History Quotes / AtLeastIAdmitIt

-->-- '''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Noriaki Kakyoin]], ''WebAnimation/KakyoinWaifuConnoisseur''

->''You obey a specter of a fading illumination, and bend your knees to [[CorruptChurch men whose tables crawl with pestilence and whores]]. I know: I have joined their revels, procured their slatterns and laughed to watch their seed tossed on demons' tongues. Such a rich joke, to sate the lusts of priests with [[HornyDevils succubae]], don't you agree? And richer still to see [[TortureTechnician one's tormentors]] bow to devil-slatted patriarchs, awaiting their instructions in the litany of god.\\

'''Harley:''' Oh, buckets full, honey. [[PsychoSupporter I was tryin' too hard to impress the wrong guy]]. ''Kinda like you with Superman.''

-->-- '''Stormfront''', ''Series/{{TheBoys2019}}''

->There’s nothing good come from being nice to others. People are just as despicable as I am. Sometimes, they’re even worse than me. They would take any opportunity to use or betray someone. The only difference being that I -at least- admit I am a piece of shit.

->'''Betty Ross''': From what I hear, the primary team need every pair of hands they can get up there right now.\\
'''Bruce Banner:''' I kind of hoped they might draw the line at wifebeaters, Betty.\\
'''Betty Ross''': Says mister "Hulk-Smash" in there.\\
'''Bruce Banner''': Yeah, well, at least I'm working eighteen hours a day trying to do something about it here.
-->-- ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''

->''"God! See, at least me and Regina George know we're mean! But you try to act so innocent like, "Oh, I used to live in Africa with all the little birdies, and the little monkeys!""''

-->-- '''Tony Montana''', to a restaurant full of high-class patrons, ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}''

'''Tess:''' I'm with someone now who doesn't have to make that kind of distinction.\\

->'''Charlie Hayes''': Billboards ain't gonna bring her back, Mildred.\\
'''Mildred Hayes''': Neither is fucking nineteen-year-olds, Charlies.\\
'''Charlie Hayes''': Yeah... But I ''know'' that.

->'''Needy Lesnicky''': You know what? You were never really a good friend. Even when we were little, you used to steal my toys and pour lemonade on my bed.\\
'''Jennifer Check''': And now, I'm eating your boyfriend. See? At least I'm consistent.

->''He knew himself a villain—but he deem'd''\\
''The rest no better than the thing he seem'd;''\\
''And scorn'd the best as hypocrites who hid''\\
''Those deeds the bolder spirit plainly did.''

->'''Angel:''' People who don't care about anything will never understand the people who do.\\
'''Marcus Hamilton:''' Yeah, but we ''won't'' care.

'''Lombard:''' ''[Disgust]'' Oh, your missionaries. [[{{Hypocrite}} With their religion and syphilis]]. I am not the only white killer in Africa, Miss Brent.\\

->''"I'm like a head trip to listen to, ‘cause I'm only givin' you things you joke about with your friends inside your livin' room. The only difference is I got the balls to say it in front of y'all. And I don't gotta be false or sugarcoat it at all"''

->''The website that's perhaps best known for encouraging mass violence is the image board Website/FourChan—which was followed by 8chan, which then became 8kun. These boards are infamous for being the sites where multiple mass-shooting suspects have shared manifestos before homicide sprees. The few people who are willing to defend these sites unconditionally do so from a position of free-speech absolutism. That argument is worthy of consideration. But there’s something architectural about the site that merits attention, too: There are no algorithms on 8kun, only a community of users who post what they want. People use 8kun to publish abhorrent ideas, but at least the community isn’t pretending to be something it’s not. The biggest social platforms claim to be similarly neutral and pro–free speech when in fact no two people see the same feed. Algorithmically tweaked environments feed on user data and manipulate user experience, and not ultimately for the purpose of serving the user. Evidence of real-world violence can be easily traced back to both Website/{{Facebook}} and 8kun. But 8kun doesn’t manipulate its users or the informational environment they’re in. Both sites are harmful. But Facebook might actually be [[EvilerThanThou worse for humanity]].''

