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https://www.resetera.com/threads/tomorrow-im-going-to-tell-my-dad-i-dont-want-anymore-contact-with-him.157697/#post-27156311Quote Update: I did it and my brother as well, we talked for over an hour and my dad just sat there not saying much. We left and said we will talk to him one day but we all need to focus on ourself. The worse part of the day is finding out my 4k tv is cracked and broken.... 1500 down the drain... I barely used it this whole year. Had a 55 4k Sony 900e and now gotta look for a new TV. Hows the sony 950g?I cut my father out of my life today but the worst part of the day was finding a crack in the overpriced TV I never used. Maybe I’ll buy a more expensive one... Any thoughts??
Update: I did it and my brother as well, we talked for over an hour and my dad just sat there not saying much. We left and said we will talk to him one day but we all need to focus on ourself. The worse part of the day is finding out my 4k tv is cracked and broken.... 1500 down the drain... I barely used it this whole year. Had a 55 4k Sony 900e and now gotta look for a new TV. Hows the sony 950g?
https://www.resetera.com/threads/hillary-clinton-visits-the-howard-stern-show-for-her-first-interview.157162/post-27154319Quote from: loquaciousJennyQuoteI can never understand how people fell in love with this ghoul.God, they're insufferable.Just gonna take the time here to point to more blatant sexism in this thread, are we gonna need another 12 hours for our lovely mod team to decide if 3 days or a warning is good enoughQuote from: loquaciousJennyQuoteCan you explain how "ghoul" is a sexist term, or are you going to continue to diminish actual sexism?I'm trying to avoid derailing the thread too much, but if calling her a witch is sexist than moving one step from that should be too. Mocking her voice is apparently a 3 day, and in a previous thread calling her a cunt is worth just a warning, so I'm not sure how the grading in this class works.QuoteQuoteCan you explain how "ghoul" is a sexist term, or are you going to continue to diminish actual sexism?Eh, it could be a dog whistle, a replacement word for something more sexist
QuoteI can never understand how people fell in love with this ghoul.God, they're insufferable.Just gonna take the time here to point to more blatant sexism in this thread, are we gonna need another 12 hours for our lovely mod team to decide if 3 days or a warning is good enough
I can never understand how people fell in love with this ghoul.God, they're insufferable.
QuoteCan you explain how "ghoul" is a sexist term, or are you going to continue to diminish actual sexism?I'm trying to avoid derailing the thread too much, but if calling her a witch is sexist than moving one step from that should be too. Mocking her voice is apparently a 3 day, and in a previous thread calling her a cunt is worth just a warning, so I'm not sure how the grading in this class works.
Can you explain how "ghoul" is a sexist term, or are you going to continue to diminish actual sexism?
QuoteCan you explain how "ghoul" is a sexist term, or are you going to continue to diminish actual sexism?Eh, it could be a dog whistle, a replacement word for something more sexist
Quote from: benjipwns on December 07, 2019, 04:33:25 PMhttps://www.resetera.com/threads/how-to-get-a-book-deal-in-ten-years-or-less-lindsay-ellis.157783/QuoteDid she ever apologize about the transphobic jokes she made?QuoteDid she ever spend the time to apologize for her tasteless transphobic joke?QuoteYes truly, how dare she, a woman, speak with confidence about anything on the internet?QuoteCalling an adult woman a girl while complaining about her being self-important? always very cool.QuoteDid she ever apologize for the racist, sexist, and drunk stuff?QuoteOh shit there is more tea?Quoteyes and how dare you try to hand wave criticism about a critic who has made problematic statements in the past and speaks about wokeness and yet has no Pocs at her weddinggood work teamHow come this is okay but mentioning that Billy Dee Williams once attacked his girlfriend isn't If I didn't know better I'd say the mods are playing favorites.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-to-get-a-book-deal-in-ten-years-or-less-lindsay-ellis.157783/QuoteDid she ever apologize about the transphobic jokes she made?QuoteDid she ever spend the time to apologize for her tasteless transphobic joke?QuoteYes truly, how dare she, a woman, speak with confidence about anything on the internet?QuoteCalling an adult woman a girl while complaining about her being self-important? always very cool.QuoteDid she ever apologize for the racist, sexist, and drunk stuff?QuoteOh shit there is more tea?Quoteyes and how dare you try to hand wave criticism about a critic who has made problematic statements in the past and speaks about wokeness and yet has no Pocs at her weddinggood work team
Did she ever apologize about the transphobic jokes she made?
