@@hatinacat7344 have genuinely avoided liking hilarious comments for this very reason, even as a grown-arse middle aged person 😅 this one has crossed the Nice Threshold now though, so best add yours to get it to 420
A big point hbomberguy kept driving home in his video is plagiarists steal from people they don't respect. I don't know how that can be made more clear by James continuing to claim that no one would have found/read/watched his sources anyway.
The really wild thing is that like...yeah, dude, people would have found/ read/ watched his sources if he'd said "this is the source I'm getting this information from, go check them out if you're interested in more". Like...he completely fails to understand that the same platform he used to steel from and erase smaller creators, he could have used to uplift and promote those same creators and been the kind of "champion of the LGBT community" he liked to pretend he was.
I fully expect a conservative backflip to be the next step for Somerton. His credibility is completely shot, but if he can become another white gay figurehead for conservatives by dropping everyone else in the LGBTQ community under the bus I fully expect him to try to cling to relevence in any way he can.
They'd take him in a heartbeat. As long as he knows when to say all the stupid things, and never forgets his actual place like the Log Cabin Republicans sometimes do, they'd be the only people to ever have his back again. At that point you're basically just a trained seal anyway, clapping and honking whenever the trainer gives the proper signal. And it's not like they're ever without money or in search of more tokens.
Honestly i think the modern right has moved past feeling the need to appeal to the queer community at all. Consider how nastily they treated Dave Rubin and his husband for having kids, or how Milo Yiannopoulos has now "turned straight". At one time these white gay guys were useful to the right to appear less bigoted, but now they're just going back to hating all things queer using open transphobia as the starting point.
My abusive ex would threaten to end himself, act like he's gonna do it, and then want sex right after. It was all an act; someone who cares only for himself. This is what James is.
I've straight up told people I don't believe them, even dared a couple to show me how serious they were. I'm not necessarily proud of those things, but I have absolutely zero tolerance for emotional manipulation and refuse to allow it to creep into my personal life. I go to great lengths to make sure my free time is spent only around good people, and good people just don't pull that shit.
I had an ex who threatened to end themselves all the time, and when I finally left guess what they did? NOTHING! They were bluffing the whole time. But it kept me with them longer than I wanted to be.
Mine did when i broke with him after finding out he was cheating and spending all of his money and my money after rent and bills on said girls and a mobile game instead of bills like he said and gaslit me into believing when i questioned it. I called 000 as soon as he threatened to off himself and he begged me to hang up before an operator could answer. No more attempts after that but did try force me to sleep in the bed with him and do couple's therapy. I said I'd humour him with the last one but it would be a complete waste of time as I'd already booked flights back to my parents across the country and wouldn't be cancelling the tickets, nor do I want to date a cheater who groomed me then emotionally and financially abused me for years (I had no savings because of him and couldn't move out or live on my own and was struggling with my health as well, like I had been in hospital less than a week earlier)
I'm overal just always suspicious when folk threaten to do it, or announce they're going to. I understand there's a very very small minority of people genuinely reaching out for help when doing so and not really knowing how else to seek help, but it seems much of the time it's just manipulation tactics. If James was genuinely trying to reach out for help with actual s* concerns, he could reach out for help or ask for patience. Instead he's repeatedly used s* as a tactic for pity (his 1st 'apology), and now it seems like revenge too. I dunno, as someone who's struggled heavily with s* ideation (i'm slowly getting better don't worry, which is why i'm better at discussing it openly), i've experienced how severely isolating it is and how I'd NEVER think of threatening it or consistently telling people i'm going to do it, or announce if i did it because I fear burdening folk even more... it's just like... what James is doing seems like its attention driven. which ime is oiften to opposite of what ppl genuinely struggling with s* tend to be. (I understand everyone goes through these experiences differently, but this is just like my opinion, man)
Hbomberguy and his producer tracked down and confirmed that he was alive a few days after the post, primarily through Nick. So we weren’t completely in the dark, thankfully
Yeah I was in a server with Kat at the time and we were all checking to see if she was okay while it was happening because she was up for ages trying to figure out any way to check that he was okay or get a wellness check done because we didn't even know where in the country he lived at the time so it was pretty difficult to figure out who to call. Someone else took a comment telling Harry and Kat to look after themselves and hoping they were okay out of context elsewhere and was like "look at this, these guys don't care about James' wellbeing at all they only care about how this affects their own".
