There’s a clear campaign against the mentally ill with the global rise of fascism. Lots of it shows up in anti homeless rhetoric, but you can see it in the MAHA and anti vaccination movements.
There’s no reason to use the word “r-tarded” to describe someone. As someone who’s worked with the intellectually challenged, it’s an insult to them to compare them with people who are willfully ignorant.
As a legal representative of an online platform and social media website 9GAG.com, I ask you to put this post down as it unmistakingly violates our intelectual property, there: our brand of humor. Failure to so would be followed with a formal DMCA request to your fediverse provider, and then court. I reached out to you in hopes it won’t get to that.
Sincerely, David Altkey
Please forward your complaint to Bethesda Software
https://youtu.be/MmF23Eri9Ss?t=13
It was a result of our licensing agreement with Bethesda Softworks (Zenimax) that allowed it’s limited usage on their platforms, incl. transformative works derivative of their media products.
As a directly attributed quote (hence non-transformative) hosted outside Zenimax social media accounts and products, by a third party - it deserves scrutiny.
It directly damages our thinning stream of revenue, as gamergate-adjacent jokes as assets aren’t as solid as they once were. So every penny matters.
By our conservative estimates, 9GAG.com loses $0.69 USD per upvote in it’s potential revenue. The lawsuit though would not be as forgiving after all fees are applied. Still, we don’t think it’s going to be necessary if our request is fullfilled in a timely manner.
Sincerely, David Altkey