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@The_Wolf_of_Gar

3 ай бұрын

unrelated to this but also drama, do you have any opinions on the localization drama happening in the anime community atm. Or any thoughts on what a "faithful" translation constitutes while still accurately conveying the meaning. Eg. idioms "J'ai d'autres chats à fouetter" means literally "I have other cats to whip" but functionally "I have other/bigger fish to fry." is the literal translation the correct rendition or is the localized meaning superior. Then secondary to these points should translators/localizers have free reign to sanitize works of elements that the receiving culture views as "problematic"

@Didacmmv

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for showing us maybe the most dishonest apology one could formulate in a lifetime.

@manueltesting

3 ай бұрын

i'll grab it if you stop waffling in your videos and respond to kuelimika 😂

@al-imranadore1182

3 ай бұрын

How is your mother??????

What really pisses me off is the conditional apology. "IF you feel wrong, THEN I am sorry" - that means such "apology" is not there because he regrets his actions, but it's there to clean his own hands and put only himself in better light. It's incredibly selfish and incredibly disgusting thing to do.

@lordfizzz

3 ай бұрын

That drives me crazy. Like "im sorry if you feel hurt by my actions" why not be sorry for your actions!?

@guyincognito959

3 ай бұрын

What a terrible creature, he can not even undertand what he did wrong. But karma always gets them in the end.

@PC_Simo

3 ай бұрын

”I’m sorry that I got caught.”

@PostProteusKitten

3 ай бұрын

It's phrased like that to avoid admitting guilt to a crime.

@danorris5235

3 ай бұрын

Are you saying anyone who uses conditional apologies is a monster? Or just in this instance because it's unwarranted?

What have we learned today? 1. Don't lie. 2. Have a good moral compass. 3. Don't make threats if you're trying to apologize/explain anything.

Sounds like the Amber Herd school of charity donations. "Did you donate that money?" "Yes, I pledged the money..."

@AlcoholicBoredom

3 ай бұрын

She had to keep the money to pay for veterinarian bills after her dog stepped on that bee. 🥴

@TroyPacelli

3 ай бұрын

@@AlcoholicBoredom I totally heard the appropriate inflection at the end of that sentence! (I literally, audibly, laughed out loud, and I needed that today - thank you, so much, mate.)

@ZETAGeTh

3 ай бұрын

Damn. I read it with her voice. I'm tainted...

@TroyPacelli

3 ай бұрын

@@ZETAGeTh RIGHT??

@embee7434

3 ай бұрын

Right? So sad that so many people apparently think that statements of 'I will' are the same as 'I did'. Do we blame grammar teachers or parents here...?

I hope your mom is doing well 😊.

@metatronyt

3 ай бұрын

We are going forward with her treatment one step at a time. Thank you. I'll keep you guys updated

@daduzadude1547

3 ай бұрын

@@metatronytkeeping all of you in my prayers Just to elaborate, my mom is a cancer survivor, but I lost my father, stepfather and guardian to cancer.

@Riceball01

3 ай бұрын

@@metatronyt I hope it works out for you mom. There's a fairly well known KZreadr in the reptile community that recently lost his battle against pancreatic cancer despite doing what he could about it. I hope that your mom's cancer isn't as bad and the money raised will help her win her fight.

@ryankeyes3101

3 ай бұрын

@@metatronyt im rooting for her.

@famvirious

3 ай бұрын

​@@metatronyt No need to keep us posted. Focus 110% on your family and I hope for nothing but the best outcome

Lol I typed lier 😂 Not gonna re render for it. Have at it with the *liar comments! GO!

@drip369

3 ай бұрын

😂

@Marinanor

3 ай бұрын

Are you a friend with Jim Carrey?

@assaf_jerry

3 ай бұрын

*liar

@gunnar6674

3 ай бұрын

*Anakin mode on* LIAR!

@mgntstr

3 ай бұрын

Never apologize for spelling an english (uncapitalized E `;..;´ ) word the way it sounds.

"No, no, that money was just resting in my account." -Father Ted

@scrappydoo7887

3 ай бұрын

Lol huge kudos for the father Ted reference 👍👍 I didn't think anyone even remembered it anymore

@ungenbunyon5548

3 ай бұрын

Legend reference, Rest in peace Dermot Morgan

@JeffNghtly

3 ай бұрын

OMG 😂😂😂

@CalM004

3 ай бұрын

Perfect reference

@CubicIronPyrite

3 ай бұрын

"Open Hand Foundation, where money is laid to rest."

