I wasn't a mod at the time, but yeah, I was 100% wrong about that scenario (I could say 50% wrong by pointing out I hedged about not knowing what happened but I clearly didn't take it seriously enough).

That being said, I remember being on the sub at the time and I don't recall anyone treating it "like a joke." Lots of people weighed in on it and there was open debate about what actually happened. Feels more like "calling him out" was likely flaming other users who were skeptical (but not knowing your old username, I can't pull the actual comments).

The description of events just didn't make any conceptual sense to me and the video similarly seemed to be incredibly ambiguous. I continue to believe that approach is the most reasonable way to approach such breaking news/uncertain rumors.

It turns out that Ezra Miller has mental health problems and that probably explains some of it.