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 Sunshine (she/her)   ( @Sunshine@lemmy.ca )  to Buy European@feddit.uk · 10 个月前

Spain turning Non EU products upside down on shelves in shops as a form of boycott

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Spain turning Non EU products upside down on shelves in shops as a form of boycott

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 Sunshine (she/her)   ( @Sunshine@lemmy.ca )  to Buy European@feddit.uk · 10 个月前
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  •  Railcar8095   ( @Railcar8095@lemm.ee ) 
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    Can’t wait to see some Teslas upside down at the dealership

    •  melfie   ( @melfie@lemmings.world ) 
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  •  JoeyHarrington   ( @JoeyHarrington@lemmy.ca ) 
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    We should do that to US foods in the US.

    •  CubitOom   ( @CubitOom@infosec.pub ) 
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      We should do that to US foods flags in the US.

    •  Oka   ( @Oka@sopuli.xyz ) 
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      Haha, Don’t.

  •  maikelthedev   ( @maikelthedev@programming.dev ) 
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    A single random picture isn’t actual evidence of this happening at all.

    •  stebo02   ( @stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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      •  uis   ( @uis@lemm.ee ) 
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        Yes.

    •  Blackmist   ( @Blackmist@feddit.uk ) 
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      I saw this in a Canadian article as well.

      People check to see if they’re American and then turn them upside down so the next person doesn’t have to look it up. Not so much a protest as a warning to others who care.

      •  sit   ( @sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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        I don’t believe this. The average Canadian/Eurooean is not aware of associated situation.

        Edit: ok so the Canadians seem to have a proper movement going.

        With the average European however I stand my ground, most are not aware or gaf

        •  iegod   ( @iegod@lemm.ee ) 
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          Canadian here, everyone is talking about it and going out of their way to buy Canadian. Fuck the US and all their idiots.

        •  irelephant [he/him]🍭   ( @Irelephant@lemm.ee ) 
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          The average European is following this more closely than their own countries politics.

          •  sit   ( @sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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            That’s just our lemmy bubble I think. The human tends to overestimate society’s opinion on the topics they are invested in, imo

            •  irelephant [he/him]🍭   ( @Irelephant@lemm.ee ) 
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              No. Thats based off people I know and talk to irl.

              •  M0oP0o   ( @M0oP0o@mander.xyz ) 
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                America: declares economic war vs the entire world.

                Americans: “Good thing people don’t pay attention to things that directly effect them”

                •  ArxCyberwolf   ( @Snowpix@lemmy.ca ) 
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                  It’s like they expect everyone else to be as ignorant as they are.

                •  irelephant [he/him]🍭   ( @Irelephant@lemm.ee ) 
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                  Its far more entertaining than whats happening here anyway.

        •  ArxCyberwolf   ( @Snowpix@lemmy.ca ) 
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          Clearly you aren’t from around here then. Everyone I’ve talked to is avoiding American products and I’ve personally seen upside-down items. Maaaaaaybe you shouldn’t make statements about the average Canadian if you’re not informed.

          •  sit   ( @sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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            You’re right! Gonna consider that in the future

            •  ArxCyberwolf   ( @Snowpix@lemmy.ca ) 
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              Much appreciated!

    •  dieTasse   ( @dieTasse@feddit.org ) 
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      its still fun thing to see :)

  •  melfie   ( @melfie@lemmings.world ) 
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    •  Zink   ( @Zink@programming.dev ) 
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      Absolutely!

      As an American who has gotten to travel to Scandinavia, the food is so much more fresh and high quality. Even the basic stuff like a hotel breakfast or workplace cafeteria lunch.

      It was one difference among a thousand others that I noticed when being there in person. I remember thinking to myself “what is this strange vibe I’m getting from all these cultural differences? Oh, it’s human dignity, respect for others, and in turn respect for oneself.”

      I want to say “Europe, help!” but I know they have to protect themselves and the world from our shit show first.

      •  FiskFisk33   ( @FiskFisk33@startrek.website ) 
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        No one could predict the ramifications of dumping some tea in a harbour

        •  JazzlikeDiamond558   ( @JazzlikeDiamond558@lemm.ee ) 
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          Ouch… 😄

  •  biscuit   ( @biscuit@lemdro.id ) 
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    Is there actually any evidence of this happening? Isn’t this just a photo of a couple items upside down in a shop?

