Other Forums Containment Thread

[Raist]

Well that worked swimmingly.

https://twitter.com/RussianEmbassy/status/1500886096837849099

[Nintex]

We also wanted to promote the letter Z which has been awfully neglected after Dragonball Z was dropped from broadcasting

[BisMarckie]

For my boy Pogi.

Context and intent matter.

Balkan wars = genocide denial

Iraq War = Bush and America do an Imperialism

Russia invading Ukraine = Russia do an Imperialism

NATO = Defensive Pact between nations/ not imperialist expansion group

Russian Federation = Has actively invaded 2 neighbors to take territory. Obvious Empire building.

Learning the difference between these things matters!

[Hap Shaughnessy]

TheHunter is loving this war. No wonder he was such a Hillary fan.

[benjipwns]

How is opposing NATO involving itself militarily in the Balkan Wars genocide denial? It wasn't authorized by Congress (the House even rejected two meaningless resolutions symbolically approving of it), the UN (which means the bombing violated the Charter) or NATO's Charter (some disagreement exists since the Charter does not forbid offensive actions but also does not exactly say they're allowed either) but it was done anyway.

[BisMarckie]

How is opposing NATO involving itself militarily in the Balkan Wars genocide denial? It wasn't authorized by Congress (the House even rejected two meaningless resolutions symbolically approving of it), the UN (which means the bombing violated the Charter) or NATO's Charter (some disagreement exists since the Charter does not forbid offensive actions but also does not exactly say they're allowed either) but it was done anyway.

Wow, slow your roll Noam Chomsky.

Maybe it's time to stop following conspiracy theories, I read this article in the New York Times by this guy called Friedman....

[BisMarckie]

The Bore:

Cursed to constantly relitigate miltary conflicts on the Balkans.

[Uncle]

Wow, slow your roll Noam Chomsky.

I cannot hear his name without remembering my boy

[Nintex]

How is opposing NATO involving itself militarily in the Balkan Wars genocide denial? It wasn't authorized by Congress (the House even rejected two meaningless resolutions symbolically approving of it), the UN (which means the bombing violated the Charter) or NATO's Charter (some disagreement exists since the Charter does not forbid offensive actions but also does not exactly say they're allowed either) but it was done anyway.

“I am proud of all my war crimes and crimes against humanity and am ready to repeat them,” Seselj told Reuters by telephone from Serbia

[benjipwns]

Wow, slow your roll Noam Chomsky.

I cannot hear his name without remembering my boy

Nowhere in this article do they have the most important information: did Noam ever meet Nim?

[Snoopycat_]

Noam Chomsky acts all high and mighty, but his Pornhub videos are shite

[BadAss2961]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/married-guy-wants-to-cheat-on-his-wife-with-me-grindr-again.559993/

No problem with this guy and all his hoeing around, whether it's truth or all bullshit. It would just be nice if straight users could do the same.

[Snoopycat_]

Op - Hi Ree, I saw a really attractive lady across the road yesterday

Ree -

[benjipwns]

It would just be nice if straight users could do the same.

So you want women, especially trans women and women of color, to not feel safe on ResetERA.com?

[Potato]

It would just be nice if straight users could do the same.

So you want women, especially trans women and women of color, to not feel safe on ResetERA.com?

Why would they need to feel safe if they already left in droves?

[benjipwns]

Why would they need to feel safe if they already left in droves?

This kind of incessant questioning is why they're leaving in droves.

[Potato]

Why would they need to feel safe if they already left in droves?

This kind of incessant questioning is why they're leaving in droves.

I've always wondered what droves are and apparently this is them


Not sure why they're leaving so often.

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/RussianEmbassy/status/1500886096837849099

Isn't the guy on the left...

He's also on the left in this picture:


 

[HaughtyFrank]

What are they doing in that picture? Starting world war 3?

[Potato]

What are they doing in that picture? Starting world war 3?

Dunno, but she certainly looks like she just sucked the souls out of some orphans. She has that giddy, drunken, almost post-orgasmic glow.

[benjipwns]

What are they doing in that picture? Starting world war 3?

"Resetting" relations between Russia and the United States after the nasty Bush Administration slandered Putin as evil and condemned Russia for invading and conquering territory of Georgia.

But oops:

It was intended that this would be the Russian word for "reset" but actually was the word for "overcharged".[1][2] (The correct translation would be перезагрузка ["perezagruzka"].) Additionally, the button switch was the type commonly used as an emergency stop on industrial equipment.

[FUME5]

Where you at blamespace?