My mother is currently fighting cancer so Jirard using his mom for this was very personal for me as well. Hope your mother beats cancer Raff and my prayers are with you and your family.

@manolgeorgiev9664

3 ай бұрын

Jirard be like: "I didn't scam people. As proof I present to you my mom's autopsy report!"

07:00 "I'm sorry to those people who noticed the reality of what was going on and had negative feelings about it. This apology does not extend to the people who have yet to notice the shenanigans or those who just don't care either way" Essentially >"I'm sorry that you feel like you have been wronged" NOT >"I'm sorry for doing something wrong"

@Wyzai

3 ай бұрын

"I'm sorry you feel that way. Not my problem." also the "I will sue anyone who says I was frauding" is the cherry on top. One definition of charity fraud only seems to require lying about where the donations are going, which he did. I don't think the speculation is misguided.

Let's not forget that when he finally donated he didn't even donate the full amount "supposedly" in the account. According to HIS tax records there was just over 650k in that account yet he only donated 600k. That alone is fishy about whether or not the money was actually in the account and the IRS should 100% audit him. Especially considering how much more SHOULD have been in there.

@sowianskizonierz2693

3 ай бұрын

another 50k in administration fees to facilitate the 600k donation

@Peremptor

3 ай бұрын

All the golf money wasnt even reported. The guy is pure scum.

@gavinvdh9554

3 ай бұрын

he was even saying he raised close to 1 million. there's lots of money still unaccounted for

@DLockholm

3 ай бұрын

@@sowianskizonierz2693 BS, there's also the missing money from the golf tournaments, those aren't even registered on the files

@sowianskizonierz2693

3 ай бұрын

@@DLockholm it was a joke. "Admin fees" are how many "charities" launder money.

Honestly, if he just admitted that the money wasn’t going anywhere when he found out and changed the way he talked about donating during the charity, this whole thing would have blown over.

@pubcle

3 ай бұрын

Because he was always aware, almost certainly.

Your transparency with the fundraiser plushy and for your mother's care and medical expenses has been truly honorable. Anyone who decides to raise money for charity should look to your example for how to go about it the right way.

The Virgitionist: "Nooooo I have the donations I swear, I will sue you!" Metachad: *Actually shows the receipts like a boss*

At one time prior to the internet I did come across a lengthy book with the sole purpose of informing people how charity dollars were spent by every charitable organization. Specifically the difference between the people being paid to run the organization and the money that actually made it to those who actually need the charity. Not all charities are equal.

@hoi-polloi1863

3 ай бұрын

It's a *lot* easier these days. You can find websites by searching on *charity* *efficiency* and find out which ones are good and which not!

There's a lot of people talking about whether what Jirard did was illegal. I am definitely not knowledgeable enough to say one way or another on that. What I can say is that Jirard was definitely withholding information from the people donating to his "charity". He made all these claims about who the money was going to while it was literally sitting in a bank account helping no one. I don't buy for one second that he was ignorant about what was going on with the money. You don't involve yourself so much in events and fundraisers and don't even inquire what happens afterwards. To me, Jirard comes off as one of those "nice guys" who's actually an immoral dbag. He's not an overt, out there jerk, but he makes all these excuses and expects people to give him a pass because he's a nice guy. There are way too many people like that in the world. People who hide behind a facade of friendliness and politeness while screwing people behind their backs. I've run into my fair share of them.

@AetherNoble

3 ай бұрын

I definitely agree, the guy can’t even fake looking sincere half the time. I wonder if Greg left all those years ago for the same reason.

@jarrettesselman8144

3 ай бұрын

There’s two types of narcissist: the malignant narcissist, and the covert narcissist. The malignant narcissist is in your face, and it is obvious. The covert narcissist is in your mind, and it is insidious, before long it will all be your fault.

@zaco-km3su

3 ай бұрын

There are lawyers that reviewed the situation and Jirard is in legal trouble. He might get a fine or he might go to prison. Depends on, among other things, how good his lawyer is.

@MissRora

3 ай бұрын

Moon Channel, an actual lawyer, made a video discussing the legal side of this. Remarkably, he made the relevant US tax law rather comprehensible.

@987grgg

3 ай бұрын

​@@MissRoraThat video was thoroughly debunked

Crazy how scummy this guy is. Glad he’s getting exposed all over.

