Litigation Fund

[RodgerDodger]

I was listening to a naval historian who said something along the lines of “if just the threat of launching a battleship is enough to keep the enemy ships away, then save the oil”.

No need to force a battle you don’t have to. I appreciate Null being frugal here.

It's a "Fleet in Being"

Probably the clearest example of this in history is the German Battleship Tirpitz during WW2. She was Bismarck's sister. She was almost utterly useless spending most of the war hiding in a fjord in Norway. At least those points when she wasn't being repaired. She had no appreciable combat record whatsoever. BUT She was arguably the most effective Battleship of WW2. Just the threat of her leaving her Fjord and breaking out into the Atlantic forced the Royal Navy and later the American's to commit massive Naval Resources that could be better used elsewhere, to guard against her. Throughout 1941 and '42. The British had to keep several of their newest Battleships on station. The US had to keep it's then brand new State of the Art Fast Battleships in the Atlantic when they were desperately needed in the Pacific. Many of the US's top end ships were commited to the babysitting mission. The USS North Carolina, South Dakota, Iowa, Washington and Massachusetts all took turns. When people ask "Why were there no US Battleships at Midway?" There ya go.

Just by existing the Kiwi Legal Fund changes the equation. It's no longer just angry assholes on the internet. We're now Angry Assholes with Lawyers. And what Epik did really was indefensible.

And no, Null is not going to continue suing Epik. This was clearly a settlement based on a very scary demand letter. Epik's lawyers had enough sense to look at what they said and did and tell them "Issue the retraction he wants NOW!" What we do not know, and what Null is unlikely to say, is what if anything else was included in Epik's settlement? Communications regarding who or where they came up with the claims maybe?

 

[Barbarella]

Because the IOLTA doesn’t except bank payments anymore

So my next donation has to be cash in a shoebox?

Life on hard mode.

 

[CountoftheCourt]

Toasting in an epic thread. Cheers to the Everlord

 

[Haramburger]

Like this post if you give Null consent to go on a little bender + pizza with the leftover funds after bronchitis recovery, so no lefties try to question the accounting. I keep sending the money and clapping emojis, Josh keeps clapping on stream like a black woman, this is a legal transaction we keep making

 

[The Feline Solution]

We won
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Bitchniggers, complete Kiwi Farms victory! Every user saying Null is just going to buy more cheese with the lawsuit funds forever felted.

To celebrate, I shall post my favorite racial slur.

Jigaboo.

Porch Monkey.

 

[Megaton Punch]

"Kiwi Farms hosts child pornography."
Months pass, dozens of mass-media articles are written using this statement as evidence.
"Kiwi Farms doesn't actually host child pornography, sorry uwu <3."

If I ran up to a random stranger and yelled "THIS MAN IS A PEDOPHILE" several times, then found him again after a week and yelled "THIS MAN IS NOT A PEDOPHILE" several times, I still defamed him in public.

I agree, their bullshit "apology" doesn't make this right at all. They should at the very least settle for damages. I realize that they have all the institutional power and we have literally none so this was the best we could hope for, but in a just world this would only be the start of their path to contrition.

 

[Jerry's Magic Ring]

Because we cannot receive payments except by mail which is currently not included. I want to include them eventually but this month is killing me.

Speaking of mail payment, do you have an update on how much more have you received by checks and mail orders? Your last update had you report nearly $4000 in checks and money order for that week.

 

[Null]

Speaking of mail payment, do you have an update on how much more have you received by checks and mail orders? Your last update had you report nearly $4000 in checks and money order for that week.

We received $1025 this week. The week before we had received four checks, plus one in Canadian dollars, which was a fun puzzle for Hardin to figure out because for some reason American banks are perplexed by the existence of moneys other than USD.

 

[CircuSphere]

It would actually be about 4000toz.

Yeah, that's what Hal 9000 concluded:

To calculate the approximate volume of $100,000 in silver, we need to know the current price of silver per unit of weight. As of my last update, the price of silver was approximately $25 per ounce.

1. First, we need to determine how many ounces of silver $100,000 can buy:
   Number of ounces=Total valuePrice per ounce=100,00025=4,000 ouncesNumber of ounces=Price per ounceTotal value=25100,000=4,000 ounces
2. Silver is commonly measured in troy ounces, which is about 1.09714 times heavier than a regular ounce. So, the weight in troy ounces would be:
   Weight in troy ounces=4,000×1.09714≈4,388.56 troy ouncesWeight in troy ounces=4,000×1.09714≈4,388.56 troy ounces
3. The volume of silver would depend on the form it takes. If we assume it's in the form of coins or bars, we need to know the density of silver. The density of silver is approximately 10.49 grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm³).
4. Convert the weight in troy ounces to grams:
   Weight in grams=4,388.56×31.1035≈136,512.25 gramsWeight in grams=4,388.56×31.1035≈136,512.25 grams
5. Calculate the volume in cubic centimeters:
   Volume in cm³=Weight in gramsDensity=136,512.2510.49≈13,023.86 cm³Volume in cm³=DensityWeight in grams=10.49136,512.25≈13,023.86 cm³

So, approximately $100,000 in silver would occupy about 13,023.86 cubic centimeters.

