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[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/for-my-fully-remote-peeps-how-do-you-get-socialization-needs-met-during-the-day.690007/

I was a big watercooler talk guy pre-pandemic (shocker!). I also loved coffee runs and happy hours.  I'm fully remote now and I don't get that anymore.

Depending on my meeting load, I sometimes go to the gym midday. Not so much to chitchat, just to get what I call ambient socialization--just having others around.

And in light meeting days, I go to my local coffee shop.  And, every few weeks, I book a Wework hot desk.

With every post/thread this guy makes, the more I’m convinced he’s some sort of AI construct.

[Greatness Gone]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/for-my-fully-remote-peeps-how-do-you-get-socialization-needs-met-during-the-day.690007/

I was a big watercooler talk guy pre-pandemic (shocker!). I also loved coffee runs and happy hours.  I'm fully remote now and I don't get that anymore.

Depending on my meeting load, I sometimes go to the gym midday. Not so much to chitchat, just to get what I call ambient socialization--just having others around.

And in light meeting days, I go to my local coffee shop.  And, every few weeks, I book a Wework hot desk.

With every post/thread this guy makes, the more I’m convinced he’s some sort of AI construct.

he posts like 10+ threads every day asking the dullest questions/covering the most uninteresting topics possible. he really needs to go back to working in an office setting because he clearly has some sort of anxiety/compulsion to talk to people that is manifesting itself into posting 100 times a day on ree.

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/for-my-fully-remote-peeps-how-do-you-get-socialization-needs-met-during-the-day.690007/

I was a big watercooler talk guy pre-pandemic (shocker!). I also loved coffee runs and happy hours.  I'm fully remote now and I don't get that anymore.

Depending on my meeting load, I sometimes go to the gym midday. Not so much to chitchat, just to get what I call ambient socialization--just having others around.

And in light meeting days, I go to my local coffee shop.  And, every few weeks, I book a Wework hot desk.

With every post/thread this guy makes, the more I’m convinced he’s some sort of AI construct.

Era: Fuck office work. There is no benefits and is corpo BS.

Later…

Era: I FEEL SO LONELY 

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/for-my-fully-remote-peeps-how-do-you-get-socialization-needs-met-during-the-day.690007/

I was a big watercooler talk guy pre-pandemic (shocker!). I also loved coffee runs and happy hours.  I'm fully remote now and I don't get that anymore.

Depending on my meeting load, I sometimes go to the gym midday. Not so much to chitchat, just to get what I call ambient socialization--just having others around.

And in light meeting days, I go to my local coffee shop.  And, every few weeks, I book a Wework hot desk.

With every post/thread this guy makes, the more I’m convinced he’s some sort of AI construct.

I swear he made a thread like this a week ago or so

[Snoopycat_]

that Jessi77 poster is a special kind of distinguished mentally-challenged that surpasses even nepenthe/kyuuji/zeovgm. I don't think I have ever seen a normal post from him. ever.

That was the first poster to start screeching about genocide. My favourite one of theirs was when they replied to someone and broke out into total dudebro. They must have been watching South Park

[NekoFever]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/wkd-box-office-%E2%80%A2-2-17-19-23-%E2%80%A2-whatcha-gonna-do-brother-when-quantumania-runs-wild-on-the-box-office.688609/page-3#post-101529892

Next week will be the interesting drop, either it matches Thor and Strange, hovers higher or worse drop.

So it'll be the same, higher or lower. Good to know.

[NekoFever]

that Jessi77 poster is a special kind of distinguished mentally-challenged that surpasses even nepenthe/kyuuji/zeovgm. I don't think I have ever seen a normal post from him. ever.

I've never seen an entirely correctly spelled one either.

[HaughtyFrank]

So Empress (the only person who consistently can jailbreak Denuvo games) has cracked Hogwarts Legacy, A lot of Rowling haters were waiting for this so they could play it without paying for it. Here is the change log by Empress:

(Image removed from quote.)

I love the crack (although I bought it) but nobody reads NFO's anymore besides some sad losers in the Crackwatch section of Reddit lmao

Empress is a moron

She's very much on the Putin message with the whole post. Makes you wonder if this is almost more for scoring points with the authorities. Ironically the game should probably be forbidden under Russias anti LGBT in media guidelines.

[Boredfrom]

That thread I saw a few weeks back about how Kang is getting people to see Ant-Man 3 looks really funny now.

