Other Forums Containment Thread

[ShutUp]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/youre-waiting-for-takeout-and-a-guy-open-carrying-a-gun-is-staring-at-you-what-do-you-do.671206/#post-99054886

A while back I saw some dipshit in the crowded park with his T-shirt tucked in, cowboy boots, a long ponytail, and an AR15 strapped across his back. Just walking up the sidewalk, arm in arm with his girlfriend. I was driving past in my car, leaving. I rolled down my window, and yelled out to him “ Nice baby toy, coward”. He turned toward me (probably about 60 feet away) and I shouted something like “we all live in the same scary world, but you’re the only one here scared enough to need a coward toy to make you feel better”. Then I drove off in case he wanted to shoot me.

Well at least if they make a post how they just got shot we know why

Talked a lot of shit and then hauled ass because they were scared. Your typical Era poster.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/streamer-beats-all-of-elden-ring-at-level-with-1-hand-malenia-included.625531/page-2#post-99321637

User Banned (2 Weeks): Dismissing concerns of ableism

Challenges like this have existed for years and years and years but the moment a female streamer does this on Elden Ring, suddenly people have these takes that she's "cosplaying as a handicapped" or "the able wanking themselves off with handicaps".

What she did is impressive and should be used to show those who do have handicaps that they can do it too. A lot of people with handicaps will look at games and think "Hey, I wish I could play that" and seeing someone (although they are EXTREMELY GOOD at Souls games) complete it with one hand, might be a message like "You can do it too". People always seem to find a negative in things, but honestly I see this as a huge positive that even those who might find games more difficult, they can still enjoy the game too.

I love how Ree thinks Hecht's post and ban is the greatest burn ever

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/streamer-beats-all-of-elden-ring-at-level-with-1-hand-malenia-included.625531/page-2#post-99301501

User Banned (1 Week): Objectifying commentary

Let me solo her while also soloing her.

The fact that some dumb fuck ban happy mod (at least three of them actually!) thought that this was in any way “objectifying commentary” should tell you just how much in the gutter their mind is

Like you stupid cunts, just look at the video he’s commenting on 

[Boredfrom]

Is this impressive? Sorry to be a buzzkill but I'm a fucking quadriplegic and beat this shit.

This is news to me. That’s why you are so bitter all the time? Being a mod probably doesn’t help.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/streamer-beats-all-of-elden-ring-at-level-with-1-hand-malenia-included.625531/page-3#post-99331900

Locking this thread. There has been an extreme amount of dismissiveness and hostility to the concerns and viewpoints of disabled people, so we'll be going through and actioning posts accordingly. And as a result of people bumping this thread to continue the toxicity, some folks might be actioned for posts from August. A new message will be posted once reports are processed.

Mod comes in to shit up the thread
People push back
Other mods comes in to defend the 1st mod's thread derail and toxicity
People still push back
Thread's locked and a whole lot of bans being dished out

The best part is the vow to go back and ban people for posts they made in August.

Why were they not bannable then, but they are now?

Fucking distinguished mentally-challenged fellows

[BikeJesus]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/streamer-beats-all-of-elden-ring-at-level-with-1-hand-malenia-included.625531/page-2#post-99301501

User Banned (1 Week): Objectifying commentary

Let me solo her while also soloing her.

The fact that some dumb fuck ban happy mod (at least three of them actually!) thought that this was in any way “objectifying commentary” should tell you just how much in the gutter their mind is

Like you stupid cunts, just look at the video he’s commenting on 

What kind of mental illness do you need to have to think this was some sort of objectification?

[Snoopycat_]

It’s weird that the only time alts can be detected is after they’ve criticised mods

[Propagandhim]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/streamer-beats-all-of-elden-ring-at-level-with-1-hand-malenia-included.625531/page-3#post-99331900

Locking this thread. There has been an extreme amount of dismissiveness and hostility to the concerns and viewpoints of disabled people, so we'll be going through and actioning posts accordingly. And as a result of people bumping this thread to continue the toxicity, some folks might be actioned for posts from August. A new message will be posted once reports are processed.