[Lonewulfeus]

User Banned (Permanent): Long history of trolling and passive aggression towards staff

is this locker room talk

Literally the thinnest skin mods.

[jorma]

What are they doing in that picture? Starting world war 3?

just add that to her list of failures... 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/russia-has-begun-a-full-scale-invasion-in-ukraine-read-staff-posts.556366/page-690#post-83292361

I was in a thread earlier that was about my niche field I’ve published in as a professional and did my graduate school for, and what I realized embarrassingly so late is how most threads are people confidently spewing absolute bullshit because they did a little bit of googling or literally just did a quick skim of the thread. It’s the sad state of things where a corrupt world has left everyone numb to “experts” and the internet has let stupidity run rampant unchecked in an epic display of peak stupidity on the dunning Krueger chart.

Maybe your armchair analysis on every topic isn’t that insightful to fucking anyone, and it’s okay to cite experts you find’s take without giving your own spin… there can be discussion in a discussion forum without unearned opinions. Maybe we’d be better off without the world of random hottakes on absolutely everything. Maybe it’s time to build a little bit of faith in institutions of expertise again.

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/russia-has-begun-a-full-scale-invasion-in-ukraine-read-staff-posts.556366/page-690#post-83292361

From right above that:


nice

[benjipwns]

Russian intel operatives use local payphones and Su-34's use civilian GPS sourced from Radioshack. Two part tweet.

https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/1500859812317384720

this got quoted a bunch of times and they're still talking about it in the thread, BUT THIS "SOURCE"

It's a shitty sci-fi author in Milwaukee who tried to sue Kiwi Farms posters for calling him fat:
https://twitter.com/DanBoeckner/status/1497441777292353546
https://twitter.com/YVeilleuxLepage/status/1501086466474188805

He spends all day arguing with "stalkers" on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/1501073016838836227
https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/1501071525411270658
https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/1501071131079491586

And has spent some weeks arguing with the "Shah of Iran" on Goodreads about whether or not his books are garbage and he's fat:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4526428425

And has been doing amazing Ukraine analysis like the above paint balloons against tanks idea or this 25 tweet thread:
https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/1500660528057831427

[Nintex]

We got some pretty reliable OPSINT from a trustworthy FSB-source that the Russian soldiers from the Central Group 4th Kharkiv Brigade have D-grade Chinese belts that snap as soon as they stand up making it hard to run away from direct fire engagements.
A thread to explain how this happened and what it means for the war 1/17

[team filler]

 

[Tuckers Law]

User Banned (Permanent): Long history of trolling and passive aggression towards staff

is this locker room talk

Literally the thinnest skin mods.

Feels like ban Morrigan would do.

[SmokyDave]

We got some pretty reliable OPSINT from a trustworthy FSB-source that the Russian soldiers from the Central Group 4th Kharkiv Brigade have D-grade Chinese belts that snap as soon as they stand up making it hard to run away from direct fire engagements.
A thread to explain how this happened and what it means for the war 1/17

Fuck man, now you've got me wanting to buy some ex-military surplus belts. I slap a couple of hunting knives on my belt and I'm sagging like it's '93. Those soldier fellas have some batman style anti-gravity shit holding up all their little pouches and clips and whatnot.

You got any feedback to offer on B Grade Chinese Belts? I'm not made of money.

[HaughtyFrank]

User Banned (Permanent): Long history of trolling and passive aggression towards staff

is this locker room talk

Literally the thinnest skin mods.

It's fucking amazing how he got under their skin. The bans he had before were only 3-5 days (and those happened years ago) and suddenly it's Perma banned.

[Transhuman]

Russian intel operatives use local payphones and Su-34's use civilian GPS sourced from Radioshack. Two part tweet.

https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/1500859812317384720

this got quoted a bunch of times and they're still talking about it in the thread, BUT THIS "SOURCE"

It's a shitty sci-fi author in Milwaukee who tried to sue Kiwi Farms posters for calling him fat:
https://twitter.com/DanBoeckner/status/1497441777292353546
https://twitter.com/YVeilleuxLepage/status/1501086466474188805

He spends all day arguing with "stalkers" on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/1501073016838836227
https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/1501071525411270658
https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/1501071131079491586

And has spent some weeks arguing with the "Shah of Iran" on Goodreads about whether or not his books are garbage and he's fat:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4526428425

And has been doing amazing Ukraine analysis like the above paint balloons against tanks idea or this 25 tweet thread:
https://twitter.com/stealthygeek/status/1500660528057831427

