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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19260 on: May 03, 2022, 02:42:57 PM »
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« Reply #19261 on: May 03, 2022, 02:47:05 PM »
all that really matters is "me," and if you never even considered going down the Q trail, supported obama and didn't support trump, yet as a lifelong liberal everyone is shrieking that you're a right winger now and your views haven't even changed, something is seriously wrong
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« Reply #19262 on: May 03, 2022, 02:49:09 PM »
Actually it's a bit like the first Mario Bros. game where if you walk all the way to the left you end up back at the right and vice versa :trumps
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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19263 on: May 03, 2022, 02:56:41 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/what%E2%80%99s-up-with-heavy-metal-and-medieval-fantasy-imagery.579287/page-2#post-86038190

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So like, this song sounds like it was recorded mostly through TV static. It meanders and it's strange and the production values aren't anything to right home about. Drums are quiet. Vocals are a mess. Like they sound like they were recorded on an old radio from six states over while UFOs flew too close and caused interference. It's an absolute production mess.

But it has a vibe! It has such a good vibe. Whole thing could fall apart at any second, but it never does. There's a tension to it that's aided by the fact that it sounds like shit, which makes it kind of awesome.
I don't even like Burzum much but this song always ruled. It's so damn hypnotic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burzum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varg_Vikernes
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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19264 on: May 03, 2022, 03:01:16 PM »
all that really matters is "me," and if you never even considered going down the Q trail, supported obama and didn't support trump, yet as a lifelong liberal everyone is shrieking that you're a right winger now and your views haven't even changed, something is seriously wrong

I wouldn't say everyone. If I thought the vocally online left (or right) represented "everyone", I might off myself.

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« Reply #19265 on: May 03, 2022, 03:11:07 PM »
Aww, they banned ItAintEasyBeinCheesy. He was the only guy I ever met on Gaf who lived in my city. I asked if he wanted to meet up and have a beer and he said no. Twice.

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/russia-has-begun-a-full-scale-invasion-in-ukraine-read-staff-posts.556366/page-1222#post-85795088

I guess he got banned for using the word Jihad with a negative context? These moderators sure are on a crusade.

Be honest, would you have made a mask out of his skin?
He's not from South Australia...
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« Reply #19266 on: May 03, 2022, 03:14:15 PM »
“No one is willing to say what is required” because they value their Resetera account more than their convictions.
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« Reply #19267 on: May 03, 2022, 03:35:47 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-feeling-when-the-tongue-gets-inserted-in-your.579596/
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Mouth for the first time and share an intimate kiss.I am lucky that in my 33rd year in this world i get to experience that.
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« Reply #19268 on: May 03, 2022, 03:45:56 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-v-amber-heards-defamation-trial-is-underway.572257/page-34#post-86045345
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Yes, my screenshotting, the real thing you need to be concerned about in this thread.
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« Reply #19269 on: May 03, 2022, 04:00:42 PM »
Some didn't update the list of shared era accounts...

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« Reply #19270 on: May 03, 2022, 04:05:22 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-v-amber-heards-defamation-trial-is-underway.572257/page-34#post-86045345
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Yes, my screenshotting, the real thing you need to be concerned about in this thread.
:lol

They added this mealy-mouthed statement on the bottom of the pages:

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This is a serious and sensitive topic. As details have emerged, several users have used this thread to recount their own experiences with abusive relationships. Please be mindful of this when commenting and do not downplay or dismiss allegations of abuse with regards to this trial or the experiences of other users. Do not engage in whataboutism around allegations. Anyone disregarding this warning will be moderated accordingly.

Very definition of ass covering. In comparison:

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Epileptic PSA: There are reports that animations and flashing lights in this game can cause seizures. Read this article for more information


Why is there controversy surrounding CD Projekt Red and Cyberpunk 2077?

CD Projekt Red has a history of transphobia. This is well documented at this point and not a matter of debate. Due to this context there is particular concern about transphobic or insensitive content in Cyberpunk 2077 itself, such as the decision to tie gender to voice in the character creator, and trans fetishization in illustrations in the game—and these are just examples from prerelease footage. Additionally, there have been concerns about racist imagery and stereotyping. This article goes into depth about some of these issues.


What incidents of transphobia have occurred surrounding the game and the company, and why are they hurtful?

This list will be updated over time as more examples come to light, especially as the game releases and more content is uncovered. If you wish to have something added to this list, please send me a DM and get my attention.

