Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/playing-da-tv-cant-help-but-think-this-could-be-a-great-template-to-take-a-next-uncharted-game-to-the-next-level.1026396/

Excellent story and writing.

[books]

Checking steam concurrent players for new dragon age game this Sunday morning is my election day.

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/better-rpg-veilguard-or-metaphor.1026408/

Ones barely an RPG

[Jansen]

https://steamdb.info/app/1845910/charts/

https://steamdb.info/app/1086940/charts/

[D3RANG3D]

Imagine buying/playing Dragon slop, in current year...

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

[nachobro]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kamala-harris-appears-on-snl.1026264/

  This is what MuslimEra is talking about when they say "Even if the most uncharitable read of the post is fully true, why is that more offensive and action-worthy than threads with thousands of pages all expressing encouragement for a candidate that's committed to wiping certain races off the face of the earth?"

#unbanshoot

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kamala-harris-appears-on-snl.1026264/#post-131059710

[Alpacx]

Checking steam concurrent players for new dragon age game this Sunday morning is my election day.

You can't expect people to have time to play Dragon Age the morning after a time change, 2 days before the most important election in American history, and during five months after Pride. Chud.

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

[HaughtyFrank]

Even if the video puts Asmongold in a bad light (which is pretty obvious), the bottom line is Asmongold doesn't really deserve any publicity

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Always love this argument when Asmongolds reddit alone has 400+k members, a number that dwarfs Resetera

[Uncle]

Imagine buying/playing Dragon slop, in current year...

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

forget everything else, writing, "wokeness," I remember when people wouldn't have bought this game just because it's EA

[Taco Bell Tower]

Mr.Man writes -

I often get frustrated with my sexuality and sometimes I feel like I'm caught between two worlds because of it. Technically I'm bisexual but get frustrated calling myself because I always feel like it gives off the wrong impression that I'm interested in men which I'm not, not in the slightest and I'm interested primarily in women and often feel more comfortable with lesbians and wlw spaces; but I feel like I would lying to myself calling myself a lesbian because I am sexually interested in a few Non-Binary people as well. I can feel like liar.

As such, I've often used the term wlw (woman loving woman) instead to describe myself and couples in fiction and real-life who aren't both lesbians since I know many bi women can feel erased when they are called gay for dating a woman or being in a "gay couple", which can go into bi-erasure and invisibility territory (especially when they then called straight or "went straight" if they enter a different-sex relationship, I remember this being really bad in the early 10s) and also not to erase lesbians as well.

However, recently I've been feeling like I've been bothering people using the term wlw, especially knowing how many here dislike shipping and the like, we constantly getting confused when I said it elsewhere on the web or thought I was being childish and silly using the term and was trying to move away from it and decided to use the term Sapphic instead. But that only seemed to upset more people, both here, my friends group and elsewhere. After two incidents last night, I feel like I'm failing the community or hurting bi and lesbians and I don't know what to do, I feel like don't belong in the community. Is the term just bad? Should I go back to wlw? Should I just shut up and just call myself bisexual regardless of feel about the connotations.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/is-the-term-sapphic-bad.1026306/

Closed

Thread locked at OP's request

[Taco Bell Tower]

Ree scores a victory

[HaughtyFrank]

Ree scores a victory

Lmao, the description is even better "no depictions of transphobia occur. Transphobia is only mentioned"

How the fuck does this help in any way? The transphobia warning mentions Transphobia!!

I seriously don't know how they come up when th this stuff. It all seems so random. Like someone just has an idea based on nothing and then everyone else just agrees because you don't want to be the guy who argued against transphobia warnings.
Same shit happened in 2020 when they replaced words like "master bedroom", something absolutely no one had an issue with

[garamonde]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/remember-when-clive-said-spoilers-at-the-end-of-ff16-and-somehow-everyone-involved-is-still-employed.1026348/

Seems like an inconsequential topic, let's see how it turned out:






and...





Recommend everyone giving a look, I only unearthed some of the gems, there's plenty more in there boys.

