River Of Slime |OT| Mission: Impossible

[Cauliflower Of Love]

The Snoop Lion one makes no sense.

What's not to get?

"I don't love you hos I'm out the door"  - Snoop circa 1994whatever.

Oh, oops

[BisMarckie]

Deadnaming Snoop Dogg.

[VomKriege]

I identify this group of people as the Reddit of entertainment.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/justin-roiland-has-a-trover-saves-the-universe-commercial-made-starring-jontron.120520/page-13#post-21410635

User banned (permanent): dismissing concerns surrounding hate speech, junior phase account

https://www.resetera.com/threads/justin-roiland-has-a-trover-saves-the-universe-commercial-made-starring-jontron.120520/page-12#post-21396107

[VomKriege]

People hoping THQ Nordic may bail out a company in jeopardy ?


Quick someone alert the guy who posts the same wall of text about THQn in every thread !

https://www.resetera.com/threads/starbreeze-is-probably-about-to-go-bankrupt.82821/

[BisMarckie]

To be fair, that thread was created before we learned that THQ is bribing the United Nations to continue to profit off their child porn distribution business.

[VomKriege]

Honest question: is it not possible for someone to create an ad blocker that still reports a hit back to YouTube?

I'd love to block the shit out of all these ads while not impacting the channel I'm watching.

 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/youtube-playing-two-ads-before-the-vid-starts-and-one-after-finish.120770/#post-21412510

[Uncle]

Stop living in the middle of nowhere or stop complaining about how there's no doctors or police but plenty of coyotes. Nobody needs to live so far it takes 2 hours to drive to Walmart. Surely there are closer places that's not in Bigfoot's fucking doorstep

Live closer to the center handling your mandated child-size ration.
Rural desertification solved !

https://www.resetera.com/threads/we-need-guns-because-police-is-2-hours-far-from-here.120604/#post-21379759

I can't check at work, but was this post resoundingly ridiculed? Or is it parody?

Why is it your, or anyone's place, really, to determine where someone should live?

Those people AREN'T complaining.

It's painfully obvious that 99% of posters in here have no clue how rural life works.

Yeah everyone should just consolidate into the major metro areas. Buncha morons amirite

Is this a joke?

Wow, what a hot fucking take.

This is a very reasonable and realistic solution /s

this is the spiciest one

What's ironic is that you are presumably left-leaning and yet posted a vehement demand to do the one thing that is destroying liberal voting power.

 

[BisMarckie]

Advocating ad piracy.

[VomKriege]

What's ironic is that you are presumably left-leaning and yet posted a vehement demand to do the one thing that is destroying liberal voting power

This one is pretty dumb tho.

[nachobro]

GB thread continues to be dumbfounded at no one being as outraged as them over nothing


https://www.resetera.com/threads/giant-bomb-ot-14-bigdickdaddydom.115512/post-21403095

Nice to see that Jeff is on Twitter for once and yet still no reaction for Dan's bullshit

Yeah I searched "DanRyckert newsletter" and "giantbomb newsletter" and I wouldn't say it's glowing. It's more like barely anyone is talking about it lol.

Most of it seem to be "huh, wrestling."

I counted.

6 people @ Dan on Twitter about the newsletter and Megasoum was the only one who's negative.

That said

I'd like to add; Fuck WWE

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Honest question: is it not possible for someone to create an ad blocker that still reports a hit back to YouTube?

I'd love to block the shit out of all these ads while not impacting the channel I'm watching.

 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/youtube-playing-two-ads-before-the-vid-starts-and-one-after-finish.120770/#post-21412510

Yep. Can’t take it.

[Momo]

Okay I'll bite, what's the supposed GB controversy?

[Boredfrom]

Okay I'll bite, what's the supposed GB controversy?

Dan talks about WWE.

[BisMarckie]

Okay I'll bite, what's the supposed GB controversy?

Dan Ryckert wrote a newsletter in which he said that he hopes the WWE improves.
If you think that sounds crazy and the biggest nothingburger ever, you'd be right.

[Joe Molotov]

Okay I'll bite, what's the supposed GB controversy?

Dan Ryckert, a man who got married at Taco Bell, was like "hmmm, I wonder how this new wrassle league is gonna affect WWE", and RE was like OMG WWE IS CANCELLED YOU ABSOLUTE NAZI SCUM!

