#this shit really grinds my gears

[momentomori24]

I swear to God, Twitter being able to accumulate so many brain-dead, malicious, pseudo intellectual low lives all in one place at the same time is a phenomenon worthy of being studied under a microscope in a science lab. And no, that is not a compliment.

Thankfully people have already spoken out against this bullshit-- the fact that people needed to is already maddening to think about-- but as someone who got the basic gist of what happened literally yesterday I'll also put my voice out there: Don't you fucking dare try to paint Hbomb as a murderer over this situation.

Somerton may be a lying, misogynistic plagiarist and conman, but he obviously doesn't deserve to die and while I do make fun of the guy, I genuinely hope that he continues to have a life after the dust has settled on everything. Not on YouTube or any social media platform for a long time at least, but just a life nontheless. I don't wish what he's potentially going through on anyone, and I hope that he makes it through this. But regardless of if he does or doesn't-- and God forbid he doesn't-- none of this is Hbomb's fault. It's not his fault, or Kat's fault, or Jessie's fault (because apparently there's people blaming her too cuz WHY NOT), or anybody's fault. All they did was call out his actions, hold him accountable for the harm he's done. They have done nothing to deserve having to carry this on their shoulders should the worst happen. They did nothing wrong. They didn't kill James (he's not confirmed dead yet either btw). They are not murderers. And to the people saying they are: say those words out loud, listen how they sound like, and re-evaluate. Just cease.

And to people like this:

''Oh I'm not blaming him for anything I'm just blaming him for what his audience did because according to HIM you're responsible for your audience'' Yeah, you people can shut your mouths too. Of course you're responsible for your audience, and that includes Hbomb too. However, your tiny, godless little monkey brain can't see why your argument is still rubbish even with that in mind. The difference between James, Internet Historian and Hbomb is that Hbomb never promoted problematic behaviour to his audience. If you promote problematic shit like harassment or misogyny or racism, then yeah, you're absolutely responsible for how your behaviour influences your audience. But that's not what he did. He made it very clear where he stood on those things, literally stating that ''if anyone were to harass Somerton on his behalf they are worse than him and will not see the light of heaven''. He's done his part in making it clear that harassment is wrong, so if someone went out of their way to go against that and harass James anyway that doesn't reflecf on him at all. Also, what the hell do you mean ''hatemobbed'' to suicide? I don't doubt there are people who went to extremes because those bad apples always exist, but most of the things I've seen are valid critisisms, memes and call outs about that guy. If holding people accountable for their actions and poking fun at them a little counts as 'hatemobbing'' (which has Filip calling his critics a ''lynch mob'' energy tbh) what the hell do you call actual hatemobbing then? Do we just let people continue being shitty because calling them out ''damages their mental health'' or ''drives them to suicide'' then? Is that a world you want to live in?

Same thing goes for people like this:

Criticing someone for their objectively bullshit content and wanting them dead are two seperate things. What the actual hell is wrong with you. The plagiarist in question is a person. Those ''harshest critics'' are still people. And because we're people, we care. I'd rather James pump out more plagiarised slop than commit suicide. I'd still hate him for it, but I'd prefer him being alive over the alternative any day. We all do. None of us would sleep easier knowing he's dead just because he wouldn't be ''committing the cardinal sin of putting out a 'pure content mill' video'' because someone taking their own life is horrific-- especially Hbomberguy, how dare you even try to imply that?

And this gets me to the reason I'm furiously typing all this out in the first place: Hbomb is the fucking victim here, so stop treating him like he isn't. He tried making things as right as possible by compensating those that were burned by James through a video where he revealed everything there needs to be known about the guy so that less people fall victim to his actions and lies. To just ignore the harm James was causing while he had the evidence to prove it and platform too big to threaten into non existence should he speak out would've been bad. So he didn't. He did the right thing by sticking with the people James had stolen from, giving them a voice and making them known after they've been scrubbed from the picture by decidedly being uncredited for their works or bullied into silence. He shouldn't have to deal with this for doing the right thing. He shouldn't be labelled a murderer for doing the right thing. He shouldn't have to have the death of a man on his conscience for doing the right thing. People claiming otherwise are obviously wrong, but I can't imagine what all this must feel like right now. Because even tho they're wrong, guilt isn't a rational thing, and I know that if I were in his position I'd still feel like a morally bankrupt individual were the worst to happen even if I knew that it was not my fault. This isn't a funny story. So to add to this dumpsterfire by using it as a prop to bash on a creator you don't like and immediately write Somerton off as dead even when he's not even been confirmed dead yet to do that shows how little these people actually care about the thing they're talking about. They don't care a guy potentially killed himself-- what they care about is using it to paint Hbomb in a bad light because they don't like him. Here they are, posting memes and ill jokes about this very delicate situation while barely a day since the news broke out had passed. It's opportunistic, it's sickening, and literally the exact thing he criticised in his video when talking about 'content mills'. Like, I know none of these clowns bothered to actually watch it, but have some self-awareness. And some shame too, while you're at it.

