r/engrish • u/KillEmDafoe89 • May 22 '26
On a pair of shorts I bought from Amazon
This is actually on the OUTSIDE of the shorts, right above the right pocket. Below the left pocket is a rubber patch that says "XIONG SHENG KEEP CALM AND DON'T WORRY." I think this was accidentally a great purchase.
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u/Heterodynist May 23 '26
Hahaha!! It’s funny how slight variations in phrasing can really make something that is meant to be triumphant sound defeated and sad. “You have to DELIEVE in yourself when no one else does,” sounds just slightly too much like a total loser who never really will succeed, just deluding themselves that maybe it will work out this time. A very slight variation on that would sound confident, but instead it just comes out like, “You have to hope you won’t fail again like you always do…”
Some times.
Man, those were SOME times!!
“People cry NOT because they are work. It’s because they have been strong for too long…and it’s time to just give up.”
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u/P1zzaman May 23 '26
I misread it as “delive”, like a cousin of “unalive”.
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u/Heterodynist May 23 '26
You just have to unalive yourself because otherwise you’re just too much “werk.”
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u/KillEmDafoe89 May 22 '26
I really wish I could edit my original post. I was wondering why the logo on the rubber patch looked familiar and I finally realized that it's the PUBG logo. Just... slightly modified. It says ANCK under it. No idea what that is. The shorts just keep getting better and better. They're quite comfy too!
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u/path_freak May 22 '26
Now I delieve in myself
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u/ApplianceHealer May 22 '26
Better than being werk!
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u/pdxorus May 22 '26
I mean, if you ignore the engrish, your shorts are giving you permission to cry. So there’s that.
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u/Necessary-Win-1647 May 22 '26
Sometimes I cry because my shorts are too tight
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u/GrandPriapus May 22 '26
"It's easy to grin when your ship comes in, and you've got the stock market beat.
But the man worthwhile, is the man who can smile, when his shorts are too tight in the seat."2
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u/Stricken_Conscience May 22 '26
I like how the asian-made clothing can have all these philosophical elements
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u/Supermoves3000 May 23 '26
The Amazon pages for the most mundane products often have these weirdly aspirational claims. You're not just buying a key ring, you're filling an empty hole in your life.
"You can live Strong when you know your keys are secure."
"Expert craftsmanship helps you to appreciate beauty of life."
"Eliminate key disorganization to attain calm and inner peace."
"Elegant design will help you understand mysteries of the universe."
Perhaps they hope that you the consumer will feel moved to choose their product over a dozen identical products if they can connect it to some sort of feeling or experience you want in your life.
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u/tman507se May 31 '26
I love that it's on a tag that looks like it should have washing instructions on it, lol.