Did she ever spend the time to apologize for her tasteless transphobic joke?
Yes truly, how dare she, a woman, speak with confidence about anything on the internet?
Calling an adult woman a girl while complaining about her being self-important? always very cool.
Did she ever apologize for the racist, sexist, and drunk stuff?
Oh shit there is more tea?
yes and how dare you try to hand wave criticism about a critic who has made problematic statements in the past and speaks about wokeness and yet has no Pocs at her wedding
https://twitter.com/Halalcoholism/status/1203291947453956096
Ghoul isn’t a sexist word you total waste of oxygen.
Quote from: ShutUp on December 07, 2019, 04:44:03 PMGhoul isn’t a sexist word you total waste of oxygen. It's one step removed from "witch" which is a sexist term for people who live in swamps.
...Did OP get banned for correctly pointing out that Michael's racial antics in the early episodes are both uncomfortable and also the point to establish that he's not a good person despite what he thinks?
seriously, what the hell? is that all it takes to get banned around here?
Banned for that? Wow
What the fuck is up with that ban.
What is going on here?
that ban... lmao
What is that ban...
How many mods looked at that post and agreed it was downplaying racism?Explain the reasoning.
This is the dumbest forum.
That OP ban is a bit tonedeaf, no?
lmao that ban
I was reading through the posts, why was op banned? Did I miss something? Also Kevin is the true goat
That's a ridiculous ban. OP is right, Michael is an offensive, bad person and highlighting that via the reactions of other characters is the core pillar of the show's humor. It's not downplaying racism. If you lack the intelligence to discern between bad thing and thing that look like bad thing, you probably shouldn't be a moderator.
Instead of derailing the thread over the ban, just report it and explain why you think it's an error.
The problem with that segment, and the show in general, is that they want to have their characters do terrible things to other people (here being a complete racist buffoon) while also painting them as sympathetic characters that we should care deeply about. Michael pulling that shit was ignominious but instead of confronting the shitty behavior the episode turned it into "awe shucks, michael is a good guy at heart and he just really wanted to do something fun with the dundies so lets cheer him on". Like instead of reflecting on the racist antics and making that the central issue, the episode turned it into a michael pity party when others at the bar started making fun of him. I disagree entirely that they wanted to highlight that he wasnt a good guy. They absolutely turned the episode into the theme of making him a sympathetic good guy. Also OP didn't make that argument, they just flat out stated "lawl his racism is funny".
the OP clearly states that the Michael’s stupidity and lack of self awareness, and not asians, is the target of the joke. There’s a difference.
Seriously. OP didn’t condone Michael’s behavior but pointed out that he is the butt of the joke because he’s an ignorant and oblivious boss who does completely inappropriate things in his role. How was that worth a ban?
I was reading through the posts, why was op banned? Did I miss something?
They are hopeless.
Bans are done by more than one mod. We need to know which ones thought that was downplaying racism and give an explanation of how they reached that conclusion.
User Banned (Permanent) - Cross forum drama, recently returning from a 2 week ban, and long history of infractions.@grandwizob - I've started a thread on GAF where me and other developers in the industry will be contributing by explaining topics in graphics tech from games with a little more in-depth analysis from some sites like DF. We will try to answer some really popular questions like what seems to be a sticking point in current gen graphics and what to look for in the next-gen consoles. I'm verified on that site and people don't take me for a "joke" so there's a lot less trolling and more listening.Cheers.