->''"Steph! I've done some pretty bad things in my life. I admit it. I'm an asshole, [[EvenEvilHasStandards but even I would not go this low.]]"''

->''"You steal the blood of the living and you call us thieves. You hide from the eyes of men behind your precious {{Masquerade}} and you call us deceivers. If we are different from you, it is only because we have the will to accept, rather than deny, what we are."''

->You obey a specter of a fading illumination, and bend your knees to [[CorruptChurch men whose tables crawl with pestilence and whores]]. I know: I have joined their revels, procured their slatterns and laughed to watch their seed tossed on demons' tongues. Such a rich joke, to sate the lusts of priests with [[HornyDevils succubae]], don't you agree? And richer still to see [[TortureTechnician one's tormentors]] bow to devil-slatted patriarchs, awaiting their instructions in the litany of god.\\
I have seen the wormwood you adore. Seen it with my own eyes. Drunk it for my wine. And I scorn it - and you - with full hilarity. When I soon reach Hell, Satan and I will share a laugh together as he dips my soul in pitch and lights it all ablaze. When my laughter turns to screams, those peals shall mock you even then, like the ghosts of fading bells. I, at least, am honest in my sins. [[TheUnfettered They have made me a freer man]].
-->-- ''[[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade]] - Infernalism''

->'''Swansea''': How dare you judge me? Must I name the alarming list of your victims?\\
'''Jonathan''': ''[snarls]'' We are both deceivers, but at least I know I'm a monster.
-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Vampyr 2018}}''

->'''[[AlwaysChaoticEvil Glabrezu:]]''' Every life you take, for good or for ill, taints your spirit and brings you one step closer to me... And what I have become.\\

'''Glabrezu:''' Yes... I do not try to *justify* my actions by hiding behind a moral or ethical façade. "[[Creator/AleisterCrowley Do as thou Will, shall be the whole of the law]]". Such is my credo.

->'''[[TheBeautifulElite Toreador]] Player Character:''' You are [[LooksLikeOrlok the most offensive and obscene thing I've ever seen.]]\\
'''Gary Golden''': En garde, Toreador! [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You vainglorious, narcissistic poseur! How I loathe that determination of your kind to belie your true nature with Paris fashions and pomp]]. You are a dead thing - a creature of the shadows. ''Start acting like one''.

->''"Darling, I'm evil. Let's not kid ourselves, but'' you. ''You're just something else entirely."''

->'''[[TheHero Connor]]''': What is it the [[TheIlluminati Templars]] truly seek?\\
'''[[ArchnemesisDad Haytham]]''': [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Order. Purpose. Direction]]. No more than that. It's your lot that means to confound with this nonsense talk of freedom. Time was, the Assassins professed a far more sensible goal, that of peace.\\
'''Connor''': [[ForHappiness Freedom IS peace]].\\
'''Haytham''': Oh, no. It's an invitation to chaos. Only look at this [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution little revolution]] your friends have started. I have stood before the Continental Congress and listened to them stamp and shout. All in the name of liberty. But it is just noise.\\
'''Connor''': And this is why you favor [[DragonInChief Lee]]?\\
'''Haytham''': He understands the needs of this would-be nation far better than the [[DemocracyIsBad jobbernowls who profess to represent it]].\\
'''Connor''': It seems [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers your tongue has tasted sour grapes]]. The people have made their choice – and it was [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington Washington]].\\
'''Haytham''': The people chose nothing. It was done by a group of privileged cowards seeking only to enrich themselves. They convened in private and made a decision that would benefit THEM. Oh, they might have dressed it up with pretty words, but that does not make it true. The only difference, Connor – the ONLY difference between myself and those you aid – is that I do not feign affection.

->'''Harley''': You heard Bats. ''No killin[='=]''.\\
'''Wonder Woman''': [[{{Hypocrite}} You lecture me?]] How much blood is on your ledger, Quinn?\\
'''Harley''': Oh, buckets full, honey. I was tryin' too hard to impress [[ComicBook/TheJoker the wrong guy]]. ''Kinda like you with Superman.''

