River Of Slime |OT| Mission: Impossible

[EightBitNate]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-joins-group-that-would-prevent-lawsuits-against-companies-causing-climate-change.114773/

Makes the decision to not buy their next console really easy.

I found this funny since Ace Bandage is one of the biggest Nintendo shills on the site and definitely had no intentions of purchasing the next Xbox.

[Straight Edge]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-recent-story-arc-in-dc-comics-might-make-me-leave-comics-forever.114726/post-20403088

I just can't anymore, I road with the all the different lights corps, but this is a bridge too far.


Slayven......no more......

I refuse to believe an adult mistakes road for rode.

[Ghoul]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-recent-story-arc-in-dc-comics-might-make-me-leave-comics-forever.114726/post-20403088

I just can't anymore, I road with the all the different lights corps, but this is a bridge too far.


Slayven......no more......

I refuse to believe an adult mistakes road for rode.

I mean even kids know that grammarly is a thing. Wish it was when I did my book learning. Spellcheckers are the dark souls of spelling words correctly.

Let's talk about his avatar...do you think he doesn't realize his avatar isn't actually transparent, or is it some kind of intentional joke


(Image removed from quote.)

Maybe he's signalling he's transphobic.... REALLY MAKES YA THINK

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Honestly, expecting a “statement” on this is expecting too much. Greg didn’t need to respond (I’m glad he did) and neither does Andrea. If I were advising her, I would say that it would be in her best interest to NOT respond specifically to this thread.

Or even read that thread.
Or even visit that site.
Or even in any way acknowledge the existence of these fucking psychos at all.

[marrec]

Honestly, expecting a “statement” on this is expecting too much. Greg didn’t need to respond (I’m glad he did) and neither does Andrea. If I were advising her, I would say that it would be in her best interest to NOT respond specifically to this thread.

Or even read that thread.
Or even visit that site.
Or even in any way acknowledge the existence of these fucking psychos at all.

What I really want to say is:

Stop apologizing to people who don't actually care about you or the specific controversy they've stirred up. They do not deserve your consideration or your respect.

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-recent-story-arc-in-dc-comics-might-make-me-leave-comics-forever.114726/post-20403088

I just can't anymore, I road with the all the different lights corps, but this is a bridge too far.


Slayven......no more......

[HaughtyFrank]

Let's be honest. The only reason people like Miller or Keighley even post on Era is to shill for their products. This was very clear when Keighley was being called out before the VGAs and decided to ignore it while posting more hype nonsense. Miller's post in this thread is damage control and nothing more. And it's all you'll get.

Or maybe they see no point in responding to an extremely hyperbolic and vitriol filled community where no apology is good enough* 


*does not apply to marvel directors

[Averon]

Why do they expect Greg to come back to that 30+ page thread where the overwhelming sentiment is that he's a a stone throw shy of a Nazi apologist? Same for Andrea? Greg should have never acknowledged that thread in the first place. All it did was rile up Reee further, like sharks with bloody chum in the water.

[Snoopycat_]

I miss the good ole days when chubby funster Gregg Miller was the darling of Reesetera. How the mighty have fallen.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

tfw you realise 8chan is a more welcoming and less toxic website to visit as an industry figure than resetera

[Snoopycat_]

But how was Reesetera to know that behind that girlish glee lurked a smirking Nazi 

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

But how was Reesetera to know that behind that girlish glee lurked a smirking Nazi

it was pretty obvious after The Kree checked her postcount

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/taylor-swift-accused-of-cultural-appropriation-for-using-a-marching-band.114797/post-20412593



e:

At what point do we just go back to segregation?

 

[HaughtyFrank]

Is there a name for the phenomenon where someone can make up the dumbest, most insane woke take possible, and yet there will somehow be people who agree?