[Jansen]

TheEchosOfTheCyborg
https://www.resetera.com/threads/so-youve-died-and-been-reborn-as-the-main-character-of-the-last-movie-or-tv-show-you-watched.1026411/

So desperate for attention

[Taco Bell Tower]

TheEchosOfTheCyborg
https://www.resetera.com/threads/so-youve-died-and-been-reborn-as-the-main-character-of-the-last-movie-or-tv-show-you-watched.1026411/

So desperate for attention

You can tell they're literally like this without mentioning sapphic or wlw or being a lesbian

[BIONIC]

TheEchosOfTheCyborg
https://www.resetera.com/threads/so-youve-died-and-been-reborn-as-the-main-character-of-the-last-movie-or-tv-show-you-watched.1026411/

So desperate for attention

I hate myself for knowing this cunt well enough to know he’d mention fucking hobgoblins and use a reverse smiley face

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/remember-when-clive-said-spoilers-at-the-end-of-ff16-and-somehow-everyone-involved-is-still-employed.1026348/page-6#post-131076285

User banned (2 weeks): Trolling, hostility, and inflammatory commentary over multiple posts

Oh I see, you are just flat out making things up now.

The most SE has said about 16 is that it was "extremely strong" (their words) out of gate and has since tapered off to below expectations. They haven't commented at all since the PC release yet.

Also the FF16 director went out of his way to say the following:



So calling it a financial failure is tales from your ass. The fact that you can't see any middle ground from financial success and financial failure...

This is them soft pitching a bomb.

You said the writer was an evil misogynist who can't do his job multiple times but then implied him being fired was a bridge too far. You're just as much of a spineless dweeb as the rest of this thread.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/watch-as-a-trans-man-turns-the-tables-on-ben-shapiro-and-uses-his-tactics-against-him.1020006/#post-130694430

User Banned (2 Weeks): Derail of a Sensitive Thread over a Series of Posts

You said he doesn't benefit from white supremacy but from white privilege as if they are inherently different. I disagree. White privilege requires white supremacy. He's benefitting from white supremacy in the form of white privilege as a white passing person. Even under white supremacy, not all white folks are seen as equal with equal amounts of privilege.

There is a difference in how the words are understood to me, even though white privilege is born out of white supremacy.
"White supremacy" is IMO usually used to mean a deliberate belief in the superiority of white people and espousing a political platform to benefit white people, and I'm unaware of any self-defined white supremacist political movement, group or platform that accepts Jews as whites.

I threw in Candace as micro example but I also ended with the fact some minorities will align themselves with white supremacy under the 'model minority' model.. Like Thordinson said, some privilege is still a benefit, end of the day Shapiro would be seen as acceptably white. Doesn't mean he doesn't face discrimination, but on a personal and a broad level he does enjoy privilege under the system even if in America he's just in the public enemy #2 category. Who's going to have it tougher in a random place in the world when the cops roll up; an Ethiopian Jew or an Ashkenazi Jew.

As I said - White-passing Jews enjoy many white privileges. No where in my post have I doubted that so I don't understand your question.
What I'm asking is - would it be acceptable for someone to ask Owens how she's benefitting from white supremacy and imply she's a white supremacist? IMO it wouldn't, because it a form of weaponizing her race against her.

The issue is that there's a form of revisionism I see on the left more and more that denies Jewish identity as anything other than religious. This is illustrated in the full video when Naima comes up to speak (around 12:00) and says Judaism "is a religion" and *tells* Shapiro he's a white man. There's very little nuance there, to what extent Shapiro is white etc. This is the type of thinking that I have an issue with, and enabled someone to basically call Shapiro a white supremacist, when I think they wouldn't use that term for other minorities who align themselves with white supremacy.

Because being black is the furthest away from whiteness you can get. Whiteness isn't based on science. These people seek "whiteness" and there's a reason black republicans are seen as more of a joke and contradiction than the white passing non-white republicans. Darker skinned people supplement money to make up for their lack of whiteness to "achieve white" but they will never be white and will always be the first ones thrown under the bus. "How well can you emulate whiteness?" Can white people identify themselves in you? Can you effectively play ball with white supremacy? How well can you pass as white? The lighter your skin tone the less resistance you have when working toward whiteness. .

This shows clear misunderstanding to how white supremacists see Jews. How well you pass as white is relevant to the implicit privileges you can benefit from as a by-product in a society in which white supremacy exist, but it does not mean you are "working towards whiteness" necessarily.
White supremacists often hate Jews all the more for the fact they can often pass as white, and it is not for nothing they will use language such as Jews being a "parasite" race that destroys the "host body" or that there are so many conspiracies of Jews essentially being "traitors from the inside" in white supremacist circles.

Also this is the first time I noticed the kippah. Does Ben always wear one? cuz I never noticed in his straight-into-the-camera tweets I see posted every now and then here, but that could be the camera angle. I ask because the cynical part of me would think he'd wear it to act as a shield of sorts to people calling him antisemitic in situations like these and removes it when around other MAGAs to pass as white. (Because I didn't know he was jewish until it was brought up on ERA)

He always wears a kippah, but it's black and so can sometimes be hidden. I do find it interesting he opts for a black one since, to me, it's very Haredi or Serphardi coded while he's clearly an Ashkenazi modern-orthodox, who usually opt for knitted lighter-colored ones....