Mod comes in to shit up the thread
People push back
Other mods comes in to defend the 1st mod's thread derail and toxicity
People still push back
Thread's locked and a whole lot of bans being dished out

The thing is, I can kind of understand how it might annoy someone who has no choice but to play games like this but at the same time isn't it also clear that this isn't in any shape or form a personal attack? Like if a kid rides their bike and goes "look mom, no hands!" they're not mocking double amputees

That’s parentist against people without a mom good going frank

Not to mention, not every family can afford to get their kid a bicycle.  Like, do better?  And stop trying to erase non-bicycle families.  Abusers always go after families without bikes because they can't get away fast enough.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/6-year-old-in-custody-after-shooting-teacher-in-virginia.672925/page-3#post-99331840
Number one Trump fan cameron

A 6-year-old boy is in police custody after he shot a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, Friday afternoon, Police Chief Steve Drew said in a news conference.


"The individual is a 6-year-old student. He is right now in police custody," Drew said. "We have been in contact with our commonwealth attorney and some other entities to help us best get services to this young man."​


6-year-old child. Not "young man."

Was he never told he was a young man as a kid?

Already know the child's race just from that.

Where I grew up we didn't really have white kids but we were called young man and lady

[Straight Edge]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/saw-a-metal-swatztika-being-sold-in-a-thrift-store.673084/

Was just at a thrift store near my house, and they were selling a metal swatztika statue.

Not sure what else to say. It was lumped with a bunch of WWII memorabilia. Is that appropriate though? What do you think?

I honestly am just dumbfounded.

yes, yes you are.

[Daffy Duck]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/streamer-beats-all-of-elden-ring-at-level-with-1-hand-malenia-included.625531/page-2#post-99328033

User Banned (Duration Pending): Dismissing concerns of ableism, numerous severe infractions

Originally posted by: Indy in the Fridge
Guys don't get into it with mods. It never works out. Ra said what he wanted. Hopefully he can look back at the post and see things a bit differently. Because able-bodied people who create challenges for themselves isn't some middle finger to the handicapped population. People are more than welcome to push the envelope when it comes to how games can be bested. Don't know why that should be a controversial take whether the player is able or not

Think they’re about to be in a museum

[benjipwns]

A little bit more background: 

https://twitter.com/prpltnkr/status/1611363598626062336

Currently locked down but thanks to The Bire you can still see their current display name on their profile. What you may be able to discern is that Purple Tinker declared they were leaving Twitter forever due to Elon taking over, what you won't be able to discern is that was like a two week long meltdown that eventually led to them declaring Mastodon, Post and a bunch of other alternatives "compromised" especially because a server requested (not banned for) Purple Tinker not post doomerism about the trans genocide in their server leading to a further meltdown in which through the course of about a hundred tweets they repeatedly claim THIS was exactly what is allowing fascism to win and genocide everyone and that everyone who did not change Mastodon was complicit.

This is the person who can get you fired for Twitter follows.

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/streamer-beats-all-of-elden-ring-at-level-with-1-hand-malenia-included.625531/page-3#post-99331900

Locking this thread. There has been an extreme amount of dismissiveness and hostility to the concerns and viewpoints of disabled people, so we'll be going through and actioning posts accordingly. And as a result of people bumping this thread to continue the toxicity, some folks might be actioned for posts from August. A new message will be posted once reports are processed.

Mod comes in to shit up the thread
People push back
Other mods comes in to defend the 1st mod's thread derail and toxicity
People still push back
Thread's locked and a whole lot of bans being dished out

The best part is the vow to go back and ban people for posts they made in August.

Why were they not bannable then, but they are now?

Fucking distinguished mentally-challenged fellows

Fuck you Potato, I wanted to point this out. But I'll answer your question anyway, the staff are so overworked that they can't see everything so they can only react to reports but also too many reports makes them unable to do anything, as a result this posts were not able to be actioned before but now that the mods know people back in August didn't show proper deference to the cops a lot of resisting arrest charges are going to go around.