On August 20th 2018, the official Cyberpunk 2077 made a "Did you just assume their gender?!" tweet in response to another twitter user. This joke is transphobic in that it stereotypes transgender people as constantly being outraged. This stereotype is used to downplay real and valid concerns that transgender people have, and is considered extremely offensive. In response, the official account made an extremely generic apology. There was no acknowledgement of why the issue was offensive, acknowledgement of the groups that had been offended, or reassurance that this would not happen again.
On October 22nd, GOG.COM a subsidiary of CD Projket, used the #WontBeErased hashtag that was trending on Twitter, and made joke of it in order to advertise their own platform. This hashtag was in response to the Trump administration trying to redefine gender and erase the legal existence of transgender folks. While GOG did fire the person in question, said person later went on to join an alt-right website. You can read more about this incident here.
Cyberpunk 2077 itself is a dystopian first person RPG, which means there are advertisements within the game itself. One of the most controversial aspects of the game exists around the in-universe advertisement for a drink called Chromanticore. This advertisement depicts an offensive, fetishized woman, with glowing male genitalia in full view. To say there are multiple things wrong with this an understatement, but the biggest issue is that it makes a mockery of transgender folks, by portraying them as a spectacle, rather than as human beings.
Chromanticore has also been the source of controversy even outside of the game. In the official cosplay contest hosted by CDPR, one of the finalists was the highly fetishized woman from the advertisement, portrayed by a cisgender woman. Once again, this makes a mockery of transgender folks, and their fight to be respected as human beings. To make this scenario worse, the cisgender woman in question has straight up treated the woman in the advertisement as a joke. A more detailed post regarding the issues with the cosplay has been compiled here.
Another concern with the game is the character creator, which has made the decision to tie the voice used by the player character to the pronouns selected during creation. One of the most common forms of discrimination that transgender folks face are expectations and biases regarding their voices. Additionally, by tying voice and pronouns together, they have created an uncomfortable atmosphere for non-binary and gender-fluid people, as they can no longer create a character that accurately represents them.
Compounding the issue is the fact that the character creator lets you pick your genitalia. This allows for transphobes to create avatars that can be used to once again make a mocker of transgender people. To make matters worse, CDPR have openly made some terrible, transphobic "jokes" on their own Twitter account about this feature.

Why is ResetEra allowing an official thread for this game?

There has been a lot of discussion about whether there should even be an official thread for Cyberpunk 2077, and many points of view were considered for this decision. Ultimately, a thread like this can serve as a platform for minority concerns to be aired and discussed respectfully, and given appropriate attention. We’ve also heard from minority members, including some trans members, who have asked for a space where they can talk about the game without needing to worry about trolling and bigoted posting. We expect all posters in the thread to extend the consideration and empathy to give them that space. We will be moderating as strictly as necessary to make sure they do.


What can I do to help fight transphobia?

Transphobia exists in many aspects of our lives. From casual discrimination such as the continuous misuse of a person's preferred pronouns, to more serious ramifications such as housing being denied, legal rights being taken away, and being discriminated in the legal system. Every trans person either has experienced transphobia in their lives, or will experience transphobia at some point.

Moreover, transphobia is a systematic issue that is present in every level of our society. Politicians fight to take away our rights. Celebrities use coded language and religious justifications, if not outright hostility, in order to continue to deny our existence. Media continues to portray us as the butt of a joke, or acts like we're something to be fascinated by, rather than treated with respect.

Actions speak louder than words: Become active in your local politics, donate to transgender causes, stand up for these issues wherever they arise, and if you know transgender people in your life be there for them and support them.


Here are some pro-trans organizations around the world where you can make a donation and show your support
For those of you in the US, The Trevor Project is one of the leading LGBT organizations. They are dedicated to crisis intervention and suicide prevention for people who are in need of support, love, and care.
For those of you in the UK, Mermaids is dedicated to the support of transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse children, young adults, and their families. They have been around since 1995, and have been one of the most vocal voices speaking out against transphobia in the UK, including showing the dangers that transphobia imposes upon our youth.
If you would like to donate to CDPR's native country of Poland, you can find the Trans-Fuzja Foundation website here. The Trans-Fuzja Foundation has been around since 2008, and is dedicated to the support of transgender people in Poland in many aspects of life and society, including politics.
We are your friends. We are your family members. We're your coworkers. We're the people you meet on the street. We're the essential workers who keep society running in a pandemic. We're everywhere. We're not some sort of freak or joke, and we're not going away.

