“Punch” is the name of the adorable baby monkey. There was no violence, thankfully. All of the animals are unharmed.
And the point of this idiocy?
It was later revealed that this appalling stunt was orchestrated purely as a promotional gimmick for a cryptocurrency meme coin.
We really need a global black list for travel for these kinds of assholes. Keep them in their own shithole country and never allow them to leave anymore. Like these guys or for example johnny somali.
I remain confused why a currency needs a community.
No community means nobody to scam!
currency is powered by faith. if nobody believes in its value, then it has none.
Oh so that’s why on 30 April at night we all get together on Blocksberg to chant about how much we love the euro.
EUROLIEBE! EUROLIEBE!
EUROLIEBE!!!
Meme Coin? Still working? The latest grift are ai-something, not the old crypto scams
AI can also do crypto now, if I ain’t mistaken.
The globe hates Americans.
I pity most Americans
I despise a significant number of them
I spend a lot of time in the US, my fiancée is American
The problem is that even the good people have been beaten into submission
They have given up, because (and this isn’t untrue) they see the problems, but they’re bigger than what they can deal with when they’re stretched close to their breaking point already
This is by design. Those with the power know exactly what they’re doing, and it’s working.
We make it so easy. :(
I was somewhat ok with you guys until 2016ish, after that then wow. Just wow.
Can you work out why…My meaning is we make it so easy…to hate us. The country has certainly had lots of issues for…ever. And yes, it’s gotten like exponentially worse since 2016
Plenty of us sympathise
If you can get out, then get out
There’s a whole world where life isn’t shit and cruelty isn’t celebrated
Not very Oniony.
Monkey loves you. :(
Jesus christ.
To the team at Ichikawa Zoo: please check your DMs. We would like to donate ¥1,000,000 toward improving the monkey enclosure and supporting the incredible work you do caring for these animals.
In unusable meme coin?
There’s a reason why the rest of the world sneers at 'Murica
This is inexcusable and indefensible. I hope the judge thinks so, too.
I thought they punched a baby monkey, which terrified observers.
I hate english headlines. I can almost never parse the meaning
Read the article the “response” from the meme coin Twitter is heinous.
Post as quoted in the article from the group’s X/Twitter account:
Gmemecoin,
We’re aware of the stunt that took place early this morning, when one of our community members entered the Punch enclosure at Ichikawa Zoo in Tokyo dressed in our mascot costume and carrying a teddy bear version of himself.
First and foremost, we are endlessly grateful for the cult we have built together and for a community that continues pushing boundaries and creating standalone virality out of thin air.
You’re built different.
That said, with our Season 1 Create to Earn campaign going live tonight, we want to remind everyone to respect local laws and never put yourselves, others, or any animals at risk.
Wild energy is part of the culture, but safety always comes first.
We have reviewed the footage from several angles, and we are happy to confirm that no monkey was touched or harmed during the stunt. From what we can tell, the sole intention was to give Punch a fresh new teddy bear to keep him company.
To the team at Ichikawa Zoo: please check your DMs. We would like to donate ¥1,000,000 toward improving the monkey enclosure and supporting the incredible work you do caring for these animals.
We hope you’re as hyped for Season 1 as we are.
Quoted tweet for context.
Memecoin Mode.
EDIT: ¥1,000,000 ≈ US$6,300 or €5,400
That’s gross.
It’s fun that we can just offer bribes to stifle litigation out in the open now.
Hoping to see them in prison.
What are you in for?
Monkeying around
Like America isn’t hated enough around the world already.
I hope they throw them in jail for a year. Make an example out of them.
These fucking morons are not going to learn until they receive real consequences for their actions.
I hope they see real time in a Japanese prison.
Those 98% conviction rate better work wonders this time!
What the 99.9% Figure Actually Measures
The conviction rate tracks only cases where a prosecutor has formally indicted a defendant and brought the case to trial. It does not reflect the outcome of all police investigations, all arrests, or all cases referred to prosecutors. This distinction matters enormously. Japanese prosecutors decline to indict in roughly 60% of cases referred to them by police, meaning fewer than one in three cases that police hand off ever reaches a courtroom.1 The 99.9% applies only to that narrow slice of cases that survived the screening process.
This makes direct comparisons with other countries misleading. In the U.S. federal system, prosecutors indict more than 80% of referred cases, but over 97% of those are resolved through plea bargains where the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for reduced charges or a lighter sentence. If you counted those guilty pleas as convictions the same way Japan counts trial outcomes, the U.S. federal conviction rate would also exceed 99%. The roughly 83% conviction rate Americans typically hear about applies only to contested trials. Japan has no comparable plea bargaining system for most crimes, so nearly all its cases go to a full trial, and the 99.9% figure reflects verdicts after that process.
