Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Stephen T. Stone with a comment about Trump’s unhinged trade war that includes uninhabited islands:

Reminder: This policy was spearheaded and implemented by a man who thinks nobody says the word “groceries” these days because “it’s an old-fashioned word” and he somehow brought it back into the limelight.

Donald Trump is a motherfucking moron. Those who knew this and voted for him anyway because he gave them explicit license to be assholes deserve every last bit of pain his policies will cause them. Time to touch the stove, dickwads.

In second place, it’s That One Guy with a comment about Mike Waltz’s email hypocrisy:

Republican commits war crimes? ‘No big deal’. Democrat breathes? ‘Off with their head!’

Nothing like making crystal clear that your involvement with the hyperventilation over Hilary’s emails was only because of her political affiliation and had nothing to do with what she’d actually done.

Ah well, I’m sure Mike Waltz is merely an outlier and the rest of the people who were demanding investigations, charges and jail time for Hilary running a private email server will be just as equally outraged by Mike Waltz’s disastrous and deliberate gross mishandling of sensitive and valuable government and military communications.

For editor’s choice on the insightful side, we start out with MrWilson and a comment about Trump’s assault on political norms:

And notably, the things being smashed aren’t just norms and practices – it’s human rights, it’s funding that saves lives, it’s cancer research, it’s food for poor children, it’s education for poor people, it’s our balance of power, it’s our electoral system, it’s our national security, it’s our social security, it’s our relations with allies, it’s the health of our children, etc., et al.

Next, it’s Thad with a comment about the real cost of DOGE’s cuts:

I saw a comment the other day to the effect of “You can’t actually call something a savings if you’re only looking at one side of the balance sheet. For example: I just saved thousands of dollars by not paying my mortgage!”

Of course, that’s if DOGE’s numbers weren’t completely made up to begin with.

Over on the funny side, our first place winner is an anonymous comment on our post about Trump’s tariffs:

If you were Fair and Balanced you would have admitted that Lifetime Emperor Trump already won a trade war against the Heard and McDonald Islands

In second place, it’s Eric with a comment about Mike Waltz’s email:

Ads on Waltzs Gmail account that he most certainly could not refuse to click:

“We help you commit war crimes – serving inept government operatives – connect with us on Signal”

“Best most secure vpn service provider – free! Click here”

“Private secure Russian email servers for govt employees – also free!”

For editor’s choice on the funny side, we’ve got an anonymous reply to some fearmongering about Venezuelan gangs invading people’s homes with rifles:

You’re mixing TdA up with the police. Common mistake.

Finally, we’ll bookend things with another comment from Stephen T. Stone, this time on our post about cops using AI to write police reports, in response to another comment that noted the technology “doesn’t actually understand the inputs it receives, nor understands its own outputs”:

To be fair, neither can the cops.

That’s all for this week, folks!