@DarkPassenger

3 ай бұрын

I think this is one of the guys on G4 TV clapping like a seal during that pathetic rant by Frost, or Frosk whatever her name is.

@p0llk4t07

3 ай бұрын

​@@DarkPassengeroh wow LOL! I knew I recognized him from somewhere and since I don't watch his stuff I figured I had just randomly seen him on a video at some point...

@themasterofanalyticsandwie1342

3 ай бұрын

Didnt expected that a fellow Noble Natty being a watcher of the Noble ones 💪

@CubicIronPyrite

3 ай бұрын

@@DarkPassenger aka. Froskurinn. Sidenote, who picks a gamer tag with "urine" in the name? Adam Sessler was the one clapping like a seal, Jirtard looked like a deer in the headlights.

@zzodysseuszz

3 ай бұрын

@@DarkPassengerthat’s…..not surprising

I’ve been running both a foundation and a public charity for 10 years as a CEO and Director. There are a lot of ways to legally abuse charity corporation. You can pay your officers a reasonable salary, which could be upwards of six figures. You officers can Have things paid for like hosing and vehicles from that account. You can also hire yourself as a KZreadr to do advertising or fund raising. He could spend all of the money paying himself to advertise and it would be legal. Not ethical.

@PC_Simo

3 ай бұрын

Really goes to show the deficiency & incompleteness of the laws of man 🫤.

It was real sad to hear about this. The Completionist always seemed like a cool guy. But holding donations for a decade? It should be a year at most. And even that's stretching it. Hope your mother is doing well, Metatron.

@FalkonNightsdale

3 ай бұрын

Not only that, hundreds of thousands dollars from golf events are missing altogether…🤷🏽‍♂️

This is the reason why I refuse to donate to any charity or any person that claims they collect the money for it. If I ever wanted to help, I would give the money to the specific person and not some scummy organization or person I know nothing about.

He sounds absolutely angry in his apology video. One might say angry at being caught, but it's definitely angry and not apologetic.

*Yikes* ! I was hoping the accusations against him would turn out to be *false* simply because that's been happening to a *lot* of people who've gotten famous through their own efforts who just happened to *disagree* with someone and/or what they were doing; but after watching this video, I *unsubscribed* from his channel because I didn't wanna support someone who seems to be a *narcissist* . Thanks for letting me know the *truth* about him.

@Njuregen

3 ай бұрын

Maybe the American IRS can follow him and check out his frauds.

@jeremiahtorrevillas4396

3 ай бұрын

U didnt do it until now? Wtf are u blind ? Muta and karls vids says it all

@fordprefect5967

3 ай бұрын

​@@jeremiahtorrevillas4396 It never hurts to wait and see what might turn out. Muta and Karl are cool people, but taking them at face value without hearing absolutely everything and taking some time to think about it is just a brain dead way too go about things

@ezrafaulk3076

3 ай бұрын

@@jeremiahtorrevillas4396 like I said, I assumed it was another one of *many* recent cases of someone with a decent following being *falsely* accused of something by a jealous freak, something that's a *lot* with Cancel Culture being a thing; but seeing in this video that they were in fact *true* led me to do it. And it was actually fairly *easy* for me to unsubscribe from him since I wasn't a longtime subscriber, nor did I *regularly* watch his content, only the videos on games that looked interesting to me.

@ezrafaulk3076

3 ай бұрын

@@fordprefect5967 *thank you* .

I want to say, I really appreciate your delicate approach, not just to this in particular, but in all of your videos, where. You deliberately point out “innocent until proven guilty till proven guilty proven guilty” as well as discourage brigading and attacking and focus on clarity, truth, and dispersion of accurate information to the best of your ability, and your caveats to any response to someone or something else. Stay true, and you need not fear retaliation nor scrutiny. When your goal is the pursuit of *truth*, you couldn’t be more noble and genuine in your quest, and will not need to fear the response from those who wish to mislead people into a belief only to suit an agenda or narrative. Keep doing what you do.

As someone who just lost his mother to cancer, I hope there's a special circle in hell for people like Jirard who scam others while hiding behind his dead mom.