I mean it did, it opened much better than the previous films so he definitely played a part in that.

Problem is, he is now seen as the saving grace of a bad film. And that's hurting the movie a lot.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/wkd-box-office-•-2-17-19-23-•-whatcha-gonna-do-brother-when-quantumania-runs-wild-on-the-box-office.688609/page-4

You and ZeoVagina were keep saying “the film isn’t  bad” and “People want to see Kang”. Hell, in the same thread people were saying there was little reason to the general audiences to get hyped as hard as they did with Thanos.

[Boredfrom]

HOLY SHIT HE MADE A EDIT JUST TO SAY:

That's good for Marvel that Kang is getting a positive reception but bad for the movie because the titular hero and his story is not working with the audiences.

 

I guess that post was to negative of Marvel. You needed to clarify and said: “THIS IS GOOD ACTUALLY. FUCK ANT MAN”.

I suspect Marvel and Disney executives are no too thrilled that they just spent a lot of money in a shit film that is going to produce little of the money they expect just to shill Kang the conqueror.

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/erik-wemple-of-the-washington-post-reports-nyt-is-in-the-processing-of-starting-disciplinary-action-against-all-nyt-employees-who-signed-op-letter.690016/

 

The people who signed the letter were dumb as fuck for coordinating it with GLAAD. At that point you're not advocating for better journalism but instead you're just pushing political activism. Now everyone is shocked that a lot of the resident journalists actually stick with their colleagues.

[porkbun]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/for-my-fully-remote-peeps-how-do-you-get-socialization-needs-met-during-the-day.690007/

I was a big watercooler talk guy pre-pandemic (shocker!). I also loved coffee runs and happy hours.  I'm fully remote now and I don't get that anymore.

Depending on my meeting load, I sometimes go to the gym midday. Not so much to chitchat, just to get what I call ambient socialization--just having others around.

And in light meeting days, I go to my local coffee shop.  And, every few weeks, I book a Wework hot desk.

With every post/thread this guy makes, the more I’m convinced he’s some sort of AI construct.

Era: Fuck office work. There is no benefits and is corpo BS.

Later…

Era: I FEEL SO LONELY 

It's not like Era posters (at least the ones who actually work) were social butterflies pre Covid.  They're the creepy IT guys who smell and mumble and have a bunch of anime figures on their desk.

And entrement has to work for some ad agency as a "social media consultant".  Even going back to GAF, all of his threads come off like customer surveys and he rarely posts in other threads.

[Boredfrom]

And Kang The Shill needs to “retaliate”

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thr-shazam-fury-of-the-gods-tracking-for-just-40m-domestic-ow.690013/

Then again:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/wkd-box-office-•-2-17-19-23-•-whatcha-gonna-do-brother-when-quantumania-runs-wild-on-the-box-office.688609/page-4#post-101725312

Marvel at least ain't DC
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/m...y-of-the-gods-tracking-box-office-1235332509/

Shazam 2 possibly aimed for a 40m OW.

 

The post was too shill even for Kang the shill.

[Greatness Gone]

The majority of people who like Marvel movies did not watch every episode of Loki (and probably haven't seen much of any MCU tv show outside of Wandavision) and they do not care about or know who Kang is. The longer this franchise goes on and the more products they make to consooooooom, the more niche it's going to become. There's a reason why Marvel is relying on Tom Holland/Hugh Jackman/Tobey Maguire and inevitably RDJ/Chris Evans in the future; they want to bring normies back instead of catering solely to the soiboi funko-pop buying diehards (who are only good for bringing in good opening weekend numbers).

Contrary to what those on Ree believe, Feige would kill for the MCU to have the multigenerational/international appeal that the culturally irrelevant Native American genociding Avatar franchise has.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/wkd-box-office-%E2%80%A2-2-17-19-23-%E2%80%A2-whatcha-gonna-do-brother-when-quantumania-runs-wild-on-the-box-office.688609/page-4#post-101724775

Yeah those are bad results for Quantumania. There is a very real chance that the film will make less than the other two films in the franchise. It's got to be a big disappointment for Marvel Studios.

 

[joeboy101]

So, Oni-Link dropped a word salad of again…

Ohthatwasdifferent.gif on the banning of games.

