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[nobody of note]

Era doing that thing where people one both sides of an argument are just totally fucking insufferable:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/tucker-carlson-will-relaunch-his-show-on-twitter.717859/post-105485020

I really, really don't give a fuck about people's bargaining justifications/rationalizations for staying to give value to what is now the preeminent platform for fascist rhetoric on the internet. That is what they are doing, full stop. I don't care if they are being critical of the fascists there. I don't care if they have a platform there. In fact, if they have a platformed audience that comes to the site for them, that's even worse.

I want you to respond to this article:
https://businessmodelanalyst.com/is-twitter-profitable/

Note, literally every single attempt that Elon has made to give more value to the website has been for the benefit of the alt right. I will give you three guesses as to what leftist communities have been constantly compromising and undermining those efforts so much so that months after a 44 billion dollar acquisition the website is LESS profitable than it was before, aka, less than ZERO

What communities:

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People aren't just going "ladeda I'll just drop a couple likes and be none the wiser about the whole fascism thing." They are actively undermining Musk. Daily. On the daily. While he's giving them an entirely and slowly dying platform to do so.

I grew up in basically "fascist ground zero" of the United States. Basically all my childhood friends are/were, at best, fully tolerant of the fascism washing over this country and the world. At worst, they were straight up fascists/fascist sympathizers. You know what I did? I fucking put my money where my mouth is and cut all of these people out of my life without hesitation when it became clear that there was no reaching them and I was at best wasting my time/energy/mental health and at worst sharing the company of and giving aid and comfort to fascists.

You're not my main character my dude. Do you genuinely not have the critical thinking skill to realize that twitter is the vast majority of twitter's userbase is lefist? Like have you only kept a tangential eye on the situation while riding that high horse?

I gave up on people who had been in my life for 20+ years, yet people can't give up their internet socialization plaything that they literally do not need/they can find alternatives to if they tried, and I straight up think it's some pathetic shit. I'll say it here, and I'd say it right to your face in real life because it's what people need to hear. I lost my entire REAL LIFE social network pretty much and it's awful for me, but I did it because it was THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

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So is directly fighting fascism fam. Like your situation does not encompass the reality or lives of millions of people. Nor is it the only valid method to combat fascism. Because it's not even necessarily combating it because I'm pretty sure your ground zero state is probably still the same way and if it's not and there's been major shifts it's most likely due to major disruption via protests and demographic changes. You personally leaving didn't help the situation.

So spare me the finger wags, you are incapable of shaming me on this.

Yes, the people fighting using their huge platform/community to fight fascism instead of ignoring the problem are finger wagging. Yes THOSE people are the problem. /s

Let me repeat. IGNORING the issue contributes to fascism, not maintaining a website's leftist leaning. Abandoning the fight helps fascism. You even compared this communitie's situation to what happened at the old website.

So spare me the finger wags you are incapable of shaming me on this. Trying to shame me for calling people out on their bullshit isn't going to work, I'm sorry. It's a total backfire on these people's parts. You aren't making me look bad, you are making you and the people who are tolerating this shit for personal benefit look bad. Good people putting up with the fascism for individual gain is EXACTLY HOW FASCISM COMES TO POWER GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEADS.

YOU'RE the one finger wagging. Because TIL using a huge platform with an inclusive community to fight fascism actually helps fascism. Instead of just dipping and doing nothing BUT encouraging others to dip helps fascism. You've been patting yourself on the back for dipping from the community you grew up in instead of doing anything that could enact meaningful change while straight up accusing anyone of still using twitter as contributing to fascism for using a website that's literally not profitable. So TIL
-Artists, aka millions of people across the world
-Several subcommunities of the black twitter userbase, aka millions of people
-Several subcommunities of the LBGT twitter userbase, aka millions of people
-Leftist politicians with millions of followers
-Leftist celebrities with millions of followers

and the average twitter user speaking out AGAINST fascism=helping fascism. The sheer amount of smug self congratulation to come to that conclusion is amazing.

"HOw DaRE yoU usE THE EXISING CoMMUNIties TO CoNsTANtLY UndeRmiNe tHE efForTS OF tHe AltRIGHT And aLTRIgHt aDjaCEnT. dO WhaT i dId. As what Idid is the only valid method"

A hit dog will holler.

You know what. Provide an actual receipt to back up your claims. You claim that by using twitter people are helping fascism by giving twitter itself value and that the people using it are saying that they're ok with fascism. Provide a receipt to your claims.

