Other Forums Containment Thread

[joeboy101]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/which-was-worse-%E2%80%9Cyou-will-feel-ashamed-of-your-words-and-deeds%E2%80%9D-or-%E2%80%9Cwoke-reviewers%E2%80%9D.666733/

They really have nothing better to do? Like actually play games?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

John Garvin wasn't wrong. Days Gone is an awesome game, but reviewers panned it for specious reasons.

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[benjipwns]

I like how that thread is distilling the second tweet down to "woke reviewers" when it was one of only three points and the last one at that with the main accusation being that they didn't play the game.

[Mupepe]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/afghanistan-taliban-closes-universities-to-women.666808/#post-98539480

Short sightedness and ignorance. Limiting education lessens our chances for scientific breakthroughs. Hell, the next Minecraft even.
A young girl could have the answer to everything and she will never get that chance because she a different gender. -10 humanity.
Fucking idiots.

Ah yes. The next Minecraft is definitely a first thought when it comes to the ramifications of what the Taliban’s ban on women’s education might mean for the world. Fucking dorks.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/which-was-worse-%E2%80%9Cyou-will-feel-ashamed-of-your-words-and-deeds%E2%80%9D-or-%E2%80%9Cwoke-reviewers%E2%80%9D.666733/

They really have nothing better to do? Like actually play games?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

John Garvin wasn't wrong. Days Gone is an awesome game, but reviewers panned it for specious reasons.

[close]

Planetsmasher

A still well-loved creator like Kojima constantly reaching for reasons to justify his CONTINUOUS creepiness towards women is worse than a failed creator completely faded from relevance bitching into the void about a game nobody liked.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/there-should-be-pausing-in-online-games.667309/

This is a subject we need to take the temperature of.

Imagine playing a racing video game online against 29 other racers , but you need to go use the toilet. You hit pause, and the game is conveniently paused—which of the following should happen for the other players?

A limited amount of time for the pausing before the game stars back up
A timer countdown until the game actually pauses
A vote for whether the pause will occur (e.g. two-thirds of players must approve)
Instantaneous pause, but a limit on number of pauses
A combination of the above options
If you could add pausing to an online game, how would you implement it?

[Potato]

Can you imagine the fuckery?

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/which-was-worse-%E2%80%9Cyou-will-feel-ashamed-of-your-words-and-deeds%E2%80%9D-or-%E2%80%9Cwoke-reviewers%E2%80%9D.666733/

They really have nothing better to do? Like actually play games?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

John Garvin wasn't wrong. Days Gone is an awesome game, but reviewers panned it for specious reasons.

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They do this regularly. "hey remember when a dev did something we didn't like?" And then they come in proudly proclaiming that they still remember and are still mad. Like they need to keep the engine running for the next outrage. The "all female characters are sluts" thread is filled to the brim with that, which is also ironic since it means there isn't even that much to whine about.

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/there-should-be-pausing-in-online-games.667309/

This is a subject we need to take the temperature of.

Imagine playing a racing video game online against 29 other racers , but you need to go use the toilet. You hit pause, and the game is conveniently paused—which of the following should happen for the other players?

A limited amount of time for the pausing before the game stars back up
A timer countdown until the game actually pauses
A vote for whether the pause will occur (e.g. two-thirds of players must approve)
Instantaneous pause, but a limit on number of pauses
A combination of the above options
If you could add pausing to an online game, how would you implement it?

You should have to put the reason you want the pause and then the voting thing so you get to learn all the reasons 29 other players (or more) refuse to think you should be able to pause their game you joined.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

"Being attacked by an intruder. Need to fight him off!"
[ ] Yes, allow the pause.
[ ] No, continue playing.

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[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/there-should-be-pausing-in-online-games.667309/

This is a subject we need to take the temperature of.

Imagine playing a racing video game online against 29 other racers , but you need to go use the toilet. You hit pause, and the game is conveniently paused—which of the following should happen for the other players?

