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[–] [email protected] 129 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I just found this gem on REDnote

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

This one was already here 2-3 days ago i think. But still nice to see.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That was the case on TikTok too

[–] wildbus8979 44 points 1 month ago

I think the point is that American users are discovering that Chinese users are obsessed with Luigi. On TikTok the two worlds didn't really collide. I saw a ton of Luigi fit selfies coming from Red Note Chinese netizens.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

It's not as though general public, and lemmy, want the health insurance industry protected more than the "necessity defense". Mainstream platforms censoring it is oligarchist empire protection they are allied to, just as we accuse all foreign media of government alliances.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Their systems are slightly different so a local Luigi copycat would target someone else than an insurance CEO