I want to give major thanks to Uzzy for lending her talent, time, and effort in putting together graphics and material for this official thread. Without her, this would not have been possible on such short notice. I would also like to give a shout out and thanks to Kyuuji for allowing me to use images and links from her own thread for this posts.
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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19271 on: May 03, 2022, 04:29:40 PM »
Yeah, but it was made by those disgusting and racist poors in the eastern bloc, so…

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19272 on: May 03, 2022, 04:40:21 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-is-obergefell-v-hodges-same-sex-marriage-could-be-overturned-next.579602/#post-86049479
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ever since it was built on the bodies of enslaved and murdered people
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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19273 on: May 03, 2022, 05:24:24 PM »
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I hear all of that. This topic is very difficult for me to read and I'm not willing to go into the why of it, it's too raw. But I previously saw a few sharing their stories and think it's remarkable really and shows this forum at its best. The sheer visibility and lurid details of this case, not to mention the internet in general treating it like entertainment, have caused no insignificant amount of stress to many of us I know that. I say this not for sympathy or excuses, I don't want it. But to illustrate that exactly what is talked about is not unique to you. We all have personhood outside of here.

I agree that this thread warrants stronger communication, and I have actually already put that to the rest of staff with the suggestion of a thread reply banner. It feels like people always want a swift response and I can't push that or any decision through alone, these things are always worked on by multiple people first. I only ask for the grace of your patience because we are insanely understaffed in general and lost around a half dozen active mods in the last months. Whatever speed with which people think an old thread was handled, I can assure you it is not really so straightforward all of the time.

So lack of communication is one thing, and I don't disagree. But it's also true that several users complaining about inaction did not even make a report to begin with. When I say backseating, it is the ones who accuse us of not caring at all but don't bother to give us something to work with. This approach doesn't help anyone. Nobody is on this site because they "don't care."

I don't buy this at all.  Era has been understaffed before and posts they found egregious would be actioned within 30 minutes to a few hours anyway.  So what's different here?  The fact is they don't see several of the posts as egregious due to the gender dynamics and nothing else. 

They've become so ingrained in a stance that being hit with any kind of reality going against it leaves them hesitant to act.  You don't just see it on Era, you see it in many progressive places.  Tik Toks about this harming #Metoo rather than any kind of sympathy for Depp, respected progressive writers deciding that NOW retaliation is wrong when it wasn't before, etc.  Swap Heard and Depp's names in many posts both-sideing, assume the roles were reversed entirely, then imagine how long it would take for said poster to get actioned.  Clmartin hasn't even been warned when it clearly would have warranted it in any male on female abuse case.  There are people on the very site like Redmercury that have said men getting falsely accused or abused would be a worthy sacrifice for the greater societal shift of women being taken seriously.

Hell, look at the staff post on the bottom of the page.  See how carefully worded it is.  They're saying don't be dismissive of abuse victims on the site, a stance they've always had.  They don't even mention genders in it.  They take no sides on Heard vs Depp despite the pretty clear-cut way the case is heading.  If this was a male on female abuse case, that statement would be much harsher and hold an unambiguous stance on the case in question.


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« Reply #19274 on: May 03, 2022, 05:42:52 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/politico-supreme-court-has-voted-to-overturn-abortion-rights-draft-opinion-shows.579329/page-53#post-86051900
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Honestly? Don't follow said laws and help folks regardless. I know I can be sued for a bounty for doing what I do to help folks. I give zero fucks. I need more folks to stand with me.
Bullshit

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19275 on: May 03, 2022, 05:54:10 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-v-amber-heards-defamation-trial-is-underway.572257/page-34#post-86045345
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Yes, my screenshotting, the real thing you need to be concerned about in this thread.
:lol

They added this mealy-mouthed statement on the bought of the pages:

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This is a serious and sensitive topic. As details have emerged, several users have used this thread to recount their own experiences with abusive relationships. Please be mindful of this when commenting and do not downplay or dismiss allegations of abuse with regards to this trial or the experiences of other users. Do not engage in whataboutism around allegations. Anyone disregarding this warning will be moderated accordingly.

Very definition of ass covering. In comparison:

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Epileptic PSA: There are reports that animations and flashing lights in this game can cause seizures. Read this article for more information


Why is there controversy surrounding CD Projekt Red and Cyberpunk 2077?

CD Projekt Red has a history of transphobia. This is well documented at this point and not a matter of debate. Due to this context there is particular concern about transphobic or insensitive content in Cyberpunk 2077 itself, such as the decision to tie gender to voice in the character creator, and trans fetishization in illustrations in the game—and these are just examples from prerelease footage. Additionally, there have been concerns about racist imagery and stereotyping. This article goes into depth about some of these issues.


What incidents of transphobia have occurred surrounding the game and the company, and why are they hurtful?

This list will be updated over time as more examples come to light, especially as the game releases and more content is uncovered. If you wish to have something added to this list, please send me a DM and get my attention.

