MrBeast Responds To Ava Kris Tyson Scandal, Monster Steven van de Velde Should Be Banned, & More

[@Leedark3]

"He served his time and is rehabilitated" is for not keeping him in prison and letting him be free. It is NOT about putting him on a pedestal to represent your country.

[@haleyd2951]

This!!! Say it louder for some of the gross ass people in these comments.

[@feliciaroseantonia]

I mean lets be real here though, those who prey on children don't ever actually "rehabilitate" at all. They always go on to offend again

[@yukikanegawa7470]

Child assault isn't a mistake. It's not something you can do in the heat of the moment. It's cruel, premeditated, and inhuman. Anyone who preys on a child in that way does not deserve human rights. You can't even argue on age of consent laws like people like to do with teenagers. That kid was 12. A middle schooler.

[@duckthecow]

@@feliciaroseantoniaThat is one hell of a statement. Provide a source that every single child rapist goes on to reoffend.

[@Drewthemagnificent]

​@@duckthecowwhy are you trying to dispute that? Got something you want to tell us?

[@Loekstoer]

As someone from the Netherlands I am completely disgusted by the decision to let Steven van de Velde compete in the Olympic. And it gets worse because the Dutch news channels don’t cover the story as far as have seen.

[@Rubenkg10]

NOS covered it a few times, but there also isn't much more actual news on this topic for them to cover. Unless he gets kicked from the team (which he probably won't) i doubt we will see much coverage specifically focussing on him.

[@nyls1717]

Our authorities have failed drastically. That NOC*NSF haven’t even had the balls to adress this issue is absolutely disgusting. They are staying completely silent even though the Dutch people have been calling to withdraw Steven van der Velde for months now.

[@HerstalP90]

It is so incredibly dissapointing. I cannot believe he is allowed to compete. Dutch laws are bullshit 99% of the time in terms of sentencing as well. Its criminal how short of a time he spent in a jail cell. He should have been banned from the sport. Gross how they allow him to compete. And also annoying how this will reflect on our country.

[@jeffersonhulbert8399]

Yeah its especially insulting because his sentence to begin was so short and he didn't even serve that.

[@Tryingtofindacreativename]

The Dutch laws are famously relaxed on rape and other such crimes. This shouldn't be surprising.

[@TheRealBrit]

"He served his sentence" No, he served 1 quarter of his already criminally short sentence and then you let him go. Thats not justice.

[@savannagray]

A sentence of only 4 years for the rape of a child seems absurd to me. Then him still going to the olympics?!? Absolutely wild

[@Domidomi85]

And only served 13 months of them...

[@gobbledygook5000]

The USA elected a serial rapist as president a few years ago and might do again, so... Not sure where our expectations should really be anymore.

[@Tustin2121]

I wanna know how the sentence was that short to begin with?? Like murder gets you put in for life, but something arguably *worse* (because lingering trauma) gets you four years??

[@bunnylakeisntmissing]

@@Tustin2121 because sentencing over here in the UK is a bit ridiculous at times especially when it comes to sexual crimes - if they even get brought by the cps in the first place. there are certain crimes i think sentences should be lax for but so many times i see someone convicted, read the sentence n think wtf how is it only that little?? would still rather face our criminal justice system than the US. also 'A life sentence in the UK does not necessarily mean the inmate will spend their entire life in prison. Instead, it implies that the individual is subject to lifelong supervision, whether incarcerated or released on licence' this is used for most murders, then we have whole life orders which is actually your whole life behind bars

[@B_Ahmed1234]

In Florida, he could get a death sentence for his crime.

[@jahbern]

John Oliver did a story on the deep-sea nodules. I suggest everyone watch it, because what the companies lobbying to mine them are telling you is NOT the whole story. Mining them could destroy entire ecosystems for the next 3 million years (based on how long it takes to repair that part of the ocean floor). And we have no idea what that would do to the ocean at large. It’s legit scary when you see what mining those nodules does to the ocean. The test strips from the 1980s are still completely devastated.

[@rickmel09]

there was one time when the oceanic oxygen levels went down a little bit and 97% of life on earth went extinct, so...

[@pij3333]

Absolutely this. We cannot let the deep sea mining industry control this debate

[@YetiGirl]

Legit terrifying. No one cares about what they can't see, and the bottom of the ocean is not something that can hold the attention of people you have conditioned to have no attention span. The billionaires don't care and won't care and will just distract the poors and make them fight amongst themselves (just like they do now). Unless the non-billionaires wake the fuck up and organize and shut this system down, they are going to keep peeling away our chances for a comfortable human existence on this planet for the 8 billion souls that the billionaires need to make their absurd piles of gold more absurd. When I was a little girl, I dreamed about being a grandmother someday. I'm now at the age, and while I would be overjoyed if my daughter told me she was having a baby, I am also somewhat terrified that she will. I think nameless billionaires we've never even heard of stole that from me. Just like they're going to steal whatever they want from the ocean floor.

[@Firikka]

Yep, we only have a small view of what happens in the sea's ecosystem because we can't breathe underwater. Scuba gear has its limits. But we especially know very little of the deep sea ecosystem because that area has been inaccessible for us (even with a submarine) until very recently, thanks to the unmanned deep sea drones. And we especially don't know what kind of domino effects this mining could have on the shallower side of the sea. For ex. some swishes might swim between close by depths to each other. We should at least study a bit more before we start meddling again with things we barely know anything about at the moment.

[@haileytavares7143]

I'm so so so fucking scared of deep sea mining. What do you mean we've gotten to the point where we will harvest before investigating? Also my country's actions have been disgusting. We banned it in Canada but allow Canadian run companies to mine in mexico?????

[@shadowboxing7029]

Phil consistently holding various aspects of the justice system/government accountable is something I really appreciate. We need more of this, everywhere.

[@Dems.rizz.kids.in.libraries]

the fact that you think this is the case tells me you don't know much about politics. this is the largest grifter channel on youtube 🤣🤣🤣 stick to youtube gossip

[@shadowboxing7029]

@@Dems.rizz.kids.in.libraries Cool.

[@Arkhamquotes2008]

Oh ok, let's ignore that DeFranco wasn't defending Mr.Beast and calling Taylor Lorenz's article a "hit piece" years ago. Oh definitely a great job this man does of holding ppl accountable.

[@shadowboxing7029]

@@Arkhamquotes2008 Not sure how you got that from my comment but you do you.

[@jkung5688]

So you can be disqualified for smoking weed,but not raping a child wow

[@1995pieter]

i mean us olympics disq her not the broader commitee. so point at yourself for that

[@jkung5688]

@@1995pieter huh

[@ConroyMatheson]

The dude is a blonde haired blue eyed poster boy for aryans everywhere what did you expect? I got less and less shocked the more he talked about it. Freaking disgusting.

[@sk1ppercat912]

@@jkung5688richards was banned by the US Olympic committee for a doping violation. I don't really think weed should be a banned substance but I guess they don't compare about my opinion. The US Olympic committee has no say on who the Dutch Olympic committee sends to the games. Should he get to go? No. But the two events have nothing to do with each other. The only people who could ban him would be the Dutch national team, FIVB (like FIFA but for volleyball) or the international Olympic committee. And clearly non of them have.

[@jkung5688]

@@sk1ppercat912 why are you splitting hairs

[@Denananana]

"oh it will ruin his life" apparently not, not even when a child is TWELVE and the predator's TWENTY.

[@elizabethcassidy8082]

I'm also disgusted with his wife. How do you willingly marry a child rapist, let alone have a child with them!?

[@chere100]

@@elizabethcassidy8082 Maybe she didn't know? If so, I hope she intends to divorce him now.