It's so gross of him to say "no one would have read these things anyway" when he COULD have recommended them to his audience in his videos! Could have easily used his platform for good instead of evil
Its especially gross considering all those authors he says are from decades ago who wouldn’t be affected by his plagiarism were mostly queer writers who died during the aids crisis. It just further shows he never had any respect for the community, just himself
Exactly. Also like...."no one would have read these things anyway" but YOU did, James....and if YOU read them, anyone can, considering James can barely read at that
"Go get a hobby" -Dude who stole and lied for a living, on an alt account defending himself in the 3rd person against random people _on Twitter_ clowning him
I was in a live chat with James and Nick. James shared that he had a fear of splinters. I shared a story of my aunt almost losing her hand as a result of a splinter. (Long story short: poor health care guidance on the behalf of the doc) Nick and James decide to critique and pick apart my story as if I'm making it up. After that, I lost my taste for his videos. When James got exposed, I was stoked. Nick needs to be held accountable because true writers research their material. Thank you for covering this Luxander.
I was a huge fan of Somerton. Like real money via Patreon and Telos and mod on his live chats. I noticed a red flag early on but brushed it away because I liked his work: lack of collaboration. So many of my fave queer creators work at various levels with other queer creators. Jessie Gender, Philosophy Tube, Swolsome, Caelon Conrad etc etc. Every quote read is by another creator, they have interviews and all the other ways. It's not just performative and marketing (although it is that) but it proves the creator has surrounded themselves with a community. This community offers support and feedback but also accountability. When Jessie Gender has 6 people reading quotes, those people have had some access to the script and have the potential of pointing out problems and blindspots. And if she was plagiarizing it's way more likely to be spotted. TL;DR, a creator that seems to work in isolation, especially when they get to a certain size, it's a huge red flag. Why are they not collaborating? Are they incapable of working with others? Do they fear the scrutiny?
To be fair, I've done voiceover for quotes in other people's videos and they usually just send the quoted part and give a rough idea of what the video is about. I don't think I've ever been sent a full script
@@MusingMoss Valid. But it does still mean you are part of their community and when the video drops, if they are saying problematic things or you spot a plagiarized portion, you are more likely to call them out, privately to start. Especially if it's a video you've contributed to, even just a voiceover.
Yeah, Becky Albertalli literally offered to work with him on a queer YA video after his "Love, Simon" debacle, and instead of sharing the spotlight and showing an ounce of humility, he pointedly refused to ever mention the movie or the author ever again.
Also, considering that he's so misogynistic that he's literally made up women to be mad at in his videos, he has exactly 0 room to engage in this conversation.
"posting hole". As a gay guy also on twitter, I found this simple phrase hilariously accurate. On a more serious note, his play-self unaliving even worse than his crap videos. Having had friends and family attempt, I take these sort of notes and cries for help seriously. I feel like, after he has taken advantage of LGBT+ people for years, he is now trying to use mental health as an excuse, and in doing so, imho, increasing the chance people *actually* crying for help will be ignored.
Yeah... Not to mention that him using mental health as an excuse to get away with his bullshit contributes to the stigma of mental health concerns, and the stigma of being a suicidal perosn who's struggling.
His attitude of "I cannot be wrong, I'm clearly the victim because you hurt my feelings, you all did this to me" is very reminiscent of JK Rowling's TERF meltdown honestly.
@@lunatykica5636which is crazy because if he truly was an lgbt savant, he would’ve known that there would be no gay movement without the Ls and the Ts of the community.
@@lunatykica5636 exactly he did (and I bet my ass that he misgendered transmascs, including transmascs who happen to be BL fans, in his Killing Stalking video)
11:16 inappropriate citing is just as bad as no citing. If it’s still not obvious in the text who said what, it’s not cited. If James had cited his work properly it would have been obvious that it was 90% direct quotes, 10% misinformation about straight women.
