#dappergander watched it so we don't have to

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TL;DR he's only sorry he got caught

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[Image IDs: Tweet thread by Feminist Proper Gander (@dappergander): hoo boy.

Below this is a screenshot of the thumbnail of a new video (posted on December 20, 2023) by James Somerton called "I'm sorry" with a runtime of 34:46.

The thread continues: l am less than a minute in and he's claiming he tried to end his own life. Going for sympathy before anything else.

"l know now that it wasn't okay." "l honestly, honestly didn't realize I was hurting people. And now that I know i was hurting people, I'm just really sorry" was off to a good start but then immediately followed by "l lost my best friend over this" and now he's going to tell this whole story of what this cost him.

"the only way I can think of to help [compensate the people I plagiarized] would be to make the videos public again." "l want to try to do better and make videos again." honestly, just step away for a while.

"l would like to become a really, really good example of giving proper credit." that ship may have sailed.

"l read a lot of stuff by people who were hurt, not just authors, but people who watched my videos who think I hate [lists groups of people]… I promise you, I didn't write that stuff." so you're saying Nick wrote that stuff? "I'm not trying to throw Nick under the bus." please make up your mind.

"l don't think those things, I don't. And I don't think Nick does either." I appreciate you wanted to speak off the cuff for 'authenticity' but good gravy. "we ended up making a lot of videos we didn't want to make because people asked us to make them." where are you going with this.

"l swear on my mother's grave there well be no copying people, no copy and paste." no, man, do not reactivate the Patreon, whatever you think is going to happen isn't what's going to happen. "thanks again to HBomberguy and his team for setting up the fund for the writers, I'd like to contribute." [all caps] finally [end caps], thirty minutes in.

"l promise, going forward, I will do better." you'd kinda have to.

Tweet by Lady Emily (@GreatCheshire): And true to his word, his Patreon is back up, scrubbed of all but two posts and 3,000 patrons still there, with tiers as large as $100 per month with annual options. If you were a patron of James, make sure you unsubscribe before the end of the month so he doesn't get your money.

Below this is a screenshot showing the Patreon page with all the tiers still intact.

Above this tweet, it has been quote tweeted by Eric Ravenscraft (@LordRavenscraft): If you are (or were) one of the 3,000 people subscribed to James Somerton's Patreon, you will be charged at the end of the month if you do not cancel your pledge. As of right now, there is no post explaining this on his Patreon, which has been deactivated for most of this month.

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TL;DR he's only sorry he got caught