[nachobro]

Okay I'll bite, what's the supposed GB controversy?

Nothing really. They put out a dumb newsletter you can subscribe to that released every month or so (I'm not actually subscribed so not totally clear on it lol) with each staff member taking a turn writing about some dumb bullshit that usually isn't games related.

Dan did the one for this month and it was about WWE and how much he likes wrestling and how he wants AEW (new big money wrestling company) and WWE to compete and make both shows better. Resetti is in a rage because he didn't point out every bad thing WWE has done in the past 30 years and that they are CANCELLED now but instead was positive overall.

It's really nothing major or out of character for Dan but Resetti is frothing at the mouth over it and complaining that no one else is enraged (even pointing out that the Waypoint forums are morally lacking for not being upset like they are)

[marrec]

One of the many things that absolutely baffles me about some people on ERA. Giant Bomb talks about the WWE nearly every week... but they're mad at Dan's newsletter because...

Oh wait I get it, these people don't actually consume any Giant Bomb content they just have an algorithm that searches for problematic things.

[Boredfrom]

The daily doomsday thread on era based on clickbaity fearmongering by the media.

RE usual reaction about climate change makes me despair more than the news about it.

[nachobro]

BECAUSE WWE IS CANCELLED NOW (even though wwe talk is still allowed on resetti)

[nachobro]

Oh also there was a bit on the Beastcast last week where Dan said "Metal Gear isn't political its just about armies and nukes and stuff" and the rest of the cast pretended to be upset at him in an over the top manner. Because resetti has no knowledge of jokes or humor they assume this now means Dan is on the verge of being CANCELLED and fired and assume this is their time to pounce.

[marrec]

Oh also there was a bit on the Beastcast last week where Dan said "Metal Gear isn't political its just about armies and nukes and stuff" and the rest of the cast pretended to be upset at him in an over the top manner. Because resetti has no knowledge of jokes or humor they assume this now means Dan is on the verge of being CANCELLED and fired.

They HAVE to know that was a bit right?

[nachobro]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/giant-bomb-ot-14-bigdickdaddydom.115512/post-21412662

Reactions to the MGS stuff from Dan are not good on Twitter. Some negative comments regarding the newsletter too. It's not just here.

I think the MGS talk was what broke the camel's back and then when we were recovering the fucking newsletter broke it for good.

take a guess

[marrec]

oh god they're so stupid

[BisMarckie]

Dan Ryckert also FAILED to address the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and stayed silent and is therefore COMPLICIT.


Who doesn't want their foreign affairs commented on by this guy?

[VomKriege]

Why would the waypoint community care about giantbomb stuff though?

WELL THEY SHOULD !

[nachobro]

oh god they're so stupid

https://www.resetera.com/threads/giant-bomb-ot-14-bigdickdaddydom.115512/post-21295225

I love Dan and all he's done for Giant Bomb, but sometimes I just feel like everyone else on the crew needs to yell at him about the stupid shit he says. Not in their funny, jokey way, but legit like "What the fuck is wrong with you?" MGS is as political as big budget games get, Walmart is a terrible company that doesn't deserve celebrating, and Vince McMahon should be no one's hero.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/giant-bomb-ot-14-bigdickdaddydom.115512/post-21295372

And for Dan..... I'm just so. fucking. tired. of all that bullshit... Like take night classes or something... Read random Wikipedia Articles every hour... I don't know

https://www.resetera.com/threads/giant-bomb-ot-14-bigdickdaddydom.115512/post-21295798

Y’all keep suggesting someone needs to educate Dan or he needs to educate himself, but he has zero intellectual curiosity and no desire to learn and retain information. Anyone bothering to try would be wasting their time and effort. You can’t force someone to learn.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/giant-bomb-ot-14-bigdickdaddydom.115512/post-21295810

Jeez. I also am really getting tired of Dan's schtick. Not that I think it is all just a schtick but seriously his ignorance is getting so frustrating to me.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/giant-bomb-ot-14-bigdickdaddydom.115512/post-21295856

Yeah, it's not like he was unable to be less ignorant, he chooses to.

