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« Reply #9720 on: April 11, 2020, 03:14:30 PM »
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Been 32 hours since i ate something. Im self torturing myself and I’m fully aware of it. Tried calling someone and we spoke 45 minutes (which is the max calling session time...) and it was okay.. now i just feel empty
Maybe order Pizza Hut? Ask someone to get you your favourite food guilty pleasure type thing?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/final-fantasy-vii-remake-spoiler-discussion-check-threadmarks-for-story-details.162527/post-31066101

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How desperate for attention are you? Stop trying to hard, this is c-tier trolling
Don't underestimate how much this game means to some people. It's their childhood. Depression is serious, and it doesn't have to make a lick of sense. When it hits, it hits hard.
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« Reply #9721 on: April 11, 2020, 03:24:24 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/final-fantasy-vii-remake-spoiler-discussion-check-threadmarks-for-story-details.162527/post-31021476

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ok im gonna need therapy, because i want to commit suicide right now
gonna have to talk this through with wife

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Are you fucking kidding me, I’m literally having a discussion right now with my wife about therapy. Gtfo with your dumb ass ninja-”videogame”-response, it’s 15 years of my fucking life

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I just had a discussion with my wife about this and she’s 100% supportative. I have no idea how I should tackle this. No one would take me seriously but I’m trembling as im typing this and my wife is crying because of the whole situation. I want to do something drastic that i might regret but I keep thinking positive thoughts to stop myself

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Oh man he has a wife ?


https://twitter.com/YoshichanGAF/status/1119289909079154690


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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9722 on: April 11, 2020, 03:27:21 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/so-matpat-posted-a-ff7-about-that-one-spoiler-with-it-right-in-the-thumbnail-and-title.183012/

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It depends on the spoiler.

Everyone knows Aerith dies, but there's a lot of other things that happen in FFVII that aren't immediately well known, and those should be kept under wraps.

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I don't get ppl arguing with the time span between original and remake. A lot of consumers who play FFVII Remake are children and teens that have no idea how the original went as it was before their time.

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Ah yes, I forgot that literally everyone in the world is over 23 years old and has always had an interest in games
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9723 on: April 11, 2020, 03:28:27 PM »
what the fuck made yoshichan flip so fast

what happens in this game that people hate, give me spoilers

From what I can gather...

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Alternate reality shenanigans where there are ghosts called Whispers that show up every time someone tries to do something that deviates from the core FFVII story. Sephiroth is aware that Cloud defeats him in that timeline and manipulates the party into defeating the lead Whisper so that he's free to change the future. Also Zack is alive now.

Basically the second part doesn't have to follow the FFVII story at all now, and some are guessing that this part is called FFVII Remake because it's the only one that will be an actual remake.
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« Reply #9724 on: April 11, 2020, 03:30:48 PM »
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Been 32 hours since i ate something. Im self torturing myself and I’m fully aware of it. Tried calling someone and we spoke 45 minutes (which is the max calling session time...) and it was okay.. now i just feel empty
Maybe order Pizza Hut? Ask someone to get you your favourite food guilty pleasure type thing?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/final-fantasy-vii-remake-spoiler-discussion-check-threadmarks-for-story-details.162527/post-31066101

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How desperate for attention are you? Stop trying to hard, this is c-tier trolling
Don't underestimate how much this game means to some people. It's their childhood. Depression is serious, and it doesn't have to make a lick of sense. When it hits, it hits hard.