A limited amount of time for the pausing before the game stars back up
A timer countdown until the game actually pauses
A vote for whether the pause will occur (e.g. two-thirds of players must approve)
Instantaneous pause, but a limit on number of pauses
A combination of the above options
If you could add pausing to an online game, how would you implement it?

You should have to put the reason you want the pause and then the voting thing so you get to learn all the reasons 29 other players (or more) refuse to think you should be able to pause their game you joined.

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"Being attacked by an intruder. Need to fight him off!"

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[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-2022-became-the-year-trans-hate-went-mainstream.667321/

[Averon]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/which-was-worse-%E2%80%9Cyou-will-feel-ashamed-of-your-words-and-deeds%E2%80%9D-or-%E2%80%9Cwoke-reviewers%E2%80%9D.666733/

They really have nothing better to do? Like actually play games?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

John Garvin wasn't wrong. Days Gone is an awesome game, but reviewers panned it for specious reasons.

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The "all female characters are sluts" thread is filled to the brim with that, which is also ironic since it means there isn't even that much to whine about.

They have being mainly bitching about obscure/low selling Japanese games in that thread. Been scraping at the bottom of the barrel for outrage for quite a while now. Which you'd think would signal to them that the industry has largely moved in the direction they supposedly wanted. But you can tell they can't let their outrage and righteousness go, so they are always on the hunt for a game that dare depicts a woman showing bare skin.

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-2022-became-the-year-trans-hate-went-mainstream.667321/

I saw Erin Reed post this hefty article that she helped with today, and I absolutely feel the same, trans and queer hate has ramped up considerably this year to an absolutely terrifying degree.

Erin Reed is just a random person of zero qualifications on Twitter who is consistently wrong about all sorts of things and spreads the "Trans Genocide" nonsense at the drop of a hat. Not surprised Vice would work with them to write an entire article without evidence for a single claim and that ResetERA.com would then gobble it up.

[benjipwns]

They have being mainly bitching about obscure/low selling Japanese games in that thread. Been scraping at the bottom of the barrel for outrage for quite a while now. Which you'd think would signal to them that the industry has largely moved in the direction they supposedly wanted. But you can tell they can't let their outrage and righteousness go, so they are always on the hunt for a game that dare depicts a woman showing bare skin.

I have been assured multiple times, sir, that things are currently worse in the gaming industry than ever.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-2022-became-the-year-trans-hate-went-mainstream.667321/

Oh, good to know transphobia didn't exist before the year 2022

Fucking hell, these people are so insular and rely on Twatter for all of their information and opinions.

[HaughtyFrank]

The trans genocide has been happening for years but it also didn't exist until 2022

 

[benjipwns]

ResetERA.com allows a Cyberpunk 2077 OT (2021) -> Trans hate goes mainstream (2022) -> Hogwarts Legacy OT (2023) -> ?

 

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-2022-became-the-year-trans-hate-went-mainstream.667321/

i don't know how to articulate this well mainly because english isn't my native language but i have pretty complex thoughts on this, basically i feel like all those advancements in lgbtqia+ representation within this current ultracapitalistic structure were always bound to have some pretty strong reaction from all people, even within liberal (aka centrist) circles, i think it's really easy for the right to exploit ppls fears and direct them to be homophobic, transphobic and even racist

we need anticapitalism measures to walk along trans and queer folks fighting for their rights

Unhinged Jessi77

Since it's my life on the line I think of it as human rights, and don't like political philosophies getting entangled. Are you trans? Because if not you probably shouldn't do that, if you are I disagree with the notion vehemently.

no, i'm not trans, i think what i'm trying to say is that everything is political and cis people need to be better allies to defend trans rights which are of course human rights, i really hate the system we have in place that allow this rampant transphobia that i see going on everyday in my country (it deeply affects my sister and a lot of my friends) and i feel like the right wingers get a lot of space to shift the discourse on trans people because of the very system we have in place

i'm legit sorry if what i said was wrong in some type of way, i'm willing to edit my original post if you want to

Jessi77

No, just asking you to be sensitive to the fact that thread creator and some posters are trans and it's our real life, not politics. I'm not saying don't believe it or that your wrong, but right now trans people don't need to hear that. Were on life support.