If there was only some kind of word that describes this behavior... Maybe even a short abbreviation, just two or perhaps three letters long.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

I note at time of writing posters are generally agreeing that just the idea of this is stupid as fuck, but I'm not going to rule out a usual suspect showing up and declaring that it absolutely is and that thread taking a turn for the stupid

[cosmicblizzard]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-joins-group-that-would-prevent-lawsuits-against-companies-causing-climate-change.114773/

Makes the decision to not buy their next console really easy.

I found this funny since Ace Bandage is one of the biggest Nintendo shills on the site and definitely had no intentions of purchasing the next Xbox.

Which is funny because Nintendo is conflict mineral city.  They're not really any more moral than MS or Sony.  Really, they might be worse overall.

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/taylor-swift-accused-of-cultural-appropriation-for-using-a-marching-band.114797/post-20412593



e:

At what point do we just go back to segregation?

 

Folksknow these are jokes right?

 

[HaughtyFrank]

This got me on the mood for Hollaback Girl and i'm loving it.

Anyway. Wish people would have the care not to make fun of "woke" and the associated vocabulary because they're contributing to the same kind of dismissive nature that interested parties will ensure becomes how most people see them. These people, whatever their understanding of what Taytay did, can fall towards a kind of hubris that hurts their message, the kind that i don't think can be asked of any person to consistently avoid. Especially from publications whose safest texts are already victims of disbelief and accusations of craziness. One should be very wary of going at them at the same time white supremacists and otherwise conveniently opined "allies" trying for "common-sense" do.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/taylor-swift-accused-of-cultural-appropriation-for-using-a-marching-band.114797/post-20413626

 

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/greg-miller-and-andrea-rene-handwave-notch-and-pewdiepie-racist-transphobic-and-anti-semitic-behaviour-up-greg-miller-responds-see-threadmark.114457/post-20405213

I don’t think you should publish a point of view about something you weren’t prepared to speak about.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/iaaf-to-argue-that-caster-semenya-should-classified-as-a-%E2%80%9Cbiological-male-at-cas-update-semenya-loses-case-see-staff-post.99438/#post-17868898

i see

[benjipwns]

Vom on notice: https://www.resetera.com/threads/forbes-star-citizen-a-video-game-that-raised-300-million-but-may-never-be-ready-to-play.114587/post-20388689

The discussion on this topic has run its course. If a new article with more information is made on the continued development of Star Citizen and its current status, feel free to make a thread.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Is that that e begging game that people were stanning for on era/gaf with "you don't understand how much it costs to be a developer!" ?

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/forbes-star-citizen-a-video-game-that-raised-300-million-but-may-never-be-ready-to-play.114587/post-20380299

Gotta love astroturfers or people who clearly didn't read the source material but really wanted to get that first post regardless.

I've read the entire reddit thread on this hours ago. This article is bullshit.

the entire reddit thread, hours ago

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sports-illustrated-features-muslim-model-in-hijab.114315/post-20397779

User Banned (1 week): Islamophobic concern trolling

The Hijab was created by men as a means to cover women up whether they want to or not is that correct? if so, then is it an oppressive item of clothing, which is a bad thing one would assume?, why don't Muslim men wear it? why only women?.

Something else I have noticed is white English women in my city who have married Muslim men and wear a Hijab despite being born and raised not as a Muslim, why is that?, is it forced on them as part of marrying a Muslim man or a trend thing?.

I ask these questions as someone with no motive other than knowledge, I am an atheist so my religious / cultural knowledge is very very poor at best.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Stay safe my fellow crackers.

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tommy-tallarico-announces-new-earthworm-jim-game-with-original-team-exclusive-to-intellivision-amico.114527/post-20395853

Beware any games news outlet that covers this without mentioning Doug TenNapel being a vocal and active bigot.