LOL. I had a big tiddie goth GF when FF7 came out and used gameshark to beat it. I guess I could sympathize if they had somehow drastically altered the story of Super Mario.
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« Reply #9725 on: April 11, 2020, 03:31:50 PM »
He's good looking and they make enough money to have a house. That's all there is to a long term relationship

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« Reply #9726 on: April 11, 2020, 03:34:23 PM »
So far the game is some beautiful weeb shit with potentially decent combat.
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« Reply #9727 on: April 11, 2020, 03:37:58 PM »
ERA Spoiler Police : NOOOO YOU CAN'T JUST DISCUSS FF7 STORY AND AERITH DYING WHAT ABOUT THE TEENAGERS WHO NEVER PLAYED IT NOOOO
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« Reply #9728 on: April 11, 2020, 03:46:26 PM »

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« Reply #9729 on: April 11, 2020, 04:10:48 PM »
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People complaining about spoiler culture outweigh people actually bothered by minor spoilers 1,000:1.
Op is talking about a strange situation that I think warrants discussion. It’s a story beat from an old game, but is being presented to a new generation potentially for the first time in a brand new game. Where is the line? It’s common knowledge to me, but does that give me a right to spoil it for the next generation?

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I feel like we switched to crazy town at some point. Kids don't fucking care about being spoiled. More often than not "spoilers" was what actually drove the discussion and excitement in my day (Have you seen X doing Y ? IT'S AWESOME !). People with no context or interest for whatever medium is concerned (Final Fantasy ? Sorry son I'm not into D&D) won't fucking care for it and if they ever play the game at one point will probably have forgotten about the "spoiler". People who care for the medium will probably be aware because it has become part of the historic and critical discourse.

I like a good surprise and being played by a story pulling the rug from under my feet like most everyone & I can appreciate that Internet has made it harder for whatever popular fiction that is being picked apart in seconds by literally everyone. But you can always pull back from the Internet and/or divert your attention to slightly more niche interests.
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9730 on: April 11, 2020, 04:16:51 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/based-on-how-tech-has-progressed-since-the-switch-how-powerful-could-a-switch-pro-in-early-2021-actually-be.168144/

Nintards still believing that the last couple of years' worth of tech improvements will have any impact on Ninty's hardware before 2030 :neogaf

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« Reply #9731 on: April 11, 2020, 04:33:32 PM »
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Been 32 hours since i ate something. Im self torturing myself and I’m fully aware of it. Tried calling someone and we spoke 45 minutes (which is the max calling session time...) and it was okay.. now i just feel empty
Maybe order Pizza Hut? Ask someone to get you your favourite food guilty pleasure type thing?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/final-fantasy-vii-remake-spoiler-discussion-check-threadmarks-for-story-details.162527/post-31066101

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How desperate for attention are you? Stop trying to hard, this is c-tier trolling
Don't underestimate how much this game means to some people. It's their childhood. Depression is serious, and it doesn't have to make a lick of sense. When it hits, it hits hard.

LOL. I had a big tiddie goth GF when FF7 came out and used gameshark to beat it. I guess I could sympathize if they had somehow drastically altered the story of Super Mario.

As I understand, there are some big changes in that game regardless  of being mostly faithful.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9732 on: April 11, 2020, 04:45:26 PM »
Reading the spoilers for FF7, sounds like some Nomura shit.

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« Reply #9733 on: April 11, 2020, 04:56:05 PM »
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Not plastering the spoiler all over the title and the thumbnail is not burying the lede. It could easily be titled "Spoiler: Why this Plot Point Had to Happen" and be just as effective if the goal was actually discussion.

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« Reply #9734 on: April 11, 2020, 05:07:46 PM »
Imagine being a therapist during this global pandemic that requires people to avoid contact with others and you get a call about a bad video game?
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« Reply #9735 on: April 11, 2020, 05:08:10 PM »
seems to me that when gus van sants psycho remake came out nobody got sand in their vagina about 'spoilers' that the film wasnt actually about a woman on the run with stolen money, or that the killer was cross dressing as his mother, both of which were huge twists that are part of the contemporary zeitgeist

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« Reply #9736 on: April 11, 2020, 05:09:44 PM »
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Yes? I'd say people posting spoiler tags on Darth Vader being Luke's father would be walking on eggshells too.

It's a widely known fact, deal with it.
I like how to prove your point, you post a spoiler to a series that is unrelated to the game at hand. Amazing.