On August 20th 2018, the official Cyberpunk 2077 made a "Did you just assume their gender?!" tweet in response to another twitter user. This joke is transphobic in that it stereotypes transgender people as constantly being outraged. This stereotype is used to downplay real and valid concerns that transgender people have, and is considered extremely offensive. In response, the official account made an extremely generic apology. There was no acknowledgement of why the issue was offensive, acknowledgement of the groups that had been offended, or reassurance that this would not happen again.
On October 22nd, GOG.COM a subsidiary of CD Projket, used the #WontBeErased hashtag that was trending on Twitter, and made joke of it in order to advertise their own platform. This hashtag was in response to the Trump administration trying to redefine gender and erase the legal existence of transgender folks. While GOG did fire the person in question, said person later went on to join an alt-right website. You can read more about this incident here.
Cyberpunk 2077 itself is a dystopian first person RPG, which means there are advertisements within the game itself. One of the most controversial aspects of the game exists around the in-universe advertisement for a drink called Chromanticore. This advertisement depicts an offensive, fetishized woman, with glowing male genitalia in full view. To say there are multiple things wrong with this an understatement, but the biggest issue is that it makes a mockery of transgender folks, by portraying them as a spectacle, rather than as human beings.
Chromanticore has also been the source of controversy even outside of the game. In the official cosplay contest hosted by CDPR, one of the finalists was the highly fetishized woman from the advertisement, portrayed by a cisgender woman. Once again, this makes a mockery of transgender folks, and their fight to be respected as human beings. To make this scenario worse, the cisgender woman in question has straight up treated the woman in the advertisement as a joke. A more detailed post regarding the issues with the cosplay has been compiled here.
Another concern with the game is the character creator, which has made the decision to tie the voice used by the player character to the pronouns selected during creation. One of the most common forms of discrimination that transgender folks face are expectations and biases regarding their voices. Additionally, by tying voice and pronouns together, they have created an uncomfortable atmosphere for non-binary and gender-fluid people, as they can no longer create a character that accurately represents them.
Compounding the issue is the fact that the character creator lets you pick your genitalia. This allows for transphobes to create avatars that can be used to once again make a mocker of transgender people. To make matters worse, CDPR have openly made some terrible, transphobic "jokes" on their own Twitter account about this feature.

Why is ResetEra allowing an official thread for this game?

There has been a lot of discussion about whether there should even be an official thread for Cyberpunk 2077, and many points of view were considered for this decision. Ultimately, a thread like this can serve as a platform for minority concerns to be aired and discussed respectfully, and given appropriate attention. We’ve also heard from minority members, including some trans members, who have asked for a space where they can talk about the game without needing to worry about trolling and bigoted posting. We expect all posters in the thread to extend the consideration and empathy to give them that space. We will be moderating as strictly as necessary to make sure they do.


What can I do to help fight transphobia?

Transphobia exists in many aspects of our lives. From casual discrimination such as the continuous misuse of a person's preferred pronouns, to more serious ramifications such as housing being denied, legal rights being taken away, and being discriminated in the legal system. Every trans person either has experienced transphobia in their lives, or will experience transphobia at some point.

Moreover, transphobia is a systematic issue that is present in every level of our society. Politicians fight to take away our rights. Celebrities use coded language and religious justifications, if not outright hostility, in order to continue to deny our existence. Media continues to portray us as the butt of a joke, or acts like we're something to be fascinated by, rather than treated with respect.

Actions speak louder than words: Become active in your local politics, donate to transgender causes, stand up for these issues wherever they arise, and if you know transgender people in your life be there for them and support them.


Here are some pro-trans organizations around the world where you can make a donation and show your support
For those of you in the US, The Trevor Project is one of the leading LGBT organizations. They are dedicated to crisis intervention and suicide prevention for people who are in need of support, love, and care.
For those of you in the UK, Mermaids is dedicated to the support of transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse children, young adults, and their families. They have been around since 1995, and have been one of the most vocal voices speaking out against transphobia in the UK, including showing the dangers that transphobia imposes upon our youth.
If you would like to donate to CDPR's native country of Poland, you can find the Trans-Fuzja Foundation website here. The Trans-Fuzja Foundation has been around since 2008, and is dedicated to the support of transgender people in Poland in many aspects of life and society, including politics.
We are your friends. We are your family members. We're your coworkers. We're the people you meet on the street. We're the essential workers who keep society running in a pandemic. We're everywhere. We're not some sort of freak or joke, and we're not going away.

I want to give major thanks to Uzzy for lending her talent, time, and effort in putting together graphics and material for this official thread. Without her, this would not have been possible on such short notice. I would also like to give a shout out and thanks to Kyuuji for allowing me to use images and links from her own thread for this posts.
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It's crazy how many lies and half truths that post contains.

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Compounding the issue is the fact that the character creator lets you pick your genitalia. This allows for transphobes to create avatars that can be used to once again make a mocker of transgender people.

Literally making issues up.