-What is twitter's current value since the takeover and how has it been affected?
-What have leftist communities done to benefit and add to the value of twitter post Musk takeover
-What verifiable metric can we use to deduce that Tucker Carlson's announcement will aid twitter
-HOW DOES FIGHTING FASCISM AID FASCISM?

i am willing to bet neither Crossing Eden nor Sunny D show up in the history books for their anti-fascism contributions in the great twitter wars

[Greatness Gone]

I feel like in a world of unprecedented access to indie and global media, it's actually much easier to drop artists who are shitbags than ever before, or to get away with not having seen some classics due to things like the Polanski situation

So why doesn't Nep take her own advice and drop Overwatch for something else given that the Blizzard employees who made it have a long history of sexual harassment?

[BIONIC]

A hit dog will holler.

He said the line

[BIONIC]

I feel like in a world of unprecedented access to indie and global media, it's actually much easier to drop artists who are shitbags than ever before, or to get away with not having seen some classics due to things like the Polanski situation

So why doesn't Nep take her own advice and drop Overwatch for something else given that the Blizzard employees who made it have a long history of sexual harassment?

Playing as the revolutionary Lucio for 5000 hours helps fight fascism (and what the hell, probably genocide too), shitlord

[Straight Edge]

It was always about excusing the media you like and condemning what you don't care for.

[Propagandhim]

Imagine having the privilege to tell me that I have to stop playing Overwatch.  It's not about Blizzard - this is bigger than Blizzard.  The amount of relief from physical and mental pain this game has brought to me and my inner circle has come from the community, especially fellow Lucio enthusiasts, not the corporation.  I can't go to the doctor because the hospitals are knee-deep in that sticky icky misogynoir, and you want to take my medicine away from me?  Like you actually want me dead?  Cool cool cool.

[Raist]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/quit-my-job-time-to-make-my-game-wish-me-luck.718024/

Yeah, he’s fucked.

Dude says he has enough money saved to be financially set for several years, which….must be nice.

To be fair living in your parents' basement must be pretty economical.

[clothedmacuser]

I grew up in basically "fascist ground zero" of the United States. Basically all my childhood friends are/were, at best, fully tolerant of the fascism washing over this country and the world. At worst, they were straight up fascists/fascist sympathizers.

I would really like to know where this is.  Celebration, Florida?

[Propagandhim]

fully tolerant of the fascism washing over this country and the world. At worst, they were straight up fascists/fascist sympathizers.

So basically what Kyuuji is doing by staying on Twitter

[HaughtyFrank]

Crossing Eden thinking he's fighting fascism by posting on Twitter has to be a new level of slacktivism. How pathetic can you get? Twitter not being profitable has absolutely nothing to do with the communities "fighting back" and in fact it's Musk's search for profit that pushes him more and more into directions that helps the right

[Propagandhim]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tucker-carlson-will-relaunch-his-show-on-twitter.717859/page-7

Seriously. Spare us the "You dont understaaaaaaand" stuff. Its whatever man. Do what you are going to do, but don't have the audacity to try and pretend that folks pointing it out are somehow being weird or unfair.

It is entirely valid to point out that it's not a black and white situation and that smugly patting yourself on the back and abandoning the platform instead of undermining the alt right rhetoric on the daily because you've either personally built up or are a part of the reason why twitter is majority leftist in the first place would not in fact help the situation.

Look, it's true that Twitter is a platform run by a fascist chud that can tweak all the levers of control and tries to promote nazism, that is all true, but we're doing important anti-fascist ops by sticking around and clicking the heart button.

I've argued at length in topics concerning what aiding fascism looks like. Twitter users have been doing the opposite of helping Elon.

Social media addict brain slacktivism.  No convictions.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-peter-parker-did.694717/page-15#post-105480046
They always find their ways lol

[Propagandhim]

"Actually telling the nazis to fuck off on the daily is only helping them. You are clearly ok with fascism if you keep doing that. Just switch websites otherwise you are personally responsible for their actions." is an absurdly bad take. No matter how self aggrandizing a person is about it.

This is like the first appointment a doctor has with a type-2 diabetic; when he tells the lardass they can't have carbs anymore. 


"Actually fighting back against my body's faulty endocrine function and not taking a bunch of medication from mysogynoiristic doctors so I don't accept a slow death, and joyless, sugarless, existence is actually a bad thing. cool cool cool."