[Propagandhim]

If you have to fucking go into someone's wayback machine archives to find a tweet they deleted, what does that say about you?  Maybe they deleted it because they don't believe in that stuff or they don't stand by it, or hell, they simply want it off their page regardless of how they feel.  Don't they have that right?  These people are such filth.  And cops.

[benjipwns]

If you have to fucking go into someone's wayback machine archives to find a tweet they deleted, what does that say about you?  Maybe they deleted it because they don't believe in that stuff or they don't stand by it, or hell, they simply want it off their page regardless of how they feel.  Don't they have that right?  These people are such filth.  And cops.

I have the right to exist, fascist. And that right to exist includes not having to have people who upset me exist in my existence. Their obsessive desire to murder me means they don't get rights because only humans (and otherkin) deserve human rights.

[Averon]

At this point, I think real, actual cops can pick up a few pointers from these people.

[benjipwns]

At this point, I think real, actual cops can pick up a few pointers from these people.

Actual cops have been monitoring social media and arresting people based on it for some time. The Onion's recent amicus brief to the Supreme Court is because they're taking a case in which the police went after a guy for making Facebook posts mocking them.

Also smearing victims of police violence with the victims history is a typical police tactic.

And see also the CCP contacting people living in other countries to let them know they see what they're posting on social media and their family members may have to suffer the consequences of this free speech.

[Averon]

You'd think they'd have some cognitive dissonance hating cops and yet using cop tactics to quell dissent and getting people fired from jobs.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/streamer-beats-all-of-elden-ring-at-level-with-1-hand-malenia-included.625531/page-2#post-99328033

User Banned (Duration Pending): Dismissing concerns of ableism, numerous severe infractions

Originally posted by: Indy in the Fridge
Guys don't get into it with mods. It never works out. Ra said what he wanted. Hopefully he can look back at the post and see things a bit differently. Because able-bodied people who create challenges for themselves isn't some middle finger to the handicapped population. People are more than welcome to push the envelope when it comes to how games can be bested. Don't know why that should be a controversial take whether the player is able or not

Think they’re about to be in a museum

They'll never perm ban that person.  Every time he gets banned it's always pending lol

[benjipwns]

You'd think they'd have some cognitive dissonance hating cops and yet using cop tactics to quell dissent and getting people fired from jobs.

"Cops are bad, I am good."

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/andrew-callaghan-of-channel-5-news-and-all-gas-no-brakes-accused-of-multiple-instances-of-sexual-misconduct.673018/#post-99327868

Come on maaan. Why is it so hard for so many people to not be assholes?

Yet they just got someone fired

Dammit. Why can't people just be fucking normal. I went my entire life not assaulting or harassing anyone and it was really easy.

Be a decent person. Is that hard? It’s probably better to not follow internet celebrities in general. At least restrict it to 1-2.

Narcisists are more needy of attention and therefore more needy of a societal position where you would know about them. Blame a society that seems low on empathy because it produces and maintains these narcisists.

I forgot who posted this on thebire saying how long it would take for someone to post they always knew he was bad news

Damn, people who knew Andrew in HS are saying he was pushy greaseball even back then.

America's environments raises and influences people to be this way. Furthermore, these consequences focused so much on the context of seperate individuals really don't mean much collectively in an individualistic society with a deeply rooted "it won't happen to me" attitude.

I hate to break it to you but it's not just America. It's a worldwide men thing. Standard disclaimer that women can also sexually assault but it's not a stretch to say that a lot of men feel entitled to women's bodies.

Posts are mostly copy and paste how hard is it for people not be a-holes

[Averon]

I've always been vaguely creeped out by this dude's seeming sociopathic approach to stuff. Never felt genuine to me, always felt like a work, through and through. Loaded with irony and gotcha. Guess some folks never got the vibe? How these folks thrive I guess.

Wow, you were able to put into words what always felt off about him to me. As others were stating it’s not a new technique. All he really did is find a new way to package it/edit it for a newer audience. Add in a lil bit of South Park “actually both sides are bad and the media has it’s own interests at heart”, and a tiny bit of Occupy Wall Street Hacktivism flair to what The Daily Show did for ages and you have Andrew Callahan.

 

Always a couple of people like this when stories like that pop up. They always "knew" something was "off" about the person in question, yet never said anything, in many cases for years.