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« Reply #9737 on: April 11, 2020, 05:14:50 PM »
Imagine being a therapist during this global pandemic that requires people to avoid contact with others and you get a call about a bad video game?

Resident Evil 3?

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« Reply #9738 on: April 11, 2020, 06:35:47 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-addition-to-covid-19-cases-the-united-states-now-has-more-related-deaths-than-any-other-country.183084/

"Actually, it's not that bad if you count deaths per capita"
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« Reply #9739 on: April 11, 2020, 06:58:54 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-addition-to-covid-19-cases-the-united-states-now-has-more-related-deaths-than-any-other-country.183084/

"Actually, it's not that bad if you count deaths per capita"
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I still don't know why you wouldn't count deaths per capita

imagine a world where you have 100 countries with 10,000 people in them and 1 country with a billion people in it

"deaths are astronomically high in one country compared to all others!" no shit sherlock
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« Reply #9740 on: April 11, 2020, 07:10:04 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-addition-to-covid-19-cases-the-united-states-now-has-more-related-deaths-than-any-other-country.183084/

"Actually, it's not that bad if you count deaths per capita"
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I still don't know why you wouldn't count deaths per capita

imagine a world where you have 100 countries with 10,000 people in them and 1 country with a billion people in it

"deaths are astronomically high in one country compared to all others!" no shit sherlock

It's not as significant in the early stages and there's some severe distortions for micro-countries (to take a current example). The guy in charge of those Financial Times trackers about COVID19 has an explanation and showed that making out a graph using per capita numbers was a bit all over the place & not super useful to identify meaningful trends.

Not to say it's meaningless, it's valid to point it out but considering the number of confirmed cases per capita is already much more in line with some of the other Western nations, is steadily rising at 4-5-6 times those of said EU nations, that deaths are known to lag, that the US arguably is "earlier" in their curve and locked down later + not that strictly... The deaths per capita thing seems like a bit of soft denial at this point.

When the dust settles, it's very much possible that US may relatively be hit less hard than, say, Italy. It's too early to tell, though.
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« Reply #9741 on: April 11, 2020, 07:25:18 PM »
I've got a little story for all of you.

I haven't played final fantasy 7. I know about *the spoiler* for reasons that you've all outlined. It's a "famous" spoiler. I had that moment ruined for me well over 10 years ago, probably closer to 15 idk. Funny thing is back then the excuse was the same exact thing. "iI's a famous spoiler bro, it's your fault." I imagine it was a "famous spoiler" long before then too. I never wound up playing FF7 because I had one of it's biggest moments ruined. It was demotivating and I still to this day haven't played it. I hope your famous spoiler was worth taking an experience away from someone.

Back when I had this spoiled for me was when I was first finding my way around internet forums. I didn't know the magical rules of what was and wasn't ok to spoil back then. I was new. I didn't have a PS1. My parents couldn't get one for me. This was spoiled for me around the time when I was getting my first jobs and earning my first paycheks so I could start to fund my gaming hobby and play the games I didn't have the opportunity to. No one warned me that by trying to get deeper into this hobby people would decide for me what is and isn't ok to preserve. It was honestly one of the first moments where I felt like other gamers were trying to gatekeep me from enjoying this hobby. It was like they had to make sure I knew my place and felt inferior for not having that opportunity when I was a kid. It's honestly a feeling that sticks with me today. It wasn't right. It shouldn't have been their call to decide whether or not I get to fully enjoy something just because it took me a little longer to get the means of playing it. I don't think it would have been asking too much for them to just mark a spoiler.