->'''[[UnscrupulousHero Sam Drake]]''': ''[referring to Henry Avery's treasure]'' You don't deserve it.\\
'''[[BigBad Rafe Adler]]''': You do? Last I checked, we're all a bunch of thieves digging around where we shouldn't.

'''Cherish:''' I'm not pretending anything. I am what I am, I don't put on a facade.\\
'''Regent:''' That's a blatant lie. [[ShutUpHannibal If you showed your true nature to the world at large, your face would be too ugly to look at.]]

->'''Freeza''': Word of advice. You want out of here? Play nice, work off your time, and convince them you're not a total piece of shit.\\
'''Cell''': Oh, really? If it's that easy, why the [[{{Hell}} here]] are ''you'' still here?!\\
'''Freeza''': You see, Perfect Cell, that's because- ''[throttles Cell with his tail]'' I know who I f**king am. I'm a child-killing, people-enslaving galactic tyrant, and I'd rather die a million more times before I ever pretend otherwise.

->''"For so many years, I thought that there was something wrong with me; that I was the {{Black Sheep}} and I needed to change my personality. And after a lot of time and consideration, I realized who I was. I'm a piece of shit. [[CrossingTheLineTwice I'm the kind of person to stare directly into the eyes of a pregnant woman while I'm taking her seat on the subway. Someone who verbally assaults waiters, delivery guys, and the US postal service.]]"''

-->-- '''The Grand Pumpkin''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Treehouse of Horror XIX"

-->-- '''Quagmire''' to Brian, as part of a long-winded TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''

-->-- '''[=BoJack=] Horseman''''s internal monologue, ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', "Stupid Piece of Sh*t"

->''"As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Russia]], for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy."''

->''The website that’s perhaps best known for encouraging mass violence is the image board Website/FourChan—which was followed by 8chan, which then became 8kun. These boards are infamous for being the sites where multiple mass-shooting suspects have shared manifestos before homicide sprees. The few people who are willing to defend these sites unconditionally do so from a position of free-speech absolutism. That argument is worthy of consideration. But there’s something architectural about the site that merits attention, too: There are no algorithms on 8kun, only a community of users who post what they want. People use 8kun to publish abhorrent ideas, but at least the community isn’t pretending to be something it’s not. The biggest social platforms claim to be similarly neutral and pro–free speech when in fact no two people see the same feed. Algorithmically tweaked environments feed on user data and manipulate user experience, and not ultimately for the purpose of serving the user. Evidence of real-world violence can be easily traced back to both Website/{{Facebook}} and 8kun. But 8kun doesn’t manipulate its users or the informational environment they’re in. Both sites are harmful. But Facebook might actually be [[EvilerThanThou worse for humanity]].''

-->-- ''Wrestling/TripleH'' to Stephanie Mcmahon during an episode of Monday Night RAW

-->-- "The Real Slim Shady", ''{{Music/Eminem}}''

'''Regent:''' That's a blatant lie. [[ShutUpHannibal If you showed your true nature to the world at large, your face would be too ugly to look at.

-> ''"I'm like a head trip to listen to, ‘cause I'm only givin' you things you joke about with your friends inside your livin' room. The only difference is I got the balls to say it in front of y'all. And I don't gotta be false or sugarcoat it at all"''
-->--'''The Real Slim Shady''' , ''{{Music/Eminem}}''

-> ''"God! See, at least me and Regina George know we're mean! But you try to act so innocent like, "Oh, I used to live in Africa with all the little birdies, and the little monkeys!"''
-->--'''Janis to Cady''', ''Film/MeanGirls''

->'''Swansea''': How dare you judge me? Must I name the alarming list of your victims?\\
'''Jonathan''': [''snarls''] We are both deceivers, but at least I know I'm a monster.
-->--''VideoGame/{{Vampyr 2018}}''