I think people fundamentally don't understand why HL was banned

HL made sense because it was done along with other outlets/people to ensure the story made the news and amplified the issues (which it did) while also protecting anyone who wanted a safe space to avoid hearing about the game from having to engage with it. That makes sense, regardless of if everyone agrees with it, you can see the reasoning and logic behind it (Also I think the mods deserve praise for actually enforcing the ban correctly, stopping all negative and positive discussion completely, which should always be the case if something is banned)

Banning Atomic Heart, alone, doesn't do anything. It wouldn't make the news, it wouldn't hurt the game, and no one cares what the 10k regular posters on Era do out of principle anyway. On top of that, no one is banned from being critical of the game, and criticism is more helpful in engaging and informing people than just shutting them up is. If the game had been banned a lot of posters would have missed the several other issues people have found in the game since it launched

It's the same as potentially banning Nintendo games due to Saudi investment. It wouldn't make any difference, it wouldn't elevate the discussion or join a chorus of voices or join a movement and it would make no difference to Saudi investment strategy going forward. Era isn't that important or influential in the grand scheme of things

If Era can't make a difference, or a ban isn't being used to protect users, or if the only difference a ban will make is that it will hurt the sites traffic, then obviously it makes zero sense to ban it.

I don't think anyone has ever been banned on Era for being critical of a game, publisher or developer. This is both allowed and encouraged when warrented. People are being banned for screaming that we must immediately ban things, or for derailing threads if they feel like not enough people are as outraged as they are that everyone isn't only talking about what they're concerned about

If you have followed this thread or been present in at least one thread that has been locked or reduced to a graveyard due to people screaming for bans, then you'll be well aware it's been against the rules to ask for things to be banned for some time now.

You can maybe argue there was a communication issue as to how well that rule was distributed to users (though it sounds like the rules are being worked on now anyway, which is a good step) but at all stages staff have said things may be banned in future, but that will be up to the mod team, and asking or making endless cases for things to be banned just derails threads and turns them into a shitshow.

Yes, any game or company can be banned, but that will be up to the mods to decide, and as users we're allowed to be as critical about issues within or around a game or company as much as we like. That then gives the mods a platform on which to make a decision. This system falls down when users try to demand the mods take action and then throw their toys out of the pram when they're not immediatly given what they want.

From all the stupid bullshit in this, including acting like the rationale wasn’t ‘remove JKR’s platform’, THIS is the howler:

I don't think anyone has ever been banned on Era for being critical of a game, publisher or developer. This is both allowed and encouraged when warrented.

 

Are you fucking kidding me? Ignoring the fact that he undermined his first sentence with the second with the phrase “when warrented”.

[Boredfrom]

I really liked Shazam 1, and the director seems like a decent enough dude. Is a shame the sequel is sent to die because they were vehicles to The Rock’s vanity project that failed (that ERA now admits it was not too bad). Is so gross that Era needs to shit talk the film and DC properties in any way they can. They are not even using the excuse of “DC IS FOR ALTRIGHT CHUDS” anymore. This dudes defend the superhero film genre in a hardcore way except if it involves the Distinguish Competition.

[MMaRsu]

So Empress (the only person who consistently can jailbreak Denuvo games) has cracked Hogwarts Legacy, A lot of Rowling haters were waiting for this so they could play it without paying for it. Here is the change log by Empress:

(Image removed from quote.)

I love the crack (although I bought it) but nobody reads NFO's anymore besides some sad losers in the Crackwatch section of Reddit lmao

Empress is a moron

She's very much on the Putin message with the whole post. Makes you wonder if this is almost more for scoring points with the authorities. Ironically the game should probably be forbidden under Russias anti LGBT in media guidelines.

I dont think its for sale in Russia actually 😂

[Boredfrom]

The majority of people who like Marvel movies did not watch every episode of Loki (and probably haven't seen much of any MCU tv show outside of Wandavision) and they do not care about or know who Kang is. The longer this franchise goes on and the more products they make to consooooooom, the more niche it's going to become. There's a reason why Marvel is relying on Tom Holland/Hugh Jackman/Tobey Maguire and inevitably RDJ/Chris Evans in the future; they want to bring normies back instead of catering solely to the soiboi funko-pop buying diehards (who are only good for bringing in good opening weekend numbers).

Contrary to what those on Ree believe, Feige would kill for the MCU to have the multigenerational/international appeal that the culturally irrelevant Native American genociding Avatar franchise has.