Do they want support or not? 

[Polident Hive]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/which-was-worse-%E2%80%9Cyou-will-feel-ashamed-of-your-words-and-deeds%E2%80%9D-or-%E2%80%9Cwoke-reviewers%E2%80%9D.666733/

They really have nothing better to do? Like actually play games?

spoiler (click to show/hide)

John Garvin wasn't wrong. Days Gone is an awesome game, but reviewers panned it for specious reasons.

[close]

People made Days Gone out to be like The Order wack. It was pretty fun. Really all down to motorcycle. Don’t know all the pushback about the story and all. Was about as good or bad as most game stories. I’ll give that I played it last year on PS5. Whatever they did post release, any technical issues, it was fine.

What I do remember is the ambiguous distress over Ghost of Tsushima. Remember but still don’t understand.

[benjipwns]

Do they want support or not? 

Discussion is getting productive now:

fwiw, i'm trans, and work in trans rights at the national level while living in the south, and i agree that anticapitalism is necessary for trans liberation. i deeply hear and respect my trans siblings that this isn't helpful for them in the spaces that they're in right now. for me, personally, it is, and it forms the core of the intersectional, coalition-based work in the south that i believe will ultimately serve as the blueprint for more effective organizing around the country, even in blue states that traditionally rely heavily on the democratic party.

happy to elaborate more, but i don't want to derail the thread or increase stress for community members. but i did also want the cis poster to know that i agree with their analysis and it informs a lot of trans-led advocacy work.

I think it's more that, yeah we know capitalism is one of the roots of our issues, but the problem right Now is transphobia. Capitalism has certainly played a part in transphobia, as it does for lots of "evils", but right now what really needs focus on is pushing back against transphobia. That's kinda why it's viewed as being a tad misguided (but still well-meaning) to talk about needing more anti-capitalism in a thread specifically about how much trans hate has risen and is now at the point of calling for the extermination of trans people, it doesn't really help the current problem in the present.

i think it's actually a particularly useful lens - even moreso than three years ago - given that our vocal opponents are more and more openly fascist (eg, this is literally matt walsh's stated political orientation). their transphobia is intentionally inextricable from their economics; it's a whole package created expressly for the reactionary enactment and distribution of power. but i'll recognize that this doesn't need to be the thread for it and simply express love, solidarity, and unqualified support for everyone under this umbrella with me in these dire times. the trans community saved my life and i will fight like hell for each of you in turn.

I don't think your wrong. Just isn't the thread for a cis poster to make it about all those things because this thread is specifically about how we are being hurt right now. i Want to be treated like a living being not a political point in my forum of choice is all.

The solution is ending capitalism but nobody should talk about it! It's not the time!

[Colonel Mustard]

“I know capitalism and the immiseration of working and poor people is at the root of most of the ails of society, but it isn’t specifically about me and my problems so we shouldn’t talk about it. The issues facing less than 1% of the population take precedent over the issues facing 90.” -Resetera probably

[benjipwns]

“I know capitalism and the immiseration of working and poor people is at the root of most of the ails of society, but it isn’t specifically about me and my problems so we shouldn’t talk about it. The issues facing less than 1% of the population take precedent over the issues facing 90.” -Resetera probably

You're going to feel dumb if they ever actually find a prominent person calling for the extermination of all trans people.

[BikeJesus]

I like how that thread is distilling the second tweet down to "woke reviewers" when it was one of only three points and the last one at that with the main accusation being that they didn't play the game.

Wow, so anti-woke.