Anyway, I feel like this discussion is hijacking the thread a bit so I'm gonna bow out. Thanks all.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bill-clinton-campaigning-for-harris-in-michigan-makes-offensive-comments-in-attempt-to-court-palestinian-voters.1024155/page-11#post-131026338

User banned (2 weeks): trolling in a sensitive topic

I was born a liberal and I'll die a liberal.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Old:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/hackers-made-robot-vacuums-randomly-yell-racial-slurs.1007880/#post-130059192

User Banned (1 week): Insensitive commentary; history of similar infractions

Lmao. I would have fallen over if I heard that.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-ot-4-dont-complain-do-something.962805/page-655#post-129979860

User banned (2 weeks): Inflammatory accusations toward other users

If you only got politics opinions from this site you'd think Hezbollah was a world peace organization. Wtf at some of the discourse here tbh.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-ot-4-dont-complain-do-something.962805/page-1121#post-130861473

User Banned (1 Week): Inappropriate commentary / arm-chair diagnosis

Biden sundowning mid-sentence is not comparable to Hillary's deplorables comment, nor is it comparable to the PR joke, as much as Fox News wants it to be and will try to make it be

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-ot-4-dont-complain-do-something.962805/page-1139#post-130886439

User banned (1 week): sniping at other members

It can and will get worse for the people of Gaza if Trump wins.

Guess I gotta vote for Jill Stein then.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-ot-4-dont-complain-do-something.962805/page-1159#post-130911357

User Banned (1 Week): Inappropriate commentary / arm-chair diagnosis

Sol C. JohnsonI love that garbage truck clip SO MUCH.

"I'll tell you who the REAL garbage is but I can't say it." And then the FIRST word you see is TRUMP in giant letters.

Then is dementia brain tries to coordinate muscles to do something he rarely does, get in a truck and almost falls over.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-ot-4-dont-complain-do-something.962805/page-1162#post-130915026

User Banned (1 Week): Inappropriate commentary / arm-chair diagnosis

Did you know? People suffering from dementia have issues regarding spatial awareness, affecting their ability to judge distances for things like staircases or door handles. I just thought that was interesting.

[Boredfrom]

1730663159[/url]']
https://www.resetera.com/threads/watch-as-a-trans-man-turns-the-tables-on-ben-shapiro-and-uses-his-tactics-against-him.1020006/#post-130694430

User Banned (2 Weeks): Derail of a Sensitive Thread over a Series of Posts

You said he doesn't benefit from white supremacy but from white privilege as if they are inherently different. I disagree. White privilege requires white supremacy. He's benefitting from white supremacy in the form of white privilege as a white passing person. Even under white supremacy, not all white folks are seen as equal with equal amounts of privilege.

There is a difference in how the words are understood to me, even though white privilege is born out of white supremacy.
"White supremacy" is IMO usually used to mean a deliberate belief in the superiority of white people and espousing a political platform to benefit white people, and I'm unaware of any self-defined white supremacist political movement, group or platform that accepts Jews as whites.

I threw in Candace as micro example but I also ended with the fact some minorities will align themselves with white supremacy under the 'model minority' model.. Like Thordinson said, some privilege is still a benefit, end of the day Shapiro would be seen as acceptably white. Doesn't mean he doesn't face discrimination, but on a personal and a broad level he does enjoy privilege under the system even if in America he's just in the public enemy #2 category. Who's going to have it tougher in a random place in the world when the cops roll up; an Ethiopian Jew or an Ashkenazi Jew.

As I said - White-passing Jews enjoy many white privileges. No where in my post have I doubted that so I don't understand your question.
What I'm asking is - would it be acceptable for someone to ask Owens how she's benefitting from white supremacy and imply she's a white supremacist? IMO it wouldn't, because it a form of weaponizing her race against her.

The issue is that there's a form of revisionism I see on the left more and more that denies Jewish identity as anything other than religious. This is illustrated in the full video when Naima comes up to speak (around 12:00) and says Judaism "is a religion" and *tells* Shapiro he's a white man. There's very little nuance there, to what extent Shapiro is white etc. This is the type of thinking that I have an issue with, and enabled someone to basically call Shapiro a white supremacist, when I think they wouldn't use that term for other minorities who align themselves with white supremacy.