I'm torn because on the one hand, I am against bullying. But on the other hand...

https://no-cookie.kiwifarms.net/data/video/1110/1110855-ccd2c649cf859127d97c9da9510cc21a.mp4

[Nintex]

We got some pretty reliable OPSINT from a trustworthy FSB-source that the Russian soldiers from the Central Group 4th Kharkiv Brigade have D-grade Chinese belts that snap as soon as they stand up making it hard to run away from direct fire engagements.
A thread to explain how this happened and what it means for the war 1/17

Fuck man, now you've got me wanting to buy some ex-military surplus belts. I slap a couple of hunting knives on my belt and I'm sagging like it's '93. Those soldier fellas have some batman style anti-gravity shit holding up all their little pouches and clips and whatnot.

You got any feedback to offer on B Grade Chinese Belts? I'm not made of money.

When we were on patrol in Sarajevo and ran out the procurement officer would slip across the border to buy belts in Croatia.
Of course those are not as well made as your typical NATO issued belt but half the price for about 80% fastness was a pretty good deal for a short deployment. 1/3

The Russian military was actually pretty well equipped belt-wise in Chechnya and Afghanistan when they were still using the Hugo Boss surplus the Germans had stashed in the DDR.
But of course when the Soviet Union collapsed all those were sold to the Goths and collectors and they started using cheaper Chinese brands. Although some WAGNER units still use those superior belts in CQC. 2/3

This is a wake up call for the Russian military. If only they had copied and repurposed the Hugo Boss belt as they had with the Sturmgewehr 44. Belts Matter! 3/3

[Uncle]

I'm torn because on the one hand, I am against bullying. But on the other hand...

https://no-cookie.kiwifarms.net/data/video/1110/1110855-ccd2c649cf859127d97c9da9510cc21a.mp4

 

[Superstar]

User Banned (Permanent): Long history of trolling and passive aggression towards staff

is this locker room talk

Literally the thinnest skin mods.

Feel like that's one of the few names I recognize. Who is that again

[BisMarckie]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/shaun-breaks-down-the-politics-of-harry-potter.559873/

You know, the most normal thing, spending two hours watching some youtube clown break down the politics of a book for children that you absolutely hate now after being way too invested in it as an adult.

[SmokyDave]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/russia-has-begun-a-full-scale-invasion-in-ukraine-read-staff-posts.556366/page-691#post-83295355

Lol, this is sexist as fuck, but I cannot stop laughing at the video of Ukrainian border guards congratulating men caught while trying to leave Ukraine with flowers (today is International Women's Day).

https://www.facebook.com/100002177283898/videos/265569112432268/

Gotta be honest, when I see men that have been separated from their families being mocked as they're sent to their unwilling deaths, 'lol' isn't the first word that comes to mind.

These dopey fucks wouldn't know a principle if it chucked a bag over their head and dragged them to a gulag.

SO MUCH BELT KNOWLEDGE

Goddamn, you're like a straight NudeMac. If I ever need a beltsmith (and surely I will), I'm coming to you.

[Uncle]

BBC reporting on the disinformation going on atm. So much utter bullshit... and wouldn't you just guess, Q-adjacent bullshit nutters are now going in on the "it's all fake with crisis actors" bullshit.

And wouldn't you guess, Joe Rogan is involved.

Really, humanity is doomed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/60589965

ok let's just ctrl+f the page here

A false tweet - seemingly sent by CNN's verified Twitter account - claims US actor Steven Seagal, who is a dual US-Russian national, has been spotted "among Russian special forces" near Ukraine's capital of Kyiv.

Along with ordinary users, the tweet has been picked up by influential accounts with huge followings, including US podcast host Joe Rogan, who shared it with his 14 million followers on Instagram.

hating joe rogan so much that you imply he's a Q-level nutter spreading harmful views about crisis actors, rather than a goofy dumb meme about laughingstock steven seagal which harms no one and is "disinformation" of the utter least importance

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/russia-has-begun-a-full-scale-invasion-in-ukraine-read-staff-posts.556366/page-691#post-83295355

Lol, this is sexist as fuck, but I cannot stop laughing at the video of Ukrainian border guards congratulating men caught while trying to leave Ukraine with flowers (today is International Women's Day).

https://www.facebook.com/100002177283898/videos/265569112432268/

Gotta be honest, when I see men that have been separated from their families being mocked as they're sent to their unwilling deaths, 'lol' isn't the first word that comes to mind.

These dopey fucks wouldn't know a principle if it chucked a bag over their head and dragged them to a gulag.