[@kyoyo9350]

​@@chere100and this is why you vet your partners. Just searching his name would have pulled up for her that he is a convicted child rapist. I'm suspicious that she was fully aware and is just one of those POS women that enable sex offenders. Because you have to be willfully ignorant at that point to not know. She shares the blame if he ever touches their child at this point

[@he2295]

@@elizabethcassidy8082these guys are always hiding from their fanily and friends

[@XHGA]

@@chere100let’s be honest, it’s impossible that she doesn’t know, some women are just like that

[@meowtwobeens]

I'm so happy with every time you have your "nerding out" news because it's not common in news outlets, they are very important, and they need to be out in the world! We need to talk about these stuff! Can't forget your water shortage, land subsidence dives

[@HouseMDaddict]

@@meowtwobeens I always appreciate the "nerding out" sections too. So many many news outlets just talk about people related stuff, but science stuff is really fascinating too!

[@Dems.rizz.kids.in.libraries]

the fact that you think this is a news outlet is hilarious 🤣🤣🤣

[@DifferentYTChannel2Comment]

You know, YOU KNOW, Donald pulled Vance to the side and asked “Did you or did you not have sex with a couch” and that alone is just amazing 😂😂😂

[@magusworks]

I now identify as a couch

[@lifewuzonceezr]

😂 ew ​@@magusworks

[@1234betha]

​@@magusworks ayo?

[@Maxisamo1]

​@@magusworksWhy would you want to have sex with "If Handmaid's Tale was a guy"?

[@magusworks]

@@lifewuzonceezr why because I think jd Vance is an attractive man

[@offlineable]

If the NYPD is EXCITED to participate in a self-accountability measure, you can know with complete confidence there will be no actual accountability taking place. I'm flabbergasted and frustrated that those in power who put this in place are finally scratching their heads while saying something is fishy here. It's so painfully obvious it physically hurts my brain

[@pimentum]

person who knows nothing about policing goes on to make an uneducated cynical opinion about policing

[@NothingbutDust734]

@@pimentum Right, it's not like the cops are well known for not getting scot-free. Heck they can kill someone and only get a letter of reprimand. Be a total belligerent officer and get transferred to any random precinct in the country. They didn't deliberately hide the information after saying they would reveal it. It's not like they do that right? Right?! *wink* *wink* Go ahead then, tell us the "science" of policing. Why it's simply normal for the officer of the law to use their badge as an everything proof shield.

[@rory1336]

​@@pimentumConsidering that the NYPD is one of the biggest and richest gangs in the world, I have a hard time believing in sudden changes of heart myself.

[@kuritheking]

naaaah they knew what they were doing when they implemented everything over the past couple hundred years

[@pimentum]

@@rory1336 uh oh! I found a police = gang moron in the wild! please, explain, how is law enforcement equal to a criminal gang

[@atrution]

On the Oxygen story, can people acknowledge that the reason industries want to turn to deep sea mining is because they don't care enough to recycle the precious minerals from dead electronics.

[@Mukduck619]

So we’ve fckd the earth and we’re on our way to fck the ocean some more? Joy, I look forward to the future 🫠

[@ForestRaptor]

but mooooom, recycling is haaaaaard.... destruction is easy!

[@dylan6386]

Exactly what I was thinking, but instead of that, manufacturers would rather build products that fall apart, and make replacement parts scarce to drive up the price. There’s no excuse other than corporate greed to start deep sea drilling en masse

[@joehavermann7729]

That's just not true. You cannot recover lithium from used electronics, and recycling materials from old electronics does not yield the amount of resources needed for the green energy transition. It's not that simple, and if we care about the environment, we should acknowledge that.

[@atrution]

@@joehavermann7729 TLDR: Lithium is recyclable, current market models make it more expensive than trashing used materials. Which is also impart to such processes not being properly funding allowing scale projects to match. The biggest inhibitor towards recycling of lithium isn't that it can't be recovered, but that lithium battery formats are so varied and constantly changing which makes it difficult to create a proper recycling process. This is a burden that should be on not just lithium battery producers but all such tech manufacturers. They should be required to have a process for stripping materials for recycling if not made to fund creation of a building/machines for such a process. The haphazard lack of regulation for producers, should not be protected over the environment, especially given how lucrative the companies producing these goods are. At the very least such manufacturers should be taxed to provide funding for projects that seek to recycle these precious metals, as under the current market and international governance systems it has not been worth developing these processes, so not only are they rare, but can not possibly work at large scale as they would need to. In addition planned obsolescence which has been common practice has done much to accelerate the problem and those responsible have faced no consequences. Hard to believe we can make much progress on a lot of these problems without those responsible even shouldering blame.

[@thelemonwho]

As a long, long-time viewer: seeing the monkey back makes me unnaturally happy. Every time.

[@AlizaJayne]

Saaaame!!! I’ve got a signed monkey poster from about 15+ years ago and it’s still hanging up proudly in my living room! It’s been to 7 houses/apartments! Edit: unfortunately, Phil’s mods keep deleting my TOS-compliant comment that is in reply to @procrastinator, where I mention how previously when he used the monkey intro, how it was in his era where the vids were all about women with assets 😆 So I associate it with very chill news, back when Obama was prez 😆 Phil has addressed this and no one cares!!! He has grown!!! My god! History exists, you can’t just make it go away. ❗️Phil shows people can GROW! That’s beautiful! - like the bastards we all are ♥️❗️we need all the representation of this POSSIBLE! So many people think changing your mind and evolving is a negative trait, when in fact, taking new info in and evolving positively is the best possible thing any person can do. It needs to be seen!!!! If you care about progressive views, no one would ever remove these comments. I hope the mods reassess their reasons, like how Phil did. Edit 2: also my reply to Koji which acknowledged his wordplay about using titillating in his his reply was also deleted. I posted it because I thought it was funny! Ya know… tit-alating - the word is funny in reply to my comment in response to procrastinator which was deleted by mods. I mentioned how when he used this intro it was back when his vids were about women with their assets out in the thumbnail 😆 once again! And back when America was boring without election insanity. Phil is a person! A human! His growth, as all of ours is, beautiful! ♥️♥️♥️ Edit 3: on many channels I take a screenshot of my comment if it gets traction and I figure it would be deleted so I can post it and show the hypocrisy, but I never expected that from Phil and his team. Disappointing honestly. No one is canceling Phil. He’s so lovely! His thumbnails and topics used to be about women, often times with physically traditionally-attractive assets prominent. No amount of deleting my comments will make that untrue. Phil knows and has talked about it multiple time. He’s great!!! It shows people can grow and change! ♥️ At the time I loved his old vids too, as a woman! It was a different era! The mods need to remove their heads from their asses.

[@procrastinator547]

The monkey actually strikes fear into me. It seems like it tends to show up more when news gets rough

[@AlizaJayne]

@@procrastinator547 butttt back originally it was used when the “news” was about hot girls with tits doing things 😂 just go watch some old episodes!

[@koji8123]

Once I see the SXEphil intro I’ll be further titillated.

[@PickleWater2000]

As a not long time viewer, monkey makes me happy too

[@NoodleSoup56]

As a dutchie im so disgusted. I send an email to the organisation, aswell as others but they have not responded. We do NOT want this man representing us.

[@_caith]

so what about in 10 more years? what about in 20 more years? Because it sounds like you dont actually care about the courts decisions, nor his improvements or specific case. By your standards you might as well advocate for the death sentence - since I genuinely doubt anything less will satisfy you, for genuinely serious crimes.

[@nbarnes6225]

Y'all need to get together en masse and go off on your country's Olympic regulators. I can't imagine many of your fellow citizens are happy about this.

