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Re:Startup founders urge Trump not to shut off Chinese open ... by echelon on Thursday July 23, 2026 @02:40PM (#49026209)
You wouldn't distill billions of dollars of SoftBank investment.
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Re:Startup founders urge Trump not to shut off Chinese open ... by staticman2 on Thursday July 23, 2026 @02:46PM (#49026300)
Is "You wouldn't distill..." the hot new Twitter meme or something?
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Re:Startup founders urge Trump not to shut off Chinese open ... by echelon on Thursday July 23, 2026 @02:50PM (#49026353)
It's a riff on the classic MPAA slogan during the Napster / BitTorrent era, "You wouldn't download a car."

... Yes I would.

It's free real estate.

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Re:Startup founders urge Trump not to shut off Chinese open ... by dtech on Thursday July 23, 2026 @04:22PM (#49027523)
That was not actually the ad, that was "You wouldn't steal a car. [...] Downloading Pirated Movies is stealing. [...] Piracy it's a crime."

Easily misremembered and meme-able.

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Re:Startup founders urge Trump not to shut off Chinese open ... by antonvs on Thursday July 23, 2026 @04:46PM (#49027807)
The “misrememberance” is describing what the words actually communicated. It’s not incorrect, it’s pointing out the logical flaw in the claim.
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