@@Listening_Books12345 That's what I told my sister. She shouted this from across the room as I was watching the video. I told her I was stealing it to comment. She thought they were both Princess Bride. She's seen that, but only knows of Monty Python from me, so she probably thought I was quoting Princess Bride in the past.
And also making up very fake facts about history that were preeeetty damaging. Oh! And also stealing a looot of money to make queer films that he very much did not make, just pocketing the money. Pretty standard scam artist.
@@TMJW It's not good at all. It's obviously bad but people treated him like he drunk drove and killed a family, or like hes a serial rapist or something.
@@BooksReboundHe’s certainly acting like it. It’s definitely not a normal reaction to fake committing self-delete to get people on HBombs case and making alt accounts to defend himself by saying it “wasn’t that bad because the people he stole from were dead and the articles were old anyway”.
I have an ex who threatened to kill themselves over me leaving them, so the whole James situation is super loathesome to me. That sort of threat is just trying to further harm the people he's already hurt.
His "alt self defense" is just... So trashy. He acts like citation notation isn't hammered into you since middle school. There's so many styles he could have chosen to use... But he didn't.
HBomberguy is right about how James Somerton seems to be a little too eager to throw his co-writer under the bus, but he was a little too kind to him. Even if Nick didn’t know about all the plagiarism, he definitely knew that Somerton liked to just make shit up, and was perfectly fine with never checking the validity of his claims.
Agreed, Nick is just looking out for himself. When you’re an inexperienced writer you can’t always afford to have journalistic integrity. Also, I’m not sure how much Somerton threw Nick under the bus. He never admitted that Nick plagiarized as well, but I’m sure he did. I think Somerton is in love with Nick and a taking most of the blame himself, but he’s immature so he can’t fully protect his employee.
Todd In The Shadows did a video on Somerton focusing on the misinformation in his videos that revealed Nick was definitely complicit in the "making shit up", if not the plagiarism. Like...Nick apparently openly said on their discord server that he never researched anything for the videos and would pretty much just state whatever he thought was true on any given topic as fact. A lot of the misinformation in Somerton's videos can apparently be traced back to Nick. Since Hbomb was only focused on the plagiarism (and misogyny), it's not surprising he was kinder to Nick since there's nothing to link him to Somerton's habit of taking other people's words and just copying them directly (which would actually go against Nick's own claim of never bothering to do research), but Nick is absolutely no innocent in the whole mess.
NGL if I had to be alone in the woods with James Somerton or a bear the bear sounds more fun. Human etiquette demands that I don't speed-climb a tree to get away from James Somerton.
He would still talk at you about gay fitspo Nazis while you're up in the tree. There would be no escape. If you don't get that reference, Todd in the Shadows has a great video on James' misinformation and lies.
As someone with narcissistic personality disorder i promise other's opinions matter too much to me. Never heard anything good about myself from my parents so now its everyone else's problem /j Glad to hear someone that isn't just jumping the gun to armchair diagnosing people they dont like with a cluster b disorder. When people just label every bad person as cluster b it really underminds how much work we put into being good people and to do the right thing
Yeah, it's like people don't realize that you can be a self centered dong and still be completely mentally "normal". Like... he's clearly got some issue with attention seeking, but that's like.... a really common thing, most folks just don't take it this far.
Yeah, people will talk about people they hate like 'narcissist' this, 'borderline' this, 'sociopath' that, and they sound unbelievably uneducated to me! It's just one of those lingering, completely socially acceptable forms of ableism/sanism that we have in the 2020s. Fucking b*llshit, man. Sorry you have to deal with that because of your NPD. Fight the good fight x ~ a butthurt BPDer 😅
Not being facetious, good job discussing Narcissism and BPD without adding to the stigma or arm chair diagnosing. I'm genuinely impressed (first video of yours I've seen), most people struggle to talk about the cluster B disorders in a mindful manner, sticking to facts. Signed, someone with BPD in remission. Also, adding... I watched this with the video minimized while I scrolled other websites. I saw absolutely nothing written on screen. 😅
Hey, thank you for covering this topic. Just a heads up that detailing which methods would or wouldn't work to end things can potentially be unhelpful to folks struggling with ideation. Same reason reports on the news are kept as vague as possible. Appreciate it was in the context of trying to look at the situation in good faith though, which is admirable. You have a very calming voice too!