[@NoodleSoup56]

@@_caith This man got off with a slap on the wrist. Hes a lucky bastard. People representing a country should not be people who raped A CHILD!!! He should stay in his own little bubble and not try and take the spotlight anywhere. He took that girl's innocence and thats the moment he lost the right to be respected as a human being

[@Kamila.k]

@@_caith”by your standards” you said while literally knowing NOTHING about this persons standards. Maybe stop creating things and presenting them as people’s opinions next time so you don’t have to fight the imaginary monsters. You “genuinely doubt” something will satisfy this complete stranger huh? That’s fascinating

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

@@_caithhow do you equate not wanting a child r@pist to represent your nation to being for the death penalty??? Do you have worms in your brain???

[@Lyanraw]

Where is the incentive for creeps to not be creeps if they see this man in the Olympics. It's not just the question of his rehabilitation, but the example it shows

[@liamroarke7991]

"I. DID NOT. HAVE RELATIONS. WITH THAT LOVESEAT."

[@Sniperbear13]

hey, i don't kink shame. if you did have sexual relations to it, it makes no difference to me.

[@stupidburp]

Let’s get the furniture’s version of events before we cast judgment.

[@DarkcIoud1111.]

Oddly specific denial; why specify a singular loveseat and not any loveseat or furniture in general?

[@Keezybeats]

But i cant say the same about the ottoman

[@jackmackhill]

Sectional relations

[@Monasster]

Should have kept the oxygen under the ocean a secret. The second I saw those minerals listed I said well fuck, here we go again. Let's screw up the planet even further

[@NarutoLover6219]

Right? Damn I felt so much hopelessness when I heard that. No doubt, greed and money will win out again and we will just blindly screw up the planet further and further. I do not look forward to the future of our planet.

[@Harlizarrd]

When he first started the story I was like "holy shit, we could study those and figure out how they work and make more of them" and then I was reminded that capitalism exists, and all we do is crunch up the earth for iPhones.

[@revemb4653]

There is no "we" or "us". The mining companies will send people out to dig up the ocean no matter what happens. If it is made illegal they will send unmarked and unlicensed groups out to dig it up.

[@Hannah_Em]

The presence of the nodules themselves isn't in any way secret or unknown, the prospective deep-sea mining industry has been developing tech and lobbying for the opportunity to devastate the ocean floors for decades now.

[@genericamerican7574]

They have already started deep sea mining though. That’s why it’s important for people to know. I’m not sure how hiding the fact would help anyone but the companies who are deep sea mining. The studies that found this might have been because of dsm. They hire scientists to do research too. I met a wildlife biologist/veterinarian who worked for a company that specializes in creating leaking nuclear waste sites.

[@Rk1repoman]

The Dutch Olympic athlete should not be allowed to compete at all. Just makes me so upset people who do crimes against children end up getting these low time sentences it is crazy

[@knifeyonline]

wow I was just thinking how crazy it is the olypics has a morality filter of who can compete. Probably the stupidest thing I've ever heard, nobody is going to agree on what that morality standard should be, so having one is just an attempt to pretend to be moral. Why should people care what the olypics classes as moral? Who looks to athletes as role models of morality? haha! only idiots.

[@partfish6290]

When Vance's face popped up and Phil said "why are you making me talk about this?!?" I immediately started cracking up 😂😂😂

[@lifewuzonceezr]

Cushpusher

[@Ryctor07]

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver had a show dedicated to the nodules on seafloor and about the guy who wants to mine them. To sum it up, even without mentioning this new development of oxygen creation, its pretty much a 100% guarantee that trying to mine these nodules would absolutely destroy the ecosystem of the ocean for years to come. So, hopefully, with this new discovery it will be enough to permanently shut down the idea of harvesting these.

[@thisiskitta]

Unfortunately I have absolutely 0 hope it will change something because of who owns (the countries i mean) different waters are incapable of not being bought out. If x country says no, the next country can still say yes so they’ll go mine there.

[@seventeenseventythirteen7465]

Problem is, that it'll make the rich richer, so, sucks to suck Earth but our long term survival takes a back seat to short term profits for the 1%.

[@neeeeoow]

The Dutch volleyball story is disgusting. He should not be allowed to compete and his sentence was deff too short to begin with

[@willtheprodigy3819]

Do you think it’s impossible for someone like that to be rehabilitated?

[@Ramsowndaworld]

Way too short. That’s wild

[@tauntingeveryone7208]

Why? If the person was rehabilitated and served his time, then why should they still suffer? If there is nothing they can do to demonstrate they change then why should they be living?

[@_caith]

thank god not every country is the usa, who just want people in prison to rot away forever and become much worse criminals down the line.

[@ZealotPheonix]

@@tauntingeveryone7208Sure he did his time, but he raped a child? Is someone you really want other young athletes to look up to? To see that you can do something that heinous with little to no long term consequences?

[@sharks2571]

Quick correction-polymetalic nodules themselves arent essential for batteries, however the minerals they contain are. But there are many other land based sources that we should consider before absolutely destroying this pristine ecosystem to get nodules. We also need to be actively working towards mineral recycling which is not happening nearly enough right now

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

Ain't no gobmint ta stop us out there!

[@kuritheking]

Nah it’s just getting in our water, weighing down our hair and making us weird internally 🥴 how unfortunate 🤨

[@himan12345678]

No one has ever been able to explain to me why recycling actually costs more. If you treat recycled material as ores, they are more rich than the actual mined ores. The industry ppl don't ever seem to frame it that way tho. They always frame it as making new batteries from pure metals vs refining the recycled product back into a fresh state. When it should really be compared to processing mined ore vs "recycled ore" into pure metals or alloys. Which ofc gets ppl into the issues of upfront costs of building that recycle processing infrastructure in the first place when we already have the mining processing infrastructure. The Victorian industrialists would smack the shit out of the current industrialists for not capitalizing on such an obvious opportunity in spite of upfront capital investment.

[@DJSockmonkeyMusic]

@@himan12345678 labour. That's what's changed. We started demanding fair wages, so they found ways to offset those costs. If we were still 10c an hour, we'd have an entire class of worker just cracking plastic shells off metal batteries. But we aren't, so it's more cost effective to start from raw materials every time. There are modern examples of that hyper Victorian business model though. Look into India's slum millionaires.

[@squeakypickles]

The DEA story is like Breaking Bad if Hank caught Walter White but then started working for him lol

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

I’ve noticed a lot of European countries have absurdly low sentences for crimes against children. I do believe in rehabilitation for most crimes but I just wouldn’t be able to trust someone ever again if they committed such a heinous crime against a 12 year old. Horrific.

[@kingofhearts3185]

And then you have dodgy AoC laws all over the place, lots of 14s and 15s. Usually with an exception or limit of some sort but not always and some are quite limited.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

The fact he got married and has kids

[@sinesaii]

They are “civilized” Europeans who understand humanity better. They have free healthcare! Sex with children is banned in the US because it is an imperialist, neo-colonial country oppressing the world with McDonalds, airplanes, computers and iPhones. You need to check your privilege and realize America is always wrong.

[@LalaDepala_00]

Pretty much every Western country is soft on pdf files, including the United States.

[@thatdamncrow9197]

@@LalaDepala_00those people have a pretty high chance of dying in prison. In the us they make up like 40 or 50% of those killed in prison Also once branded as a sex offender in the us you likely will be on parole for like a decade and be restricted in certain ways permanently

[@cooldrop02]

Yo, this DEA story was told through the lens of American Dad when Roger was hired to capture himself.

[@13mike11]

So accurate 🤣

[@ChintzMusic]

I kept thinking about Archer too

[@MrEvilSprinkles]

Good ol’ Parker Peterson!