It's not annoying to me personally at this point. I know that internet spoiler culture is toxic as fuck. As a result I just avoid a lot of online communities. It's sad when the solution to a problem is just leave and stop discussing the things you love, but it is what it is. However this specific example is especially bad today because FF7 is getting a brand new remake. Even if you believe in some arbitrary statute of limitations, that should be thrown out the window today for FF7. It should have been thrown out the window back in 2016(?) when we learned it was being completely remade. We know there will be people experiencing it for the first time. FF7 is officially a new game again. This specific spoiler no longer gets the bad excuse of being a 23 year old "famous" spoiler.

It's not unreasonable or outrageous to ask people to tag spoilers regardless of age. In person It's like five extra words, give or take a few. "Do you mind if I spoil/talk about...?" Online the excuse is even weaker because it's just two words that you preface a post or comment with. "Spoiler warning." I can't believe this is a controversial opinion that just taking the extra literal second to make sure should be the standard.

You can absolutely talk openly about spoilers. Just let people know. Obviously things will be spoiled by accident. Shit happens, it's not the end of the world. But what makes my blood boil is when these accidents occur we yell at the person who got spoiled and say "bro how dare you be upset, it's your own fault, you should have known by now!!!" instead of just saying "oh shit my bad. Sorry." I've even seen a thread on era (or maybe it was the old site, but same community) where someone actually had the courtesy to spoiler tag an old game and the first page was filled with "lol you actually spoiler tagged this? c'mon OP" I guess it's just how people are around here. Can't take the extra one or two seconds to be courteous.

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« Reply #9742 on: April 11, 2020, 07:25:25 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/in-addition-to-covid-19-cases-the-united-states-now-has-more-related-deaths-than-any-other-country.183084/

"Actually, it's not that bad if you count deaths per capita"
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I still don't know why you wouldn't count deaths per capita

imagine a world where you have 100 countries with 10,000 people in them and 1 country with a billion people in it

"deaths are astronomically high in one country compared to all others!" no shit sherlock

It's not as significant in the early stages and there's some severe distortions for micro-countries (to take a current example). The guy in charge of those Financial Times trackers about COVID19 has an explanation and showed that making out a graph using per capita numbers was a bit all over the place & not super useful to identify meaningful trends.

Not to say it's meaningless, it's valid to point it out but considering the number of confirmed cases per capita is already much more in line with some of the other Western nations, is steadily rising at 4-5-6 times those of said EU nations, that deaths are known to lag, that the US arguably is "earlier" in their curve and locked down later + not that strictly... The deaths per capita thing seems like a bit of soft denial at this point.

When the dust settles, it's very much possible that US may relatively be hit less hard than, say, Italy. It's too early to tell, though.

we're not talking about the usefulness of the data for scientific studies or identifying trends, though

this is being presented as a number on its own, as if that's all anyone needs to know


for comparison I just went searching for total number of deaths per year by country (total deaths from any cause, not rate per 1000), and I can't even find that info, it seems to only be reported per capita

I expect the US to be about #3 since it's #3 in population but no one has that info
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« Reply #9743 on: April 11, 2020, 07:28:31 PM »
we're not talking about the usefulness of the data or identifying trends, though

it's being presented as a number on its own, as if that's all anyone needs to know


for comparison I just went searching for total number of deaths per year by country (deaths from any cause), and I can't even find that info, it seems to only be reported per capita

Makes sense because total deaths by year is a massive number.
As with many things, it's a valid tool. I don't think it's used well in that ERA thread or at that stage.
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« Reply #9744 on: April 11, 2020, 07:30:46 PM »
Makes sense because total deaths by year is a massive number.

total population of each country is a massive number too and there's data for that...



I just don't understand why every other country ranking metric we have under every other circumstance is per capita and this one time we need to just talk about the raw number
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« Reply #9745 on: April 11, 2020, 07:40:10 PM »
Makes sense because total deaths by year is a massive number.

total population of each country is a massive number too and there's data for that...



I just don't understand why every other country ranking metric we have under every other circumstance is per capita and this one time we need to just talk about the raw number

I think you'll find the total number of deaths in the US per year in the CDC reports, for instance :
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/leading-causes-of-death.htm#publications

I think COVID19 have some massive noise still in the per capita number, especially since it's evolving so fast. I mean it would be absurd to use per capita numbers for China when the epidemic unfolded mostly in a single region.

