Pandering to conservative Americans

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• SpeedRunner@europe.pub ⁨36⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  Don’t all iPhone have the same sentence on them?

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  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works ⁨25⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    iPhones are actually designed in the US. My point is that the phrase is almost certainly a lie in this case.

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• cypherpunks@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I bought some cheap Chinese 2-way radios. The packaging has a big American flag and a “Designed in U.S.A.” claim, which I suspect is bullshit given the company involved. Also, there are two Bible verses referenced. This smacks of pandering to a particular slice of conservative Americans. All I want is cheap radios for skiing with my kids next winter, not a reminder of my country’s socio-political bullshit.

  This bullshit is not from the well-known Chinese radio maker Baofeng (baofengradio.com) but rather from a US company called “BTech” which has the deceptive URL BaoFengTech.com.

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• Mwa@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  why bible verse on a box, its very out of place why not somewhere else.

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  • CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe ⁨5⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    It is out of place, but it’s designed to pique human curiosity & get people to unwittingly Google Bible verses. Effortlessly spreading the gospel as they’re told to, fulfilling the Great Commission.

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• 60d@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  We’re seeing this in Canada now too. Murcan products with a big maple leaf on them. Some stores are also slapping maple leafs on obviously Murcan products. We’re calling it Maple-washing.

  I wonder what Murcans should call this OP example. Star-washing?

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  • Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I vote for “orange-staining”

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    • baines@lemmy.cafe ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      burger-washing

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    • Archer@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Burger-laundering

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  • rowinxavier@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Spangle banging

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      On the first date?

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  • tburkhol@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m used to ‘Packaged in the USA’ labeling on Made in [somewhere else] products. ‘Designed’…same-same, definitely since NAFTA, maybe before. The bible verses are new to me.

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    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I looked it up:

      For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

      So you have to believe that he existed, but not follow his teachings cuz they’re too woke. Got it.

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    • JordanZ@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I was walking through a gift shop at a museum and the mugs had an obnoxiously large sticker on the front that said ‘Decorated in the USA’. Never came across that before. They bought made in China mugs and slapped an image on them in the USA. I guess that’s slightly better than ‘Designed in the USA’ as some factory here actually did some printing.

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    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The bible verses are new to me

      Didn’t even see that. And it’s coded so you actually have to pick up your cipher book! Or maybe it’s a dogwhistle and every christofascist worth their salt knows what it stands for.

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    • 60d@lemmy.ca ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Right! So maybe “John-washing” cuz it’s all about the book of John.

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ah, right down the Old Glory Hole.

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  • Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    “Freedom”

    ~/jk~

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• spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Pretty sure coating the whole thing with black ink to make it look ‘manly’ makes recycling more difficult.

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  • seathru@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    black ink to make it look ‘manly’

    cries in goth girl

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    • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      More options for you!

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• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Should’ve used “Make in PRC”, conservatives would be too dumb to know what that means 🤣

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• Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  LMAO, this immediately made me think of a George Carlin bit, "That’s the reality; angry men in combat fatigues talking to God on a two-way radio and muttering incoherent slogans about freedom are eventually going to provide us with a great deal of entertainment, especially after your stupid fcking economy collapses all around you and the terrorists come out of the woodwork and you’ll have anthrax in your water supply, and saran gas in your air conditioner, there’ll be chemical and biological suitcase bombs in every city and I say enjoy it, relax, enjoy the show, take a fcking chance, put a little fun in your life.”

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  • shiftymccool@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    For fuck’s sake, just fucking say fuck! FUCK!

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Almost just assumed it was meant to be a Thin Blue Line flag because of the colors.

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  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah. I have seen the monochromatic flag referred to as a “no quarter” flag, and initially wondered if that was the intent. Or maybe they just wanted to minimize colors to reduce printing costs.

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    • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      monochromatic flag referred to as a “no quarter” flag

      Intent or not, that’s what it is, the black flag or no quarter flag is one that states I will kill you dead even if you surrender.

