Funniest/Most Insightful . Of The Week At Techdirt

from the speak-up dept

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is MrWilson, replying to another commenter who was bandying about the court rulings that erroneously agreed that Biden and the FBI violated the first amendment by coercing platforms:

You mean a conservative think tank shopped for a favorite Trump-appointed judge known for his willingness to insert his ideology into his decisions in a notoriously conservative appellate court district and his decision included glaring factual errors and hyperbole.

That’s not the flex you’re pretending it is.

In second place, it’s mick responding to the idea that banning TikTok is a good idea because “China isn’t playing fair”:

“China is authoritarian, therefore we should throw out the Constitution” isn’t the strong argument you think it is.

For editor’s choice on the insightful side, we start out with a comment from Bob Webster about how the TikTok “problem” (if there is one) will take care of itself eventually:

It’s no accident.

1. Over the past year or so the number of ads on Tiktok has increased dramatically.
2. The “creators” are going after clicks more than ever, reducing the originality of the average video.

There are still a lot of good informational videos by experts and original, entertaining videos, but they’re getting harder to find amongst the clutter.

In short, Tiktok is on its way to full-blown enshitification. The ban is unnecessary.

Next, it’s That One Guy with a comment about the JP’s utter misrepresentation of a Supreme Court ruling:

‘Alternative facts’ strike again

When the facts support your argument/narrative, report on the facts.

When the law supports your argument/narrative, report on the law.

When neither the facts nor law support your argument/narrative, just make shit up and bank on your readers either not checking to see if you just lied to their faces and/or being so indoctrinated that they’ll immediately dismiss any evidence that you did so as ‘fake news’.

Over on the funny side, our first place winner is an anonymous comment about our headline for the latest news about Richard Liebowitz. It’s a tad mean, but very funny:

Copyright Troll Richard Liebowitz Finally D

Yes, yes, YES!!!!

sbarred

Fuck.

In second place, it’s Mamba with a quick clapback to a commenter ranting about China-fuelled degeneracy among American youth or whatever:

You sound like the kind of person that can’t live within 300 yards of a school or park.

For editor’s choice on the funny side, we’ve got a pair of anonymous comments, each suggesting some drastic actions Warner Bros. could take in its absurd trademark attack on a Tasmanian football team. First, targeting the animal in question:

Clearly the solution for Warner Bros. to maintain control of its trademark is to render the Tasmanian Devil extinct. I mean, how dare an animal that’s been around for centuries infringe on the trademark of a poor innocent entertainment company just trying to earn a living? Those marsupials have got to go!

😛

Next, getting even more apocalyptic:

No no no. WB is clearly in the right. Merica needs to back them up and nuke the entire island of all these trademark pirates who clearly used time travel to go back in time to name an animal just to steal WB’s trademark!

That’s all for this week, folks!