[Uncle]

Crossing Eden thinking he's fighting fascism by posting on Twitter has to be a new level of slacktivism. How pathetic can you get? Twitter not being profitable has absolutely nothing to do with the communities "fighting back" and in fact it's Musk's search for profit that pushes him more and more into directions that helps the right

Social media addict brain slacktivism.  No convictions.

it's almost beyond this...all language is heightened online because everyone secretly knows that no one is actually doing anything of substance, but you all have to mutually pretend or else what are you even doing

"fighting a fierce battle" = typing a short response while angry

"campaigning for justice" = wrote an email to a government official or organization which got sorted into spam

"emotionally abused" = someone sent me a mean message (from their perspective they were "fighting a fierce battle")

"struggling with crippling depression" = left social media for a calculated amount of time to be able to say this for pity

"neurodivergent" = most likely self-diagnosed in order to claim minority status (otherwise you'd specifically say "autistic")

"genocide" = people are saying things I don't like

"nazis" = the people mentioned above

[nobody of note]

Crossing Eden thinking he's fighting fascism by posting on Twitter has to be a new level of slacktivism. How pathetic can you get? Twitter not being profitable has absolutely nothing to do with the communities "fighting back" and in fact it's Musk's search for profit that pushes him more and more into directions that helps the right

If hurting Twitter's profitability is the true measure of fighting fascism, it must make Musk the biggest antifa on the platform. Man saddled the company with a billion in interest payments annually solely for  the privilege of being owned by him, and has done nothing but make increasingly desperate and doomed moves since taking over. I do not care how many angry hashtags they trot out, no leftist group is going to be able to out-sabotage Musk when it comes to Twitter.

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-impossible-has-happened-in-fast-food.717955/

After years of false promises and outright lies, someone has finally made a fast food sandwich that is...actually *spicy*.

Behold, the Wendy's Ghost Pepper Chicken Sandwich:
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[ispoiler]The picture is kinda awful, it looks fine in person[/ispoiler]

Now as a bit of background, I am not a person who partakes in fast food often.  It is my guilty pleasure when I am going to be driving for a few hours and want a bit of that 'American Road Trip' experience, or a bit of nostalgia from when I was a kid and the only time we got to have fast food was the handful of times a year when we going to be on the road for hours doing whatever adult thing we were expected to tag along with while challenging our bladders to survive.  A piece of America's health and obesity epidemic in a bag.  At home I cook almost entirely vegetarian, with some seafood mixed in for meals with my spouse and a bit of bacon now and again on weekend mornings for me.

So usually the only meat I eat is when we're going out.  Sometimes that was beef, but those trips to 'Murica Meatville have been a disappointing waste of 'special break of diet'.  So I've come to lean on chicken sandwiches for my road food vice.

I've had a fair number of chicken sanwiches from more upscale locations that do a great job, but they're not quite the same.  For example Bissell Brothers brewing in Portland, ME does a great Nashville Hot, oily and burny and crispy (plus awesome beer and they get bonus points for LGBTQIA+ friendliness and Tottenham support), but when you want to spend a few minutes in a drive through and come away with fries you forgot to ask for ketchup with, an oversized 'regular' soda with piles of ice, and a mass produced sandwich you can eat while driving down the interstate without wrecking your clothes, ya need that fast food experience.

Wendy's has sorta been Popeye's diligent if always outshone chicken-sibling these past few years.  The Popeye's Spicy Chicken Sandwich rules the roost - a juicy, sizeable, solidly breaded and always crispy hunk of chicken.  A pair of surprisingly solid pickle slices that are *thanks the heavens* not bread-and-butter pickles.  A solid bun, and a shmear of tangy mayo sauce stuff that in the spicy version awakens that part of your brain and mouth that want something to provide a little kick without actually challenging your spice tolerance.

Wendy's in the past has made a good go of it with the Chicken Pub Burger (which has a special association for me now) and does well when you're in the many stretches of New England that are devoid of Popeyes.  It's not the same, but it does well enough.

Today, today though I popped in and got the 'Spicy' version of the Ghost Pepper Chicken sandwich, and Wendy's has done good.

At the start of a three hour haul, in my stick shift GTI (important to note for how it can sometimes complicate eating), I swung into a local Wendy's, got my order, and started down the road.   I forgot to ask for the Ghost Pepper fries, and as usual I forgot to ask for ketchup, so I had a pile of straight up dry ass fries to hit first.  They did a solid job of updating them.  They were pretty crispy, generously salted, and had the soft interior you want.  Def better than the old ones and a nice prelude, if a bit weird to eat with nothing to dip them in. So I guess pre-kudos to Wendy's for having fries that aren't as terrible as Burger King's (not that that's hard).

After that I cautiously opened the Ghost Pepper Chicken sandwich wrapper.  Something slid out and tried to find its way down the hand brake slot.  Thankfully it didn't make it but I wasn't sure what it was... A crispy little chunk of breading?  I glanced briefly at what was inside the wrapper and there were more of them.  I picked one out and tried it.  Friend onion with a bit of mild tang to it.  Strange, did they accidentally get some onion rings into the wrapper?  Then I had the first hint of what was to come..

