EtcetEraThreadTrying to be more informed about Palestine/Israel
ReasonUser Banned (5 days): Do not invoke Nazi comparisons in this topic
Nazi's felt it was OK for them to punish other races to create their beloved ethnostate because they felt that they themselves had been punished in the past by their "scheming". Nowadays we've got Israeli politicians calling for the destruction of other races in Palestine to secure a ZIonist ethnostate because apparently Arabs want nothing more than to exterminate all Jews.
It might go into complex history of why the two ethnicities have and are clashing, but there's really easy to understand reasons why so many people find the actions of Israel's current government, and even opposition, disgusting. If you can't accept that the actions in Palestine are at their most very basic, ethnic cleansing, you need to rethink your position.
GamingThreadJim Sterling: Borderlands 3 - The Totally Unbiased Critique (Jimpressions)
ReasonUser Warned - Thread Derailment
I literally can't listen to his voice. Sounds like daggers slicing my eardrums. He just has that kind of timbre to his voice. Very shrill. Very very annoying to listen to.
GamingThreadYou 3 favorite genres, and in each genre, your first, last, and favorite game
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EtcetEraThreadSam Smith comes out as non-binary (see staff post for discussion guidelines)
ReasonUser banned (3 days): Ignoring staff post.
All these pages of debate, and really the amusing thing is he announced his preferred pronouns set in type that looks like the next YA novel movie adaptation blockbuster.
EtcetEraThreadYoung Australian couple traveling across Asia to prove how safe travel is held in prison in Iran for 3 months now
ReasonUser Banned (2 weeks): homophobic point of comparison
And no gay man should be murdered for being gay, either. But I'm not gonna not shake my head if you start kissing your boyfriend in broad light in Iran or Pakistan.
What "should" be is a nice theoretical concept, but it doesn't help any real person.
GamingThreadLTTP: Sea of Thieves - is this a joke?
ReasonUser banned (5 days): Console warring, history of similar infractions.
Yeah it's probably the most boring game ever, no redeeming qualities imo other than beautiful water. I'm honestly regretting purchasing X, there are no great exclusive games outside of Forza Horizon 4 and Gears 5 (can't even call the 2 goty contender), worst console in terms of exclusive and UI, luckily i'm on gamepass so it's cheap
GamingThreadNintendo Argentina webstore is selling digital codes for some switch games. Katana Zero ($3), Wargroove ($4), Risk of Rain 2 ($8), etc
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GamingThreadCan we not call objectification and sexualization “fan service”?
ReasonUser Banned (Duration Pending): Trolling and Misrepresenting Concerns of Sexist Objectification; Prior Severe Ban for Excusing Blackface
This is why women don’t need (predominantly )white males defining their agency.
I’d rather be a pervert than an idiot who seeks validation in controlling some sort of weird cleavage agenda. It’s the double standard born out of deeply rooted puritanical and misogynistic ideals.
GamingThreadNintendo files multimillion-dollar lawsuit against ROM website, RomUniverse
ReasonUser Banned (7 days): Justifying piracy, history of severe infractions
That’s sweet. I played earthbound for the first time on an emulator in 2006. I also have a physical copy that my sister purchased in 1999 that I played in 2010. I was also part of a 30+ member forum community of people who mostly played emulated games. We were all teenagers or in our early 20s, you think we had money to buy shit? So there’s roughly 20 people right there who pirated Earthbound. Here’s a hint, most people pirated Earthbound because most people weren’t going to pay $60 for Earthbound in 2003, let alone $50+ going forward.
Also it’s been stupid expensive since like 2009. I’ve been following racketboy for long enough to remember their rarest SNES games list and while EB rated low on rarity, it still averaged about $100-$150 in 2009.
This is what is wrong with the left. Instead welcoming positive change with open arms, people expect you to die living a life they deem correct and then maybe you will earn their forgiveness/whatever it is you think you offer. Fuck this attitude. It's what fuels so many people to go right in the first place where they are welcome without being forever ridiculed for some dumb ass reason. Nobody has to burn at the stake and give up all worldy possessions to earn your good graces, it's unreasonable and illogical. No better than the thing you claim to hate.
GamingThreadPewDiePie donates $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League to apologize for Christchurch Shooting, surprises some "fans"
ReasonUser Banned (1 Week): Hostility, history of trolling.
Old? What are you twelve?
Basically, you're nagging about someone donating money while you're doing nothing in your moms basement, ok then 'smarty boy'? What is that even?
GamingThreadCan we not call objectification and sexualization “fan service”?
ReasonUser banned (1 week) Misrepresenting concerns around sexist objectification, whataboutism.
This. Look at Capcoms alt costumes for proof.
I love how this forum is totally fine with shooting a face off but seeing some leg or a bra is like a calling for censorship. Then again you can walk around stores with a gun but you can't be a prostitute cuz Murica.
EtcetEraThreadFirst impressions for Rian Johnson's KNIVES OUT
ReasonUser Warned: Trolling, Thread Derail
This is the first director in my entire life that I am actively boycotting after the complete trash of TLJ. Then I learn he directed the Fly episode of BB and it all comes full circle.
GamingThreadCan we not call objectification and sexualization “fan service”?