Donkler
I was wondering why anyone would want to work with TenNapel these days, but then I see that Tommy Tallarico follows Tomi Lahren, Dinesh D’Souza, Tucker Carlson, and Candace Owens on twitter. I’m going to assume there are some shared beliefs there. I’m extremely curious how bad the content of these games are going to be
Posted on May 1, 2019 | 1:57 PM

Sad to learn that Tallarico is so complicit with this.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

doxxing by bots happening right now:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/miami-philly-and-chicago-era-remember-wbfs-tv-33-wgbs-philly-57-and-wgbo-super-66-come-on-into-this-thread.114621/

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/facebook-bans-louis-farrakhan-milo-yiannopoulos-infowars-and-others-from-its-platforms-as-dangerous.114779/post-20411182

Great, now ban all Republican politicians, pundits and media figures.

The Republican party has become a fascist, authoritarian party and they need to be erased. Getting them all off Facebook would be merely a tiny step in the right direction.

Of course it should happen. Deplatforming the entire party is the correct thing to do and there's nothing hypocritical about it whatsoever.

yet he'll allow the even worse BernieBros?!?

[marrec]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sports-illustrated-features-muslim-model-in-hijab.114315/post-20397779

User Banned (1 week): Islamophobic concern trolling

The Hijab was created by men as a means to cover women up whether they want to or not is that correct? if so, then is it an oppressive item of clothing, which is a bad thing one would assume?, why don't Muslim men wear it? why only women?.

Something else I have noticed is white English women in my city who have married Muslim men and wear a Hijab despite being born and raised not as a Muslim, why is that?, is it forced on them as part of marrying a Muslim man or a trend thing?.

I ask these questions as someone with no motive other than knowledge, I am an atheist so my religious / cultural knowledge is very very poor at best.

THIS IS ISLAMOPHOBIC CONCERN TROLLING BUT WISHING THE STATE OF ISRAEL DOESN'T EXIST ISN'T ANTISEMITISM OK

I just can't anymore, I road with all the different wokes corps, but this is a bridge too far.

[benjipwns]

doxxing by bots happening right now:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/miami-philly-and-chicago-era-remember-wbfs-tv-33-wgbs-philly-57-and-wgbo-super-66-come-on-into-this-thread.114621/

Spinluck I’m really curious about something, do you remember what it was like down there when it went from WBFS TV 33 to UPN 33? Was there a sense of loss there or did things kinda just go on? That had me wondering since WBFS did outstanding but the transition of WBFS and WGBS was much smoother and with far less change than WGBO. My guess is for at least a while they pretty much kept keeping on without much change otter than the new UPN affiliation.

What was that transition like in Philly as well? Did Philly feel some kind of loss when it went to UPN or no? Again WGBS and WFBS had way smoother transfers than WGBO did so I’m always curious how different markets react to this kinda stuff!

lmao at this dude being around since the start just waiting to go nuts about call sign changes from the 90s

[Transhuman]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sports-illustrated-features-muslim-model-in-hijab.114315/post-20397779

User Banned (1 week): Islamophobic concern trolling

The Hijab was created by men as a means to cover women up whether they want to or not is that correct? if so, then is it an oppressive item of clothing, which is a bad thing one would assume?, why don't Muslim men wear it? why only women?.

Something else I have noticed is white English women in my city who have married Muslim men and wear a Hijab despite being born and raised not as a Muslim, why is that?, is it forced on them as part of marrying a Muslim man or a trend thing?.

I ask these questions as someone with no motive other than knowledge, I am an atheist so my religious / cultural knowledge is very very poor at best.

THIS IS ISLAMOPHOBIC CONCERN TROLLING BUT WISHING THE STATE OF ISRAEL DOESN'T EXIST ISN'T ANTISEMITISM OK

I just can't anymore, I road with all the different wokes corps, but this is a bridge too far.

What are the "woke corps" you regret taking part in.

[Joe Molotov]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/sports-illustrated-features-muslim-model-in-hijab.114315/post-20397779

User Banned (1 week): Islamophobic concern trolling

The Hijab was created by men as a means to cover women up whether they want to or not is that correct? if so, then is it an oppressive item of clothing, which is a bad thing one would assume?, why don't Muslim men wear it? why only women?.