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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19276 on: May 03, 2022, 05:56:32 PM »
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And yes, I wish I was making that up. That's what they actually believe, and why I'm sus of those type of pairings

This should be an automatic PermaBan by Era standards. Unless RE staff agree that mixed couples are gross and racist.  :doge

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19277 on: May 03, 2022, 05:56:38 PM »
Mocker

Or moocker?

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19278 on: May 03, 2022, 06:06:02 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/politico-supreme-court-has-voted-to-overturn-abortion-rights-draft-opinion-shows.579329/page-53#post-86051900
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Honestly? Don't follow said laws and help folks regardless. I know I can be sued for a bounty for doing what I do to help folks. I give zero fucks. I need more folks to stand with me.
Bullshit

Isn’t Thordinson the guy that defends stuff like mass robberies as “helping people”.

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« Reply #19279 on: May 03, 2022, 06:06:22 PM »

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« Reply #19280 on: May 03, 2022, 06:06:48 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/politico-supreme-court-has-voted-to-overturn-abortion-rights-draft-opinion-shows.579329/page-53#post-86051900
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Honestly? Don't follow said laws and help folks regardless. I know I can be sued for a bounty for doing what I do to help folks. I give zero fucks. I need more folks to stand with me.
Bullshit

Isn’t Thordinson the guy that defends stuff like mass robberies as “helping people”.
Yes and claims he has done time in prison.

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19281 on: May 03, 2022, 06:38:01 PM »
He must be Prison Mike.

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19282 on: May 03, 2022, 06:57:38 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/david-gibson-square-enix-lost-200-million-dollars-on-the-marvel-games.579371/page-6#post-86054780

Quote from: Cheesebu, post: 86054780, member: 81350
Ya know what is severely underrated? The Avengers campaign in Disney Infinity 2.0. It’s a kids game so keep your expectations in check, but I bought every single figure just for a reason to keep playing.

It’s spendy to get into but aside from the obvious, you got Black Panther, Vision, Loki, Iron Fist, Nova, Nick Fury, Ant-Man, Falcon, every GOTG character including Yondu.

Spider-Man’s set was good too, but I never played the GOTG set iirc.

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19283 on: May 03, 2022, 07:06:44 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/are-there-any-good-essays-videos-on-toxic-homoeroticism.579647/

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Idk if there's a specific term for what I'm referring to, but I mean things like being obsessed with saying "no homo", arbitrarily drawing lines between what's "okay" and what's "gay", online spaces/offline spaces being unsafe for queer people out loud but also having people do things that are homoerotic, stuff like that

Do you  know of any written or video essays that talk about this stuff and/or break it down

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« Reply #19284 on: May 03, 2022, 08:27:46 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/am-i-crazy-for-absolutely-hating-when-streaming-platforms-have-their-continue-watching-buttons-navigate-straight-to-the-episode.579641/
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On paper it feels like the most sense, like that you'd want as few clicks as possible to navigate to the content the consumer most likely wants to watch. But in practice it's usually a nightmare.

It's not actually the content I want more often than not, and even when it's the correct episode, I'd probably like to check and see the summary, make sure I watched all of the previous episode, or that I'm not clicking into like the last 45 seconds of an episode I already completed. And once you're in the damn episode, you have to scramble to find a way back to the episode list, and sometimes there's no way at all so you've gotta go back to the home menu and then find the actual listing on some other category to find the episode list to find the thing you actually wanted.

If it's the content you wanted, great, you saved a click. If it isn't the content you wanted, a nightmare ensued. Just make the "continue watching" panel navigate to the episode listing of the episode in progress. It's one more click, you have confidence you're queuing the right episode, and you've got a refresher of what you were watching. Am I wrong?
:era

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« Reply #19285 on: May 03, 2022, 08:44:46 PM »
"our very rights are being destroyed at their core and soon there will be a violent reckoning the likes of which no one has ever seen which will lead us into the bright communist future"

"also sometimes on streaming services when I click to continue watching I feel anxiety about what entertainment content I might be missing"
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« Reply #19286 on: May 03, 2022, 09:04:10 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/politico-supreme-court-has-voted-to-overturn-abortion-rights-draft-opinion-shows.579329/page-58#post-86060402
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I just got out of an appointment with my primary care doctor. I had called her this morning and told her I needed to move my appointment so I could get out of town to protest and she agreed to see me after hours today. So imagine my shock when she looked at me brightly at the top of my appointment and asked, "so what's this about a protest?" She was of course furious and devastated. I adore my doctor and will never forget the look on her face when I broke the news to her. When I came out to her, she went out of her way to ensure she was providing the best and most personalized care a gay man could ask for. I am trembling and nearly in tears.