The thing I love about the whole "cult of HBomberguy" comment he made is that he's saying that academia is being controlled by Big Harry 😂 yes he's controlling the narrative unfairly, as well as any educational institution with any inkling of credibility
Why repeatedly say "most the stuff he stole was a decade old" when the Attack On Titan blog was not that old, the Are They Gay videos werent that old, the article he stole from his Patreon supporter wasnt that old, or all the Jeffrey Dahmer stuff being not that old either. It is such a weak excuse if you actually watch the HBomb video, James.
It was reported within a day or so of the "farewell note" being posted that Somerton actually was OK, which left the still unanswered question of whether or not he actually attempted anything, did he actually try but not succeed or was it all bullshit. For some reason, possibly because I consider him to be an exceedingly bad person, I suspect it's the latter.
Great recap video! I am very appreciative of you talking about the stigmatization of NPD via labeling abusers as “narcissists”. One small correction is that “achillean” isn’t a reference to the Greek figure himself, but is instead a term that means a man who likes men, regardless of sexuality. (Similar to “sapphic”.)
Welp, that's... horrible of him. Well done reaching a new low, buddy. I'm almost proud of the hustle you put into digging yourself ever deeper into that hole you made for yourself... and, I guess, the several holes you managed to dig yourself into.
Posting another comment, cause listening to the conversation from a bunch of people who've obviously been to therapy and put in the work is truly heartwarming. Been there myself, BPD doesn't go into remission without help after all! Seriously, congratulations to all of you who've had success in therapy regardless of you're still seeing someone or not. To those still in therapy not seeing results yet, I'm proud of you for being there! It took me years and multiple different therapists and therapies to start seeing significant positive change. Don't give up, you can get there! And to anyone feeling like they're going backwards in their journey, I'm proud of you too for even noticing! life isnt straight. Backwards steps are a normal part of moving forward and you will figure this out. I regressed many times and almost gave up completely more than once. Now I'm approaching 6 years of BPD remission and have mended relationships with people who would have been wholly justified refusing to ever communicate with me again. In fact one of the people I hurt severely is now my carer and we're about to move in together so they can help me with some of my less treatable problems. There is light! You can all do eet!
I don't know if I just misunderstood or missed something that was explained in this video, but if I'd just like to point out that people in the hbomberguy community did get an update that he was safe relatively shortly (a few days i think? Reddit won't let me check specific dates things were posted on the app sorry) after he made the post about ending things. Hbomb's producer Kat replied to a post on the subreddit letting us know that he was "alive and physically safe". So yeah, I just wanted to note that because of producer Kat's dilligence we weren't left not knowing anything for 2 whole months! Having said that, him being alive was all we knew though, so he could have made an attempt and failed etc for all we knew. It certainly is interesting getting a look into what he was actually up to while we were concerned for his life
Bit of a tangent, but I have noticed there are consistent people, (not naming names), in lefty Twitter who constantly threatened to unalive themselves. At first I felt bad but now it just feels like manipulation because of how chronic it is
@@ACAB.forcutieWhile it is very common for people to conceal their plans and it's very shitty for people to lie, I advise against this belief because it often leads to a mindset of "well you're not actually going to do anything because you wouldn't have told me about it" and ignoring genuine cries for help. I have seen this play out irl. Everyone accused a suicidal person of lying for attention until they went through with it. And then everyone pretended to be shocked and upset.