I'm 53. I am also a Stoic. Over the years, I have seen this kind of behavior over and over. Do not make the mistake of seeing this as mental illness. This is an example of a deliberate decision, over time, to do evil. I do not use the word evil lightly. Many people do bad things. "Sometimes it really takes someone explaining carefully to them their errors"

@driatrogenesis

3 ай бұрын

bingo Why are peoppe surprised that social media if full of a bunch if lying narcissists making money off gullible people? I mean wow

I always look forward to Metatron's vids. I need my dose of harsh but just truths in this deceptful world, where friends will abandon you simply for stating the facts ❤

First I heard of this fiasco... it is sad and reinforces our own policy of really vetting any donations we make even to causes or organizations that we would normally trust out of hand , e.g. religious ones.... started way back when an employer was suggesting donations to United Fund... I checked on them and found that only 20 % of donations actually ended up doing actual charity wok and the rest went for administrative and operational costs... I your money is meant to be meaningfully used you should know where it will end up... hopefully your video will be a wake up call to well meaning people to be aware... thank you for your efforts to uphold truth..

When I hear the word "foundation" the first thought that comes to mind is "a way to skim off the top". Somehow these administrators seem to accumulate more and more wealth. I think it is called "administrative expenses". Same goes for charities. Of course some inconsistences may be awfully hard to expose because accountants and tax consultants work in "mysterious" ways which may make it legally correct but morally incorrect.

I was happy to see you made a video about this, too! I agree with you. The “apology” video he made was so hostile that it was kinda sickening. He isn’t fooling anyone. He messed up and now he’s trying to save face by using the blame game to try to get out of it. It’s disgusting, really, especially since the charity work was supposed to be inspired by his deceased mother. He has no honor.

As someone who has lost family to cancer, I think the guy is scum. Also I hope your mam is doing well ❤

"I apologize for the offense I caused. I was wrong for what I did/said and I make no excuses for it. I assure you that I will never do it again. I hope all of you will grant me your undeserved forgiveness and we can all move on from this. I promise that next time I will do things differently." That's a genuine apology. Anything else is a lie.

@Refreshment01

3 ай бұрын

Why is it genuine? Do you think a person that does this would feel any remorse? That apology would just be one more of its manipulations.

What i don't understand is the "why" of it. Greed? Yeah, that makes sense if he was spending it, but it seems like he wasn't spending it, it just sat there. Incompetence? That makes more sense, and the lying is being used because he's a narcissist who can't admit he didn't know what he was doing

@Wyzai

3 ай бұрын

that would be my assumption.

Claiming that something is acceptable to do just because it isn't illegal is an ethical fallacy. Laws are, partially, an imperfect solution to a culture's failed ethics alarms. Just because something is legal does not make it permissable in polite society.

@Wyzai

3 ай бұрын

The very simple answer to "I didn't do anything illegal" is to say "You're not accused of being a criminal, you're accused of being scum."

As of 2021, there were over 1.8 million registered non-profits with the IRS. One for every 180 people.

As always, stay safe, Yair! We appreciate the updates.

“Innocent until proven guilty” is all well and good, in a legal sense. But when it comes to forming an opinion, each person is allowed their own; people don’t need to wait for a formal judgment, and if one is rendered they can disagree with it. In mine, this looks sus as all hell. Waiting… was it 9 years? And only donating it after it is uncovered that they held them? Even if they didn’t mean to steal 'the money', leeching off accrued interest (which I guess isn’t tallied into the donations) can net a fair bit of profit. And is scummier than the fermentation vats at a brewery. Not to mention that having a big lump in the bank like that makes it easier to take out loans or gain other 'less tangible' benefits, just by having 'economic leverage'.

$600k makes for a nice chunk of interest going into his pocket, even if he never skimmed the donation principal.

Have an amazing trip Nobel one! Thanks for all the eloquent content..off topic but wanna say thank you for the hugely interesting subjects and inspiring me with the way that you speak and your maturity

definitivamente es usted un caballero que cuida a los viajeros en este camino virtual ,ojala hubiese mas como usted noble señor.

Jirtard begged for money for his charity for almost 10 years, using an often-told story about his dead mother. Then just sits on 100's of thousands of $$, never actually donating a cent. Dude was just running his "charity" for clout.

His way out of this mess was to go "I'm sorry I wasn't able to live up to my promises." (To avoid admitting to lying for legal purposes) "I have donated all of the money gathered over the years, and doubled the amount to cover the lost opportunity costs in both the forms of inflation and lost interest had it been invested. I hope you all can forgive me for breaking the trust you had in me and I will work hard to get it back." Instead of the whole you know... donating less than what he received and threatening people with lawsuits.