[HaughtyFrank]

I've always been vaguely creeped out by this dude's seeming sociopathic approach to stuff. Never felt genuine to me, always felt like a work, through and through. Loaded with irony and gotcha. Guess some folks never got the vibe? How these folks thrive I guess.

Wow, you were able to put into words what always felt off about him to me. As others were stating it’s not a new technique. All he really did is find a new way to package it/edit it for a newer audience. Add in a lil bit of South Park “actually both sides are bad and the media has it’s own interests at heart”, and a tiny bit of Occupy Wall Street Hacktivism flair to what The Daily Show did for ages and you have Andrew Callahan.

 

Always a couple of people like this when stories like that pop up. They always "knew" something was "off" about the person in question, yet never said anything, in many cases for years.

Never forget Jason Schreier doing that with Activision Blizzard. Maybe not the best timing to see a scandal break and proudly claim you knew it first.

[Taco Bell Tower]

The bigger question is how long did Jason Schreier knew

Edited: beaten

[benjipwns]

I've always been vaguely creeped out by this dude's seeming sociopathic approach to stuff. Never felt genuine to me, always felt like a work, through and through. Loaded with irony and gotcha. Guess some folks never got the vibe? How these folks thrive I guess.

Wow, you were able to put into words what always felt off about him to me. As others were stating it’s not a new technique. All he really did is find a new way to package it/edit it for a newer audience. Add in a lil bit of South Park “actually both sides are bad and the media has it’s own interests at heart”, and a tiny bit of Occupy Wall Street Hacktivism flair to what The Daily Show did for ages and you have Andrew Callahan.

What South Park and The Daily Show did wasn't new either, since we're "feeling off" about anything that's not first apparently.

Also, if your takeaway from South Park is "both sides are bad actually" then you're morally stunted and apparently intellectually so as well.

[joeboy101]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/streamer-beats-all-of-elden-ring-at-level-with-1-hand-malenia-included.625531/page-2#post-99321637

User Banned (2 Weeks): Dismissing concerns of ableism

Challenges like this have existed for years and years and years but the moment a female streamer does this on Elden Ring, suddenly people have these takes that she's "cosplaying as a handicapped" or "the able wanking themselves off with handicaps".

What she did is impressive and should be used to show those who do have handicaps that they can do it too. A lot of people with handicaps will look at games and think "Hey, I wish I could play that" and seeing someone (although they are EXTREMELY GOOD at Souls games) complete it with one hand, might be a message like "You can do it too". People always seem to find a negative in things, but honestly I see this as a huge positive that even those who might find games more difficult, they can still enjoy the game too.

I love how Ree thinks Hecht's post and ban is the greatest burn ever

Board Manager bitches and whines about toxicity on his board and a lack of just nicely disagreeing. Board Manager also bans people pushing back against mod derailing a benign thread because posters didn't take a knee for that mod. Board Manager also helps brigading to get a game community manager fired for a 7 year old tweet and liking Harry Potter.

This motherfucker is as clueless as the rest of them.

[benjipwns]

Board Manager bitches and whines about toxicity on his board and a lack of just nicely disagreeing. Board Manager also bans people pushing back against mod derailing a benign thread because posters didn't take a knee for that mod. Board Manager also helps brigading to get a game community manager fired for a 7 year old tweet and liking Harry Potter.

This motherfucker is as clueless as the rest of them.

He's powerless because of the social media algorithms. You're victim blaming.

[joeboy101]

Board Manager bitches and whines about toxicity on his board and a lack of just nicely disagreeing. Board Manager also bans people pushing back against mod derailing a benign thread because posters didn't take a knee for that mod. Board Manager also helps brigading to get a game community manager fired for a 7 year old tweet and liking Harry Potter.

This motherfucker is as clueless as the rest of them.

He's powerless because of the social media algorithms. You're victim blaming.

Has he quit Twitter yet??

