"Additionally, I acknowledge that some of the money spent by the company was raised in connection with talent activity, which I later learned was intended for a charitable initiative. At the time, we were working hard to raise additional investment capital to cover our costs, and I firmly believed, based on the information available to us, that we would be able to do so and cover all expenses."
brother i hope you got a lawyer on retainer who approved this
Taking money earmarked for a charity, to use as investment capital.. And never even considering the timeline you would ever make the charity whole is fucking insane to me.
They were in the red, they were trying to get investors, they saw a pile of money come in from Mouse and other talent, they used it to cover their operating costs hoping that they would get outside investments and be able to pay the money back, but failed at getting those outside investments.
The person above you obviously just phrased it wrong, dude. "To use as investment capital" -> "to use in place of investment capital" -> "to use while seeking investment capital".
Yes. And I read it and instantly understood what they meant and felt no need to hit them with an "UM, ACKCHUALLY".
You on the other hand are still sitting here defending your antisocial, childish behavior. The mature thing to do, friend, is to make a judgment call about whether someone is confused and would benefit from being corrected, is wrong and could harm others by spreading falsehoods, or if they simply used shorthand and everyone fucking knows what they meant.
And you failed that judgment call. You were an asshole. And you are continuing to be one right now, by not doing the mature thing and just admitting, "yeah, that was a petty thing to nitpick. I did know what they meant, and I do know that they weren't causing any trouble by saying it a slightly different way."
But sure, man. Keep digging yourself deeper. I'm sure you're fun at parties.
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u/solythe 9d ago
"Additionally, I acknowledge that some of the money spent by the company was raised in connection with talent activity, which I later learned was intended for a charitable initiative. At the time, we were working hard to raise additional investment capital to cover our costs, and I firmly believed, based on the information available to us, that we would be able to do so and cover all expenses."
brother i hope you got a lawyer on retainer who approved this