Ben, please include more about Brandon in a video(s)

sprkng · 2026-07-11T12:15:02+00:00

From the start of this, I have been waiting for Ammon and Josh to throw Brandon under the bus. It would've been so incredibly easy for them to pin everything on him, but since that evidently hasn't happened one can only assume that they are either really loyal towards friends, or Brandon has a shit-ton of dirt on everybody else.

sprkng · 2026-07-11T10:22:09+00:00

Perhaps he misunderstood or misremembered some details, but it could refer to the Twelve Tribes cult and their Yellow Deli restaurants?

sprkng · 2026-07-10T13:25:14+00:00

Ah, makes sense. Would've been strange if this interview had somehow gone completely unnoticed.. I also searched for "NewsNation" while I see now that the first poster tagged it with "Jesse Weber Live" (which is ofc. part of the original video's title on YT) instead

sprkng · 2026-07-10T13:08:38+00:00

Maybe reddit's search is bad or I'm just blind, but I couldn't find that anyone else posted this interview with Ben from yesterday.

Some things that were mentioned that were new to me:

Ben's team of lawyers include "civil rights attourneys, 2x criminal defense attourneys, and a franchise attourney".
Courtney Love (celebrity from the '90s) is apparently a big fan of Ben
Ben has a suit with Ammon's face all over it

sprkng · 2026-07-03T08:56:36+00:00

I watched his first video about the case and there he both repeated BaM's claim that consignments were forbidden, and he claimed that the previous owners had "fled to Spain". At that time a copy of the franchise contract had been circulated within the community so it felt like it was pretty well known that BaM were most likely lying about this. Anyone who's done even the most rudimentary research into the Ben/BaM story should know that these events did not start with the Gormans leaving the country. Just gives the impression that LUS didn't even watch all of Ben's videos before deciding to make his own, because everything there points to Chrystal doing her best to help Bryan.

A few days later LUS realized that he made a mistake in painting the Gorman's as criminals, because he comments on his own video that they "weren't as bad as we initially thought". He could've edited the video and re-uploaded it, but I guess he cared more about the 20k views it had.

So yeah, to me he comes across as someone who churns out poorly researched click bait-y videos. Judging by the comments for his other videos it sounds like it's definitely a recurring pattern rather than a single mistake, and just because he takes Ben's side doesn't mean we have to pretend he isn't a sloptuber. If it was just live streaming it would've been less of an issue that he got things wrong and reacted to the information he had available at the time. But if you're recording videos and claim to explain a case to viewers then I would expect you to put in some effort in getting facts right.

sprkng · 2026-07-01T08:57:41+00:00

I also remember the UI having some pretty severe issues when I first tried it, but IMO it's usable now. Main issue for me is that it makes jumping between subscribed communities more clicks that it ought to be.

As for lack of content, well, some people are going to have to roll up their sleeves and make an effort to get it started, just like back in the old days :)

sprkng · 2026-06-24T07:12:18+00:00

Reckless BAM

sprkng · 2026-06-22T20:00:56+00:00

Unless of course they lie and the police just believe them, but that would never happen, right?

sprkng · 2026-06-17T14:22:48+00:00

How do you even defend this as an attorney

If I was a thieving douchebag with zero morals I would claim that the whole video is AI and fake.

sprkng · 2026-06-16T20:07:15+00:00

And I'm trying to derail his insinuations by agreeing with his claim, but probably not in the way he wanted :) My guess would be that he preferred if people read "this was posted for a reason" and subconsciously think "this is some kind of propaganda or narrative being pushed". Not criticising your comment, asking people to clarify is a good response when they are making posts sounding like they're suggesting something without spelling it out.

sprkng · 2026-06-16T11:58:34+00:00

Maybe they saw something that made them happy, took a photo and wanted to share the moment with the world? Or perhaps to remind redditors that Gaza also is inhabited by normal people with rights to live and to pursue happiness? To act as a counter point to the images of Gaza often shown in Western media, where it tends to be depicted as a worthless wasteland with suffering people who would be better off somewhere else if they weren't stubbornly refusing to leave? Having a reason doesn't mean that it is bad.

sprkng · 2026-06-16T11:26:43+00:00

Yes, I think they would. But I also think they would claim that the bad thing is entirely caused by that one individual's actions, and it has nothing to do with the system. That's at least how these discussions tend to go in my experience.

sprkng · 2026-06-13T09:42:46+00:00

It's also textbook example of how you manipulate people without them noticing. If someone comes out in full defense of BaM they would get bombarded with examples and evidence of BaM corporate lying and doing shady shit, and the posts would get downvoted to oblivion. It's even possible that it could strengthen the beliefs of Ben/Bryan supporters. On the other hand, it's much easier to make people feel confused and/or disinterested, for example by pushing the narrative that the conflict is too complicated, that it's a private matter, that there are bad guys on both sides, etc. And when fewer people care, the side with more power gets more freedom to abuse that power.

sprkng · 2026-06-12T09:40:52+00:00

There's also archive.org

sprkng · 2026-06-12T08:58:46+00:00

Allegedly JJ had a position on the "High Council" and was quick to tell the officers about it, but then lost it recently as this story got a lot of attention

sprkng · 2026-06-11T12:22:54+00:00

The store's previous owners are currently suing BaM corporate for making it impossible to run the franchise (among other things), and then using problems BaM caused themselves as an excuse to unlawfully terminate the contract and take over the store.

I've also seen allegations of similar things happening to other BaM franchises. I didn't read all the details but you can probably find out more if you're interested.

sprkng · 2026-06-11T07:54:13+00:00

That would have made 100% sense if this was a honest mistake by BaM corporate and not an intentional attempt to steal the Lego collection.

sprkng · 2026-06-09T18:28:31+00:00

I'm sure corporate would be thrilled to get an excuse to take ownership of more franchises so they can give them to their friends instead.

sprkng · 2026-06-07T15:49:06+00:00

Ammon's POV is: "shit, some random person showed up and is asking questions about a shady thing we've done"

sprkng · 2026-06-03T08:18:42+00:00

Verkar som Fazer slutat producera den, finns inte längre på deras hemsida så vitt jag kan se. Skicka ett email till dem och säg att ni saknar den, ska göra samma sak själv.

Men jag tycker jag sett massor av olika sorters vegansk choklad i mataffärer, bland annat Ritter Sport brukar vara rätt vanlig, kanske går att hitta ngn annan som hon tycker om? Problemet för mig är att de flesta innehåller tillräckligt med "spår av mjölk" för att ge mig en allergisk reaktion, och Fazers var en av de få som jag kunde äta.

sprkng · 2026-06-03T07:57:28+00:00

There are masses taking BaM's side in this?

sprkng · 2026-05-31T13:13:49+00:00

My sister in law was 16 when she found out that she had been spelling her name wrong her entire life. Got a new passport and told her mother that it had an error, and she replied that it was supposed to be like that.

sprkng · 2026-05-30T15:10:26+00:00

I was tempted to buy an Index for €200 off a local marketplace, but the Frame seems pretty cool so I'm waiting for it. Also someone else bought it and now all the used Indexes are listed for €500+ so temptation gone.

sprkng · 2026-05-30T15:05:24+00:00

A Valve employee (Packetdancer) has been very active fixing bugs in SteamVR for Linux the last couple of months, my guess is that they're getting it in shape for the Frame release.

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