Because being black is the furthest away from whiteness you can get. Whiteness isn't based on science. These people seek "whiteness" and there's a reason black republicans are seen as more of a joke and contradiction than the white passing non-white republicans. Darker skinned people supplement money to make up for their lack of whiteness to "achieve white" but they will never be white and will always be the first ones thrown under the bus. "How well can you emulate whiteness?" Can white people identify themselves in you? Can you effectively play ball with white supremacy? How well can you pass as white? The lighter your skin tone the less resistance you have when working toward whiteness. .

This shows clear misunderstanding to how white supremacists see Jews. How well you pass as white is relevant to the implicit privileges you can benefit from as a by-product in a society in which white supremacy exist, but it does not mean you are "working towards whiteness" necessarily.
White supremacists often hate Jews all the more for the fact they can often pass as white, and it is not for nothing they will use language such as Jews being a "parasite" race that destroys the "host body" or that there are so many conspiracies of Jews essentially being "traitors from the inside" in white supremacist circles.

Also this is the first time I noticed the kippah. Does Ben always wear one? cuz I never noticed in his straight-into-the-camera tweets I see posted every now and then here, but that could be the camera angle. I ask because the cynical part of me would think he'd wear it to act as a shield of sorts to people calling him antisemitic in situations like these and removes it when around other MAGAs to pass as white. (Because I didn't know he was jewish until it was brought up on ERA)

He always wears a kippah, but it's black and so can sometimes be hidden. I do find it interesting he opts for a black one since, to me, it's very Haredi or Serphardi coded while he's clearly an Ashkenazi modern-orthodox, who usually opt for knitted lighter-colored ones....

Anyway, I feel like this discussion is hijacking the thread a bit so I'm gonna bow out. Thanks all.

They really wanted to ban dude for anything. I imagine is also to appease the Shoot Nutcases.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bill-clinton-campaigning-for-harris-in-michigan-makes-offensive-comments-in-attempt-to-court-palestinian-voters.1024155/page-13#post-131087787

i asked to be unbanned from the gaza topic, and i got a site wide ban for a further week for daring to do so lmao

most libbed up reddit ass forum in existence

[Vertigo]

I know the mods on Reee visit here. it maybe time to restrict Echoes of the madhouse's posting privileges for a while. 

That motherfucker is spiralling badly.

[Propagandhim]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kamala-harris-appears-on-snl.1026264/

  This is what MuslimEra is talking about when they say "Even if the most uncharitable read of the post is fully true, why is that more offensive and action-worthy than threads with thousands of pages all expressing encouragement for a candidate that's committed to wiping certain races off the face of the earth?"

#unbanshoot

Lol why is it so hard to just leave the forum

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-ot-4-dont-complain-do-something.962805/page-1332#post-131088042

I would say very unlikely. The last election we didn't find out for days. I'm expecting a very long anxious week...

Ideally I have my PS5 Pro to keep me distracted for a bit, I took off Thursday to sign for delivery and said screw it and took Friday off too, so I have a nice 4 day weekend to either celebrate Kamala's win, or try to distract myself from the horrors of the next 4 years under Trump.

[Propagandhim]

even if in America he's just in the public enemy #2 category. Who's going to have it tougher in a random place in the world when the cops roll up; an Ethiopian Jew or an Ashkenazi Jew.

I mean, Ashkenazi Jews have it pretty bad in a lot of "random" parts of the world...?  What a terrible example.

[Propagandhim]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-politics-ot-4-dont-complain-do-something.962805/page-1332#post-131088042

I would say very unlikely. The last election we didn't find out for days. I'm expecting a very long anxious week...

Ideally I have my PS5 Pro to keep me distracted for a bit, I took off Thursday to sign for delivery and said screw it and took Friday off too, so I have a nice 4 day weekend to either celebrate Kamala's win, or try to distract myself from the horrors of the next 4 years under Trump.

Someone should ask him if he's white.  Must be nice to just play videogames during The Great American Racial Quickening.  White privilege is a superpower.

[Boredfrom]

If Harris wins, at least expect a huge meltdown from Hamas Era. They already mad that the vibes are “positive” in the main thread.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-you-miss-90s-era-tv.1026294/page-2#post-131085468

"It's just nostalgia, rose tinted glasses!!1"

Nah, 90s and entertainment is a rare case of "everything was better back then". Agreed, OP. Even the shows that I considered "mid" back then, would be top tier compared to nowaday tv shows. Comedy, mystery, scifi, fantasy, cartoons, you name it. Creators were so daring and adventurous. I miss the offensive humor of Al Bundy, I miss watching The Cosby Show as a little white German kid and I miss associating great cartoons with US-shows and not anime.

OP, if I start rewatching old stuff now, it's your fault ...