ZDL

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[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 8 points 3 days ago

Those ridiculous, unserious human (presumably) beings?

They probably honestly didn't think it was a threat. It is a common delusion in the USA that everybody wants to be American.

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm sure the boycott will soften somewhat after Trump leaves (presuming he isn't made President for Life and heralding a new era in American governance) because people have short memories and will forget that almost all American officials at every level were either directly working for his platform or just sitting ineffectually at the side pretending to do anything but not really stopping it.

But it will only soften. It will not be over. Not for most Canadians alive today. The USA poisoned its brand but good and by the time Trump has stopped raging like a bull in a china shop, Canadians will have found new favourite brands and suppliers and such and American brands will be dead anyway.

Because once I find something I like, why would I go back just because the old brand says "but we've chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanged!"

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 1 points 5 days ago

De Santis Dachau?

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 week ago

Individual movies are not useful data. Superman as a concept is very American and has little appeal outside of the Americas and almost no appeal in Asia. For example a search on Taobao for " 超人" (Superman's name in Chinese) has about 8 entries for electric razors to each entry for something related to Superman. Even Aquaman is more popular: a search for 海王侠 provides a listing where about 90% of the entries are related to the comic character, despite 海王 being a very popular brand of health supplements and Taobao's search being infamous for throwing anything at you that has even one of the characters you have in your search.

And Spider-Man? Yeah. A search on 蜘蛛侠 gives us so many genuine Spider-Man entries, plus a few that are kinda/sorta related (read: weird knock-offs) that you won't have any problem finding what you want.

So Superman flopped in China (4th at the box office for foreign films) not because of people hating the USA but rather because the character simply doesn't resonate with the local populace. I suspect we can find the same in Korea and Japan.

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That is, indeed, the key difference.

The populace of most nations the world over has hated the USA and USAnals for decades now. (Hell, Germans hated the USA back in the '80s when I lived there!) But the governments of most nations were always eager to fellate whoever was in the White House for that entire time, with only rare exceptions here and there.

Now the governments are aligning with the views their people held for decades. That is a major change and will not go well for the USA.

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 1 points 1 week ago

If I got a Tesla for free I'd talk to the local fire department and donate it as training material for putting out lithium fires.

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 week ago

Mr. USA disrespectful jackass.

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 17 points 1 week ago

The only desperate move I want to see from Kaptain Ketamine is removal of his e-waste from Canada in perpetuity.

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, the leader of any African country will have better English skills than TACO-man.

Even the countries who don't speak English as their national language.

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 4 points 2 weeks ago

All three of them are profoundly broken.

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

🎼🎶TACO, TACO Don! I don't wanna be a TACO Don!🎹🎵

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 6 points 2 weeks ago

I, for one, don't hate USAnals.

I hate the USA. I hate the collection of sociopaths you saw fit to put into positions of power. I hate the culture of proud ignorance that dominates in your nation. But I don't hate each individual USAnal.

Hell, some of my best friends in the world are in the USA! I'll feel very bad for them when they wind up in concentration camps for daring to suggest that perhaps billionaires don't need the money they're sucking up.

 

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Do you know the Ice Cream Man?
The Ice Cream Man?
The Ice Cream Man!
Do you know the Ice Cream Man
On Culver City’s lanes?

Yes, I know the Ice Cream Man,
The Ice Cream Man,
The Ice Cream Man.
Yes, I know the Ice Cream Man:
He’s friendly, kind, and plain.

He sells us cones and rocket pops,
He chimes his bell and never stops,
He smiles at kids and mops his brow—
But where, oh where can he be now?

Do you know the ICE patrols?
The ICE patrols?
The ICE patrols!
Do you know that ICE patrols
prowled Culver City’s lanes?

Oh yes, I know the ICE patrols,
The ICE patrols,
The ICE patrols.
With badges, boots, and hearts of coal,
They took our friend away.

So now we miss the Ice Cream Man,
The Ice Cream Man,
The Ice Cream Man.
No more treats from his old cart—
Just silence on the lane.

But hey, at least the law was served,
And justice done (or so they say),
For nothing says “safe neighborhood”
Like chasing joy away.
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