Also, isn’t Loki and WandaVision the only well celebrated Marvel shows from the Disney+ era? I felt the mainstream hype died after Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

[knux-future]

The majority of people who like Marvel movies did not watch every episode of Loki (and probably haven't seen much of any MCU tv show outside of Wandavision) and they do not care about or know who Kang is. The longer this franchise goes on and the more products they make to consooooooom, the more niche it's going to become. There's a reason why Marvel is relying on Tom Holland/Hugh Jackman/Tobey Maguire and inevitably RDJ/Chris Evans in the future; they want to bring normies back instead of catering solely to the soiboi funko-pop buying diehards (who are only good for bringing in good opening weekend numbers).

Contrary to what those on Ree believe, Feige would kill for the MCU to have the multigenerational/international appeal that the culturally irrelevant Native American genociding Avatar franchise has.

yeah I am big loser nerd and even I'm getting burnt out lol.

Doesn't help that many of the "new guard" are charisma vacuums that can't lead for shit. Killing off Ironman and Cap, and not having full control of Spidey, Neutering Hulk and Thor and Chadwick's untimely death all meant they needed to have a big name in place...and they don't. Far too often the lead character of each project has been the least interesting part of it by far.

But also sometimes you just have enough of something and its time to move on lol

Lots of people don't seem to grasp that especially in the loser nerd areas of media

[Boredfrom]

The majority of people who like Marvel movies did not watch every episode of Loki (and probably haven't seen much of any MCU tv show outside of Wandavision) and they do not care about or know who Kang is. The longer this franchise goes on and the more products they make to consooooooom, the more niche it's going to become. There's a reason why Marvel is relying on Tom Holland/Hugh Jackman/Tobey Maguire and inevitably RDJ/Chris Evans in the future; they want to bring normies back instead of catering solely to the soiboi funko-pop buying diehards (who are only good for bringing in good opening weekend numbers).

Contrary to what those on Ree believe, Feige would kill for the MCU to have the multigenerational/international appeal that the culturally irrelevant Native American genociding Avatar franchise has.

yeah I am big loser nerd and even I'm getting burnt out lol.

Doesn't help that many of the "new guard" are charisma vacuums that can't lead for shit. Killing off Ironman and Cap, and not having full control of Spidey, Neutering Hulk and Thor and Chadwick's untimely death all meant they needed to have a big name in place...and they don't. Far too often the lead character of each project has been the least interesting part of it by far.

But also sometimes you just have enough of something and its time to move on lol

Lots of people don't seem to grasp that especially in the loser nerd areas of media

Is kind of sad of hard they mismanage Black Panther. It was probably better for both the character’s and Chadwick’s legacies to recast TChalla. The first film is excellent (outside of the CG), no need to replace the fictional character because the real life actor will still be fondly remembered.

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/racist-incel-approaches-young-interracial-couple-on-the-street-and-verbally-harasses-them-for-dating-one-another.689941/page-2#post-101714593

This is only gonna get worse. Especially with the supreme court likely going to make interacial marriage illegal again in the next couple of years.

 

Edit:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/racist-incel-approaches-young-interracial-couple-on-the-street-and-verbally-harasses-them-for-dating-one-another.689941/page-3#post-101716636

I wish people would stop doing this. Roe Vs. Wade was safe too, remember, and everyone was saying the same thing and in the decision they called out those things, add in Florida and other states trying to outlaw anything that makes people level to whites or even discussion of racism thinking it's doubtful is extremely shortsighted. If you still can't see they want a literal white Facist ethnostate I don't what to tell you.

Wasn't it too long ago when they chastised Mindy Kaling for chasing that white dick in every show she writes?

[Boredfrom]

They also saying all this like neither the Republicans or the Supreme Court are not feeling the after effects of the decision.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thr-shazam-fury-of-the-gods-tracking-for-just-40m-domestic-ow.690013/#post-101722303

Watching actors pretending to be kids pretending to be adults gets old pretty fast.

He posts this in a forum manchildren throwing bitch fits if someone badmouths Marvel

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thr-shazam-fury-of-the-gods-tracking-for-just-40m-domestic-ow.690013/#post-101722303

Watching actors pretending to be kids pretending to be adults gets old pretty fast.

As a Latino, I can say this isn’t true, for better or worse.