But of course, it's all very arbitrary.
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« Reply #9746 on: April 11, 2020, 07:48:44 PM »
because outbreaks aren't intensive properties of government administration or statistical averages, they're localized to cities.

how is this not in favor of the argument to break the number down into more informative metrics

if it's localized to cities then countries with higher density or more cities will be hit harder, so that needs to be taken into account

I mean it would be absurd to use per capita numbers for China when the epidemic unfolded mostly in a single region.

that's what I'm talking about though, treat Wuhan as its own entity

California is essentially a country of 40 million people

Wyoming is a country of 500,000 people and 0 covid deaths
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« Reply #9747 on: April 11, 2020, 08:03:00 PM »
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« Reply #9748 on: April 11, 2020, 08:17:03 PM »
I've got a little story for all of you.

I haven't played final fantasy 7. I know about *the spoiler* for reasons that you've all outlined. It's a "famous" spoiler. I had that moment ruined for me well over 10 years ago, probably closer to 15 idk. Funny thing is back then the excuse was the same exact thing. "iI's a famous spoiler bro, it's your fault." I imagine it was a "famous spoiler" long before then too. I never wound up playing FF7 because I had one of it's biggest moments ruined. It was demotivating and I still to this day haven't played it. I hope your famous spoiler was worth taking an experience away from someone.

Back when I had this spoiled for me was when I was first finding my way around internet forums. I didn't know the magical rules of what was and wasn't ok to spoil back then. I was new. I didn't have a PS1. My parents couldn't get one for me. This was spoiled for me around the time when I was getting my first jobs and earning my first paycheks so I could start to fund my gaming hobby and play the games I didn't have the opportunity to. No one warned me that by trying to get deeper into this hobby people would decide for me what is and isn't ok to preserve. It was honestly one of the first moments where I felt like other gamers were trying to gatekeep me from enjoying this hobby. It was like they had to make sure I knew my place and felt inferior for not having that opportunity when I was a kid. It's honestly a feeling that sticks with me today. It wasn't right. It shouldn't have been their call to decide whether or not I get to fully enjoy something just because it took me a little longer to get the means of playing it. I don't think it would have been asking too much for them to just mark a spoiler.

It's not annoying to me personally at this point. I know that internet spoiler culture is toxic as fuck. As a result I just avoid a lot of online communities. It's sad when the solution to a problem is just leave and stop discussing the things you love, but it is what it is. However this specific example is especially bad today because FF7 is getting a brand new remake. Even if you believe in some arbitrary statute of limitations, that should be thrown out the window today for FF7. It should have been thrown out the window back in 2016(?) when we learned it was being completely remade. We know there will be people experiencing it for the first time. FF7 is officially a new game again. This specific spoiler no longer gets the bad excuse of being a 23 year old "famous" spoiler.

It's not unreasonable or outrageous to ask people to tag spoilers regardless of age. In person It's like five extra words, give or take a few. "Do you mind if I spoil/talk about...?" Online the excuse is even weaker because it's just two words that you preface a post or comment with. "Spoiler warning." I can't believe this is a controversial opinion that just taking the extra literal second to make sure should be the standard.

You can absolutely talk openly about spoilers. Just let people know. Obviously things will be spoiled by accident. Shit happens, it's not the end of the world. But what makes my blood boil is when these accidents occur we yell at the person who got spoiled and say "bro how dare you be upset, it's your own fault, you should have known by now!!!" instead of just saying "oh shit my bad. Sorry." I've even seen a thread on era (or maybe it was the old site, but same community) where someone actually had the courtesy to spoiler tag an old game and the first page was filled with "lol you actually spoiler tagged this? c'mon OP" I guess it's just how people are around here. Can't take the extra one or two seconds to be courteous.