User warned: Antagonizing another userQuoteand not only completing a 60 hour RPG (Trails of Cold Steel), but moving onto its sequel almost immediately*snickers* Gosh, tell me more about how exciting you are!Mate, sorry to break it to you but you're even duller than the people who you assume do nothing but watch Netflix. I'm genuinely amused that you lambast others for being boring, yet this is your example of high quality excitement.
and not only completing a 60 hour RPG (Trails of Cold Steel), but moving onto its sequel almost immediately
prison is basically time out for adults. Would you give toys to a kid put in time out?
Once again not hard to tell who folks with real concerns are vs. the people coming in here sad they might not get to post about blackface. Some of y'all ain't slick.
First of all, thank you for the new updates and transparency. I know you guys work hard.I’m sorry but I want to bring this up. I don’t know if this is the right place to state this, but I’ve also noticed a big issue on this forum with toxic cravings for controversial threadbackfires against OPs asking for advice. Why is this a problem? Because the last two times I’ve seen it happen, it’s involved mental health issues. This affects people’s safety. I think when a thread involves mental health issues it warrants some tact and careful moderation and ive been seeing a lack of that.Last week someone posted that they have borderline personality disorder and their girlfriend left them and they were feeling suicidal. Some posters, instead of offering consolation and deeescalation of suicidal tendencies, decided to interrogate OP about why they broke up, which led to more personal details, which turned into a snowball of people attacking OP and summoning a thread backfire. OP had them admitted he started dating his girlfriend when she was 16 and he was 19. People then started implying he was a predator, even though he explained he lived in a part of Australia where age of consent was 16 and it was irrelevant anyway to the fact that OP was suicidal and this was years later. Now I’m NOT defending any inappropriate physical contact with a minor, it’s just seemed like he appropriately explained that he did nothing wrong and the main priority of the thread was that someone with BPD was suicidal and asking for help *now*. People showed gross ignorance and lack of tact for the OP’s borderline personality disorder. I tried to intervene and defend OP and they thanked me later via PM, but the thread ended up getting locked.https://www.resetera.com/threads/my-girlfriend-broke-off-a-6-year-long-relationship-i-am-very-mentally-ill-and-not-sure-how-i-can-handle-it.156608/The second time was this week where a frustrated OP announced his friend tried to commit suicide and he was grieving with anger and frustration. Some posters proceeded to call the OP a shitty, selfish friend, and derailed the conversation when OP said from the get go that it was just his personal feelings. Those comments from backlashers were not helpful or relevant, just petty petitions for a thread backfire.https://www.resetera.com/threads/friend-tried-to-commit-suicide.157293/Is there something we can do regarding the toxic culture of people attacking OPs who are mentally ill or looking for help? It’s honestly getting dangerous IMO
Any updates as to the population stats of the site? Are we seeing more users over time, or is the population largely stable?
QuoteInstead of derailing the thread over the ban, just report it and explain why you think it's an error.Are reports anonymous? I don't think I'm brave enough to do that otherwise.
Is this ban a result of the new rules?https://www.resetera.com/threads/on-another-viewing-of-the-office-and.157721/The OP was banned for pointing out that The Office uses racism to show what a bad person Michael is while simultaneously being awkwardly funny. Should we restrain from acknowledging any media which contains an element including racism or sexism? And if so should we have an official list of "cancelled" properties? That way we can avoid people claiming ignorance.
wokeness and yet has no Pocs at her wedding.
this is getting awfully off-topic, but we definitely don't need the former. as cool as accountability would be, privacy is way more important. longer ban explanations would be cool though.anyway on-topic haha the office amirite everybody, wacky jim please don't ban me I have an OT to update
I like how their "privacy" argument for not showing which mod banned someone is the same "privacy" argument that police departments use for not allowing the public to know any details about wrongdoing.The list of mods isn't hidden or anything.
QuoteHow is a ghoul one step away from witch?If somebody called her an ogre you think that wouldn't be sexist? You're calling her and ugly monster, it's open shut obvious, stop playing dumb.
How is a ghoul one step away from witch?
I call Hillary a ghoul because I suspect she eats the flesh of dead humans. No subtext.
