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  1. Danes are boycotting American goods - one grocery chain reports that sales of Denmark's own cola brand has increased at least thirteen-fold

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    Posting not a link as it's just a newsflash type thing. Translations with deepl. Edited some of the text myself to get rid of some redundant stuff. Link In March, sales of Jolly Cola increased at...

    Posting not a link as it's just a newsflash type thing. Translations with deepl. Edited some of the text myself to get rid of some redundant stuff.

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    In March, sales of Jolly Cola increased at least 13-fold in Rema 1000 compared to the same period last year. Grocery chains Coop and Fleggaard have also seen significant increases. The Jolly Cola brewery also said earlier in March that they have never experienced anything like this.

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    Danes are bypassing American products, and chains are feeling it.

    The boycott movement can be felt at the Danish fast food chain: ""We are clearly experiencing a growing interest. The fact that we are a Danish burger chain is an interesting alternative to the American chains for many Danes."

    At a vintner, the anti-American movement is not a big issue, but the wine merchant has still received a “no thanks” from some customers when he has suggested an American wine: "Now that Trump has come to power, the demand is not as great as it used to be. Some people are simply opting out."

    Even though consumers in Denmark want to send a signal and turn their backs on Trump and the US with their wallets, it could ultimately be a disservice to ourselves: "It should not become a joint boycott against the US, because we risk losing significantly more as a country than we gain from it. If the US suddenly says that it's time to stop buying Novo Nordisk medicines in the US, it will hit the Danish economy tenfold compared to the effect a consumer boycott has on the US economy,” he says. “There is no reason for us to provoke this trade war to become even fiercer than it already is."

    Oh, and then there's also this:

    Danish grocery chain to distinguish European from US goods.

    More chains are joining in now: Coop to introduce labeling of American goods

    24 votes

  2. Comment on ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Family Guy,’ ‘Bob’s Burgers’ renewed for four more seasons in ~tv

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    I assume all these shows are 90% for new audiences? We only had Family Guy here, but as far as I'm aware, the other 2 are similar genre. I stopped watching it around 20 years old and I can only...

    I assume all these shows are 90% for new audiences? We only had Family Guy here, but as far as I'm aware, the other 2 are similar genre. I stopped watching it around 20 years old and I can only guess that I am far from the only one that grew out of it for lack of better words

    2 votes

  3. Comment on I'm rate-limited to one comment reply every two hours in ~tildes

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    My 5 year old self is very happy about this haha

    So if you feel like it you could even refer to the referenced post via https://tildes.net/~pee/pee/pee ^^

    My 5 year old self is very happy about this haha

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club (Live from the 67th Grammy Awards, 2025) in ~music

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    20-something musicians certainly should not have any say in politics. Should. But they do. And the fact of the matter is that we need someone like her more than ever, because she has a huge...

    20-something musicians certainly should not have any say in politics. Should. But they do. And the fact of the matter is that we need someone like her more than ever, because she has a huge platform, and she is not using it for any good whatsoever. And a lot of people in the community feel that she should be using it, because we genuinely are under attack and she's not doing anything about it whatsoever - I bet she knows it would hurt her image too much to be outspoken..

    2 votes

  5. Comment on I'm rate-limited to one comment reply every two hours in ~tildes

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    So the chance of that url being pee is 36^3 = 46656? :P

    So the chance of that url being pee is 36^3 = 46656? :P

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club (Live from the 67th Grammy Awards, 2025) in ~music

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    This is actually the problem - people are saying she doesn't engage with queer culture. That she just uses it to get ahead and then leaves everybody else behind. Saying "I'm too busy to be...

    She's queer, she's engaging with queer culture.

    This is actually the problem - people are saying she doesn't engage with queer culture. That she just uses it to get ahead and then leaves everybody else behind. Saying "I'm too busy to be political", not taking even the most milquetoast of stances. Even Taylor Swift is more political than she is, it seems.

    In any case. Yeah, she has some super good songs. Femininomenon is my fave

    4 votes

  7. Comment on The Naked Gun | Official teaser trailer in ~movies

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    It actually looks good..!? Made me laugh twice!

    It actually looks good..!? Made me laugh twice!

    4 votes

  8. Comment on I'm rate-limited to one comment reply every two hours in ~tildes

  9. Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (April 2025) in ~health.mental

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    I don't quite have the energy to properly reply to this but I thank you for your response and your advice resonates with me - and also thank you for being so helpful in this thread to so many...

