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[ManaByte]

Nope that was another streamer, think it was a dog?

My bad, it was Alinity:

 

[Daffy Duck]

I recommend WOT therapy. 'Walls of text.'

is that the wotaboutism I read so much about?

 

[Ionian]

is that the wotaboutism I read so much about?

haha brilliant.

And yes, it is. Popular with younglings.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Honestly, more than anything, the main thing I don't get about MtF trans people is how a fairly large number of MtF trans people seem to barely care how they look. Like, you should obviously feel free to live as a woman no matter how you look if it makes you happy. But if living as a woman is that important to you, why would you not try to at least do basic stuff like learning to do your hair properly, learning to dress like a woman, losing weight and doing exercises for a more slender and femine figure, etc?

I mean, If I as someone born male, felt so strongly that I had been born the wrong gender that I was gonna start living my life as a woman, I would be doing absolutely everything within my power to actually try to look like an attractive and feminine woman.

Because for ‘gender fluid’ people the things you described are just social norms imposed by society. By ‘rebelling’ against their gender they were assigned at birth they also ‘rebel’ about the ‘expectations’ they think society imposed on each binary gender.
You can see that in calls for men to be ‘more in touch with their feelings’ and make-specific reactions being sometimes called as ‘toxic masculinity’.
There is a reason I used so many ‘ ‘ - you bet if I was a woman I would be sexing it up

 

[DragoonKain]

JK Rowling is my new hero.

 

[Ahti]

Sterling being trans/NB isn't surprising to me tbh. I went from fighting him on the Escapist forums (because I thought his content was shit back then lol) and then eventually, years later, watching him often post-Escapist imploding/him going independent. He has hinted at his sexuality/identity here and there but it's always mixed in with that "Thank God for me" ""brand"" so I didn't know if it was true or not.

Don't necessarily like him, but some of his points are decent. Not gonna rip on him when he's against a $70 price hike/micro transactions etc. Good for him if he's actually started HRT.

 

[panzer kunst]

My bad, it was Alinity:

nothing in this seems terribly egregious, her cats clearly dont give a shit

 

[bender]

Who else approached Hades as an outlet for their daddy issues?

------------------- POSSIBLE SPOILERS BELOW ------------------- Perhaps not specifically daddy issues, but general parental grievances and trauma. The story beats may have mirrored and dredged-up your experiences of: parental abuse wishing to mend your damaged relationship with a parent and...

www.resetera.com

 

[WarrenD]

What a disgusting comment.

Put a million Muslims in re-education camps and you can’t say fuck China. One woman says a few words you disagree with, fuck the entire country.

 

[niilokin]

why they calling him Jim if he is a she now? how the fuck does this all work??

 

[captainraincoat]

nothing in this seems terribly egregious, her cats clearly dont give a shit

 

[Ionian]

Love that film. I didn't know where to look when watching it.

Dude in work gave it to me, I passed it on to others. Same reactions.

Honestly a great film for anyone that hasn't seen it yet.

 

[Perfo]

nothing in this seems terribly egregious, her cats clearly dont give a shit

Well for her display of idiocy I still think it's good choice lol

 

[FUBARx89]

What a disgusting comment.

Hard lad, probably avoids eye contact with people in Tesco cause they make him feel threatened.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

It still sucks to say this, but Era is still a lot more active than GAF is. There's also more diverse threads in the gaming forum which has me reluctantly jumping back to look at them. For example, there's a cool thread about the Nintendo source code leaks, whereas there's nothing of the sort here. Not to mention there are still a fair amount of users well-informed about the industry (not nearly as many as, say, a year ago), but there's some insight that's useful to read once in a while. That being said, that might not last long considering the environment there is still unsustainable and the moderation team there seems too incapable of dealing with hundreds of users struggling with mental health issues. Era's going to continue to shrink, but I don't see it going below GAF for a while. Then again, I lack the data to be certain of this.

yeah...

things are starting to improve, off topic isn’t dead anymore and communities is showing some pulse at last, but it’s still nowhere the richness of reset, sadly

 

[SCB3]

I think I remember you from Era. Aren't you the guy who has serious embarrassing anger issues about a game series? I swear I remember posting about it back in the early Era days.

