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Missouri Metalworks :-| Rheinmetal :-O Literal "Thing, Japan" expect s/Japan/Germany

• Iknowsheknows 18d ago
  The american equivalent is United States Steel (which is owned by the Japanese ironically.)
  • justsomehnguy 17d ago
    >> Rheinmetall AG[a] (German pronunciation: [ˈʁaɪnmeˌtal]) is a German arms manufacturer, headquartered in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. >> The most important rivers flowing at least partially through North Rhine-Westphalia include: the Rhine, [...]
• heavensteeth 17d ago
  That feels a little cynical. I think partly up to perception: "Target" would be a badass name for a weapons company, but we all know they actually sell clothes, so it's not particularly interesting. In tandem, we're less familiar with them, which gives them that alure. Think of Rheinmetall and you think vaguely of a hulking corporate giant encompassing metalworkers manging molten metal to men in suits pitching fully automatic anti-aircraft turrets to entire nations; think of Missouri Metalworks and you just imagine a dingy suburban factory your mate reckons he worked at once. And no doubt that's how Germans would think of Rheinmetall too. I think companies like Tesla, IBM, Lockheed, GE, etc. have the potential to sound "cool" like Rheinmetall were they not so ingrained in Anglophone culture. We just know them all too well, so they've become boring. At least thats how I see it :-}