[@cooldrop02]

@@MrEvilSprinkles lololol!

[@cooldrop02]

@@ChintzMusic yeah! Archer Vice, right??

[@Kikkarlin]

It's just wild that van de velde is being allowed to compete the very same month that a new law has gone into effect here in the netherlands that is supposed to make sex crimes easier to convict. Especially with the tagline 'together we draw a line'. Like this law is supposed to signify our society finally taking a stand. Clearly we're not really drawing a line. I hope he is genuinely rehabilitated but i dont think that he should be going to the olympics with the whole role model thing. He's not role model material. And im sure it would be very painful for the victim and their family to see him televised across the globe. Especially when it will likely happen without his crime being referenced, like it never happened at all. Which i'm sure is destructive as all hell

[@daalelli]

Also the part where there are an abundance of very young competitors in close proximity to this guy.

[@andrewehyang]

“Under Trump… you’re good” when describing sexual depravity is an incredible line.

[@HouseMDaddict]

Pretty clear example people want the "freedom" they had under trump again. I'm genuinely scared what cess pool America will become if Trump gets reelected. The fact that he purposely "changed the rules" while.in office so that when he got caught in all of his shenanigans, he could find ways to try to get away with everything is NOT someone you want as president. Even though Biden wasn't great, he at least didn't exclusively do things just to benefit himself...he actually tried to benefit the American people with a lot of his policies while Trump was entirely self-serving. I also can't go through another 4 years of Trump constantly being in the news and on social media. It generally put such a negative cloud over the whole country because people were either fighting over what trump said or were disgusted or annoyed by him or genuinely scared of policies affecting their families.

[@Stickmanzed]

Bro yes hahaahahaha

[@genericamerican7574]

Yet utterly unsurprising 🫤

[@MeerkatP]

I think it should also be noted that the NYPD has a history if revising their Wikipedia page to remove information about misconduct and whatnot to the annoyance of actual Wikipedia editors and admins. They try to cover this shit up wherever and however they can.

[@stephanier.tinney343]

They are pretty consistently horrible

[@ImoowhenIPoo]

To absolutely no ones surprise. NYPD is corrupt to its core.

[@kuritheking]

Yuuuuup

[@pessimisticbastard5278]

he traumatised a little girl and redirected the course of her life forever. 13 months?

[@Morbacounet]

Those DEA agents should end up in jail for the rest of their lives.

[@calcifur]

Rick James: "Fu

[@lonewolffang]

I thought the same thing. His wife wondered why the champand roses led to the couch instead of the bedroom.

[@Clemonade23BX]

The DEA story made me cry. I hope the victims of those abusive men find peace.

[@deisychocon7032]

Im currently at my job and started crying. That is absolutely horrific that there was so much proof, he was arrested and yet no one cared and he was immediately let go.

[@thedeadguy]

@@deisychocon7032 abusive females exist also, but nobody ever talks about it much. never makes much sense as they're equal also.

[@olivebranch7769]

​@@thedeadguy Thanks for your input, bud. It had literally nothing to do with this story and the topic being discussed, but thanks.

[@scandisnowgirl3696]

@@thedeadguyliterally only bring this up when people are talking about women being harmed. GTFO

[@heartdragon2386]

I​@@thedeadguy if someone punches you in the face, do you say, "well, women get beaten more often, so I shouldn't say anything."? If not, shut the fuck up, you are using a situation to push a sad agenda and silence victims.

[@Alicest.]

Thank you for correcting the term on the second story. No such thing as "sex" between an adult and a minor, it is rape by definition and I get immediately suspicious whenever an article avoids using that word.

[@Acidfunkish]

Someone copied this comment, btw.

[@dj_mcfuggernugs507]

This is how I know I'm old now, people don't know what Skype is anymore

[@Krushak8888]

Argh i know what that feel is the same with icq, aim and etc

[@DR_REDACTED]

Only 22 and god it hurts😅

[@Giliver]

The call chime still lives rent free in my head.

[@tweakfreq1982]

Yahoo chats what??

[@samsanimationcorner3820]

@@tweakfreq1982 I miss Yahoo chat. Lots of good times on there.

[@jessco8950]

I like how almost every scientific discovery starts with a scientists thinking.. damnit my equipment malfunctioning lol

[@brawlybard7014]

That section of the show was easily the most interesting story of the day to me. Fascinating and terrifying. We really are just gonna fuck this planet up as thoroughly as we can.

[@eosalexis]

the DEA story is gonna get turned into a movie within the next five years

[@kuritheking]

And I’ll miss it 😂 🎉

[@Valentine-kx7fk]

It's already kind of hinted at in Narcos

[@Forsworcen]

So, as a side note to the nodules on the bottom of the ocean, lithium batteries are, more and more often, being replaced by other options. As a result the need for those minerals is likely to decrease in the future, not increase. This push for those minerals is a get-rich-quick scheme before their value steadily declines rather than a push for more green energy.

[@kingofhearts3185]

Yeah lithium ion batteries aren't good enough for what the green future needs, they're just what we have for now. By the time mining lithium from the ocean floor is profitable we'll be using something else.

[@swidrovich]

Canadian here. You should talk about how crazy the forest fires are. Jasper just burned down, a world heritage site, and such a beautiful place. So many memories, 25,000 people evacuated in hours There are currently over 450 fire burned in BC. Its absolutely bonkers.

[@marvolomethod]

United States only cares about the United States,,, the fire doesn’t effect them

[@brawlybard7014]

Im still kind of in shock about jasper. Travelled there twice. Once staying at the pyramid lake cottages. Its wild to think that that town is just gone. Has any of it survived?

[@pearsemcdermott6853]

@@brawlybard7014we don’t know the full extent of the damage yet but one of the main lodges is gone and a gas station exploded. Many homes and businesses are gone too. We’re waiting for a damage report.

[@brawlybard7014]

@@pearsemcdermott6853 I hope everyone is safe.

[@Hunterreaper4444]

I’m not sure what’s worse about the Dutch athlete: the fact he was barely punished for raping a kid or the fact that he’s still allowed to compete in the Olympics

[@JoseGranny]

Right? All of it is bad!!!

[@mekullag]

Easily the former and everyone here should agree. As a society we have to accept the results of criminal trials. There is no room for collective extrajudicial punishment, neither before but especially not *after* a person was convicted and served their sentence. That’s barbarism. Sometimes guilty people get off scott free, sometimes they get shorter sentences than they should. If we see issues that lead to these results, that’s what we have to get mad about, that’s what we have to fight. If we instead choose to disregard the state’s monopoly on violence we call into question the very basis of our society. The IOC is also correct in letting countries decide who to represent them. It’s fair to want countries to put exceptions in place to the pure principle of merit because of the representative nature of the olympics, but in professional sports in general no such rules should exist

[@kuritheking]

@@mekullagok well maybe he shouldn’t have raped a child, that’s barbarism. If the rest of his life is shitty that’s a good thing. You sound like you share something in common with this guy if you feel that strongly

[@mushy5518]

Netherlands people are weird for allowing such an athlete to represent you

[@kuritheking]

@@mekullagand when the issue DIRECTLY lies with weak punishment for the worst crimes because the perps are privileged in society, then how can you not directly glare into the souls of those that let them off? THEY’RE GUILTY TOO, NUMB NUTS

[@account01289]

The Dark Oxygen thing is... holy Shiz .. mining lithium for batteries is not the answer it's never going to pay off in the long term. These corporations will screw us over there's nothing left to save

[@kuritheking]

they will grey & hollow the earth in any corner they don’t have to look at… until perhaps nothing is left

[@cdw97]

That dude isn't going to be safe in Paris. British fans are notorious for violence when we go abroad for sporting events, it's a shameful thing but in this case I'm not going to shed a tear if British fans find him.

