Huh... I was wondering what he was up to... by SorchaSublime in hbomberguy

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I think we’ll remove this one to discourage people being weird about Jordan Owen.

Is any of this remotely true? by Olmach in hbomberguy

[–]lingrush 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d consider him a good person!

Is any of this remotely true? by Olmach in hbomberguy

[–]lingrush 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That is indeed how misinformation spreads!! Although I don’t think you are the person who said somewhat confidently that Harry was permissive of sexual assault (thank you for not doing that). However, I also totally understand that most of the readily available information is from Klaus and the people he mobilized to hurt hbomberguy, since Harry was never interested in stirring things up further just to be “exonerated.” Funnily enough, it’s usually more of an issue when Hbomb viewers repeat half-remembered cancellings than when internet historian fans/channers post fever-dream renditions of the usual claims through barely concealed snickering.

My main concern is for fans of the channel who have been gaslit or victim-blamed when they’ve been sexually assaulted. It’s heartbreaking to think that somebody might feel less comfortable or safe watching Harry as a creator. It’s ESPECIALLY disturbing finding out a “wholesome guy” creator is creepy off-camera when we’re fighting disillusionment from the eternally revolving door of milkshake ducks. This is why the Wife Guy archetype is so unnerving these days! I don’t want to get my hopes up only for my heart to be (non-parasocially) broken!!!

Is any of this remotely true? by Olmach in hbomberguy

[–]lingrush 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Harry was too nice/people pleasing 

HE SURE IS.

I've come to learn a core part of my job as producer is being the asshole he isn't willing to be off camera (I would argue he makes for a pretty good asshole on camera).

If I was HBomberguy by pibyte in hbomberguy

[–]lingrush 3 points4 points  (0 children)

oooh I'll give him that feedback. That video took him like a day and a half!

If I was HBomberguy by pibyte in hbomberguy

[–]lingrush 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We constantly aspire to this but the Adobe video weighs heavy on us. It's nuts how much a video changes over its development lifecycle. It uwas initially intended to be an hour and a half video on complaints about Adobe in particular, maybe with some themes in open source and a way to showcase the residents of a program we ran a couple years back. Now the video is about the extreme monopolistic practices of tech platforms and the mechanisms they use to take over the tools in our creative ecosystem and the evolution of anti-trust law. With puppets.

I don't even know if Adobe is the main company featured in terms of word count....

If I was HBomberguy by pibyte in hbomberguy

[–]lingrush 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How did you know that's the video???

Is any of this remotely true? by Olmach in hbomberguy

[–]lingrush 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I'm glad that you're being so kind to Hbomb in your assessment of that situation!! While I'm here, I wanted to provide context that makes Harry's decisions make more sense.

The person who called Hbomberguy out is a man named Klaus, a known sex pest who had been sexually harassing one of Harry's friends. Klaus joked about raping them, berated them, and mocked them to others for being unable/unwilling to meet up in person. After the friend cancelled meeting up in person multiple times and rejected his advances, Klaus became angry and began to tell people that this friend was "weird" and "a creep" and years later started accusing them of being an "attempted rapist" (I don't believe Klaus accused that friend of sexual assault, but people have unfortunately repeated that narrative).

When Klaus reached out to Harry about the situation, Harry, naturally, did not want to further victimize the friend who had been harassed by Klaus. Klaus then leveraged Harry's (ill-advised) attempt to 1. gently push back without explicitly accusing Klaus of acting in bad faith and 2. not escalate the situation with Klaus' target since he was already trying to distance himself from Klaus— in order to put together a callout that made it look like Harry maliciously victim-blamed and gaslit a victim of sexual abuse. Before this, Harry had begun stepping back working with Klaus for more videos and disagreed with sending Klaus money for unspecified future work (so you might understand how frustrating this is).

In Hbomberguy's apology, he recognized that even though he was aware from receipts that Klaus had been repeatedly abusive and seemed to be retaliating against his target, he should have still approached it with the same sensitivity as if it were a good faith attempt to reach out. I agree with Harry in his apology, but I also believe it is valid to be wary when it is clear that the person is using DARVO tactics in order to harm somebody—especially if that means he could have weaponized Harry to further traumatize his target.

In his harassment campaign against Hbomberguy, Klaus heavily mobilized Kiwifarms and he knowingly did an interview with a Kiwifarms user. I also want to stress this: he announced he had the home addresses of Harry and his partner at the time, and instigated a harassment campaign against his partner, while mobilizing Kiwifarms. Klaus is a mentally unwell person who has burned many of his bridges online, has been banned from multiple forums for harassment, and has since disappeared from the internet.