    •  kint   ( @kint@infosec.pub ) 
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      I haven’t seen anything like that in any store or supermarket here in Spain. Nor even hear about this until now. So I say it’s just a couple off items upside-down in a shop.

    •  SkyeStarfall   ( @SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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      The more people know about this, the møte they can do these things themselves

      Like, you and I could do this to our local shop for example, although, I’d probably talk with the workers there first haha. If the workers are going to keep flipping them back then there won’t really be too much point

  •  Monzcarro   ( @Monzcarro@feddit.uk ) 
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    I could tell this was Lidl just from the font on the prices.

    If I want to boycott American, buying Lidl and Aldi own brands is an easy way to do this, yes? I’m doing this by default because I have an easily navigatable Lidl that I can walk to.

    •  Saleh   ( @Saleh@feddit.org ) 
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      Lidls owner Schwarz is heavily invested in an Israeli “cybersecurity” start-up run by a former Mossad director. As always with Israeli “cybersecurity” that embraces “former” ties to intelligence, you should expect ongoing ties to Israeli and US intelligence agencies.

      https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3923098,00.html

      These are the kind of people that helped get Trump elected.

      https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-02-15/ty-article-magazine/.premium/cambridge-analyticas-israeli-black-ops-team-exposed-at-last/00000186-4b78-da04-a186-7bfa41fe0000
      https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-jd-vance-peter-thiel-founded-company-helps-israel-kill-lists-palestinians-gaza

    •  Sauerkraut   ( @Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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      I am American and I am doing all my grocery shopping either at Aldi or from farmer markets now. Fuck Musk, fuck Trump, and fuck the US for falling to fascist oligarchy.

      Glory to Ukraine. Glory to Democracy

      •  Monzcarro   ( @Monzcarro@feddit.uk ) 
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        Hear hear!

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  •  Tiger_Man_〔he/him〕   ( @Tiger_Man_@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    All non eu products? Or jus american products

  •  JasminIstMuede   ( @JasminIstMuede@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    Is there a list somewhere of commonly found American products in European supermarket so that I can definitely not do a bit of this…?

    I lose track of all the daughter companies and such that one should watch out for.

    •  Venus_Ziegenfalle   ( @Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ) 
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      minus Nestle (sadly) and Unilever

      •  AceStructor   ( @AceStructor@feddit.org ) 
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        This picture is going through the net for so long, still German news are trying to convince its readers that there aren’t many American products on European supermarket shelves.

      •  CherryBullets   ( @CherryBullets@lemmy.ca ) 
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        This image alone proves that governments only care about monopolies in writing 😂

        Edit: Aw fuck, Ms Vickies is Canadian but owned by Pepsi? Fml. So in the end, it’s not really Canadian. We can’t have anything good…

        •  Daisyday   ( @Daisyday@lemmy.ca ) 
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          Old Dutch chip is canadian

          •  CherryBullets   ( @CherryBullets@lemmy.ca ) 
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            I hope so, I’m running out of chips that are real Canadian chips 😂

      •  Druid   ( @v4ld1z@lemmy.zip ) 
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        TIL Garnier is affiliated with Nestlé. And here I thought I found good vegan bleach to dye my hair. Smh my head

    •  Mobster   ( @Mobster@feddit.uk ) 
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      Here is a list that may be helpful

      And if you were not totally against using AI, then you could load that list to Mistral, take a pic and identify things quickly. As per the photo.

      •  JasminIstMuede   ( @JasminIstMuede@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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        Thanks! I find the method interesting. Are the results mostly accurate in your experience?

        •  Mobster   ( @Mobster@feddit.uk ) 
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          I haven’t done any proper validation - was just a very basic PoC, using resources available to anyone (a list of companies and their subsidiary brands + free LLM) to see if it would work in principle.

          The file itself is sourced from Wikipedia, so is probably accurate enough if you just wanted to ctrl+f and search manually.

  •  Had-Owen-ki-Roast   ( @HadOwenKiRoast@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    I wouldn’t do it because I just don’t feel like being that akward (it’s already akward for me to be in a store).

    But I do appreciate it, I do mostly buy store brand products so don’t expect i’ll be contributing much to the US brands.

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