Thats Yoshichan

I often get confused and thought it was the same person, one of them is a mega Dark Souls fan as well

 

[B-universe]

It still sucks to say this, but Era is still a lot more active than GAF is. There's also more diverse threads in the gaming forum which has me reluctantly jumping back to look at them. For example, there's a cool thread about the Nintendo source code leaks, whereas there's nothing of the sort here. Not to mention there are still a fair amount of users well-informed about the industry (not nearly as many as, say, a year ago),

Pick up that load. If you're interested in Nintendo-related topics, start posting. Your threads will likely attract like-minded gamers, who might themselves post threads on the topic down the line

 

[Ionian]

Pick up that load. If you're interested in Nintendo-related topics, start posting. Your threads will likely attract like-minded gamers, who might themselves post threads on the topic down the line

Try posting in gaming

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Try posting in gaming

Tis easy.

Tits up everyone. Join me in gaming.

 

[recma12]

Just 2-3 years ago I loved Sterling’s reviews.
He also made some great content against MTX, DLC and other shit that the AAA industry tried.

But..... nowadays the market has basically corrected shit like Star Wars Battlefront, CoD Season Pass maps and other stuff while FIFA ultimate team is getting banned in more and more countries.
Shit we can even play massive games like Warzone, Genshin or Fortnite completely free now.

From my POV it seemed like Sterling’s bread and butter topics became irrelevant over time.... he quit doing reviews.....
Only out left for him is jumping on that SJW/Crunch/Diversity bandwagon. This transition has been going on for a while now.

First he got into Wrestling, now he wants to be a woman.
Really sad to see how he ended up

 

[nush]

Only out left for him is jumping on that SJW/Crunch/Diversity bandwagon. This transition has been going on for a while now.

Just another Youtuber that's failed to expand an audience other than making videos that play to his Patreon audience.

 

[SoggyBiscuit]

Sterling was born in London, England, where they lived on the poverty line for much of their childhood and were psychologically abused by their mother's lover, a Hells Angels outcast.[22]

Might offer some much needed context for why Jim feels the need to undergo HRT.

He's (she's? they? it's?) Bi-Polar too, which likely doesn't help with things.

 

[Yoshi]

I often get confused and thought it was the same person, one of them is a mega Dark Souls fan as well

It's easy though because the other hates Dark Souls (the only enjoyable game from From I ever played is Sekiro).

 

[Petaya Berry]

For example, there's a cool thread about the Nintendo source code leaks, whereas there's nothing of the sort here.

Pick up that load. If you're interested in Nintendo-related topics, start posting. Your threads will likely attract like-minded gamers, who might themselves post threads on the topic down the line

I almost made this thread here. Starting next week, I will make more threads. I though that here wasn't much Nintendo friendly, but if we didn't make these threads, so people never will come.

 

[Roufianos]

Lucky for Sterling he already has the titties.

 

[Yui's Empire]

There's not enough Era mocking today. Let me get us back to the groove.

I suspect one of neighbours is a drug dealer, how do I get him busted without catching hell.

A few doors down the street from me lives a drug dealer. Word around town is it’s coke he’s dealing. I know this by watching his daily routine and from what I’ve heard about it locally. He stays in almost all day every day, loads of people come and go from his front door all day long. Usually...

www.resetera.com

 

[SoggyBiscuit]

Lucky for Sterling he already has the titties.

Best of both worlds.

 

[Tuff McNutt]

There's not enough Era mocking today. Let me get us back to the groove.

I suspect one of neighbours is a drug dealer, how do I get him busted without catching hell.

A few doors down the street from me lives a drug dealer. Word around town is it’s coke he’s dealing. I know this by watching his daily routine and from what I’ve heard about it locally. He stays in almost all day every day, loads of people come and go from his front door all day long. Usually...

www.resetera.com

100% BS like most of these types of threads on Era.

"He pretty much only ever spends cash, I’ve never once seen him use a card at any shop."

You know the guy's spending habits? And even if you did, how would that make him a drug dealer?

FFS.

 

[Charles Brandon]

There's not enough Era mocking today. Let me get us back to the groove.

I suspect one of neighbours is a drug dealer, how do I get him busted without catching hell.

A few doors down the street from me lives a drug dealer. Word around town is it’s coke he’s dealing. I know this by watching his daily routine and from what I’ve heard about it locally. He stays in almost all day every day, loads of people come and go from his front door all day long. Usually...

www.resetera.com

Oh no a drug dealer

 

[Ymir]

There's not enough Era mocking today. Let me get us back to the groove.

I suspect one of neighbours is a drug dealer, how do I get him busted without catching hell.

A few doors down the street from me lives a drug dealer. Word around town is it’s coke he’s dealing. I know this by watching his daily routine and from what I’ve heard about it locally. He stays in almost all day every day, loads of people come and go from his front door all day long. Usually...

www.resetera.com

LOL the screechers making sure you know #NOTALLDRUGS and #NOTALLDRUGDEALERS but ACAB is clearly true

Not everyone who buys drugs is being exploited, and the root issue of there being addicts out there who buy from them is not the fault of the dealers themselves. The fault lies at the inaction of our governments to handle this correctly.