The little fried bit of onion...was actually spicy.  That sort of spicy you get with say cayenne where it's not there hitting you in the face, but rather it lies in wait.  You don't think it's coming then all of a sudden it roars up and goes "HEY IM HERE".

I was kinda excited now...

So I took my first bite near the edge.  It had some very fast foody cheese to it, a nice crispy patty, some nice sauciness that tied it together, and a serviceable bun.  Once again, after a few seconds, it hit me.

This was actually *spicy*.  Not Hot Ones "Oh god I'm crying" spicy, but enough that I wished I'd saved some fries.  Hot enough to go for my water to wash it down.  Hotter by a fair margin over the Popeye's Spicy Chicken Sandwich.  As hot as Taco Bells' "Fire" or whatever their hottest sauce *should* be but really isn't.  It had some nice flavor to it - it wasn't just heat, it seemed to actually get some of that ghost pepper flavor through.  The lettuce and slice of tomato was perhaps a bit confusing, but I was cool with it.  Not every chicken sandwich needed pickles, especially when almost everyone fucks those up.  The crispy hot onions I'd found in the wrapper turned out to be a sandwich topping and were a good addition - extra texture, a bit of sweetness, and more heat.  I ate it up.  The heat came at a surprisingly steady pace, not bound by one lonely topping having to carry the load.  The onions, cheese, sauce, and perhaps even the breading on the chicken all contributing.  The choice of toppings and bun called back to chicken sandwiches before Popeye's blew up that world.  It was what these sandwiches could have been before everyone chased what Popeye's had created.

I ate the sandwich and noted how the spice stayed with me for a good 30km beyond when I'd crumbled up the wrapper and stuffed it into the empty fries container.  Not too shabby.

So well done, Wendy's.  It feels like a gamble to do something with some actual heat in a fast food setting.  "Fast Food Hot" exists 'cause, lets be honest, the bulk of the people getting fast food just want to think they're eating something spicy without it actually being spicy.  You did ask if I wanted the 'Regular' or 'Spicy' Ghost Pepper sandwich, and while I went for the 'Spicy' I do wonder if the 'Regular' is more in line with what one might expect.  So maybe that's your play.  Either way though, you kinda went for it here and I'm wishing now the Popeye's 'Spicy' Chicken Sandwich had this heat.

That being sasid time I need to remember to order the correct fries...

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[TacoWallace]

I had that yesterday and it wasn't very spicy at all. The fuckin' spicy nugs had way more kick.

Also...

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-impossible-has-happened-in-fast-food.717955/#post-105468508

That sandwhich looks like the ending of some porn you find on the 20th page of the genre you searching in

Did Slayven just admit to a poop & puke fetish?

[HaughtyFrank]

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Also...

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-impossible-has-happened-in-fast-food.717955/#post-105468508

That sandwhich looks like the ending of some porn you find on the 20th page of the genre you searching in

Did Slayven just admit to a poop & puke fetish?

Also sounds a lot like boys club rhetoric 

[Greatness Gone]

Does this distinguished mentally-challenged fellow ever get tired of sucking Disney's teat? On what planet is Loki good television?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/disney-sheds-4-million-subscribers-in-second-straight-quarterly-drop-streaming-losses-narrow-by-26.718261/page-2#post-105488164

I cancelled my sub after realising i haven't enjoyed any of their shows, they're all mediocre at best but most of them are just terrible.

I assume you're referring to the non-Star Wars and MCU stuff? As it would be pretty crazy to say the majority of those shows are "terrible."

Even "mediocre at best" would be wild when Andor, WandaVision, Loki and Werewolf by Night exist.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tucker-carlson-will-relaunch-his-show-on-twitter.717859/page-7#post-105491116

Super weird to see someone go on a massive rant trying to shame people while shouting "you can't shame me, you can't shame me".

 

[Taco Bell Tower]

Does this distinguished mentally-challenged fellow ever get tired of sucking Disney's teat? On what planet is Loki good television?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/disney-sheds-4-million-subscribers-in-second-straight-quarterly-drop-streaming-losses-narrow-by-26.718261/page-2#post-105488164

I cancelled my sub after realising i haven't enjoyed any of their shows, they're all mediocre at best but most of them are just terrible.

I assume you're referring to the non-Star Wars and MCU stuff? As it would be pretty crazy to say the majority of those shows are "terrible."

Even "mediocre at best" would be wild when Andor, WandaVision, Loki and Werewolf by Night exist.

You're right, Loki was actually great IMO, the rest? Not so good IMO.