->''"All pumpkins are racists! The difference is that I admit it!"''
-->--'''The Grand Pumpkin''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "Treehouse of Horror XIX"

-->--'''Eustass "Captain" Kid''', ''Manga/OnePiece''

->'''[[AlwaysChaoticEvil Glabrezu:]]''' Every life you take, for good or for ill, taints your spirit and brings you one step closer to me... And what I have become.\\
'''PlayerCharacter:''' There is a big difference between you and I.\\
'''Glabrezu:''' Yes... I do not try to *justify* my actions by hiding behind a moral or ethical façade. "[[Creator/AleisterCrowley Do as thou Will, shall be the whole of the law]]". Such is my credo.
-->--''VideoGame/IcewindDale II''

->'''Angel:''' People who don't care about anything will never understand the people who do.\\
'''Marcus Hamilton:''' Yeah, but we ''won't'' care.
-->-- ''Series/{{Angel}}''

-> ''"What you lookin' at? You all a bunch of fuckin' assholes. You know why? You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be. You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say: 'That's the bad guy.' So... what that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide, how to lie. Me, I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say good night to the bad guy! Come on. The last time you gonna see a bad guy like this again, let me tell you. Come on. Make way for the bad guy! There's a bad guy comin' through! Better get outta his way!"''
-->--'''Tony Montana''', to a restaurant full of high-class patrons, ''Film/{{Scarface 1983}}''

->“You and I are more alike than you’d suspect, I think,” he said. “We’re both arrogant assholes, yeah? Difference is, I admit it, I don’t dress it up and tell myself that I’m a bitch and that that’s a good thing.”
-->--'''Regent''' to '''Shadow Stalker''', ''Literature/{{Worm}}''

->''“You’re really one to talk, Cherie. You’ve done what I’ve done, many times over.”''

->''“I’m not pretending anything. I am what I am, I don’t put on a facade,” Cherish retorted.''

->''“That’s a blatant lie. [[ShutUpHannibal If you showed your true nature to the world at large, your face would be too ugly to look at.]]”''
-->--'''Regent''' and '''Cherish''', ''Literature/{{Worm}}''

->'''[[TheBeautifulElite Toreador]] Player Character:''' You are [[TheGrotesque the most offensive and obscene thing I've ever seen.]]
->'''Gary Golden''': En garde, Toreador! [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You vainglorious, narcissistic poseur! How I loathe that determination of your kind to belie your true nature with Paris fashions and pomp]]. You are a dead thing - a creature of the shadows. ''Start acting like one''.
-->--''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''

->''You steal the blood of the living and you call us thieves. You hide from the eyes of men behind your precious {{Masquerade}} and you call us deceivers. If we are different from you, it is only because we have the will to accept, rather than deny, what we are.''
-->--'''Chavi Oraczko, Ravnos Anathema''', ''[[TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade Victorian Age: Vampire]]''

->''"Darling, I'm evil. Let's not kid ourselves, but'' you. ''You're just something else entirely."''
-->--'''Aurelia''' to '''Jack''', ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel''

->"Let me introduce you to Unspoken Rule of the Ashwood Abbey #4,623: some bad eggs will always fuck it up for the rest of us. The difference between [[TokenEvilTeammate the Abbey]] and other [[CreatureHunterOrganization Compacts]] is, we don't try to pretend those bad eggs don't represent us."
-->--''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil'': ''Tooth and Nail''

->''"And what ''really'' bothers me is [that] you pretend that you're this deep guy who loves women for their souls when all you do is date bimbos. Yeah, I date women for their bodies, but at least I'm honest about it."''
-->--'''Quagmire''' to Brian, as part of a long-winded TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''

-->--''Film/OceansEleven''