[benjipwns]

He wasn't even claiming the "woke reviewers" were backlashing against the content of the game, he was using that as the reason he thinks they just dismissed the game and wouldn't play it. You wouldn't know that from the thread even though the tweet is in the OP.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/will-zangief-be-censored-in-street-fighter-6.667273/#post-98537737
Diversity Analyst Neoxon

Capcom has been dialing back the Russian parts of Zangief's character in SFV, so they'll probably just keep doing that. Plus Zangief was more of a heroic character anyway, unlike JP who's more of a villain. Even in the leaks, JP was listed as being both Russian & with an unspecified group (likely Nayshall).

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/afghanistan-taliban-closes-universities-to-women.666808/page-2#post-98558035

America is the big swinging dick here. There is nothing that can be done. America has still not released $3b that was promised. Taliban sees no incentive to placate anyone or work toward anything, so they're devolving into only thing they know best - traditional roles and society.

[benjipwns]

Personally, I'm a little skeptical that the Taliban will give up traditional roles and society for a one time payment of 1/6th of their national GDP that they shouldn't even be confiscating in the first place.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/batman-brave-and-the-bold-justice-league-the-animated-series-and-justice-league-unlimited-leaving-hbo-max-jan-31-2023.667411/#post-98555005

This shit is fucking awful, man. We're really gonna see HBO Max gut the DCAU library just cause Zaslav fucking hates animation for no reason at all. Just know, anything could be next at this rate. Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series or even Batman Beyond could be removed, all cause of Zaslav's hatred for animation. It's so sad to see.

For those curious, though:
Batman: The Brave and the Bold Season 1 Blu-Ray - $17 USD
Batman: The Brave and the Bold Season 2 Blu-Ray - $22 USD
Batman: The Brave and the Bold Season 3 Blu-Ray - $17 USD
(total: $58 USD)

Justice League: Season 1 Blu-Ray - $29 USD
Justice League: Season 2 Blu-Ray - $25 USD

Justice League Unlimited: The Complete Series Blu-Ray - $17 USD

Look, I know a lot of people here hate the idea of owning physical media and there's still very much a chance that these shows just pivot to Amazon's streaming service Prime Video but let's be real, we never know. These shows may actually be worth collecting physically so you can have it long term and not have to deal with this dumbass bullshit that Zaslav is pulling off.

[Boredfrom]

Fuck that, there is no reason to pull out those shows. They are promoting part of the HBO Max service as DC central.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Oh yeah, for sure.  I'm hoping Batman: TAS doesn't get pulled off.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/netflix-password-sharing-may-be-illegal-says-uk-government.667450/#post-98560771

Absolute nonsense. It's like saying if you buy a Blu-Ray and lend it to a friend, you're breaking the law. Just scaremongering based on nothing. Irresponsible to put it out there like this and panic people, but when have our government ever been responsible?

[Snoopycat_]

I don't use the word hero lightly but -

Just dropped my $20/month 4K one down to the $15.49/month one. Strongly considering going down to the $9.99/month, but it only supports 1 device and 720p. Idk about that.

My God. The bravery. The sacrifice.




https://www.resetera.com/threads/netflix-password-sharing-may-be-illegal-says-uk-government.667450/#post-98561662

[HaughtyFrank]

Personally, I'm a little skeptical that the Taliban will give up traditional roles and society for a one time payment of 1/6th of their national GDP that they shouldn't even be confiscating in the first place.

I also like how be basically admits that the 3 billion would go straight into the Taliban's pockets

[Polident Hive]

Via Twitter likes, people discovered Samuel L Jackson was watching porn during his 74th birthday.

This is dramatically shifting my view on psycho Twitter stalking. I’m not not interested in what the voice actor for Marth is into.

[Pissy F Benny]

Stopping everyones likes being public would be one of the better things Elmo Muskrat () could do with twitter imo, especially with how easy it is to accidentally like something when scrolling on your phone and how people stalk anyone remotely famous's likes obsessively.

[joeboy101]

I like how that thread is distilling the second tweet down to "woke reviewers" when it was one of only three points and the last one at that with the main accusation being that they didn't play the game.