[Polident Hive]

Think some audiences just grew up. Not in a derogatory sense. Ten years from now, that normal audience will be parents keen to introduce their children to their childhoods. Right now they’re more focused on careers and relationships; not the adventures of ant man.

As for the current gen of kids whose introduce is ant man 3, yeah, I can see why they’d opt for tik tok, fortnite, or isis propaganda.

[MMaRsu]

The only good thing Marvel right now is Marvel Snap and I dont unserstand why yall are so obsessed with Marvel as it is 😂

[Boredfrom]

Make Tron 3 with daft punk (don’t care they are done as a group, money) and Joseph Kosinski (  ) YOU COWARDS!

[Greatness Gone]

The only good thing Marvel right now is Marvel Snap

ngl bros aside from Marvel Snap, Midnight Suns is also pretty based. It's like a shitty 2005 Bioware RPG with a fun strategy game attached.

[Boredfrom]

The only good thing Marvel right now is Marvel Snap

ngl bros aside from Marvel Snap, Midnight Suns is also pretty based. It's like a shitty 2005 Bioware RPG with a fun strategy game attached.

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I just don’t want to join Blade’s Book Club.

[Nintex]

The majority of people who like Marvel movies did not watch every episode of Loki (and probably haven't seen much of any MCU tv show outside of Wandavision) and they do not care about or know who Kang is. The longer this franchise goes on and the more products they make to consooooooom, the more niche it's going to become. There's a reason why Marvel is relying on Tom Holland/Hugh Jackman/Tobey Maguire and inevitably RDJ/Chris Evans in the future; they want to bring normies back instead of catering solely to the soiboi funko-pop buying diehards (who are only good for bringing in good opening weekend numbers).

Contrary to what those on Ree believe, Feige would kill for the MCU to have the multigenerational/international appeal that the culturally irrelevant Native American genociding Avatar franchise has.

Yup, Marvel jumped the shark once the movies became the 'endings' of TV shows and not just the Avengers but everything became a continuation plot. When it was just 2 movies or so a year it was easy to follow and you could just go out with your friends to watch the latest Marvel movie. Now people that haven't seen the previous 4 or related TV show yet miss half of what's going on.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/feb-22-2023-baltimore-sun-nearly-a-year-later-chris-rock-opens-up-on-a-baltimore-stage-about-%E2%80%98the-slap%E2%80%99.689890/#post-101703850

Thing everyone knew would happen, finally happens.

Chris Rock is a comedian. He makes material out of stuff that happened in his life. Is anyone surprised he's going to make material out of it?
And I'm pretty sure it'll be funny, because he's good at what he does.

It is what it is.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/feb-22-2023-baltimore-sun-nearly-a-year-later-chris-rock-opens-up-on-a-baltimore-stage-about-%E2%80%98the-slap%E2%80%99.689890/page-3#post-101723818

Besides…I mean…where’s the joke?

You probably had to be there to get that. Or, sometime in the future, watch on Netflix / HBO or similar service.

Me, I think all 3 of those people will be just fine, still rich, still respected in each of their own fields. Sure, there's some stuff I wouldn't know if Will never had slapped Chris, and everyone came out with their analysis of the history of that marriage, but even that wasn't exactly secret, I just wasn't looking in the right places before.

But there are going to be jokes, that one is just how things go.

[Nintex]

Think some audiences just grew up. Not in a derogatory sense. Ten years from now, that normal audience will be parents keen to introduce their children to their childhoods. Right now they’re more focused on careers and relationships; not the adventures of ant man.

As for the current gen of kids whose introduce is ant man 3, yeah, I can see why they’d opt for tik tok, fortnite, or isis propaganda.

This only works if you keep the quality up like Nintendo. By giving every kid or teen a handheld or console from 1989 to 2023 they've created 'generations' of fans.
Your first Zelda can be Zelda NES, Link's Awakening, Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess or Breath of the Wild. They all leave a great impression.
Nintendo made far more good games than bad games, while with Disney Marvel we've almost reached a point where most are bad.

[nobody of note]

Someone in Constructive asked why SkillUp was banned.

In a rare occurrence, a moderator responded with reasoning:

This is a pretty good reference on why we have chosen not to provide a platform for them: https://www.resetera.com/threads/respectfully-is-there-ever-a-circumstance-where-banned-content-creators-can-be-unbanned.427394/#post-65188451

The linked post, from a random member in 2021:

Quick google search reveals why he was banned on this website:

(Image removed from quote.)