[team filler]

STFU, slut

You've been coming at me really hard lately. What gives? Can we go back to where we teamed up to get everyone on this forum laid?

https://nypost.com/2016/04/26/hillary-supporters-spam-bernie-groups-with-kiddie-porn/

[marrec]

I'm sure Dan has perfectly reasonable opinions about Jamal Khashoggi's murder, but why on earth would you want him to actually voice them in relation to ANY Giant Bomb content?

Dan: Speaking of Prince of Persia... did you all hear about this Saudi Prince?!

[Joe Molotov]

BECAUSE WWE IS CANCELLED NOW (even though wwe talk is still allowed on resetti)

No true Resteraer has ever talked about WWE.

[marrec]

Dan Rykert is 100% smarter than anyone posting on ERA

[Momo]

Okay this is stupider than I thought

[Joe Molotov]

You can't talk about AEW either. They invited a CONVICTED RAPIST to laugh at homophobic spots and put a video out with a clip like it was something to be proud of

Okay, I won't.

[nachobro]

Dan Rykert is 100% smarter than anyone posting on ERA

impossible!

https://www.resetera.com/threads/giant-bomb-ot-14-bigdickdaddydom.115512/post-21296461

As for Dan, whether it’s a “bit” or not is irrelevant to me at this point. If your whole life is dedicated to pretending to be an idiot or an asshole, at some point you’re just an idiot and an asshole.

And boom goes the dynamite.

Word.

these people who can't tell fantasy from reality are WAY smarter than the dude getting paid to do what they wish they were doing

[thetylerrob]

Ryan Davis would have been #cancelled years ago if he wasn't already dead.

[Joe Molotov]

Ryan Davis would have been #cancelled years ago if he wasn't already dead.

Dodged a bullet.

[Uncle]

I'm starting to feel like the Dan Rykert character isn't really a character at all.

the best thing about Dan Rykert is that time he tormented Patrick Klepek for like 30-40 hours with some extremely demented Mario Maker levels



that is genuine pain, from the end of an hour and 20 minute video of him beating his head against the wall

 

[marrec]

Ryan Davis would have been #cancelled years ago if he wasn't already dead.

His apology for his heated gaming moment is still brought up as the best example of such an apology... but I have little doubt he would be persona non grata to many on ERA if he slipped up today #rip

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

That was a fun one to edit (and yes the references are 15 years old because these edits are 15 years old)

(Image removed from quote.)

the references might be, but the kid in that comic sure isn't, quit posting CP

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

User banned (permanent): dismissing concerns surrounding hate speech, junior phase account

https://www.resetera.com/threads/justin-roiland-has-a-trover-saves-the-universe-commercial-made-starring-jontron.120520/page-12#post-21396107

nobodies promoting an 'Us vs Them' mentality here, junior

[VomKriege]

No, Days Gone is a big success, sales wise, even Benji said it

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ign-out-of-40k-readers-more-than-half-want-sonys-next-gen-console-the-most.120795/post-21413916

[Momo]

I really thought my text version of surprised Pikachu would have 10+ likes this morning 

It's brilliant. Easily as good as some trash in the "Post your nude pic" thread that gets double digit likes.

for some reason I have a near zero amount of interest in seeing what you guys look like. Not sure if it's cause I'm afraid I'd send thirsty DMs or salty DMs

[thetylerrob]

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[nachobro]

Like I said yesterday, I pretty much given up hoping that GB at large will even acknowledge the issue, let alone try to fix it and that by itself is bumming me out even more than the actual newsletter or the usual Dan bullshit.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/giant-bomb-ot-14-bigdickdaddydom.115512/post-21415493

"the issue"

[Joe Molotov]

Like I said yesterday, I pretty much given up hoping that GB at large will even acknowledge the issue, let alone try to fix it and that by itself is bumming me out even more than the actual newsletter or the usual Dan bullshit.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/giant-bomb-ot-14-bigdickdaddydom.115512/post-21415493

"the issue"

If you've expressed your distaste for it to the appropriate parties and there's been no acknowledgement, then take the next step you feel like you should take.

[nachobro]

sunny the lord

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

You cant expect everyone, especially Dan who is deeply invested in the product, to just jump out and not support it any more because people are finally realizing how shitty they are. Its like asking an alcoholic to quit drinking because its bad.