(Image removed from quote.)

Wow, so anti-woke.

To them it is. The don’t want people to show equal treatment to gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders. They see those labels as not something that informs about a person, but the totality of the identity (at least, until the race label is added). For someone to say, ‘I don’t care’, regardless if meant as a promise of equal treatment, to them is an insult because that is everything they are.

Normal people are way more complicated than that.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-isnt-the-creator-of-kenshin-blacklisted.666886/#post-98489356

User Banned (2 Weeks): Inflammatory Generalization

I don't know, Japan is evil or whatever. Clearly the people who disapprove of his behavior already aren't working with him, and I have doubts his new anime adaptation is what I would call high profile.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-matrix-resurrections-came-out-1-year-ago.667459/page-4#post-98567983

This thread proves why The Matrix needed to be reclaimed in the first place. So many people angry it's not their matrix, but it never was it's the Wachowskis and it's a trans thing for real. Oh yeah I forgot I have been toldon this site in a matrix thread that any thing trans was happenstance and just happened and not intended. Fuck you phobes.

Edit:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-matrix-resurrections-came-out-1-year-ago.667459/page-5#post-98573551

When taken in the context of what it is (an aggressively angry piece of self-destructive art where a creator seeks to burn down their own creation in the name of self-expression, cultural commentary and good old-fashioned petty fuckery) Resurrections is nothing short of amazing.

Like, sorry if you wanted Matrix 4 or even a real action film (seriously, how do so many people not realise that the film being completely uninterested in the presentation of its own action sequences is the point?) but that's not the film they made so judging it under that context is completely pointless.

When taken on its own terms? Yeah this film is fucking awesome, and probably one of the best performances of Keanu Reeves' career. Easily eclipsing the original sequels and while not quite measuring up to the first film, it is a worthwhile artistic/cultural companion piece to that film.

"It's fantastic at being bad on purpose."

[joeboy101]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-matrix-resurrections-came-out-1-year-ago.667459/page-4#post-98567983

This thread proves why The Matrix needed to be reclaimed in the first place. So many people angry it's not their matrix, but it never was it's the Wachowskis and it's a trans thing for real. Oh yeah I forgot I have been toldon this site in a matrix thread that any thing trans was happenstance and just happened and not intended. Fuck you phobes.

Edit:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-matrix-resurrections-came-out-1-year-ago.667459/page-5#post-98573551

When taken in the context of what it is (an aggressively angry piece of self-destructive art where a creator seeks to burn down their own creation in the name of self-expression, cultural commentary and good old-fashioned petty fuckery) Resurrections is nothing short of amazing.

Like, sorry if you wanted Matrix 4 or even a real action film (seriously, how do so many people not realise that the film being completely uninterested in the presentation of its own action sequences is the point?) but that's not the film they made so judging it under that context is completely pointless.

When taken on its own terms? Yeah this film is fucking awesome, and probably one of the best performances of Keanu Reeves' career. Easily eclipsing the original sequels and while not quite measuring up to the first film, it is a worthwhile artistic/cultural companion piece to that film.

"It's fantastic at being bad on purpose."

They SO want to have moderators action people for not liking and bowing down to this movie.

[BIONIC]

It’s a shame that Resurrections sucked ass since Sense8 was amazing.

It also actually had a very well written trans character. Guess the supposedly most important piece of contemporary trans art doesn’t need to have that

[Nintex]

Matrix 4 is a fun movie. Not sure why people hate it. It was never going to be as good as The Matrix. But probably the second best film in the franchise.

[Boredfrom]

I just enjoy it as the pilot for a Saturday morning Matrix show.

[Pissy F Benny]

If I didn't enjoy the original Matrix does that make me Dave Chappelle or some shit?

[Daffy Duck]

If I didn't enjoy the original Matrix does that make me Dave Chappelle or some shit?