I was just surprised that $100K in silver can fit into a shoebox ( < 1/2 of a cubic foot).

 

[Null]

Silver coinage feels good in your hand. But you are really surprised when you first pick up gold. It is so small.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

OUR MONEY WORKED.

That's a funny way to look at it....a normal person ought to celebrate "does not host child porn" but instead they are angry about it.

That's sick.

They don't care as to whether or not KF actually has CP on it, only that they can convince as many people as possible that it does.

But of course, you already knew that.

 

[Megaton Punch]

Yeah, that's what Hal 9000 concluded:



I was just surprised that $100K in silver can fit into a shoebox ( < 1/2 of a cubic foot).

At the risk of getting tautological, 4000 oz would be 4000 1 ounce coins. Those coins aren't small. I really can't imagine fitting 4000 of them into a shoebox. I can barely imagine fitting 400. But according to the QUICKMAFFS I just did, it's accurate. Maybe shoe boxes are much bigger than I remember.

 

[Jerry's Magic Ring]

We received $1025 this week. The week before we had received four checks, plus one in Canadian dollars, which was a fun puzzle for Hardin to figure out because for some reason American banks are perplexed by the existence of moneys other than USD.

For Canadian dollars, probably because they have to deal with exchange rates that constantly change, granted at an often slight pace. Glad to hear you and Hardin are continuing to see checks come in at a gradual pace.

I’ll try to get an update on how much we’ve got for total donations since the crowdfunding started later.

 

[mrfresh]

At the risk of getting tautological, 4000 oz would be 4000 1 ounce coins. Those coins aren't small. I really can't imagine fitting 4000 of them into a shoebox. I can barely imagine fitting 400. But according to the QUICKMAFFS I just did, it's accurate. Maybe shoe boxes are much bigger than I remember.

Coins have spaces between them while a solid block of silver would not

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

It's purely cognitive dissonance. Because to their way of thinking, they have everything figured out. They have a moral and ideological framework that explains everything and I do mean EVERYTHING. They are crusading for a better and more tolerant world and anyone who stands against that can't be doing it for a logical or altruistic reason. But there's this pesky problem: Reality keeps refusing to conform to their model of how it should be.

I disagree, people like Liz Fong Jones are just cynical & performative moralists, the ideology they advocate for is just a weapon for them to wield around like a cudgel because it benefits them in the moment. Everything people like Keffals or Jones say has an ulterior motive, where what's being said is a strawman front to achieve the ends of their real motives & intentions.

 

[whatever I feel like]

Because the IOLTA doesn’t except bank payments anymore

Am I going to have to five whys this?

Why does the IOLTA no longer accept bank payments?

 

[Flan Handler]

At the risk of getting tautological, 4000 oz would be 4000 1 ounce coins. Those coins aren't small. I really can't imagine fitting 4000 of them into a shoebox. I can barely imagine fitting 400. But according to the QUICKMAFFS I just did, it's accurate. Maybe shoe boxes are much bigger than I remember.

I have been in the physical presence of about 1500 ounces of silver, and it took up more than a shoebox. Maybe a little more than a 3 gallon pail.

Edit: the silver was in all kinds of formats so not as compactly stacked as it could be I think.

 

[GiveMeTheMoney]

It brings me great pleasure and happiness that the forum keeps on taking wins, the tide seriously is turning. Troons are losing power more and more every day, and hopefully someday we can go back to ridiculing them for the sex pests and freaks they are.

 

[TooManyKittens]

Am I going to have to five whys this?

Why does the IOLTA no longer accept bank payments?

Jesus christ read the thread.

Tldr for the idiots in the room:
IOLTA structures do not usually take credit card transactions
The payment processor/holding banks didn't want to deal with it after the initial flood of sometimes small transactions that are subject to very different rules than normal.
After the initial rush due to the above problems null stopped fighting to maintain the unusual arrangement.

Shit is still better than before because you can either send:
Crypto like always into nulls shit directly. Dont ask me how I'm an old faggot dealing with shit right now.
Send a good old fashioned check to Hardins law office (apparently preferably of USD denomination)
If a check concerns you send a usps money order.

If null needs to find a way to process cards again i imagine he will but thats likely to be a 2nd slobber mutt call to arms than the ongoing trickle of late comers and recurrent donations.

I wasn't the brightest for how some of those options worked but that was like 100s or pages ago and this has been explained multiple times since then.

And I am sure as long as its made out to the correct recipient a cashiers check will cost you a fee and your bank will know who you sent to but those should also work like a regular check for those of you zoomers who probably don't have a checkbook.

 

[Westfalia]

Did the settlement hopefully involve financial restitution to refill the coffers?
Would be nice to know if these asshats have to give more than just a "sorry bro"