 

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/streamer-beats-all-of-elden-ring-at-level-with-1-hand-malenia-included.625531/page-2#post-99321637

User Banned (2 Weeks): Dismissing concerns of ableism

Challenges like this have existed for years and years and years but the moment a female streamer does this on Elden Ring, suddenly people have these takes that she's "cosplaying as a handicapped" or "the able wanking themselves off with handicaps".

What she did is impressive and should be used to show those who do have handicaps that they can do it too. A lot of people with handicaps will look at games and think "Hey, I wish I could play that" and seeing someone (although they are EXTREMELY GOOD at Souls games) complete it with one hand, might be a message like "You can do it too". People always seem to find a negative in things, but honestly I see this as a huge positive that even those who might find games more difficult, they can still enjoy the game too.

I love how Ree thinks Hecht's post and ban is the greatest burn ever

Board Manager bitches and whines about toxicity on his board and a lack of just nicely disagreeing. Board Manager also bans people pushing back against mod derailing a benign thread because posters didn't take a knee for that mod. Board Manager also helps brigading to get a game community manager fired for a 7 year old tweet and liking Harry Potter.

This motherfucker is as clueless as the rest of them.

Sooner or later he's going to get cancelled by the RE crazies and then he'll wonder how this could ever happen while Nepenthe twists the knife in his back

[benjipwns]

With the way Cerium ran things I have to assume B-Dubs has some kind of nuclear codes that nobody else does so that can't happen.

[Averon]

B-Dumbs got a "nicca" pass. Though I imagine someone, maybe Nep, is keeping that in their back pocket to pull out when they feel B-Dumbs isn't sufficiently capitulating enough to their demands.

[Averon]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/streamer-beats-all-of-elden-ring-at-level-with-1-hand-malenia-included.625531/page-2#post-99321637

User Banned (2 Weeks): Dismissing concerns of ableism

Challenges like this have existed for years and years and years but the moment a female streamer does this on Elden Ring, suddenly people have these takes that she's "cosplaying as a handicapped" or "the able wanking themselves off with handicaps".

What she did is impressive and should be used to show those who do have handicaps that they can do it too. A lot of people with handicaps will look at games and think "Hey, I wish I could play that" and seeing someone (although they are EXTREMELY GOOD at Souls games) complete it with one hand, might be a message like "You can do it too". People always seem to find a negative in things, but honestly I see this as a huge positive that even those who might find games more difficult, they can still enjoy the game too.

I love how Ree thinks Hecht's post and ban is the greatest burn ever

Board Manager bitches and whines about toxicity on his board and a lack of just nicely disagreeing. Board Manager also bans people pushing back against mod derailing a benign thread because posters didn't take a knee for that mod. Board Manager also helps brigading to get a game community manager fired for a 7 year old tweet and liking Harry Potter.

This motherfucker is as clueless as the rest of them.

Sooner or later he's going to get cancelled by the RE crazies and then he'll wonder how this could ever happen while Nepenthe twists the knife in his back

B-Dumbs saw firsthand what happened to Evilore going down this same path and thinks "That won't happen to me." I'm sure Evilore thought these vultures he cultivated wouldn't feast on his metaphorical corpse either.

[Uncle]

[Taco Bell Tower]

B-Dumbs got a "nicca" pass. Though I imagine someone, maybe Nep, is keeping that in their back pocket to pull out when they feel B-Dumbs isn't sufficiently capitulating enough to their demands.

Not only did he get the n word pass but was forgiven for his transphobic, misogynistic and pedo posts.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/lowkey-if-you-are-a-streaming-service-and-you-dont-have-live-channels-you-are-fucking-up.673012/

I like just flipping on and just letting something play. Like Stargate or America's Test Kitchen.

Imagine if Disneyplus had a 24/7 channel playing classic cartoons, or a Disney Afternoon channel playing Aladdin, Tailspin, Quack Pack, Gargoyles, etc.

[ShutUp]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/indigenous-critics-say-avatar-the-way-of-water-is-horrible-despite-1b-in-ticket-sales-cnbc.673156/

Not at all salty MCU fanatic desperate to get people to say bad things about Jimbo, feels need to create new thread despite whining otherwise about all the Avatar threads.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/indigenous-critics-say-avatar-the-way-of-water-is-horrible-despite-1b-in-ticket-sales-cnbc.673156/#post-99347125

I am very uncomfortable with how CG is allowing white actors to pose as alien-stand-ins for indigenous people.

