I’m sure they can read. The store is in Germany and the text is in English, but I’m sure they realized that this is complete nonsense. I think they just ordered some cheap wrap material from somewhere and didn’t pay much attention to what was written on it.

They probably just don’t want to throw it away - which is fine. I just found it somewhat amusing and maybe a little infuriating, which is why I posted it here.

Yes, that could be the case. My guess was that templates like this were collected by image-generation models, which then turn them into complete nonsense on demand. But OCR could also be a good explanation, of course.

Phew, good question - maybe in Ankh-Morpork?

Here’s a map:

That could certainly be the case, but it seems like a lot of effort to me to produce something like that.

Either way: Apparently, the people at the kebab shop didn’t notice what was written on it when they placed the order. They may have saved a little money on quality, but it doesn’t strike me as particularly flattering, especially since they actually pride themselves on freshly prepared food, which tastes great.

It’s probably because of the “bunec for spreading.”

That could very well be the case. I hope that I’ll never find out, though…

That’s exactly what I mean: his crimes are too numerous to list—and almost too horrific to even speak of, were it not so desperately necessary to cry out against this injustice—he definitely belongs among the most depraved people who have ever lived.

Well, this guy really is the embodiment of capitalism in its final stages: shameless, unscrupulous, degenerate, and utterly depraved.

He and his cronies are simply the result of failing to punish the most serious crimes.

Just look at this pathetic, stupidly grinning moron … he hasn’t accomplished a damn thing on his own, but he’s definitely still shameless enough even for the most undignified things … This is what the scum of humanity looks like…

Good for the victims. Still, it’s just so typical of the U.S. that you can always just buy your way out of responsibility if you’re rich enough.

Well, the logical consequence is precisely the situation this absurd country finds itself in today: justice simply no longer exists, and the country is openly ruled by organized crime.

The only surprising thing about this is that the citizens have apparently come to terms with it.

Yes, that’s definitely true, and it’s the same irrational fear of the unfamiliar that you find almost everywhere in the world. This is particularly absurd in rural areas of eastern Germany, because there are actually very few foreigners there.

I’m afraid Germany hasn’t learned anything from him: In the state where I live, the state government unfortunately decided late last year to implement Palantir, even going so far as to amend the police law specifically to retroactively lend at least the appearance of legality to a contract for the purchase of the U.S. mass surveillance software “Gotham” that had already been concluded unlawfully.

There was significant public resistance, but it was simply ignored.

It may still be possible to prevent this through a lawsuit filed with the Constitutional Court, as the use of such applications for groundless mass surveillance is unconstitutional in Germany due to the right to informational self-determination - and I also find it hard to believe that such a thing is compatible with EU law.

I think our politicians must have been bribed. I can’t explain it any other way, because even just from security standpoint, it goes without saying that it’s insane to pass even the most sensitive data directly to the fascist regime in the US - thanks to Snowden, we all know that there’s almost certainly a backdoor.

Are there really still people who believe that this regime cares about anything other than shameless self-enrichment?

It was already like that during the Orange Pedo’s first term in office.

How can anyone still believe that he even remotely considers the people in his shady dealings?

Well, that’s only logical, because contracts are generally void if one party fails to adhere to the terms of the agreement.

Since this “art of the deal,” which the orange pedo thinks he’s so good at, simply consists of breach of contract and subsequent blackmail, he shouldn’t be surprised.

It would be great if other countries had just as much guts, instead of letting themselves be blackmailed by this criminal.

In that case, the orange mob boss has nothing to worry about…

Lately, I’ve been wondering more and more often what it would take for the American people to oust this regime from office.

What makes you think that a Supreme Court that has ruled that the US president is effectively above the law would make any decision that is compatible with a democratic constitution - this decision is certainly not compatible with any democratic constitution in any country that I am aware of.

The rest of what I describe has little to do with the legal system, because ICE already exists in the form described.

Again, I should point out that I am from Europe and this is merely my opinion, but against the backdrop of recent events, I cannot see how anyone can still have any faith left in the US legal system. To me, it seems more like an accomplice that enables organized crime on this absurd scale in the first place, rather than a system that serves the good of the people.

I’m not entirely sure what you’re getting at, but I can assure you of one thing: the status quo in the US is currently miles away from what an autocracy is. If you lived in one, you would have to fear for your life just because of these social media comments. And I mean that seriously: Palantir is just as much a thing in the US as the Patriot Act - if this country finally falls to fascism, every opposition, every dissident will be mercilessly wiped out. How that will play out is already evident today in the closest ally of the US, also a fascist regime: namely, Israel.

There is no doubt that the US has been an oligarchy for several decades. However, an autocracy is a different thing, because in such a system, the oligarchs enforce their power through brute force.

An example that is not very far from the US in this regard is Russia: this country is ruled by a tiny elite, as has long been the case in the US, but this elite no longer even pretends that the people they oppress have any choice. Anyone who opposes the system simply disappears, and I think it is precisely this total power that US billionaires are now claiming for themselves. In other words, I think the US oligarchs have now realized that no one is stopping them - and they will use this to abolish even the illusion of democracy.

I think the Supreme Court was just a means to an end. The establishment of an autocracy, however, will essentially be achieved through ICE, an agency that was introduced under Bush Jr. and now serves as a secret police force with exclusive loyalty to the head of the fascist conspiracy. To me this seems obvious by now, given that this agency operates beyond the law and even executes people in the open street. Another very obvious indication is its astronomical budget, which is equivalent to the military spending of a medium-sized country, or, in US terms, more than the cumulative budget of all other federal US-agencies such as the FBI, CIA, etc.

Please note: This is nothing more than my opinion as a reasonably interested observer from afar.