Crazy situation. I think you nailed it because transparency is the thing. I don’t see how someone could have an emotional connection like that to a charity they stayed and not be on top of it.

All the best to your mother, Raf. Hoping for a full and complete recovery for her.

This afternoon I had a thought "hm, I saw something scandalous about Completionist, but I didn't bother to google it, because I don't care" And there he is, Angel of Truth himself, talking about it. Now I must watch the video :)

Easy solution: show the receipts of the donation money being transferred to the institutions

While I haven't seen the video (yet), I like that you waited over two month at least, before talking about it.

@metatronyt

3 ай бұрын

Yes I wanted to gather as much info as possible before speaking. Thanks

Through all the vids i have warched on your channel i have seen you are, a honest anallical thinker &, having looked at what has gone on with this person i have to agree with your take on the whole thing. Thank you.

All his legal opponents need to to is prove that, in videos or otherwise, he stated he was donating that money. What's illegal isn't holding the funds. it's lying about using the money, using the names of other companies, or misusing them. In any case, he's facing jail time with that one.

This is why openness is utmost in charities. I want to know where every cent is going. I'm not naïve, I do understand that they have overheads like rent, utilities, advertising etc. but I want to know that _most_ of my money is actually going to help the cause. Thankfully the law in the US seems agree with me, which is how this scammer got caught. It does make me wonder just how scummy the whole charity industry is though. I'm sure the vast majority are legitimate, but there's a lot of money in charity. Americans are very generous and give something like $500bn a year, so if only 1% are scumbags that's an awful lot of money. Some people are just sociopaths with no moral compass I guess, which is why we have jails.

Hey metatron, will you be doing a reaction or giving your thoughts to Netflix’s Alexander the Great TV series?

Fantastic analysis!

@metatronyt

3 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly

Funny to hear this news, since the last huge scandal here in Italy is about italian most popular influencer, Chiara Ferragni, and it's about charity too. Another case, although until now nothing illegal has been proved, which is very unethical and sordid. In my humble opinion, if you are an influencer you can use the power you have over your followers to make money, but there are lines you can't cross. And lying about charity is definitely one of them. P.s. I miei piu sinceri auguri per la salute della tua mamma, Raffaello.

I never follow drama anywhere but when it's you I get interested

Notice his wording, he is framing it not as him giving false impressions but everyone else is in the wrong for thinking wrong. He never admits he did anything wrong, only suggesting that everyone else is wrong. He isn't just not taking responsibility, he is actively trying to push it on everyone else.

The reason to be careful when making accusations isn't because "innocent until proven guilty" applies to public opinion, but rather because it gets hard to hold people accountable for the things they have actually done, or inform other people about those things, if there's a lot of frivolous accusations. If someone is accused of 100 things and 99 of them turn out to be false or misleading, then there's no unified action on the 1 thing that was true, and defenders can dismiss accusations based on the many things that turned out to be false. Of course being truthful is a kind and desirable thing, but it's also a practical one.

@Wyzai

3 ай бұрын

basically what he tried to do. "Here's 5 things my critics got wrong" yeah, what about the other 15?

Very well put. A lot of us echo your feelings.

Not even a hard thing to apologize for. Sorry I messed up, I've donated it, and I'm committing to donating more from my revenue to cover lost value from inflation. Thank you for bringing it to my attention years ago and for the investigation that helps ensure creators keep their word. I will do better in the future.

@JackCrossSama

3 ай бұрын

It's possible he can't as admitting guilt would have legal consequences.

@mr.grotto9498

3 ай бұрын

@@JackCrossSama not if he's done nothing illegal as he claims. However, his lawyer would still advise him to respond that way.

@sboinkthelegday3892

3 ай бұрын

​@@mr.grotto9498 "not if he's done nothing illegal" yes, it would, grow up

@mr.grotto9498

3 ай бұрын

@@sboinkthelegday3892 What you just said makes zero sense, adds nothing to the conversation, but I am more than happy to have you here since I'm assuming you live a lonely life.

@agentj3627

3 ай бұрын

@@sboinkthelegday3892 He's saying that, IF he didn't do anything illegal, then there would be no legal consequences. This is, again, in the event that his claims about legality were correct, which can very easily not be true, but what mr grotto said is not incorrect.

When someone acts too nice and clean, they're suspicious

@sowianskizonierz2693

3 ай бұрын

what a world we live in. if you're flawed, you get cancelled. if you're too nice, you still get cancelled.