@@inkypunk I mean, I realize now I was not very clear with the quotes, but I do mean even the legitimate cries for help don't look like this. This just looks like manipulation because it is. Idk maybe I've just seen enough different legit cries for help, but it seemed very obvious to me from the beginning to not be genuine 🤷♀️
@@ACAB.forcutie I'm someone who never told anyone about my past attempts before or as they happened, but I also know people who legitimately mean it and are saying it so someone can take them seriously and help them. There are also people who will maliciously bring others down by telling people before ending their lives. Not everyone who talks about it is doing it for attention. Again, my past attempts haven't been known by anyone beforehand and people only learn about them years later. I hid my first attempt for 8 years and my second for 2 or 3 years, only telling my psychologist and psychiatrist. In saying that, I almost had a third attempt early this year (I'm doing much better now thanks to a med adjustment for my bipolar and making headway in therapy) and for the first time in my life, I told someone that I had been dealing with ideation on and off for a few years, it's gotten a lot worse since October when my life fell apart, I'm having trouble holding on and I need help. I wasn't in immediate danger yet but because my last attempts have been spontaneous, I'm scared of what will happen if someone doesn't check in every day. This friend is part of my mania and psychosis action plan so I could trust him. I was not threatening anybody with my life nor was I attention seeking. I was asking for help before I'm too far gone and need to be hospitalised or am dead. I have a deal with my 2 closest friends that if they're concerned about my mental health and I am not receptive to it and compliant with arranging extra appointments with my care team, then I want them to have me hospitalised. Same goes for medication but I'm always compliant with that because mania is extremely distressing for me.
I really appreciate how you mentioned how its important to own up to your own bad actions, especially to yourself. there's this pretty great essay by Joan Didion called "On Self Respect" that talks about this very thing, about how once you've made your bed and lie down in it, now you need to sleep, now you need to live your life and accept that you are a person who did the things you've done and to be better. It's the only way that change can happen, imo. And its not fun, its very hard, but its necessary for growth. Thank you again, love your channel
Yeah when he announced he was dead I was not worried at all and wasn’t surprised in the least when I found out he was posting on an alt account. Then when people suggested he was posting from the hospital I was like “dude… they take your phone when you make an attempt.” He wasn’t anywhere close to a hospital.
People getting mad at hbomberguy and his team and blaming them for James’ apparent suicide is actually ludicrous. They didn’t push James to harm himself. The choice to do whatever James did or claimed to do, was his choice alone. Also I agree that we shouldn’t be eager to pathologize people’s behavior, but I do suspect that when someone in James’ position just keeps fumbling every possible opportunity to do better or at least to *look* better,,, something isn’t right. Like you said, it just smacks of an utter unawareness how other people think and feel about his actions.
My friends & I all quit watching the guy for his blatant misogyny long before HB’s video. The fact that it took a man & a different issue (plagiarism) to deliver accountability is depressing. It’s very clear that some (not all) LGBT men really detest women due to an issue stemming from childhood. That was clearly the case with Somerton & I think he’s even mentioned the girl in high school, though not exactly what happened. Regardless, the man needs therapy off the internet
I just never watched enough of his videos to catch the misogyny myself. I'm not LGBTQ+ and haven't really cared for most pop media in decades, so its deconstruction never really offered me much. So I just never saw that many of his videos. I quit watching him entirely once he outed his own fetish for the Nazi uniforms, but since I only watched a few of his videos and none of his most controversial ones, I missed a whole bunch of stuff. I don't know about anyone else, but that's why it never caused me any issues. I just never saw it, and since he ripped off almost every word he ever recorded that wasn't as ever present as the plagiarism.
I never watched him, but I picked up on it pretty quick in that section of the HHBomberguy vid. He hates women so much that it's genuinely disturbing. If he weren't gay he'd 100% be an incel. He's also really transphobic. Like... blatantly so. I can't wait to watch him go down the disgraced gay to alt right pipeline. I give it to the end of the year, max.
That's probably petty, but to act like the danger a woman would potentially be in if she found herself alone with a male stranger, to being a gender conforming cis man in the same situation is quite disrespectful. This misguided act of performative allyship to women is not beating the misogyny allegations at all
what kind of bear tho? black bear? then you're probably ok. polar bear, you're gonna have a bad time. and what kind of man? just one at random? are they American? do i at least speak the same language? or is it just a guy that was already wandering the woods?
It's classic James Somerton, even pre-hbomb - centering gay men in conversations about other groups' experiences while trivializing the actual issue. According to him, cis white gay men face the most intense discrimination on the face of this earth
@@CJMGalaxy right? That's honestly a symptom of his self centeredness. Only what affects him personally he's capable of truly caring about/having any feelings towards
Obviously he was getting annoyed with women being the focus of a discussion and decided it was his turn...without anything new to add to the conversation, so typical Somerton?
