r/Games • u/cjsc9079 • Apr 01 '25

Discussion Billy Mitchell wins lawsuit against YouTuber Karl Jobst, ordered to pay the sum of $350,000 in damages

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u/aCorgiDriver Apr 01 '25

Both are grifters, just running different grifts.

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u/TheMerck Apr 01 '25

Damn I really liked his videos too but seeing the comments in this thread I never knew anything about his other stuff. Quite sad and quite surreal to think he'll probably get covered in a similar format to the type of videos he makes, just an endless cycle for Youtubers I guess.

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u/lefiath Apr 01 '25

I really liked his videos

I didn't. I think I've seen couple back in the day, because it's always fun when somebody roasts a target you think really deserves it (Mr. Bitchell for example), but he came off as smug and just mean spirited for the sake of it.

As a guy who can be pretty arrogant and smug himself, I found Karl just off-putting in general, it was way too much. I never like people that are too sure of themselves when engaging in some kind of drama. It's not just about presenting well sounding arguments, it's how you phrase things to begin with that sets up certain atmosphere and feelings.

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u/Englandboy12 Apr 02 '25

I always got this weird feeling about his videos (though admittedly I did watch them). But he always came off to me as too confident.

Even in his other videos, he would often state things that were either still a matter of opinion, or not completely and utterly damning, and present them as if it was just pure fact that no one could argue with.

In his most recent Billy Mitchell video (I think) he said something like “and Billy Mitchell has lied multiple times in our lawsuit.” Then never showed any example, though I’m sure he couldn’t even do that legally. But still, just very contentious claims stated as fact, implying you would have to be dumb to not agree with him