ReasonUser banned (permanent): defending and admitting to enjoying the sexualization of minors
Because I don't think it's disgusting. It's disgusting to treat real people like that, but I think it can exist just fine in media and there's plenty of artists that do it for fun and plenty of people who can like it without treating women like thatI do like some of it, plenty of people can be into it and still be healthy
GamingThreadMy name is plusaflag and I need an engaging Yaoi game on Switch...
ReasonUser Banned (3 Days): Antagonizing another member; misrepresenting their post history
Not yet. There are some junky ones, but nothing like the volume of good stuff the Vita had. Hopefully those ports + localizations start happening soon.You sure do fling "pedophile" on a hair trigger. Like, a large percentage of your post history.
EtcetEra HangoutsThreadUS PoliEra 2019 |OT7| "May God Ruin Him"
ReasonUser Banned (5 Days): Inflammatory accusations, Antagonizing other users
I've encountered plenty of Trump supporters who didn't bother to vote in 2016. Warren's published writings from the time speak to her political/economic position in 1980.
You and Kirblar are really all aboard the "being called a racist is worse than being a racist" train, aren't you?
white people will literally cross the street to avoid sharing a sidewalk with a PoC but will happily treck into volatile regions just to show their instagram followers how #wanderlust is #magic
GamingThreadMan killed after being "swatted" over $1 COD wager
ReasonThis user was banned (3 days) for wrongfully generalizing all police as bad in a subsequent post and comparing them to Nazis in this post.
No, he wasn't. It doesn't counteract the evil of his role. It's like saying there were good Nazis.
There weren't. Being a cop nullifies anything you do that isn't terrible.
GamingThreadIt feels like it's getting harder to discuss thing calmly in the gaming community
ReasonUser banned (1 week): inflammatory community generalizations
The problem with Era specifically is that in an attempt to prove how woke they are, people often argue against points you never even brought up. They want an argument, not a discussion.
More than once I’ve posted something and gotten a reply from someone arguing against shit I never even said because rather than engaging in an actual discussion, people on here just want to argue and prove how right they are and how wrong you are if you don’t share every single one of their beliefs.
I always have and still do believe that I’m an extremely liberal and left leaning person but honestly this site just exhausts me and embarrasses me sometimes. It’s full of hypocrites who just want any excuse to “cancel” another human being who doesn’t live up to the impossibly perfect standards they’ve set.
I’ve really grown to dislike this site over time. People here rag on NeoGaf, and while I’d never post there again, at least there simply having an opinion isn’t enough to get you banned. The moderation here is terrible, you can catch a ban for simply not being liberal enough, and as a liberal, that’s some bullshit. You’re not liberal at all if you feel the need to ban and exile everyone who shares an opinion you don’t agree with.
GamingThreadAt what point did you believe in Final Fantasy VII Remake?
ReasonUser warned: thread whining
At what point did i believe that these "At what point did you believe in " threads were the most worthless things in existence? Coincidentally the exact same time i realised that as lock happy as the mods can sometimes be on this site they are apparently fine with there being 438 different threads on every single tedious individual detail of Death fucking Stranding instead of perhaps encouraging people to take all that discussion into a nice self contained thread rather than making a new one every 5 minutes.
GamingThreadWhy is Cloud gaming often viewed as a threat to consoles but not PC gaming?
ReasonUser Warned - Off Topic Driveby
Many PC gamers are willing to go to war for being told they need to open this window to play a game instead that one. I don't see streaming making a dent in that audience.
GamingThreadPewDiePie pulls $50,000 pledge to Jewish anti-hate group after fan backlash
ReasonUser Banned (1 Week): Trolling and Antagonizing Other Users Over Multiple Posts in this Thread; Accumulated Infractions
This thread right here is exactly what is wrong with Era. I wonder if people find joy in just getting outraged at thread titles and throw themselves into a fit over some streamer. Outrage culture is not a good look.
GamingThreadPewDiePie pulls $50,000 pledge to Jewish anti-hate group after fan backlash
ReasonUser Banned (permanent): trolling and dismissing bigotry; prior severe ban for dismissing concerns surrounding representation and numerous bans for inflammatory behavior
He never said that at all. Do you want to have an actual discussion or instead keep perpetuating strawmen since they're easier to knock down than the actual reality of the situation.
PDP are on multiple occasions unequivocally apologised for his mistakes and taken full and sole responsibility. Are you just going to ignore that because it doesn't fit your narrative of him "failing to take responsibility"?
What PDP is talking in his latest statement in regards to the MSM is 100% fact and a massive issue with the MSM. PDP has thousands upon thousands of hours of completely and utterly banal content. When the MSM covered him they instead focused on what? 10-20 minutes collectively of content? To be on the safe side lets say it's collective 1 hour. How much as a percentage of his work does that represent? far less than 1%.
They ran with this 1% and shouted about it for the roofs tops and disseminated to countless people as if it was the majority of the content he put out. Yes PDP's actions are his own, no question about that. And if he hadn't done shitty things then the media wouldn't have had shitty things to report on. But he's fully correct in saying the media played a part in perpetuating the negative image he has. I'm not sure what this has to do with anything. PDP said something/did something shitty and faced repercussions as a result. That's a fact.