Pink News had a story last week about how trans women who don't have changed their gender on papers can't leave the country. So yeah, not that funny

Oh, now it's not funny

[benjipwns]

It's a shitty sci-fi author in Milwaukee who tried to sue Kiwi Farms posters for calling him fat:

I forgot the best part of this. He didn't just lose this frivolous lawsuit. He lost it so bad that when one of the posters who fought it asked to recover attorneys fees, it was awarded. He owes $23K plus interest and got a lien put on his house. He refuses to pay it out of principle or something and there's some serious kind of law firm involved now to collect. I have no idea how he spends all day as a free Ukraine expert on Twitter or arguing with his trolls when he faces that because he tried to sue (and IIRC get the police/FBI to arrest) people insulting him on a couple internet forums. I actually have no idea how he funded the lawsuit as I have to imagine you pay quite a bit to get actual lawyers to file such an awful lawsuit in the first place, though I only read the one set of court documents a while back. He basically tried to allege a conspiracy to defame him despite having no proof (and never introducing any evidence in court) that his stalkers across multiple websites with no communication between them were an organized operation before he sued them all (60+ anonymous people) collectively. They introduced a bunch of the forum posts as evidence and suggested that multiple people calling him fat and stupid was somehow evidence of a criminal conspiracy.

[benjipwns]

It's a shitty sci-fi author in Milwaukee who tried to sue Kiwi Farms posters for calling him fat:

I forgot the best part of this. He didn't just lose this frivolous lawsuit. He lost it so bad that when one of the posters who fought it asked to recover attorneys fees, it was awarded. He owes $23K plus interest and got a lien put on his house. He refuses to pay it out of principle or something and there's some serious kind of law firm involved now to collect. I have no idea how he spends all day as a free Ukraine expert on Twitter or arguing with his trolls when he faces that because he tried to sue (and IIRC get the police/FBI to arrest) people insulting him on a couple internet forums. I actually have no idea how he funded the lawsuit as I have to imagine you pay quite a bit to get actual lawyers to file such an awful lawsuit in the first place, though I only read the one set of court documents a while back. He basically tried to allege a conspiracy to defame him despite having no proof (and never introducing any evidence in court) that his stalkers across multiple websites with no communication between them were an organized operation before he sued them all (60+ anonymous people) collectively. They introduced a bunch of the forum posts as evidence and suggested that multiple people calling him fat and stupid was somehow evidence of a criminal conspiracy.

You'll regret this post when the Supreme Court rules in favor of the plaintiff in Nepenthe v. The Bire.

[Snoopycat_]

We've seen a lot of terrible things coming out of the Ukraine, but the disrespect and hurtful comments being thrown at Seagal must be ranked among the worst war crimes of all time. Sensei is a man of passion and justice. I hope he kicks their heads off.

[Nintex]

"I call them Crisis Actors. They act only when there is a crisis it's quite unbelievable what is going on and it shouldn't have happened and frankly wouldn't have happened if I was President.
Everybody knows it. I see People literally crying filling up their gas tank it's horrible."

 

[SmokyDave]

We've seen a lot of terrible things coming out of the Ukraine, but the disrespect and hurtful comments being thrown at Seagal must be ranked among the worst war crimes of all time. Sensei is a man of passion and justice. I hope he kicks their heads off.

He murdered Robert Johnson.



This is not the sort of behaviour that I can just turn a blind eye to.

[HaughtyFrank]

People noticed the blame space ban

Not that any post here is ban worthy but of all of them, blamespaces comment somehow is this eggregious serial offender?

I don't understand why Blame was banned and why its ok for the op to keep humble bragging posting about homewrecking. It's gross.

Co-signed. What even happened here?

Pretty sure “post reverted” means they reverted it to what they banned it for. Not from it.

I can understand being confused by that though because it doesn’t make any sense.

So wait, blamespace wrote a post in jest in a thread where tons of people are trolling.

Looks at their post and be like "Yeah that might get me banned, I should edit it".

And got banned while the post was edited, but because of the previous post ... so mods reverted the post so that it wouldn't look bad to ban them for no reason?

I don't understand the order of events here, either way you look at it makes no sense.

It is pretty nonsensical. Tbh the wrong person was banned, this place shouldn't be an open diary for people to brag about their morally unsound bullshit. Like to come to the point of posting to a forum about it, it's incredibly easy to not engage and find someone else without a partner.

Mods then immediately lock the thread

This thread has clearly been derailed; Move along people.
blame space has a a very long history of trolling, this ban does not stand in isolation. That is all I am going to say on the matter.
Have a great week!
The thread will remain locked.

