#but seriously watching hbomb's vid after that sob story is so enlightening

[indigoire]

Watched someone streaming and responding to the newest James Somerton apology video, because I need a filter between me and Somerton's whiny excuses, and it's funny how much the apology video played out exactly like hbomberguy predicted, even with Somerton acknowledging he watched the "Plagiarism and You(Tube)" video! Somerton clearly skipped over the beginning with Filip, where the plagiarist's apology playbook is laid out.

"A thing *happened* because of magical forces out of my control, and I was stressed because of x, y, and z, and I never meant to hurt anyone (ignoring the fact this went on for literal years with no remorse shown at any point before the callout), and there were DEATH THREATS after I was exposed (pivoting to being the victim, as well as ignoring the harassment he unleashed on his detractors), and all I've ever wanted was to make content, please let me make more content, pleeeease. 🥺"

I sincerely hope no one fell for this sob story, though I'm sure there were people who haven't seen the callout and will swallow these lies. But it really smacks of playing the victim while pretending to own up to your "mistakes". Can you even call them mistakes when it appears his entire career hinged on stealing? Can he actually write an original script?

Curious though I may be, I don't trust Somerton further than I can throw him, he's truly a con artist trying to save his reputation at this point.

This isn't even touching on the insane claims that having ADHD/epilepsy/a prior traumatic brain injury can make it so you forget you did plagiarism. Like. My god.