Richard Meyer v. Mark Waid (2018)

[JohnDoe]

He could get more, or he could get less.

Likely more, simply because he's surpassed 75k worth of profit after Waid harmed his chance of success. If the final finding is that Waid is liable, the logical conclusion is that Meyer stood to make far more than 75k.

Plus there is the matter of all the inevitable punitive damages which can easily be many times that of actual damages.

 

[mindlessobserver]

It makes sense when you think only fake minorities disagree with you:
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Do you think this is a game?!

 

[AnOminous]

It makes sense when you think only fake minorities disagree with you:
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Nobody has to "bait" this enormous baby into throwing a tantrum. Simply disagreeing with him about anything at all or telling him "no" does that.

Plus there is the matter of all the inevitable punitive damages which can easily be many times that of actual damages.

If there's anything that inclines a judge or jury to awarding punitive damages, it is a smug, self-righteous attitude by the defendant who is clearly in the wrong, but has learned nothing from his mistake.

 

[DrunkJoe]

Nobody has to "bait" this enormous baby into throwing a tantrum. Simply disagreeing with him about anything at all or telling him "no" does that.



If there's anything that inclines a judge or jury to awarding punitive damages, it is a smug, self-righteous attitude by the defendant who is clearly in the wrong, but has learned nothing from his mistake.

Shit waid could be out billions if a jury paid out on smugness.

 

[Capsaicin Addict]

It makes sense when you think only fake minorities disagree with you:
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LOLwut.

Waid, you fuckwit, there are lawyers and court dates involved now. This is no longer a game. Hence my comment earlier in the thread advising Meyer (and his attorney) to NOT talk at all on social media. Win first, brag afterward.

Jesus the Jumpin' Jew, what a moron. Is he trying to lose?

 

[mindlessobserver]

The funny thing about Waid's response to the allegations is that a key tenet of SocJus is "Listen and Believe" when it comes to minorities. I would be willing to bet that Waid was among those we was shouting, "Believe all women!" during the Kavanaugh confirmation and now changes his tune when two women have come out with allegations about his abhorrent behavior. If he truly believed in Social Justice, should he have not prostrated himself before the Supreme Court of SocJus and begged for forgiveness for being an old white male who abused minorities? The double standard here reveals a lot about the man's character. This is not about defending women/PoCs/LGBT. This is about covering his own ass after his temper and hubris finally caught up with him.

I am seriously hoping that the judge who presides over this case can see that. Additionally, I very much hope Waid and his lawyer take this exceptional behavior to the courtroom to continue hammering the nails into his coffin. In short, get rekt, Waid. Hell, I wonder if the judge can award Meyer more than the $75,000 asked.

It speaks more broadly to the psychology of authoritarianism. You ask any person on the street if they want to live in a closed society where their every thought is regulated and the punishments for deviation are swift and arbitrary, and they will invariably say "no, of course not"! And yet Authoritarian societies proliferate to the point that they are the norm rather then the exception. This is because Dear Leader is aided and abetted by two types of people spread throughout the whole of society. The most common type is the browbeaten everyman too scared to speak up for fear of retribution, and the other is the petty tyrant who gets off on doing the browbeating and embraces dear leaders ideology whole heartedly because it gives him moral license to be an asshole. Waid is the latter. He does not "believe" in SocJus ideology the way you believe in the inevitably the sun will rise tomorrow. He believes in it only in as much as it gives moral sanction for him being able to satisfy his base instinct to abuse other people. Anything contrary to that is simply a subversive plot that must be crushed just as hard as the enemies of SocJus.

Incidentally, this is why its important to push back forcefully to these idiots and their efforts to deplatform people like Alex Jones or Gab. Its not "Kind of" authoritarianism. It is in fact the very essence that makes authoritarian societies work. Arbitrary punishments to browbeat anyone who disagrees into unspeaking submission.

 

[Jub-Jub]

This is no longer a game. Hence my comment earlier in the thread advising Meyer (and his attorney) to NOT talk at all on social media. Win first, brag afterward.

Well to be fair, it is a game... to me, because I'm not interacting and have no skin in the game. This real life soap opera is better than anything people are putting on TV, so what I'm saying is:

 

[Capsaicin Addict]

Well to be fair, it is a game... to me, because I'm not interacting and have no skin in the game. This real life soap opera is better than anything people are putting on TV, so what I'm saying is:

Ok, true, for US it's entertainment.