[Nintex]

is this locker room talk

Mod edit: Post reverted

And so ends the ballad of Blame space 

RIP internet warrior

[joeboy101]

It's a shitty sci-fi author in Milwaukee who tried to sue Kiwi Farms posters for calling him fat:

I forgot the best part of this. He didn't just lose this frivolous lawsuit. He lost it so bad that when one of the posters who fought it asked to recover attorneys fees, it was awarded. He owes $23K plus interest and got a lien put on his house. He refuses to pay it out of principle or something and there's some serious kind of law firm involved now to collect. I have no idea how he spends all day as a free Ukraine expert on Twitter or arguing with his trolls when he faces that because he tried to sue (and IIRC get the police/FBI to arrest) people insulting him on a couple internet forums. I actually have no idea how he funded the lawsuit as I have to imagine you pay quite a bit to get actual lawyers to file such an awful lawsuit in the first place, though I only read the one set of court documents a while back. He basically tried to allege a conspiracy to defame him despite having no proof (and never introducing any evidence in court) that his stalkers across multiple websites with no communication between them were an organized operation before he sued them all (60+ anonymous people) collectively. They introduced a bunch of the forum posts as evidence and suggested that multiple people calling him fat and stupid was somehow evidence of a criminal conspiracy.

You'll regret this post when the Supreme Court rules in favor of the plaintiff in Nepenthe v. The Bire.

Can’t file in court under a fursona.

[Uncle]

is this locker room talk

Mod edit: Post reverted

And so ends the ballad of Blame space 

RIP internet warrior

[Tuckers Law]

People noticed the blame space ban

Not that any post here is ban worthy but of all of them, blamespaces comment somehow is this eggregious serial offender?

I don't understand why Blame was banned and why its ok for the op to keep humble bragging posting about homewrecking. It's gross.

Co-signed. What even happened here?

Pretty sure “post reverted” means they reverted it to what they banned it for. Not from it.

I can understand being confused by that though because it doesn’t make any sense.

So wait, blamespace wrote a post in jest in a thread where tons of people are trolling.

Looks at their post and be like "Yeah that might get me banned, I should edit it".

And got banned while the post was edited, but because of the previous post ... so mods reverted the post so that it wouldn't look bad to ban them for no reason?

I don't understand the order of events here, either way you look at it makes no sense.

It is pretty nonsensical. Tbh the wrong person was banned, this place shouldn't be an open diary for people to brag about their morally unsound bullshit. Like to come to the point of posting to a forum about it, it's incredibly easy to not engage and find someone else without a partner.

Mods then immediately lock the thread

This thread has clearly been derailed; Move along people.
blame space has a a very long history of trolling, this ban does not stand in isolation. That is all I am going to say on the matter.
Have a great week!
The thread will remain locked.

I guess we know Morrigans mod-alt now.  Fragile like tissue.

[nobody of note]

I guess we know Morrigans mod-alt now.  Fragile like tissue.

Nah, man, she's busy over in Constructive making sure everyone knows she totally has no idea what the recent ban people are confused about could be:

I don't really understand the logic behind reverting an edited post and then banning the person for it. Doesn't them editing it mean they actually acknowledge their mistake? Isn't that kind of the goal of moderating someone? Of course there might be cases where someone crosses the line so hard that an edit hardly changes the situation, but to see it happen to pretty average posts seems odd and counterproductive. This is a forum, not a court room.

I think it depends on both what the post is, and the edit. If they edited in an apology, then I'd agree with you. If the edit is clearly just trying to avoid a ban (like "edit: not worth the ban lol") then... 🤷‍♀️

(Edit: btw I assume you are referencing a particular post but I have no idea what it is, I'm just speaking generally)

but really I just assume thin skin is just a prerequisite to modship

[BisMarckie]

lol, I remember the days where treaties meant something and it was usually bad when one breaks them

I don't.