      Chuds think this means they’re tough manly men, what it really means is a declaration that they cannot be trusted with anything for any reason. It’s broadcasting to the world that you don’t intend to abide by any rules of engagement so it’s best to just blow you off the map pre-emptively. Flying this flag, even if you don’t even engage with an enemy, is itself a war crime according to the Hague conventions.

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    • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If they wanted to minimize color/printing costs, they wouldn’t color the whole box black.

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• Jerb322@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think it’s funny that they put the verse on there, like I know what the fuck it says. I’m not looking it up.

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh that is just QA engineer John, he stamped it at 3:16.

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• Wispy2891@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Weird, because baofeng is such an American name. Definitely designed in USA.

  Ah wait. They mention package designed in USA. Yes that is totally believable. And then a unique color theme for the American version.

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• seathru@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Did you get a knockoff? www.baofengradio.com is the legit url that I’ve bought baofeng radios from, and I just checked the boxes; no flags or bible verses.

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  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Another commented mentioned this is from a US distributor that repackages Baofeng products.

    But to be honest, there are so many Baofeng/BTech radios for sale on the internet I was never confident about which were legit and which were knock-offs. I just went for it and hoped for the best. They seem to work fine, at least so far.

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  • voicesarefree@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Huh… I bought from baofengtech.com not that long ago.

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  • tal@lemmy.today ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Could be that the packaging was redesigned.

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• kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  not American. Explain why black and white strips are politically charged ?

  The bible verses are so dumb lol

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  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Black and gray flags are used by the US military on some uniforms. Civilians also sometimes display them as “no quarter” flags, meaning the person displaying it will show no mercy to any perceived enemies. For both of these reasons the right-wing nationalist crowd likes them.

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  • daggermoon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It doesn’t really mean anything, but conservatives parade it around alot. I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing a black and white American flag. Maybe someone else is more knoweledgable.

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    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      knoweledgable

      Well that’s a new one, thanks for the pain.

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• Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Something not to order as a European.

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• whaleross@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Chinese OEM resellers will print anything on the product and the packaging. It’s just another sale for them. Same guy probably sells it with ten different brandings and flags and quotes and slogans for different markets.

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• littlewonder@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I can’t believe this wasn’t a satire project by some artist.

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• radix@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  As if conservative Americans have read the bible. They’d be the ones crucifying Jesus for being too “woke” if they knew what it was all about.

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• _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  you gotta hand it to the chinese, they know how to play americans like a guqin.

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• Eiri@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You could also see it as a form of greenwashing, making you think you’re buying local, and thus greener, if you don’t look closely.

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• ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I love when this happens so I know who to stop giving business.

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  • RickRussell_CA@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m sure Baofengtech makes a version for liberals too, probably in a brown box marked as recyclable.

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    • RhondaSandTits@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’ve bought 15 Baofeng uv5r radios over the years… Every single one has been packed in a plain looking brown box marked recyclable

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  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Lol you’re gonna run out of companies to buy from and have to live in the woods like a hermit. Every company does this, not matter how big or small.

    Like… farmers are mostly conservstive and likely voted for a fascist, are you gonna stop buying food grown by farmers and grow your own?

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    • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨34⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      The last time I made that decision it was over a dietary supplement. There is quite a bit of competition there. I guess if you are the one with a hot comodity you can shove Jesus and Hitler down everyone’s throat all you want.

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• Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Hey, it’s hard to read a whole nine words. Probably fools a lot of them.

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• Linktank@lemmy.today ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Did you put half as much effort into making a complaint to the company as you did in making this post?

  Without doing that, there is no point in making the complaint.

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  • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If you really think complaining about this is going to make someone doing this sort of thing stop doing so, you definitely do not understand the American right wing these days.

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    • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And so letting others know vs. the company is more proactive.

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    • Linktank@lemmy.today ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What do you mean? They accomplish almost everything they do through complaint campaigns. Nobody complains more than the right wing, and they are getting their way because of it. What am I missing? Please enlighten me.

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• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The elites don’t want you to know this but the flags of the USA are free you can put them on your packaging I have 458 flags.

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