Fuck people defending this ugly humor. None of you would be saying the same thing if the character had done blackface or some kind of minstrel shown nonsense. Seems to me like some of y'all only don't find it a big deal because he's making fun of Asians.Maybe don't describe such a horrible scene as "golden" while displaying your white privilege to not give a fuck all in one post? Saying that it's OK because it's just a character and they're making him out to be a terrible person doesn't change a damn thing when they are trying to get laughs from the audience.
Right up there along with the transphobic and homophobic Friends show! What great company. What a great idea to look at the most popular shows with white people to determine what is and isn't a problem.
Are reports anonymous? I don't think I'm brave enough to do that otherwise.
Kind of silly unless you're abusive or actually defending racism in your report. Just saying "I think you made a mistake and here's why..." would be fine. It happens from time to time. Don't forget that at least one person probably reported the post which is how it ended up in front of mods in the first place.
With how easily you apparently get banned on here (like OP), I wouldn't want to have the spotlight on me lol
Considering they banned someone for apparently liking season 1 of the Office too hard, I can understand the apprehension.
This is the best one in the Sasha Grey thread.Ron Paul: former modQuoteWould love to see her co-op with Mia Khalifa.https://www.resetera.com/threads/sasha-grey-plays-the-witcher-3.157436/post-27114228Mia Khalifa does indeed stream on twitch. Either playing video games or cooking. (Image removed from quote.) User Banned ( 2 Weeks): Objectifying and sexist commentary. Please do not reduce sex workers and former sex workers to their past workBanned for wanting to see two twitch streamers together on a stream. Also, it's kind of strange how smart Sasha Grey came off but then she revealed she was pressured into porn by her BF who claimed to be part of a spy task force called the DIA or some bullshit. He said her doing porn would be a great cover for him and his spy work.I know that smart people can be emotionally manipulated and she was still a teenager at the time but it does change the way I look at her choices. But in the end she came out of it with poise and dignity even if ERA thinks her past is shameful and all references of it should be banned.
Would love to see her co-op with Mia Khalifa.
On the one hand, laughing at racist characters who are supposed to be idiots shouldn’t be bannable.On the other hand I swear subpar is one of the more abrasive posters I’ve ever had a back and forth with.I’m torn.
User Banned (3 Days): Trolling and disingenuous commentary across multiple threadsseems you dont have an argument left in you. you clearly know hes a bigot. strange to even defend his bigotry as not bigotry.
Member has been banned (24h): Disingenuous argumentation in a MCU related thread. Unnecessaril hostile and condescending towards other members.So you don't take official statements as marketing. OK. Gotcha. Don't be inconsistent in the future, I got this on record. Ya just made the book of "gotchas" down the road.FYI, It does matter if it was 4 years ago but AS YOU CAN TELL NOTHING HAS CHANGED THAT MUCH WITH THE STORY SO THE 2014 ARTICLES STILL STAND.
QuoteDo you want people to get banned for liking Friends then? Is that where we're at?I'm still pretty new here and not going to try to tell anyone what should or shouldn't be banned. That's not for me to decide.I will say that I'm side-eyeing anyone who professes their love for that hateful garbage. We can either try to move forward as a culture and work to make things better for marginalized people or cling on to hurtful garbage from the past like so many idiots in the South do with their Confederate statues that they like to pretend are not blatant messages of hate towards black people.
Do you want people to get banned for liking Friends then? Is that where we're at?
The irony of OP’s ban is that The Dundies isn’t even a season 1 episode.
I am a bit confused because I think there is a series about spies that has "office" in its title. First time I seriously read about this series because I didn't hear much about it before. So it is a comedy abot a company producing paper...And the boss Michael is racist?
Quote from: https://www.resetera.com/threads/on-another-viewing-of-the-office-and.157721/post-27160114I am a bit confused because I think there is a series about spies that has "office" in its title. First time I seriously read about this series because I didn't hear much about it before. So it is a comedy abot a company producing paper...And the boss Michael is racist?
Well that Former Adult Film Star plays a video game thread went exactly as I thought it did...
It was incredibly disheartening to see basic sexist behavior being exhibited by people who very definitely claim to know better in many other situations.
It seems like people want to not consider adult film stars as real people and as such they feel free to engage in total sexist behaviors. It's disgusting.