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« Reply #9749 on: April 11, 2020, 10:47:50 PM »
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Unless you know what it's like to have to navigate a pandemic while riding public transit and washing your hands so much sometimes they start to bleed because you want to protect yourself and your customer's whose groceries I'm picking, I'd speak more tacfully about luck.... For example I really don't have a choice in the matter.... I've had near nervous breakdowns... but I still have to go out day in day out, for marginal pay (that I'm lucky I can stretch further than most due to some other privileges I have), I can't take a leave of absence, or take time off.... Every day I go knowing that I am putting my health at risk.... and not for much more than what CERB is giving.

What keeps me going is yes the fact that it means when this is over I have job security, which make no mistake is huge, but it's not an easy time, and going well at least you get to go to work during a pandemic 40 hours a week isn't really hmm constructive.

I'm an essential service, helping keep Canada fed but I'm certain;y not treated as essential, not paid like it.

While the person replied to here is maybe a little bit of a different case as they work from home and such (I missed that).... I think people ought to keep an open mind that aid shouldn't be just for those completely screwed, that part of a healthy system is something broader, and that we're all dealing with things so this level of thinly veiled sneer at folks who ponder if there's aid for them too....

That person wasn't asking to take money from someone with nothing, so the reaction to it was out of line.

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« Reply #9750 on: April 11, 2020, 11:34:13 PM »
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I'm surprised Borat still doesn't get called out for its racism. It seems to get a pass because Kazakhstan was/is a relatively unknown place and culture.
It was in Kazakhstan. I think they banned it.

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Ace Ventura was bad when it came out. You were just too young and stupid to realize it. All those 'aged badly' comedies were awful from the day they came out.

And they hated him because he told the truth.
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9751 on: April 12, 2020, 01:33:22 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/trudeau-%E2%80%9Cnormality-will-not-come-back-until-we-get-a-vaccine-will-be-a-very-long-way-off-so-remain-vigilant-for-at-least-1-year.181839/page-6#post-31006395

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Fuck strings. When can I have my life back? When can I go on vacations without having to look like a freak or waste my time on testing? When I can do my job without jumping through a 100 extra hoops? Assuming I can ever go back to work at this point? FUCK EVERYTHING!

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9752 on: April 12, 2020, 01:47:16 AM »
It’s not Iris it’s Irith

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9753 on: April 12, 2020, 02:06:23 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/final-fantasy-vii-remake-spoiler-discussion-check-threadmarks-for-story-details.162527/post-31021476

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ok im gonna need therapy, because i want to commit suicide right now
gonna have to talk this through with wife

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Are you fucking kidding me, I’m literally having a discussion right now with my wife about therapy. Gtfo with your dumb ass ninja-”videogame”-response, it’s 15 years of my fucking life

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I just had a discussion with my wife about this and she’s 100% supportative. I have no idea how I should tackle this. No one would take me seriously but I’m trembling as im typing this and my wife is crying because of the whole situation. I want to do something drastic that i might regret but I keep thinking positive thoughts to stop myself

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Oh man he has a wife ?


https://twitter.com/YoshichanGAF/status/1119289909079154690

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I clicked on her Twitter profile and she looks cuter without the glasses? Reminds me of how my ex had the absolutely dorkiest glasses, which she admitted were dorky but for some reason wouldn't get more stylish frames (despite being very big on having really stylish suits for work).

Some people just have their things!
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9754 on: April 12, 2020, 02:10:11 AM »
I've got a little story for all of you.

I haven't played final fantasy 7. I know about *the spoiler* for reasons that you've all outlined. It's a "famous" spoiler. I had that moment ruined for me well over 10 years ago, probably closer to 15 idk. Funny thing is back then the excuse was the same exact thing. "iI's a famous spoiler bro, it's your fault." I imagine it was a "famous spoiler" long before then too. I never wound up playing FF7 because I had one of it's biggest moments ruined. It was demotivating and I still to this day haven't played it. I hope your famous spoiler was worth taking an experience away from someone.

