Pandering to conservative Americans

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• 60d@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I vote for “orange-staining”

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    • baines@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      burger-washing

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    • Archer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Burger-laundering

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  • rowinxavier@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Spangle banging

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    • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      On the first date?

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  • tburkhol@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We need a distinctive and protected “Made in Canada” symbol.

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ah, right down the Old Glory Hole.

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  • Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “Freedom”

    ~/jk~

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• scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Christianity loves to pretend it’s still a downtrodden little secret society, with their sneaky Bible verses in tiny print and their fish symbols and such. It’s hilarious fantasy play, because they are a global hegemony and spend a lot of time persecuting others.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They have a persecution fetish. They want so bad to be oppressed.

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    • wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well, that’s because they literally turned religious persecution into a religious fetish (as in, the anthropological term “fetish”, definition 1).

      It’s ingrained in Christianity so deeply that the official doctrine of the catholic church is that only those that die from religious persecution can intercede with God.

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    • aceshigh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s the only way they know they’re being good Christian’s. If they aren’t being persecuted then they’re doing something wrong.

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They think they are too.

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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh man, I haven’t seen a fish symbol in a decade.

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    • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You know, you’re right.

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  • PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Trump’s latest rambling about hoping he goes to heaven ends with his assertion that we need more religion in the US. The whole thing is hilarious but that last part especially so.

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• spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    black ink to make it look ‘manly’

    cries in goth girl

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    • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      More options for you!

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    • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      How do I get to cry in a goth girl?

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• driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  …time.com/…/study-packages-sealed-with-atheist-ta…

  Study: Packages Sealed with ‘Atheist’ Tape 10 Times More Likely to Disappear

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  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That is an amazing little ad hoc study!

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  • CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fascinating case study. I hadn’t heard of this before.

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  • a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The word that pops up in my mind when i read this is “sabotage”

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    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “Hence the word… sabotage.”

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  • Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “What’s up with the USPS? Who knows”

    Oh, they know.

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  • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Honestly, should send them with AirTags or similar hidden inside and track their progress - would easily get to the bottom of who the culprits are.

    Just have the recipients of the shoes return successfully delivered tags in a replay paid envelope for a refund/credit.

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• cypherpunks@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lol so we’ve finally hit the point of an American company trying to knock off a respected Chinese brand.

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  • alt_xa_23@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    TIL there are knockoff Baofengs out there

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  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve had a UV-5R for over a decade now, and I’m just now learning of this. Mine didn’t come with any of the mossy oak black rifle coffee tactical sister fuck nonsense though.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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• CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This has been going on basically forever. It’s false pandering. It’s technically true, a bunch of weak-wristed men sat in an office in Portland, Oregon and they “designed” this product. Then once they were done “designing” it, they sent the schematics off to China for production & ripping off of IP.

  That’s the best case scenario. If it’s as Chinese-y as you say, maybe they modified one feature of a Chinese radio, slapped a couple Bible verses on the box…voilà, it was “designed in USA”. 😆

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  • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t think there’s any legal basis for having “designed in” be truthful, where as “made in” is a requirement for the marking of country of origin for imports.

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• seathru@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • tal@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Could be that the packaging was redesigned.

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• Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • altphoto@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      FUCK!

      I just woke up and that’s how I feel at this moment. It’ll fade.

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  • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ooh I haven’t seen this one yet. Tbf I’ve only ever watched YouTube videos of his bits, might be time to grab entire specials.

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• AeonFelis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  • Pandering to conservatives
  • Has the recycling log

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  • jwt@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • Wolf314159@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Conservatives really like the recycling myth because it puts the onus of waste on the individual consumer instead of the corporations actually producing the waste.

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• SpeedRunner@europe.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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    • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The point they’re making us that every iPhone says “Designed in California, Made in China” on it, just like this product. “Designed in the US” means nothing if the vast majority of the actual production work is done in China.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No, they specify California. They ain’t getting some cheapo des Moines engineers

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  • Raiderkev@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hell, I think the OG iPods w the clickwheel did too

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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Can be truth and lie depending on the company.

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• whaleross@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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• LuaPurpa@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “John 3:16” Image

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• radix@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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• Mwa@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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• anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bao Feng has been cashing in on the prepper/meal team 6 crowd for years now. Their packaging just caught up.

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• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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• Eiri@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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• ndixon@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If it’s any consolation, just think how much joy and laughter it’s created in Guangdong or wherever.

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• SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They know how pandering to political powers works.

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• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Made in china, you dipshit flagwaving cucks.

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• Wispy2891@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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• ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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• Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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• kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

  The bible verses are so dumb lol

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• Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Something not to order as a European.

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• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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• Linktank@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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• quoll@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  christian woke… choke… coke?

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