Above just a few videos he made with his brother on a different channel.

Source: https://www.resetera.com/threads/skill-up-delets-cod-blops4-review-video-due-to-post-launch-monetisation.91020/page-10

He never apologized for making typical gamergate content in the past.

The literal next post in that thread, from an Administrator who locked it:

Others have already addressed the reason for the ban, so we are locking this thread. In the future please submit these kinds of questions through the ticket system.

I mostly just really appreciate the implication that the actual staff has fuck-all internal resourcing on their ban decisions, and the only way members can know is from posts in threads that, per staff, shouldn't exist in the first place. Really combats the 'moderation is capricious and intentionally vague to let them do whatever' vibe.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Someone in Constructive asked why SkillUp was banned.

In a rare occurrence, a moderator responded with reasoning:

This is a pretty good reference on why we have chosen not to provide a platform for them: https://www.resetera.com/threads/respectfully-is-there-ever-a-circumstance-where-banned-content-creators-can-be-unbanned.427394/#post-65188451

The linked post, from a random member in 2021:

Quick google search reveals why he was banned on this website:

(Image removed from quote.)

Above just a few videos he made with his brother on a different channel.

Source: https://www.resetera.com/threads/skill-up-delets-cod-blops4-review-video-due-to-post-launch-monetisation.91020/page-10

He never apologized for making typical gamergate content in the past.

The literal next post in that thread, from an Administrator who locked it:

Others have already addressed the reason for the ban, so we are locking this thread. In the future please submit these kinds of questions through the ticket system.

I mostly just really appreciate the implication that the actual staff has fuck-all internal resourcing on their ban decisions, and the only way members can know is from posts in threads that, per staff, shouldn't exist in the first place. Really combats the 'moderation is capricious and intentionally vague to let them do whatever' vibe.

reported

[Boredfrom]

Yeah, if I was a comedian I will not be thrilled if one of the biggest stars of the world, even if he is a cuck, slaps me in the face in national television because I made a slight jab to his wife, who cheated on him and humiliated him publicly.

Will smith apology being a stealth ad for his son brand of water was also quite comical. The dude had an unhappy childhood family life, but overcompensates like a motherfucker.

[Propagandhim]

Stealing is wrong.

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/j-k-rowling-and-her-legacy-of-hate-the-uk-gender-critical-movement.643740/page-54#post-101626864

Hidden post saga from the TERF BITCH thread:-

February 8:

I was at working trying to get stuff done when my coworkers started talking about Harry Potter. One of my bosses actually threw her baby a Harry Potter Birthday party and everyone thought it was just so fucking darling and cute, and all started gushing about how much they love HP and have reread the books recently and i was basically shut down unable to work emotionally, because I'm honestly getting to the point where even mentioning words from the series infuriates me.

ANYWAYS, I realized part of why they could have such a positive conversation was probably because they were unaware of what Rowling has been doing as they aren't active on twitter and social media sites like that. I didn't want to go butting into their super happy positive conversation about their love of HP to tell them the truth, but I'm on the equity team at my job and part of my job is teaching people about social justice and equity issues in a civil and educational way.

I'm thinking of talking with my other boss about it in our private meeting tomorrow to see if there's a way i can use this moment as an educational moment to teach my coworkers about Rowling is doing and let them form their own opinions from there. I think if she's involved I can make sure it's done in a professional and civil way instead of just angrily calling Rowling a terf and horrible person like I do in online circles LOL.

I guess the main thing will be finding the best sources I can use that work in a work based setting, but I really want to do it, just to use this moment to teach things and hopefully give myself some peace of mind at work lol

Thanks everyone for your well wishes and concerns. I had concerns of my own, which is why I wanted to talk about it with my boss first. The meeting itself went very well, and she agreed that something needs to be done just because she wants the office to be a safe place for everyone. She just wasn't sure how to go about it, so she suggested reaching out to the rest of our Equity team and seeing what they suggest since some are more experienced at having hard conversations over micro-aggression. I sent an email summing up everything, and one member is already being supportive so I have some hope but still am wary anything will happen.

My entire goal with this is to educate and hope that my coworkers understand where I'm coming from. The hard part is unlike the internet, I have to see these people every day, but again if I can find a way of presenting it in a professional and civil way, maybe there's a chance. Anyways, we shall see.