Something else I have noticed is white English women in my city who have married Muslim men and wear a Hijab despite being born and raised not as a Muslim, why is that?, is it forced on them as part of marrying a Muslim man or a trend thing?.

I ask these questions as someone with no motive other than knowledge, I am an atheist so my religious / cultural knowledge is very very poor at best.

THIS IS ISLAMOPHOBIC CONCERN TROLLING BUT WISHING THE STATE OF ISRAEL DOESN'T EXIST ISN'T ANTISEMITISM OK

I just can't anymore, I road with all the different wokes corps, but this is a bridge too far.

I can't believe there isn't a staff post on that thread yet. It's got Female Objectification, Islamophobia, Mansplaining, Concern Trolling, Bad Faith Arguments, and whatever this is:

I wish some posters on here could meet a women I work with. Hijab wearing women, beautiful and extremely independent.

 

[benjipwns]

Sounds like someone to trap in the copier room.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-is-golf-so-popular-among-the-wealthy.114765/page-3

A few posts of "fuck the rich" until people who don't stay in for tendies explain that golf is fun an cheap.

[benjipwns]

It's popular because rich people play it, poor people don't, and fox hunting isn't in vogue anymore.

It's a show of status and power. Most golf courses take up huge swaths of land and are often associated with exclusionary groups like country clubs.

[benjipwns]

Frank O'Connor one of the few people in the thread actually pointing out that it's incredibly popular in business (aka "the wealthy") for its blatant networking friendly components.

Another person, because it's ResetERA.com, illustrates this by mentioning its use as such on The Office.

Rest of the thread continues whining about the rich and the land usage.

[benjipwns]

How is it not expensive? You need clubs to play which cost hundreds of dollars, even for beginner clubs. Sure you can buy some used clubs for less, but it's still going to be much more expensive than bowling. You even have to bring your own balls. Have you seen the cost of golf balls? It's atrocious. Unless you buy some used or recycled balls.

C'mon. You can rent bowling shoes and the balls are included. How much can one game cost? $10? You're looking at double that at minimum for a round of golf assuming you find a deal on golfnow.

And that's not even considering the other crap you can buy that isn't necessary required - golf shoes, bag, glove, etc. And that's assuming you own the required pants/shorts, golf shirt, etc that they require to even let you play. Oof!

[benjipwns]

Because you get to watch a filthy poor caddy carry around your stuff while you drive a cart.

I think a lot of it is a status symbol thing. It's expensive because people are willing to pay that to feel like they belong to an elite part of society. Kinda like designer clothes.

Because poor people can't afford to just walk around grass and swing clubs for a few hours while drinking with pals

Because you get to take up space. What could be more rich person than that?

Only rich people can enjoy it and it doesn't take a toll on people physically.

It costs a good amount of money to play, there's a sense of exclusivity and being elite at the nicest places to play plus requires the least amount of physical effort to actually pay.

So rich old white dudes are all about it.

Because only rich people can care less what they look like in golf clothes.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/microsoft-updates-community-standards-for-xbox-provides-examples-of-acceptable-trash-talk.114814/post-20415215

Acceptable trash talk includes

• Get destroyed. Can’t believe you thought you were on my level.
• That was some serious potato aim. Get wrecked.
• Only reason you went positive was you spent all game camping. Try again, kid.
• Cheap win. Come at me when you can actually drive without running cars off the road.
• That sucked. Get good and then come back when your k/d’s over 1

.

Going too far looks like

• Get <sexual threat>. Can't believe you thought you were on my level.
• Hey <profanity>, that was some serious potato aim. Get wrecked, trash.
• Only reason you went positive was you spent all game camping. KYS, kid.
• Cheap win. Totally expected from a <racial slur>.
• You suck. Get out of my country--maybe they'll let you back in when your k/d's over 1.