ZeoVagina

... Andor?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/me-and-the-wife-are-going-on-a-trial-separation-wondering-if-people-can-let-me-know-their-experience-of-it.717733/

Married for 12 years, together for 17.. have 2 kids (8&6)..

We haven't been happy for a bit to be honest, we aren't arguing or anything... Just feel like we are more friends really...

So anyway this weekend we both had a chat and it came and we ended up just being honest with each other about how we both feel.. turns out we've both been considering separation..

So we're going to give a trial separation a go..

Likely means I'm going to move out to my dad's for a few months and see how it goes..

Ironically today we went out shopping and got along today better than we have for a while.. it was nice and we enjoyed each others company...

I'm even excited at the thought of making a new house my own...

It does feel like an opportunity.. but maybe I or we will dislike it.. hence the trial...

Got to make sure the kids are ok as well... But I'm willing to have them 50% of the time...

Everything is very amicable at the moment.. we have even started discussing how we'd share our things and finances and stuff if we did split for good...

So anyone got experience or wisdom about a similar situation they're willing to share..

I'm not sure how this is going to go... I know moving to my dad's is going to absolutely suck tho..

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tucker-carlson-will-relaunch-his-show-on-twitter.717859/page-7#post-105491116

Super weird to see someone go on a massive rant trying to shame people while shouting "you can't shame me, you can't shame me".

 

I wish KF ban bot would work cuz I recall Laughing Banana tried shaming Kyuuji for playing Cyberpunk 2077 while Kyuuji was screeching about how transphobe it is.  Laughing Banana got a ban for it

[HaughtyFrank]

Does this distinguished mentally-challenged fellow ever get tired of sucking Disney's teat? On what planet is Loki good television?

https://www.resetera.com/threads/disney-sheds-4-million-subscribers-in-second-straight-quarterly-drop-streaming-losses-narrow-by-26.718261/page-2#post-105488164

I cancelled my sub after realising i haven't enjoyed any of their shows, they're all mediocre at best but most of them are just terrible.

I assume you're referring to the non-Star Wars and MCU stuff? As it would be pretty crazy to say the majority of those shows are "terrible."

Even "mediocre at best" would be wild when Andor, WandaVision, Loki and Werewolf by Night exist.

You're right, Loki was actually great IMO, the rest? Not so good IMO.

ZeoVagina

... Andor?

I like how he's negotiating him down. Saying that he liked two shows out of the 12 or so they released still isn't exactly a slam dunk. I'm not sure if Zeo even really watches these shows, all he does is consume and then he checks the Rotten tomatoe rating and adjusts his arguments accordingly

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mothers-basement-the-roast-of-the-seven-deadly-sins.717379/page-2#post-105467311

User Banned (1 Month): Antaongistic and inflammatory rhetoric across multiple posts, account in junior phase

I will watch this video later but placing the blame at netflix's feet at the "overedginess" of anime is...laughable at best, especially looking at this season of anime.

Great, glad to hear I made you laugh! On that humorous note, you should also watch a video about recency bias, since it appears you demonstrate it rather frequently. On a less humorous note, you should also watch a video on PTSD-like symptoms of having gone through the pandemic, since it seems to have distorted your sense of time. Far as I can tell, only edge runners has been released on Netflix within the past 12 months.

"Antaongistic"

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/should-people-with-children-receive-additional-pto-time-off-at-work-versus-those-with-no-kids.717796/page-8#post-105449848

User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory Generalization

But parents aren't the only people who benefit from parents having more paid time off. First off is the kids themselves. And anyone who interacts with the kids in the future. And if this is extended over time, this also means that after a point everyone benefits because everyone will have had the benefits when they were kids.

Someone who gets it.

Thread is full of shortsighted people who probably weren't raised right because their parents weren't able to take time off their jobs to do it.

[Greatness Gone]

WHY do they even bother with the "account in junior phase" shit when they're more than willing to ban a longtime poster in the blink of an eye? Pointing out that a banned user just joined is just an additional layer of elitism mods get off on participating in.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/mothers-basement-the-roast-of-the-seven-deadly-sins.717379/page-2#post-105467311

User Banned (1 Month): Antaongistic and inflammatory rhetoric across multiple posts, account in junior phase

I will watch this video later but placing the blame at netflix's feet at the "overedginess" of anime is...laughable at best, especially looking at this season of anime.

Great, glad to hear I made you laugh! On that humorous note, you should also watch a video about recency bias, since it appears you demonstrate it rather frequently. On a less humorous note, you should also watch a video on PTSD-like symptoms of having gone through the pandemic, since it seems to have distorted your sense of time. Far as I can tell, only edge runners has been released on Netflix within the past 12 months.