Today:

Update on the situation at work. I had the meeting. Due to scheduling conflicts it almost got pushed to another month from now, but but was pretty gun ho about making it happen so we had it yesterday with just a few people. Over all the meeting itself went well but there was some discussion about it, as it happens one of my coworkers who is queer is very pro HP still and while hating Rowling with every fiber of her being still supports the series. We talked for a while about how to present the information to the office in the best way, and some debate of "do we want to get in the way of people's joy came up." A hypothetical was even put forth about "what if a trans friend of yours still finds joy in the series but doesn't know about Rowling, do you tell them?" At which point I said yes to both.

People should know what's going on, so they can be informed and decide on their own whether they want to still engage with a series.

Anyways, the conclusion was to write a email explaining the situation and once it gets approved send it to my office. That way people can choose to read and engage with the email on their own time and privately debate how they will handle it. I felt this was the best way of doing it because people who were going to ignore the topic can continue to do so, and there should be less push back on "why are we taking time away from the meeting to talk about this?" from the assholes in my office lol.

I wrote the email draft and sent it off to the team for review, so we'll see how that goes.

Additionally, my boss sat down with me to discuss it and made it clear that I am 100% valid in my opinion and stance on things, but I also can't be critical of others and need to let people do what they want. She approves of me informing others, but doesn't want any issues in the office because people disagree with each other. I also have to accept that people will probably still talk about the series in the office, and I can't tell them not to talk about it.

So basically my conclusion is that this whole thing has been a failure LOL. While I'm being told my feelings are valid and I'm allowed to educate people, I'm also told to respect "whether people continue to enjoy this series or not" but honestly this is what I should have expected.

[Boredfrom]

Over all the meeting itself went well but there was some discussion about it, as it happens one of my coworkers who is queer is very pro HP still and while hating Rowling with every fiber of her being still supports the series.

 

A hypothetical was even put forth about "what if a trans friend of yours still finds joy in the series but doesn't know about Rowling, do you tell them?" At which point I said yes to both.

The Android Sophia method of brainwashing.

[Greatness Gone]

Resetera, where it is completely normal for adults to get triggered over a toddler's Harry Potter themed birthday party. 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/j-k-rowling-and-her-legacy-of-hate-the-uk-gender-critical-movement.643740/page-54#post-101709604

Also, I saw that the latest Binging with Babish video on YouTube is sponsored by that wizard game. One of my favourite series goddamn it.

 

[joeboy101]

I would be notifying HR over being required to go to a meeting that stupid.

[Greatness Gone]

I don't even understand what the fuck that user wants? Her boss was extremely evenhanded with her and gave her basically the best response possible in a corporate environment. What more was her boss supposed to do? Make a company-wide ban on talking about Harry Potter? 

[Cauliflower Of Love]

I don't even understand what the fuck that user wants? Her boss was extremely evenhanded with her and gave her basically the best response possible in a corporate environment. What more was her boss supposed to do? Make a company-wide ban on talking about Harry Potter? 

Understand!

[Lonewulfeus]

I don't even understand what the fuck that user wants? Her boss was extremely evenhanded with her and gave her basically the best response possible in a corporate environment. What more was her boss supposed to do? Make a company-wide ban on talking about Harry Potter? 

Yes

[Greatness Gone]

WAIT! This part in particular fucking killed me:

She just wasn't sure how to go about it, so she suggested reaching out to the rest of our Equity team and seeing what they suggest since some are more experienced at having hard conversations over micro-aggression

Normies talking about a kids birthday party and renowned book series is a microaggression?

I swear to god these people have never faced real discrimination once in their lives.

[cosmicblizzard]

https://twitter.com/BenjiSales/status/1628856341342085124

Congrats to everyone that thought their little boycott mattered. Could've had a bunch of streamers doing charity drives using the game, but instead everyone has a bad taste in their mouth and supportive trans discourse is worse than it was 2 weeks ago.

It actually reminds me of the Mr. Beast controversy where people's feelings and insignificant misconceptions trump actual material change, so someone working within the "system" (capitalism in that case) to make things better gets torn down because that's a "win" for the system itself, as if said system is even capable of losing. 

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/welcome-new-members-introduce-yourself-here.119184/page-31#post-101707114

Welcome all, have fun and enjoy.

“Unless I see Hogwarts on your trophy list, then I’ll murder you and eat your family.”