 

[Nuitangg]

That Golf thread. 

[Cauliflower Of Love]

who else would spend thousands of dollars on games, consoles, and memberrships just to waste hours of time doing it?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

who else would spend thousands of dollars on clubs, clothes, and memberships just to waste hours of time doing it?

[close]

[stufte]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/taylor-swift-accused-of-cultural-appropriation-for-using-a-marching-band.114797/post-20415875



Now people can't even use a form of music that has been around forever if a black person used it *recently*.

 

[ZombieSupaStar]

Can we make "More Woken than Woken" a thing? Like Blade Runners (or white zombies) More Human than Human? When people go over woked?

[benjipwns]

i mean there's a marching band part in the music video? ~2:40



i still prefer Aryan Goddess Taylor tho so this is canon:
https://twitter.com/PrestonMitchum/status/1123928202995482624

[BisMarckie]

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Randomly remembered gaf is still a forum

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/nyt-fbi-sent-honeypot-posing-as-assistant-to-collect-intel-on-trump-aide-during-election.1479547/



I particularly like the incorrect usage of honeypot.

Presumably, the OP thought the female agent was using her wiles.

[benjipwns]

The majority of the links in the OP are making fun of Taylor Swift for possibly copying Beyonce's Coachella performance/the performance in Beyonce's new Netflix special. None of the people the OP posted are genuinely saying using marching bands in performances is a form of cultural appropriation. But the "outrage culture is getting out of hand" train has left the station so... ~shrug~

From the OP:
https://twitter.com/NylonMag/status/1123998030313730049

[BisMarckie]

Also Benji, why don‘t you check your PMs? I have VERY STRONG OPINIONS about the recent Giant Bomb output.

[Transhuman]

Ariana Grande is in blackface but they're angry because Swift has a marching band.

[BisMarckie]

https://twitter.com/PrestonMitchum/status/1123928202995482624

TFW you hope that this is a take from a Russian bot.

[benjipwns]

Yeah, half the responses here read like a tweet from Ben Shapiro, honestly. Pretty sad.

#CancelResetERA.com

[benjipwns]

Also Benji, why don‘t you check your PMs? I have VERY STRONG OPINIONS about the recent Giant Bomb output.

only rich people can afford the clothing to read PMs while listening to a GiantBomb podcast full of cacs

[Potato]

This got me on the mood for Hollaback Girl and i'm loving it.

Anyway. Wish people would have the care not to make fun of "woke" and the associated vocabulary because they're contributing to the same kind of dismissive nature that interested parties will ensure becomes how most people see them. These people, whatever their understanding of what Taytay did, can fall towards a kind of hubris that hurts their message, the kind that i don't think can be asked of any person to consistently avoid. Especially from publications whose safest texts are already victims of disbelief and accusations of craziness. One should be very wary of going at them at the same time white supremacists and otherwise conveniently opined "allies" trying for "common-sense" do.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/taylor-swift-accused-of-cultural-appropriation-for-using-a-marching-band.114797/post-20413626

 

Any grown adult who uses the term "taytay" is a complete and utter fucking failure at life. Just go kill yourself now, you fucking oxygen thief.

[agrajag]

Yeah, half the responses here read like a tweet from Ben Shapiro, honestly. Pretty sad.

#CancelResetERA.com

Benjamin Sapiro, Benjamin Pwns. Hmm. You know, no one has ever seen those two in the same room together.

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/greg-miller-and-andrea-rene-handwave-notch-and-pewdiepie-racist-transphobic-and-anti-semitic-behaviour-up-greg-miller-responds-see-threadmark.114457/post-20415882

Hey, everyone--

Sorry for not making it back yesterday. This is the first time I've sat at a computer since posting Tuesday night.

Someone pointed out above that the discussion is anchored to Era, so I could probably just leave and never come back. That's not my way. All I have is my authenticity. I don't mind talking and learning.