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/lowkey-if-you-are-a-streaming-service-and-you-dont-have-live-channels-you-are-fucking-up.673012/

I like just flipping on and just letting something play. Like Stargate or America's Test Kitchen.

Imagine if Disneyplus had a 24/7 channel playing classic cartoons, or a Disney Afternoon channel playing Aladdin, Tailspin, Quack Pack, Gargoyles, etc.

Congrats, you reinvented traditional TV.

Although this does seem like it would be a relatively trivial thing to implement by having the user mark a bunch of shows and then creating a randomized queue out of it.

[Colonel Mustard]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/indigenous-critics-say-avatar-the-way-of-water-is-horrible-despite-1b-in-ticket-sales-cnbc.673156/#post-99347125

I am very uncomfortable with how CG is allowing white actors to pose as alien-stand-ins for indigenous people.

Stop being racist. This shit is taking away opportunities from real indigenous Na’vi.

[ShutUp]

Alien stand ins for indigenous people  they aren’t human characters you idiot

[Uncle]

*diogenes sprints into the room, panting heavily*

behold, racist stand-ins for indigenous people:

[ShutUp]

Avatar casually strolling past Wakanda Forever at the domestic and worldwide box office most definitely has people over there like El Bombastico heated. Still crazy how the first Black Panther grossed 1.3 billion worldwide and the sequel will be lucky to hit 850 million worldwide. Granted, it’s still insanely profitable but what a drop off.

[Taco Bell Tower]

So here's the thing

Even with Jake not "running things" with the new tribe, he's in constant conversation with their leadership. They're constantly reacting to decisions he's made, his past, and he's still leading the charge in the final fight.

Again, this is a movie where an immaculately conceived daughter of a white woman's Avatar seems to have a hyper in-tuned if not super spiritual relationship with all life on the planet that is being set up to only be more important in upcoming movies.

You're still casting white people as indigenous characters, putting on fake accents.

He's still fetishizing real-world indigenous societies as being magically in-tuned with nature.


All this shit just reads as him nodding, going "Your feelings are valid, and we hear you. But we've got money to make, so get over it." Because really, what's going to stop him? We're just gonna have threads full of posters going "NEVER DOUBT CAMERON!!! 2.5B BABYYYYY!" Cornball shit.

James Cameron is a fucking racist who brown faced one of the actresses he probably casting couched in Aliens, why are people surprised?

[HaughtyFrank]

Yeah Cameron I guess seems to say a lot but doesn’t show results in terms of listening.
I do wonder how different the movies would be if he actually did bring in an indigenous group to oversee the movie while The way of Water was being made

Just how would this work? The whole point is that they're not real so wouldn't it be almost offensive to ask like the Blackfoot tribe about their rituals so a bunch of blue aliens can copy them?

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/lowkey-if-you-are-a-streaming-service-and-you-dont-have-live-channels-you-are-fucking-up.673012/

I like just flipping on and just letting something play. Like Stargate or America's Test Kitchen.

Imagine if Disneyplus had a 24/7 channel playing classic cartoons, or a Disney Afternoon channel playing Aladdin, Tailspin, Quack Pack, Gargoyles, etc.

Internet mods are NOT fat

[benjipwns]

So here's the thing

Even with Jake not "running things" with the new tribe, he's in constant conversation with their leadership. They're constantly reacting to decisions he's made, his past, and he's still leading the charge in the final fight.

Isn't he the main character?

Yeah Cameron I guess seems to say a lot but doesn’t show results in terms of listening.
I do wonder how different the movies would be if he actually did bring in an indigenous group to oversee the movie while The way of Water was being made

Just how would this work? The whole point is that they're not real so wouldn't it be almost offensive to ask like the Blackfoot tribe about their rituals so a bunch of blue aliens can copy them?

No, they should do this. I want the fights over why one group was chosen over another. Like when they were nitpicking whether those one devs were Asian or Chinese enough.