Back when I had this spoiled for me was when I was first finding my way around internet forums. I didn't know the magical rules of what was and wasn't ok to spoil back then. I was new. I didn't have a PS1. My parents couldn't get one for me. This was spoiled for me around the time when I was getting my first jobs and earning my first paycheks so I could start to fund my gaming hobby and play the games I didn't have the opportunity to. No one warned me that by trying to get deeper into this hobby people would decide for me what is and isn't ok to preserve. It was honestly one of the first moments where I felt like other gamers were trying to gatekeep me from enjoying this hobby. It was like they had to make sure I knew my place and felt inferior for not having that opportunity when I was a kid. It's honestly a feeling that sticks with me today. It wasn't right. It shouldn't have been their call to decide whether or not I get to fully enjoy something just because it took me a little longer to get the means of playing it. I don't think it would have been asking too much for them to just mark a spoiler.

It's not annoying to me personally at this point. I know that internet spoiler culture is toxic as fuck. As a result I just avoid a lot of online communities. It's sad when the solution to a problem is just leave and stop discussing the things you love, but it is what it is. However this specific example is especially bad today because FF7 is getting a brand new remake. Even if you believe in some arbitrary statute of limitations, that should be thrown out the window today for FF7. It should have been thrown out the window back in 2016(?) when we learned it was being completely remade. We know there will be people experiencing it for the first time. FF7 is officially a new game again. This specific spoiler no longer gets the bad excuse of being a 23 year old "famous" spoiler.

It's not unreasonable or outrageous to ask people to tag spoilers regardless of age. In person It's like five extra words, give or take a few. "Do you mind if I spoil/talk about...?" Online the excuse is even weaker because it's just two words that you preface a post or comment with. "Spoiler warning." I can't believe this is a controversial opinion that just taking the extra literal second to make sure should be the standard.

You can absolutely talk openly about spoilers. Just let people know. Obviously things will be spoiled by accident. Shit happens, it's not the end of the world. But what makes my blood boil is when these accidents occur we yell at the person who got spoiled and say "bro how dare you be upset, it's your own fault, you should have known by now!!!" instead of just saying "oh shit my bad. Sorry." I've even seen a thread on era (or maybe it was the old site, but same community) where someone actually had the courtesy to spoiler tag an old game and the first page was filled with "lol you actually spoiler tagged this? c'mon OP" I guess it's just how people are around here. Can't take the extra one or two seconds to be courteous.


Someone encapsulated all of this on a tshirt a bunch of years ago:

https://www.threadless.com/product/844/spoilt
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9755 on: April 12, 2020, 02:44:11 AM »
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9756 on: April 12, 2020, 02:47:00 AM »
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Jill always looks like every friend you ever had growing up's mom. Yeah I'll have the extra cookie, Mrs. B!

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-poliera-2020-ot5-guidance-recommends-quarantining-poliera.178039/post-31092009
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9757 on: April 12, 2020, 03:15:08 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-breaks-friendship-with-fox-news-now-oann-is-his-best-friend.183102/post-31082550

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How the fuck have you survived two years on this board?

Error : Rectified.
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9758 on: April 12, 2020, 04:12:06 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/trolls-world-tour-ending-discussion-open-spoilers.183267/

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How are we supposed to teach kids that being colorblind towards race is dangerous with nonsense like this movie?

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9760 on: April 12, 2020, 04:54:06 AM »
Ree going full Alex Jones at the chicoms

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« Reply #9761 on: April 12, 2020, 05:27:42 AM »
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Can't wait for 2000$ consoles.
The companies could just eat some of the extra costs and make a bit less profit. Outragous suggestion in our late stage capitalism nonsense society i know but still possible.

