🧾 Dept. of Petty Affairs — Docket #455: “The Chorus of Outrage”

03 Nov, 2025

Filed by: Jerry “The Ankle Biter” Silverhand · Tribunal Chair (DPA)

Subject: The audience’s role in manufacturing outrage during the Nux Taku cycle

Summary

Every show needs extras, and the modern internet provides them free of charge. The outrage chorus isn’t paid in money — it’s paid in meaning. They sing because silence doesn’t trend.

Findings

1. The Paladins The self-appointed guardians of morality. They quote-tweet before reading, strike fast, and vanish when context appears. Their favorite spell: “How could you?” — cast in all caps.

2. The Vultures They circle every trending hashtag, uploading “explainer” videos before the coffee cools. Their thumbnails are confessionals in drag — wide eyes, red arrows, fake concern. They don’t report drama; they resell it.

3. The Casuals Spectators who say, “I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m on her side.” They keep the metrics alive long after the facts are forgotten. They are the oxygen of the flame — harmless individually, catastrophic collectively.

4. The Algorithm Not a villain, not a savior — just a mirror that counts how loud you shout. It doesn’t ask why you’re angry, only how often.

Verdict

The chorus is not the audience; it’s the instrument. Every outrage campaign is just a remix of applause. Nux plays it. Fox records it. The rest hum along until silence feels suspicious.

Closing Statement

“The mob doesn’t need a villain; it needs an excuse to rehearse righteousness.”

Case sealed. Comment section muted. Metrics met.

— Filed and stamped by Jerry ‘The Ankle Biter’ Silverhand, Tribunal Chair (DPA)

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