It's exactly what it is. Objectifying and dehumanizing a human being because said human being was (or is) a sex worker. It reeks of so much misogyny, I'm baffled people engaged in such behavior repeatedly, and were still not seeing the problem when rightfully being called out about it. Basic feminism 101 lessons are flying way over their heads.
Yeah it was straight up awful.
It was really bad. Topics like that show how bad gaming side can be, and in general, this site. I know mods do the bet they can, and I appreciate their effort, but it is really hard to deal with the daily sexism, racism, classicism and more you deal with people that "just want to talk about games without taking into account the damage they might do with their views."
WTH am I reading? And all the "No fun allowed posts"?
Ah I see, yeah that's pretty bad. The whole "of course every GUY knows who she is" attitude of a few posts bugs me. Toxic masculinity at its worst.
I was at work during lunch when I saw and replied on the thread. Now imagine my shock when I returned and saw alle the vile shit people were posting.You would think ERA of all places wouldn't have this garbage but no, it is even worse than twitch comments.Glad the ban hammer was used.
Yeah this forum can get toxic when certain discussions come up.Never go into a thread about dating apps.
Jesus fucking christ, how dehumanizing. Good to see the thread became half a graveyard, but people should know better ffs.
At what point does something ceases to be just a fun thing made for the pleasure of being shocked, and instead begins to be a gross promotion of misogyny? Because this anonymous confessions thread really is upsetting me right now.
Posts like the 35 yo creep dating a 17 yo?
I noped out of there in like five minutes. Props to people that have the stomach to keep reading that stuff; I don't.The first one I read (and replied to) was someone saying that he and his wife talked to cats and then "talked back" as them, which is something me and my SO also do (yeah, avatar quote). Let's just say the mood whiplash from the couple next ones was quite something.
Yep, just turned up to that thread and actually was skimming, saw your post about talking through cats, and though, "eh, this isn't bad, there's cute cat stories". Then I went to the next page.I was not prepared and now feel sick to my stomach. That poster should be banned, fuck anomity, he's confessing to raping his wife (and yeah, forcing someone to get pregnant against their will is rape, and even the way he describes, am pretty sure he raped her via force as well.
I actually didn't read that specific confession you're talking about now (HOLY FUCKING SHIT!). It was other stuff I read (racism was a common thread) that made me nope out. Speaking of pregnancies; I also remember the woman who (allegedly, because I suspect over half of these confessions are blatant lies) got pregnant on purpose to prevent his boyfriend from leaving her. What could possibly go wrong?Sorry, I guess we should stop bringing that garbage here; the topic of the thread is dark enough as is...
Wait, what did the anonymous confessor thread do this time?.........What the actual fuck!?! How fucking hard is it to respect women!?! And now he's just going to abandon after claiming to want a large family...that is disgusting and if I say anymore I'll probably get banned.
I figured from the getgo there'd be stuff like this, and I know the second I looked into the thread it'd be a matter of seeing stuff that couldn't be unseen or forgotten (literally a problem for me having OCD/Generalized Anxiety).Related to your and SchrodingerC 's post and speaking of confessions, I was a moderator and then admin of an FF forum many many years ago. There was a user there who was a very out and proud pedophile. He made journal posts about this young girl he was in love with but was currently just friends with and would talk about his fantasy of running away with her. I brought it up with other mods and admins and they just shrugged it off saying it isn't actually against the rules. I decided to track his IP to the LA area, talked to a detective with the LAPD and faxed him a huge transcript of his posts (about half an inch thick) about his pining for this girl. Never heard back and I left the forum soon after (that and I just haven't been as much of an FF fan as I once was). It was one of things I appreciated about joining GAF and then this place was that unapologetic weeding out of undesirables.