[@xerothedarkstar]

Y'all have access to woodchippers over there?

[@botanicalitus4194]

@@xerothedarkstaror guillotines

[@rickmel09]

@@botanicalitus4194 if they did, they wouldn't have a royal family in the 21st century

[@StuckUnderTheCovers]

We can only hope

[@desperadox7565]

Then I hope these "fans" will serve years in prison like they deserve. We don't need hooligan-vigilantes.

[@TheAngryCleric]

Please stop jump scaring me with Andrew Tate’s face 😭

[@G33KSP34K]

It is good to stay informed, but god I really don't like seeing his face either lol

[@tomaszproblem3669]

Womp womp

[@frederickthorne2496]

It is acceptable to serve time, 'rehabilitate' and allowed a return to societal norms to a degree, but not as a role model in the context of international acclaim. Van De Velde should ABSOLUTELY be banned form the Olympics. Not banning him is shocking, abhorrent, triggering, cruel and evil to survivors of SA as well as the potential emboldening it would be for perpetrators of SA. Ban Him right now. How are we even talking about this?

[@arkainin4638]

Ohh! I see. So people who serve their time are not full citizens then? We get to claim everyone is a free and clear citizen once they did their time, but in practice, we're going to hold it over them for the rest of their lives and anytime they do anything of note smack them down. By your logic, anyone sentenced for a crime can't do anything of note, ever. Write a book? Nope, banned. Become an actor? Nope, banned. Take part in any activity in a public manner? Nope, banned. While we're at it, let's just drop the pretense and not let them live in nice enough houses or make more than a certain amount of money. I mean, we don't want them to look too good now, do we. Point being, you either believe in rehabilitation and justice, or you don't. You don't get to pick and choose the freedoms of people based on how much personally deplore them or on moral grounds.

[@blueeyedcountrygal]

As a Utahn, I don't care if they don't let the state host in 2034. The way our winters have gone, by then we won't have snow at all. Not to mention we can't keep up with the growth we are currently experiencing, how are we going to be able to handle hosting the world in 10 years? 2002 sucked as a resident, and I was in high school.

[@G33KSP34K]

I am also a Utahn, and I also laughed when I heard they were gonna try and get it here again. The winters have been severely dry for years now, to the point that our resorts have to resort to mostly fake snow for most of the winter. I lived in Park City during the last Olypmics here, and it was so awful. Honestly never want it again, Sundance Film Festival is already inconvenient enough every time.

[@Akaicchii]

This insane news cycle is getting exhausting, but as a viewer and listener of nearly 10 years, thank you so much for making it all bearable Phil, you're awesome.

[@3choblast3r4]

As someone from the Netherlands, the age of consent here is 16. Which is already messed up. It's why a ("new, cool, young and hip") teacher of mine in HS got caught with a 16 year old and got away with being fired, only we learned that the reason he was fired from his previous teaching job, was the exact same reason. He was caught with a 16 year old student. But it's even worse in Germany, it's only 14. It revolts me that this Diddler gets away with only a year in prison and now gets to have a successful career. It makes my stomach turn, that authorities are SO desperate for a worthless sports medal they would allow a known child abuser to compete in the olympics. She was 12 .. 12!

[@deirenne]

Here in Poland the age of consent is lower, 15, BUT we also have a separate law about abusing the position of trust and dependence, which includes relation between the teachers and their students, so even if the student is legally able to consent, it's still an abuse, because f*cking obviously it is.

[@Windmelodie]

Though to clarify on the Germany situation, age of consent being 14 does NOT mean that any adult can diddle a kid. We have pretty strict laws about that, too. 14 is still an age where adults can easily groom and abuse them. However, age of consent in this regard means it's not illegal for 14 year olds to do the deed with other 14 year olds up to age 16. So 14 year olds can legally do it with 14-16 year olds and while most don't because it's pretty young, it is still seen as part of natural teenage behaviour. If you're 16, you can do it with 14-18 year olds. And once you're 18, you can do it with 16-XXX year olds, but not younger. Our age of consent basically just means "hey, we know you teenagers are h*rny af by nature, so we will give you a legal way of exploring with those of the same age while still protecting you from adults." Otherwise, any incident of, let's say, a 15 and 16 year old teenage couple doing the deed would technically be a criminal charge.

[@maeannengo4908]

​@@Windmelodie The 15 and 16 couple being illegal while 14 and 16 couple is legal is such a weird law. The math ain't mathin.

[@om6343]

It’s so funny reading someone that is so westernized to the point he says age of consent be 16 is weird 😂😂😂 wake up america and the European countries are not the moral compass trust me you have to read some history and also look up the age of consent of other countries in the world

[@3choblast3r4]

​@@WindmelodieSo that's actually not true at all. I had to do some research and I'm pretty sure I'm on some list now lol. Those age brackets make no sense. A 16 year and older person is only banned from sleeping with 16 and under if they are "trusted with the care or education of the 14/16 year old" (which is not really ever a thing) same for 21 and older for 14. Because that automatically falls under exploiting or coercing for German law apparently. But if you have no such responsibility towards a 14 / 16 year old. And if the child consents. Then it's allowed even if you're 21+ So the age of consent is 14. With some minor protections against teachers and other people responsible over children. But after 16 there is no such protection either.

[@user-ii8dz4vu7n]

Olympics: Accept our terms or you won't be able to host something that is prohibitively expensive, and for which we really don't have a long list of alternatives The committee has become such a massive joke

[@yorksfolly1255]

They are letting isreal play meanwhile russia has done 1/10 of what isreal ahs done.

[@BubblesTonight]

The Olympics is complicit in money laundering, slave labor, extortion, murder, and many crimes throughout history under the guise of international sportsmanship.

[@non-wokeletsgobrandon394]

​@yorksfolly1255 you are astoundingly ignorant about what Russia has done in Ukraine. You literally ignore all the videos, freely available everyday on Telegram

[@Rory-co4vm]

@@yorksfolly1255no no they both suck. As bad as Israel has been at least they were provoked by the worst single anti-Semitic attack since the holocaust. Russians got their fee-fees hurt and are trying to take land with no provocation. Once again both suck, but Israel has a stronger justification.

[@Kink_Shaman]

J.D. Vance knows how to turn a sofa into a love-seat.

[@rachel3620]

👏

[@gradientcube]

He loves the texture and the warmth.

[@ronaldmcswanson5154]

I think the loveseat/sofa rumor is beyond stupid and really shows how immature and dumb most Americans have gotten. The fact that this was covered more than his actual ridiculous statements about “those without children deserve less of a vote” is infuriating. It’s like middle school ffs.

[@gradientcube]

@@ronaldmcswanson5154 are you American? You're acting like your comment is insightful or something. No, this is clearly mocking trump who says bullshit without any proof. Dems need to fight fire with fire. Fuck em'. Who cares. Nobody in Trump's base cares about Trump's crimes or JD Vance's actual comments.

[@relaxedleisure4766]

@@ronaldmcswanson5154 It’s the same with people focusing on Kamala’s weird laugh instead of some extreme and ridiculous political statements that she made over the last 5 years. Politics have become a sick joke on both sides. Attack the policy, not the character!

[@JP317]

The Tates lawyer is correct in one thing they say, the brothers are united in the fight of good vs evil, but they aren’t on the side they think they are 😅

[@ducksquidbat8315]

To be fair, accusations are accusations. For all we know, they are actually innocent

[@om6343]

They are innocent if you did any research you would know that. I am not surprised you slandered him though, look at your profile picture you’re the everyday lib2rd that just says things without any evidence but still does it because he heard it on mainstream media.