@BattleBro77

3 ай бұрын

​@@sowianskizonierz2693 If you pretend to be nice while you fraudulently steal from others while using your sick mother as bait*

@driatrogenesis

3 ай бұрын

@@sowianskizonierz2693 its called be fake And its not cancelled, how about stop living in the social media world of everyone must think in binary mode

@nix98zlcy

2 ай бұрын

My boy, that's anxiety speaking 🦍

The largest problem may not necessarily be the criminality of the situation, but the long term damage that has been caused as a result of his actions, such as possible dementia cures never coming to fruition and probably could have with a generous amount of money to fund the research, but even that could be a stretch. On the other hand a lot of trust has been destroyed to a lot of donours, who as far as they were concerned were funding a genuine cause. Good actors make better conmen. The best we can do is ask for transparency in future, learn from our mistakes and attempt to advance to a time where curing dementia, cancer and other troubling ailments is possible. Where there are no problems, conmen cannot exploit.

Depending on how the account is set up it could earn a nice piece of change from the interest. If so where did that go? Administrative costs? Heard that one before.

Its obvious he got caught and only donated this massive amount after. Who doesn't know they have $600,000.00 sitting in an account? Sickening.

He didn't spend the money, but didn't donate it? why? What was the point? I mean he lied, that is true, manipulative, probablly, kind of an ass? definatelly. What was the end game? This seems the dumbest of all... What do you call what he did? He's claiming what? Procrastination? This thing is so dumb. Donate the funds, say your sorry, shut the hell up and take your lumps. Close your charity, replace it with a link for a reputable charity, learn from your mistakes, and move on. If he spent the money, then call the authorities, let them do their jobs, and earn their keep. I don't understand this at all. He's either bad at running a charity, really aweful at being a criminal (like he didn't even get the point of what stealling is), or he is the most absent minded person when it comes to money the world has ever seen. This is like the most idiotic crime drama of all time... Our job? follow him, or don't, support him, or don't, it is up to y'all. I am not sure he could survive anything like a "real" job. Maybe it is for the best he plays video games for a living. I would be afraid of what he would do with a cash register or god forbid an Uber/Lyft job...

The only apology I want from Jirard is an audit like he mentioned. I really don't care that he was sugarcoating how the charity worked. I understand wanting to wait until he could set up a perpetual endowment. I don't understand the lying, but that's why I'm not in the marketing business. I pretty much just assume anyone from California is morally bankrupt until I have evidence to the contrary. That doesn't stop me from watching TV or KZread. What I care about is answering the hanging questions. Generally, people are pretty incompetent when they venture into something outside their wheelhouse. If all of this is just incompetence, I'm not particularly concerned. If there's any evidence of willful and deliberate embezzlement, that's another matter. The only way any of his fans can ever get an answer to this is an audit. Everything else is little more than blowing steam.

@Wyzai

3 ай бұрын

even his idea seems weird. "I didn't want the money to go into management cost" which means they'll take that money from elsewhere. It's not like they're suddenly going to have less costs, whether warranted or unwarranted, because you signed a document. It sounds like a convenient excuse.

@manguy01

3 ай бұрын

@@Wyzai It's something called a _"restricted donation"_ and it's not uncommon. Google it. Personally, I don't understand the point. But it means something to some people. What I _would_ understand is if he was trying to set up an _"endowment"_ fund. An endowment allows you to donate an investment in a mutual fund. Then the charity gets the income from that every year, and it grows so it basically lasts forever.

I think you handled the situation well and the way you view the world is commendable. I liked him on G4 but he clearly isn’t being honest and I would be shocked if the real reason that money has not been donated is publicly known, but so long as the money is there and he’s not collecting and spending interest or something, everyone deserves a second chance, until they don’t.

Considering you’re a consummate professional, I genuinely appreciate your perspective on matters like this. This isn’t drama. This is actually serious. I really like these videos from you. In other news, Simon Whistler’s newest video he says he LOVES it when professionals like yourself review his videos, so do with that knowledge what you will ❤😈

2:03 could have been a magnificent sponsorship transition.

That's one of the differences between Metetron and SO MANY others out there, honesty. Through his honesty snd integrity, Metatron has built up so much good will and good faith over the years, I seriously doubt even one person who donated money to his cancer charity OR his mom even once questioned where the money was going or how it was being used. Your integrity is VERY much appreciated Metatron, especially in today's society where traits like that one, and honesty are scarce. Keep up the GREAT work, and say hi to your mom for us!!

thanks for telling us the truth metatron

Hey Metatron, I found this theory on ancient Greeks sailing to the Americas long before Columbus, could you do an episode on it? Thanks.