I am trying not to assign too much importance to this encounter but I am incredibly shaken. To be fair she doesn't follow the news at all (mental health decision). But I cannot fathom how a young, personable and kind female doctor got through an entire day that was packed with patients, surrounded by medical providers, and nobody uttered a single word about this to her the entire day. It doesn't exactly fill me with hope.
:shaking
That's a cool story

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19287 on: May 03, 2022, 09:23:30 PM »
I can't wait until Amber "Shit the Bed" Heard's lawyers take the stage and Resetera suddenly discovers the adversarial trial system allows for each side to represent their argument. I'm predicting a lot of "I told you sos" and people trying to shit on Johnny Depp, which will of course result in a lot of conflict and give the (understaffed) mods the opportunity to immediately jump into action to ban some of the dissenting opinions from earlier in the thread.
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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19288 on: May 03, 2022, 10:14:20 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/k-a-applegate-wrote-a-great-open-letter-to-fans-of-animorphs-disappointed-in-how-it-ended.579374/#post-86015288

Quote from: Khanimus, post: 86015288, member: 4154
And she's right.

Fuck your heroic beautiful sacrifices, fuck your happy endings.  Nobody comes out "untouched, clean and happy" at the end of a war unless they were a fucking monster. 

People end up broken, separated, or turned into motionless hunks of meat.  Anything else is jingoistic nonsense designed to valorize shit.

:badass
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« Reply #19289 on: May 03, 2022, 10:21:13 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/k-a-applegate-wrote-a-great-open-letter-to-fans-of-animorphs-disappointed-in-how-it-ended.579374/#post-86015288

Quote from: Khanimus, post: 86015288, member: 4154
And she's right.

Fuck your heroic beautiful sacrifices, fuck your happy endings.  Nobody comes out "untouched, clean and happy" at the end of a war unless they were a fucking monster. 

People end up broken, separated, or turned into motionless hunks of meat.  Anything else is jingoistic nonsense designed to valorize shit.

 :badass
This is a post in a thread about Animorphs? The children's cartoon?
 :bedroomeyes
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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19290 on: May 03, 2022, 10:53:43 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/five-days-from-starting-my-new-job-and-my-offer-was-revoked-because-of-a-20-ticket.579689/#post-86063678
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The fact they did it at 4:45PM means they probably knew you wouldn't be able to get the information in time to "change their mind". Maybe they did find someone they wanted to hire more than you and just wanted a convenient excuse to rescind the offer.

But yes, you should follow up with the information they requested and see what happens. If you really still want the job after being treated this way, that is.
:hans1

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« Reply #19291 on: May 03, 2022, 11:08:35 PM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/five-days-from-starting-my-new-job-and-my-offer-was-revoked-because-of-a-20-ticket.579689/#post-86063678
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The fact they did it at 4:45PM means they probably knew you wouldn't be able to get the information in time to "change their mind". Maybe they did find someone they wanted to hire more than you and just wanted a convenient excuse to rescind the offer.

But yes, you should follow up with the information they requested and see what happens. If you really still want the job after being treated this way, that is.
:hans1
OP's new boss just found his Resetera account and found a convenient way to say

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19292 on: May 03, 2022, 11:30:44 PM »
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What people don't seem to realise is that when they start backseating whilst complaining that we don't act fast enough, they are quite literally adding to the time it takes for staff to review matters.
Uh, why is that?

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I only ask for the grace of your patience because we are insanely understaffed in general and lost around a half dozen active mods in the last months.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/johnny-depp-v-amber-heards-defamation-trial-is-underway.572257/post-86038187
How are they "insanely understaffed"?

The staff seem pretty quick to hold meetings with extensive discussions that lead to at least three members agreeing to an action to ban someone without putting a ban notice banner up who talks back to the mods. Or is an "utter dipshit" who needs to "shut the fuck up" because they've received special e-mails directly from the General Manager about how to avoid them being actioned.

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19293 on: May 04, 2022, 12:07:45 AM »
like

what is the dream here
Two options:
1. The people will be inspired by their sacrifice and thus overthrow the system and establish forced communal living for all globally.

B. They just want to normalize committing violence against people they dislike and this is a way to legitimize it as part of a political "struggle" against sinister forces.

An actual theory would look like this: all the vigilante violence has been on the side of anti-abortion forces and now we have proof that it works in the leak of a draft written by a Supreme Court Justice known to oppose Roe where says he would overrule Roe/Casey if he had the votes.