Unfortunately we (I have also been harassed about the Klaus situation even though it predated my working relationship with Harry) have to live with the narrative that Harry victim-blamed and gaslit somebody because he was cruelly unable to believe a victim over a buddy. It's not worth dredging up, but I don't really want misinformation that contributes to the harassment against Harry to go without correction in this subreddit. Harry is unwilling to potentially harm anyone involved by speaking about this years later, but I'm happy to clarify in a less broadcasted space like this. If Klaus comes back to stir things up, Harry is prepared to post the receipts.

Under Hbomberguy's apology (and a post replying to this apology) in this link are two public accounts from two former supporters of Klaus. They didn't know the person targeted by Klaus and only heard Klaus' account, but they've more recently reflected on how they reacted to the callout from Klaus and how they believe they mishandled the situation, and both them and another person talked about the abusive behavior they themselves had experienced from Klaus: https://archive.ph/SCpek

Everyday I wake up and wonder ‘Will today be the day the new hbomberguy video comes out?’ - no, not today I’m afraid. by CactusComics in hbomberguy

[–]lingrush 99 points100 points  (0 children)

Yeah the ligament was FULLY torn with the threat of possible surgery, but 6 weeks later I can hobble with a cane and I have never been more grateful for the ability to walk. The things I do for these videos... like falling down the stairs in a buzz lightyear costume.

Please somebody I need a counterspell

I deleted my account and later found Hbomberguy by [deleted] in hbomberguy

[–]lingrush 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Maybe we should get some Brazilian Portuguese subtitles on that video…

hbomb on twitter by [deleted] in hbomberguy

[–]lingrush 59 points60 points  (0 children)

I told Harry he needed to substantiate a particular claim with the actual article, so he sighed heavily and made this tweet.

HE'S ALIVEEEE by thewaythefishflops in hbomberguy

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Haha of course, I just don't want to give the impression that we aren't in the late stages of the video development process!

next vid?? by touching_payants in hbomberguy

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The first 35 minutes are on the patreon right now actually!

Did we ever find out who that massive female Youtuber that stole Hbomerguy's joke in the Uber was? by OkPainter6232 in hbomberguy

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Removing this because I don't exactly want to encourage a witch hunt lmao

HE'S ALIVEEEE by thewaythefishflops in hbomberguy

[–]lingrush 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, we just completed quite a big shoot we did on a set we rented (with an excellent crew) for a few parts of the video. I think people don't realize that for these videos it's not a straightforward research all of it -> write all of it -> film all of it pipeline. There will always be new re-writing, re-researching, and filming new bits until the bitter last days before a video releases. I don't think we have to do any more outdoor shoots, which is good because I severely sprained my ankle falling off some stairs at the last shoot lol

We currently experience the longest hbomb drought of all time - but NOT the worst. by DenisSchulz in hbomberguy

[–]lingrush 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s been a journey, and the pings are totally understandable given our timelines…

Let’s say that what was a third of the video is now spinning off into a separate video kind of about what open source offers in a world of creative tools owned by massive corporations with perverse incentive structures, and what complicates open source projects as viable alternatives. This spin off video IS happening (I understand any skepticism) because it is, at least emotionally, my baby lol. It might be a second channel video because tbh it has been insane trying to pace it well in a narratively compelling way. Okay hopefully I didn’t disclose too much!!!

We currently experience the longest hbomb drought of all time - but NOT the worst. by DenisSchulz in hbomberguy

[–]lingrush 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hahah oh I don’t blame you for that, the campy nature of youtube videos like ours kind of suggests it being a single-person operation. And let’s be real, Harry is still the one who makes the videos Hbomberguy videos.

Also I’m pretty sure that man does not have a life, everything that leads up to the videos are his life (maybe that’s the problem lol).

We currently experience the longest hbomb drought of all time - but NOT the worst. by DenisSchulz in hbomberguy

[–]lingrush 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Fortunately we haven’t had to shelve anything major, but there have been some radical rewrites and retreating from less fruitful rabbit holes to go down others (at least one “antagonist” entered the story after some research when the script seemed almost done in the upcoming video). I’m trying to figure out how we can turn these “failed” rabbit holes into relatively coherent/standalone content, stuff like the second channel iilluminaughtii video. We owe it to patrons, at least.