You came across my feed yesterday, and I’m happy to have found your channel. I loved the insights from time you spent in therapy around accountability and how it’s painful to genuinely look at yourself and change. Really insightful, I loved this!
Not enough people are talking about your section on mental disorders and armchair diagnosing. Seriously, more people with a platform need to bring this up. There's SOO many "mental health advocates" that'll infantilize people with depression, anxiety, autism, etc. all the "good ones" while those of us with PDs are talked about as though we're villains with no chance of redemption. It's depressing. At some point you wonder if it's worth trying when everyone around you has already deemed you a failure, and things like this don't help. So, seriously, if one person took that section seriously, this video has already helped more than the thousands of others where the creator throws the narcissism label around and ignores the comments pointing this out.
This one hurts. Like, I loved James content. As a gay man myself, I really enjoy learning the history of my people and trying to learn more about my culture as I never was in a position to safely explore it in the real world. When I learned he plagiarized, my mind flashed back to grade school when in English class they told us how awful it is to do such a thing. Now he is faking self-harm and trying to make a comeback? Like. Everything he is doing just hurts.
I do think James is going thru some legit mental health stuff right now and may be actually addicted to being online and gaining attention. But still, that is not an excuse. Your own mental health is always your responsibility. What he’s doing is still fucked up
Hearing all that stuff about guilt and making things right by not just other people but yourself was therapeutic. It was beautifully worded. I def have regrets but I’m working and moving forward as an individual to better myself and this stream and other all very lovely
I forgot Peter Coffin even existed for years. Many years back, he was busted by a Chinese blogger he used to harass posting as his own fake girlfriend for months on end, so that will be who Peter is to me. Just bottom of the barrel, putting serious effort into pretending to have a girlfriend, sad little loser. It freaked me out when I suddenly found out he had his own channel. I don't know what the guy is about, I don't know what happened in all those years in between being busted and starting his channel, and I have zero interest in finding out. He was always just a sad little clown to me, and that hasn't changed once in all these years. I think I might've even reflexively blocked his channel, just because there is no universe where I care what someone like that has to say. About anything.
I didn't even know he was still around until just a couple weeks ago. Years back, him and his "girlfriend" were harassing a well known Asian (I want to say she was native in Singapore, but my memory is generally terrible) woman blogger. She had told him to stop, and he kept trolling her week after week. He finally crossed a line for her, so one day she just posted all this proof that Coffin's girlfriend was entirely fictional. She even posted entire conversations Peter and his "girlfriend" had, proving how she was fictional at every step. Screenshots timestamps, the whole 9. It blew up large parts of the internet at the time, and Coffin rightfully hid from public view for a long while. I literally forgot about his existence for years until one day he suddenly showed up in my feed, only with salt and pepper hair now. I was totally uninterested in whatever he had to say about anything and immediately blocked his channel, but remembering all this and hearing he's still an asshole all these years later is hilarious. I guess some things really do never change.
This is not a criticism related to your comments on James himself, but more so your commentary from 3:54 to about 5:39. Please, please, PLEASE dont use this as an argument against someone to disprove their suicidal ideation. This is extremely damaging to those who actually suffer from suicidal thoughts and downplays the severity of their experience. Just because someone doesn't act on their suicidal thoughrs does NOT mean they are lying about being suicidal. People will threaten to kill themselves and not act on it. It's common, and it's not them pretending to have suicidal issues. I understand that in this situation, James was obviously manipulating and lying, but *most people* who suffer from suicidal tendencies don't act on their thoughts until it's far too late. Talking and thinking about ending things is still legitimate, regardless if that person has acted on them. I just want you to he aware, as someone who suffers from this regularly... thank you for reading ! ❤
Sorry, This is really off topic but hearing that a handful of ibuprofen won't kill you honestly gave me so much relief. I'm terrified of overdosing accidentally and can be a bit of a hypochondriac, so I'm very afraid of taking too much whenever I'm in pain. Hearing that has really lifted a weight off my chest
It can mess up your liver and cause complications later on that might lead to death, but there have been times where my doctor told me to take amounts of ibuprofen that I'm not comfortable taking (back injury) because he judged it safe for that short period of time
It doesn't confirm or deny whether James actually has NPD, but having lost a family member to self-deletion who did have NPD: I hope by now things are quiet because he is actually receiving help, because when a person with NPD does ultimately do that, it is out of nowhere and often done for malicious reasons rather than depressive spiraling. They are much more likely to treat it like hanging up the phone so they are getting the final word, and they can even think they are punishing someone by denying them their presence forever and by making it look like that individual's fault -- at least in the narc's eyes. Maintaining their narrative until the last moment is paramount to anything else. And it would not just be an attempt. Genuinely, I hope he is okay, and he needs to start over outside of the public eye and stay there. I hope that all has been quiet for these past few months because steps are being taken to go in that direction. I am stating my concern because if he IS diagnosable as such, reaching that point without intervention has the potential to be both sudden and dangerous.