"Antaongistic"

Edit: I don't think any criticisms made about a particularly poorly made commercial about Netflix's anime ventues is a reasonable springboard for how Netflix is or isn't doing when it comes to being an anime publisher. Netflix has a lot of problems, but the notion that they are either intentionally trying to sabotage the industry in order to make their own in-house anime somehow more appealing, or that they're so stupid that they don't know what they have is bad is....quite frankly ridiculous. I think the lines you've point out here by MB are tongue-in-cheek piss takes to drive home how bad that one particular commercial (and it is a commercial) was.

Netflix's selections have been pretty hit or miss when it comes to anime, but they have hit, multiple times. Their problem is how they showcase these productions which is bad for ALL of Netflix, not just anime. But their selections, especially in 2023, all make sense, even if a bunch of them are probably going to be middling, like the Gamera reboot and the adaptation of Yakitori.

And, getting back to the point of the thread, continuing 7 Deadly Sins (though it's in for a penny, in for a pound at this point, they're not going to stop).

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

Crossing Eden thinking he's fighting fascism by posting on Twitter has to be a new level of slacktivism. How pathetic can you get? Twitter not being profitable has absolutely nothing to do with the communities "fighting back" and in fact it's Musk's search for profit that pushes him more and more into directions that helps the right

I love how he’s getting baited into writing essays to respond to a user who is obviously trolling him (it’s says bait in his avatar  )

[Propagandhim]

I'm sorry, that thread is amazing.  You literally take something away that they like or in excel's case, her life revolves around, and they throw a fit.





You can't write out the name of a video game on this forum without getting banned.  You drew the line at a video game for children, why wouldn't you draw the line at a fascist neonazi billionaire emerald mine slaver tweeting about black violent crime?!  At least that's what you constantly bitch about.  So where is the same conviction to not support the offending person/product? These hypocrites, man.   

Performative smugposting just hits different 👌

Anyway, Every time I get in my car, it tells me "greetings Sketch, thank you for supporting fascism love Elon" and I shed a tear

Lmao people tripping over themselves to publicly sniff their own farts with this kind of performative smugposting has to be one of my favorite things about this site

the average twitter user speaking out AGAINST fascism=helping fascism. The sheer amount of smug self congratulation to come to that conclusion is amazing.

Oh now it's "smugposting"

[joeboy101]

WHY do they even bother with the "account in junior phase" shit when they're more than willing to ban a longtime poster in the blink of an eye? Pointing out that a banned user just joined is just an additional layer of elitism mods get off on participating in.

I'm thinking its more public posturing for the other posters.

"Look at the unwashed despicable masses that continue to try and infiltrate this site! THIS is what we do for YOU! Be thankful."

[BIONIC]

Once someone uses a phrase they all immediately parrot it. Actual hive mind shit

[D3RANG3D]

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[Potato]

Meanwhile because our profits went up 10% Nintex raised the salaries of all his hard working great people 10% this year and bought a new $3000 coffee machine (that I negotiated down to $1750) with a touch screen that makes latte macchiatos

Stop capitalisming Nintex. You're destroying the world.

[Uncle]

WHY do they even bother with the "account in junior phase" shit when they're more than willing to ban a longtime poster in the blink of an eye? Pointing out that a banned user just joined is just an additional layer of elitism mods get off on participating in.

also what is the exact definition of junior phase

number of posts, join date, or both?

I think I once saw a junior phase ban with like 1000 posts

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tucker-carlson-will-relaunch-his-show-on-twitter.717859/page-4#post-105438034

Everyone keeps judging me for not deleting my account and actively contributing to a platform that amplifies antisocial right-wing voices and the descent into madness, but did you ever think of the cost of not allowing me to advertise my personal brand shouting into the infinite void? Let's get some perspective here people. The most important thing is me and my voice and my brand.






/s

 

User banned (permanent): Troll account

Holy fuck 

this would be an acceptable viewpoint on Ree if it targeted literally ANYONE other than kyuuji. kyuuji is such a worthless fucking cunt.

From what I'm seeing on Twitter, Trump called the host a "nasty woman" and the crowd cheered and clapped?

Everyone who has any ties to CNN should be fucking embarrassed.

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/more-positive-cancer-vaccine-news-vaccine-for-pancreatic-cancer-shows-promise.718351/

Jessi: 

[Uncle]

WHY do they even bother with the "account in junior phase" shit when they're more than willing to ban a longtime poster in the blink of an eye? Pointing out that a banned user just joined is just an additional layer of elitism mods get off on participating in.

I'm thinking its more public posturing for the other posters.