YIKES! I see you, you ain’t slick. major side eye from me dawg

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/spoilers-my-hero-academia-8th-popularity-poll-results.667123/page-2#post-98522671

User Banned (2 Weeks): Dismissive Commentary Around Bullying

Glad Bakugou is at number 1. Of course the nerds who likely got bullied in school for being lame still hate him because his archetype hits close to home but the majority knows where it's at

[Potato]

Stopping everyones likes being public would be one of the better things Elmo Muskrat ( ) could do with twitter imo, especially with how easy it is to accidentally like something when scrolling on your phone and how people stalk anyone remotely famous's likes obsessively.

That would limit the ability of blue checks ($8 please) to easily virtue signal though

 

[Potato]

Matrix 4 is a fun movie. Not sure why people hate it. It was never going to be as good as The Matrix. But probably the second best film in the franchise.

Not a high bar

[Potato]

I just want to know why the Wachowskis don't call themselves the Wachowskas?

Continuing to use the suffix -ski is misgendering themselves.

[Pissy F Benny]

Wachowskx

[Potato]

Wachowskx

I'm actually angry you took my post and saw the better joke and got more likes than me. My years of comedy school training all for nothing.

 

[clothedmacuser]

It's a good movie.




This is the best argument I've seen for why.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-matrix-resurrections-came-out-1-year-ago.667459/post-98561548

It's trans so it's a good movie. It's a good movie because it's trans.  Trans is it.  Good is trans.  Trans.  Good.

It's a 2 hour youtuber explainer

[Uncle]

I just want to know why the Wachowskis don't call themselves the Wachowskas?

Continuing to use the suffix -ski is misgendering themselves.

[Polident Hive]

I like all the Matrix movies in their own ways. What I’ll say about Matrix 4 is the action was routinely bad. Doesn’t play as well with average moviegoer who wants to be entertained. With the second, friends would say they fell asleep when the old guy is droning on about free will or some shit. But that highway chase! Morpheus slices a car with a samurai sword! Matrix 4 had a bunch of cybergoths dancing out of focus.

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-matrix-resurrections-came-out-1-year-ago.667459/page-4#post-98567983

This thread proves why The Matrix needed to be reclaimed in the first place. So many people angry it's not their matrix, but it never was it's the Wachowskis and it's a trans thing for real.

Oh, no wonder it's totally stupid, the entire thing makes zero sense and yet it's dressed up as faux-intellectual dripping with essential meaning.

But seriously, this reasoning is so stupid that I can't comprehend it and I was going to say that the forum wouldn't accept it in any other circumstances but then I remembered Nepenthe's recent diatribes on Black Panther being the first movie for Black people.

[Averon]

"The Matrix Resurrections had to be shit to reclaim its trans identity!!!"

Do they even listen to themselves

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnn-indigenous-people-are-criticizing-the-%E2%80%98avatar%E2%80%99-sequel-for-relying-on-tired-tropes.667690/#post-98599318

I still cannot get the fuck over that Cameron quote.

I mean, basically, James Cameron's raison d'etre for creating Avatar was to portray his fantasy that if the Lokata Sioux had a charismatic white man to lead them, they would have fought harder against the genocide committed against them, and wouldn't still be treated as subhuman in the modern day.

I cannot.

I CANNOT WITH THIS.

I FUCKING CANNOT.

 

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/cnn-indigenous-people-are-criticizing-the-%E2%80%98avatar%E2%80%99-sequel-for-relying-on-tired-tropes.667690/#post-98599318

I mean, basically, James Cameron's raison d'etre for creating Avatar was to portray his fantasy that if the Lokata Sioux had a charismatic white man to lead them, they would have fought harder against the genocide committed against them, and wouldn't still be treated as subhuman in the modern day.

I don't remember this part of his six hour lecture at that E3 Ubisoft Press Conference.

[ShutUp]

Are these people not aware that Cliff Curtis, one of the new actors in the sequel, is Maori and wanted to incorporate his culture into the movie? He talks about it in one of the behind the scenes videos.