Huge if true (goes for the whole thread).

https://www.resetera.com/threads/japan-to-support-their-companies-with-2-2-billion-to-move-production-away-from-china-are-sony-nintendo-etc-doing-this.183318/post-31111665
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9762 on: April 12, 2020, 06:46:20 AM »
That Japan subsidizing local production thread is about American cops killing black people now.

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9763 on: April 12, 2020, 07:18:05 AM »
 :existential
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9764 on: April 12, 2020, 08:29:35 AM »
god imagine if era was around in during OJ case days or if something similar happened now :lawd

they'd be left with less users than the bire :heh
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9765 on: April 12, 2020, 09:20:43 AM »
The women who says she was “raped” by Biden filed a criminal
Complaint to DC police this past Thursday . Incidentally she refused to name Biden in the official criminal complaint as its illegal to file a false police report and she also confirms now that not only does she not have a copy of her 1993 complaint against Biden but no news outlet has been able to find it

https://link.medium.com/IgzGOqoPC5

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9766 on: April 12, 2020, 09:22:18 AM »
“raped”  :bernie

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« Reply #9767 on: April 12, 2020, 09:25:36 AM »
someone named after a michael jackson song questioning rape claims

:thinking
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9768 on: April 12, 2020, 09:26:04 AM »
I'm starting with the man in the mirror

I'm asking him to change his ways

And no message could have been any clearer

If you want to make the world a better place

Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9769 on: April 12, 2020, 09:27:02 AM »
someone named after a michael jackson song questioning rape claims

:thinking

i mean i watched that documentary and were they really raped, or were they "raped".  getting that sweet michael jackson tongue from behind cant have been all bad. probably had that cat tongue texture as well.  :-[

Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9770 on: April 12, 2020, 09:31:35 AM »
someone named after a michael jackson song questioning rape claims

:thinking

  :brain focus on  persons username in retort to discrepancies  :brain  :lol


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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9771 on: April 12, 2020, 09:38:27 AM »
Defend pedos brehs
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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9772 on: April 12, 2020, 09:47:07 AM »
Ree continues to be oblivious to their own behaviour but at least their x-ray vision and psychic powers are working -

"I walked passed a large shopping centre last week on my way to a Sainsbury's, and it was full of people with bags full of what appeared to be non-essential stuff."

"I was doing my fortnightly main shop, I can't imagine that was true for most people there who seemed to be having a casual shopping day out."

https://www.resetera.com/threads/uk-coronavirus-discussion-update-pm-johnson-out-of-intensive-care-but-remains-in-hospital.174910/page-252#post-31114641


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« Reply #9773 on: April 12, 2020, 09:54:26 AM »
If only the military would step in and conduct bag searches and shoot down non-compliers  :gun :punch
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« Reply #9774 on: April 12, 2020, 10:06:35 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/we-just-closed-on-our-first-house.182490/

Congratulations! Now a sizable chunk of era think you deserve the guillotine!

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« Reply #9776 on: April 12, 2020, 10:10:14 AM »
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User Warned: Threadwhining
You post a lot.

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neutral statement of demonstrable fact is "whining"?

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9777 on: April 12, 2020, 10:26:35 AM »
god imagine if era was around in during OJ case days or if something similar happened now :lawd

they'd be left with less users than the bire :heh
more like less racists cause my man juice is not guilty :hmph

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« Reply #9778 on: April 12, 2020, 10:46:41 AM »
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A carton of eggs, PAAS dye, and a pot of water are, or have been at some time in the past, a memorable part of Easter and family. I love these pics, even presidential candidates can be perfectly normal people doing normal things.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/us-poliera-2020-ot5-guidance-recommends-quarantining-poliera.178039/post-31094607

yes, this is how humans talk :doge

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Re: Doxxing Files |OT| Do not use a pandemic to make a platform wars thread
« Reply #9779 on: April 12, 2020, 10:54:58 AM »
creepy joe looking pretty healthy there, i wonder how many kids he sniffed that day  :doge
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