"Look at the unwashed despicable masses that continue to try and infiltrate this site! THIS is what we do for YOU! Be thankful."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struggle_session

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/disney-pulling-a-zaslav-as-the-company-preps-some-content-off-streaming-as-well-as-greenlighting-less-content-in-strategic-rethink.718330/

Again, not the biggest fan of Max changes, but I have yet to see the same level of vitriol against Iger/Disney outside the occasional “anti” corpo thread.

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/more-positive-cancer-vaccine-news-vaccine-for-pancreatic-cancer-shows-promise.718351/

Jessi: 

Did those scientists consult with the people who enjoy having pancreatic cancer before deciding to pursue this cure? I doubt it.

[Averon]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/more-positive-cancer-vaccine-news-vaccine-for-pancreatic-cancer-shows-promise.718351/

Jessi: 

"What? You 'allies' didn't achieve universal trans acceptance on our behalf yet? Fuck you, genocide enabler. No cancer vaccine for you."

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/more-positive-cancer-vaccine-news-vaccine-for-pancreatic-cancer-shows-promise.718351/

Jessi: 

No cancer vaccine until Jessie77 is given access to a full XX chromosome clone and consciousness transfer. Until then, you can all die painfully knowing that you are committing genocide against trans people.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

It was always about excusing the media you like and condemning what you don't care for.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-you-have-difficulty-and-conflict-separating-the-art-from-the-artist.716764/page-4#post-105485521

I have a really easy system for whether or not I consume media made by horrible people.

I ask several questions to my self:

1. Does the media still give me joy despite knowing what the creator/person involved did?

- if no I get rid of stuff connected to said media.
- if yes then what I do depends on the next questions.

2. Does the problematic person still profit off of said media?

-if no, I can consume the media if it still gives me joy.
-if yes, I do not financially support the media but enjoy what stuff I already own/can get for free

3. Does the problematic person fund/actively support harmful things/groups that harm people.

-if no, I will still not financially support the media because the person is still horrible, but a purchase like once in 10 years isn’t that big of a deal.
-if yes, I will not financially support the media and will go out of my way to tell those supporting the media what the person is finding/the harm they are doing.

These questions all apply to people still alive of course. For cases where they are dead I usually just base it on question 1.

Also even if a media still gives me joy, I will never always acknowledge why their creator is horrible. I actually diss and shit on Lovecraft while talking about the stories of his I enjoy, or fully acknowledge the problems in the stories of his I enjoy.

Company-wide email over a Harry Potter birthday party, but will read Lovecraft.

[Boredfrom]

I mean, Lovecraft is dead and his work is public domain.

[Transhuman]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tucker-carlson-will-relaunch-his-show-on-twitter.717859/page-7#post-105491116

Super weird to see someone go on a massive rant trying to shame people while shouting "you can't shame me, you can't shame me".

 

I wish KF ban bot would work cuz I recall Laughing Banana tried shaming Kyuuji for playing Cyberpunk 2077 while Kyuuji was screeching about how transphobe it is.  Laughing Banana got a ban for it

Couldn't find it but did find this

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-boycotting-video-games-is-a-joke-youre-falling-for-it-by-nate-the-hate-and-modern-vintage-gamer.651657/page-3#post-96118512

This is anecdotal, but it just simply puzzles me when I see someone who is claiming to have a very strong feeling regarding a VG company and a game that releases due to moral reasons, but then proceeded to play the game anyways, day 1, and even using VPN to unlock the game earlier, even using justification saying that they have the game gifted to them and so it's okay since they're not buying it like WTF, why does it make any difference since the person gifting the game for them also give money to the company.

Stuff like that puzzles me. People that justify stuff to make themselves feel better about doing things they're supposedly railing against in the first place, at least be honest with it.

Just a little anecdote,  targeting no-one in particular.

[Greatness Gone]

HONEY it’s time for your daily dose of soyboys being triggered over nobody liking Aloy!

https://www.resetera.com/threads/horizon-forbidden-west-has-sold-8-4-million-units-horizon-franchise-at-32-7-million-units.717583/page-14

that thing people love about nathan drake but hate about aloy for 'some reason'

Well Nate is relatable because he guns down hundreds of people in search of treasure while talking.

lol. no its not the "chatter "

there are just a new breed of internet morons brainwashed by other morons, thinking any fresh representation is an agenda against their sad existence.

always add a healthy dose of console warring too, especially around here.

Funny how this sort of discourse mostly pops up whenever we talk about Horizon or TLOU

Maybe I would have replied back then, but i'm not going to act like a dipshit and pretend I have not caught onto the fact that the common denominator here is queer female leads, and outsider conversations in other platforms nitpicking every component of the female character designs.

Pathetic.