[knux-future]

James Cameron said a bad thing about Marvel and thus is a bad person

keep up yall

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/today-someone-keyed-my-car-in-a-mall-parking-lot.667729/

I pulled into the parking lot around noon. The mall wasn't even crowded, there were hundreds of open spaces and I didn't see any cars driving around the immediate area. I pulled into the first spot I saw, a moderately convenient space at the front of its column, close to the mall building itself but not in front of any stores or other entrances.

A few seconds after I put it in park a guy knocked on the passenger seat window. "I know you saw me backing into that spot," he shouted through the glass. I really didn't see him, I guess I thought he was just parked in a spot opposite mine. I was taken aback but started to say I hadn't seen him and that I would move so he could take the spot.

He seemed not to be listening to anything I said because he continued shouting, "You better move your car right now. If you don't want your ass kicked three days before Christmas you're gonna move your car right now. This car isn't driving away from here unless you give me this spot, do you understand?" and so on. At this point I was actually laughing and saying fine, relax, I'm moving it. Only after I started the engine and put it back in reverse did he step away to allow me to back out.

I drove for all of 2 seconds before slipping into another spot, like I said, the lot was practically empty. I went into the mall and a couple minutes later figured I'd better go back and put more distance between myself and this guy. So I went back outside, took a picture of his plate just in case, and moved my car to the other side of the building. I didn't see anything at the time though I checked the tires to make sure they hadn't been slashed. A couple hours later as I was leaving I saw the thin horizontal line across the driver-side doors. He must have done it before I moved my car and I just didn't notice. If he did it later, that would just be sad.

I have a couple ruminations on all this, first of all when he first yelled at me I found it almost understandable. People are tense before Christmas and he felt like I ripped him off somehow. So I feel he had a right to ask for the spot and I would have been no less accommodating had he asked nicely. But I don't see why he would be so angry about it given that it wasn't such a great spot and there were many others available. But I figured maybe he's having a really bad day and sort of felt bad for him.

After I saw the key mark, I had a weird mixture of emotions and pity definitely continued to be one of them. I could sort of see how this guy would consider a scratch on his F-250 to be an immense affront, so much so that he must think that anyone else would feel the same. He didn't consider that I would barely notice a new mark on my 15-year-old Civic, which is certainly on its last legs. I can recall the voice of an irritated classmate in grade school demanding, "Did you just scuff my shoes?!" and kicking to return the insult.

Idk, feel free to share your off-road rage stories, I guess. Just felt like talking about it.

[Snoopycat_]

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Wow you let him talk to you like he’s your damn daddy. OP do you lift weights? As a grown man I can’t fathom tolerating this level of disrespect. You might need to invest in a gun OP if you’re not prepared to use your hands.

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I was just wondering cause a stranger should never be that confident they can beat on you. I’m a passive person as well, but there's nothing wrong with standing up for yourself. I mean at what level of disrespect would you be willing to do that? Would you have walked away if he spat in your face as well? Blocked your way into walking into the mall?

I never said you should’ve shot the guy, but if you live around people who are on that type of time then you need some protection.

What the fuck is going on?

Man, good for you OP for being reasonable. I’d escalate the shit out of that. Hopefully get him to throw hands so I could call the cops and let the world see what a deranged asshat they are over a parking spot. There’s no way a parking situation should ever result in attacking a car.

Plus I’m of the belief that there is a circle of hell for anyone that fucks with another persons car.

Ugh. Sorry you had to deal with that!

https://www.resetera.com/threads/today-someone-keyed-my-car-in-a-mall-parking-lot.667729/page-2

[joeboy101]

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Hopefully get him to throw hands so I could call the cops and let the world see what a deranged asshat they are over a parking spot.!

https://www.resetera.com/threads/today-someone-keyed-my-car-in-a-mall-parking-lot.667729/page-2

So, this brainiac is moralizing about someone being an asshat over parking, right after saying how they would be an asshat over parking.

Worked yourself into that shoot, pal.