Summary

Americans are posting videos about 3D-printed guns on the Chinese video app RedNote, despite the content being illegal in China.

While some users are uncomfortable with the topic, others see it as an opportunity for cultural exchange.

The future of TikTok remains uncertain as the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the ban.

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    3 months ago

    As much as I hate people going to an even more security disaster of an app, the amount of “fuck you” energy I’ve been seeing from everyone that’s moved over there is so god damn funny.

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    China mods:

    I was not ready for this flavor of shitposting

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    3D printed guns are a meme. Most of them require parts of functional guns such as the barrels, And they require regular ammunition.

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      The part you can easily print, however, is the receiver.

      The receiver is the part that’s legally a firearm. While I think it’s neat I can customize my firearms, I do acknowledge that someone who is prohibited from owning a gun can very easily print a receiver and order the rest of the parts from Palmetto State Armory to get a perfectly-functional firearm without any background check being performed.

      I also don’t know the solution to the problem though. As 3D printing, desktop CNC, and other forms of DIY manufacturing improve in quality and decrease in price, it will be very hard to regulate home-brew weapons.

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    look, this content isn’t getting censored! it must be because rednote is Good, not that it didn’t have the english speaking moderation resources

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    It’s funny how when something’s going offline it’s easy for people to just switch apps even if the barrier to switching is extremely high (like having to learn a new language high). Makes it seem almost like…maybe people are fine with the shitty politics on the garbage sites and it isn’t really about the switching costs after all.

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    Americans are posting videos about 3D-printed guns

    Cultural Exchange

    It’s always cute seeing yanks try and act like one of the big boy countries, talking about their “Culture”

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      It’s always cute seeing yanks try and act like one of the big boy countries, talking about their “Culture”

      Lmao please share which “superior culture” you’re from