Quote from: thisismyusername on December 06, 2019, 11:13:11 PMQuote from: Switters on December 06, 2019, 10:52:24 PMhttps://www.resetera.com/threads/year-end-policy-updates-and-community-affairs.157629/post-27139962QuoteWill Era ever impose a feature that hides threads from lurker view that are sensitive topics, like trans focused threads?Would it ever be possible to identify someone who screenshots posts and submits them to hate sites?"that hides screen shots of my twitter rage quit?"Like you give a shit about anyone but yourself you sniveling fucking twat.>implying hate sites can't just register moblin-tier lurker accounts to screenshot and archive to laugh at their sitesOH I'M LAFFIN'.#NoTNoShade to moblin, bb. Don't these people know that the hardcore lurkers that clown them offsite have accounts? Heck, some have infiltrated private Discords.
Quote from: Switters on December 06, 2019, 10:52:24 PMhttps://www.resetera.com/threads/year-end-policy-updates-and-community-affairs.157629/post-27139962QuoteWill Era ever impose a feature that hides threads from lurker view that are sensitive topics, like trans focused threads?Would it ever be possible to identify someone who screenshots posts and submits them to hate sites?"that hides screen shots of my twitter rage quit?"Like you give a shit about anyone but yourself you sniveling fucking twat.>implying hate sites can't just register moblin-tier lurker accounts to screenshot and archive to laugh at their sitesOH I'M LAFFIN'.#NoTNoShade to moblin, bb.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/year-end-policy-updates-and-community-affairs.157629/post-27139962QuoteWill Era ever impose a feature that hides threads from lurker view that are sensitive topics, like trans focused threads?Would it ever be possible to identify someone who screenshots posts and submits them to hate sites?"that hides screen shots of my twitter rage quit?"Like you give a shit about anyone but yourself you sniveling fucking twat.
Will Era ever impose a feature that hides threads from lurker view that are sensitive topics, like trans focused threads?Would it ever be possible to identify someone who screenshots posts and submits them to hate sites?
OFFICIAL STAFF COMMUNICATIONWe have some serious concerns about the state of the confessions thread, so we're temp locking it while we do a review. We'll issue a staff post once that has happened.
Recently Apple released a new version of the basic iPad for only ~$300, and I kind of want one because I've never had an iPad before and I don't own any other Apple products.. but I don't know what I would use it for.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-women-criticise-sexualised-character-designs-ot2-i-have-no-pants-and-i-must-scream-read-op.65064/post-27136401Quote from: Xaszatm, maleWell that Former Adult Film Star plays a video game thread went exactly as I thought it did...Quote from: Delphine, moderatorIt was incredibly disheartening to see basic sexist behavior being exhibited by people who very definitely claim to know better in many other situations.Quote from: Xaszatm, maleIt seems like people want to not consider adult film stars as real people and as such they feel free to engage in total sexist behaviors. It's disgusting.Quote from: Delphine, moderatorIt's exactly what it is. Objectifying and dehumanizing a human being because said human being was (or is) a sex worker. It reeks of so much misogyny, I'm baffled people engaged in such behavior repeatedly, and were still not seeing the problem when rightfully being called out about it. Basic feminism 101 lessons are flying way over their heads.Quote from: Xaszatm, maleYeah it was straight up awful.Quote from: non-binaryIt was really bad. Topics like that show how bad gaming side can be, and in general, this site. I know mods do the bet they can, and I appreciate their effort, but it is really hard to deal with the daily sexism, racism, classicism and more you deal with people that "just want to talk about games without taking into account the damage they might do with their views."QuoteWTH am I reading? And all the "No fun allowed posts"?Quote from: maleAh I see, yeah that's pretty bad. The whole "of course every GUY knows who she is" attitude of a few posts bugs me. Toxic masculinity at its worst.Quote from: maleI was at work during lunch when I saw and replied on the thread. Now imagine my shock when I returned and saw alle the vile shit people were posting.You would think ERA of all places wouldn't have this garbage but no, it is even worse than twitch comments.Glad the ban hammer was used.Quote from: maleYeah this forum can get toxic when certain discussions come up.Never go into a thread about dating apps.QuoteJesus fucking christ, how dehumanizing. Good to see the thread became half a graveyard, but people should know better ffs.Also:QuoteAt what point does something ceases to be just a fun thing made for the