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« Reply #19294 on: May 04, 2022, 01:17:00 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/are-there-any-good-essays-videos-on-toxic-homoeroticism.579647/

Quote from: 4cute, post: 86056088, member: 5865
Idk if there's a specific term for what I'm referring to, but I mean things like being obsessed with saying "no homo", arbitrarily drawing lines between what's "okay" and what's "gay", online spaces/offline spaces being unsafe for queer people out loud but also having people do things that are homoerotic, stuff like that

Do you  know of any written or video essays that talk about this stuff and/or break it down
:wut

I don’t know about “toxic”, but Ruthless Reviews back in the day often made a point to touch on the homoeroticism of our greatest action movies in the 80’s.

Edit: new page, new honey.  Been dreaming about dat ass for some time now
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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19295 on: May 04, 2022, 02:26:31 AM »
Dave Chappelle attacked on stage in LA

Thread is off to a great start.

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Good

https://www.resetera.com/threads/dave-chappelle-attacked-on-stage-in-la.579725/#post-86069159

 :popcorn


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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19297 on: May 04, 2022, 03:16:44 AM »
INSANELY UNDERSTAFFED:

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System Administrators

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19298 on: May 04, 2022, 03:20:45 AM »
So that's where Ree's progressivest progressives are now. Celebrating a comedian being attacked on stage for making jokes.

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« Reply #19299 on: May 04, 2022, 03:33:05 AM »
So that's where Ree's progressivest progressives are now. Celebrating a comedian being attacked on stage for making jokes.

not surprising given they were the only corner of the internet that banned your ass if you sided with chris rock

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« Reply #19300 on: May 04, 2022, 03:33:20 AM »
INSANELY UNDERSTAFFED:
The only way to read their complaints about this is that many of the moderators (and perhaps administrators) are useless and do nothing.

As if this should be the users burden. As if they can't fire those people and get more people if that's the only problem. (Which they can't because they've established impossible standards to be admitted to the clique.)

Interesting that Nepenthe doesn't apply her penetrating analysis of THE SYSTEM to the one that the ResetERA.com staff operate. But, it's not her problem really, she only pops on for a few minutes of her "shift" inbetween work and Overwatch so doesn't really have time to deal with anything. Plus if people want her to do the emotional labor they should pay her since it's not her job to educate anyone.

Similarly, is the increasingly obese Royalan who has indicated that he expects to be praised and obeyed merely for existing on the forum as a moderator. Hecht and previously Sweet Nicole are some of the few staff members to indicate they have any actual interest in carrying out the tasks of the role, albeit it with some rather absurd notions of what those should be.

But really, I shouldn't be posting any of this, it only forces the staff to spend more of their vanishing lives silently addressing all the important issues on the planet brought to their attention.

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19301 on: May 04, 2022, 03:38:18 AM »
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Chappelle had it coming, but I imagine he's going to leverage this anyway, so I doubt it was worth much.

Part of me feels like Chappelle got buff just so that he could bully others while being less afraid of getting physical retaliation like this.

Hey, that's my joke!

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« Reply #19302 on: May 04, 2022, 03:54:24 AM »
They stomped that dude backstage. Arm bending the wrong direction. Face bruised and swollen. Afterwards Chappelle, Jamie Foxx, and Busta Rhymes came out and clowned on him.

Will Smith set false expectations on how this goes.

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« Reply #19303 on: May 04, 2022, 04:03:13 AM »

AliceAmber (Mod Captain)

WTF. They created that title with a straight face? It sounds like the kind of thing we'd call dog mod to make fun of him when he does something stupid.
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« Reply #19304 on: May 04, 2022, 04:03:33 AM »
Transistor is currently on break so yes, insanely understaff :hmph

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19305 on: May 04, 2022, 04:06:51 AM »

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« Reply #19306 on: May 04, 2022, 04:07:01 AM »

WTF. They created that title with a straight face? It sounds like the kind of thing we'd call dog mod to make fun of him when he does something stupid.

There's probably a little hat that goes with the title

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19307 on: May 04, 2022, 04:08:56 AM »
these clows calling that dude that tackled chappelle the victim.

lol

will smith redux

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« Reply #19308 on: May 04, 2022, 04:10:26 AM »
https://www.resetera.com/threads/dave-chappelle-attacked-on-stage-in-la.579725/#post-86069309
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Chris Rock making jokes after the incident (lol)
ResetEra: wtf i love Chris Rock now

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« Reply #19309 on: May 04, 2022, 04:16:56 AM »
What's the daily work schedule for an ERA mod is like if they need periodic "breaks"?  :thinking
This daily work must be pretty involved given that they deemed their vacation time important enough to get a custom tag.

Someone should make a "Day in the life of a ResetERA mod" for us plebs to understand the grueling, important work these brave souls do...for free.

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« Reply #19310 on: May 04, 2022, 04:19:19 AM »
these clows calling that dude that tackled chappelle the victim.

lol

will smith redux

But Chappelle is the bald one.