Then there's the fact that not all dealers are doing this to support some lavish lifestyle, many are forced into selling due to poverty and surrounding social issues.

Yes, there are definitely people who sell drugs who are causing harm, and yes drugs themselves can be dangerous and lead to a lot of misery, but this is a complex issue that is not solved with "all drugs are bad" and "all dealers are exploiting people".

 

[Yui's Empire]

LOL the screechers making sure you know #NOTALLDRUGS and #NOTALLDRUGDEALERS but ACAB is clearly true

"Every cop is a bastard"
"Every person who doesn't agree with our ideas is a literal nazi"
"Every person on GAF wears a MAGA hat, regardless of whether they're from the USA or not"
...
"Why would you say all drug dealers are bad? Shades of gray, dude!"

 

[dave_d]

"Every cop is a bastard"
"Every person who doesn't agree with our ideas is a literal nazi"
"Every person on GAF wears a MAGA hat, regardless of whether they're from the USA or not"
...
"Why would you say all drug dealers are bad? Shades of gray, dude!"

Threads closed already. Of course beyond the above we see
"Alcohol and tobacco are worse than anything this guy is dealing"
"Landlords and salesmens are far worse criminals than this guy"
and of course
Karen Karen Karen

Admittedly I do agree with some of them. (A lot of the issues with drugs are more to do with the war on drugs than the drugs themselves. But drugs do still mess people up.)

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I don't understand the thing against landlords. Do they not exist in other countries?

 

[Raven117]

I don't understand the thing against landlords. Do they not exist in other countries?

Meh, landlord owns property, one pays to rent said property....something something...means of production...Should be free.

 

[Threeshotgamer]

I don't understand the thing against landlords. Do they not exist in other countries?

It's actually pretty common from people who deep down know they will never get their shit together enough to purchase their own property.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

“landlord” is what they call their parents

 

[Dorohedoro]

You poor thing...

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Meh, landlord owns property, one pays to rent said property....something something...means of production...Should be free.

It's actually pretty common from people who deep down know they will never get their shit together enough to purchase their own property.

Bingo.

It's the typical "hate the guy who has stuff mentality", where a renter thinks he's being oppressed by a rich elite property owner. They think if it's not for landlords hogging property, they'd all be home owners themselves buying a house for $50,000 and chilling. But landlords hog it all cut supply making prices go up.

Of course they don't think about what goes on with owning rental properties, and that's on top of the place they already own. The typical renter pays a monthly fee, pays for their own cable and phone bill, fills out a short rental agreement and coasts the rest of the way. They think the landlord does the same. Just collect monthly rent and sit back and do nothing.

- Mortgage
- Mortgage rates on investment properties are higher than the one you live in
- Property tax
- Utility bills
- Condo monthly maintenance fees
- Oh shit, you live in a broke condo, all units are hit with a $5,000 assessment fee so the condo corp can build it's bank account to pay for repairs
- Lawyer and land transfer tax when you buy
- Lawyer and commission costs when you sell
- Anything to do with repairs
- If the renter is a total slob, you got to keep the grounds tidy because broke twatbag is too cheap and lazy to mow the lawn
- Spending time and money fixing the place before and after a tenant
- Assumes risk the tenant being a deadbeat (happened to me)
- Got to pay capital gains on it
- In between tenants there's dead time. Bills and mortgage still have to be paid but no income until a new tenant arrives
- Even the hassle and paperwork to buy and sell a property, and potential audit by the taxman (happened to me)
- Oh look at that, buying a brand new property isn't even finished when you get the keys. Got to buy and install nice shutters for the whole place, because new builds come with nothing. That's about $2k. The shower as per agreement comes partially done. If you want it to have full length glass doors, you got to hire someone to install something. There's another $500. Oh look, new condos aren't registered for maybe 4-6 months. In those months, you can't even get a mortgage yet, so you pay out of pocket for everything including paying the builder rent. Your best hope is finding a tenant asap before registration or else I'm paying the builder $2k per month and that doesn't even go to any mortgage. Look at that, I didn't get a tenant for 2 months. That's another $4k + monthly fees out of pocket.

The typical renter has no clue what goes on buying, maintaining and selling a home.

 

[Threeshotgamer]

Bingo.

It's the typical "hate the guy who has stuff mentality", where a renter thinks he's being oppressed by a rich elite property owner. They think if it's not for landlords hogging property, they'd all be home owners themselves buying a house for $50,000 and chilling. But landlords hog it all cut supply making prices go up.

