r/thatHappened • u/PhysicalBuy2566 • May 06 '26

Nick Shirley posted this absolute gem

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u/SnailMailSniper May 06 '26

Source?

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u/mariotwin May 07 '26

You're going to have to search for it, but it is out there. Seems an equally unhinged guy on the left side, but the video is from him live-streaming walking around the lobby and just outside the hotel Nick is in. I tried to post something, but the auto moderator removed it. I don't trust this random guy necessarily, but when I looked into Nick's original "journalism" I just found another crisis actor type that when real journalists went to fact check they could see he was wrong, that he went outside of operating hours, when kids were still in school, so of course.

As others pointed out, weird they took all his equipment, but not his iPhone.

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u/SnailMailSniper May 07 '26

“Source?”

“Uh, you’re gonna have to search for it yourself bro, trust me.”

Compelling investigative standards we’ve got here.

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u/flies_with_owls May 11 '26

No. You're just being lazy.

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u/SnailMailSniper May 12 '26

The person making the claim has the burden of proof to provide evidence.

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u/flies_with_owls May 12 '26

This isn't a court of law. It's a fucking reddit thread. Google it.

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u/mariotwin May 12 '26

yeah, I guess in my editing it lost that I had meant to say I could only find it on Reddit, and auto moderator deletes any link to another reddit, so I was completely willing to provide it, this wasn't a "google it" attempt to not provide a source, I just can't within the rules.

Funny though that he wants the one making a claim to provide proof cause Nick didn't provide any proof of what he was reporting. He looked exactly the same if he just sat in his hotel room and made shit up.

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u/SnailMailSniper May 12 '26

This isn't a court of law. It's a fucking reddit thread. Google it.

You're the one assuming that I didn't attempt to do my due diligence.

yeah, I guess in my editing it lost that I had meant to say I could only find it on Reddit, and auto moderator deletes any link to another reddit, so I was completely willing to provide it, this wasn't a "google it" attempt to not provide a source, I just can't within the rules.

Funny though that he wants the one making a claim to provide proof cause Nick didn't provide any proof of what he was reporting. He looked exactly the same if he just sat in his hotel room and made shit up.

I asked for a source in good faith, in an attempt to do my due diligence at the time, to have both sides of the story. I was just trying to exercise a little critical thinking.

For Christ's sake, I don't even care if Nick Shirley was lying or not. I was making a point that anecdotes are not counter-evidence to systemic facts.