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craftyandy · 1 year ago
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Lots Of Mistakes T-Shirt and Plagiarism video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZKi73_vKzM HbomberGuy's Plagiarism Video Hit My Brain Like A Brick thanks #plagiarism #jamessomerton #iluminaughtii
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s-che · 1 year ago
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catching up on stuff ive been meaning to read now that im mostly done with the semester & loved this piece on how we move forward from the james somerton situation by @its-gita-time in Aftermath.
three sentences i’m going to be thinking about for a while:
“The sad but unavoidable truth is that there is very little justice in cases like these. James Somerton has already stolen my work — the damage has already been done, and it cannot be undone. I have to move throughout the world knowing that an injustice has been done to me; that is just an unfortunate reality of being alive.”
anyway pls go read the full article. its a good one (gita’s stuff always is):
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cherryblossomshadow · 1 year ago
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[Image 1-2 ID: Screenshots of the Aftermath blog post, "Please Stop Asking Me To Sue James Somerton," by Gita Jackson, reading:
That said, what should happen to Somerton? He has been exposed as a fraud in an extremely public way. He has deleted his Patreon, where people were donating enormous sums for money for his bad videos; he has all but disappeared from the Internet and is a massive laughingstock. His name is now synonymous with plagiarism and fraud. That sounds like punishment enough for a lifetime. I think the real issue is that people mistake the collective punishment they desire for justice.
These are issues that cannot be solved by continuing to punish James Somerton. When I was the union rep for Kotaku, we often talked about the difference between cathartic actions and strategic actions. It is cathartic to point and laugh at Somerton, and cathartic release has its place. But as we move forward, we have to think about how we can change the material conditions that led to a James Somerton existing, or else it will happen over and over again.
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really like these two excerpts from the article Gita Jackson just published. i find myself worrying about what’ll happen going forward both on the likely harassment of Somerton (dont do it, did you even watch the video? Hbomberguy literally said not to do it). They’re right, the social repercussions are and likely will be plenty enough punishment. getting mad at that dude forever wont be truly productive, much fun as it may be in this moment. the bigger issue is the environment that let him and others thrive.
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salamanderinspace · 1 year ago
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The James Somerton thing is one of those rare cases where the amount of force applied by a viral video exposee / public shaming is probably the exact amount that was necessary to stop a bad actor from acting badly. However. The aftermath of public violence is often fear. So I would caution people against taking the "live your life in a way that avoids hbomberguy making videos about you" atmosphere too seriously. Remix is ok. Pastiche is ok. Transformative works are ok. Citing sources in a way that isn't perfectly consistent with MLA and APA standards is generally fine. The problem with a vibes-based crime is that there are always going to be grey areas. Somerton went way past the grey and over the line, but don't let the fact that one person did crimes in the shittiest possible way scare you off of crimes entirely. Push the envelope.
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larkle00 · 1 year ago
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i was barely ever aware of james somerton but in the aftermath of The James Somerton Downfall Of 2023 ive just thought about this one person i encountered who was fighting tooth and nail to argue that mlm are more oppressed than wlw and wlw have it easy. and im like "ohhhh so THATS where they got it from!"
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gwydionmisha · 1 year ago
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mihotose · 11 months ago
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obviously im glad james somerton didnt make his disco elysium video but i also think its aftermath would have been extremely funny
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craftyandy · 1 year ago
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Faith T Shirt Design and Plagiarism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZKi73_vKzM HbomberGuy's Plagiarism Video Hit My Brain Like A Brick thanks to  #plagiarism #jamessomerton #iluminaughtii
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craftyandy · 1 year ago
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Hbomber Guy Hit My Brain Like BRICK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZKi73_vKzM HbomberGuy's Plagiarism Video Hit My Brain Like A Brick thanks to  #plagiarism #jamessomerton #iluminaughtii
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agaywalrus · 1 year ago
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Video essayist Hbomberguy made a recent video about plagiarism on YouTube, in it he went through a couple of known examples of plagiarism on YouTube the ways those creators did it and how they responded to allegations. All of the examples he goes through build up to him revealing an airtight case for James Somerton being a plagiarist to the extreme. The video is nearly 4 hours long and about half of it is dedicated solely to proving these accusations. Hbomberguy was the larger of the two creators to make a video about him recently with Todd in the Shadows also making an hour and a half long video but with a focus on James' inaccuracies and misogyny.
If you aren't familiar with his work Somerton "wrote" long form video essays primarily about gay/queer issues and media. He'd amassed a ton of subscribers on YouTube and supporters though Patreon which have both been nuked by him in the aftermath.
I'd recommend watching both videos if you don't mind long form content on youtube.
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roadhogsbigbelly · 6 months ago
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james somerton was actually like. cited by actual important activists (deray mckesson cited him on a podcast when talking about how modern day body standards are influenced by nazi germany, because german soldiers were really buff which isn't really true because james somerton makes shit up) lily orchard on the other hand is just really obnoxious, and has no where near the reach and influence james somerton has and even then i feel like some people went a bit to far when to like. the aftermath of the plagarism video to a point that become dangeriously close to lolcow culture.
for the record the reason i made that post is because i've seen more than one tweet going "hbomberguy needs to make a video about lily orchard now! and it's like he really doesn't, james somerton was like an actual important person was not only actively plagiarizing actual youtubers but was giving out like misinformation about like. the holocaust and shit that actually matters, lily orchard is just a really a cringy youtuber (and every video about the more serious allegations has already been made) and at that point it would actually just be punching down.
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