This long story short: I'm writing this to contribute to the narrative not getting twisted to make Hbomb out to be the villian. Same goes for everyone else. Don't let these people paint them as the villians. If I see another person pull this shit again I will literally bite you and shred you into salad and spit you back out because I hate you so much and I mean that wholeheartedly.

To Hbomb: you will never see this but if you do, take care of yourself.

To the asshats this post is about: Delete your account. Cease all together. Stop talking about this. Just leave him the fuck alone.

[djevelbl]

GUESS WHO I'M DRAWING NOOOOWWWWW~!!!!

[findafight]

God forbid Nancy want to be with a hot guy who continually betters himself and thinks she's one of the best things to ever happen to him I guess.

[hilacopter]

"as a jew"

*looks at blog*

"I passed by a synagogue once and my great great granddad's dog might have been jewish? so yea I'm like. the most jewish jew that ever jewed totally take whatever I say on jewish culture and history as gospel."

[goulloynes]

"do people actually avoid aa6 because their friends tell them too that's lame" idk about you but if my friend, someone who's opinions i trust and presumably got me into ace attorney in the first place told me the sixth game was full of mischaracterization of returning characters, constant stereotyping of south asian people and mean spiritedly making fun of their religions, AND that the premise of the game is that there is a dictatorship and that these americans need to help the government of a south asian country by ways of FOREIGN INTERVENTION, i too would avoid playing the game

[suresne]

“blowing off his job” you mean having a suicidal breakdown? attempting suicide via crashing his motor carriage?

like. harry’s a fucking cop. him blowing off his job is a good thing lol. good for him. get that man out of there!

“literally treated him like shit for the entire two years that they were partners”

okay we’re just making shit up again. cool

[amandabe11man]

my god, the particular fucking "running from the void"-sequence in Downpour, when you're in the prison and have just been in the shower room with the body and all the evidence is SUCH bullshit

I had to redo it like 10+ times yesterday (not an exaggeration) cause I kept going around in circles and then dying after a while. it got so bad me and my friend put on some very fitting music (the Hong Kong 97-theme and spike jones) to try to keep my spirits up each time I had to start over again

[baflegacy]

im not usually the one to be in semi-meaningless discourse or to butt in with My take/opinion but for the love of god. please deeply examine the way you talk about non-male smosh cast members bc it can easily veer off towards misogyny.

[windupaidoneus]

i need to sleep but im not happy about ittttt

[not-those-kids]

i wish everyone who doesnt tag veilguard as veilguard but puts it in the mainline dragon age tag a very merry perish

[sigmarette]

Being discluded from things because I'm a transmasc is a really uncomfortable situation to be in.

I'm not allowed into any sort of "safe space" because apparently identifying as any form of masculine is inherently predatory and worthy of shunning.

"You should be happy! I'm acknowledging your gender" ...by calling me a predator? When I've never done anything wrong? I'm a survivor of sexual violence- like many other people- but the moment I came out as trans that disqualified me from group support?

I don't really feel safe anywhere, now.

Enough of a man to be considered scary, but not enough of a man to be treated like a person. There is no winning. Really tired of being "othered" by other people because of my identity, I'm rarely actually judged based on my character as a person.

If you're gonna hate me; at least get to fucking know me first? Maybe you won't hate me in the end- or is that what you're afraid of?

[floral-sacrifice]

think this is what my mutual was talking about……..

so fucking cringe

[causalityparadoxes]

Btw if someone asks if you support israel and you say 'what could ever make you think that how DARE YOU' maybe don't have multiple easily findable posts on your blog about how "israel is good actually"?

Faux-progressive zionist apologists really love to say "dare you accuse me of doing the thing i did". Silence is not neutral. Especially when in the past you've only ever used your voice to legitimise a genocidal oppressor.

[ourflagmeansgayrights]

i’m so fucking tired of seeing takes abt how awkward taika and rhys are performing as gay men in love bc the kiss in season 1 wasn’t passionate enough or whatever. like they’re literally actors. they are paid professionals. if they were too uncomfortable to kiss that would make them very bad at their job.

[alphacrone]

don't call a product "refillable" if the "refill" is usable on its own and comes in a container and the outer shell is just decorative plastic

[pavlikbuonarroti]

im really glad i mostly use mangadex because no one who comments on batoto is the same genre of person i am and its driving me insane