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Y'ALL GOT ANY OF THEM HALLOPINERS

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Gork@sopuli.xyz⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • Sludgehammer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m not sure if this is the guy I’m thinking of, but at least one roadside vegetable seller does this sort of thing deliberately. After all, a sign with such… unique spelling is much more attention grabbing than a simple list of vegetables.

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    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      A lot of them do, especially the secret commercial chain stabds that are getting all too common. Like the cat says, “you are not immune to propaganda advertising”.

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      • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        The consultant and artist who conceived and realized that sign both went to Yale. The company who holds a regulatory-captured monopoly on all Texas roadside produce stands paid their agency $6.5M for this design.

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    • EarthshipTechIntern01@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      People do it online all the time. Back in reddit days (pre-fediverse), I never saw a front page post without some grammatical or spelling mishap.

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      • Klear@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Spelling errors were frequent, but they got pushed out of meta by just asking a question.

        “Here’s a screenshot from [game]. What’s your favourite?”

        …and everyone proceeds to just post their fav game without reading any other comments and the post shoots up to the top of /r/all

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    • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Oh no, rage bait posts have come to real life.

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  • Alaik@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I know the exact spot this is from years ago. Its just north of a little town called Lindale (North of Tyler, south of Mineola).

    Dudes hallopinos were actually pretty legit. He also had the sign misspelled so poorly because it “gets people’s attention and makes em laugh”.

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    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, I was going to take a guess. As someone who has dealt with random farmers in the middle of nowhere, at least one of the two are going to be true:

      1. That will be the best produce you have ever laid eyes on.
      2. The person misspelled things on purpose, to grab peoples’ attention.
      3. You’ll be able to fill an entire grocery bag with produce, for like $3.

      There are a lot of places like this, where you’ll get some really high quality stuff for basically no money. As long as you’re friendly, they’ll usually give you some crazy good deals.

      The best tamales you’ll ever taste? They come out of the back of a beat-up minivan in a hardware store parking lot, at the crack of dawn. Just cruise through a Home Depot lot as the sun is rising, and look for the car surrounded by people. Bring cash in small bills.

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      • VonReposti@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        at least one of the two are going to be true

        *lists three items*

        I see what you did there. But I’ll still judge you for it…

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    • MintyFresh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I was gonna say, you’d have to work hard to misspell this hard. Twas not accidental. 10/10 marketing!

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      dude’s marketing worked on me. you can’t misspeel that badly unintentionallly

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  • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Fucking hell “maters” 🍅

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    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I mean, those are the ones actually spelled correctly for the regional dialect.

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      • idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Tbh, excepting maybe bail peprs, I think they’re all written phonetically for the local accent.

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      • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Took me the longest to identify though. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em inna stew.

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    • Empricorn@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      upload.wikimedia.org/…/Mater_(Cars).png

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    • pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I guess they don’t have any naners?

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  • JayBeeTX@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Reading the comments shows a lot of people do not understand satire, especially when the opportunity to talk trash about America/Texas/American education is on the line.

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Too stupid to spot an obvious and funny marketing gimmick.

      “Murica dumb!”

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      • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Like when they elected a stupid rapist as their president, twice. That was just a goof. Idiots

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      • buttnugget@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Typical European fragility. They’ll be like “Murica dumb! Can’t do dates right!” but then they’ll shut their mouths real quick when people point out that Japan does it differently too.

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    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Poe’s law. Maybe it’s satire. Equally possible it’s ignorance.

      The AVERAGE reading level in the US is seventh grade. We’re at the point where they might as well retranslate the Bible back to Latin because people can’t barely read it.

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  • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Tried too hard. Anyone who’s illiterate with that much phonetic knowledge would’ve gone for peper at least.

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  • Etterra@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    When you can’t write in your native language but at least you own 12 guns and have a deregulated electrical grid.

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    • SippyCup@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      AND a superiority complex

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    • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      its a joke tho

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What’s it called when you’re not smart enough to spot an obvious marketing gimmick?

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  • state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Zucchini

    Potatoes + Tomatoes

    Jalapenos

    Bell Pepper

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    • sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Thank you for the deciphering, I was completely lost at potat ‘n’ tomat

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    • Danquebec@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I had no idea those actually were words.

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  • NastyNative@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It’s funny cause I can still read and understand what they are selling.

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    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Are they selling a mattress with all the produce or what is that supposed to be?

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      • NastyNative@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Potatoes and tomatoes…lol

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  • Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    IRL rage bait

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  • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    “Bail“ is a word.

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    • MisterFrog@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      This is my favourite word on the sign. People used to spell this way (however they liked, and by accent).

      And I can HEAR this person’s voice through the words. Beautiful

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    • Octavio@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Right, right. Came here to say this. Although of course it’s not the correct word. 🤣

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      • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        The peppers are being held on bail. You’re not purchasing them, you’re bailing them out.

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    • DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      These are the good ones ya get to celebrate getting out

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  • Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Smh can’t even spell gellapinnose right.

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  • Gaja0@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Fear not the man who has spelt 10000 words right but the man who sold their education to grow hallopinyos.

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  • jcs@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Hey, that’s good marketing. It grabs attention and we’re talking about it.

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    • VitoRobles@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      On a road trip, I drove by a farm that sells "Sweet Cron’.

      Thinking it was a mistake, I saw more signs bragging about the Sweet Cron they had. So definitely on purpose.

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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        i don’t buy sweet cron, i only buy sweat cron it tsates batter

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  • pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Really puts the hick in vee-hickle

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  • Tikiporch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I instantly forgot how to spell zookene.

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    • wieson@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Zucchini

      Think in italian spelling rules

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      • wolfpack86@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Zookeenee 🤌🏻

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  • Sergio@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Bet those maters taste awesome tho…

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    • Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Exact what I was thinking. The less literate the farmer, the better the yield!

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      • Sergio@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I was thinking more like: if the advertising is that bad but they can still sell their produce, it must be good.

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    • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      What’s a mater?

      No really, I don’t know what it is. Is it like a local dialect for tomato?

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      • jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You are correct. Ever seen Cars? The tow truck's bame is Mater for this reason.

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  • Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I can read every bit of it. Its really more phonetic than most road side produce signs around here.

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  • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    These fucking foreign trash should really learn english before coming here.

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  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Badly written to get people to stop. Like “Graj sale”

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    • Alaik@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I used to spend a lot of time in this area (years and years ago) and the guy did indeed write it up to grab people’s attention.

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    • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      100% this. Look at us all taking about this and not a sign with a couple typos.

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  • Iceman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yet i know whats for sale.

    Common Wittgenstein W.

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  • ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Showing the brilliance of the American education system

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  • Mike_Hunt@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Read this in maters voice

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    • LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Omfg! Same!

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  • beemikeoak@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Brilliant marketing campaign!

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  • EarthshipTechIntern01@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    So this shows that America is great again. Obvs.

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  • Wolf@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Why couldn’t the señorita have babies?

    Because her husband had a Hallowpiner!

    …🦗🦗🦗… Ill see myself out.

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  • procrastitron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Technically, “bail” is a word… it’s not the right word but it is a word.

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    • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Here’s my lawyer with bail papers.

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    • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Was thinking, it’s the only one they’ve seen recently

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    • DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      No prizes for guessing why that’s the one word they can spell

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  • Surp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What’s taters precious

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    • Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      boil them mash them stick em in a stew.

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  • riskable@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Person drives up and starts bitching at this guy.

    His response?

    “I have no words.” [Throws his hands up]

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  • qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Translation please!

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I need hella penis for muh salsa.

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