I've actually been within 20 feet of an adolescent black bear before. A couple of times. It didn't send up nearly the same number of red flags a whole lot of people do. You just stand still, keep calm, and start looking for a mama bear that might be hiding somewhere close. You only stress if you find one. Otherwise, that's it. People generally don't scare me, but at least bears are predictable. That's a lot less stressful than most people, regardless of gender.
@@lazerstanI know how a polar bear will react to my presence. I don't know what a person will do. Though, considering the existence of grolar bears and pizzlies... I might pick a person over those. All of the territory and speed of a grizzly, but with the aggression and diet of a polar bear. But hey, at least with them I'll still only be killed, which may still be preferable.
Somerton should really leave the internet for a couple years. He wants to be a movie maker. So he should, if he hasn't already, apply to a film school. Start with voluntary work in the filming industry, do comparse roles whatever and gain knowledge and exposure. And once he maybe has the first successful work done himself, people could be able to forgive him eventually. If he stays true to his promise of dedicating his movies to LGBTQ representation. However he should stay under the radar online or exclusively post updates from his movie stuff.
32:23 this caught me so off guard BECAUSE I've nothing but reflect since getting divorced at 29. I'll be 32 in December and I can happily say that this is the most comfortable and happy I've been in my friendships and with my sense of self. I wish more people wouldn't be afraid of being alone with their damn thoughts.
Just want to correct some potential dangerous misinformation you said: a handful of ibuprofen can absolutely kill you. People have died from not being taken seriously after confessing to attempting to OD with it specifically because of people thinking it isn't harmful enough. I'm sure you were unaware and had no ill-intentions, I just think you shouldn't make a claim like that if you don't know what you're talking about.
Hi, I wonder where can I get more information on that? Cause I tried to search for it and found only cases where people died either by ingesting a lot of other stuff or A LOT of ibuprofen. Thanks!
@@luciekolarova5351 it mostly depends on weight. someone with a really low weight (eg. small children) could die from just a handful. It is unlikely, but it's not impossible, especially if combined with certain medical conditions.
this guy + the triangle lady being evergreen video fodder is fascinating to watch as a bystander. at least this guy's not trying to sue people yet, i guess.
The information after the five minute mark is really inaccurate. There are a lot of factors that create dangerous circumstances; height, weight, hand size. sensitivity, ability for organs to process things. Please do not hear the words being spoken and either think this is safe or that it is not a big deal when someone says they have done these things. All of the items mentions can lead to bad outcomes, such as bowel impaction, liver failure and other system damages. I really wish that part was not in this video as it is medical misinformation. Please be careful with this information. follow dosing guidelines. be kind to yourself and reach out to a friend or loved one if you have thoughts of self harm.
I sadly already was familiar with Mr. Somerton. 😔 I was brought in by "his" video about being a gay Harry Potter fan, and at the time I found it really engaging. I'm disgusted by his recent behavior, even though after everything hit the fan I still listened to "his" older video about Brandon Rogers. Speaking as a former illuminaughtii fan, I'm tired of this shit. :P
I think that we should all stop talking about him. He wants attention, that much is obvious. He won’t get better unless we all stop talking about his drama. I know that that sounds hypocritical, seeing as I’m commenting on a video like this, but I wanted to put that out there.