pleasure of being shocked, and instead begins to be a gross promotion of misogyny? Because this anonymous confessions thread really is upsetting me right now.QuotePosts like the 35 yo creep dating a 17 yo?QuoteI noped out of there in like five minutes. Props to people that have the stomach to keep reading that stuff; I don't.The first one I read (and replied to) was someone saying that he and his wife talked to cats and then "talked back" as them, which is something me and my SO also do (yeah, avatar quote). Let's just say the mood whiplash from the couple next ones was quite something.QuoteYep, just turned up to that thread and actually was skimming, saw your post about talking through cats, and though, "eh, this isn't bad, there's cute cat stories". Then I went to the next page.I was not prepared and now feel sick to my stomach. That poster should be banned, fuck anomity, he's confessing to raping his wife (and yeah, forcing someone to get pregnant against their will is rape, and even the way he describes, am pretty sure he raped her via force as well.QuoteI actually didn't read that specific confession you're talking about now (HOLY FUCKING SHIT!). It was other stuff I read (racism was a common thread) that made me nope out. Speaking of pregnancies; I also remember the woman who (allegedly, because I suspect over half of these confessions are blatant lies) got pregnant on purpose to prevent his boyfriend from leaving her. What could possibly go wrong?Sorry, I guess we should stop bringing that garbage here; the topic of the thread is dark enough as is...Quote from: XaszatmWait, what did the anonymous confessor thread do this time?.........What the actual fuck!?! How fucking hard is it to respect women!?! And now he's just going to abandon after claiming to want a large family...that is disgusting and if I say anymore I'll probably get banned.QuoteI figured from the getgo there'd be stuff like this, and I know the second I looked into the thread it'd be a matter of seeing stuff that couldn't be unseen or forgotten (literally a problem for me having OCD/Generalized Anxiety).Related to your and SchrodingerC 's post and speaking of confessions, I was a moderator and then admin of an FF forum many many years ago. There was a user there who was a very out and proud pedophile. He made journal posts about this young girl he was in love with but was currently just friends with and would talk about his fantasy of running away with her. I brought it up with other mods and admins and they just shrugged it off saying it isn't actually against the rules. I decided to track his IP to the LA area, talked to a detective with the LAPD and faxed him a huge transcript of his posts (about half an inch thick) about his pining for this girl. Never heard back and I left the forum soon after (that and I just haven't been as much of an FF fan as I once was). It was one of things I appreciated about joining GAF and then this place was that unapologetic weeding out of undesirables.
Hangout ThreadsWhen a thread has been moved to the Hangouts it will usually have built up a community of regulars. These threads can sometimes develop a culture of their own; for this reason we allow members in those threads a little more leeway in regards to banter and similar behavior with each other. Please be aware however that the rules of the forum still apply and that every thread must be welcoming to newcomers. Do not use community threads to snipe at staff or other members.
"oh no please don't ban the serial, contrarian shitposter troll whose historical purpose on this forum was to stir up maximum shit in sensitive threads, all they did was talk about the office!"
The why women criticize... thread is the biggest misnomer on the site after the pics that make you laugh thread,
Thread is no longer about The Office and is now locked.Regarding the ban in the OP: Even if the joke is supposed to be at Michael's expense, celebrating how "unfiltered" he is for putting on yellowface has made some Asian members uncomfortable. They're not wrong to feel that way.
Is post-college life supposed to be this boring socially?.... All in all, I feel like I’ve done a pretty decent job of staying active in my life: helping out around the community, practicing my music, trying to improve my Spanish, and not only completing a 60 hour RPG (Trails of Cold Steel), but moving onto its sequel almost immediately.....
fillerFillerrellif continuation of ALL COPS ARE BASTARDS, THEY DESERVE NO DONUTS:https://www.facebook.com/jenny.hernandez.927/videos/2693310504080418/Jesus Christ. The kid would've been safer toward the back of the truck instead of trying to crawl out and hold his hands up as a signal that he wasn't a robber.This makes me irrationally angry.
This ban is absolutely ridiculous and closing the thread with that statement is cowardly.OP literally got banned for liking The Office, the most watched show on Netflix.