[Joe Molotov]

It's a shitty sci-fi author in Milwaukee who tried to sue Kiwi Farms posters for calling him fat:

I forgot the best part of this. He didn't just lose this frivolous lawsuit. He lost it so bad that when one of the posters who fought it asked to recover attorneys fees, it was awarded. He owes $23K plus interest and got a lien put on his house. He refuses to pay it out of principle or something and there's some serious kind of law firm involved now to collect. I have no idea how he spends all day as a free Ukraine expert on Twitter or arguing with his trolls when he faces that because he tried to sue (and IIRC get the police/FBI to arrest) people insulting him on a couple internet forums. I actually have no idea how he funded the lawsuit as I have to imagine you pay quite a bit to get actual lawyers to file such an awful lawsuit in the first place, though I only read the one set of court documents a while back. He basically tried to allege a conspiracy to defame him despite having no proof (and never introducing any evidence in court) that his stalkers across multiple websites with no communication between them were an organized operation before he sued them all (60+ anonymous people) collectively. They introduced a bunch of the forum posts as evidence and suggested that multiple people calling him fat and stupid was somehow evidence of a criminal conspiracy.

You'll regret this post when the Supreme Court rules in favor of the plaintiff in Nepenthe v. The Bire.

Can’t file in court under a fursona.

You probably can in Biden's America.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

The thing about this news coverage from white Western media is that so much of it feels like gaslighting.

This is Europe!!!! Yeah, this IS Europe, that region whose wars dominated half of my high school history classes. Including two particularly World defining ones!

But this is EUROPE!

Yeah! Yeah it is!

 

[Nintex]

I'm anxiously awaiting the first comment from African and Syrian refugees that they thought Europe was safe from war and it no longer being safe is somehow racist. 

[Potato]

BBC reporting on the disinformation going on atm. So much utter bullshit... and wouldn't you just guess, Q-adjacent bullshit nutters are now going in on the "it's all fake with crisis actors" bullshit.

And wouldn't you guess, Joe Rogan is involved.

Really, humanity is doomed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/60589965

ok let's just ctrl+f the page here

A false tweet - seemingly sent by CNN's verified Twitter account - claims US actor Steven Seagal, who is a dual US-Russian national, has been spotted "among Russian special forces" near Ukraine's capital of Kyiv.

Along with ordinary users, the tweet has been picked up by influential accounts with huge followings, including US podcast host Joe Rogan, who shared it with his 14 million followers on Instagram.

hating joe rogan so much that you imply he's a Q-level nutter spreading harmful views about crisis actors, rather than a goofy dumb meme about laughingstock steven seagal which harms no one and is "disinformation" of the utter least importance

Reeeeesetera spreading misinformation about the spread of misinformation
 

[Potato]

It's a shitty sci-fi author in Milwaukee who tried to sue Kiwi Farms posters for calling him fat:

I forgot the best part of this. He didn't just lose this frivolous lawsuit. He lost it so bad that when one of the posters who fought it asked to recover attorneys fees, it was awarded. He owes $23K plus interest and got a lien put on his house. He refuses to pay it out of principle or something and there's some serious kind of law firm involved now to collect. I have no idea how he spends all day as a free Ukraine expert on Twitter or arguing with his trolls when he faces that because he tried to sue (and IIRC get the police/FBI to arrest) people insulting him on a couple internet forums. I actually have no idea how he funded the lawsuit as I have to imagine you pay quite a bit to get actual lawyers to file such an awful lawsuit in the first place, though I only read the one set of court documents a while back. He basically tried to allege a conspiracy to defame him despite having no proof (and never introducing any evidence in court) that his stalkers across multiple websites with no communication between them were an organized operation before he sued them all (60+ anonymous people) collectively. They introduced a bunch of the forum posts as evidence and suggested that multiple people calling him fat and stupid was somehow evidence of a criminal conspiracy.

Seems he went to the Lionel Hutz of lawyers who were willing to indulge his stupidity.

[HaughtyFrank]

The thing about this news coverage from white Western media is that so much of it feels like gaslighting.

This is Europe!!!! Yeah, this IS Europe, that region whose wars dominated half of my high school history classes. Including two particularly World defining ones!

But this is EUROPE!

Yeah! Yeah it is!

 

"Why are people so shocked by a new civil war in the US? I've seen like a million movies about a civil war in the US!"

Also I want to kill whoever introduced "gaslighting" into the common internet speak.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

The thing about this news coverage from white Western media is that so much of it feels like gaslighting.

This is Europe!!!! Yeah, this IS Europe, that region whose wars dominated half of my high school history classes. Including two particularly World defining ones!

But this is EUROPE!

Yeah! Yeah it is!

 

Or maybe WW I and II are part of the reason why people are paying attention to a war in Europe.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

And has spent some weeks arguing with the "Shah of Iran" on Goodreads about whether or not his books are garbage and he's fat:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4526428425

My Dad owns a Ford dealership ok? And having worked there for many, many years I know a thing or two about Mustangs. Much more than you! And Ford never built a Mustang engine higher than a V6.