Summary
Americans are posting videos about 3D-printed guns on the Chinese video app RedNote, despite the content being illegal in China.
While some users are uncomfortable with the topic, others see it as an opportunity for cultural exchange.
The future of TikTok remains uncertain as the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the ban.
As much as I hate people going to an even more security disaster of an app, the amount of “fuck you” energy I’ve been seeing from everyone that’s moved over there is so god damn funny.
If it keeps going maybe they will start roaching out of Facebook and Twitter too. The network effect works both ways.
Oh for anyone not actually on Tiktok, there is a huge movement to delete their FB and other Meta accounts on Sunday… we will see how huge it really ends up being.
It will be relatively small, but every person who does it is a win regardless.
Now do Tiananmen Square.
I have been told that China pushes NO PROPAGNADA on RedNote because they have a NO POLITICS policy.
And the person who told me that did not see the issue.
Now do &%$!@$+×# &%;%$.
Second time I’ve seen this in a day. Wow what are you guys talking about?
See to you, you see &%$!@$+×# &%;%, but we see Hunter2
But how do i do Hunter2?
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Idk why you americans think that you have soo muuuch freedom, lol. You can talk about Tiananmen square, sure, and that somehow suffice to make y’all think you live in an utopian country with unlimited freedom, lol
Not sure who is saying any of that, seems like you’re jumping to conclusions that no one has said
Also as a southern American I’d appreciate it if you stopped saying y’all, it’s cultural appropriation
Every language has been culturally appropriated from another.
Bless your heart.
I’m with you in the first half, but complaining about using the word y’all and calling it cultural appropriation is a strange take to me. Maybe it’s because I don’t believe in cultural appropriation (in the general sense of the term). Culture that’s shared is strengthened and grows. Rome became the strongest civilization in history on the basis of incorporating foreign people into their society (against their will most often) and through long distance trading. I’m less educated on dynasties in the far east and how they functioned because there’s far less documentation of their history, but that kinda proves my point.
This seems like a super long response to just a throwaway comment, but I’ve been really thinking lately about what it means to be human and I think I’ve narrowed it down to one word. Sharing. Sharing information, culture, land, resources, experience, fortune, pain, ideas…etc. So maybe I helped convince you to share aspects of your culture or not, but I at least wanted to try.
i can’t tell if his joke went over your head or if your joke is going over my head
Idk, that was just the vibe i was feeling. And since when “y’all” is cultural appropriation? Or are you ironic? I’m not sure
Seems fairly obviously sarcasm. Nobody who says y’all is ever upset someone else uses it.
Even if they are legitimately pissed-- ignore them. Fusing the singular and plural second person pronouns was a mistake and “y’all” has come to deliver us from misery and confusion.
Delusional much?
Me? How so?
It’s not my job to educate you
It may not be a utopian country with unlimited freedom, but at the end of the day we are still more free than China with the insane focus on our policies and problems.
You should travel more.
I travel quite a bit.
americans and bringing guns places they absolutely shouldn’t be, name a better duo
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i made a joke
hi spujb
hi kate
helo do u like orange soda
yes but i prefer lime
imo pineapple soda is underrated
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oh my bad then your joke seemed confrontational and i still don’t get it but i apologize
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damn removed by mod your joke must have been rly bad 😜
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Tiananmen Square is like, a huge tourist attraction and plaza near their equivalent of the White House and other important government complexes I’m sure they’ve seen a ton of photos of it. They hold national events there.
You know that’s not what they mean.
But sure, you go ahead and post this “tourist” photo on RedNote and see what happens. Please do report back to us.
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No, I don’t think we would get along since you both blame me in specific for something the entire moderation team across the entire server has been told to do and for upholding Lemmy.world’s Terms of Service so that illegal things to say in The Netherlands don’t get the server shut down.
Sorry, I don’t get along with people who blame me for things like that, but I wonder what you would say if I died tomorrow and those comments still got moderated (since they absolutely would)? Blame my ghost?
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And, there are two sides sweetie, for or against the ruling class.
I see you’re still enjoying your white and heterosexual privilege.
When are you going to give me that legitimate email address?
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If that’s all he was, please post it there and tell us what happens.
Did you post it yet? What happened?
Eh, not public ally. They would have cuffed him, put him in the back of a cruiser upside down without a seatbelt on and left him to suffocate or something.
Look man, I just don’t see why my 6 year old shouldn’t be able to bring his sawed off in his back pack. If someone tries to shoot up the school he’ll be able to defend his class. I always tell him to keep 1 chambered just in case.
China mods:
I was not ready for this flavor of shitposting
3D printed guns are a meme. Most of them require parts of functional guns such as the barrels, And they require regular ammunition.
Electro chemical machining can make a barrel.
But, idk how any of what you said makes them a “meme”. You can buy a barrel online for cheap, also ammo, and I don’t have to go through a government check. That’s what a lot of these people want to avoid.
In most countries, the barrel or other pressures bearing parts are the regulated piece. We are the weird ones for regulating receivers instead.
Well, the article references Americans, I’m American, so okay?
Europeans can also get guns mailed to their front door, are we just comparing gun laws?
Europeans can also get guns mailed to their front door, are we just comparing gun laws?
I mean, there’s a lot of context surrounding licensing and pre-approval to get that mail order heater in Europe. Local laws vary, yadda yadda
And if you collect old guns and have a C&R license, you too can get guns delivered to your door in America.
In the UK you can also purchase a pistol with bitcoin on the dark web and have it delivered to a train station locker, but that is not legal at all.
This sounds interesting. Tell us more.
Oh yeah, 1000%. Also, with a C&R license, you’re not legally purchasing a “firearm”. It’s a curio or relic, but yeah, point still stands.
Also, none of that has anything to do with the discussion at hand, which was sorta my point.
I have my 03-FFL, and “Curio & Relic” is a classification that firearms can fall into, defined as firearms manufactured 50-years or more ago. Legally, by definition, you are still purchasing a firearm. You’ve just had more background checks to bypass some of the rules in most states about transfers, if the firearm you are buying qualifies as a “Curio & Relic”.
Cool man
It mentions sending videos about them to China. Where most of those videos are useless because the parts and ammo are not sold there.