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I disagree. I took a month or two break or so from here and a lot of social media websites and barely heard of Trump for about 2 months, and I got along just fine and the world didn't collapse. My mental health improved significantly. If you're not American then what's going on there is not as relevant to you as you think.
Also, I feel like a lot of American rhetoric is divisive in nature and this is fueled by their 24/7 news cycle. For example on the NFL protests, I don't want to hear redneck beer bellies think the military and patriotism is on death's doorstep because a couple of football players didn't stand for the anthem, but this is all anyone on the news talks about for a couple of days. It's textbook example of making a mountain out of a molehill. When you're not American it's easy to get sick of this and not deal with this nonsense if you don't have to.
Just reading around there yesterday, I can't help but feel this thread is a response to one of their posters taking a break because of how shitty it is there now (low grammar low information posts to rile the same people up) with very few posts for fun
So of course someone had to make an equivalent "both sides" post here even though we do have plenty of non-political posts about comics, movies, tv, life etc
This is explicitly a concern trolling thread where not ignoring current events means everyone is engrossed in some outrage culture and do nothing in real life because the people who project that image actually ignore current events and do nothing in life; but they just want to talk about games and how women shouldn't be in them
Thanks for diagnosing me. I thought I saw children in cages. It was actually Desi Arnaz.
User Banned (1 Week): Misrepresenting moderation. Accumulated infractions.
No, they are not.
I received a 14 day ban for LITERALLY posting the definition of the word "tame" from dictionary.com. Copied and pasted.
I was told I was trolling because I read the context of a sentence different than the OP. Disagreeing with the OP on a definition of a word caught me a 14 day ban.
It was absurd.
When you look at it that way, what is the justification for even having seperate gaming and off topic sub forums in the first place?
That just lets gaming stay in its safe, trump-free bubble. If people need to be exposed to this for the public good, why does gaming side get to skate off scot free?
You could show some small measure of self-discipline and not view those threads you dislike.
You don't get to fucking tone police people being rightfully angry at injustices around the world.
It's a false equivalency. There a lot of OT options for posters to enjoy. There is even a whole gaming forum about it. It's ok!
That's true, but much of what the 'man' does leads to guttural and charged responses. E.G. putting fucking children in a camp.
This or just stay on gaming side. Things are pretty bad right now and we can't ignore that.
Is this a problem for you when the news media does the same exact thing?
Who said they only strictly want to talk politics? They're not asking for your Jurassic World threads to be moved, you're asking for their political ones to be moved because you find them unsightly/ overbearing.
What is don't click this thread for 200?
Perish the thought!
Very much so.
It doesn't affect you personally, and me neither for all that matter, but it affects the world for sure. When the biggest nation in the world goes all Neonazi, cuts himself from his allies and start to get friends with dictators, it has an effect on the whole world, even if we don't notice it.
Anyways, leaving that out before we go full off-topic... It's fine if you cut out of the news and your mental health improved. Seriously, do whatever the best for you because health is always first, get out of Era, use plugins, ignore threads or users... all of that it's fine.
My only problem is coming here and saying that Era should have a sub-forum for the "trash", sorry but if the news affect you is on you sorely, and you're the only one that has to do something, not the rest of us.
Everyone that came from Era knew this forum would be this way, because this is what we were before.
Not a bingo in the slightest. You're literally 100% wrong. This place is absolutely a place to discuss social issues, and was built very much in part to do so.
You're wrong. Just ask the admins or any of the community resellers...
It doesn't? Gaming related social issues get posted and discussed there frequently.
Nuh uh, I don't want my right leaning feelings to get bruised because thread titles are being mean to god emperor.
User Banned (Permanent): Misrepresenting moderation. Accumulated infractions.
I try to avoid EtcetEra as it seems to be nothing but an America-bashing free for all. There needs to be a political sub-forum so this stuff can have its own place. I await my second ban for voicing my opinion.
If the OP feels like other threads are getting him down, why not make some positive threads of his own?
No reason why we can't include some fun threads in between other threads containing important news, and complaining about the other threads isn't going to make them go away. They are there for a reason
No reason why we can't include some fun threads in between other threads containing important news, and complaining about the other threads isn't going to make them go away. They are there for a reason
User Banned (1 Week): Trolling. History of similar behaviour.
Wow. I cant believe it, but you're right. I thought it was just a human response to the noticeable increase in distress the forum was experiencing, but it makes so much more sense that it's a troll trying to rouse dissent and tear what makes Era great down by presenting "alternative" viewpoints on current events.
If what you claim is true, this thread should be locked and scrubbed clean of bad faith. We cannot allow them to gain power here.
Gross, but not ban worthy.
No, sorry, but this forum was built with social issues as part of the foundation of its policies and intent.
You're literally wrong about this.
Love it when people end with "I'm a victim and I dare you to ban me so you'll prove it".
Wish that was worthy of a perm ban honestly.
America doesn't get to have a gold star at this point.
It needs to get bashed into oblivion as long as it keeps prosecuting, killing and jailing the downtrodden, and rightfully so.
Your shitty opinion is not ban worthy though, so you don't get to be a martyr about it
What's sad is that the rest of the world can't do anything militarily, even if Trump just starts executing minorities tomorrow. We Americans better really hope our votes go Democrat in 2018 and 20.
Just use the script or avoid it if anything, you don't have to click on every thread that exist in OT.
Yesterday was pretty abnormal, amount-of-news-wise, so I can at least understand the thoughts revolving around that.
ResetEra is a global forum, but the majority of our users reside in the US, so threads and posts are going to skew that direction in large amount. It's a site that is primarily user-generated content, after all.
We aren't going to "sanitize" the news, unless it's something that's specifically designed for shock value - e.g., "3-year-old dismembers her father with rusty spoon." If you don't want to read or discuss the news, don't click on the thread. If you can't stop yourself, several people have mentioned scripts that will hide threads for you, so perhaps that's the best option.
ResetEra is a global forum, but the majority of our users reside in the US, so threads and posts are going to skew that direction in large amount. It's a site that is primarily user-generated content, after all.
We aren't going to "sanitize" the news, unless it's something that's specifically designed for shock value - e.g., "3-year-old dismembers her father with rusty spoon." If you don't want to read or discuss the news, don't click on the thread. If you can't stop yourself, several people have mentioned scripts that will hide threads for you, so perhaps that's the best option.
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