[NekoFever]

Everyone makes fun of HR when we get a company-wide email about safety when using stepladders or some shit. Imagine getting one about discussing Harry Potter.

[jorma]

https://twitter.com/BenjiSales/status/1628856341342085124

Congrats to everyone that thought their little boycott mattered. Could've had a bunch of streamers doing charity drives using the game, but instead everyone has a bad taste in their mouth and supportive trans discourse is worse than it was 2 weeks ago.

It actually reminds me of the Mr. Beast controversy where people's feelings and insignificant misconceptions trump actual material change, so someone working within the "system" (capitalism in that case) to make things better gets torn down because that's a "win" for the system itself, as if said system is even capable of losing.

oh my god dude has 65k followers, he is bigger than resetera and the second biggest human benji i know of 

[Averon]

https://twitter.com/BenjiSales/status/1628856341342085124

Congrats to everyone that thought their little boycott mattered. Could've had a bunch of streamers doing charity drives using the game, but instead everyone has a bad taste in their mouth and supportive trans discourse is worse than it was 2 weeks ago.

It actually reminds me of the Mr. Beast controversy where people's feelings and insignificant misconceptions trump actual material change, so someone working within the "system" (capitalism in that case) to make things better gets torn down because that's a "win" for the system itself, as if said system is even capable of losing.

All this entire "boycott" did was expose millions of people to trans people for the first time, and the first impression they got were that trans people are a bunch of hyperbolic, insane bullies you don't want to be around.

[paprikastaude]

https://twitter.com/BenjiSales/status/1628856341342085124

Congrats to everyone that thought their little boycott mattered. Could've had a bunch of streamers doing charity drives using the game, but instead everyone has a bad taste in their mouth and supportive trans discourse is worse than it was 2 weeks ago.

It actually reminds me of the Mr. Beast controversy where people's feelings and insignificant misconceptions trump actual material change, so someone working within the "system" (capitalism in that case) to make things better gets torn down because that's a "win" for the system itself, as if said system is even capable of losing.

benji_sales was supposed to be the hero 

edit:

Look at these clowns mistaking him for an actual analyst

https://twitter.com/jahranimo_/status/1628857098116243457

[Boredfrom]

https://twitter.com/BenjiSales/status/1628856341342085124

Congrats to everyone that thought their little boycott mattered. Could've had a bunch of streamers doing charity drives using the game, but instead everyone has a bad taste in their mouth and supportive trans discourse is worse than it was 2 weeks ago.

It actually reminds me of the Mr. Beast controversy where people's feelings and insignificant misconceptions trump actual material change, so someone working within the "system" (capitalism in that case) to make things better gets torn down because that's a "win" for the system itself, as if said system is even capable of losing.

Remember when Resetera claimed that Warner Bros games had nothing, that they should imitate Disney and license their IPs and they were going to be sold.

[Greatness Gone]

Remember when Resetera claimed that Warner Bros games had nothing, that they should imitate Disney and license their IPs and they were going to be sold.

Going off gotham knights and today's suicide squad trailer I'm thinking they really should do this. 

[Nintex]

If you think you did a bad job today, keep the suits of EA, Microsoft and a dozen other companies in mind that passed on buying Warner Bros. Games for peanuts before Hogwarts came out 

[Uncle]

imagine if joanne got one dollar from every sale and she used 2 million of those dollars to buy era from moba

[Nintex]

Anyhow, Nintendo now has a target to beat with Tears of the Kingdom Nintendogs Switch 

 

Tears of the Kingdom

[close]

[HaughtyFrank]

I don't even understand what the fuck that user wants? Her boss was extremely evenhanded with her and gave her basically the best response possible in a corporate environment. What more was her boss supposed to do? Make a company-wide ban on talking about Harry Potter? 

That seems to have been the hope. I feel bad for the boss having to take care of her like some toddler.

[Boredfrom]

Remember when Resetera claimed that Warner Bros games had nothing, that they should imitate Disney and license their IPs and they were going to be sold.

Going off gotham knights and today's suicide squad trailer I'm thinking they really should do this. 

Suicide Squad looked great for what it is (a live service co op game). It looked better than The Avengers at least.

Is still a miss fire because is a co-op live service game, but not for the lack of talent.

[HaughtyFrank]

Suicide Squad feels like a game that was greenlit 5 years ago when GAAS was the hot shit and now after the long development cycle people are already sick of it again.