Thank you for continuing the conversation here. There are a lot of posts here that really help me out, and I think shine a light on what went wrong Monday because, believe it or not, we agree: fuck bigots and racists.

Where we got off track Monday on the show comes down to "privilege." Many of you have echoed the same thought on here that's basically "How the fuck can Greg NOT know all this shit about PDP/Notch." The answer is pretty simple: when you say dumb shit on the Internet and you're just on the peripheral of my world (another influencer/some retired dev), I go "Well, you're dumb" and ignore you.

That's privilege.

I haven't had to fight for my rights, my identity, or my life. I identify my job as keeping Kinda Funny going, critiquing games, and keeping up with gaming news when it comes to titles/developers/etc. As such, it's easy to not click on Julia Alexander's headlines about YouTube personalities fucking up and keep looking for info on Game Pass.

That's privilege, and frankly, it's not one I've had to think about until this week.

If you watch Kinda Funny, you know that I preach "be better to each other," but beyond my one on one interactions, I'm still trying to figure out what that means. 2018 saw me acknowledge that I have a platform and that I need to be better about using it. I brought on smaller creators and tried to highlight minority voices.

To me, everything we're talking about is another aspect of that, and it's one that I need to learn. Monday saw me try to get a handle on two stories that intersected with *my* gaming world and the world I've seen headlines about but haven't focused on. That's not OK. My responsibilities are greater than that.

I gotta go record the Gamescast, but after that, I'll pop back in to respond to some more comments.
Greg

you dummy

[BisMarckie]

Yeah, half the responses here read like a tweet from Ben Shapiro, honestly. Pretty sad.

#CancelResetERA.com

Benjamin Sapiro, Benjamin Pwns. Hmm. You know, no one has ever seen those two in the same room together.

That’s because it’s easy to overlook Shapiro.

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/greg-miller-and-andrea-rene-handwave-notch-and-pewdiepie-racist-transphobic-and-anti-semitic-behaviour-up-greg-miller-responds-see-threadmark.114457/post-20415502

We have plenty of big name journalists and folks from the industry here. If you haven't noticed everyone ended up hating the old place (gaf) due to the owner being a fucking rapist. I really don't see how you come to your conclusion.
Obviously official game company channels would rather use Reddit where they have big influence and control over the community, rather than using a forum where you're not even allowed to advertise your games.

[benjipwns]

It's 2019 and people still haven't thought about their privilege until it affects them directly. The world is wild.

Sure. I just naively assume that the cultural conversations taking place over the past 3-4 years could have done it, too. Especially when those conversations are rampant in your particular industry. Claiming insulation from those conversations for the past few years is certainly a big amount of privilege, to the point that one might conflate that with willful ignorance.

[BisMarckie]

Why would you crawl back to resetera. What an idiot Greg Miller is, but I can’t say he doesn’t deserve it for throwing his longtime friend and coworker under the bus for a harmless dad joke.

[Occam]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/taylor-swift-accused-of-cultural-appropriation-for-using-a-marching-band.114797/post-20412593



e:

At what point do we just go back to segregation?

 

By the way, is it Cultural Appropriation if non-Europeans (eg Africans, Asians) wear European clothes?

(Cultural Appropriation, a concept by morons for morons.)

[agrajag]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/greg-miller-and-andrea-rene-handwave-notch-and-pewdiepie-racist-transphobic-and-anti-semitic-behaviour-up-greg-miller-responds-see-threadmark.114457/post-20415502

We have plenty of big name journalists and folks from the industry here. If you haven't noticed everyone ended up hating the old place (gaf) due to the owner being a fucking rapist. I really don't see how you come to your conclusion.
Obviously official game company channels would rather use Reddit where they have big influence and control over the community, rather than using a forum where you're not even allowed to advertise your games.

damn, he literally fucking raped that poor girl in the shower, that lecherous elf. How is he not spending his life behind bars?