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19311 on: May 04, 2022, 04:37:28 AM »
RE are a bunch morally bankrupt assholes.

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19312 on: May 04, 2022, 04:47:54 AM »
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I honestly don’t care for the “oh no, not violence, it’s never been useful in the history of the world” galaxy brain crowd, but there’s a major difference between decking a transphobe as the only way to punch back, and bringing fucking weapons.

I’m not okay at all with the weapons.

Generally speaking, people are against violence because they know that will escalate to this kind of stuff, the real galaxy brain take is being distinguished mentally-challenged enough to believe that it don’t.

WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU EXPECT YOU DUMB FUCK?!

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« Reply #19313 on: May 04, 2022, 04:48:05 AM »
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Chappelle deserves a good punch to the face. But if this guy was armed, he put others in danger as well.
This is one of those cases that while I'm against violence, there's a threshold where you start deserving it because nothing else is stopping them.
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Im sorry but wtf is with the pro-violence comments in this thread.

Yes Dave Chapelle is a piece of shit for making certain types of jokes, but the dude is not walking in some anti-transperson walk. He is doing a (unfunny) comedy skit. Dont fucking attack people period

This forum shouldnt condone violence
There are different levels to this.

The "jokes" he makes are no different than "walking in an anti-transperson walk." His jokes impact trans people and can be a stepping stone to depression and suicide.

Please don't handwave bigotry as a "joke." If a white comedian called a Black person a racial slur, he would deserve a punch in the face. You wouldn't be calling that a "joke."

That being said, obviously if this person had a gun on him, that takes it to another level that isn't acceptable.
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Transphobia isn’t a “joke”, fuck off with this moralizing bullshit.
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I honestly don’t care for the “oh no, not violence, it’s never been useful in the history of the world” galaxy brain crowd, but there’s a major difference between decking a transphobe as the only way to punch back, and bringing fucking weapons.

I’m not okay at all with the weapons.
Oh no, the crazies aren't seeing the nuance in my constant repetition of "talk shit, get hit" and "fuck around and find out" moral stances.  :skinner

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19314 on: May 04, 2022, 04:50:53 AM »
VIOLENT REVOLUTION AGAINST THE TRANSPHOBIC ILLEGITIMATE FASCIST FAILED STATE OF AMERICA NOW

BUT NO WEAPONS

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19315 on: May 04, 2022, 05:02:51 AM »
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  i’m kind of doubting the gun and knife thing

i heard people aren’t even allowed to bring in cellphones…which is why there is barely any footage of the whole incident

 :doge  :brain  :doge  :brain

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19316 on: May 04, 2022, 05:06:52 AM »
VIOLENT REVOLUTION AGAINST THE TRANSPHOBIC ILLEGITIMATE FASCIST FAILED STATE OF AMERICA NOW

BUT NO WEAPONS

words are violence and sentences are death....sentences


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« Reply #19317 on: May 04, 2022, 05:07:30 AM »
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  i’m kind of doubting the gun and knife thing

i heard people aren’t even allowed to bring in cellphones…which is why there is barely any footage of the whole incident

 :doge  :brain  :doge  :brain

dude just forgot to give them to security

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Re: Other Forums Containment Thread
« Reply #19318 on: May 04, 2022, 05:12:26 AM »
Why does bringing weapons suddenly cross a line for them.

It's only logical that if some jokes are equal to punching someone, some jokes must be equal to gunning someone down

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« Reply #19319 on: May 04, 2022, 05:15:55 AM »
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Macdonald used to linger after his nightclub performances to talk to fans, he explained, but the stalker made him stop. She lived in Florida and was convinced that they’d been conducting a secret affair for decades. Her psychiatrist contacted Macdonald’s manager to warn that she might be planning to harm him. His manager did not write down the psychiatrist’s number, though, so Macdonald learned only that she was out there, somewhere in Florida. Later, when his manager offered him some Florida dates, Macdonald cited her as a reason not to go. His manager dismissed this concern.

“That loony tunes?” Norm recalled him saying. “She’s crazy.”

“That’s the point!” Macdonald protested. “I’m not going to play chess with her.”

Hoeskstra was visibly amused by this anecdote, even though she had surely heard it before. Macdonald went on to say that he often wondered why nightclub comics weren’t more frequently murdered. “It would be easy to walk in with a gun and kill one of them,” he said. It seemed an insight best kept from reporters. The Netflix representative became deeply interested in a point somewhere in the middle distance, and Hoekstra said “Norm” in a tone of voice that must have been familiar to both of them. In the silence that followed, he turned to me and asked, “Do you find stand-up is no good anymore?”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/magazine/norm-macdonald-still-in-search-of-the-perfect-joke.html