56 pointsby m4632 hours ago6 comments
  • ronsor23 minutes ago
    Somehow I have a feeling this administration is not going to stop.
  • londons_explore26 minutes ago
    Couldn't the real copyright owner just sue the US government and get a payout?

    The fact this doesn't seem to be happening suggests that perhaps the copyright owner doesn't care?

    • beloch2 minutes ago
      1. Trump doesn't care if he costs U.S. taxpayers money. He'd only care if he was personally sued.

      2. A foreign party using U.S. courts to sue the U.S. government has always been a dicey proposition. Some parties are more "equal" than others under U.S. law.

      3. The current U.S. regime is petty enough to slap retaliatory tariff's on all of Japan (thereby making Americans pay extra for Japanese goods).

      Really, there are no carrots or sticks that work on Trump right now. Americans have not yet had their Magna Carta moment.

    • robgibbons19 minutes ago
      This is a very Western-centric way of thinking. The Japanese are culturally oriented toward "saving face" rather than directly confronting things like this. It's very likely that Nintendo approached their own government with private complaints, and the government is handling it diplomatically, rather than Nintendo causing more drama for their company (and country) by immediately suing the US government.
      • Matl10 minutes ago
        Nintendo specifically is known to sue first, ask questions later. They just like to shake down the little guys, like their own fans.
        • ronsora few seconds ago
          Nintendo's model relies on the target not fighting back. Suing the US government is unwise for that reason.
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    • gambiting22 minutes ago
      Or the copyright owner recognises that suing the current administration in court is going to risk other negative consequences and those are not worth the risk. Or perhaps it's just that taking the US government to court is going to cost a lot of money and take years, so "just asking" is the first step.
    • SpicyLemonZest8 minutes ago
      Or the copyright owner understands that Donald Trump is a crazed dictator who will try to ruin their company if they publicly oppose him.
      • politiciana minute ago
        > Donald Trump is a crazed dictator

        Did you feel a dopamine release when you submitted this comment? Honest question.

  • comrade1234an hour ago
    I'm not sure if you get this in the news in the USA but trump and his administration are pretty much constantly mocked and made fun of in the press - at least here in Europe. It's just constant legitimate mockery about specific incidents - most recent I saw was the press trying to figure out if trump actually understands the meaning of the word "decapitate" as he used it in a nonsensical way a couple of days ago.

    Oh, I bring this up because of the picture they used in this article.

    • officeplanta minute ago
      Given even some Americans mock him constantly I would hope the rest of the world does too.

      Just another day in our clown ass country.

    • _--__--__40 minutes ago
      Metaphoric use of 'decapitation' referring to an organization or state is normal and idiomatic in American English, especially if you spend a lot of time talking to people with military backgrounds. There's plenty of other stuff going on right now that's actually worth criticism.
      • dadadad10013 minutes ago
        Decimate is the one that gets me. That word does not mean what he thinks it means
        • bombcar12 minutes ago
          Decimate is like Checkmate but even BIGLY.
      • 0xdeadbeefbabe37 minutes ago
        A market for a usage beat reporter actually exists?
    • dpoloncsak24 minutes ago
      As an American, I'm only aware because James Acaster started some deep-seeded obsession with British panel shows, and they'll tear into him in a few of the more political ones like 8 Out of 10 Cats
    • cdrnsf6 minutes ago
      We're aware. Trump's razor, if you will, is that given an array of choices the one that is maximally stupid and cruel will be chosen.
    • kube-systeman hour ago
      Most Americans are not exposed to many foreign news outlets unless they seek it out. But we have our own share of media doing the same. The bigger issue is that people tend to subscribe to echo-chamber opinion-news outlets.
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    • jscominoan hour ago
      we are aware, thankfully the press != the people
      • Permik17 minutes ago
        I think it's more nuanced than that. Obviously countries have differences on how aligned the people and the press are, but there's also the aspect of how highly educated the people are.

        FWIW, I feel like the press in Finland doesn't try to "win" points by pointing out the humiliation and the utter failure of the current state of affairs in the US, because that point is plainly obvious, but the reporting more closely reflects the forces and agenda going on under the surface.

        The embarrassment stuff is more for the coffee-table chitchat and having a collective sigh of relief with your co-workers that we're not so intimately close to the whole mess there.

      • hilariously39 minutes ago
        You think we are not constantly mocking trump, his entire administration, and everything his group of jack booted fascists are doing?

        Boy do you need to visit some other bars!

  • Razengan9 minutes ago
    This is what starts World War III
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  • iAMkenoughan hour ago
    Next up: U.S. Govt Asks Iran Govt to Stop Posting LEGO Meme Videos
    • EdwardDiego36 minutes ago
      That would be the Danish who'd do that, if you're looking to make an equivalent statement, no?
      • mohamedkoubaa4 minutes ago
        The Greenland thing is definitely happening isn't it