 

[Jub-Jub]

Anti are pissed that Zack's getting more donations https://twitter.com/andrewfarago/status/1057881647834587136 http://archive.is/gma2w

Something screwy is happening with Zack's gofundme

I saw it go over 100k, but didn't see how high it got, but here is a guy claiming 105k

 

[Water-T]

Yeah, Andrew! Donating to each other to inflate your numbers is only Ok when your buddies do it on Patreon!

Seriously though - how in the fuck are two anon accounts supposed to "inflate" Ya Boi Zack's GFF account? What would be the point, since D&C is in it to pay his legal fees and not empty asspats?

 

[Least Concern]

Something screwy is happening with Zack's gofundme

Shenanigans! I had the page open in another tab and took a screenshot before reloading:

Here's the list of top donors now. What's missing is the $10k donation from someone Zack said was a friend of his using a pseudonym; can't recall what it was. (Should have taken a screenshot of that too before reloading.)

So I guess these pledges are fungible after all.

Also: Hello, Bounding Into Comics editors. I see you plagiarized a screenshot from one of my posts. I'd appreciate attribution next time, since I put a lot of work into plagiarizing screenshots from EVS's streams.

 

[Goofy Logic]

The month rolled over, so perhaps there was an overdraft?

Anti are pissed that Zack's getting more donations https://twitter.com/andrewfarago/status/1057881647834587136 http://archive.is/gma2w
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"Waid's donations are real people! Mayer's donations are from nobodies!"

That attitude is what nearly drove Marvel to bankruptcy. Keep thinking that.

 

[1Tonka_Truck]

So I guess these pledges are fungible after all.

Zack probably refunded her the money.

 

[PantsFreeZone]

Shenanigans! I had the page open in another tab and took a screenshot before reloading:

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Here's the list of top donors now. What's missing is the $10k donation from someone Zack said was a friend of his using a pseudonym; can't recall what it was. (Should have taken a screenshot of that too before reloading.)

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So I guess these pledges are fungible after all.

Also: Hello, Bounding Into Comics editors. I see you plagiarized a screenshot from one of my posts. I'd appreciate attribution next time, since I put a lot of work into plagiarizing screenshots from EVS's streams.

The goal was to raise 75K and once it became apparent CG was going to overfund the campaign, he probably told his IRL friends to refund.

Or she sent him a personal check so the site wouldn't take whatever their cut would be.

 

[AnOminous]

"Waid's donations are real people! Mayer's donations are from nobodies!"

Waid's donations are virtue signaling industry insiders protecting their own financial interests, because the case against Waid calls into question their own illegal, monopolistic trade practices and anti-competitive conduct.

Meyer's donations are people who care about comics, and would have been spending their money on those very comics.

 

[The Littlest Shitlord]

It's interesting that anti-Comicsgate is apparently going with the "anonymous donation inflation" theory. I thought that they would blame Russia and/or the Koch brothers. I guess if they think that they are up against actual money that it raises the possibility that they might not win, and such defeatism is clearly verboten in their circles.

 

[Least Concern]

What evidence do they have for the donation inflation theory? Is there anything to that?

Antis, if you's like to sign up and represent your side here, it'd be appreciated. You'll be fine as long as you come in good faith.

 

[damian]

I like how concerned they are that Zack blew past them again.

1. JawBreakers: LS IGG making $98K.
2. When Waid tanked the deal causing the JB:LS IGG to >quadruple in $ generated.
3. When he launched Iron Sights & it made >$100K.
4. When he re-launched IS IGG for the donation to the lgbt+ youth suicide hotline.
5. When EVS got the GFM rolling.

If these people ever had superpowers they'd be this guy:

 

[You Promised]

What's missing is the $10k donation from someone Zack said was a friend of his using a pseudonym; can't recall what it was. (Should have taken a screenshot of that too before reloading.)

Exactly. I last dumped a spreadsheet around 24 hours ago, here's a diff between then and now:

GFM removed the link from her donation to her profile yesterday too, I went back another day to get it.
https://www.gofundme.com/profile/chloe-claire-9xyvi

 

[damian]

https://twitter.com/CastSweet/status/1058026297379569664 https://archive.fo/MRiWq

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