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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

This week, we’ve got a double-winning comment from [Shannon Vanshoon][1] that took first place on the insightful side and second place on the funny side. It’s a response to a particular passage in [our post about the scammy AI company that fooled the New York Times][2]:

> ***Or in other words…***
>
> > “*So to my friends and family members wondering why I haven’t built my own billion-dollar AI company: apparently the missing ingredient wasn’t AI — it was being willing to run a deepfake-powered spam operation selling potentially inert pills to desperate people.*“
>
> *Or, to quote my partner, ‘I’d be rich if I was just a little more evil.’*

In second place on the insightful side, it’s a comment from [Thad][3] about [the depths of dysfunction in American government and beyond][4]:

> *I forget who said it, but I once saw it framed as “If you want to know whether this is a Trump problem or a GOP problem, consider that the two most pro-Trump justices on the Supreme Court were appointed by the Bushes.”*

That comment was a reply to [Heart of Dawn][5]‘s comment raising the subject, so we’ll start with *that* comment for [our first editor’s choice on the insightful side][6]:

> *What gets me is not the pedophile war monger’s unhinged rant, crashing of the global economy, or taking a sledgehammer to America’s status as an ally to the West and a global superpower- it’s that despite all this, he still has full support of Congress, the Supreme Court, and 30% of the US population.*
>
> *The country has a rot to it’s very core that won’t be removed by ousting Trump alone.*

Next, it’s an anonymous comment about [the limits of the DMCA and the companies that go beyond them][7]:

> *But, as bad as the law is, it doesn’t actually allow for takedowns of references to copyright infringement (unless perhaps judges invented such a requirement via case law). Google apparently chose to allow people to use notices that way, despite a lack of any legal basis. And other search engines kind of copied from them. Maybe the film companies applied pressure as advertisers.*
>
> *By contrast, in the old days, I don’t think anyone ever had their phone number removed from the phone book, or disconnected altogether, based purely on unproven accusations of illegal activity (like maybe a video store that was a little shady regarding copyright law). I’m not sure that was even an option after a court found someone guilty or liable.*

Over on the funny side, our first place winner is [MrWilson][8] with another comment about [Medvi and the New York Times][9]:

> *I’m half expecting an announcement that Elizabeth Holmes has endorsed MEDVI from her cell and is being given a seat on the board.*

We’ve already had our second place funny winner above, so we’ll head straight on to the editor’s choice, starting with [That One Guy][10] and a comment passing on a famous book passage that [suits Congress’s latest attempt to put the law behind a paywall][11]:

> ***‘Publicly acessible’ doesn’t mean ‘Publicly accessible in a usable format’***
>
> *And the bill is sneaky about it: **it includes a provision requiring that incorporated standards be made “publicly accessible online,”** which the bill’s supporters point to as proof of their commitment to transparency.*
>
> *” …You hadn’t exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them had you? I mean like actually telling anyone or anything.’*
>
> *‘But the plans were on display…’*
>
> *‘On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.’*
>
> *‘That’s the display department.’*
>
> *‘With a torch.’*
>
> *‘Ah, well the lights had probably gone.’*
>
> *‘So had the stairs.’*
>
> *‘But look you found the notice didn’t you?’*
>
> *‘Yes,’ said Arthur, ‘yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying “Beware of The Leopard”.’ –Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, Douglas Adams.*

Finally, because someone had to say it, it’s an anonymous comment about the prosecutors who are still trying to [convict a 62-year-old woman for wearing a 7-foot-tall inflatable penis costume to a protest][12]:

> *Somehow isn’t the biggest dick of this story.*

That’s all for this week, folks!

[1]: https://www.techdirt.com/user/shannonspencerfox/
[2]: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/07/the-new-york-times-got-played-by-a-telehealth-scam-and-called-it-the-future-of-ai/#comment-5240908
[3]: https://www.techdirt.com/user/thad/
[4]: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/06/trump-celebrates-easter-by-dropping-an-f-bomb-threatening-more-war-crimes/#comment-5238572
[5]: https://www.techdirt.com/user/heartofdawn/
[6]: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/06/trump-celebrates-easter-by-dropping-an-f-bomb-threatening-more-war-crimes/#comment-5238381
[7]: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/09/someone-filed-a-bogus-dmca-notice-to-kill-a-story-about-a-sketchy-seo-firm-it-worked-briefly/#comment-5244990
[8]: https://www.techdirt.com/user/mrwilson/
[9]: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/07/the-new-york-times-got-played-by-a-telehealth-scam-and-called-it-the-future-of-ai/#comment-5240727
[10]: https://www.techdirt.com/user/thatoneguy/
[11]: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/06/congress-wants-to-put-the-law-behind-a-paywall-again/#comment-5239340
[12]: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/08/prosecutors-still-trying-to-convict-62-year-old-woman-for-wearing-penis-costume-to-anti-trump-protest/#comment-5243348


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