[@jonathonellis5604]

@@ducksquidbat8315 and for all you know the moon is made of cheese, dosen't make it true

[@joseortega9858]

They aren’t the ones making false accusations trying to ruin peoples lives

[@jonathonellis5604]

​@@ducksquidbat8315 addtionaly anyone who is innocent dosen't go around proclaiming to everyone who will hear them that they are innocent or try to sue the shit out of the people maiking the acusatsions because "it defamed thier image" or try to flee the country for surposdely false claims....TWICE

[@CommonInternetLurker]

Anyone convicted of a violent or sexual crime should be banned from competing in the Olympics full stop. Not just the Olympics, actually. Any professional sports body should require a clean record in order to compete.

[@tauntingeveryone7208]

Why?

[@ardwark5438]

with minor exeptions for things such as misdemenor theft when they where young or something, like if they turned their life around

[@spookyghostwriter3110]

While I support a lifetime ban for SA convicts, I’m a lot less enthusiastic about the mandatory clean records bit. A significant number of athletes (especially in the US) come from poor, often violent backgrounds. There’s even an active player in the NBA who walked away from a youth criminal lifestyle (including a stint in juvie) because he was told (correctly) that he had talent to make the big leagues. Imposing a mandatory clean record thing is something I’d approach with a lot more nuance.

[@WILLIAM05PJ]

That's lame. You shouldn't be banned for life just because you get in a bar fight, half the athletes in the world would be banned.

[@qwertpoiuy430]

@@spookyghostwriter3110 90% of the nba gone in seconds

[@tarynmorgan7292]

Phil, dont overwork yourself if you want to post shorts on the weekends, but dont overdue it. You still need to have at least some days off

[@beewest5704]

He should think abt hiring someone who handles the shorts so he dies not have to be so involved.

[@420frankp]

NYPD records dissapear. Me: Very believable.

[@alliew31]

The Van de Velde situation is so much worse than the Ava Kris situation. Why is the Ava Kris situation everywhere but no one’s talking about a convicted (not even alleged) child rapist competing in the Olympics?

[@noway377]

Because people think trans women existing in general is worse than a convicted child r*pist competing in the Olympics. The fact Ava inappropriately messaged a minor gives transphobes a leg to stand on, so now they are blowing this up and boasting about it. Which is funny because they are the same people defending Dr Disrespect for doing the same exact thing she did. They don't actually care about children. They just care about pushing an agenda and acting holier than thou.

[@noway377]

Because people think trans women existing in general is worse than a convicted child r*pist competing in the Olympics. The fact Ava inappropriately messaged a minor gives transphobes a leg to stand on, so now they are blowing this up and boasting about it. Which is funny because they are the same people defending Dr Disrespect for doing the same exact thing she did. They don't actually care about children. They just care about pushing an agenda and acting holier than thou.

[@stryletz]

Because he has and was born with a penis. Don’t get me wrong, Ava is probably guilty of having wildly inappropriate conversations with minors but make no mistake: if she still identified as a man there wouldn’t be a quarter of the hate going towards her.

[@pagionthevoiceless3682]

Because she is Trans and they have an agenda to push

[@PropheticShadeZ]

Not a trans person, not useful to your political goals

[@me6664]

Mentioning Olympic controversy but not talking about israel, especially the judo team of idf soldiers threatening protesters, seems like a pretty big oversight. You should also look at the manchester police stomping on a guys head after tasing him

[@Mainlymundane]

This hast to be one of the most mind blowing episodes of PDS ever, the stories are all wild lol

[@swampsprite9]

Men being creepy and pervy, nothing new really. They're just not getting away with it like they used to. Good.

[@thedevil6961]

Hey you need to look into what’s happening here in Alberta Canada. A world famous historical town Jasper is almost all burned to the ground from these wildfires

[@DudeBroSoda]

This definitely needs more attention... so sad to see such a beautiful and historic town gone overnight...

[@user-in2cs1vp6o]

California: first time? Nah but wild fires are super destructive and scary

[@zacharytaylor190]

This needs to be at least in the next comment commentary if not an entire story on it.

[@Bigsauce7593]

​@@user-in2cs1vp6o i know you're making a joke, but no unfortunately not first time. Alberta and wildfires have a deep history together Sincerely, an alberta resident

[@FancyRPGCanada]

Barkerville in BC is also in danger of being burnt down.

[@sharp8569]

Have someone represent a country and seemingly have no actual backlash other than outrage as a child rapist is absolutely disgusting and just normalizing child abuse

[@Krehtan]

Even when Phil is nerding out it's creating existential dread. The Philip Doom'ranco show.

[@miah5561]

Well that second news story hit me like a truck

[@TheSleepSteward]

As soon as you mentioned the minerals in those rocks leading to the production of oxygen; I actually exclaimed "uh oh". Lithium and cobalt? Uh oh... This is a massive uh oh. Because now we know that this oxygen is... I mean, this is huge in unbelievably unprecedented ways but one of them is that we don't know how or even what role this plays in the grand scheme of the ecosystem, globally. Yes we need it for battery tech but it's WAY TOO RISKY now that we know this. We have no idea how horribly bad this will go. And it will go bad if we go through with it.

[@mohibawan674]

This guy is disgusting but I am more disappointed in the Netherlands Olympic committee how could they let this happen and why did he only serve like 13 months in prison people like him deserve no mercy.

[@Rowankeenanx3]

The UK is a disgrace too, 4 years for raping a 12 year old? Guy i work with got 2 for weed dealing ffs

[@jeremysumpter8939]

The crime is heinous but that country actually believes in rehabilitation. Instead of locking people up, ruining their lives then releasing them back out to only offend again because they have nothing to live for...the netherlands rehabilitates their convicts and allows them to lead normal, fruitful lives. Thats why their reoffender % is extremely low while places like america is sky high. I don't like what he did but how they deal with criminals is so much better than how we do.

[@mattheword6621]

​@@jeremysumpter8939 there are certainly ex convicts who should definitely be able to represent their country and lead successful lives after rehabilitation. That being said his crime was calculated not a mistake and vile. Definitely should not be representing his country no matter if they think he has changed

[@mohibawan674]

@@jeremysumpter8939 Yeah I am a big believer in Rehabilitation of criminals but for the crime that he committed he shouldn’t just have to serve 13 months in prison. This is a failure of the system. Their approach to drug and nonviolent crime is admirable but for his crime this was way to light of a punishment.

[@stryletz]

@@jeremysumpter8939there’s a difference between someone down on their luck who made a bad choice, and a predator who consciously goes out to harm the defenceless. His crime was thought out, he went through many lengths to carry it out. He had many chances to choose another path, any path. He’s a monster, and should never be trusted.

[@remcodevries536]

as a Dutchie, I'm absolutely disgusted that we have HIM, HIM out of all people represent our people, our home

[@aaron_osborne]

I thought the MrBeast stuff was bad but the convicted Olympian is worlds different. Paris should have done a background check on him. Holy hell.

[@stupidburp]

There is a huge difference between making adult jokes with the wrong person and sexual assault of a pre teen. But the crazy part is that the former situation often results in social and legal consequences equal to or worse than actual assault. We don’t have any sane measure of accountability for actions. The consequences seem completely out of scale with the offenses or even inverted with the worst people getting away with the lightest impact on their lives for truly violent and evil deeds.

[@aaron_osborne]

⁠ Parasocial relationships play a role in what people think of Mr Beast. People are so convinced he can do no wrong that they ignore the mistakes made until now.

[@Hawki_t]

What kind of person has a kid with a guy who has admitted to having sex with a 12 year old as an adult? If she knew, neither of them should be responsible for a child because she's insane if not also a potential danger to the child.