->You obey a specter of a fading illumination, and bend your knees to [[CorruptChurch men whose tables crawl with pestilence and whores]]. I know: I have joined their revels, procured their slatterns and laughed to watch their seed tossed on demons' tongues. Such a rich joke, to sate the lusts of priests with [[HornyDevils succubae]], don't you agree? And richer still to see [[TortureTechnician one's tormentors]] bow to devil-slatted patriarchs, awaiting their instructions in the litany of god.
->I have seen the wormwood you adore. Seen it with my own eyes. Drunk it for my wine. And I scorn it - and you - with full hilarity. When I soon reach Hell, Satan and I will share a laugh together as he dips my soul in pitch and lights it all ablaze. When my laughter turns to screams, those peals shall mock you even then, like the ghosts of fading bells. I, at least, am honest in my sins. [[TheUnfettered They have made me a freer man]].
-->--''[[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension Mage: The Sorcerer's Crusade]] - Infernalism''

->''Steph! I've done some pretty bad things in my life. I admit it. I'm an asshole, [[EvenEvilHasStandards but even I would not go this low.]]"
-->--''Wrestling/TripleH'' to Stephanie Mcmahon during an episode of Monday Night RAW

->A knight's a sword with a horse. The rest, the vows and the sacred oils and the lady's favors, they're silk ribbons tied round the sword. Maybe the sword's prettier with ribbons hanging off it, but it will kill you just as dead. Well, bugger your ribbons, and shove your swords up your arses. I'm the same as you. The only difference is, I don't lie about what I am. So kill me, but don't call me a murderer while you stand there telling each other that your shit don't stink. You hear me?
-->--'''Sandor Clegane''' to the Brotherhood Without Banners, ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' book 3: ''Literature/AStormOfSwords''

->'''[[TheHero Connor]]''': What is it the [[TheIlluminati Templars]] truly seek?\\
'''[[ArchnemesisDad Haytham]]''': [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans Order. Purpose. Direction]]. No more than that. It's your lot that means to confound with this nonsense talk of freedom. Time was, the Assassins professed a far more sensible goal, that of peace.\\
'''Connor''': [[ForHappiness Freedom IS peace]].\\
'''Haytham''': Oh, no. It's an invitation to chaos. Only look at this [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution little revolution]] your friends have started. I have stood before the Continental Congress and listened to them stamp and shout. All in the name of liberty. But it is just noise.\\
'''Connor''': And this is why you favor [[DragonInChief Lee]]?\\
'''Haytham''': He understands the needs of this would-be nation far better than the [[DemocracyIsBad jobbernowls who profess to represent it]].\\
'''Connor''': It seems [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers your tongue has tasted sour grapes]]. The people have made their choice – and it was [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington Washington]].\\
'''Haytham''': The people chose nothing. It was done by a group of privileged cowards seeking only to enrich themselves. They convened in private and made a decision that would benefit THEM. Oh, they might have dressed it up with pretty words, but that does not make it true. The only difference, Connor – the ONLY difference between myself and those you aid – is that I do not feign affection.
-->--''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII''

->''"I make no pretense to justify my killing. Yet these [[VampireHunter vampire hunters]] would cloak their bloodlust [[KnightTemplar beneath a veil of righteousness]]. {{Hypocrite}}s! They would make themselves judge ''and'' jury. Very well, then. Let us see how they take to ''my'' role... as executioner."''
-->--'''Kain''', ''VideoGame/BloodOmenLegacyOfKain''

-->--''Film/OpenRange''

->'''Lombard:''' [The recording] was pinpoint accurate about me.\\
'''Blore:''' [You killed] 21 men?!\\
'''Lombard:''' I always thought someone would blab. It's amazing how people get an attack of conscience when they're safely tucked away in their beds.\\
'''Miss Brent:''' Terrible man. You terrible, terrible man! It's people like you -- ''men'' like you -- that put our missionaries in such danger!\\
'''Lombard:''' ''[Disgust]'' Oh, your missionaries. [[{{Hypocrite}} With their religion and syphilis]]. I am not the only white killer in Africa, Miss Brent.\\
'''General Armstrong:''' Lombard, you sir are a bloody butcher!\\
'''Lombard:''' And I'm holding my hands up to it. So either I'm embellishing a story for shocking effect... or I'm the only one telling the truth in a room full of liars.
-->--''Series/AndThenThereWereNone2015''

