Submitted 3 weeks ago by Gork@sopuli.xyz to [deleted]
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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”.
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:
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.
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…
I was gonna say, you’d have to work hard to misspell this hard. Twas not accidental. 10/10 marketing!
dude’s marketing worked on me. you can’t misspeel that badly unintentionallly
Fucking hell “maters” 🍅
I mean, those are the ones actually spelled correctly for the regional dialect.
Tbh, excepting maybe bail peprs, I think they’re all written phonetically for the local accent.
Took me the longest to identify though. Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em inna stew.
I guess they don’t have any naners?
Tried too hard. Anyone who’s illiterate with that much phonetic knowledge would’ve gone for peper at least.
Zucchini
Potatoes + Tomatoes
Jalapenos
Bell Pepper
Thank you for the deciphering, I was completely lost at potat ‘n’ tomat
I had no idea those actually were words.
When you can’t write in your native language but at least you own 12 guns and have a deregulated electrical grid.
AND a superiority complex
What’s it called when you’re not smart enough to spot an obvious marketing gimmick?
its a joke tho
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.
Too stupid to spot an obvious and funny marketing gimmick.
“Murica dumb!”
Like when they elected a stupid rapist as their president, twice. That was just a goof. Idiots
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.
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.
“Bail“ is a word.
Right, right. Came here to say this. Although of course it’s not the correct word. 🤣
The peppers are being held on bail. You’re not purchasing them, you’re bailing them out.
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
These are the good ones ya get to celebrate getting out
Fear not the man who has spelt 10000 words right but the man who sold their education to grow hallopinyos.
Hey, that’s good marketing. It grabs attention and we’re talking about it.
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.
i don’t buy sweet cron, i only buy sweat cron it tsates batter
Really puts the hick in vee-hickle
Bet those maters taste awesome tho…
Exact what I was thinking. The less literate the farmer, the better the yield!
I was thinking more like: if the advertising is that bad but they can still sell their produce, it must be good.
What’s a mater?
No really, I don’t know what it is. Is it like a local dialect for tomato?
You are correct. Ever seen Cars? The tow truck's bame is Mater for this reason.
IRL rage bait
It’s funny cause I can still read and understand what they are selling.
Are they selling a mattress with all the produce or what is that supposed to be?
Potatoes and tomatoes…lol
I instantly forgot how to spell zookene.
Zucchini
Think in italian spelling rules
Zookeenee 🤌🏻
I can read every bit of it. Its really more phonetic than most road side produce signs around here.
Yet i know whats for sale.
Common Wittgenstein W.
Badly written to get people to stop. Like “Graj sale”
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.
100% this. Look at us all taking about this and not a sign with a couple typos.
Showing the brilliance of the American education system
So this shows that America is great again. Obvs.
Technically, “bail” is a word… it’s not the right word but it is a word.
Here’s my lawyer with bail papers.
Was thinking, it’s the only one they’ve seen recently
No prizes for guessing why that’s the one word they can spell
Read this in maters voice
Omfg! Same!
Smh can’t even spell gellapinnose right.
And these stupid dipshit inbred mother fuckers are allowed to vote, which they do against their own interests by voting overwhelmingly Republican.
Yo they do this on purpose, you see it all the time with roadside stands. Weird and nonstandard signs are more attention grabbing and indicate a true smalltime business, so even commercial roadside stands are starting to have signage like this. You’d do well to give more credit to the intelligence of these people - the motivations behind why they’re like this are invaluable when being forced to interact with them (be thst interpersonally or politically)
We can absolutely all play together. The real problems come about when adults try to talk, and these fuckers aren’t willing to handle it. I almost said can’t, but I thought for a second.
They are willingly ignorant. You can spend your whole life leading those inbred horses to dirty water, results will absolutely vary.
What’s taters precious
Translation please!
I need hella penis for muh salsa.
Brilliant marketing campaign!
Why couldn’t the señorita have babies?
Because her husband had a Hallowpiner!
…🦗🦗🦗… Ill see myself out.
Person drives up and starts bitching at this guy.
His response?
“I have no words.” [Throws his hands up]
Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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
propagandaadvertising”.skisnow@lemmy.ca 3 weeks 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.
EarthshipTechIntern01@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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.
Klear@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks 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
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Oh no, rage bait posts have come to real life.