Normal boots tend to get into controversy.

@TheInfamousCloaker

3 ай бұрын

It is always the "Normal" people that you have to look out for

@TheSpongyMallard

3 ай бұрын

PBG is the only one now who hasn’t.

@HerveyShmervy

3 ай бұрын

​@TheSpongyMallard but PBG is prolly the most mid of normalboots so its a fair trade off

@TheSpongyMallard

3 ай бұрын

@@HerveyShmervy PBG is my favorite.

Your presentation of an argument is excelent. I do like your Channel. Thank you Sir

almost all charitys are fraud, in some US states they can keep like up to 95% of the donations

I respect Muta and Karl SO FRIGGING MUCH, them and Coffizilla and hbomberguy always do so much research and put so much effort into their videos, and they show actual proofs of stuff like cheating or plagarism or charity fraud and scams. They don't just release some dumb drama videos, they focus on stuff that actually hurts people or is criminal and needs to be brought to people. I frigging wish some mass media journalists put same level of care into their articles and videos.

@Wyzai

3 ай бұрын

I just like the take that they donated 600k to charity, because the money would still be in that account without their input.

I feel like he could have saved face if he had simply came clean and apologised, and moved on. His threatening video is what triggered the audio from the call to be released. And that is whats gonna get him in legal trouble in the end.

Do atlas VPN have 3 or 7 days trial without asking for credit card info?

Once again @metatron I agree with your stance being legal is not always moral but morality and legality are not same side of the coin . It became very clear to me in my legal studies . I would say at minimum he dishonest but my interpretation of fraud would be using the funds for other things than purpose of what it was raised / given for . Holding onto the funds although not moral to me does not go as far as fraud .

@catzoran

3 ай бұрын

I feel as this is another case of "trade" vs. "colloquial" speech, though I am not a native English speaker so there might be some nuance that I'm missing. From a legal definition of fraud: we don't know, we don't have enough information. But from a common use definition of fraud: he certainly have committed fraud in many peoples' eyes.

@danmitchell1955

3 ай бұрын

Yes but perception does not actually constitute a fraud though . Yes he did not follow what he said he would do this dishonesty but the fact he did not touch the money for any other purpose to me this does not rise to fraud . I will give you another example of fraud a women in England due to Bristol blm protests raises fund to send children to strive for educational visit she used the money on herself she was convicted on fraud . See slightly different to me you have intentionally use funds for either dishonest purposes ie never intend it go to charity or you use it for your own self interest . This second case was latter I think her intent was honest that she intended to pass money on but she became greedy and did not . We don’t know the full facts at most at present he dishonest and should return said money to all people who want it back . However if it transpires he used money for other purposes then a fraud investigation and charge would become suitable . At present he merely an immoral person. You are able be immoral without breaking the law .i don’t do this holi than thou bs nobody perfect

Hey Buddy! This isn't about the topic of your video, and you may already be cognizant of this; I just felt like trying to give something back. The word Χριστοῦ, of course means OF Christ. So it actually is, please pardon the familiarity, Josh of Christ. Not quite the same, HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! So, YES, Christ is God, and Josh is OF Him. Christ is the Hidden One. The Χριστοῦ, and there were Many sent, are the Lights showing all the You(s), the Way to go Home, to Be WITH She who IS Consciousness. All the best to you and yours!!! Thank you again, for all the clear and concise examination of Reality. 🙏

Totally off topic, but you're looking quite thin. You eating enough, Metatron? If I'm mistaken, oh well. I'm just a bit paranoid, as my father is growing very thin from skipping meals due to the loss of my mother in 2020.

I bought a CD from this guy at a convention a few years back, how times change lol

You see things like this and one can only hope a class action lawsuit is filed so people can get their money back. It's a shame they won't be able to get it back with interest.

18:03 Yes, we can, in the calls, he says he did it because they put pressure on him too. Admitting that he only did it because of that.

I think you have it right Raf, some stuff just doesnt add up.