[nachobro]

i do sometimes feel drunk and woozy halfway through an episode of Raw

[PogiJones]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/giant-bomb-ot-14-bigdickdaddydom.115512/post-21412662

Reactions to the MGS stuff from Dan are not good on Twitter. Some negative comments regarding the newsletter too. It's not just here.

I think the MGS talk was what broke the camel's back and then when we were recovering the fucking newsletter broke it for good.

 

[VomKriege]

How the fuck are we getting reposts... on the same page.

What is with Wrassle Era and not reading?

Don't literacy-shame sis' !

https://www.resetera.com/threads/june-wrasslin%E2%80%99-ot-it%E2%80%99s-such-good-shit.120245/post-21413012

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Like I said yesterday, I pretty much given up hoping that GB at large will even acknowledge the issue, let alone try to fix it and that by itself is bumming me out even more than the actual newsletter or the usual Dan bullshit.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/giant-bomb-ot-14-bigdickdaddydom.115512/post-21415493

"the issue"

If you've expressed your distaste for it to the appropriate parties and there's been no acknowledgement, then take the next step you feel like you should take.

This is how radicalizing happens people


be safe out there

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

I guess if you pretend watching wrassling is literally the same as being an alcoholic, then you get to sideline those pesky moral values you extol everywhere else, at every opportunity, because you're just powerless to a higher power.
Shit its almost a medical condition.

[nachobro]

I don't think anybody really cares about what Dan does on his own time... There's a big difference between watching and enjoying the WWE at home and using an official company communication from your employer to defend and handwave the racist and misogynist company dealing with a murderous regime as just "resulting in bad tv"

"Using an official company communication" sounds funny to me. Dan has talked about his enjoyment of WWE in every type of content Giant Bomb produces.

And it has always been a problem too lol

and now we get to the actual issue. this dude (Megasoum, blocked on twitter by GB staff for being a sex pest probably) just doesn't like Dan talking about wrestling and is using this as an excuse to try and force the other staff to stop him via wokeness.

[ResetBanBot]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/justin-roiland-has-a-trover-saves-the-universe-commercial-made-starring-jontron.120520/page-14

Justin Roiland is doing an AMA over in /r/rickandmorty in case you guys wanted to ask him about it

not even the soyboys of reddit care

[james]

Reddit is a nazi forum

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Reddit is a nazi forum

for boomers

[VomKriege]

Reddit is a nazi forum

for boomers

That also are alt right otakus incels.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-official-rpg-maker-forums-have-a-problem-with-people-talking-about-pride-month.120810/post-21415829

I've sent an email. No guarantees it'll change anything, but you never know?

Well, thats next weeks op-ed sorted.

Shouldn't that VERAfied tag get updated tho?

[HaughtyFrank]

Sony just send me an email advertising Roilands game. Literally shaking right now

[joeboy101]

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/we-need-guns-because-police-is-2-hours-far-from-here.120604/post-21382383

The number one statistic to understand about guns is that if you have one in your home, you are far likelier to die by accidental or deliberate gun violence than if you don't. Now, that statistic may beg a lot of questions and infer a lot of negative space, or negative proofs, but the numbers are so overwhelming that actuarial data suggests that on average, regardless of where you live, regardless of the crime or danger perceived, the mere act of keeping the gun in your home or on your person creates a gigantic leap in danger of mortal firearm encounters.

You can do a lot to reduce the risks. You can keep the weapon unloaded, partially disassembled in a gun safe. You can keep the ammo in a separately secured spot. You can keep a gun at home and only connect it with ammo when you begin your lawful activity - range shooting, hunting, whatever. But the number does not vanish. If you polled American gun owners today with the following question:

Are you a safe and responsible gun owner?

I think you'd get very close to 100% yes. Just as you would get 100% "no" if you polled Trump voters and asked them if they harbored racist feelings.

One argument you'll hear frequently from gun owners who don't outright ignore the data (data which itself is extremely faulty and likely worse than we think thanks to the Dickey amendment and other data oppression legislation bought and paid for by the NRA and thus gun manufacturers) is that guns don't kill people, and that Switzerland and Canada have more guns per person and they don't have our gun deaths. Well, the first part is false. Americans have VASTLY more guns per person than either country - Switzerland has about 27 guns per 100 people - America has 120 guns per 100 people (!!) Swiss gun owners must by law submit to rigorous gun safety training - in the US you can go to a gun show and buy whatever you like with cash. From a folding table. Anything from a 45 caliber pistol with an extended mag and in some places - a silencer - to a powerful .mBMG Barret M82 semi automatic, or even a .700 Nitro Express.