->'''Harley''': You heard Bats. ''No killin[='=]''.\\
'''Wonder Woman''': [[{{Hypocrite}} You lecture me?]] How much blood is on your ledger, Quinn?\\
'''Harley''': Oh, buckets full, honey. I was tryin' too hard to impress [[ComicBook/TheJoker the wrong guy]]. ''Kinda like you with Superman.''
-->-- ''VideoGame/Injustice2''

->''“As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to [[UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia Russia]], for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”''
-->--'''UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln'''

->'''Betty Ross''': From what I hear, the primary team need every pair of hands they can get up there right now.
->'''Bruce Banner:''' I kind of hoped they might draw the line at wifebeaters, Betty.
->'''Betty Ross''': Says mister "Hulk-Smash" in there.
->'''Bruce Banner''': Yeah, well, at least I'm working eighteen hours a day trying to do something about it here.
-->-- ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''

->'''[[UnscrupulousHero Sam Drake]]''': ''(referring to Henry Avery's treasure)'' You don't deserve it.\\
'''[[BigBad Rafe Adler]]''': You do? Last I checked, we're all a bunch of thieves digging around where we shouldn't.
-->-- ''VideoGame/Uncharted4AThiefsEnd''

->''"The website that’s perhaps best known for encouraging mass violence is the image board Website/FourChan—which was followed by 8chan, which then became 8kun. These boards are infamous for being the sites where multiple mass-shooting suspects have shared manifestos before homicide sprees. The few people who are willing to defend these sites unconditionally do so from a position of free-speech absolutism. That argument is worthy of consideration. But there’s something architectural about the site that merits attention, too: There are no algorithms on 8kun, only a community of users who post what they want. People use 8kun to publish abhorrent ideas, but at least the community isn’t pretending to be something it’s not. The biggest social platforms claim to be similarly neutral and pro–free speech when in fact no two people see the same feed. Algorithmically tweaked environments feed on user data and manipulate user experience, and not ultimately for the purpose of serving the user. Evidence of real-world violence can be easily traced back to both Website/{{Facebook}} and 8kun. But 8kun doesn’t manipulate its users or the informational environment they’re in. Both sites are harmful. But Facebook might actually be [[EvilerThanThou worse for humanity]]."''

'''Freeza''': You see, Perfect Cell, that's because- ''(throttles Cell with his tail)'' I know who I f**king am. I'm a child-killing, people-enslaving galactic tyrant, and I'd rather die a million more times before I ever pretend otherwise.
-->--''WebAnimation/{{HFIL}}'', "Cell in a Hell"

->'''Needy Lesnicky''': You know what? You were never really a good friend. Even when we were little, you used to steal my toys and pour lemonade on my bed.\\
'''Jennifer Check''': And now, I'm eating your boyfriend. See? At least I'm consistent.
-->--''Film/JennifersBody''

-> ''"Piece of shit. Stupid piece of shit. You're a real stupid piece of shit. But I know I'm a piece of shit. That at least makes me better than all the pieces of shit who don't know they're pieces of shit. Or is it worse?"''
-->--'''[=BoJack=] Horseman''''s internal monologue, ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'', "Stupid Piece of Sh*t"

-->--'''WebAnimation/{{HFIL}}'', ''Cell in a Hell''

->''You steal the blood of the living and you call us thieves. You hide from the eyes of men behind your precious {{Masquerade}} and you call [[MasterOfIllusion us]] [[TheTrickster deceivers]]. If we are different from you, it is only because we have the will to accept, rather than deny, what we are.''