Of course they don't think about what goes on with owning rental properties, and that's on top of the place they already own. The typical renter pays a monthly fee, pays for their own cable and phone bill, fills out a short rental agreement and coasts the rest of the way. They think the landlord does the same. Just collect monthly rent and sit back and do nothing.

- Mortgage
- Mortgage rates on investment properties are higher than the one you live in
- Property tax
- Utility bills
- Lawyer and land transfer tax when you buy
- Lawyer and commission costs when you sell
- Anything to do with repairs
- If the renter is a total slob, you got to keep the grounds tidy because broke twatbag is too cheap and lazy to mow the lawn
- Spending time and money fixing the place before and after a tenant
- Assumes risk the tenant being a deadbeat (happened to me)
- Got to pay capital gains on it
- In between tenants there's dead time. Bills and mortgage still have to be paid but no income until a new tenant arrives
- Even the hassle and paperwork to buy and sell a property, and potential audit by the taxman (happened to me)

I just had a tenant move out and they took the stove and fridge with them. So now i got to replace those before I can re-rent and then go through the hassle of taking them to court to recoup at least some of that lost money.

 

[Dorohedoro]

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I just had a tenant move out and they took the stove and fridge with them. So now i got to replace those before I can re-rent and then go through the hassle of taking them to court to recoup at least some of that lost money.

Good luck.

I got jipped rent because I was a nice guy and let it slide. Then they bailed. In Canada, you got to do these forms called L forms and N forms to hurry up and get the courts to cancel a tenancy and kick them out.

I paid money to a lawyer who handles this stuff and it got to a point the lawyer just said you'll win, but it'll take time and there's no proof she'll be able to pay anyway. So just eat the loss.

As people have said to me. When it comes to overall rental income (net dumb costs or deadbeats), assume you'll get 90% of it. Don't be too optimistic and think you'll get 100% of it, or have a clean proper tenant who doesn't burn you with repair bills.

Chances are decent you'll get burned somehow.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Just 2-3 years ago I loved Sterling’s reviews.
He also made some great content against MTX, DLC and other shit that the AAA industry tried.

But..... nowadays the market has basically corrected shit like Star Wars Battlefront, CoD Season Pass maps and other stuff while FIFA ultimate team is getting banned in more and more countries.
Shit we can even play massive games like Warzone, Genshin or Fortnite completely free now.

From my POV it seemed like Sterling’s bread and butter topics became irrelevant over time.... he quit doing reviews.....
Only out left for him is jumping on that SJW/Crunch/Diversity bandwagon. This transition has been going on for a while now.

First he got into Wrestling, now he wants to be a woman.
Really sad to see how he ended up

His trolling expedition to the shameful depths of Steam's catalogue yielded some extraordinary results.

I just had a tenant move out and they took the stove and fridge with them. So now i got to replace those before I can re-rent and then go through the hassle of taking them to court to recoup at least some of that lost money.

r/LoveForLandlords

r/LoveForLandlords: People of Land support group

www.reddit.com

It's a safe place for POC (people of collections).

 

[dave_d]

I don't understand the thing against landlords. Do they not exist in other countries?

I don't know. When I was reading one of the linked posts there to get the view of anti-capitalists it sounded to me like more than a few thought all basic necessities should be free and provided by the government. I guess that would mean you wouldn't have a landlord since the government would own your house or something. (Of course knowing how well that works in reality I'd rather own my own place or have a landlord but I'd never rent out my place. You might get someone with the ERA attitude in there who'd wreck it.)

 

[Ahti]

Also, the reason RE is so hellbent on painting landlords as these demonic beings is because it is a "standard" take in leftist/rose Twitter circles to tie in private property/ownership as "" oppressive "" and "" perpetuating a system of violence "" because of their almost alarmingly rose-tinted outlook towards various historical socialist or Marxist uprisings, which often involved a violent purge of land owners (and mass civilian death).

Not considering human cost and just parroting "ReVolUcIoN!!11" whilst consuming history you were never really a part of (and thus faced zero lived experiences, generational/down the line) is basically the bread and butter of the "trendy" left.

 

[dave_d]

Bingo.

It's the typical "hate the guy who has stuff mentality", where a renter thinks he's being oppressed by a rich elite property owner. They think if it's not for landlords hogging property, they'd all be home owners themselves buying a house for $50,000 and chilling. But landlords hog it all cut supply making prices go up.

Of course they don't think about what goes on with owning rental properties, and that's on top of the place they already own. The typical renter pays a monthly fee, pays for their own cable and phone bill, fills out a short rental agreement and coasts the rest of the way. They think the landlord does the same. Just collect monthly rent and sit back and do nothing.