[HaughtyFrank]

It's all hollow anyway considering that when Cameron went on a tour to support and promote causes of indigenous groups RE just saw Cameron in a headress (he was invited to wear) and screamed racist. Like they don't actually give a shit what he does.

https://indypendent.org/2010/04/avatar-activism-james-cameron-joins-indigenous-struggles-worldwide/

[Propagandhim]

How racist is it to just assume some tribal looking blue dudes are interchangable with a real indigenous culture, with an actual history
or even want to be associated with that movie .  "Ayy why don't yous guys bring dose indian dudes ova to oversee that movie". Which ones sir?  "Whattya mean which ones?  Them indians!  Wit the sticks!"  Sir, the Cherokee?  The Seminoles?  The Sioux?  "Yea, yea, all a dem.  All of them oversee da movie.  Get the indigenous from Australia too.  And those Mexican dudes in peru"

[Polident Hive]

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/world/americas/11brazil.html

 

Rolling up there with Steve Jobs fit

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/indigenous-critics-say-avatar-the-way-of-water-is-horrible-despite-1b-in-ticket-sales-cnbc.673156/#post-99346987

They absolutely deserve a seat at the table, and should have been there from the start. With 3 having been filmed it's unlikely to think there will be any significant change in these issues, but I hope that Cameron and his team can take on board the renewed criticism and use the time between now and 4 to sit down and discuss these matters with those raising them and affected by them. There's nothing to suggest he will, but the films would undoubtedly be better for it.

I found this interesting too, as it's an element that's been raised in critical discussions here:


Goes without saying that no minority is monolithic in their views so where Iron Eyes agrees many others might not, after all we know elements of the first film resonated with people. I do think it's testament to him just wanting indigenous people involved in the process though, as it's a generous of him to offer that alongside his criticisms.

Bitch, we all know you literally watched the movie 3+ times in theaters. Don’t pretend to give a shit 

[ShutUp]

So here's the thing

Even with Jake not "running things" with the new tribe, he's in constant conversation with their leadership. They're constantly reacting to decisions he's made, his past, and he's still leading the charge in the final fight.

Again, this is a movie where an immaculately conceived daughter of a white woman's Avatar seems to have a hyper in-tuned if not super spiritual relationship with all life on the planet that is being set up to only be more important in upcoming movies.

You're still casting white people as indigenous characters, putting on fake accents.

He's still fetishizing real-world indigenous societies as being magically in-tuned with nature.


All this shit just reads as him nodding, going "Your feelings are valid, and we hear you. But we've got money to make, so get over it." Because really, what's going to stop him? We're just gonna have threads full of posters going "NEVER DOUBT CAMERON!!! 2.5B BABYYYYY!" Cornball shit.

James Cameron is a fucking racist who brown faced one of the actresses he probably casting couched in Aliens, why are people surprised?

These losers realize this is a science fiction movie about 9-10 feet tall blue aliens on a fictional planet, right? 

[benjipwns]

It's all hollow anyway considering that when Cameron went on a tour to support and promote causes of indigenous groups RE just saw Cameron in a headress (he was invited to wear) and screamed racist. Like they don't actually give a shit what he does.

https://indypendent.org/2010/04/avatar-activism-james-cameron-joins-indigenous-struggles-worldwide/

Well, the purpose is really because saying Avatar sucks isn't good enough because everyone is "allowed" their opinion, but if Avatar (or whatever) is problematic then Good People are required to dislike it and anyone who doesn't is showing their ass. As such, Avatar (or whatever) must always be found to be problematic.

Even in a case where Royalan put down his platter of hood burgers long enough to say it's not problematic.

[ShutUp]

So here's the thing

Even with Jake not "running things" with the new tribe, he's in constant conversation with their leadership. They're constantly reacting to decisions he's made, his past, and he's still leading the charge in the final fight.

Isn't he the main character?

Yeah Cameron I guess seems to say a lot but doesn’t show results in terms of listening.
I do wonder how different the movies would be if he actually did bring in an indigenous group to oversee the movie while The way of Water was being made

Just how would this work? The whole point is that they're not real so wouldn't it be almost offensive to ask like the Blackfoot tribe about their rituals so a bunch of blue aliens can copy them?