    I don't quite have the energy to properly reply to this but I thank you for your response and your advice resonates with me - and also thank you for being so helpful in this thread to so many others. True kindness ❤

    3 votes

  10. Comment on Nintendo Direct: Nintendo Switch 2 – 4.2.2025 in ~games

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    "This video is private" Does anybody have a mirror or something?

    "This video is private"

    Does anybody have a mirror or something?

    2 votes

  11. Comment on ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ follow-up in the works with Brad Pitt starring, David Fincher directing a Quentin Tarantino script in ~movies

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    https://web.archive.org/web/20221004182537/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/movies/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-lawsuit.html...

    https://web.archive.org/web/20221004182537/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/movies/angelina-jolie-brad-pitt-lawsuit.html

    his demand that she sign “a nondisclosure agreement that would have contractually prohibited her from speaking outside of court about Pitt’s physical and emotional abuse of her and their children.”

    Her filing goes on to describe an extended physical and verbal outburst in September 2016 as Mr. Pitt, Ms. Jolie and their six children flew from France to California. “Pitt choked one of the children and struck another in the face” and “grabbed Jolie by the head and shook her,” the filing states, adding that at one point “he poured beer on Jolie; at another, he poured beer and red wine on the children.” Federal authorities, who have jurisdiction over flights, investigated the incident but declined to bring criminal charges. Days after the plane trip, Ms. Jolie filed for divorce.

    https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/why-brad-pitt-angelina-jolie-kids-relationship-talk-1923398

    All three of Pitt's daughters have recently dropped his last name from theirs: in May, Shiloh requested that her name be legally changed; Zahara dropped "Pitt" from her sorority induction in 2023, and Vivienne opted to only use "Jolie" as her surname while serving as an executive producer on The Outsiders this year.

    After an FBI investigation into the alleged incidents, Pitt — who has denied all allegations — was not arrested or charged with any crime.

    I personally believe that he did assault them, and that it's just not enough proof or whatever for the case being dropped - and that Jolie indeed does not want to put the children through anything further. That's just me and my opinion though and I guess that doesn't really matter.

    However I do think that even if this never happened, it still speaks volumes that his daughters are dropping his name from theirs. You can make your own opinion about that - but it is factual that they did that.

    Because as someone that also dropped her father's last name, I can't express in clear enough terms how difficult that is to do. It takes a lot more than singular incidents to make that decision. And so that's why I believe the plane incident did happen.

    15 votes

  12. Comment on You get to choose your favorite director's next project. What is it, and why? in ~movies

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    As long as Villeneuve continues to work, I'm happy. Not gonna tell him what to do lol! I'd really like a Warcraft franchise to get off the ground but not sure who could do that well.

    As long as Villeneuve continues to work, I'm happy. Not gonna tell him what to do lol!

    I'd really like a Warcraft franchise to get off the ground but not sure who could do that well.

    1 vote

  13. Comment on ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ follow-up in the works with Brad Pitt starring, David Fincher directing a Quentin Tarantino script in ~movies

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    Blows my mind that Brad Pitt still gets work.

    Blows my mind that Brad Pitt still gets work.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (April 2025) in ~health.mental

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    March mood chart I guess the most significant stuff this month has been interpersonal stuff. The first one being just a really bad day with a friend that I went to see. She cancelled what we had...

    March mood chart

    I guess the most significant stuff this month has been interpersonal stuff.

    The first one being just a really bad day with a friend that I went to see. She cancelled what we had planned in advance which was the reason I had allotted so much time there. Meant to help her pack up stuff in her apartment but she wouldn't even let me go inside, so we had to go out and spend like 8 hours outside (in shitty weather, I might add). I just agreed to it because what else was I going to do. I only had tickets for the train in the evening. It was fine for a few hours but then her mood turned for some reason. She said that she just wanted to go home - 3 hours before my train. So I'd be left in the city with nothing to do.. it created a conflict and while she did stay, it put a real damper on that day and heavily affected me in the following days. It seems like we're fine now but she is not doing well - for which I definitely do not blame her. But she is reacting outwards and even lashes out, often becoming a total bitch. It's hard to deal with and I feel our relationship is becoming strained because of it.