I think you took the most controversial position possible: he isn't a thief, he's just an asshole. Which draws the ires of his die-hard fans, who will die on the hill of "he's innocent of all charges", and *also* the ires of the... What's the English word for "forcaioli", again? "Hanging judges"? I mean, literally, yes, but the Italian version applies to laymen as well. Eh, whatever, it works. I mean, I tend to agree with your position, because it's the most balanced, and therefore more likely to be correct than either extreme, but, as a matter of simple fact, it's also the most controversial. People don't like nuance.

There's no way that he was just holding the money. No charity would just leave donations of that magnitude sitting there without a follow up

@mukkaar

3 ай бұрын

The chief problem is that he seems to have been saying to people he's actively working with charities and donating. So not only he was being irresponsible and not doing what any normal person would think happens to donations. He was straight up lying and scamming people. If he didn't actually touch the money, it seems like he was purely gratifying he's ego and boosting his channel, disregarding any kind of ethics in process. I mean he probably gets enough money from his channel so it doesn't matter that much. Not to mention potential gains from just being perceived as charitable and good person.

@scrappydoo7887

3 ай бұрын

@@mukkaar yea you're right on all points

Never heard of that guy

What happened to the interest on the loot. Does he have a connection to where the donation went.

So after all that he only donated the money to a single charity and not the half a dozen mentioned and he didn't make an additional donation himself 🤔 yeah he tried to spirit away with the money, he probably hoped people would forget and he could pocket it later.

life is more fucked up than fiction i hope you the misses aand your family the best your honesty is respectful protecting true history and raising money for cancer patience i hope your doing well my friend

Dude you’re pretty good at the drama commentary. You should do this more.

I cant help but wonder what Jirards older brother and father have to say about this, just because he is the face of this scandal doesn't necessarily mean hes the orchestrator and ive never heard him say anything positive about his family. Baby brothers can have it tough sometimes. Its not healthy to speculate but thers been so much obfuscation here its hard not to

He has released two videos since.....his normal stuff and gone down as well as expected

@GamerGarm

3 ай бұрын

Sadly, he is still making bank. He streamed and got like 5k in money just on donations and such. He still has around 1.5m subs on YT and the last videos got 6 digit views, with the very last one being close at 78k as of this writing. Meaning... his fans didn't care. In a few months this will just be another footnote on the internet drama novel of KZread and Jirard will still be making a lot of money on his channel. I hope its not the case, but it looks to me like he will get away with this.

@dutchdykefinger

3 ай бұрын

lol he already was a has-been for 5 years on his own channel and his last notable appearance was one with frosk on g4 tv, that went down like a fucking sack of wet bricks, he didn't look good by association on that one which makes one wonder what he's trying to protect with his old appeal to "mouths to feed" groveling on the talks with karl the money trail of course

The dog hugging thing is so funny. It's like Tmartin's apology with Cooper the dog.

The smoking gun is that Jirard even named the specific charities that he already donated too! That proves he knew and was lying!

I am the one in a million that have never heard of him. And I wouldn’t trust him on the sight of him, just hearing him speak, connecting with his body language feels odd.

I don't know anything about the guy. I am here for the historical and biblical analysis videos. Even still, very well reasoned and communicated, Metatron! My respects and I wish the very best for your family.

PLEASE review the trailer for 'Stockholms blodbath'... As a swede im not too happy about the way they went about telling the story of one of our most documented historical happenings of the 1500th hundreds... I dont mind it being in English, but there are some other things i think you might find interesting...

The comment I posted originally said as much: I don't think he's trying to steal the money. As a strategy it makes no sense to hoard money and lie about it for almost a decade. You're gonna get caught eventually. If you're stealing, you're gonna steal earlier and not wait 10 years. I still consider him an amoral asshole and don't think anyone should ever give him any money again. The fraud argument sounds compelling, but that's for the lawyers. I'm willing to concede he might be just barely shy of fraud. This is negligence of the highest degree and in a way is actually destructive. He's lost money for charities or hospitals trying to save lives.

when the Metatron speaks the facts you know its going to be good.

I don't understand-- why did they leave it there untouched for so long? They didn't spend it or donate it... just left it sitting? What's the point of that?

I love your content Metatron and I will take the side of Karl and Muta in this side, but just for arguments sake, what could Jirard have said in apology (beside I'm sorry and I will donate everything) that would have helped his case?

@Epsilonsama

3 ай бұрын

Literally donate everything plus interest and or inflation whoever is higher.

There are 100s maybe 1000s of youtube sites run by scammers. Should you save us from them? maybe not. Keep up the great content telling us true history and debunking myths is perfectly fine.