That's right. A 90 pound pre-serum Steve Rogers can go buy this at a hastily setup convention center and shoot it without any training. Thankfully Chris Rock's bullet cost idea is in effect and it's $120 a round. But if Ruth Bader Ginsburg shot this thing she'd be blasted directly out of her frock and clean back to the Civil Rights era.

The second part, that it's a culture issue is true. We kill each other more. So we should think about what that means. At the very least, it means that the wrong people are able to get a hold of guns. And that's the number one thing we can and should address.

I deliberately showed videos of responsible, safe gun enthusiasts wearing the appropriate protection in safe environments, all properly trained and in one case, physically capable of controlling an otherwise uncontrollable force. But they are not necessarily representative of most or even a lot of gun owners. They are not the problem. They are not troubled people who act on impulses or deep seated resentments or perceived infractions or sudden temper flareups or planned revenge. They're not depressed people with suicidal ideation who realize that instant peace is available with the squeeze of a trigger, or toddlers finding a loaded pistol in their garage. They are not Wal-Mart customers in rascals dropping a 45 with a hair trigger from the back of their oversize jorts and killing the lady in line buying milk, they are not religious extremists with a 90 day tourist visa looing for infamy or martyrdom. They're not a husband startled awake by a sound in the living room who accidentally shoots his sleeping wife when he grabs a loaded pistol from under his pillow - or shoots a teenager to death for swiping a TV. Or points a gun at a family having a lakeside picnic because she doesn't recognize them. They're not poverty-stricken teens escalating pointless perceived slights. They're not angry retirees overreacting in a fender bender in a city parking lot.

Easy access to guns with no requirement for meaningful background checks or even basic competency in a culture rife with difficult and confounding issues is the problem.

I love target shooting. I love clay shooting. I absolutely adore long distance rifle targets even though I'm not particularly adept at that last one. I love the design and aesthetics of some of these objects and the fun to be had at a safe range - and I imagine responsible sustainable or even necessary hunting (not for me because I'm a hypocrite and don't want to kill the food I eat) - is something I don't want to deny anybody. I usually rent weapons when I go to a range or an event. I like trying the different varieties but fundamentally I do not want the awesome responsibility of keeping one where my child lives.

But I would never, ever, ever keep a gun at home, because the numbers are just astonishingly bad. However, I don't object to the ideal of that - again, safely stored, clean, well maintained, locked safes - proper ammo storage, proper training or education. But that ideal is often a claim not lived up to.

I also work on an entertainment product that contains modern-looking percussive weapons and in that sense, celebrates their use against alien invaders and robots. But there's no hypocrisy from my perspective. We are creating a sci-fi fantasy. We punish players for the act of shooting humans and civilians. We practice trigger and weapon discipline in the fiction where warranted, or on movie sets and so on. But if anything that makes me more focused on ensuring that we embrace safety and common sense, and that's why I will continue to push my elected representatives to push for common sense safety laws - and that those laws are defined by citizens - gun owners and gun-opponents alike.

I think background checks and competency exams should be the most basic step for this country - and mandated safe storage. Accessories or weapons that have no legitimate purpose - or create heightened dangers silencers, bump-stocks, fully automatic weapons etc. should be (and are in some cases regulated.) That's it. I don't want them to take your guns away. Unless you're diagnosed with a mental illness that means you're incapable of safely owning one - or have a restraining order from your abused wife, all of that. Which is why background checks should be a federal mandate. I know people will think that's a slippery slope - but that's a fallacy.

Oh and fix the wording on the Second Amendment. It's wonky and archaic. Update it to say what the country agrees it should mean. Whether that leans into or away from A Well Regulated Militia, is less important to me than it have a clear and distinct modern meaning that can be applied fairly and evenly and contain a proper intent. An ill-defined comma is not an idea. It is not an intent. You wouldn't accept that in an essay, and you shouldn't accept it in a law.