->''"The website that’s perhaps best known for encouraging mass violence is the image board Website/{{4Chan}}—which was followed by 8chan, which then became 8kun. These boards are infamous for being the sites where multiple mass-shooting suspects have shared manifestos before homicide sprees. The few people who are willing to defend these sites unconditionally do so from a position of free-speech absolutism. That argument is worthy of consideration. But there’s something architectural about the site that merits attention, too: There are no algorithms on 8kun, only a community of users who post what they want. People use 8kun to publish abhorrent ideas, but at least the community isn’t pretending to be something it’s not. The biggest social platforms claim to be similarly neutral and pro–free speech when in fact no two people see the same feed. Algorithmically tweaked environments feed on user data and manipulate user experience, and not ultimately for the purpose of serving the user. Evidence of real-world violence can be easily traced back to both Website/{{Facebook}} and 8kun. But 8kun doesn’t manipulate its users or the informational environment they’re in. Both sites are harmful. But Facebook might actually be [[EvilerThanThou worse for humanity]]."''

->''"The website that’s perhaps best known for encouraging mass violence is the image board Website/4Chan—which was followed by 8chan, which then became 8kun. These boards are infamous for being the sites where multiple mass-shooting suspects have shared manifestos before homicide sprees. The few people who are willing to defend these sites unconditionally do so from a position of free-speech absolutism. That argument is worthy of consideration. But there’s something architectural about the site that merits attention, too: There are no algorithms on 8kun, only a community of users who post what they want. People use 8kun to publish abhorrent ideas, but at least the community isn’t pretending to be something it’s not. The biggest social platforms claim to be similarly neutral and pro–free speech when in fact no two people see the same feed. Algorithmically tweaked environments feed on user data and manipulate user experience, and not ultimately for the purpose of serving the user. Evidence of real-world violence can be easily traced back to both Website/{{Facebook}} and 8kun. But 8kun doesn’t manipulate its users or the informational environment they’re in. Both sites are harmful. But Facebook might actually be [[EvilerThanThou worse for humanity]]."''

->''"The website that’s perhaps best known for encouraging mass violence is the image board 4chan—which was followed by 8chan, which then became 8kun. These boards are infamous for being the sites where multiple mass-shooting suspects have shared manifestos before homicide sprees. The few people who are willing to defend these sites unconditionally do so from a position of free-speech absolutism. That argument is worthy of consideration. But there’s something architectural about the site that merits attention, too: There are no algorithms on 8kun, only a community of users who post what they want. People use 8kun to publish abhorrent ideas, but at least the community isn’t pretending to be something it’s not. The biggest social platforms claim to be similarly neutral and pro–free speech when in fact no two people see the same feed. Algorithmically tweaked environments feed on user data and manipulate user experience, and not ultimately for the purpose of serving the user. Evidence of real-world violence can be easily traced back to both Website/{{Facebook}} and 8kun. But 8kun doesn’t manipulate its users or the informational environment they’re in. Both sites are harmful. But Facebook might actually be [[EvilerThanThou worse for humanity]]."''

'''[[BigBad Rafe Adler]]''': You do? Last I checked, we're all a bunch of thieves digging around where we shouldn't.\\

->''"The website that’s perhaps best known for encouraging mass violence is the image board 4chan—which was followed by 8chan, which then became 8kun. These boards are infamous for being the sites where multiple mass-shooting suspects have shared manifestos before homicide sprees. The few people who are willing to defend these sites unconditionally do so from a position of free-speech absolutism. That argument is worthy of consideration. But there’s something architectural about the site that merits attention, too: There are no algorithms on 8kun, only a community of users who post what they want. People use 8kun to publish abhorrent ideas, but at least the community isn’t pretending to be something it’s not. The biggest social platforms claim to be similarly neutral and pro–free speech when in fact no two people see the same feed. Algorithmically tweaked environments feed on user data and manipulate user experience, and not ultimately for the purpose of serving the user. Evidence of real-world violence can be easily traced back to both Website/{{Facebook}} and 8kun. But 8kun doesn’t manipulate its users or the informational environment they’re in. Both sites are harmful. But Facebook might actually be [[EvillerThanThou worse for humanity]]."''

->'''Sam Drake:''': ''(referring to Henry Avery's treasure)'' You don't deserve it.\\
'''Rafe Adler''': You do? Last I checked, we're all a bunch of thieves digging around where we shouldn't.\\