He wasn't banned for liking The Office. He was banned for dismissing the racism in the scene as just "no filter." A thread in which we are discussing how best to handle bigotry isn't the place to talk about how certain kinds of bigotry aren't so bad. Do not hijack the thread over a single ban, given this is not what this thread is about.
Then maybe we should have a thread for that, because there is no place for it currently. Make that a policy. There are like 20 people in that thread not understanding the ban, are you aware of that?
OFFICIAL STAFF COMMUNICATIONGiven the number of confessions that are breaking both site rules and the OP's own rules, this thread will remain locked until further notice. We are really disappointed by the state of this thread. This is supposed to be for fun, and while shocking confessions are part of that, bigotry and misogyny have to be red lines.We'll be having conversations with the community and OP to figure out if the thread has a future and what the future should look like.
Reading what’s happening to the Trans community on Era really reminds me of a lot of what we’ve talked about here; a culture of discrimination and dog whistling and a mod team happy to look the other way
Pretty much. Era got the Liebfeld shoulder muscles patting themselves on the back at how some they are.
They're young, and it's all moral grandstanding. I doubt they even believe--let alone practice--what they preach. "There's no ethical consumption under capitalism." "Climate change will kill us all, so stop driving forever." "All religion is always bad." "Science is the only truth, but dinosaurs can't have feathers."Only ERA users deal in absolutes.
Most of the posters here are white. That's all you really need to know.
They just keep coming like lemmings too.....
It’s just so fucking frustrating that it’s impossible to criticise Era from the left.Try to do it here, and you’re dancing on fucking eggshells, and no matter how much you neuter your message, you’re still toying with a ban. Try to do it outside of Era, and it’s like shining the fucking bat signal for Gamergate types to co-opt your message into some anti-SJW screedWhether by accident or intention (and I increasingly suspect it’s the latter), leadership have created a perfect little fiefdom for themselves with no meaningful mechanism for redress
Quotedo i even want to know? am i happier in ignorance?White Lib Shit Era. That's all you need to know.
do i even want to know? am i happier in ignorance?
Have you guys noticed that there's a bit of a scandal/blowup involving the mod team and some segments of the LGBTQIA+ community here?
I made a post referencing it a few days ago. Shit is really bad, but not surprising given our own experiences with moderation here
I've only skimmed various pages of the 2 threads. I noticed that a few posters acknowledged the mod teams shortcoming in dealing with, not just issues affecting the LGBTQIA+ communities, but some POC communities as well - one poster even specifically cited Asian-Era.
I did. Because they are bad at it.
I've been reading about that off and on, and yeah, it's not too different from what we deal with.
Maaaybe they should've listened to minorities and lgbtq+ regarding bad faith posts from the start. 🤔 🤔 🤔
Ya, I'm mostly done posting on OT.
Era is only going to try to address the Trans-Era problem because they fucked that one up real bad. They aren’t gonna do shit for the rest of us.But fucking solid props to the pointing out that Era has done other communities fucking dirty too.
Guess it's time for Asian Era to make an Exodus.
It is sad but the attitude towards Asians just keep getting worst.
Filipino American here, I don't really engage with a lot of community OTs and after the Trans Awareness week BS it's apparent to me I should be more involved with this stuff.I guess it's weird for my first post in here to be about asking for a Discord invite, but if you'll have me I'd love to join that.
Anyone still here?
In a move that should surprise no one, white dudes are using “I support Hong Kong” to hit on Asian women, as I got to see at Dim Sum yesterday.I probably said “Oh you’re fucking kidding me.” At the appropriate volume in which to shame this person.
Quote from: thisismyusername on December 07, 2019, 07:56:01 PMfillerFillerrellif continuation of ALL COPS ARE BASTARDS, THEY DESERVE NO DONUTS:https://www.facebook.com/jenny.hernandez.927/videos/2693310504080418/Jesus Christ. The kid would've been safer toward the back of the truck instead of trying to crawl out and hold his hands up as a signal that he wasn't a robber.This makes me irrationally angry.https://twitter.com/ToddHagopian/status/1203467568423428096