[@ericalowman33]

As a Kiwi (NZer) it’s always weird to hear us being mentioned in international news - especially Olympic Games drama - because we’re usually so unproblematic, unless we’re experiencing say, a massive natural disaster.

[@jonsmith5058]

I see a ton of people trying to say that person is rehabilitated after serving their crime. Putting aside that, a crime like that has lifetime consequences outside of prison limiting things like where you can live or your job, for example you cannot work at a school. We are simply saying the consequences should extend to representing your country in sports to also protect reputation and to not send the wrong message to the victims and would be offenders.

[@arkainin4638]

Okay, but there is no significant risk factor toward representing your country-while there is one for working in a school. You can't really compare the two. One is a reasonable step to protect children, the other is a moral judgment you are making that someone is not good enough to take part in something based on nothing more than moral indignation. As far as sending the wrong message: All data shows that offenders of this nature get better by being accepted back into society and being given a place within it. Oppressing and shoving them to the corners of society is how you get reoffenders. This is a person who committed a horrible act a decade ago, served their time, and went through the process. They are not the same person as they were then and as a society, we need to allow people to change rather than hold their worst act over them. And, if you want to stop them from taking part, while I disagree, I think private institutions can make rules to prevent it. Not invent rules at the moment to bar specific individuals already involved.

[@G33KSP34K]

@@arkainin4638 I do agree with you, but that still doesn't change the fact that they put up a child rapist to represent their country. Is he rehabilitated? I hope so, I seriously do. That does not mean that others have to suddenly forgive them. Justice for crimes is not forgiveness, its payment for the crime you did, to stop you from reoffending. If I run a business, I'm not going to hire someone who has been convicted of fraud before. If I ran a law firm, I wouldn't hire someone who lost their license in a different state. If I ran a school, I would not hire anyone who has any crimes against children. We have laws about this. Simply put, the justice system does not forgive you for your crimes. No private citizen has to treat you any differently just because your spent time in jail for your crimes.

[@arkainin4638]

@@G33KSP34K Again though, that's a false equivalence. You'd not hire someone convicted of fraud because it is a threat to your business as they directly relate to the work they do. Just as I think it reasonable and right to not hire a felon of this sort for a job teaching kids. I would, however, hire someone convicted of fraud for any non-financial or sensitive document role. Just as I would hire a reformed SA offender for a role not involving kids or vulnerable people. No private citizen has to do anything, you're right, but this is not about private citizens, this is about an org that gets massive funding and is in large part organized by a government. In addition, as for private citizens, you need to ask yourself, do you want to live in a society where we reform and treat convicts so they can be the best they can be in society, or keep them under thumb until they die because it makes us feel good to punch down on someone who did something bad? Even if you take morals out of it: objectively, allowing offenders to reintegrate and take part in society is proven to decrease likelihood of re-offense to the point in which they are the least likely of all felons to recommit.

[@rickmel09]

@@arkainin4638 and now the victim and her family have to watch her r-wordist on TV and read about him on the news, which has the risk of intensifying their trauma and it's not like people can just shut themselves off from the world during months around the olympcs it also empowers other would-be offenders of this nature by showcasing that, even if they get caught and convicted, their lives will carry on as normal

[@arkainin4638]

@@rickmel09 Look, I feel bad for the victim and the family, but that's what you get when you have a just society. Often neither party is 100% happy with the outcome. The sentence for the crime is the sentence given, not the sentence + having to hide and do nothing of note for the rest of your life in case the victim or their family see you. Turn the TV off. I've lived almost 40 years now and the number of hours I've watched the Olympics or read coverage on it in total is probably 1-2 hours at most. It's not that hard unless people are inflating the issue, like they are. As for the empowering angle, that's just nonsense. All studies show that that's simply not how this type of crime happens.

[@jarlhenrik]

8:10 IOC pulling a Cartman: "Respect my Authoritah!"

[@replicatv1463]

Can you please do a segment about the fires in Jasper, such a beautiful and important place to Canada and it's just gone now

[@vellunlear4166]

So the IOC doesn't have rules for who countries are allowed to select allowing the Dutch athlete to compete in spite of his crimes, yet the IOC has rules banning Russian athletes supporting the invasion of Ukraine or were in the military? Doesn't that literally contradict their own rules? I mean, if you (the IOC) can ban athletes who support the invasion of Ukraine (which I'm all for), isn't it just a "simple" matter of banning any athlete that is a convicted sex offender? Seems like the least that they can do.

[@jdunn0]

My guess would be that the Russian athletes are playing as Independent athletes not for a country, the IOC gets to decide who is allowed but for athletes playing for a country, the IOC can't decide who is allowed. Which would mean if a US athlete for example supported Russia then it would up to Team USA that was allowed or not. Of which, speaking of Team USA, I recall there being a story about the last Summer Olympics where Team USA allowing a Fencing player that with sexual allegations or something about him. I think Phil covered the story about the Fencing player.

[@user-kf6qi3cv7m]

I think there is an ignorance of historical precedent here, a lot of rules were implemented because of the world wars. I'm not saying fucking a girl isn't a bad look but you have to understand that the gravity and scale between that and literal genocide and war crimes are far worse. What one guy has done and has served his time for pales in comparison to an active war with a country that can literally annihilate the world and plunge us into nuclear winter not to mention there's a systemic violation of human rights. If people want to get angry and do something about something speak up against an oppressive regime that affects millions not just one person. Spock put it simply, the needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few.

[@vellunlear4166]

@@user-kf6qi3cv7m I understand what you’re saying, but one, she wasn’t just a girl she was a 12 year child and, two sexual assault impacts aren’t just limited to that instance. Maybe that’s the only instance he specifically was involved with, but rape, statutory rape, and sexual assault, etc does impact millions of people. If you can ban someone for an opinion supporting a war that impacts millions, then I’d argue that you can ban someone who commits a heinous act on one person that millions of others have suffered from.

[@lastedplague]

im a trans woman and i feel so angry that she would do this properly more then most. she just betrayed us in the way of her actions have put us back 10 year of progress for us to be normalized i personally had people in my real life ask me to answer for her actions. let me be clear she IS a bad person for this and NEEDS to be held accountable BUT this is just ONE person of millions ever group has bad people for the love of the Gods leave us be

[@GokuFan5000]

agreed!

[@ADanZLife]

Here's the problem I see with the trans stuff. From what it looks like, Chris did all this while he was a man and was not speaking to minors after the change. Therefore, wouldn't it actually be logical to say Chris was speaking inappropriately to children when he was a man, but not as a transwoman? It's wrong no matter who does it, but I find it strange to say "Ava" did something before "Ava" even existed.

[@Kusagrass]

The problem is that you are trying to please your political enemies. The people that are over reacting are the same ones that would never accept trans, it’s hilariously ironic that those that are angry are mainly centrist and republicans and they continue to defend Doc. It’s all just pointless culture war, and selectively getting angry at things for their own community.

[@lastedplague]

@@Kusagrass I get that my point is I don't want to personally be held responsible for the acts of a small percentage of trans people. not trying to to sound all woe is me about it it just gets hard to handle sometimes

[@lastedplague]

@@Icarus07c I just read a article about this and I think this sum it up perfectly the report by the Ministry of Justice, there is also no information at all on what type of offences the identified trans prisoners are doing time for. Even the charity Fair Play for Women states: “There is no official information published on the type of offences committed by inmates so I read that part so I thought to myself I'll go read the study so I did and this appears that they in fact have 0 clue what they did just what cell block they live in and 46 of the total 113 self identified trans woman are in protective custody which just means that your government thinks that trans people need protection if you don't think trans woman would need protection in prison then you can't see the forest though the trees

[@anii2987]

As a trans person... The thumbnail almost gave me a heart attack. If someone that big had come out as attributing Ava's behavior to her transness we would all be so socially fucked (even more than we already are) just by association.