    The other one was 100% just in my head. Firing on all cylinders, seeing signs of things when there weren't any, all of it was only perceived and none of it real. I won't go too much into this but after talking it out, thankfully there was a lot of understanding, but then it was just a ton of self-hatred afterwards for basically entirely imagining it. I try to apply strategies and techniques that I learned in therapies, like looking at the facts objectively, but then I can't, and then it doesn't make it make sense in my head in any way other than the negative way.. and so I spiral out of control. Like, seriously, none of it was real. I mean, all my feelings were real, and it was fucking excruciating. I'm just so tired of it, and this disorder. I can't even imagine at this point what it's like to not feel worthless. I just want to be normal but I never will be, and I can't seem to accept it nor make any progress whatsoever towards learning to accept it..

    11 votes

  15. Comment on Keanu Reeves set for ‘John Wick 5’ as franchise expands with animated prequel film, Donnie Yen-directed Caine spinoff in ~movies

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    For me, while Keanu's age is definitely becoming too obvious, it's mostly just that the franchise is becoming Fast&Furious-ified. It's getting more and more ridiculous. It was of course never a...

    For me, while Keanu's age is definitely becoming too obvious, it's mostly just that the franchise is becoming Fast&Furious-ified. It's getting more and more ridiculous. It was of course never a 100% realistic series, but the first one is still by far the best in my opinion as it had more feeling than any of the other ones, and it remained grounded throughout. The rest just go nuts with all sorts of cheesy stuff. Common criticism being the bulletproof suits. I know this is the minority opinion but yeah, I just haven't liked the direction the franchise has gone. Hopefully Ballerina will get it a little bit more back to its roots but it's probably just going to be more craziness.

    Could probably compare John Wick to Mission Impossible. Higher and higher stakes, less and less grounded, crazier and crazier stunts, always and forever having to one-up itself.

    14 votes

  16. Comment on China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs, Chinese state media says in ~society

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    I think most countries in the world was kind of just looking the other way from '16-'20, waiting for it to be over. But now that he has been reelected there really are no illusions anymore that...

    will take decades to recover from, if it's even possible at all.

    I think most countries in the world was kind of just looking the other way from '16-'20, waiting for it to be over. But now that he has been reelected there really are no illusions anymore that this really is the direction the US is going now. There is no longer any way around it. In hindsight, it was naive to not already start trying to become independent from them after '16, so now it's an even bigger crisis than it would have been for those who used to be the US' largest trading partners and allies. It's crazy how the entire world can be upended in the span of months.

    7 votes

  17. Comment on China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs, Chinese state media says in ~society

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    Emphasis mine. To steal a comment from a reddit thread: "You totally fucked up if you did something so stupid that China, Japan and South Korea agree to do something jointly"

    China, Japan and South Korea agreed to jointly respond to U.S. tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said on Monday.

    The comments came after the three countries held their first economic dialogue in five years on Sunday, seeking to facilitate regional trade as the Asian export powers brace against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

    During Sunday's meeting, the countries' trade ministers agreed to "closely cooperate for comprehensive and high-level" talks on a South Korea-Japan-China free trade agreement deal to promote "regional and global trade", according to a statement released after the meeting.

    Emphasis mine.

    To steal a comment from a reddit thread: "You totally fucked up if you did something so stupid that China, Japan and South Korea agree to do something jointly"

    55 votes

  19. Comment on Started watching Adolescence in ~tv

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    Isn't it though? Your eyes flicker between them instantly, not panning between them. Not over each actor's shoulder of course, but still back and forth between them

    It feels natural when that is not how I would watch two people speak at all!

    Isn't it though? Your eyes flicker between them instantly, not panning between them. Not over each actor's shoulder of course, but still back and forth between them

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Deafheaven - Winona (Short film, 2025) in ~music

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    I haven't read the lyrics so I guess my thoughts were based purely on the imagery: I thought it was about abuse and ultimately murder. The bloody foot and the clenched fist at the table makes it...

    I haven't read the lyrics so I guess my thoughts were based purely on the imagery: I thought it was about abuse and ultimately murder. The bloody foot and the clenched fist at the table makes it seem that way. Both of them walking through the house in the way they do because of what they may once have had and shared but is now gone. And then she lies dead in the dune and he is filled with regret, wanting to be swallowed up by the ocean.

    ..not a very well written analysis, hope it makes sense

    1 vote