No, they should do this. I want the fights over why one group was chosen over another. Like when they were nitpicking whether those one devs were Asian or Chinese enough.

They also have Jake’s kids held hostage in this one, no shit he’s right up front next to the new tribe’s leader when they all go to fight to get them back

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/6-year-old-in-custody-after-shooting-teacher-in-virginia.672925/page-3#post-99331840
Number one Trump fan cameron

A 6-year-old boy is in police custody after he shot a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, Friday afternoon, Police Chief Steve Drew said in a news conference.


"The individual is a 6-year-old student. He is right now in police custody," Drew said. "We have been in contact with our commonwealth attorney and some other entities to help us best get services to this young man."​


6-year-old child. Not "young man."

Was he never told he was a young man as a kid?

Already know the child's race just from that.

Where I grew up we didn't really have white kids but we were called young man and lady

Did anyone else read that as Redneck Elementary School?

[Potato]

A little bit more background: 

https://twitter.com/prpltnkr/status/1611363598626062336

Currently locked down but thanks to The Bire you can still see their current display name on their profile. What you may be able to discern is that Purple Tinker declared they were leaving Twitter forever due to Elon taking over, what you won't be able to discern is that was like a two week long meltdown that eventually led to them declaring Mastodon, Post and a bunch of other alternatives "compromised" especially because a server requested (not banned for) Purple Tinker not post doomerism about the trans genocide in their server leading to a further meltdown in which through the course of about a hundred tweets they repeatedly claim THIS was exactly what is allowing fascism to win and genocide everyone and that everyone who did not change Mastodon was complicit.

This is the person who can get you fired for Twitter follows.

While I do not think anyone should be fired for who they like on Twatter, anyone who works in a social media/community manager role that mixes their personal and private social media is probably not really qualified to do that type of job in the first place.

[Averon]

It's so blatantly obvious a lot of this "Cameron's a racist!!!" narrative are being pushed by bitter MCU drones mad Avatar 2's making bank. They also tried this with Tom Cruise's Scientology links, even though no one on ERA gave a damn about Scientology until they saw it as a way to attack Cruise and anyone liking and watching his movies.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/streamer-beats-all-of-elden-ring-at-level-with-1-hand-malenia-included.625531/page-3#post-99331900

Locking this thread. There has been an extreme amount of dismissiveness and hostility to the concerns and viewpoints of disabled people, so we'll be going through and actioning posts accordingly. And as a result of people bumping this thread to continue the toxicity, some folks might be actioned for posts from August. A new message will be posted once reports are processed.

Mod comes in to shit up the thread
People push back
Other mods comes in to defend the 1st mod's thread derail and toxicity
People still push back
Thread's locked and a whole lot of bans being dished out

The best part is the vow to go back and ban people for posts they made in August.

Why were they not bannable then, but they are now?

Fucking distinguished mentally-challenged fellows

Fuck you Potato, I wanted to point this out. But I'll answer your question anyway, the staff are so overworked that they can't see everything so they can only react to reports but also too many reports makes them unable to do anything, as a result this posts were not able to be actioned before but now that the mods know people back in August didn't show proper deference to the cops a lot of resisting arrest charges are going to go around.

Like true commies, retrospective arrests and summary executions without trial for thought crimes that happened in the past (when those types of thoughts were acceptable) are de rigueur, especially when they make the more equal pigs look foolish in hindsight.

A top of page more equal pig

[close]

[Boredfrom]

They made Namor Mesoamerican? 

[Straight Edge]

And meanwhile the MCU actually has PoCs writing scripts and doing more behind-the-camera work.

Ah, yes. There it is.

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/indigenous-critics-say-avatar-the-way-of-water-is-horrible-despite-1b-in-ticket-sales-cnbc.673156/page-2#post-99350656

And meanwhile the MCU actually has PoCs writing scripts and doing more behind-the-camera work.

It's really blatant how some of you don't give a shit about what indigenous people thinks of the movie and you're just using the controversy to fuel your shitty brand war. So embarrassing.