[@stupidburp]

I think she got dumped on instead of any attempt at neutral investigation or defense in large part because she is trans. The perception of bad behavior is amplified a million times by prejudice against trans that unfairly frames them as deviants.

[@Bee-ju7nt]

It's been ongoing and they have been on the thumbnail (or one of the a/b thumbnails from the test) for the past 2 weeks.

[@_C_0_N_F_U_5_1_0_N_]

guess why

[@BecBoops]

Istill cant believe the olympics haven't banned him.

[@BecBoops]

We have olymians as young as 12 competing. He needs to be no where near. And should never have any fame.

[@unkleturpis9253]

At fifty years of age I can honestly say I have no faith in the justice system. From being ticketed for doing the speed limit in Liberty Hill, Texas, to watching a coworker and his wife go to prison for taking their child outside of Oklahoma for medical care to a rapist and his buddies walking away from a sentence clean in Elizabethtown Kentucky, the justice system has failed just about everyone I've known repeatedly in so many ways.

[@vivisimonvi]

JD Vance was maybe a big Chappelle fan over his reenactment of Rick James: "FUCK YO COUCH!!"

[@jarlhenrik]

IOC is a privately funded company, it does not take any opinions under concerns except the ones that line their pockets. A new agency needs to be appointed for overseeing the olympics, multinational and preferrably not oligarchs..

[@walkedgrain1166]

Regarding that police discipline records "disappearing"...why does this feel like something right out of Orwells 1984, where information appears or disappears to suit the needs of the few to change the narrative

[@historyking9984]

Its disgusting w hat Van De Velde did to that poor child. And then he got a short 4 year sentence and didnt even spend that and got sent back for even less timeunder Dutch Law.And then somehow got on the olympic team. And what type of person would marry and have a kid with him after what he did to that child.How did he get to the Olympics and why wasnt there as much upset or push back by the Dutch.

[@EthelJung-j5w]

When Vance's face popped up and Phil said "why are you making me talk about this?!?" I immediately started cracking up

[@CookieMonster-qw5ru]

There's been backlash here in Netherlands as well, sadly we can't do anything as our managements in higher ups are mostly trash, out of touch, not caring for anything.

[@bishop51807]

I'm glad you guys don't tolerate that crap, well at least the people anyway. Governments will always be trash.

[@ashroskell]

That NYPD website needs INDEPENDENT SUPERVISION!

[@jjenk911]

Dark Oxygen sounds like a metal band name.

[@foltest2407]

you should start posting the links to the articles you cite, it would improve the show.

[@OriginBullet]

The Mr Beast defense squad would never cite their sources

[@jellytwins1018]

Mr.Beast really pretending like he had no idea what his friend Ava is like.

[@mercadeshansen5637]

I did not have sectional relations with that couch

[@Christopher-J]

😂

[@thirdpedalnirvana]

"very qualified upholsterer" had me honk-laughing

[@notaplainjane2108X]

In regards to the DEA story I am shocked and not shocked at the same time. Are there any levels of government or corporate business that is not horribly corrupt?

[@emerald8274]

possibly the parts without access to money or responsible for contracting.

[@thoughtsofthunder]

Your new morning show should be called "Phil'd to the Brim" 😅

[@shogun_assassinalice2829]

I was just about to say that should be a new Tee idea!!🤣🤣🤣

[@thoughtsofthunder]

@@shogun_assassinalice2829 that would be amazing 😂😂😂

[@400EMP]

I was previewing the time stamps and saw the "Did JD Vance Have an Affair with a couch??". Thought this was a typo and maybe there was like a tennis coach or something involved. Nope.. was indeed a couch lmao.

[@JTX_1]

TIL IOC is a fcking joke. What a stain on the Olympics.

[@kingofhearts3185]

Always has been.

[@silverserpent420]

Tate bros: God is with us Me: That's why I'm an atheist turned Buddhist.

[@panadeuser]

10:33 "god is with us" said the lawyer of the human trafficker and rapists brothers God has never been more absent or poorly used in a sentence.

[@leonbrunsberg6719]

4 years!? Shit i thought us judges was bad

[@asuraXTC]

lol 😂 bro you wild how? Haven’t heard or seen uk prisons they’re a joke they gets phones computers and tons of shit

[@Capsr1990]

Its even worse: the Dutch judge made the sentence even lower because he considered it Fornication, rather than Rape, and then he got let out after being in prison for just over a year in total... And now the stance of the Volleyball Committee is that he was a dumb teen doing dumb things, and that he did his time... There's been a lot of backlash in the Netherlands for a while, but now International Media are also picking up the story, and hopefully the Dutch Olympic Committee will feel the pressure and remove him from the roster.

[@AlexeiBlook]

I'd love to know why we aren't talking about the presence of Israeli former soldiers who participated in an active genocide being allowed to participate in the Olympics. I'd love to see more about that, but we don't talk about Gaza on this channel often enough when the people there are suffering daily. It sucks seeing it not get covered here, even as part of a live like you already do or a secondary mini show, so it won't get the main show suppressed.

[@AlexeiBlook]

@@Icarus07c Research the Nabka, this has been going on since 1948, and you are being manipulated via Zionist propaganda. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba

[@AlexeiBlook]

@Icarus07c en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba Since it seems my first comment isn't displaying, read this and get back to me. I understand zionist propaganda had sunken itself into your soul, but this has been going on since at least 1948. Palestinians welcomed immigrants with open arms, until they realized the intent was to displace. I hope you can find peace, supporting monsters who bomb civilians and cut off food and water access for the crime of being Palestinian. If this is a war, which it is not, what did the children do to earn being chronically starved, picked off with bullets to the head, and bombed when they just want to live. I promise, nothing you can come up with will justify the murder of innocent civilians.

[@bloomins8088]

Still kinda rubbed the wrong way about Tate being played during the first Ava story a few days ago. So not really jazzed about hearing about him again...

[@Bumblesski]

"after a brief internal probe..." Lol phrasing!

[@joelmu13]

An American agency committing illegal actions in other countries 😱 the rest of the world shocked, they're not the heroes like in the movies 🤷🏼

[@CaptainLuckyDuck]

I about lost my shit regarding the Dutch volleyball player being allowed to go ahead as an athlete in the Olympics of all things. As someone who has personally experienced SA, the mere thought of that person being paraded around and praised on a worldwide scale would make me feel like any justice I may have received was just a tickbox. I feel awful for that child and disgusted by the Olympic committee. The fact that this was allowed needs to be investigated and immediately so.

[@CaptainLuckyDuck]

*now 21-year old (that poor person- I can't even imagine the nightmares this could bring back)

[@AbbreviatedReviews]

It's pretty messed up that the Netherlands is just letting this ride because they want the guy on their team. It makes them look just as bad as he does because they're the ones letting it happen.

[@alakabambram8436]

early law enforcement was often just a privately funded gang to protect property. They eventually became publicly funded gangs. This connection can be made today, just neat how fitting that is for these DEA agents playing the drug game.

[@alakabambram8436]

And the NYPD being shady lmao

[@ctfddftba]

Surprised you didn’t mention the head scarf issue regarding the Olympics in Paris

[@NOT-A-Monolith]

What's the issue you can't wear a burka?

[@Ironcorgi2]

France has strict laws against head scarves

[@botanicalitus4194]

@@NOT-A-Monolithits not a burka, its a headscarf and its blatant discrimination

[@bishop51807]

​@@Ironcorgi2 I thought that was just schools