans to vacate where we live in case the unthinkable happens.

I'm of the left, an Anacro-Communist actually. I own 3 firearms. Secured in a safe, I educated my family on the basics, I have 2 kids and I want them to be able to respond if they see a gun (at school or a friend's). I train and own firearms to protect my family and community from Fascists. Not cops and service members, that's a right wing fantasy, but from those that would do harm. They are ready and eager to purge and cull.

[Besticus Maximus]

I'm of the left, an Anacro-Communist actually.

[Straight Edge]

“35% are catholic”

I'm going to guess a good amount of them are Lebanese, which has a decent sized Catholic population.

I'm Catholic so I tend to remember things like this for some dumb reason.

I know a ton of Lebanese Catholics but apparently they don't consider themselves Arab.

They're Phoenician if I'm remembering correctly.

All I know is that they blow up the same from Israelian drone strikes

[DocWager]

I'm of the left, an Anacro-Communist actually.

From home?

[Polident]

Please don't vote Trump, pop culture is only just recovering from the "resistance" movement.

Also I don't want to learn Russian

Adam McKay is out there threatening voters that he’ll make Don’t Look Up 2 if Trump wins.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Hopefully Benji bans you for whataboutism! 

Or even just for fun!

[Ethan]

Waiting for the RE thread

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/science/puberty-blockers-olson-kennedy.html

Erin has spoken

Always good when your faith in science depends on how much it supports your politics. Thank god it’s only a right wing phenomena. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/1gathyk/fact_check_new_york_times_publishes_misleading/

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Pretty sure it's sarcasm that was upvoted by people who didn't understand it was sarcasm

[DavidCroquet]

Things will escalate regardless of the direction the election goes.
Either Harris wins and we get an attempt at Civil War 2, or Trump wins and we get Kristallnacht 2. Either way, shit will hit the fan.

I see why they are reluctant to vote for Harris now. 

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

I'd buy and read their book. 

Right after you buy and play Melody's game.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Are there genuinely some in this thread who want Trump to win? 

Yes.

When America is at it's lowest point, who will the nation turn to? The communist larpers of resetera, of course!