You'd think Horizon was the Antichrist by how some people be reacting in these threads lmao. I don't get it man lol.

I have a hypothesis about this and I do believe a huge part of the hate for Horizon comes from people who took the initial Horizon vs  BotW “battle” too personally and can’t now accept that Horizon didn’t fall and completely fail. This hypothesis also includes people who hate characters who talk with a passion and also believe cinematic games are lesser games and have bad gameplay or something.

A user with sense explains why Horizon gets the criticism it does and is instantly mass reported by Soyny stans.

User Warned: Drive By Trolling

Its a shame it's this series that's a complete snoozefest filled with unlikeable characters with nothing interesting to say and tedious Ubi like openworld busywork pulling in the numbers and not an actually good game like Returnal..

 

[FUME5]

I feel like in a world of unprecedented access to indie and global media, it's actually much easier to drop artists who are shitbags than ever before, or to get away with not having seen some classics due to things like the Polanski situation. There's always someone else around the corner- probably for free or cheap- either doing something that interests you, or perhaps doing something that you never thought you needed. Expand your horizons.

Ignore history. It might make you feel bad.

Oooo-h Kay. Gotcha.

 

Suddenly ol neppy aint a fan of paying artists.

[PogiJones]

Thought of RE and my Bire homies

[PogiJones]

The whole "stay on Twitter to fight fascism" strat would be a lot more convincing if they weren't also muffling their own voices with their Twitter blue protest. Like, come on:

1) If you want to protest Twitter blue to make Twitter fail, you should quit all the way, because by staying there you're keeping it as the premier public discourse platform.
Or
2) If you admit Twitter isn't going anywhere despite your Twitter blue protests, then ceding the algorithm visibility and all top responses to your enemies is a terrible way to "fight fascism." It's as bad a strategy as "Let's funnel all the Hogwarts eyeballs away from us and toward our enemies by silencing ourselves."

Pick a strategy and stick with it. By doing each strategy only half way, you're simply giving your opponents all the visibility and power and getting nothing in return.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

The whole "stay on Twitter to fight fascism" strat would be a lot more convincing if they weren't also muffling their own voices with their Twitter blue protest.

In eras case in particular, it would be a lot more convincing if they had - for example - stayed on orange gaf factchecking people when it went full trumptard.

[PogiJones]

Tbf, for Gaf, they went all in on option 1 and successfully tanked the site. That's exactly what I mean. They're trying to go halfsies now because Twitter is bigger than they are and they know it, so it doesn't work. If they really want to "fight fascism," they should be spending $8/mo and taking up top comment spots instead of patting each other on the back for "sticking it to Elon" while their opponents take over the public eyeballs.

[Snoopycat_]

It's amazing that ponys still refuse to accept that most people don't care about it because it's a boring Ubi clone with terrible A.I

[HardcoreRetro]

I bought the game and I don't care for it either. It's one of the most insultingly patronizing games I've played since the Tomb Raider Reboot games. Dear lord, shut the fuck up bitch and let me play the damn game.

[Potato]

It's amazing that ponys still refuse to accept that most people don't care about it because it's a boring Ubi clone with terrible A.I

Is it though?
 

[Snoopycat_]

Meanwhile Visawife -

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-fell-for-the-steam-discord-unlawful-purchasing-illegal-activities-false-report-emily-kent-scam.718384/

[BIONIC]

This genius is a “mental health professional” btw 

[HaughtyFrank]

His wife saved him 

My wife notices I've been away in a room for hours now, trying to resolve this issue. I fess up about this, and her being a lawyer and much better at finances, says it's a scam

[BIONIC]

Meanwhile Visawife -

https://www.resetera.com/threads/i-fell-for-the-steam-discord-unlawful-purchasing-illegal-activities-false-report-emily-kent-scam.718384/


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Just from the OP:

first red flag

Another red flag

Should have picked that up as a red flag

Another red flag

Another red flag

Another red flag.

Again a red flag that my boomer arse was confused but gave in to.

[SmokyDave]

   Jesus, he’s got to be as thick as pig shit. I was pissing myself reading those messages. How the fuck did he not see that was a scam immediately?!

Always funny seeing these worldly thought-leaders get got by something that my kid could’ve easily seen through. There are even typos in the broken English 

‘Just buy this gift card…’ and he STILL fell for it. Ah man, I’m getting stitch from chuckling.

Edit: “being a lawyer and being good at finances” is killing me. She just needed a lukewarm IQ and basic reasoning skills you tit 

[team filler]

how much needs to be overlooked to fall for the trans genocide scam 

[Potato]

What a fucking idiot. Not just because he got scammed, but because he publicly posted about how fucking idiotic he is for everyone to see.