You know, whether or not James has some sort of mental disorder that's causing him to act like this shouldn't matter anyway. Trashy, selfish behavior is trashy, selfish behavior. It's his responsibility to ensure that his mental state doesn't become other people's problem. A diagnosis is really only useful for him to figure out how to do that. It's none of our business and it's not helpful for us to speculate about it.
Nope. He tried declaring himself King Gay of all RU-vid, and he stole every single word he ever recorded from lesser known queer writers. He could've boosted every single one of them and actually supported the community he claimed to represent; instead, he decided stealing from all of them while always requesting more money from his most devoted supporters was the better idea. I have zero sympathy for him. He deserves everything that has been coming his way since all that theft was discovered.
@@ACAB.forcutie I'm sorry, I was trying to agree with you and just add extra context as to why. For some reason I read your comment as meaning near zero sympathy, anyway.
@@RevShifty lol you are 100% fine, I was emphasizing what you said by overly clarifying what I meant 😂 I am autistic, idk what I'm doing half the time lol
I got into an argument on Xitter over whether or not J.S. is still fair game for abuse and ridicule after his unalive note. I'm of the opinion that as a society or online community we should not dismiss a supposedly fake unalive note and just keep piling onto people. Because how do we decide which cry for help deserves attention and which one doesn't. After all, the literal boy who cried wolf did get attacked by wolves in the end and nobody cared. AITA?
I followed all of this when it was going down and the sheer gall of James to go im gonna end everything and go dark leaving so many thinking he was unaliving himself. The amount of people he threw into a mental health crisis, angers me everytime i think about it. Harry and Kat were scrambling trying to confirm if he was safe and threw their own mental health down a drain trying to be good people. This shit is unforgivable.
Hello, new subscriber here, and I'm finding myself falling a bit behind in the nomenclature or whatever: is-- is _"posting hole"_ exactly what it sounds like...?
5:29 respectfully, WHY ARE YOU SAYING THAT ! You're giving directions to people who may want to end their lives ! I know you dont have malicious intent but this is way too touchy !
This is really sad. I am a firm beleiver that when someone makes a cry for a help or a plea for attention, it actually does mean they need help and attention. Even if they've done it in an innapropriate way.
I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that Nick, the co-writer used they/them pronouns. If that is so, Somerton immediately switching to he/him is really gross. If I’m wrong, I’ll delete this.
Very good point about the shame being more acceptable than change. I'd also consider that James's behaviour was engineered towards putting this whole thing to rest asap. Acknowledging fault and changing his process would bring attention to it being true and affect his fan base=downline. Acting like it was just a mistake and instantly moving onto his plans going ahead, he probably assumed his audience could be persuaded to move on with him and everything would be the same. And when that didn't work, he went on to try and "punish" the people who were "mean" to him.
Not to be that guy but if someone takes a handful of Tylenol and claims to have been trying to kill themselves, I think they needed help but didn’t know how to ask more than they wanted to die, I’m by no means saying it’s “for attention” or whatever, I just think when someone makes a halfhearted attempt like that, they don’t want to die, they want their pain to be seen by others
Better options to keep your channel than faking suicide: -Ignore the video, never address it and wait for it to blow over. The initial loss of subs will eventually turn around when people who have no idea about the plagarism sub -Acknowledge his mistake, promise to do better in the future and follow through. Take a break to edit past videos, even if its just a google doc with links in the description. Listen to people about how to change for future videos. -He could just say he doesnt care, never change anything. He'll still loose subs but his remaining fans wont leave and at a certain point people will stop talking about him and people who dont care about plagarism wont care when he does it. Do I agree with every option? No, but when you mess up you either gotta stick to your actions or learn and change for the future. No one wants a fake apology.
I don't know how well known this is, and my intention is in no way to defend james, but achillean is a term to describe MLM people and relationships, and likewise Sapphic for WLW people and relationships. I think that may be where the alt account name came from
Clearly there is something pathological with his behaviour (the internet has stripped narcissism of all meaning but it does track with professional descriptions) but on the other hand - why shouldn't he keep trying when this fiasco has drifted so far from the plagiarism scandal. People still subscribe to his accounts if only ironically or for hate clicks. If Somerton sees any attention as good attention he's still getting what he wants. What accountability is there for him to take when so many have written this off as petty internet drama?