- Mortgage
- Mortgage rates on investment properties are higher than the one you live in
- Property tax
- Utility bills
- Condo monthly maintenance fees
- Oh shit, you live in a broke condo, all units are hit with a $5,000 assessment fee so the condo corp can build it's bank account to pay for repairs
- Lawyer and land transfer tax when you buy
- Lawyer and commission costs when you sell
- Anything to do with repairs
- If the renter is a total slob, you got to keep the grounds tidy because broke twatbag is too cheap and lazy to mow the lawn
- Spending time and money fixing the place before and after a tenant
- Assumes risk the tenant being a deadbeat (happened to me)
- Got to pay capital gains on it
- In between tenants there's dead time. Bills and mortgage still have to be paid but no income until a new tenant arrives
- Even the hassle and paperwork to buy and sell a property, and potential audit by the taxman (happened to me)
- Oh look at that, buying a brand new property isn't even finished when you get the keys. Got to buy and install nice shutters for the whole place, because new builds come with nothing. That's about $2k. The shower as per agreement comes partially done. If you want it to have full length glass doors, you got to hire someone to install something. There's another $500. Oh look, new condos aren't registered for maybe 4-6 months. In those months, you can't even get a mortgage yet, so you pay out of pocket for everything including paying the builder rent. Your best hope is finding a tenant asap before registration or else I'm paying the builder $2k per month and that doesn't even go to any mortgage. Look at that, I didn't get a tenant for 2 months. That's another $4k + monthly fees out of pocket.

The typical renter has no clue what goes on buying, maintaining and selling a home.

Sounds similar to what one guy I worked with was telling us. Parents rented out their house and had a tenant. Tenant figured "I don't have the money but I'll pay my rent by fixing stuff." That might have been acceptable if he had gone to the landlord first but he didn't and he wasn't actually any good at fixing anything. (He did stuff like fix the cabinets in the kitchen by ripping them out and replacing them with junk and not installing them properly.) Apparently the guy did tens of thousands of dollars in damage because he was such an idiot. (Scares me from ever renting anything out.)

 

[dave_d]

Also, the reason RE is so hellbent on painting landlords as these demonic beings is because it is a "standard" take in leftist/rose Twitter circles to tie in private property/ownership as "" oppressive "" and "" perpetuating a system of violence "" because of their almost alarmingly rose-tinted outlook towards various historical socialist or Marxist uprisings, which often involved a violent purge of land owners (and mass civilian death).

Not considering human cost and just parroting "ReVolUcIoN!!11" whilst consuming history you were never really a part of (and thus faced zero lived experiences, generational/down the line) is basically the bread and butter of the "trendy" left.

So pretty much the same as people mindlessly parroting how Jeff Bezos "made tons of money in the pandemic" because they think he has a money bin he swims around in like Scrooge McDuck or something. (For those that don't know Bezos "made money" simply means Amazon is currently trading higher on the stock market because of the pandemic. He won't have any of the money until he actually cashes out his stock and gives up at least partial ownership of Amazon, who knows what it'll be worth then.)

 

[Ahti]

So pretty much the same as people mindlessly parroting how Jeff Bezos "made tons of money in the pandemic" because they think he has a money bin he swims around in like Scrooge McDuck or something. (For those that don't know Bezos "made money" simply means Amazon is currently trading higher on the stock market because of the pandemic. He won't have any of the money until he actually cashes out his stock and gives up at least partial ownership of Amazon, who knows what it'll be worth then.)

In a way yes, although I think the anger towards Bezos is also (rightfully, imo) directed at the fact that while his stocks surge, the basic Amazon worker - literally essential, in 2020 especially - has such little protection for himself/herself. Be it PPE, then initially firing people who wanted some better working conditions in the pandemic (to protect themselves) etc...

You're right though the common perception is that Amazon's wealth is liquid and immediately available to Bezos.

 

[ManaByte]

Everyone born in 1988 is a nazi!

 

[ipukespiders]

Lucky for Sterling he already has the titties.

Lucky for all of us.

 

[Slurpy2k20]

Sorry man but taking HRT is not genital mutilation. It gives dudes boobs, curves and better skin ala females.
If Jim wants to do it then more power to him, its his body

Will say the result won't look pretty for poor Jim, balding, fat, yeah not gonna look good in a dress no matter what the chemical.

What's fucking disturbing to me is how someone can be SO hyped about Jim taking Estrogen. Like, PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ME IT'S TRUE!!

I mean, what the fuck. You want to do it, fine. But why the fuck should someone fantasize about and wish for another random person doing it?